On the sea 300 miles southeast of Dongping Island, the sound of artillery was boiling, and the smoke of gunpowder dispersed, as if thunderclouds had descended from the sky, and the thunder was denser than raindrops.

Through the pungent smoke and mist, I saw hundreds of warships divided into two sides, about to collide together. To the southeast, more than fifty armed merchant ships of the Dutch had stretched out into a horizontal formation, and were mercilessly pouring artillery fire into the group of ships approaching from the northwest.

At this time, fifteen Dutch warships were also lined up, and were rushing over from the north of the battlefield, preparing to flank the enemy.

"Rush down! Rush to the end! Fight those red-haired baboons! ”

On the flagship Daqin, the commander Feng Xiang shouted loudly.

At this time, the navy of Dongping Island had also formed a horizontal formation, which was also divided into two parts, including the four main battleships including the flagship Daqin, as a team, and was heading towards the fifteen Dutch warships that had been copied from the north.

The other group consisted of twenty-three prefectural warships, also in a horizontal formation, and pressed towards more than fifty Dutch armed merchant ships.

At this time, as soon as the war began, the two sides used all their strength at the same time and sent all their combat power up.

Judging by the number of warships and artillery on both sides, it was the Dutch who had the upper hand in this battle.

However, the artillery and warships of the Dongping Island Navy are all new, which are much superior to those of the Dutch who are patchwork and unorganized, and to a certain extent, they also make up for the disadvantages of the Dongping Island Navy's lack of experience and few troops.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Twenty-three warships at the prefectural and county levels took the lead in exchanging fire with more than 50 Dutch armed merchant ships, and the warships on both sides suddenly burst into flames, and the horizontal formation of the Dutch armed merchant ships was almost twice as long as the horizontal column of the Dongping Island Navy, and vaguely formed a situation of encirclement of the 23 prefectural and county-level warships.

In the dense artillery fire, the firepower of the two sides was staggered, but the 23 warships at the prefectural and county levels did not fall behind.

The naval artillery cast by the Yushan Military War Bureau and other places is very sharp, not only the caliber is equivalent to the fifteen to twenty-pound guns of the Dutch, but also the firing range is longer, the rate of fire is faster, coupled with the high-quality particle gunpowder that has been popularized and used in the army, so that the artillery of the Dongping Island Navy is far more powerful than these Dutch armed merchant ships!

In just one stick of incense, eight of the more than 50 Dutch armed merchant ships were sunk, and nine armed merchant ships had already caught fire and had already lost their combat effectiveness.

More than 50 Dutch armed merchant ships lost 17 ships in such a short period of time, resulting in the horizontal formation of armed merchant ships becoming intermittent, and the remaining 30 or so armed merchant ships were even more confused, and many weak-willed captains even directly ordered to withdraw from the battlefield and prepare to slip away.

After all, the essence of these armed merchant ships is merchants, just on the orders of the colonial commander Van Zerey, and Robin? Van Persie's promise made him decide to come and take a risk.

Now seeing that only two warships of the opposing Ming Dynasty fleet caught fire, none of them sank, and the entire horizontal team was still intact, and it was still spraying fierce artillery fire, gradually breaking up their own horizontal team, such a battle was no longer something that these Dutch merchants could bear.

Gradually, one armed merchant ship escaped, taking two of them with it, and finally the entire Dutch armed merchant ship line instantly fell apart and began to scatter in all directions.

The commander of the county-level detachment was Zheng Cheng, the commander of the left detachment, and when Zheng Cheng snatched this command from Guan Wu, the commander of the right detachment, he had already made up his mind that he must fight with prestige in this battle.

At this time, seeing that the Dutch in the distance had been defeated, Zheng Cheng shouted excitedly: "Rush forward!" The whole army rushes forward! ”

Among the 23 warships at the prefectural and county levels, the Xintai and Mengyin warships had caught fire, and the officers and men on board were saving themselves at this time, and the remaining 21 warships had set sail to seize the wind and pursue the Dutch armed merchant ships that were fleeing.

At the same time, Robin, who was commanding fifteen Dutch battleships? Fan Persie was already in a state of distortion, and he never expected that more than 50 armed merchant ships would be defeated by just 23 Ming Dynasty warships in such a short period of time!

Even if those armed merchant ships are not regular warships, they are all hundreds of tons of sea ships, and it means that there are many guns on those armed merchant ships, and the sailors on board are old sailors who have been at sea all year round, and have fought with pirates from all over the world, and even the regular navies of some countries, who would have thought that this battle would be fought like this?

Robin? Fan Persie originally thought that the more than 50 armed merchant ships could defeat the Ming Dynasty fleet in front of him, and then attack the four Ming Dynasty giant ships in front of him in front of him, but now not only the fifteen main warships led by him have fallen into a bitter battle, but the more than 50 armed merchant ships have been directly defeated!

Looking at the battlefield in front of you, Robin? Van Persie is already crying without tears.

The four giant ships of the Ming Dynasty were all larger than the fifteen battleships led by themselves, and they were already considered battleships, comparable to the second-class or even first-class battleships of the Netherlands.

When Robin? As soon as Van Persie saw the formation of the four battleships, he already had a feeling of horror in his heart, and the fifteen battleships he led were a little out of his hands.

But Robin? Van Persie also wanted to use the experience and strength of the Dutch navy to defeat the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop.

At the beginning of the war, when the Daqin, the flagship of the Dongping Island Navy, took the lead and led the Qin Shi Huang, Han Gaozu, and Han Wen Emperor to fire together, Robin? Van Persie knew he had no chance of winning.

Even if the Ming Dynasty navy was inexperienced, even if the Ming Dynasty navy was too shallow, even if these Ming Dynasty warships were hard sails, far less flexible and fast than the Dutch battleships, but the nearly 300 large-caliber guns carried on those four battleships had already tilted the scale of war to the side of the Ming Dynasty.

In less than half an hour, four of the fifteen Dutch warships had sunk, four more had caught fire, the guns on board were all dumb, and many Dutch sailors could even be seen jumping into the sea and abandoning ships!

And the firepower of the remaining seven Dutch warships has also begun to weaken to varying degrees, and the current firepower is less than forty percent of what it was when the first firefight began!

At this time, Feng Xiang held a monocular and looked ahead, only to see that the Dutch fleet was hopeless, and the heart that had been carrying it was also put back in his stomach.

"I thought these Dutch people had a lot of ability, but I didn't expect that they were also, self-righteous!"

Maybe Feng Xiang didn't know that the Dutch warships in this battle were not the main warships, that is, they were equivalent to the strength of the fourth- and fifth-class warships formulated by Liu Juntao, and those Dutch sailors were also the troops of the Far East Company, not the regular navy of the Netherlands, so Feng Xiang felt that there was no difficulty in this battle.

But then again, when the Dutch mainland really sends a support fleet, Liu Juntao's side has already built a lot of new warships, and the strength of the Dongping Island Navy will also increase a lot, and at that time it is still uncertain who will win and who will lose!

"Order the Qin Shi Huang, Han Gaozu, and Han Wen Emperor to maintain formation, press up all of them, and defeat the enemy!"

Feng Xiang gave the order to pursue, and almost at the same time, Robin? Van Persie gave the order to retreat in general.

As for the few warships that are still burning and unable to move, they have been replaced by Robin? Van Persie gave up completely.

After a fierce battle, two more battleships of the Dutch fleet were sunk, and the remaining five battleships were all scarred, relying on the skillful skills of the Dutch sailors, they escaped the pursuit of the four main battleships on Dongping Island.

After the smoke passed, Feng Xiang looked at the Dutch fleet that gradually disappeared into the sea, and then looked at the ships of the Dongping Island Navy that were salvaging prisoners and rescuing their companions, and suddenly laughed: "Haha! It's so happy, it's so happy! ”

At the same time, Fan Jingyu, Liu Dongling, Tan Chao, Feng Wei, Bai Yan, An Jianhai, Shen Fei, Ji Yu and other cadres were the same, all laughing wildly with their respective subordinates.

It's no wonder that Feng Xiang and others were originally pirates, even if they later established the Dongping Island Navy, they were just driving slightly better ships, and now everyone commands four battle ships, leading dozens of warships and Xiyi to bombard in the vast ocean, and finally won a complete victory, such a sense of achievement makes everyone feel like ascending to heaven!

"This is naval warfare! This is the Navy! ”

Feng Xiang roared loudly, dancing like a big child, where was it like the naval commander who led the fleet in a bloody battle just now?

"Send a message to the Governor at once: the navy has inflicted heavy damage on the Dutch fleet, and the officers and men of the trap army can go south to Luzon at any time!"

After sending a prefecture-level warship back to Dongping Island to deliver the message, Feng Xiang led the fleet to stay in place for two days, cleaning the battlefield while sending warships to patrol around, so as to prevent the Dutch from jumping over the wall in a hurry.

However, to Feng Xiang's disappointment, the battle had completely broken the backbone of the Dutch, and there was no trace of the Dutch on the sea, so Feng Xiang led the fleet back to Dongping Island.

In this battle, the Xintai ship and the Mengyin ship in the Dongping Island Navy were too big because of the fire, although they were later extinguished by the soldiers, but the two battleships still lost the value of repair, so Feng Xiang ordered the two prefecture-level warships to sink into the sea on the spot.

At that time, looking at the battleship that gradually disappeared into the sea, Feng Xiang only felt that his heart was like being cut by a knife, and his heart ached.

So when Feng Xiang saw Liu Juntao with a spring breeze on his face, he immediately asked: "Duxian, when are we going to Luzon?" Be sure to drive those Dutchmen back home! ”

Liu Juntao naturally wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to take Luzon, but now the Tatar Ministry is eyeing the enemy, Hamiwei has lost again, and the entire northwest of the Ming Dynasty is facing the danger of war, so reason told Liu Juntao that now is not a good opportunity to go south to Luzon, and can only temporarily let the Dutch go.

However, this does not mean that Liu Juntao will make the Dutch feel better, so he said: "This governor is not ready to take Luzon for the time being, but he has brought Liu Zi'an and Tang Yu!" ”