Chapter 614: Armageddon at Sea (2)
"Wolf smoke! Light the wolf smoke! ”
Feng Xiang looked at the battle situation in front of him, and shouted loudly at the soldiers behind him, and the two soldiers who had already prepared immediately turned around and ran, and lit the wolf smoke in the two cauldrons with the torches in their hands.
In the blink of an eye, two straight puffs of wolf smoke rose into the sky, unusually abrupt on the sea surface of the fire.
Fan Zerui also noticed the two wolf smokes, and asked in surprise, "What is that?" ”
The first mate next to him was also puzzled, and said, "It should be something on the Ming ship, right?" ”
At this time, the battle was extremely fierce, and Fan Zerui did not think much about it, or did not have time to be delayed by these two thick smokes, so he continued to command the long battle line.
The second round of bombardment also ended quickly, and in this round of bombardment, the losses of the Dongping Island Navy were even greater, and one third-class battleship, three fourth-class battleships, and four fifth-class battleships were sunk!
The losses of the Dutch were less, sinking two fourth-class battleships and six armed merchant ships.
At this time, the battle line of the Dongping Island Navy could no longer be maintained and became intermittent, Feng Xiang couldn't help but be anxious when he saw this, and constantly ordered all ships to maintain the battle line, and at the same time prepare for the third bombardment.
Feng Xiang understood that he must not retreat at this time, otherwise this battle would really be lost!
Fan Zerui is excited, now the Dongping Island Navy can no longer maintain the battle line, according to his own experience, as long as the battle line of which side cannot be maintained first, it means that it is about to be defeated!
"It seems that today we can completely annihilate this Ming fleet, although the losses of our army are not small, but in the future, we should be able to control this vast sea area!"
At this time, Fan Zerui had already made up his mind, and after annihilating the Dongping Island navy, he began to attack and plunder in the coastal waters of Shandong and Jiangnan, in order to make up for the losses of the fleet, and at the same time let the mainland see the rich benefits of the Ming Kingdom, so as to increase investment in Batavia.
Just as Van Zerui began to plan for a bright future, the Dongping Island Navy miraculously maintained the battle line, and turned around, once again killing the Dutch fleet, apparently preparing to start a confrontation with the Dutch again.
"Look for death!"
Fan Zerui thought that the Dongping Island Navy was about to begin to break out, but he didn't expect that he was ready to continue fighting, so he immediately ordered the fleet to catch up and defeat the Dongping Island Navy in one fell swoop.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
Fierce artillery fire rang out for the third time, and this time, the firepower of the navy on Dongping Island was sharply weakened, and several battleships were dumbfounded in a short time; The artillery fire of the Dutch became more and more intense, and gradually began to suppress the Dongping Island navy, and the battle situation began to form a one-sided situation.
Fan Zerui looked at the artillery fire in the distance excitedly, and finally spit out a bad breath in his heart, and he was immediately very happy.
Suddenly, Fan Zerui's heart throbbed, only to feel a cool breeze coming from behind him, and he looked back suddenly, only to see countless white sails appearing from a distance, killing towards the battlefield at full speed.
Fan Zerui can clearly see that these sudden warships are all in the style of Ming Guo Fu ships, but these Fu ships are also too huge, and some of them are even bigger than most of the warships under his command!
"Enemy! Enemy! ”
Before Fan Zerui could give the order, the sailors on the ship had already blown up the nest and began to panic.
At this time, the Dongping Island Navy was still fighting against the Dutch fleet on the left flank, and the huge Ming fleet suddenly appeared on the right flank of the Dutch fleet, and the Dutch had already surrounded the Dutch on the sea!
"Open the right side door!"
Fan Zerui roared in horror, although the huge fleet of fortune ships did not form a battle line, but formed a strange formation that he had never seen before, but Fan Zerui could also see that this formation could also play a large firepower advantage, and it could completely break his own battle line!
The treasure fleet led by Zhang Chaozhong, the commander of the Nanjing Naval Division, finally arrived at the battlefield, looking at a messy and capturing sea, Zhang Chao swayed in the center, as if he saw an unprecedented naval battle door open to himself, and there seemed to be a trace of enlightenment in his mind, and immediately ordered the whole army to stretch the battle array, learn from the Dongping Island Navy to maximize the fleet's firepower, and pull a complete five-point plum blossom array into thin and long, and went straight towards the Dutch fleet.
Although it was a bit of a temporary cramming, with the skillful operation of the Nanjing Navy Division, the entire fleet quickly completed the change of formation and joined the battle group!
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
For a moment, the already deafening sound of artillery fire became even more violent, as if it was about to tear the whole world apart.
On the sea, the Dongping Island Navy and the Nanjing Navy Division sandwiched the Dutch fleet in the middle, and the three long dragons composed of the three fleets fought to the death on the sea, all desperately venting their artillery fire.
At this time, the Dutch fleet was under unprecedented blows, and the left and right flanks were constantly raining shells.
Fan Zerui looked at the pocket watch the size of a stone in his hand, in just over twenty minutes, eight battleships had been sunk, and more than ten armed merchant ships had been sunk, and the entire fleet had been severely damaged!
What's more, this time, the Dongping Island Navy and the Nanjing Navy Division flanked the Dutch fleet on the left and right, so that the Dutch fleet could not break through at all, and was always dragged and beaten by the two fleets, and the situation was reversed for a while!
Fan Zerui could no longer see a trace of a smile on his face at this time, but instead there was a thick fear: "Break through to the east!" Concentrate the main battleships and rush out! ”
After the order was given, Van Zerui saw a burst of artillery fire coming, screamed in fright, and then hurried to the deck.
I heard a loud noise and screams, and then Fan Zerui looked up and looked around, only to see that the entire command deck was already a mess, full of broken wooden blocks and stumps and broken arms, and a dozen wounded sailors screamed in pain, and the blood stained the deck red.
"Ahh
Fan Zerui shouted in horror, his heart was full of regret at this time, he knew that the Ming Kingdom had mobilized such a huge fleet, and he would not lead the fleet north anyway!
But at this point, it's all over, and the entire fleet is already in a desperate situation!
Seeing that the battle situation was decided, Feng Xiang stood on the deck and laughed wildly, but the anger in his heart did not diminish in the slightest.
"Fire! Boom to me, kill these red-haired ghosts! ”
Feng Xiang stood on the deck and kept roaring, the Dongping Island Navy lost more than a dozen warships in this battle, half of which were the capital ships of the third-class battleships, and the Dongping Island Navy was already wounded. The battleship could be rebuilt after it sank, but the loss of sailors and soldiers on these battleships made Feng Xiang feel painful.
Liu Juntao once said to Feng Xiang, what is the most important thing in the navy? Not battleships, not artillery, but talents!
It is far more difficult to train qualified sailors and warriors than to build a warship, and the navy of Dongping Island lost at least a thousand troops in this battle, Feng Xiang was so distressed that he almost fainted to the ground, looking at the Dutch fleet in the distance, his eyes were about to erupt with fire.
Feng Xiang continued to give orders, and together with the Nanjing Navy Division, he attacked the Dutch fleet from left to right, no matter how the Dutch rushed left and right, they always bit and beat to the death, making Fan Zerui wail.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
Such a fierce artillery fire lasted for another half an hour, under the attack of the Dongping Island Navy and the Nanjing Naval Division, the Dutch finally could not hold on, the entire fleet had sunk more than a third of the battleships, and the remaining battleships were also on fire, and many battleships were dumbfounded.
Seeing this, Fan Zerui reluctantly ordered the fleet to stop shelling, close all the gun doors, and at the same time order the flagship to raise the white flag and surrender to the Ming navy.
"Domination! The red-haired ghost has surrendered! ”
Feng Xiang naturally saw the white flag fluttering on the other party's flagship, and said, "Oh? Is it? The smoke was too big, I didn't see it! ”
When all the soldiers heard this, they all riveted their strength and continued to shell, and Guan Wu even shouted: "Hurry up and fight!" As soon as the system is in control, you will see the white flag! ”
In the distance, Zhang Chaozhong, the admiral of the Nanjing Navy Division, looked at the Dongping Island fleet that was still firing, and said to the deputy general beside him with a smile: "It seems that Feng Tongzhi is really on fire!" ”
The adjutant general asked, "My lord, shall we cease fire?" ”
In this battle, seven battleships of the Nanjing Navy Division were also sunk, and he was also very angry in his heart, and said: "Since Feng Commander can't see the red-haired ghost Tatar white flag, can I see it?" ”
The adjutant general immediately understood, and hurriedly ran to order the continued bombardment.
Fan Zerui saw that the Dongping Island Navy and the Nanjing Navy Division still did not stop shelling, but not only that, but the artillery fire of the two fleets seemed to be more intensive, and he immediately scolded.
Feng Xiang stood on the foredeck of the Great Qin, watching the sinking of Dutch warships one after another, and the evil anger in his heart was a little out.
"Oh! So those red-haired ghosts have already surrendered? ”
Feng Xiang smiled and waved his hand and said, "Since this is the case, then stop first!"
After a while, the warships of the Dongping Island Navy stopped shelling one after another. Immediately afterwards, the Nanjing Navy Division also stopped and began to accept the surrender of the Dutch.
In this battle, the Dongping Island Navy lost six third-class battleships, eight fourth-class battleships, seven fifth-class battleships, and two second-class battleships, Daqin and Dahan, which were also scarred and suffered huge losses.
The same is true of the Nanjing Naval Division, nineteen warships of all kinds were sunk, including seven treasure ships, and the losses were also not small.
The Dutch fleet was the worst, with one of the two first-class battleships sunk, only three of the eight third-class battleships left, seven of the twelve fourth-class battleships sunk, and nine of the thirty-five large armed merchant ships, all of which were also wounded.
Although the losses were huge, when Feng Xiang saw the captured first-class battleship, his face was instantly full of smiles.