d "Boom Boom ----" Dozens of shells pierced the air and rushed towards the Dutch.

"Oh, Maiga*" Viscount Leicester and all the Dutchmen widened in disbelief as they watched the dangerous cannonballs scurry towards them.

There was no time to react, and dozens of shells exploded in the flotilla.

"Bang! Boom! Bang ---" A huge column of water was blown up, and three ships were directly hit.

Sawdust flew everywhere, and the wooden hull could not withstand the powerful power of the cannonballs, not only was a big hole blown open in the deck, but more than a dozen Dutchmen were directly blown into the sea!

"God! It is incredible why the four ships of the Ming Dynasty can hit so far with their cannons! Viscount Leicester said angrily, he wanted to decisively order a counterattack, so that the damned Ming people could also taste the power of their great Netherlands, but unfortunately the distance between the two sides was too far, and the range of the cannons on their ships was not yet within reach.

It's infuriating to be beaten and can't fight back!

However, the shock and anger of Viscount Leicester and all the Dutchmen were not over, and in just twenty breaths, the second round of artillery bombardment of the Ming Dynasty came.

"Boom, boom, boom" this time four ships were shot!

"Viscount Leicester broke the cannon, the range of the cannon on the Ming ship was more than twice as far as theirs, and the rate of fire was also twice as fast!"

The cannon on the Dutch ship is an improved red-coated cannon, although it is much more advanced than the red-coated cannon of the Ming Dynasty, with a firing range of 300 meters, reaching a range of 1,700 to 2,200 meters, and weighing less than 3,000 catties, however, it is a pity that the technology is too far behind the Shenwu cannon made of Daming's new alloy strong steel and equipped with advanced anti-recoil devices, and it is not of an order of magnitude at all.

In the Ming Navy, Shen Jingchao held clairvoyance, looking at the Dutch jumping up and down, with a smile on his face.

"It's a pity that the distance is still too far, the shells missed their heads, and it was all up to luck, and only one of the more than ten shells hit the Dutch ship directly!" Shen Jingchao said regretfully, in fact, if it weren't for the fact that the Dutch's current fleet was relatively dense and the accuracy would be even worse, more than a dozen shells might not be able to hit one.

"Keep firing!" Shen Jingchao coldly ordered.

At this time, the distance between the two sides had gradually approached to a distance of 4,600 meters, but it was still more than twice the ultimate range of the Dutch artillery.

The Dutch fleet again had three ships hit by shells, a total of seven ships hit, three of which were hit twice in a row!

"It's a terrible feeling to be beaten and can't fight back, the great Netherlands shouldn't have such a thing, damn the Ming people!" Viscount Leicester's face was blue, but he was helpless, other people's cannons just shot farther than them, and no matter how strong his ability to command the fleet was, he couldn't reverse such a situation where he couldn't fight back just by being beaten.

"God, if this continues, my ship will sink!"

"Tell the cargo ship to turn around and avoid it from a distance!" Viscount Leicester had to do this, the cargo ship was full of cargo, and there was no ability to fight back at all, and it was all protected by fourteen warships, and only by avoiding it could the loss be avoided.

If it is a close naval battle, Viscount Leicester will not do this, he will choose to let the cargo ship disperse the enemy's firepower to win the naval battle as much as possible, but Lester does not think that this is a close naval battle, at least the other side only has four ships, and they have seventeen ships, more than four times the opponent's number, he feels that the seventeen ships can be completely victorious, there is no need to let the cargo ship suffer, after all, the cargo on it is all money.

"Disperse the warships and hurry up to meet them, and I will let these hateful Ming people also taste the power of my great Holland, and beat them all into the sea to feed the fish!" Viscount Lester gritted his teeth viciously.

The seventeen warships of the Dutch suddenly met the four warships of the Ming Navy at full speed.

Originally, in the face of such a strange situation, the wisest choice for the Dutch was to avoid the enemy's edge, but the arrogance of the Dutch across the world did not allow them to do so, and they would be laughed at by others, so they chose to meet and tear each other apart by sheer numbers.

In order to reduce the probability of being shot, the Dutch had to spread out the seventeen ships as far as possible.

"Humph! Think you can disperse the fire? Shen Jingchao sneered.

The seventeen warships of the Dutch spread out hundreds of meters from each other, and if they still bombarded indiscriminately like before, it would be good to be able to hit one in one round, but the Dutch had their own way of dealing with the Dutch, and Shen Jingchao also had his own countermeasures.

"Order, the ships stopped advancing, let the Dutch themselves slowly come over, concentrate all the artillery fire, bombardment one by one!" Since large-scale bombardment could not effectively kill and injure the Dutch warship, Shen Jingchao chose to cut off one of his fingers.

"Boom, boom, boom" The guns on the four warships of the Ming Navy all concentrated on bombarding a Dutch warship.

This round was lucky, dozens of shells, four of which hit a Dutch ship.

The two masts of the Dutch ship that were hit were blown off, more than twenty Dutchmen were blown overboard and thrown into the sea, and the ship began to ignite, and the remaining Dutch on board began to put out the fire urgently, they did not want to sink into the sea.

"Nope! My ship is sinking! Damn the Ming people! Viscount Leicester's voice trembled, and he looked angrily at the ship that was hit and ignited not far away, and it was like this in just one round, and Viscount Leicester and the other Dutchmen expected that at most one more round of shelling, the ship would sink.

Originally, a ship could only withstand six to eight shells in a row, but now the Dutch ship has already withstood four, and if it bears four more in a row, it will be difficult to sink it.

"Boom, boom, boom" The Ming Navy hit another round of artillery bombardment.

Sure enough, the Dutch warship was hit in succession, and the hull was burning with fire, and it tilted instantly!

"Wow

"God, UU read that the boat is leaking, and it will be silent soon, quickly plug the gap, and quickly extinguish the fire on the ship!" The Dutch on board shouted in horror, but unfortunately the leak was very large, and it was not something they could stop if they wanted to, and the fire on the ship was burning on the wooden ship, and it was not something they could extinguish if they wanted to.

The Dutch watched in despair as the ship's hull tilted and eventually sank into the sea in the fire.

This is an unacceptable reality, the great Holland, with seventeen ships, faced four enemy ships, and sank one without even firing a cannon!

It was so unacceptable that Viscount Leicester wanted to vomit blood.

"Full speed ahead!" Viscount Lester roared angrily with red eyes, as long as he met it, the cannons on their ship would be able to return fire, no matter what, he would send these Ming people who came to beat him inexplicably into the sea to feed the fish!

This naval battle between the Ming and the Dutch has just begun, and it will be followed by even more fierce naval battles, until one side can no longer withstand the defeat!