Chapter 430 Rocket

Truth be told, Weidmann's sailors were still fierce.

Although they were under siege, the ships were damaged in many places, and many people were so nervous that they were not very quick with their hands and feet, they did not collapse.

These people are born villains who eat this bowl of rice, and most of them were born as pirates and are used to licking blood with knives.

Ever since he was employed by the East India Company and during the years of developing the colonies in the Far East, such vicious battles have been encountered several times a year.

Whether it was in the face of the resistance of the natives everywhere, the pirates who wanted money and death, or even the equally powerful Spanish fleet, they were able to win every time, so they were still alive.

Those who failed had already gone to God.

Compared to the sailors who were on the upper deck, in charge of sailing and steering, the casualties in the bilge were not serious under the protection of the thick decks.

The cabin was stuffy and hot, and these gunners, who had experienced life and death several times, were all black and dirty with oil and sweat on their faces, hands, and bare bodies, and everyone exuded a strong sour smell.

They had no time to pay attention to the wounded who were lying on the sidelines and humming, and even more ignored the several smashed and broken bodies, and more than 100 people repeated the same set of actions with numb expressions - unboxing, loading, and firing......

The "Hector" was still trapped, rampage through the encirclement, and dozens of guns also fired continuously, constantly bombarding the enemy ships that appeared in the field of vision.

In less than a meal, Zheng's army had already suffered heavy losses, several warships were severely damaged by the "Hector", and the most seriously injured had begun to sink in the billowing smoke.

There was even a ship that was directly overturned by it - this small ship of less than 300 tons, which heroically fired directly in front of the "Hector", but because it could not dodge, it was hit by its tall and hard bow, almost broke in two, and capsized instantly......

However, as the old saying goes, "two fists are no match for four hands".

The "Hector" is thick and thick-skinned, but no matter how much it can carry it, it cannot withstand the repeated attacks of more than 20 warships, although most of the cannons are difficult to hit.

Under his command, the soldiers ignored the casualties, surrounded and chased and intercepted the attack in turn, and constantly narrowed the encirclement.

Gradually, the damage to the "Hector" became more and more serious, and its speed finally slowed down, and its course became crooked and unstable......

Seeing this, Liao Jing shouted the order and used the last trump card - rocket.

No matter how strong the "Hector" is, it is still a wooden sailing ship after all, and it cannot escape a fatal flaw - fear of fire.

It's just that the power of rockets lies in numbers, and sporadic small fires are easily extinguished and there is no threat.

What's even more helpless is that the range of the rocket is too close, and the most powerful archers can only tie this kind of arrow to an oil-soaked torch, and the thick and heavy arrow can shoot a distance of less than 100 paces.

Now, the time has come.

At the sound of the order, seven or eight warships pursued at the same time, approaching the "Hector" from all directions, and one after another ignited rockets flew towards the "Hector" like locusts......

At this point, all struggles were in vain.

It wasn't long before the Hector ignited a raging fire that was difficult to extinguish, first the sails were burned, followed by the stern......

The fire is getting bigger and bigger, and the sky-high flames illuminate the surface of the river red......

Eventually, the Hector could no longer hold on, and its wreckage gradually sank in the billowing smoke......

The fierce and arrogant Major Weidmann, until the moment of death, finally understood - these Orientals in front of him could not be conquered!

These people were really different from the little black people he had met in Cape Town, Goa, and all over Java!

This gentle and confident Oriental nation has a long and unique civilization, although the technology is not advanced, their perception of the country and ethnic groups, and their war strategy, are not at all understandable to an upstart nation like themselves......

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Not far away, the two ships "Egret" and "Pomaria" were rushing left and right, fighting their own battles.

It's just that, compared with the two red-haired boats in front, their situation is much better, and they have not yet reached the point of exhaustion.

Although Zheng Chenggong's command was already in place, due to various reasons, the battlefield was quite chaotic, and the distribution of Zheng Jun's forces was not invulnerable.

First of all, the red-haired flagship "Hector" was originally the primary target, and it rushed the fastest, so it attracted the most troops.

Gradually, more than a dozen ships surrounded the paralyzed "Chenggong" and "Graffran", and a group of sailors were climbing onto the dying "Graffran" one after another, and engaged in a white-knuckle battle with the red-haired sailors on board......

Therefore, there were not many Zheng army warships attacking the enemy ships behind, only more than 20 in total.

Not only that, but they also had to divide their forces to attack the red-haired reconnaissance fleet farther away, and seven or eight warships were heading straight for them.

As a result, there were only five or six ships left to deal with the large ships "Egret" and "Pomaria", and almost all of them were small boats.

For a time, the two sides were attacking and defending, and you came and went and chased each other amid the rumbling cannons.

However, when their captain found that the "Graffran" had been paralyzed, no more cannons were heard, and the flagship "Hector" was besieged, he felt a little weak, and he did not know whether to attack or defend for a while.

Therefore, in an incomplete encirclement, these two ships are still cowering and in a dilemma.

Now, when they suddenly saw the flagship "Hector" blazing into flames, they saw that they were about to finish, and they were so shocked that they had no intention of fighting, so they turned around and ran.

However, now, how could the soldiers of Zheng Jun still let them escape!

There was no need to give an order, and a dozen or so warships immediately approached and chased and intercepted them.

These warships were not large, but the valiant Zheng soldiers were all out of the way, and they braved the fire of the enemy ships, and they approached one after another, and engaged in broadside and hand-to-hand combat with the "White Egret" and "Bomaria".

The sailors of one of the ships heroically climbed aboard the "Egret", and in the chaotic white-knuckle battle on the deck, some cut off the ship's dock, and others buckled the mast of its bow with iron chains, and when the rest of the ships caught up, they finally fired a large number of rockets and set them on fire......

In the distance, the five or six reconnaissance boats that were stubbornly following were already trembling when they saw many enemy ships coming towards them.

Now, when they see this situation, most of them have died down and fled in all directions......

Eventually, the "Egret" also slowly sank to the bottom of the river in the skyrocketing fire, following the flagship "Hector" and their commander Weidmann.

The battered "Graflan" was captured alive and became Zheng Chenggong's trophy.

In contrast, the farthest away "Pommaria" was lucky to escape.

In order to annihilate the "White Egret", the Zheng Jun ships pursuing the "Pomaria" were not only too small, but also too few, although three warships successively engaged it in a broadside battle, but they could not hold it, and finally it escaped from the encirclement, and fled back to Dayuan Port with the only remaining reconnaissance ships.

When Zheng Chenggong saw this, he also accepted it when he saw it, and collected the troops in a timely manner.

Poor Kou Mo chases, next, it's time to clean up the red hair of the Red Embedded City.

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