In the 17th century, the Netherlands had the most developed shipbuilding industry, and Rotterdam also had the most shipbuilding workshops, and its shipbuilding capacity was amazing, and it deservedly became the first in the world.

Whether it is a merchant ship or a warship they built, all of them are sturdy, well-made, beautifully shaped, and have the ability to sail quickly and against the wind. The ships of the red-haired people are carved with ornaments, which are presumably related to their religion.

These ships are all three-masted ships with triangular sails capable of rotating 360 degrees. So it can be used as long as there is wind.

In the case of their warships, the tonnage is not very large. The length is generally not more than 100 meters, and the width of the ship is between 10~30 meters. This has both the size of a large ship and the flexibility of a small boat. Each ship is manned with an average of about 300 sailors.

But the firepower of the warships was very strong, they were in a double-decker configuration, and there were often dozens of guns on one warship.

These advantages of the Hongmaozi ships are incomparable to the ships of the late Ming Dynasty. Not only are the ships of the Ming Dynasty incomparable, but the ships of other countries in the world are no match for him. One is that their ships are advanced in the world, and the other is that they have the most ships in the world. These two worlds alone have earned them the reputation of the coachmen of the sea.

Now the red haired man saw that the Ming ship stopped them, and warned them to stop, these red hairs did not do it, and brazenly fired at the Ming ship, hitting the water column to the sky, a shell exploded in the water next to the Ming ship, and the ship shook violently. Another shell landed on the deck of a ship, and four or five Ming soldiers were blown away.

"Fire!"

was so arrogant in China's waters, Shi Lang couldn't bear it anymore and ordered his fleet to fight back.

Shi Lang led more than 100 warships in the front of the Ming Royal Navy to start a naval battle with the merchant escort fleet of Hongmaozi.

As soon as these red-haired people saw that the Ming fleet was not scared away, but wanted to try to compete with them, the fleet commander Kars smiled contemptuously, just taking this opportunity to wash away the shame of the Kinmen naval battle that year, and also set an example for Zheng Zhilong's naval fleet, and export evil anger for them.

In this way, the two sides engaged in fierce fighting in the waters south of Zhoushan, off the coast of China.

A few miles away, artillery fire from both sides began to bombard. The earth-shattering sound of artillery was as deafening as thunder, and the earth-shattering water columns rose and fell one after another, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, the fireballs flickered, and several ships of the Ming army were hit.

Shi Lang knew that these red-haired warships had fierce firepower and fast speed. In contrast, Shi Lang's warships were much behind. Shi Lang could only win more and less, and launched the wolf pack tactics to go out of the well on all sides, encircle, win more and less, and prepare to trap them and then clean them up, which was how the Battle of Kinmen was won that year.

More than 100 warships, large and small, attacked from all sides, firing their guns on the enemy ships one after another, and rushing forward as they fired.

However, these red-haired warships have been a great enemy for a long time, only 5 of the 13 warships were dispatched, and the remaining 8 protected the merchant ships to retreat, they thought that only 5 warships could be dispatched to deal with these Ming warships.

Under the command of Kars, the five enemy ships were arranged in a battle formation, probably like a goose wing, with a large ship with more firepower in the center, and the remaining two battleships were two wings, escorting the left and right, like a sharp knife, and plunged straight into the Ming army's naval fleet.

The guns of the warships of the red haired were fierce, and the firepower of these ordinary ships of the Ming army was far behind, and they looked bulky.

In the blink of an eye, several Ming warships had already been hit and caught fire, and some directly disintegrated and sank under the sea.

However, the ships of the Ming army were very brave, although several were sunk and destroyed, the rest continued to be semi-encircled, rushing towards the enemy ships, and the distance between the two sides was rapidly approaching. But by this time, the Ming army had lost more than 10 warships, some were sunk, some were paralyzed on the water, the fire mixed with thick smoke billowed up, the sea was full of dead bodies, and some were still struggling in the water.

On average, each of these five Dutch warships had destroyed and sank three ships of the Ming army. Looking at the 5 warships that participated in the battle, only one of them was hit and caught fire, but after being extinguished by the sailors above, it still had combat effectiveness, and the remaining 4 were intact.

At this time, a ship of the Ming army was on fire. The Ming soldiers on the ship suffered heavy casualties, and the captain with a bloody face ordered to stop fighting the fire and save the ship, and let them pour all the oil on the ship to make the fire burn even more vigorously. Then he ordered the ship's sailors to rush towards the enemy ship with full horsepower.

They planned to use this suicide attack to crash and die with the battleship of the red hair.

But when they rushed to a few dozen meters away from the nearest Dutch warship, they were hit by two shells flying in succession, half of the ship was broken into pieces, and then the battleship slowly sank into the water.

"Great Commander, the firepower of these red-haired people is too fierce, why hasn't Lord Jianguo arrived yet?" Zheng Cai saw that as soon as the war began, they suffered heavy losses and said to Shi Lang.

"Rush over, at any cost, send these red-haired thieves to the bottom of the sea!"

Shi Lang stared at the angry eyes categorically.

The distance between the two sides is still approaching, the Ming army has many warships, a large encirclement has been formed, and the search for the encirclement has begun.

But these red-haired battleships saw through the intentions of the Ming army, and they concentrated their firepower, intending to tear a hole in one direction. Because the evil tiger is still afraid of the wolf, they also understand the truth, and they are entangled by this group of backward warships, and they will not end well.

You have learned a lesson from the Battle of Kinmen, and the two Dutch warships were finally trapped by a group of Ming ships, burned to charcoal and sunk to the bottom of the sea.

This time there must be no repeat of the mistakes of the last naval battle.

Sure enough, the Ming ship's firepower was not enough, and it was rushed out by Hongmaozi, and after the five enemy ships got rid of the encirclement, the ships rushed over again with fast firepower, and several more ships were hit and caught fire. The ships of the Ming army formed an encirclement again.

Shi Lang saw that the battleships that the red hair participated in the battle were too powerful, and if these more than 100 battleships couldn't even deal with these enemy ships, he would be too incompetent as a pioneer. The main force of the Lord of the Prison Country has come up, what kind of face do you have?

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian to form a fireboat fleet and launch a fire attack on the Dutch warships. That is, some small boats were unloaded from the big ships, filled with firewood, grass and fish oil, and after lighting them, they rushed towards the enemy.

Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian agreed, and immediately ordered their subordinates to prepare.

At this moment, Shi Lang suddenly received an order from Lin Yi to retreat immediately.

"The Great Commander can't be withdrawn, we have suffered such a big loss, and so many brothers have died, can we all die in vain?"

"Yes, we can't withdraw, aren't we afraid of the red hair?"

"Great Commander, we must let the red haired people pay for their blood debts, and immediately surround them, although their ships are strong and their cannons are sharp, but when the cannonballs are used up......"

Shi Lang's generals and the captains of each ship had red eyes and shouted one after another.

Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian also looked at Shi Lang: "The Great Commander retreats at this time, and the Red Maozi will inevitably pursue, and the casualties will be even heavier." ”

Shi Lang's brows were twisted into pimples. They are all Zheng Zhilong's private navy, in fact, they were all pirates or maritime merchants in the past, and they have rich experience in fighting in the water, and they are about to surround these enemy ships. Although the price was paid, victory was in sight, and the war had been going on so far, and retreating was tantamount to giving up halfway and abandoning all the previous achievements.

But seeing Shi Lang gritting his teeth for the last time, he said sharply to his subordinate generals: "This is the edict of the Lord of the Prison Country, presumably the Lord has his own strategy, the Lord Shenwu, and the invincible Yangwei, I will never be afraid of the red hair, and order all ships to retreat immediately!" ”

Hundreds of warships, after receiving the order, had to stop the attack, and they all turned their rudders and retreated, and Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian's soldiers and generals were preparing the fireship attack plan, which was also stranded.

The ships of the Ming army retreated, and these red-haired people were happy, thinking that the Ming ships were afraid of the loss, and fled for their lives, all of them had the faces of winners, and they were triumphant.

"Haha, it's gone, coward!"

"Continue the pursuit, sink them all, and dare to fight our fleet, it is really beyond our strength, let them have a longer memory!" ……

The red-haired man whined, some cheered, some laughed, the red-haired man felt that it was not enjoyable, and the five enemy ships increased their horsepower and began to pursue the ships of the Ming army.

Chase them while firing cannons.

It is a crime to disobey technology. The ships of the red hairs are worthy of being advanced in the world, and these coachmen on the sea urge their carriages, and this carriage is really fast enough.

In terms of speed, the ships of the Ming army were significantly inferior. In the process of pursuit, several more ships of the Ming army were hit by artillery fire and caught fire, which caused these red hairs to get even more carried away......

A few miles away, the battle formation of the Daming Royal Navy was proceeding rapidly at sea. In particular, the main battleship, the Yangwei, has demonstrated its ability to sail quickly, leaving the other more than 200 frigates far away, and this giant of the sea is cleaving the waves and is heading at a high speed of 12 knots in the sea area where the fierce battle is being fought ahead.

On the giant ship Yangwei, Lin Yi was holding a telescope and was paying attention to the sea in the distance, and the rumbling cannon sound came, and his face was like carving.

"Lord Jianguo, the fleet of the Great Commander Shi Lang has been withdrawn, and the battleship of the red haired man is really chasing after him......"

"The long-range heavy artillery immediately locks onto the target and sinks them all!"

"No."

The red-haired battleship had already entered the range of the Yangwei's long-range strike, but Lin Yi not only did not order Shi Lang's battleship to retreat first.

The fourth layer of the Yangwei is full of redcoat cannons of more than one ton, which is the heaviest redcoat cannon cast at that time, and it is also the most powerful and has the longest range.

The five heavy guns on the left side have all locked onto the target, igniting the fuse, "Knock knock......

Five loud bangs were like thunder in the sky, and five heavy shells flew out of the Yangwei ship, broke through the air, flew above Shi Lang's hundreds of battleships, and accurately hit the target......