Chapter 347: The Battle of Hong Kong Island

In fact, without Fang Yifeng's order, the centipede boats in front of them that had launched rockets first crashed into the two Dutch clippers at the fastest speed.

The sails of the latter were completely ignited.

This kind of European-style three-masted soft sailing ship, it can be said that the whole is a canvas pile, all the full sails add up to form a width of nearly 50 meters, the height is almost the same, after the rocket is hanged, because the propellant has not been burned, can only continue to fly forward against the sail, and then be pulled by the tough sail, the result is like an angry bull while continuing to twist forward......

The flames spewed down onto the sails.

Even the approaching sails were affected.

This thing is indeed soaked in all kinds of messy materials to have a certain flame retardant ability, and it is not easy to ignite when shot by an ordinary arrow with a ball of fire.

But it can't withstand the thousands of degrees of high temperature flames sprayed by gunpowder, and the flames continue to muddy its face.

And one of the sails was set on fire, and then the whole mast burned, and these burning sails continued to fall piece by piece, pushing the flames with the wind to the nearby masts, and then more masts were ignited, and the Dutchmen on the two armed clippers screamed in horror, watching the flames blaze above their heads, and watching the flames turn into a rain of fire......

"Kill!"

Luo Lie, the leader of the Tan people, roared excitedly.

His name was still given by Yang Dudu, and since following Yang Dudu, they have completely lived a good life that they can't even dream of.

Even they think that Yang Dudu is a god.

Yang Dudu is the snake god and martial master, otherwise how could he go into the water and not come out for a quarter of an hour?

So they think that they are really not afraid of death with the immortals, and ten of the more than forty centipede boats in this round of attack have sunk, but these Tan people still do not flinch, and they don't care about the shipwreck, for these boat people who live on the water and die on the water, the shipwreck is like going home, as long as they are not killed by shells, they can easily swim to those nearby islands.

In the roar of Luo Lie, the twenty Lu Ting oarsmen behind them rowed desperately, and with the whistling sound of bullets flying overhead, the centipede boat suddenly crashed into a Dutch clipper.

Several Dutchmen on the deck immediately opened fire on them.

The two Luttin oarsmen were hit by bullets and fell, but the rest quickly threw ropes with hooks in quick turn, and at that moment the other three centipede boats crashed into one after another, and in the constant sound of crashing and the screams of the Dutch, Luo Lie was the first to climb up.

But those Lu Ting were faster than him, and these islanders who lived in the mountains and forests of the islands and forests in Daxi Mountain and other places were like sea shanty people, and after months of nutrition and training, their physical fitness was completely changed, and they dragged the rope like a pack of apes, and flew upwards in the shooting and spear stabbing of the Dutch overhead. Although there were people screaming and falling, the others remained unheard, and in the blink of an eye someone boarded the ship, and they moved very fast with the triangular pyramid in their hands, and then the Dutch fell under their triangular pyramid......

"Kill all the red hairs!"

Rolie roared and climbed onto the deck, striking a Dutchman in the chest with a short gun in his hand.

The moment the latter fell, he snatched the spear from his hand and stabbed it into the body of the other Dutchman without hesitation.

Behind him, the brave warriors swarmed up and quickly flooded the clipper.

At this time, the battleship of Fang Yifeng's naval division behind also crashed into the Dutch battle line like a decisive charge and cut it off.

The Dutch armed merchant ships behind had to turn, but turning smoothly meant slowing down, while the Ming cruisers behind them would not turn, and the cruiser fleet that maintained its original course was thus closed to two hundred meters......

"Fire!"

Chen Si, who was in command on the deck, shouted as he splashed the splinters from the shells around him.

The gunner in front of him immediately put the arquebus into the ignition hole of the short and heavy cannon, and with the flames in front of it, the short and thick cannon suddenly retreated, and was then pulled by the rope and the gun carriage below.

But Chen Si didn't care about this.

His eyes were fixed on the armed Dutch merchant ships opposite.

This armed merchant ship, which was also a returning ship, was more than fifteen zhang long, and a dozen heavy guns on the middle deck had beaten his cruiser to the point that even four of the cannons had been destroyed, but now it was his turn to use heavy artillery. In fact, the huge cannonball weighing 24 pounds instantly swept over the sea surface of less than 200 meters, and in the light of the fire sprayed by a cannon on the opposite side, it fiercely slammed into the top of the gun door, and the next moment, with the splash of broken wood, a huge hole appeared. Thinking that the distance was close, Chen Si could even use his binoculars to see the mess inside, the cannons that were lifted away, the dead bodies that were beaten to pieces, and even the broken pillars inside could be clearly seen.

He looked up in satisfaction.

The Dutch captain on the other side was looking at him in amazement.

The next moment another short and heavy gun in the stern of the cruiser roared, and a huge cannonball swept across the deck, instantly striking the aft mast, which broke almost without resistance......

"Go on!"

Chen Si roared proudly.

At the same time, the bow of a cruiser behind him fired flames, and the short and heavy guns there also fired, but in an exaggerated scene, the shell, after piercing the Dutch clipper that was engaged with him, actually penetrated from the other side and fell into the sea with the smashed planks.

The ten armed Dutch merchant ships that had been cut off in the back immediately fell into confusion and turned again to the cannons that were trying to get away from these horrors.

But by this time it was too late.

"Surrender quickly, those who surrender will not die!"

Chen Si roared proudly.

He used the Japanese language, and these Dutch people had gone to the Japanese country to do business before, and there must have been people who knew the Japanese language.

However, the Dutch armed merchant ships on the opposite side were obviously not prepared to admit defeat in this way, and they were still turning to try to stay away, but the two fleets with the same course were already close, and it would be difficult to distance themselves.

And they had no way to turn, because to turn they would have to go in the previous direction, and the Ming Navy and the Centipede fleet were fighting with four armed merchant ships. There were even two ships that had already been occupied, and under the control of the Ming sailors who took over, they were adjusting their hulls on the sea and firing at the other two, and this battlefield completely blocked the front, and once entered, it would definitely be dragged and then shattered by heavy artillery in the attack of the cruiser that caught up.

The only option is to bypass it from the other side.

But there is Daxi Mountain.

There are a bunch of islands, large and small, and they can easily run aground if they are not familiar with the depth of the water.

They were blocked on this side like this, while their main force could only watch them trapped from the front because of the direction of the wind and the current.

Unable to steer.

Of course, the battle here will take some time.

And Yang Xin is riding the wind and waves in the East Lamma Strait, which is blocked by Lamma Island......

He didn't even know what was going on outside.

Because of the blockade of Lamma Island, he couldn't see the situation on the other side at all, and at the end of Lamma Island in front of him, the flagship of the Dutch fleet had just exposed a bow, and as for the other warships, they were also invisible by Lamma Island.

"Faster!"

Yang Dudu, who stood with his hands in his hands, said.

Behind him, twenty oarsmen rowed desperately, driven by the ebb tide behind him, like racing dragon boats, cleaving the waves at a speed of more than fifteen knots, and nineteen other same centipede boats were also moving forward at the same speed, and the drummers who directed the oars kept beating the drums. And the Dutch battleship on the opposite side finally showed its whole body, and they also saw the centipede fleet here, and then the armed merchant ship, which was still nearly a mile away, sprayed flames from the muzzle one by one, and in the blink of an eye, the cannonballs whistling towards them made a column of water on the sea.

The centipede fleet did not flinch.

Standing at the bow of the ship, Yang Dudu was where their faith lies.

The extremely fast speed of them, in the blink of an eye, they got closer to less than a hundred feet, and the other warships of the Dutch fleet still did not see it, Lamma Island is also a large island several kilometers wide, and the Dutch armed merchant ships that were blocked behind did not sail so quickly, Yang Xin and this centipede fleet were an opponent.

Accompanied by the drummer's beat, all the paddlers continue to paddle to the rhythm.

The distance is getting closer.

But the Dutch also had a rising rate of shell hits.

Soon a centipede ship was hit.

The ship's bow was shattered, and it immediately slowed down and sank, and the sailors on board jumped into the water without hesitation, and then dived directly underwater, followed by the centipede boats that swept over their heads, until all the centipede boats had passed, and these sailors, who had been underwater for several minutes, emerged from the water and quickly swam to the nearest Lamma Island. At this moment, Yang Dudu in front suddenly jumped into the sea and disappeared, although he did not understand where he went, the remaining centipede boats, according to his previous orders, still resolutely paddled desperately against the Dutch fire, driving their warships to the sea.

The distance continues to close.

The shell hits of the Dutch skyrocketed.

Soon two more centipede ships were hit, but the Tan sailors were undaunted......

There is no need to be afraid.

Unless they are unlucky enough to be hit by a cannonball, they are nothing more than a shipwreck, but their home is originally at sea, especially those Lu Ting, folklore has it that they enter the water and become fish.

They really don't care about the danger.

The centipede ships quickly entered the 100 meters, but at this time the original twenty ships also became fifteen, and at the same time, the artillery fire on the opposite side became more and more deadly, but these centipede ships were too small and fast after all, and the Dutch cannons bombarded such targets on the undulating warships with no accuracy at all. In the end, the success rate of their attack depends on character, if it is the same warship with opposite sides, this distance is indeed easy, but these are just small speedboats, even this distance is not so easy to hit.

Just after paying the price of two more centipede ships, the remaining thirteen centipede ships finally rushed to the launch distance, and then thirteen rockets took off.

And at the bottom of a centipede ship, a barracuda-like figure also detached, and then moved forward at full speed like a torpedo......

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