The decisive battle between the Far East overlord Daming Empire and the European and maritime hegemon Netherlands has finally begun, this is an inevitable war, because the Dutch East India Company wants to control the trade rights of Daming and even the entire Far East, how can Daming agree!

Historically, the Ming Dynasty did not agree, and similarly, the Dutch also came, they thought that with advanced artillery and excellent performance warships could make the Ming succumb, how could the Ming succumb, Chongzhen six years, the Battle of Luowan Naval Battle, internal and external troubles, and the Ming Dynasty with continuous natural disasters also defeated the maritime overlord Holland!

Of course, at that time, Daming did not cut off the trade between the Dutch East India Company and Dongying, and even Dongfan did not come back, so the Dutch East India Company did not fight with Daming, and only sent more than a dozen main warships and dozens of warships under the pirate Liu Xiang.

This time it was different, Zhang Bin not only cut off the trade between the Dutch East India Company and Dongying, but also recovered the East Engine, which seriously damaged the trade system of the Dutch East India Company in the entire Far East, and the profits were reduced by more than half.

Desperately try, Daming has never been afraid of anyone in history, and he will not be afraid at this time.

As soon as Brower ordered more than 40 super battleships to outflank them separately, Yu Chenglong immediately understood his intentions, he was going to bombard the armed merchant ships on fire!

More than 40 super battleships, a round of sideboard salvo is more than 2,000 shells, if they are allowed to dump more than 2,000 shells on more than 200 wheels, it is estimated that very few wheels will be spared, because wheels, one or two shells can be sunk, more than 2,000 shells, as long as there is one or two percent of the hit rate, more than 200 wheels can be wiped out!

At this time, of course, he couldn't watch his subordinates being bombed to slag, Yu Chenglong immediately ordered that twenty Weiyuan battleships and ten Zhenyuan cruisers should also be divided into two columns to wrap up the wheels that were setting fire to them, fend off the shells for them, and counterattack at the same time.

A real bombardment began, with super battleships on both sides, but the Dutch had forty-five, while the Ming had only twenty.

More than 2,000 artillery pieces on both sides took turns firing, and the shells poured down like a swift wind and rain, and several dark clouds instantly floated in the clear sky, and countless shells collided in mid-air, and sparks shot out in the sky, just like lightning and thunder.

Twenty Weiyuan battleships against forty-five super battleships, it seems that the Daming Naval Division has suffered a big loss, and the number is not even half of the others, but the Daming Naval Division is equipped with rear-loading Franc cannons, and the loading speed is about three times that of the Dutch cannon, that is, if people shoot one round, they can shoot three rounds!

In less than a quarter of an hour, the two sides poured nearly 5,000 shells on each other, and the first round of bombardment was over, with the Weiyuan battleship and the Zhenyuan cruiser still in their original positions guarding the wheels in the middle, while more than 40 super battleships began to turn out of the arc and turn around to prepare for the next salvo.

In the first round of bombardment, the Weiyuan battleships had a slight advantage in the number of shells that were poured, because they fired five rounds in a row, and the twenty battleships poured a total of 2,500 shells, while the Dutch super battleships could only take turns firing one round of shells, which was more than 2,200 rounds in total.

However, there was one problem that could not be avoided, that is, the number of shells, each of the twenty Weiyuan battleships and the ten Zhenyuan cruisers were hit by almost thirty or forty shells, while each of the more than forty super battleships was hit by only about twenty shells.

A strange thing happened, although the side of the Weiyuan battleship and the Zhenyuan cruiser was hit by a thousand holes and there were holes everywhere, none of them were sunk, but four or five of the more than forty super battleships of the Dutch were slowly sinking!

What's going on here?

The reason is very simple, because the Weiyuan battleship and the Zhenyuan cruiser are both ships, when it was originally designed, Zhang Bin asked to install iron plates on the wheels for protection, as a result, Zou Weilian and they simply installed a circle of iron plates on both sides, so that it was impossible for the Weiyuan battleship and the Zhenyuan cruiser to be shot near the waterline, and the fifty or sixty-meter-long giant ship was bombarded by shells weighing more than ten kilograms, unless it was shot near the waterline, otherwise it was impossible to sink.

Therefore, although the battleship Weiyuan and the cruiser Zhenyuan were bombed miserably, none of them sank.

The wheels in the middle were protected by the Weiyuan battleship and the Zhenyuan cruiser, and there were not many shells at all, and the line of fire was still spreading forward, and only a dozen of Heckman's fifty armed merchant ships could turn around and leave, and the others were basically surrounded by wheels.

At this moment, there was another sail shadow on the north side of the battlefield, Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu finally led their fleet to the battlefield, Zhang Bin saw this scene, and immediately ordered: "Order Gan Hui to attack, rush up, and entangle more than 20 super battleships on the right side, Zheng Zhihu led his 150 arson ships to help, Zheng Zhilong directly from the front, help Yu Chenglong to deal with the 100 armed merchant ships.!" ”

With his order, one hundred and fifty arsonist ships poured out of the inner sea of the Taijiang River like locusts, rushed up, and surrounded more than 20 super battleships that were turning around, and at this time, Yu Chenglong also ordered all wheels, abandon the more than 30 armed merchant ships that were already on fire, and rush to the front to entangle the other more than 60 armed merchant ships!

Soon, the fleets led by Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhihu, and Gan Hui were put into battle one after another, and the entire sea outside the castle of Geranza suddenly became a pot of porridge, and nearly 1,000 warships and warships of various types of the Ming army surrounded the Dutch, 100 armed merchant ships and more than 20 super battleships, and started a melee.

At this time, the bravery of the Ming army was vividly displayed, and they once again let the Dutch experience what it means to fight without life.

Zheng Zhihu and Gan Hui ignored the gunfire of the super battleship at all, and rushed directly to the more than 20 super battleships on the inside with raindrops of shells, paying the price of dozens of arson ships being sunk, and finally rushed through the peripheral barrage and rushed to the super battleship.

More than 200 small boats surrounded more than 20 super battleships and set fire wildly, fire cans, rockets and thunderbolts were just like raindrops scattered on the super battleships, and when the fire pots and thunderbolts were all thrown away, and the rockets were also shot, he directly set his ship on fire, jumped into the water, and pushed the fire boat against the super battleship is a fierce fire, more than 20 super battleships were soon set on fire, accompanied by bursts of gunpowder explosions, more than 20 super battleships lit up one after another, forcing the sailors and gunners above to abandon the ship and jump into the sea.

Immediately after, another hand-to-hand battle began on the sea, in the water, the Ming army had wooden armor as a life jacket, and there was no need to paddle to maintain buoyancy, so it was naturally advantageous.

Zheng Zhilong also slashed violently, he directly led the five captured super battleships to squeeze into more than 30 armed merchant ships on fire, just bombarded all the way, and blasted out a passage, and the more than 20 captured armed merchant ships followed up with a burst of random bombardment, the passage was wider, and the fire of the more than 30 armed merchant ships on fire was getting bigger and bigger, and the last more than 300 warships were forced to squeeze into the passage opened by Zheng Zhilong, and rushed forward next to those armed merchant ships on fire, and they really couldn't squeeze into the passage. Just squeeze into the already burning armed merchant ship and continue to set it on fire!

In front, more than 200 wheels have surrounded more than 60 armed merchant ships, braving the rain of bullets and bullets to set fire there, no matter whether the Dutch on the armed merchant ships are firing their cannons on their top or lying on the side of the ship and shooting desperately, they just do not retreat, countless wheels are bombed to pieces, countless sailors and soldiers are smashed and spurting blood and flying upside down, no one escapes, they just fight to the death.

Finally, Zheng Zhilong led five super battleships and more than 200 warships to rush up, and more than 60 armed merchant ships were immediately tightly surrounded, and a bigger melee began.

At this time, Brower, who turned around, was anxiously scanning the battlefield in the distance with a telescope, the number of warships in the Ming Empire was completely beyond his imagination, and the bravery and fearlessness of the Ming soldiers made him even more daunting.

He looked at the super battleships and armed merchant ships that were constantly burning in front of him, and then at the Ming soldiers who were full of determination and didn't know what life and death were, and finally showed a look of horror on his face.

These people are all madmen who don't want to die, does it make sense to rush forward?

Look at their posture, not to mention twenty super battleships, even two hundred super battleships, they will not be afraid, people are not even afraid of death, what else can you do with them!

Rushing up, at most you will be able to come with a round of sideside salvos, pouring more than a thousand shells, and then, it is estimated that there will be no then, those madmen will definitely surround them with their lives, and when the time comes, the remaining twenty super battleships will also be planted here.

He glanced around in despair, and then reluctantly ordered: "Order, the whole army retreats." ”

His order was actually given to the remaining twenty super battleships, and as for the other super battleships and armed merchant ships, even if they saw the order, they couldn't retreat, because they were already tightly surrounded, and they couldn't escape at all.

Zhang Bin looked at the twenty super battleships that turned around and went away, and then looked at the chaotic battlefield, but finally did not issue any orders.

If they want to escape, let them escape, even if the twenty super battleships escape back, there is no threat, at least for this year, they have no ability to attack again, for now, it is better to pack up the remaining super battleships and armed merchant ships.

The battle didn't last long, Heckman and Van Dimen didn't have the courage to fight to the death, they saw that the super battleships on the inside had been on fire, and the super battleships on the periphery had slowly moved away, and finally chose to surrender one after another!

Looking at the white flags constantly floating out of the armed merchant ships, Zhang Bin finally showed a victorious smile, what about the powers, what about the overlords of the sea, when it comes to Lao Tzu's territory, you have to lie down for me!

He ordered aloud: "Order Yu Chenglong, Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhihu, and Gan Hui to clean up the battlefield, order the sentinels everywhere to keep a close eye on the twenty super battleships that escaped, and order Zheng Hua to be on standby at any time and prepare to intercept them." ”

Zheng Hua is Zheng Cai's younger brother, in recent years, many young people in the Dajin Institute have matured, Zhang Bin specially arranged them to the army martial arts hall and the navy martial arts hall to take turns to study, all those with excellent grades have been promoted, and this Zheng Hua is the best grade, proficient in land and naval warfare, and the skills are also among the best, so Zhang Bin directly promoted him to the commander of the Eastern Zhongwei, instead of Zheng Cai, who was transferred to Zhuhai as the commander of the Guanghaiwei.

At this time, he was leading one hundred and fifty arsonist ships to garrison Zhuhai, because the road was too far, Zhang Bin did not transfer him to participate in the decisive battle, but if Brower panicked and chose a route close to the coast, then it was necessary to let Zheng Hua stop it, and then mobilize all the ships to leave the last twenty super battleships in his hand!

Unfortunately, Brower did not take the route close to the coast at all, not even the regular route from East to Batavia, because he was not only an admiral, but also an explorer and navigator, and he could return to Batavia without a shipping lane.

In short, Zhang Bin dispatched fifty groups of sentinels deployed in the south of Dongfan but did not find any trace of him, and the twenty super battleships seemed to have disappeared into the sea.

Of course, these are all later words, Zhang Bin doesn't have time to chase those twenty super battleships at this time, because cleaning the battlefield is enough for them to be busy.

At this time, more than 20 super battleships and more than 40 armed merchant ships were burning, and the sea was densely packed with Ming soldiers and Dutch who had fallen into the water, and there were more than 50 armed merchant ships to receive.

Zhang Bin carefully observed the situation on the sea, and then added an order: "Order Zheng Zhilong to lead his fleet to receive the more than 50 armed merchant ships, Zheng Zhihu and Gan Hui led their arson ships to salvage the soldiers and prisoners who fell into the water, and Yu Chenglong went to try to see if the super battleships and armed merchant ships on fire were still saved, and if they could be saved, put out the fire above." ”

In the end, all the burning super battleships and armed merchant ships were burned, Zhang Bin only captured more than 50 armed merchant ships, but there were more captured Dutch, the more than 50 armed battleships surrendered, plus 30 super battleships and more than 40 armed merchant ships jumped into the sea, a total of more than 15,000 captured the Dutch Navy!

In this battle, the casualties of the Ming army officers and men were also relatively large, and Yu Chenglong, who was the first to enter the battle, just the round when he went up to the top and bombarded more than 40 super battleships, half of the 20 Weiyuan battleships and 10 Zhenyuan cruisers were almost destroyed, and the gunners and sailors inside suffered more than 3,000 casualties, as well as 250 wheels, after rushing into the enemy's formation, more than 40 ships were sunk, and the casualties were also thousands.

In addition, the casualties of Zheng Zhihu's troops and Gan Hui's troops were also relatively large, more than 60 of the 300 arson ships were sunk, and more than 100 were set on fire by themselves, and thousands of Ming soldiers were killed or wounded.

In short, the Ming army suffered heavy losses this time, with more than 5,000 casualties and almost 2,000 killed, and more than 100 large and small warships were sunk in total, and more than 100 ships were burned themselves, which can be said to be the largest loss in all previous naval battles.

Of course, the results achieved this time are also quite large, the Netherlands, the maritime hegemon, was directly killed by Zhang Bin this time!