Gao Junshan said to the gun commander: "Very good. Rest well today, and there will be a fierce battle tomorrow morning. ”

The artillery commander said: "Please rest assured, we will maintain sufficient physical strength at any time to meet the incoming enemy!" ”

As he was talking, Sun Dahai came over, and he said to Gao Junshan: "Father, now the battleship is moving at full speed, and there is a lot of wind and waves on the deck, please go back to the rest cabin to rest." ”

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The battleship group of the Huaxia Kingdom traveled for thirty-four hours according to the set target, and arrived at its destination on time at four o'clock in the morning on November 15.

The Dutch did not let their guard down on Sunday, they also spotted the menacing Chinese battleship group on the sea, and sent five battleships out to intercept it.

Gao Junshan ordered three Zhenghe-class battleships to meet the enemy ships that had departed, and nine Wuchang-class battleships continued to advance deep into the Dutch base.

The five Dutch battleships that rushed over were organized into a straight column, neatly arranged. The guns lined up in a row will form an active firepower network against enemy ships, and it can concentrate the firepower of the entire fleet to shoot in the same direction, and it can avoid such incidents as the firepower of ships in the same fleet from interfering with each other, the artillery fire deviating from the enemy ship, or passing through the enemy ship and hitting the friendly ship.

This method of fighting in formation also simplifies the tasks of each captain, who only needs to keep the warship in formation and fire at the enemy ship opposite it.

The battleships of Huaxia Kingdom don't play this game with you, because the tonnage of battleships is far greater than that of enemy ships, and their firepower is also several times higher than that of enemy ships, not to mention the giant battleships of the Zheng He-class, which is a large battleship of the Wuchang class, and its firepower is more than enough to destroy a battleship of 2,000 tonnage.

Gao Junshan ordered the other two battleships, the battleship, to detour back to the two flanks of the enemy ships and take them out one by one.

The battleship "Zheng He No. 1" adjusted its direction and used the port side to meet the five menacing enemy ships.

Gao Junshan stood in front of the command platform, watching the movements of the enemy ships through the telescope, and through the telescope, he could already clearly see the sails of the Dutch fleet.

The three 70-pounder guns and fifteen 50-pounder guns at the bow and tail of the battleship fired at the same time, although the Dutch battleship had 42-pounder guns, but compared with the 70-pounder guns and 50-pounder guns of Huaxia, it was nothing to the core, because this kind of shell in Huaxia had a two-stage propulsion system, and Huaxia's second-stage propulsion technology was already perfect, plus it carried a flowering projectile, so its power was not something that the Dutch could imagine.

The artillery fire at both ends was concentrated on the Dutch battleship in the middle, and the first round of artillery fire broke the silent night sky, and eighteen fires illuminated the sea between the two battleships red.

Gao Junshan could already see the outline of the sailboat, the first round of shells had already fallen around the enemy ship and exploded, and a few bombs that fell into the water raised a column of water more than five meters high, and the sail of the battleship in the middle was half off.

He felt the whole battleship tremble slightly, and the rumbling sound of cannon sounded in his ears again, and the second round of blows from the battleship's heavy guns turned the sea red again.

After the first round of strikes, the gunners of the heavy artillery adjusted the landing point of the shells, and this time, the sailboat in the middle could not escape the fate of being bombed, and Gao Junshan clearly saw in the telescope that the battleship with broken sails suddenly burst into flames.

"Hit! Hit! Gao Junshan shouted excitedly.

The enemy ships also began to counterattack, and after a burst of cannon fire, the Dutch shells hit the sea area 300 meters away from the "Zheng He No. 1", lifting hundreds of water columns on the calm sea, and they had to go forward another 300 meters if they wanted to hit the "Zheng He No. 1."

The Dutch were still brave, and they braved the bombardment of heavy artillery, shook the sailboat as fast as they could, and pounced on the "Zheng He No. 1", firing their guns as they rushed back.

However, at this moment, the other two Zheng He-class ships had been outflanked in place, and the earth-shattering cannon sound sounded above the five Dutch battleships, and the two outermost battleships of the Dutch were torn apart by artillery fire, and the sails began to catch fire.

"Well played!" Gao Junshan shook his fist.

At this time, the battleship suddenly trembled, the sound of artillery was deafening, and countless fireballs erupted from the port side of the battleship "Zheng He No. 1", spraying towards the Dutch battleship, and for a while, gunpowder smoke filled the entire sky.

By this time, three of the Dutch fleet had broken apart, and hundreds of sailors had fallen into the sea, and they were floating on the surface of the sea and swimming desperately towards the coast, as if they were struggling to break free from this purgatory-like furnace.

The remaining two battleships were still rushing forward, and although their sails were broken and the speed of the charge was surprisingly slow, they still held on, and in their opinion, as long as their shells could hit the "Zheng He No. 1", they would be able to sink it.

The steam engine battleships of the Huaxia Kingdom were all ironclad battleships, and even if a 42-pound shell hit the battleship, it would not cause much damage, let alone be sunk.

The tenacious fighting spirit of the Dutch was extinguished by hundreds of shells of all kinds, and they once again learned the power of the Chinese navy, and just when the two battleships were about to sink, they raised the white flag.

"Mountain chief, the Dutch have surrendered." The captain is reporting to the high mountains.

Gao Junshan said: "I saw it, we ignored him, and went to support the battleships entering the harbor at full speed." ”

"Obey!"

Captain Deng Shijie was instructed to throw off the two sinking sailboats and head for the Dutch naval base.

At this time, the sky was already bright, the fiery red sun rose in the east, and the direction of the coast was also full of gunsmoke, and from time to time there was the rumbling sound of cannons.

The lookout reported that the two Dutch battleships that had been left behind had sunk to the bottom of the sea, and the sailors on the surface of the sea sent a distress signal to the "Zheng He No. 1".

Gao Junshan said: "They can't die, leave them alone, and set off to the base immediately!" ”

The three battleships walked in parallel, and rumbling black smoke spewed out from the chimneys, and the smoke drifted south like three black belts under the sea breeze.

By the time Zheng He No. 1 arrived at the harbor, the naval battle had already ended, and the Dutch had abandoned their ships and retreated to shore to prepare for stubborn resistance.

The sea was a mess, hundreds of wooden ships were still burning, billowing black smoke covered half of the sky, mixed with more than a dozen broken battleships, these battleships were obviously burned by the flames of war, there was no one on the ship, floating empty on the sea.

The nine Wuchang-class battleships of the Huaxia Kingdom were neatly lined up in the bay, waiting for Gao Junshan's order.

Gao Junshan ordered one of the Wuchang-class battleships to fall back to save the people, and then ordered the 5th Marine Brigade to land and attack the recalcitrant Dutch, while ordering Feng Shuangli's troops to move south quickly.