The captain of the "Yalvis" ordered the entire fleet to move closer to the enemy ships on the right, because the distance was too far for their guns to hit the enemy ships at all.

The sailors immediately adjusted the direction of the sails, and although the "Yalvis" was blown up and swayed, the sails on the ship were intact and were not damaged by the Chinese artillery fire.

The ship on the enemy's right flank was the "Zheng He No. 2" ship, and the operational commander of the fleet was Tian Qiliang, who was Tian Jianxiu's son and a disciple of Chongwen, and won the trust of Gao Junshan.

The Dutch fleet changed course because it was clear at a glance in front of the command platform, and the enemy ships were approaching to fight closely, so in order to avoid accidental injury, he ordered the "Zheng He No. 3" to temporarily leave the battlefield.

"Zheng He No. 2" had only fired two 70-pound flowering shells before, and Tian Qiliang wished that the "Yervis" would get closer, and as long as they entered the effective firing range, the guns on the battleship would be able to fire together.

The Dutch fleet assumed an aggressive posture, accelerated its approach to the "Zheng He II", and kept firing at the "Zheng He II".

Tian Qiliang had been monitoring the position of the Dutch fleet with binoculars, patiently waiting for the best time to shoot.

"Gun emplacements No. 11, 12, 23, 24, 25, immediately reload incendiary bombs." Tian Qiliang gave the order to fight.

These five gun positions are all firing 50-pound guns, and Tian Qiliang wants to test the power of the new type of incendiary bombs.

"Target, enemy flagship, launch!" He gave the order to open fire.

Command, just listen to the "whoosh!" Sou! Sou! Several incendiary bombs flew out with black smoke, and in the process of flying, these shells suddenly burst out with a strong light, and those rays of light were divided into five or six white flames, and the white flames gradually turned red, forming bundles of fire, which flew directly to the sails of the "Yalvis", and the fireballs hit the sails, directly penetrated the canvas, and then spun and fell.

The huge sail of the "Yalvis" became the target of the Chinese incendiary bomb, this time it was launched with a 50-pound multi-warhead incendiary bomb, and the shells fired by each shell could split into six small incendiary warheads in the process of flight, and these small incendiary bombs hit the sail, most of them were able to penetrate the canvas, and at the same time ignite the canvas, and the incendiary bombs after passing through the canvas will continue to burn, and due to the resistance of the canvas, the burning warheads fall directly into the center of the ship; Some warheads that cannot penetrate the distribution will be burned close to the canvas, and as the canvas is burned, the warhead will also fall down. These falling incendiary bombs will continue to shine on the deck.

After a group of incendiary bombs were fired, Tian Qiliang witnessed the power of the incendiary bombs, and the "Yalvis" not only set fire on its sails, but even the deck was not spared, and the fire began to engulf the battleship, and with the help of the wind, the three decks burst into flames.

"The enemy is starting to dive!" The first mate on the side said happily.

Tian Qiliang calmly gave the order: "All gun positions, immediately open fire and sink the flagship!" ”

The sailors on the "Yalvis" then felt what was called earth-shattering, a sudden loud noise, followed by the sound of missiles whistling, and the sailors who were tormented by the fire had not yet woken up from the nightmare, and fell into the bottomless abyss.

The burning "Yalvis" fell apart immediately under the bombardment of other raindrops, and the hull was split into two halves, and due to the fracture of the hull, the latter half sank rapidly; The first half of the ship flipped on its side in the water, and then there was a violent explosion, and the bow of the ship was blown into several pieces, some floating on the surface of the water and burning, and some sinking to the bottom of the sea.

Seven light battleships, having lost the command of the flagship, began to get disorganized, four fled backwards, and three rushed straight towards the "Zheng He II".

Tian Qiliang ordered the "Zheng He No. 3" to intercept the four enemy ships that had escaped, and all the guns on the battleship "Zheng He No. 2" had already aimed at the three Dutch third-class battleships.

To deal with these third-class battleships, it was much easier for the Zheng He-class battleships, and on the main battery above the foredeck, the gunners were ready to open fire.

This heavy gun, which fires 70-pound shells, has a caliber of 220 mm and a barrel length of 1800 mm, and is a main battle gun capable of rotating itself, which is controlled by manual or electrical system to adjust the angle of fire of the gun.

The position of the artillery commander has a very wide field of vision, and he holds two small red and green flags in his hands, directing the firing of the cannon.

The gunners had just loaded a flowering shell into the chamber of the gun, and the gunner was manually adjusting the angle, waiting for the gunner's order to fire.

The muzzle of the gun was already aimed at a Dutch battleship rushing to the front, the gun commander waved the red flag, and with a loud "boom-" sound, the entire gun position shook strongly, billowing black smoke filled the surroundings, and the strong smell of gunpowder spread in the air.

Several gunners who operated the artillery had brief deafness in their ears.

The gun commander wore ear protectors, and the shock wave of the cannon sound had the least effect on him, and he ignored the smoke and choking smoke and observed the landing point of the shell in order to adjust the next shell.

This shell hit the bow of the ship directly, and the bow of the light battleship was shattered by the flowering shell, and the fragments of the planks flew fifty meters away, and the battleship, without the bow, began to roll sideways due to the loss of balance.

The Zheng He-class battleship had three 70-pound guns on the foredeck, and when the Dutch battleship slowly turned on its side, two more shells hit the ship, the tonnage of this battleship was less than 1,000 tons, and under the blow of such powerful artillery fire, it was completely dismembered by the explosion of the shells, and the gun commander saw many Dutch sailors jump into the sea.

Tian Qiliang also saw this scene, he was on the command platform on the third floor, and saw with his glasses that the vulnerable enemy ships were overturned, and the two enemy ships behind realized the danger, and they urgently adjusted their sailing, and the two battleships drew an arc on the sea and turned around and fled south.

How could a sail battleship escape the pursuit of a steam engine battleship?

Tian Qiliang ordered to catch up with the two enemy ships and sink them.

The results were obvious, one of the Dutch battleships did not escape the fate of being sunk, and the other battleship hoisted the white flag and surrendered to the Chinese navy.

Tian Qiliang excitedly came to Gao Junshan's rest cabin and reported to Gao Junshan: "Mountain Chief, our ship destroyed one second-class battleship, three third-class battleships, and captured one third-class battleship. ”

Gao Junshan approvingly: "The battle record is not small, and a battleship was captured." ”

Tian Qiliang said: "We are now going to approach this captured battleship, and we have come to ask the mountain chief." ”

Gao Junshan said: "Don't be afraid of me just because I'm here, you can do what you have to do, I believe in you." ”

After Tian Qiliang got Gao Junshan's consent, he ordered the "Zheng He No. 2" to approach the Dutch battleship that had surrendered.

In fact, this is a very risky act, in case the Dutch go back on their word and fire back at the approaching "Zheng He No. 2", it will cause great losses.

Hong Pengju suggested not to get on the Dutch ship and sink it from afar, but Liu Wenxiu supported Tian Qiliang's approach.

Liu Wenxiu said: "The Dutch really want to surrender, as long as we are fully prepared, we are not afraid that they will regret it." ”