Chapter 185: The Female Captive
The Dutch's armed merchant ships tried their best to speed up, trying to take advantage of the large number of guns by adjusting their formation. But for these seventeenth-century wooden-hulled ships that relied entirely on sail power, it would have been too difficult to keep up with modern propeller ships.
There are radar systems on the coast surveillance ships, and the sea conditions and the positions of the ships on both sides are displayed on the fluorescent screen at any time, and although the pilots are new and tender, they can make the most effective response - often the two ships have been moving with great effort for a long time, and this side gently and skillfully accelerates, and then rushes out a long distance, always staying 600 meters away.
But the Dutch kept firing. Even if it's just to keep morale up. However, in this era, even the best bronze artillery could aim at a distance of three hundred meters at best. Beyond this distance, even if it can be shot far with a large charge, only God knows where the shells will fly in the end.
In fact, this is exactly the case, a large number of water columns were smashed on the sea surface in this direction where the nearest Dingyuan ship was located, but the place where the latest shell fell into the water was also more than 100 meters away from the Qionghai, even according to the standard of probability shooting, this dispersion area is too large.
After the Dutch opened fire, Wang Yue had already entered the cabin and continued to observe the battle situation with drones.
He was a cautious man, although the effective range of the Dutch artillery was more than 300 meters, and the maximum range was 800 meters.
Judging from the situation of the battle, each of the Dutch sailing ships had been hit by more than a dozen shots, the ships were full of holes, the deck was full of dead and wounded, but there was still no sign of sinking, the sails of one of them were already on fire, and the crew was desperately trying to put out the fire.
European galleons were basically made of oak wood with thick planks. Usually in the case of a naval battle, there are many unsinkable solid bullets from dozens of guns.
After all, recoilless guns are land weapons, and their power is still not comparable to that of real modern naval guns.
If you want to sink the opponent's sailboat as soon as possible, you can quickly solve the problem with an armor-piercing incendiary warhead from a heavy machine gun. However, Wang Yue will not let go of such a good live-fire training opportunity, so let the soldiers brush up their experience.
He also had a bad impression of the Dutch, including the Spaniards.
The more or less the king knows, there are some things that the Western colonizers did in Southeast Asia in this era...... Especially for the Chinese.
The Spaniards were the first evil, and they massacre the Chinese in the Philippines in 1603, 1639, and 1662, each time killing tens of thousands of people, with the aim of genocide against the Chinese. His evil deeds are so numerous that it can be said that they are too numerous to write.
The Dutch were no worse than the Spaniards in their means. In 1740, they killed all the Chinese expatriates in Batavia (Jakarta), the capital of Java, at one time, turning the river into blood, which is known in history as the "Red Creek Massacre".
In short, since in the eyes of the Western colonizers in this era, the aborigines and Chinese in Southeast Asia were monkey-like existences, and there were no human rights at all.
So in the same way, in Wang Yue's eyes, the Westerners of this era are also a group of natives, or the most barbaric and evil kind. To deal with the villains, he has to use all means to beat these colonists to death, and he has absolutely no psychological burden.
So watching the two Dutch armed merchant ships in the video, gradually falling apart in the shelling, made him feel a sense of resentment.
With such heavy artillery fire, even the sturdy wooden sailing ship could not hold up, and soon one galleon disintegrated and capsized, and the other also raised the white flag.
Li Zixiong asked next to him: "Commander, they surrendered, did they stop shelling?" ”
Wang Yue smiled and said, "The shelling continues, send them to God!" ”
He had no interest in capturing wooden galleons, but rather slowed down the fleet, not to mention such a good training opportunity.
Finally, the last sailboat was also sunk, and the sea was full of broken wood and corpses, and of course there were many living people, all of whom jumped into the sea to escape. In the spirit of humanitarianism, Wang Yue ordered the salvage of prisoners.
Under the watchful eye of soldiers armed with rifles, these Dutchmen who had fallen into the water were rescued one by one, and one by one, more than 40 people were rescued.
Wang Yue instructed Zhang Han: "Old Zhang, ask them who is in charge." ”
Zhang Han opened his eyes today, he didn't expect his firepower to be so strong, and he was worried in vain at first.
Soon the commercial representative Schauzin was brought over, this is a middle-aged man with blonde hair and blue eyes, who has become a soup chicken by this time.
Zhang Han said: "Lord Wang, his name is Schohzin, and he is the commercial representative of the Dutch East India Company. He said he admitted his defeat. If the lives of themselves and the sailors could be guaranteed, the Dutch East India Company would pay a ransom for it. ”
Of course, Wang Yue had heard of the name of the Dutch East India Company, and he said to Zhang Han: "Tell him that I will not kill him, and there are still things to tell him to do." With that, the soldiers took Schozin down.
Wang Yue wanted to inquire from Schoutine about the situation in Taiwan and Batavia, and the Dutch had built a city of Geranza in the south of Taiwan, which he would also be the target of his attack in the future.
After Schozin was taken away, Wei Xiaoliang came over with a smile and said, "Commander, we caught a red-haired woman." ”
As he spoke, he flashed and saw two soldiers walking over with a blonde girl.
This woman looked sixteen or seventeen years old, her long golden hair was wet, she was tall and graceful, her skin was fair and delicate, and her big blue eyes looked at Wang Yue a little timidly.
No wonder Wei Xiaoliang smiled so strangely, this guy is here to offer treasure. Not to mention, this girl is really beautiful.
"You drop, what drop work?" As soon as Wang Yue finished speaking, he shook his head, this has not yet arrived in Japan, so he has learned from Japanese devils.
Then he asked in English, "Hat's your name?" "He is not proficient in English, but he can still have simple conversations.
"I, my name is Lisa Minrini." The woman spoke suddenly.
Wang Yue said in surprise: "Do you speak Chinese?" Do you understand what I just said? ”
Lisa Minrini said: "There are a lot of Chinese in Batavia, and I studied there. What you just said should be in English, but the pronunciation is not quite accurate. ”
Then he asked, "Who are you?" Why attack our merchant ships? "Her Han nationality is a little blunt, with a bit of Cantonese accent.
Wang Yue stared at her for a long time, then said with a smile: "You were the first to plot against her, and you even asked me why, don't you think it's funny?" Seeing that she was about to refute, Wang Yue raised his hand and interrupted: "This official is Wang Yue, the military preparation of the Ming Shuntianfu, and your Dutch East India Company has taken hostile actions against our DPRK many times, so it is reasonable for us to attack your armed merchant ships, right?" ”