Zheng Zhilong held a telescope and looked at the sparse super battleships and dozens of old armed merchant ships in the strait in front of him, and couldn't help but show a contemptuous smile on his face, with such a little strength, he dared to be so rampant, his brain was sick!

He ordered disdainfully: "Wave the flag and let them get out, otherwise we will be polite." ”

The flag-bearer behind him waved a few flags at the lookout, and then the flag-bearer on the lookout began to repeat the two flags: "Get out of the way, or fire!" ”

At this time, Vice Admiral Alexander, the commander of the British battleship, was really a little stressed, because he was not the commander of this operation, and their commander, Duke Cromwell, Jr., was not here at all, and he had no right to decide whether to let go or not!

Looking at the long dragon composed of the two giant ships on the way, he didn't need to count them to know that his own fleet was definitely not someone's opponent, because people's fleet couldn't see the end at all, that is to say, there were at least hundreds of such giant ships, and the five super battleships under his command could not have fought hundreds of such giant ships even if their firepower was fierce.

He was stunned for a moment before he hurriedly shouted: "Quick, flag slogan, please stop, we ask for dialogue." ”

When Zheng Zhilong saw the other party's flag, he couldn't help but pout, and then ordered: "Order, the flagship and the 101st ship, the bow main gun and auxiliary guns are aimed at the armed merchant ship in front of the gun, and all the battleships are ready to fire a salvo from the sideboard." ”

A wave of the command flag, the two Weiyuan battleships in the front line suddenly opened fire, and there was a roar of artillery, and six columns of water suddenly splashed around the armed merchant ships blocking the entrance to the strait.

Didn't hit!

Zheng Zhilong frowned, and then shouted: "Aim at the point, keep bombarding, until it sinks." ”

It didn't take long for the two Weiyuan battleships at the front to open fire again, and this time, a cannonball finally hit the armed merchant ship, and a burst of sawdust flew, and a huge hole suddenly appeared in the side of the armed merchant ship.

Alexander was really dumbfounded at this time, he didn't expect people to say that they would fire, there was no room for negotiation at all, after the first round of shelling, he was still thinking about whether to get out of the way, the general battleship capital is three guns, six shells burst out, he thought that the other party would not be able to fire again in at least a few minutes, so he was in a hurry to give an order.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he hesitated, people fired again.

What is this reload speed!

He hadn't encountered the warships of the Ming army yet, so he naturally didn't know that people could shoot five rounds in a row, but shooting two rounds in a row had already scared him, this kind of loading speed was too terrifying, and he hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up, order all warships and armed merchant ships to get out of the way." ”

It's a pity that it's late.

The flag-bearer on his side had just given the order, and before all the warships and armed merchant ships had time to adjust their sails, there was another round of artillery bombardment on the opposite side, and now, the armed merchant ship in the middle was hit twice in a row, and the deck was smashed through, and a large hole appeared near the side waterline, and the sea water rushed in, and the hull quickly leaned to one side and slowly sank.

At this time, many Weiyuan battleships have been replaced with 5,000 pounds of main guns, that guy, a cannonball down, enough to smash a hole the size of half a zhang, and it was the main gun of the Weiyuan battleship that hit the side of this armed merchant ship, and it is no wonder that this armed merchant ship is unsinkable.

Let's be reasonable!

Alexander looked at the slowly sinking armed merchant ships, and didn't know what to do, did he fight back?

He looked at the enemy's fleet again, and he couldn't see the end at this time, and it was estimated that there were more than a hundred super warships like this!

He was still hesitating, Zheng Zhilong did not hesitate, the flagship took the lead, and soon rushed to the entrance of the strait, and the artillery on the side was already able to bombard the enemy's warships and armed merchant ships, he did not hesitate to order: "The left battleship on the port side volley, the right battleship on the starboard side, bombard in turn, each battleship fires three rounds!" ”

"Boom, boom, boom", as he gave the order, the flagship of the first row and the 101 battleship roared at the same time, and more than 100 shells rained down on both sides.

The entrance to the strait was less than ten miles in total, and all the British warships and armed merchant ships were within the attack range of the Weiyuan battleships, and in this round of shelling, at least a dozen warships and armed merchant ships were shot, and the water columns stirred up on both sides blocked people's sight.

Before Alexander came to his senses, immediately after, the two Weiyuan battleships in the second row opened fire again, and more than a hundred shells smashed over, with a loud "click", and his flagship was shot!

He looked back at the huge hole on the deck, and was dumbfounded, the artillery on the side of the people were all huge cannons of more than 1,000 catties, this is a fart!

He hurriedly shouted: "Retreat, quickly, order all warships and armed merchant ships to retreat to both sides." ”

It's a pity that it's too late again.

After all, a sailboat is not a ship, it takes time to turn or start accelerating, and the speed of the Weiyuan battleship is amazing, where can they withdraw.

"Boom, boom", another burst of artillery roar sounded, and I don't know whether the first row of Weiyuan battleships fired the second round of shells, or the third row of Weiyuan battleships fired the first round of shells, and another hundred shells smashed to both sides, a burst of sawdust flew, and I don't know how many battleships and armed merchant ships were shot.

Immediately afterwards, the roar of artillery rang out one after another, and it became more and more dense, and huge shells poured madly, almost without any gaps, countless water columns rose into the sky, and the entire strait was like a torrential rain on both sides, and there were splashes of sea water everywhere, and everyone's eyes were blurred.

The thunderous roar of artillery lasted for nearly half an hour, and by the time the two hundred Weiyuan battleships passed through the entrance to the channel, the British warships and armed merchant ships on both sides had lost their tracks, and the sea was littered with floating splinters of wood and British officers and men overboard.

Zhang Bin glanced at the sea in front of him with a telescope, nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered: "Order, all light ironclad ships come forward to salvage the prisoners." ”

A burst of flags flew, the light ironclad ships on the periphery scattered, and rushed to both sides of the entrance of the strait quickly, and the Ming soldiers on the ship were like lassoed horses, waving rope rings, and the British soldiers in the water were lassoed one by one, and quickly pulled onto the boat.

These British soldiers were all bombarded, and those who were lucky not to be killed by the shells were almost frightened at this time, how could they dare to resist, they just let the Ming soldiers trap them, pull them on the boat, tied them tightly, and there was no one struggling!

Alexander was also lucky not to be killed by the cannonballs, he looked at the hundreds of warships rushing up behind him in horror, his eyes were about to pop out, where the hell did this fleet come from, so many terrifying giant ships, is this going to sweep across the European continent!

Of course, Zhang Bin didn't want to sweep the European continent, he just wanted to warn the European powers through this move that the Ming Empire is not easy to mess with, you had better be brighter, don't provoke the Ming Empire, otherwise, you will face a catastrophe!