There was another earth-shattering explosion, steaming up in this hot sea, and in the dark mushroom cloud-like smoke, the six or seven battleships blocking the harbor, along with the two second-class main battleships of the Ming Dynasty, also turned into splinters and splashes in the smoke of more than a dozen tons of black powder.

On the deck, the huge sea of tears held high the command knife, and the huge mothership was also the first to run over the debris of the sunken ship, and merged into the battlefield fiercely, the same solid bronze statue of Nuwa with the power of Wanjin was fiercely crushed on a Dutch warship that was still entangled in the Ming warship, on the deck shouting and fighting on the Dutch warship, in the loud click, the side of the Dutch ship was also broken in a large piece, in the panicked shouts of the red-haired sailors, the Daming sailors who had already held their eyes red grabbed the cable, Hanging on to their ship, gritting his teeth and holding his bayonet, he charged at the stunned Dutch sailors.

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Behind the mothership, the main battleships that were also suffocating their heads swollen rushed out, and they also rushed into the battlefield one by one, more intense artillery fire, more shocking roars and battles, and the fierce roar and killing sounded in the dim sky, the fierceness of the battle, even the sky was shaken, and a few dazzling thunderbolts pierced the gloomy clouds.

On the other side, seeing that the huge sea had solved the problem of being blocked by itself, Sun Chun, who had already rushed to the center of the ship's formation, also had a smile in her elegant and temperamental eyes, and then she waved her command knife heavily, and the ironclad ship, which had been moving forward bravely, finally turned around at thirty degrees.

In the huge impetus of the turbine, the wood on the bow of the two Western battleships squeezed on the hull of the ironclad ship was crushed by the huge force, and finally climbed onto the deck of the opponent's ironclad ship, but the Western sailors who were helpless against the fully enclosed steel hull fell into the sea one by one. Prince Condé's old face, which had been smeared with a thick layer of powder, was even whiter like a vampire, and his hand holding the telescope could not stop trembling, and in his frightened shouts, the equally frightened French gunners were also trying their best to shell the surging Daming Sword.

But even as the sturdy iron balls smashed into the hull of the ship, a few minutes later, Sun Chun's ironclad ship still cut into the thick side of the French battleship with a thunderous click, and almost at the same time, three white flags hung on the three masts of the Sun in embarrassment.

On the other side, a slightly smaller Dutch light ship had already rowed away from the battlefield at this time, and turned to look at the Rotterdam slowly sinking with his old friend.

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The battle of the Cebu Strait can be regarded as a negative example in the history of the Ming Royal Navy, but the superior forces were blocked in the narrow bay and could not get out, and the enemy took advantage of the local advantage to surround and sink the main battleships of the Ming Dynasty 33 times, and the losses were heavy! In the tragedy of the huge sea, this period was meticulously written into the history of the Ming Navy.

But this war can be regarded as Mao Jue's most Beiyang naval division, the invincible steel giant, the shocking sea battle, the first time in this time and space human beings put hundreds of tons of non-sail-powered steel ships on the battlefield, the scale of the naval battle is also unprecedented, and more importantly, it has hit the main force of the coalition of more than a dozen countries formed by the Western powers.

France, Spain, the Portuguese, the Italian states, etc., sent a total of 198 capital ships, of which 112 were sunk and captured in this bay, the French fleet that rushed forward was completely annihilated, and the Dutch fleet, which pursued the strong sea coachman, was sunk and captured one-half, and the most complete escape was the fleet of Venice, Genoa and other states that had become unstable. Nothing is done with regard to the East as a reciprocal adversary, and now they are paying the price for their arrogance.

This battle also marked the end of the era that belonged to the Netherlands.

Knowing that his command mistake had not been cleared, after three days of renovation in the recovered Cebu City, the huge sea with nearly half of the fleet unharmed, went to sea again, this time aiming straight for the last colony of the Western powers in Southeast Asia, the Dutch East Indies.

The Dutch colony is not small, the East Indies under the rule of Batavia included the entire later Indonesia, conquered Java, the number one power in Southeast Asia, and owned the most profitable spice islands of the Dutch East India Company and monopolized most of the Oriental trade routes, and its ruling population reached 8 million to 10 million, and the population of the entire Luzon Islands during the same period was only 500,000 to 800,000, and the rich East Indies also supported the most prosperous Netherlands in the 16th century.

But now this land is no longer married to the Dutch! Originally, Curt was prepared to guard the Batavia colony of more than 10,000 Western professional mercenaries, but more than 40 capital warships lost most of them in the battle of the Cebu Strait, and only a dozen ships fled back to Batavia.

Borneo was directly abandoned, and the huge sea directly took over the largest port in the south and one of the ancient states of the South Seas, and then used it as an anchorage springboard to directly attack Batavia, the capital of the Dutch colony on the island of Java.

In April and May, the allied forces of the nations that had gathered here on the European continent set out in a mighty manner and hit the city of Manila, the capital of Luzon, in one breath, and in July, the same mighty fleet was pressed back with the same momentum.

Not to mention, Batavia and Manila are really similar, the same vast semi-circular arc-shaped excellent harbor, and there is also a series of floating island fortresses at the entrance of the harbor for shielding protection, after all, these two ports are built by Westerners, and the geographical location and function are similar, the only difference is that Manila is north-south, and Batavia is east-west!

The layout of all Western cities is similar, the heavy bronze bells on the central cathedral spire, the bloody revenge of the Ming on the Spaniards in Manila, the Dutch here are also well known, at that time the Eighty Years' War was not over, they were still gloating and happy, how did they not expect this scene to befall them, the whole city was like the end of the world, the noble women packed the carriage in panic, and the poor people simply packed up their revenge and dragged their families to flee outside the city.

But I also have to admire the brainwashing ability of these Western colonizers, in this battle to defend Batavia, the most active are the Javanese tribes who converted to Christianity, next to the harbor, more than a dozen priests wielding magic staffs, where they actively perform the "Great Rejuvenation Technique", groups of Javanese wearing turbans, wearing local linen with scimitars hanging from their waists, one by one excited and crazy to take the muskets from the Dutch colonial infantry, and then were arranged on the defensive wall in front of the port, From time to time, there were people in the crowd shouting the slogan "Long live God".

However, standing in the small western building in the harbor and watching these natives eagerly hide behind the city wall, Curt was full of sadness, before the arrival of the coalition fleet, with his powerful 10,000 mercenaries and forty main battleships, even if the Ming Naval Division moved, he had the confidence to fight another eighty-year war in the East Indies, so as to delay the pace of expansion of the Ming Empire.

But now, not to mention the fact that there are more than a dozen battleships left, and there are less than 3,000 mercenaries left, just this time, the super giant cannon and overlord cannon unveiled by the Ming army have already given him a great blow to confidence.

However, this war must be fought! The Netherlands could not afford to lose the East Indies! Once this place is lost, the small lowland republic of the seven provinces that has only risen with great difficulty will be re-established, and it is difficult to say whether it can continue to maintain this independent status in the midst of the great powers!

If you make a wrong move, you will lose the whole game!

It's a pity that the situation will not improve because of the old man's worries, and in the old man's frightened worries, the Ming fleet still arrived as scheduled.

It was also the same as during the battle with Manila, the entire sea was surrounded by the warships of the Ming Dynasty, and the only thing that was slightly relieved in the telescope was that what I didn't see was the four dark and thick black smoke that frightened Curt as if he had seen death.

Sun Chun, this woman will be a man, anyway, the battle of the Cebu Strait she can't run away, this battle is a huge sea of atonement, can't come over and take away his glory, and now the Ming Dynasty is advanced in manufacturing, but it is not yet durable, after a fierce driving of a big war, the boiler system of the four ironclad ships more or less has a lot of problems, she returned to Manila, repaired and debugged.

But even if Sun Chun is not there, the strength of the Royal Navy today is enough to straighten his waist! This time, the mothership of the entire Imperial Royal Navy, the Titan-class treasure ship Haiquan, rushed directly to the forefront of all the battleships, and once again the huge sail group was dropped, and the six heavy anchors were thrown into the sea, looking at the same outside the harbor, on the floating island fortress, looking in the telescope at those nervous Dutch mercenaries who were pushing the thirty-two-pounder cannon to prepare for defense, and now the Admiralty Minister Huge Sea can be regarded as recovering the previous bearing and shock, learning from his boss's fault, First, he slowly poured himself a glass of wine from Liaodong, took a few sips, and then slowly waved his fat slap in the eyes of a group of naval officers full of excitement and urgency.

"Let's shoot!"

With a boom, even if there was a retreat, the huge treasure ship was still shook, and the Dutch mercenaries who were nervously arranging were also suffocated, their eyes staring at the air and rubbing fiercely against the air, and the black dots that made a piercing roaring sound rushed straight towards them.

With a clatter, sharp cannonballs pierced into the Dutchman's brick walls.

Holding his breath for a second, nothing seemed to have happened, Cohen, who was watching the battle with a telescope in the harbor, was slightly relieved, but at this moment, the deafening explosion was violently shocked in his eardrums, which had been dulled a lot, bricks splashed, and the two-ton cannon fell straight down the gap, smashing into the sea and splashing a column of water several meters high.

A huge rift slammed into the fortified Dutch Sea Fort.

In an instant, Cohen's old face turned pale.