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Towards the autumn of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the fleet led by Wang Yuan finally approached the Velak Road from the south from the sea that bypassed the sea area of more than 20,000 li. Since the initial expedition changes, many countries and powers in Western Europe have also established many bases in North America, from the earliest Virginia to Maryland, tens of thousands of people have migrated to the New World, but compared to carrying a large resistance force, the carrying capacity of the population is too small. In just a few years, when the population swelled to about 100,000, the colonies of North America were forced to engage in a series of battles with the Indians of the forest for survival. After the heavy defeat of Spain, which was still relatively strong in many parts of the South Seas and the subsequent wars, the port area of Verac Road, which was originally the Viceroyalty of Mexico, finally became one of the most important strongholds in the entire New World. At least there is relatively well-developed arable land here, and there is no need to worry about the invasion of cold waves when winter is approaching, and more importantly, there are barely enough ships to effectively concentrate the remaining material resources in several areas on the east coast of the New World to a certain extent, forming the last stronghold with hundreds of troops.

At this time, it had only been about a year since the fleet led by Wang Yuan first showed its strength in Batavia. Because the only people who escaped from the naval battle near Batavia were some South Sea pirates who were not closely related to the Western circles, at this time the news that the Eastern Fleet's combat power and firepower had been completely renovated had not yet reached the eastern coast. Although the Spaniards, who had fled from the west coast of Mexico, had heard from the fact that some enemy fleets seemed to be able to defeat or even completely destroy their own fleets, at this time the Anglo-Dutch coalition forces along Verac Road and even the Spaniards who remained here still did not know the true strength of the enemy fleet, but they were only convinced from experience that at least for nearly a year, it was impossible for the enemy's fleet to bypass the southernmost tip of the New World and threaten itself. There should still be opportunities to maximize their own strength.

It wasn't until the lookouts on the masts of the Allied fleet, who were waiting under the cover of the land batteries near the harbor, began to spot the approaching Oriental fleets in the distance, that many realized that a large-scale decisive battle might well be inevitable.

It is only because there are as many as 80 capital ships gathered in the vicinity of the port, as well as hundreds of armed merchant ships of several hundred tons that are not too small in tonnage, and even more than 200 small ships that can barely carry out ocean voyages, that the scale of the entire sea force seems to be significantly superior to that of the opponent, and with the support of the port forts, it seems that it is completely able to be invincible.

"Our advantage should still be very large, should we take the initiative?" The last confrontation between the Dutch sea forces and the great eastern enemy was the Battle of Calais a few years ago, so the eastern fleet is the least known, but many people believe that a few years ago it was just a few small offshore attack ships, and it is absolutely impossible to have even a decent sea force in just a few years. In contrast, the British were much more cautious: "They should have also seen our strength, and even dared to attack, I believe that there are some unique means, don't you see?" Their fleets are small in number, but they can sail largely without the help of the wind, and if we engage in a confrontation in the open sea, it is not impossible for us to lose. Relying on the exchange of artillery between the port and the neighboring area, there may be a possibility of inflicting heavy damage on the opponent at a smaller cost... ”

The Spaniards, on the other hand, were even more frightened by the inexplicable disappearance and defeat of the large West Coast Fleet around Acapcole in the New World, and at this time they also agreed to rely on the port to defend it.

In this way, because not all fleets were willing to take the initiative to fight, in the end the Dutch had to choose to temporarily join forces with other fleets, and adopted a relatively conservative way in a relatively dense formation, with small ships on the periphery and large ships at the core, sandwiched between two large-scale artillery forts that had been prepared on the shore long ago, forming a relatively complete and huge land and sea defense system. If the opponent intends to attack from the land first, it seems that the continuous firepower of the small boats and even the artillery on land can deter the opponent to the greatest extent, and if the opponent attacks from the sea, then the dense base of nearly 10,000 naval guns and even more than 2,000 artillery pieces on land in the entire fleet will also deal a heavy blow to the opponent. In particular, the dense and large fleet of ships near shore seems to make the waves smaller and more conducive to firepower in large cases.

When the fleet led by Wang Yuan approached about a mile from the small ships defending the enemy's forward line, a series of heavy artillery bombardments began. On the sponge that stretched for more than ten miles, four or five thousand medium and heavy naval guns that could deploy firepower were the first to fire at the extremely dangerous distance, and tens of thousands of shells were fired in the first ten rounds of fire.

Although even if the wind and waves were not very strong, and the ability to hit sea targets three miles away was very small, there were hundreds of shells that seemed to hit the opponent's ship, and it was only at this time that the lookouts on the mast watched and watched for the first time to feel the terrible branch of this strong enemy fleet in the east.

"It's not a reasonable distance to fire under normal circumstances, but it's a little too strange that the enemy ship has not been shot at all. Could it be that God is on the side of the Easterners, so that no matter how many splashes the shells make in front of and behind the enemy ship, they will not be able to truly and effectively hit the opponent? ”

When the distance between the two fleets seemed to be closer, the Dutch, who were more daring to approach, discovered the crux of the problem: the opposing side of the ship did not know how thick the armor was hanging, and it seemed to be able to effectively resist the threat of most of the main naval guns. When hit, it was also an inconspicuous shake?

It is not uncommon in the West to arm the ship to this extent, but because Naang has to pay too much price in terms of speed and stability, the main warships have basically given up on this, but they don't know why the enemy's warships have such a heavy burden and can sail at a speed like a smooth wind.

When the distance got closer, some people began to notice that there did not seem to have too many gunside gun windows on the enemy ship, and many coalition officers and soldiers who had felt the great pressure before felt the pressure lessen a lot at this time.

"I think they must be trying to fire a blasting attack at close range! Don't get on them close."

At this time, many ships opened fire with more intense firepower.