Text Chapter 1192 Jumping Gang
There were more than two hundred to three hundred men on each battleship, and almost all of them, except for the necessary guncrews, were ready to meet the enemy on deck, including officers such as captains.
Only Song Ke was invited into the cabin, after all, the sword and gun were not long-sighted when the fight started, if a stray bullet killed the governor of Taiwan, it would be too much fun, even Song Ke himself knew that he was not suitable to stay on the deck, it would not play much role, and he had to ask the captain to bother to send someone to protect him, and after taking a deep look at it at the moment, he turned around and entered the cabin.
Hutchison's battleships are already very close, very close to each other, the faces of both sides can be seen clearly, on the side of Hutchison, both sides of the ship are slurry flying up and down, the deck to the foremast can be seen are soldiers standing on the deck, bayonets are like a forest, the cold light is flashing, the soldiers are wearing the same blue jacket uniform, the fire gun in their hands is also on the bayonet, just from the momentum, has been the first to overpower the Dutch.
However, the Dutch are no strangers to the image of the Hutchison soldiers, and the friction and disputes in the past few months have made the soldiers on both sides face each other, and they are no strangers to each other in terms of image. The blonde and blue-eyed Dutch dress casually, and even have no sense of being particular because they have lived at sea for a long time, and the merchant army of Hutchison is backed by a supply base, and the standard of military appearance and posture is quite high, in contrast, on one side is a serious military image, on the other side is a group of people called Hanako, although it is a group of strongmen with murderous intent with sharp blades, they are still called Hanako.
It was not the first day that the Dutch had seen the merchant army unpleasant, and the distance between the two sides was close in front of them, and a little red-haired Dutchman shouted in a cheerful tone: "These sissy Chinese are here again, this time I can finally let go of my hands and feet to fight with them, I must kill a few more, and then see how hard their scalps are, I will tear off a few more and hang them on the fireplace in my room in the future." ”
A group of beastly Dutchmen let out a low laugh, and no matter what, Hutchison's military appearance still put a lot of pressure on them...... They are indeed tall and horse-tall, strong and many of them are quite violent and ferocious, just like the red-haired little man Nobel just now, very murderous, the natives on the island of Taiwan were killed a lot by these people a few years ago, they take pleasure in killing natives, the strange thing is that these people return to Europe to be law-abiding citizens, at most they take the wealth robbed from the colonies back to live a stable rich life, and many people go back to earn pension money, but more people stay at sea, because the money they earn is not easy, They spend it more aggressively, and the money they earn is pouring out like water without noticing. They can only make more money in a frenzied way, and kill all the "natives" who dare to get in their way.
Perhaps in the eyes of these people, the natives are like wild beasts, they can shoot wild deer to strip and dismantle bones for money, and of course they can also kill those natives who get in their way, as if they were shooting another kind of humanoid beast.
Only the Chinese, these Ming people in front of them are their fierce enemies.
In South America, North America, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the Europeans at this time have left footprints in the Arctic and Antarctica, at least they know the existence of Antarctica, except for Australia, the whole world should be discovered or occupied by these colonists, only here in East Asia, they hit a wall one after another, except for Japan, Korea and other countries are sheltered by the behemoth of the Ming Dynasty, even if it is a Southeast Asian country, the colonists are also cautiously trying to enter, until the middle of the Qing Dynasty found that China is weak, These colonists rushed in to carry out the final grand case.
At this moment, in the eyes of these Dutch, Hutchison undoubtedly represents the image of the Ming Dynasty.
Wealthy, civilized, advanced, and throwing their side far away from the military appearance alone, these Dutch were stimulated, but also to boost the morale of their own side, the rousing war drums and the sound of artillery were mixed together, everyone knew that the time to do it was almost time, the sailors and army members let out a penetrating roar, and everyone rushed to the side, ready to give a hard blow to the Ming people who jumped over at the first time.
There is no trick in the gang jumping war, at least there is no trick in Europe, that is, to make the force, to fight for the life, the courageous, the strong, the winning.
There are more warriors on one side, who dare to jump into the densest crowd where the enemy is, and even if they win the first point in the face of those swords, guns, swords, and halberds that come down one after another, they have to withstand the first round of attacks, counterattack, and buy time for their later partners.
The two sides were getting closer and closer, and when the Dutch thought that the Hutchison battleship was going to collide directly with the bow angle of attack, several sail ships began to quickly adjust their positions, the front did not move, the rear paddler turned direction, and the whole hull quickly turned sideways.
At this time, the Dutch had no way to fire their guns, their ship was too close to the sailing ship, and there were friendly ships around it.
In the swishing sound, countless shiny hooks were thrown over!
The hook is used to hook two boats, the waves at sea are big, the hull is stuck together in the last minute, and the next minute it may be swelled away, in addition to the angle of attack, the hook is also a sharp weapon in hand-to-hand combat in naval warfare, more than a dozen hooks, the two ships are really close together, and they can no longer be separated.
It turned out that two ships were going to dock sideways!
The Dutch were a little surprised, which meant that the rope ship had made up its mind to leave no way and retreat, and either succeeded in jumping and capturing them, or it was easy to be counterattacked, and probably even lost its own ship.
Of course, the Dutch are not greedy for Hutchison boats, these sailing boats cannot go to the open sea, they can only go around in a radius of dozens of miles near the sea, and it is very dangerous to encounter strong winds and waves, and they do not know that these sail boats are consumables, otherwise they are afraid that they will vomit blood.
Hutchison also beat the fierce war drums here, countless people screamed, howled, roared, all of them let out a roar similar to that of a beast, at this time, dare to have a strange mind, treat yourself as a human being, but the more likely it is to become a ghost in the first place, no longer as an adult.
The warships on both sides were about the same height, and the Hutchison side was still slightly lower, the Galen ships were boarded and equipped with guns on both sides, and the men were huddled on the side sides to resist, the long mast of the bow stretched diagonally into the distance, the enemy tower at the stern was as tall as a castle, and the limited musketeers were mostly concentrated on the three-story enemy tower, and the muskets were sticking out of the railing, and they were already firing at the personnel on Hutchison's sailboat.
Song Ke stepped out of the cabin.
Judging from the movement just now, it should be that the enemy has hooked other ships separately, since his ship Hector has no chance to face the enemy's gang jumping, and has staggered the water level and continues to fire at several large ships and merchant ships of the enemy, then he can go to the deck and calmly watch this rare gang jumping gang fight.
On the European side, since the Anglo-Spanish naval battle, the jumping gang has been almost eliminated, and it has not been completely eliminated because the power of artillery has not been solved...... In fact, on the waters of the Pacific Ocean, the Spanish galleons transporting gold often faced the situation of being pirated, resulting in too many shipwrecks or being captured by pirates.
In terms of naval warfare at the national level, the jumping gang has been eliminated, and the shooting of giant ships and long guns is the mainstream.
Song Ke's eyes were in chaos, and many people on the Hector also ran out, cheering desperately for their brothers and partners, shouting loudly and cheering.
The Dutch of this era also had a strong cohesion, the country was a republic, in the sixteenth century from a monarchy to fight out of the siege, the establishment of a merchant-dominated republic, its country is known for its relaxation and civilization, is composed of merchants, bankers, sailors and seafarers of maritime trading power, such a country, its citizens are of course willing to fight for it, although the East India Company is an overseas colonial company, but the employees are mostly Dutch, only a small number of employees in the rest of Western Europe.
It can also be seen from the Anglo-Dutch war, subject to national strength and the size of the dock, the Netherlands has not built first-class and second-class battleships, that is, during the years of Ming Chongzhen and Qing Shunzhi, Britain continued to build giant ships of more than 1,000 tons, such as the Victory, the King of the Sea and other famous sail battleships, the guns on board are more than 100, and the crew is as many as 900 or even nearly 1,000 people. The Netherlands only has a second-class ship, the Holy of Holies, with about 80 guns and about 400 personnel, which is far worse than the British giant ships. But at that time, the Netherlands had a group of quite good admirals, this is the soul of the fleet, there were excellent generals and excellent sailors who were willing to fight to the death for the country, so that the Dutch could press the British Navy for a long time, you must know that compared to the excellence of the generals and the ability of the sailors, the British pressed the French and the Spaniards to fight the existence, the same fleet and tonnage, the British could fight the Spaniards and the French could not find the north, but were beaten by the smaller and weaker Dutch could not raise their heads.
At least for the moment, Song Ke saw a comforting situation, all the sailors and officers were the same, the same hatred of the enemy, shouting loudly, doing everything possible to support the captured ships, and the guns above and below deck were also constantly firing and firing, as much as possible to help those who were about to face hand-to-hand combat.
This is the centripetal force and cohesion of a new purely capitalist republic, and it is not for nothing that a country that can grab large colonies abroad and plunder a great deal of wealth in these years.
Song Ke not only looked in front of him, but also removed the telescope and looked at the middle and upper roads.