The deck was cleared, indicating that the ship was in control.

The soldiers followed after the firecrackers, and then the deck was cleared, and the prisoners were settled, and then the firecrackers jumped over, opened the cabin cover, and went down for a round, and then the soldiers progressed, and the firecrackers who loaded the medicine followed, and they should have gone to clear the Dutch under the deck.

There were quite a few sailors on the sailing ship who jumped over and began to steer and integrate the big ship, and now this ship is definitely not expected to be used, and the gunners are not enough, but while they are in their hands, of course, they will leave and return to port as soon as possible.

In the process of jumping into the gang, there were cheers incessantly, and several small merchant ships began to sail to the side, sideways to fire artillery to cover the place, and fired at each other with the Hector and several other Dutch merchant ships.

Amid the cheers of the Chinese, Song Ke felt that he was about to faint.

When the red-haired little man screamed just now, the sailors here were scolding bitterly, but everyone was scolding weakly, and there was not much excitement.

Yes, the sailors are very brave, but the bravery is not fatal, and everyone can see the situation after the fight just now...... The people on the four ships were completely powerless to fight back, and they didn't know what was going on, and in less than twenty minutes, the four ships were lost one after another.

Not only were the sailors stunned, but even the well-informed naval officers frowned.

If the naval war is fought like this, how will it be mixed in the future? As soon as the offshore sea stops, the sailing ship will definitely be able to come over, hook the rope, and then fire in a row, the heavy infantry jumps, and there is a one-sided slaughter below.

Song Ke almost wanted to vomit blood at the beginning, and even a little frightened, if all naval battles were fought in this way, the Dutch would not dare to get close to Taiwan by half a step, and he, the governor of Taiwan, could of course be regarded as the end directly.

But when I think about it, I also think of the limitations of this sailboat.

It can only be in the near sea, not far, this battle is the Dutch ship itself took the initiative to press, lack of reconnaissance and consideration in advance, it can be said that it is a headlong collision into the net set up by others, think about it, Song Ke feels unusually regretful, this time the naval battle is a loss, even if the Batavia in the middle of the road sank a few Hutchison merchant ships, but how can it be compared with the miserable failure of the four captured ships?

These four ships, two warships, two merchant ships, and the armed merchant ships are also large Galen ships, with two decks and additional guns on the top floor, a total of thirty guns, and the strength is quite strong.

This was also the characteristic of the Dutch merchant ships at that time, compared with ordinary merchant ships, the Dutch merchant ships had a lot more gun emplacements, and they would rather load less cargo and maintain a fairly high combat effectiveness of armed merchant ships.

At this point, the Dutch became the hegemon of the sea as a small country, maintaining the characteristics of conscientious and cautious at all times, but now they were picked up by Hutchison, two warships, the Lake Eysay, more than 40 guns, the House of Nimsin Kru, also more than 40 guns, both ships are medium-sized Galen ships of more than 600 tons, the enemy tower can be garrisoned, and under the aft tower are four staggered stern guns, with strong firepower and very strong strength.

Hutchison sailors, schooners are more than 400 tons, sail ships are not much bigger, Zhenyuwei is more than 300 tons, for the former Hutchison and even the north of the Ming Dynasty is a rare big ship, when the Zhenyuwei was in Phi Island, Dongjiang Town could not raise its head, Mao Wenlong concentrated more than 100 craftsmen and more than 1,000 hands, wanted to imitate a big ship, the result turned out to be impossible at all.

The Taiwan side began to build its own ships three years ago, and before the arrival of Dezhnev and others, it successively built several small armed merchant ships of more than 100 tons, and later built schooners of more than 400 tons, and then the Galen ships of more than 600 tons.

The Dutch are the most and fastest in the world, but it takes a year for the Dutch to build a large warship of more than 600 tonnage, and at least two years for the rest of the countries.

The two heavy ships were captured at once, and Song Ke's heart felt as if he was being cut by a knife, not only feeling sorry for the loss of the East India Company's naval fleet, but also feeling sorry for himself, how to explain to the company's top management at this time?

However, the trouble was not yet resolved, and the Hector and the other merchant ship had to anchor and sail away from the battlefield, too close to the sail ship to dodge.

The battleships on the upper road also adjusted to the middle lane, because they had to pursue the schooners.

The situation on the battlefield changed completely, there were still six capital ships of the East India Company, two were captured, two merchant ships were also captured, there were still nine merchant ships left, and six armed merchant ships were left...... It's unlikely, the merchant soldiers are not iron-clad, those soldiers have just experienced the gang war, and the Dutch are not so stupid, they will no longer gather together in dense groups and wait to be swept away by the firearms.

There was already a huge wooden plank on the side of the ship, so I just had to move it to block it.

Song Ke felt that his side was so stupid, he was so stupidly waiting when the Hutchison Musketeers were lining up to prepare, although there was only a few minutes of reaction time, but this reaction was too slow, recalling the performance of the Dutch just now, at least three minutes, except for a few musketeers who fired muskets at the sailboat, the rest of the people just watched stupidly, waiting. Thinking of such a performance, it is really the pigs on the island of Taiwan who laugh.

Song Ke's shame is actually unreasonable...... The merchant army used the method of lining up to shoot on the side to clear the obstacle on the opposite side, and this method of warfare only appeared during the second or third Anglo-Dutch naval battle, and it was much later that it was really finalized. This is also an invention of the British, just like the battle line, with strict training and battle formation methods for gang jumping and ship-grabbing battles, the initiators are still British.

It is not unreasonable for the British to be able to catch up with the last, this kind of formation tactics actually has a prototype now, compared with the scattered maritime forces of other countries, the British pay more attention to the discipline of the army, after the army is on the ship, it is even more discipline brought to the ship, when the two ships meet, the neat army will play a more powerful combat effectiveness, although later the gang fighting is becoming less and less, but the British pioneered the method of strict naval warfare, which is also accepted and popularized by various countries.

For Hutchison, this time has nothing to do with Zhang Han, after all, Zhang Han is also a half-ass, many things are known for his knowledge, such as the battle line, some things, like the British land warfare style at sea, he is not a person who has studied the history of naval warfare, of course he will not know. This matter was the decision of Chang Wei, Li Shouxin, Jiang Kui, Li Pingzhi and others, and the first thing that came to mind was Zhang Xuwen, who did not participate in the affairs of the army.

Since Hutchison's army is the most powerful tool, what about it when it is used to compete for supremacy at sea?

Now that I look at it, it really works well.

After this battle, it is estimated that the Dutch will not dare to engage in a close-range gang fight with Hutchison at sea, and must have dodged as far as possible, and used long-range strikes as much as possible.

"Still fighting?" Thinking of this, Song Ke smiled bitterly.

For now, at least, he only wanted to get some results in the middle as soon as possible, hit the sides of the sailboats with cannon fire, try not to let them come over again, and then rendezvous with the capital ships, adjust the tail sails, turn the ships, and sail away from the battlefield.

God seems to want to help, it has passed the hottest time of midsummer, Song Ke does not know, in the Chinese calendar is already after the beginning of autumn, after the beginning of autumn, the days are getting shorter, the sky is darker than in summer, when looking at the west, the original white scorching sun has gradually slanted westward, and some shadows of red light reflected in the sea can be seen.

This naval battle was started in the morning when the Dutch ships appeared on the sea opposite Ben Harbor, and then officially started near noon, now each ship on both sides has fired hundreds of shells, Hutchison has been supplied with shells and gunpowder, the Dutch came from afar, carrying more ammunition, but it is also close to the bottom, this naval battle is in the middle of the Dutch still have some opportunities, but the battleships and hedgehogs are not good together, Hutchison and the upper and lower lines of course also crossed, each shell comes, the chance of hitting the Dutch ships is also much greater.

Song Ke was full of anxiety, only hoping that the middle road could quickly sink a few ships, so that he could get some results before he could sail back, if he left now, he fought for a day, lost four warships and merchant ships, and his side had no gain, after going back, not to mention that it was difficult to explain to the company's senior management, even if he couldn't pass this level in his heart.

The officers and sailors on the rest of the ships must also have the same mentality, the Dutch in this era are not the kind of waste that smokes marijuana and opens the red light district in later generations, the same courage and arrogance, full of pioneering spirit, and a sense of white supremacy pride, in fact, except for the Ming Dynasty, any corner of the world is ruled by whites, and there will be racial pride and corresponding discrimination in any race.

The Dutch, like the Spaniards, all think that the Ming is a civilized country, but it does not mean that they can truly agree that the Ming navy has the same strength as their own.

The Chinese only have junk ships, can only do business, their army is scattered, the navy has no strength, and there is no enterprising spirit, they only know the tactics of sticking to and fighting with more people, and in terms of real strength, they are far worse than the East India Company, let alone compared with the naval strength of the Netherlands itself.

On the European side, hundreds of warships, thousands of artillery pieces, and 50,000 or 60,000 naval personnel can be dispatched at every turn, but how can the Fujian and Guangzhou naval divisions on the Ming side fight?