Li Pingzhi took a deep breath and nodded silently.

Although Dezhnev is an outsider, but he has led a fleet to fight a naval battle with the Swedes in the Baltic Sea, if he does not rely on his command, can he rely on a few chaos on his own?

Sun Jingting showed a look of approval at this time, he didn't say anything else, only said: "At this moment, you can only stabilize it first and ask for the least bad result." You did the right thing, even if Master Zhang is here, you can only wait here, the more we manage, the more chaos it may be, and now the situation may become better if it is stable, but it will never become bad. ”

Sun Jingting didn't say a word, and it was not easy to say it directly, in fact, he felt that there was still a change, otherwise if he kept fighting like this, he would seek to get the middle, and the final result would be the bottom of the situation!

"There's a move!" Li Pingzhi's eyes were sharp, and he kept holding the telescope and didn't put it down, and the abnormality on the sea surface suddenly made him notice.

The red flag was waved at the near-shore battery, and the flag was waved on the flagship of Dezhnev on the water, and then dozens of small eight-paddle boats and four-paddle boats rowed from the shore together towards the sea.

"I see." Li Pingzhi said: "It is the ships that have a lot of shells in reserve, and these small boats go to replenish gunpowder and shells. ”

At this time, everyone was clear, and then they all rejoiced.

This time the artillery battle was very intense, of course, the consumption was also extremely fast, the shells in the reserve of each ship were about 1,000 rounds, that is, each cannon had dozens of shells available, no matter how much it was too heavy, it was impossible to bring so many base shells in peacetime, and it was not necessary to bring it, a ship had to finish a thousand shells, it was almost impossible, the pirate ship ran away after a few rounds, no matter how bold it was, it did not dare to face the guns of the warship, the pirates of the Ming Dynasty were mainly cold weapons, only a few small artillery pieces and a small number of guns, These warships in front of you, whether they are serious warships or ordinary armed merchant ships, any pirate ship can beat more than ten, there are no more than ten or twenty pirate ships, don't think of the idea of attacking warships.

The intensity of today's naval battle was indeed rare in the world, and the warships and merchant ships either carried more than a thousand shells and corresponding gunpowder reserves, and at least hundreds of shells and a large amount of gunpowder, but in more than an hour of artillery battle, they had already been half-amplified and had to be replenished by small boats.

In the Anglo-Spanish naval battle, ammunition had to be replenished only after one day, which can only show that the current level of naval warfare is much higher than that of the past, and the level of cannon casting is also higher, so the intensity is also much higher.

Everyone watched as the eight-pulp boat stepped forward one after another, discussing how much ammunition the Dutch should have...... When the Dutch attacked, there should be more shells and gunpowder prepared, but they definitely couldn't support the high-intensity bombardment just now, so it was only a matter of time before the Hutchison side won the victory, and the only thing to worry about was to sink or capture the Dutch ships, if one ship did not sink, one ship did not capture, such a victory did not make much sense.

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"It's too difficult for us to win." Gao Wenlu's face was gloomy, the hull in front of him was damaged in several places, and a group of crew members were desperately repairing it under the threat of artillery fire.

The key is that there is a huge breach near the waterline of the hull, and a lot of seawater has been poured into the hull, and that hole has been quickly repaired, of course, it is only hastily repaired, and it will be overhauled after returning to the port before it can be sailed into the sea again.

An officer who came in a dinghy wiped the water from his face and said: "We have just turned to the north and northeast to get rid of those light clippers, and as a result we are crowded together and in disorder, and the enemy has the upper hand on us, and we are cleverly and intensively fired, and our ships are badly damaged, and their cooperation is so good that we can hardly fight back!" Our ships had fired five hundred shells, their reserves were almost empty, and sometimes they were so close to the enemy ships that they could hear each other's voices, and there was no doubt that all our personnel were doing well...... But our crews and gunners were exhausted and felt a lack of strength and determination. If the enemy takes advantage of the wind at this time and jumps the boat, our captain feels that he may not be able to resist their hand-to-hand attacks, which will put us in a very dangerous situation. Therefore, the captains of several of our ships unanimously decided to send me to meet the commander, and we hope that the commander will make a decision as soon as possible, either quickly make the decision of a full-scale counterattack, or prepare to alternately cover the retreat and leave the battlefield. ”

Gao Wenlu listened to what the officer said with a calm face, and did not express his opinion at the first time.

The ships were fighting in disarray, which was not expected before the war. Gao Wenlu fought with the Ming sailors, and to be fair, he did not fight a naval battle, but was directly surrounded by the Ming people.

There was no way to do this, the Dutch army only had a few small warships and merchant ships during the Battle of Penghu, and the main force was an army of more than 1,000 people, and the naval force was limited.

The first wave of attack force of the Ming army is thousands of people, the strength is far above the Dutch army, the Dutch army does not know the Ming army, under the contact, I feel that although the Ming army is backward in equipment and poor training, there is no lack of bravery, plus the number of people has an advantage, and the number of ships is more overwhelming, so the strategy of the Dutch army is just to hold on, only Gao Wenlu, the unlucky guy, fought a battle with the Ming army's naval division, and was defeated and captured, and even the ship was captured by the Ming army.

Later, the Ming army had more than 10,000 people, and the Dutch army had no power to fight back, so they could only stick to the castle by the sea, and use the method of delay to seek peace.

Nearly a year has passed since this incident, and when Gao Wenlu and other high-level Dutch leaders discussed, they were still a little afraid of the Ming army's ant colony tactics...... Take the naval battle in front of us as an example, if the Ming army sailors dispatched hundreds of small boats, coaxed over to hook boats and jump gangs, and the Ming army and the Dutch army fought in a melee, even if more than ten or twenty ships were sunk, the naval battle would still end in a fiasco.

But the Chinese in front of him adopted the same way of fighting artillery warships as the Dutch, Gao Wenlu did not feel a sense of contempt in his heart, how many ships did the Ming country get, and they actually had such ambitions?

But he suddenly remembered Cohen's statement, that the people of Hutchison were willing to take a more difficult path, that their demands were great, their ambitions were great, and that they needed to be solved as soon as possible, otherwise they would surely become a great problem for the East India Company!

As soon as he thought of this, the idea of evacuating from the battlefield was dispelled cleanly, Gao Wenlu knew in his heart that if he withdrew now, he would be regarded as weak-willed, lacking strong wrists and adaptability, even if he insisted on fighting, even if there was a loss, as long as he could bring a heavy blow to Hutchison, his boss would appreciate it very much, and his future in the company would be greatly optimistic, if he withdrew now, the shame of the defeated general would be brought up again, and the key members of the company who supported him behind would also give up, so that his future would be ruined.

"You four ships, leave those schooners alone. Ordering the merchant ships that cooperate with you to pester them, you slowly adjust and move closer to the flagship, and we will rely on the remaining ammunition to inflict a heavy blow on the other side. ”

The naval officer knew that the current battlefield was besieged by the sail pulp warships below, and although the sail pulp ships would be killed or injured if they were hit by cannonballs, those sail ships bit the Hector and other ships very fiercely, and the bottom was always under siege.

The top was about the same, and the schooners were also fighting, and the Dutch battleships could not raise their heads.

The strength of the two sides is actually stronger than that of the Dutch ships, with heavier tonnage and more gun positions, and Hutchison is taking advantage of the control, seizing the advantageous position and upper hand, and adjusting the hull is more convenient and faster to control, so it seems that both the upper and lower roads are suffering.

The number of battleships is eight, the difference in tonnage is not very large, the artillery is about the same, the distance is the merchant ship, Hutchison's merchant ship can definitely only be regarded as a small ship on the current battlefield, the gun position is few, the tonnage is small, and the hull construction cannot be said to be very particular, after all, it is an earlier imitation or a modified ship.

Gao Wenlu's vision is not bad, and his judgment is also very accurate, after all, he is also the commander of the fleet passed by the upper echelons, if he can't see this, it is better to jump into the sea and die.

The Batavia in the middle has also been in a state of siege, mainly because Hutchison's column line tactics are appropriate, each line seems to be fighting more and less, in fact, there are only five more ships, the top is a schooner, and the bottom is a sail warship, all of which are comparable to the strength of the Dutch warships, only the middle against the Batavia is a battleship Zhenyuwei, or a small Galen ship, which is exactly half smaller than the Batavia with more than 665 tons and 300 members, and there are several merchant ships to cooperate, and most of them are small boats. The ships that the Batavia could only bomb were quite embarrassed, punching holes in their hulls, but if they wanted to sink or jump into the gang, they were not strong.

If a few warships on the road are transferred, even if they eat a few rounds of cannons of the schooner, as long as a few merchant ships and the Zhenyuwei in the middle are sunk, the Dutch will win this naval battle, and their ships will not be easily sunk, and they are not afraid of the loss of merchant ships, but Hutchison's ships are quite limited, a few are few, and after going back to repair them, Hutchison's resistance will be more difficult, and after a few times, this naval battle will be won even if it is not won.

Gao Wenlu's plan was quite good, and the officer who came to ask for a decision also quite agreed, after all, their warships were all medium-sized Galen ships with a large tonnage, and they would not worry about sinking them after eating a few rounds of guns, as long as they knocked out a few Hutchison ships, or severely damaged them, this naval battle could be explained to the upper and lower levels.

At the moment, he was in high spirits and climbed off the boat, the boat was a four-paddle boat, rowing through the waves, and rowing towards the battlefield on the upper left.

In the communication banner of this era, there was no way to complete complex information, so he could only ask the junior officers to risk their lives to row a small boat to the flagship to ask for instructions, Gao Wenlu was the battlefield commander, even if Song Ke was his immediate boss, he didn't need to ask for instructions, so he just looked at the Hector with a straight face, and had no intention of sending a small boat to ask for instructions.

At this time, a water finger pointed to the sea, Gao Wenlu looked at it through the binoculars, shook his head and said, "Don't be nervous, they are supplying ammunition." ”

Gao Wenlu was a little resentful, this time the action was still too rash, otherwise it would be better to wait for more ships and ammunition to act, now that it is such a stalemate, the Hutchison side can keep replenishing ammunition, if it is not good, it really has to lose the battle and return to the city of Geranza!

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I expect a lot of things to happen in a day today, so let's update it in the morning, and I guess the next time will be tomorrow night.

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