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The violent explosion pulled the cruiser Groningen a meter above the surface of the sea, tore it into three sections, and sank it all in less than three minutes. Of the 527 sailors on board, only 23 survived, and were finally captured by the Chinese army.

"The flagship was sunk, and our ship inherited the status of the flagship!" The Dutch, known as the coachman of the seas, had centuries-old naval traditions, and when the flagship was sunk and the ships did not know the fate of the fleet commander, Colonel Darvel on the Henry immediately ordered the sailors to raise the command flag and continue to command the remaining warships.

At this time, the Dutch reinforcement fleet was out of the cannon range of the shore batteries, and although an armored cruiser had sunk, it was not yet known who would die in this battle if they could form a tight naval battle formation.

The destroyers and torpedo boats that launched a heroic charge, and in the powerful fire net of the Dutch army, another destroyer and two torpedo boats were hit by shells and sank, sacrificing 133 Chinese soldiers.

The Chinese army had only one torpedo boat left, and the torpedoes were exhausted, so they could only rely on a 57-mm gun and ten recoilless guns with an effective range of only 500 meters to maneuver with the enemy ships, but they were still looking for opportunities on the battlefield.

The two remaining Chinese destroyers still had torpedoes on them, but they became the key targets of the Dutch warships, and it was difficult to have the opportunity to close within the range of the torpedoes to launch torpedoes, and they could only wander outside the range of the Dutch rapid-fire guns to look for fighters.

Several cruisers of the Huaxia Army were also frequently shot in the battle, among which the cruiser Batavia was shot into the water, and its speed was reduced by less than seven knots, and it could only be a stationary target if it continued to remain on the battlefield.

The number of cruisers of the Dutch army and the Huaxia army is five, which seems to be evenly matched, but the Huaxia army is all part-time army soldiers and civilian sailors, and they operate complex weapon systems with Dutch prisoners, and their combat effectiveness is not at all the same grade as the century-old navy's "sea coachman".

The only turning point was that the armored cruiser Amsterdam under the command of Hu Zhen was extremely accurate, almost hitting there, missing the first round, and you will definitely not be able to run in the second and third rounds, which makes the Dutch think that the devil is commanding the Amsterdam.

But it also caused great trouble for the Amsterdam.

Colonel Darville, the cruiser Henry, who inherited the responsibility of the flagship, could see at a glance that except for the Amsterdam, the rest of the ships were not skilled in piloting the captured ships and using artillery torpedoes. So Darwell ordered: "Concentrate your fire on the Amsterdam!" ”

Five Dutch ships aimed their guns at the Amsterdam, and the rain of shells slammed down, splashing a forest-like column of water on the sea around the Amsterdam, and the Amsterdam also received more than a dozen shells, but fortunately, the Amsterdam's armor was very solid. The place where the shells fell was not critical, so it did not cause much damage.

But this resulted in the death and wounding of more than two dozen people on board the Amsterdam.

A shell exploded at the command position on the bridge, and the flying shrapnel cut the neck of a soldier next to Hu Zhen on the spot.

Seeing this, Hu Zhen was furious, and immediately ordered the main gun to launch a deadly shelling of the Henry: "Hmph! Nima's Henry, you're dead! ”

According to Hu Zhen's instructions, the Amsterdam fired a precise salvo, four 260-millimeter shells, one of which hit the mast of the Henry, blowing it off, and one hit the rear main gun, which blew it up crookedly and stuck, and the rear main gun suddenly could not turn and completely lost its combat effectiveness.

The Amsterdam is an old battleship, and the two twin 260 mm 25 times diameter main guns on it have a slow rate of fire, and after a salvo, they can only use small-caliber secondary guns to resist the siege of enemy ships.

The second salvo was fired one minute and thirty seconds later.

Only one shell was hit in this round of shelling, but this one was decisive.

The shell hit the aft deck, and the violent explosion opened a large hole several meters wide in the bilge of the aft deck of the Henry, and the sea water rushed in.

The bow of the Henry suddenly cocked, and the crew and sailors were caught off guard, and together with the debris on the ship, they rolled to the stern, and some of the ammunition rolled into the fire and was ignited and exploded, making the fire on the ship even more violent.

The other ships of the Huaxia Army, which originally seemed to be playing soy sauce, also took advantage of your illness to kill you at this time, and concentrated their firepower to bombard the sinking Henry, which was gradually sinking in the stern.

Geng Huoyan seized the great opportunity and commanded the destroyer to rush to a distance of 1,000 meters, and fired two torpedoes at the Henry, which had lost power.

The two torpedoes hit the Henry with a violent explosion, and the back half of the Henry was shattered by a violent explosion, and the remnants of the ship quickly disappeared below sea level.

Colonel Darvel, the commander of the USS Henry, acting commander of the reinforcement fleet, sank to the bottom of the sea with the USS Henry in just fifteen minutes. Of the five hundred and four sailors on board the Henry, only seven survived and were captured by the Chinese army.

After the two flagships were sunk, the Dutch army at this time no longer dared to despise the fleet of the Huaxia Army, but hurriedly fled to the open sea.

At this time, the Dutch reinforcement fleet also included the cruisers Haarlem, Nijmegen, Tilburg, and Grieburg, of which the Haarlem and Nijmegen had a maximum speed of 16 knots, and the Tilburg and Grieburg had a maximum speed of 17 knots.

The maximum speed of the cruisers Amsterdam and Rotterdam of the Huaxia Army was only 14 knots, and the maximum speed of the other cruisers Löver, Tulip, and Viking was no more than 16 knots.

But the Haarlem, Nijmegen, Tilburg, and Grebourg, no matter how fast, could not be faster than a shell.

At this time, no Dutch army dared to bombard the Amsterdam, and the gunners were full of confidence, and after receiving Hu Zhen's artillery order and firing Zhu Yuan, they immediately opened fire, and a 260-millimeter shell hit the Nijmegen, which was speeding away, and sent it to the bottom of the sea to feed fish and shrimp.

A torpedo boat and destroyer that could still be moved by the Huaxia Army were also desperate to use their highest speed to rush up at this moment to intercept the fleeing Haarlem, Tilburg, and Greburg.

With interception in front and accurate shelling in the rear, where else can the three Dutch battleships escape?

White Europeans generally have a characteristic, when they can't defeat a strong enemy, they will not fight to the end, they will admit defeat and surrender, and this is a time to surrender.

Three cruisers scrambled to raise the white chess pieces in surrender, and five Dutch transport ships in the open sea also raised the white flag in surrender.

The naval battle began with an ambush by the Huaxia Army and lasted more than three hours and finally ended.

"Nima's, this naval battle is tired of Lao Tzu!" After winning the fierce battle for most of the day, Hu Zhen, who acted as the converter of the fire control system, saw that his side had won a complete victory, and finally couldn't hold on, regardless of the identity and face of the commander-in-chief, he lay directly on the deck of the Amsterdam, and wanted to sleep beautifully for a while.

The first naval battle of the Huaxia Army touched the hearts of countless people, and on the shore, in addition to the soldiers of the Huaxia Army, countless Chinese people in Batavia went to the sea to observe the battle of the Huaxia Army fleet.

Every time the Huaxia army hit the enemy ship, countless Huaxia people on the shore would jump and cheer. Whenever a Huaxia warship was hit, everyone would be silent, silently praying for the Huaxia warship that was shot, and some people even drove a small wooden boat and a sampan to rescue it, regardless of the danger.

When they saw the remnants of the Dutch reinforcement fleet raising the white flag of surrender, the Chinese people on the shore shouted as if they were crazy.

It was a moment of triumph, and the fear of the Nanyang Chinese for white Europeans was finally thrown into the depths of the sea.

In the first naval battle of the Huaxia Army, due to the lack of skilled naval personnel, only army gunners and civilian sailors fought with Dutch prisoners, and the battle was very difficult, and was almost overturned by the Dutch army in the battle, and finally relied on Hu Zhen to bombard Zhuyuan with the instructions of the nuclear submarine, and defeated the Dutch reinforcement fleet with accurate shooting.

Hu Zhen shouted the miraculous accurate data of artillery bombardment, which became another magical legend in the Huaxia army, which made the soldiers of the Huaxia army and the vast number of Chinese people think that Hu Zhen was a natural god and came to save the Great China. Countless Chinese people worship Hu Zhending!