Therefore, although Daming can also be called a civilized country, it is only a huge clay-footed giant, and these foreign colonists are not really in awe of Daming.

If it really became a civilized power, would the Spaniards dare to slaughter the Chinese in Luzon? The Dutch dare to slaughter Chinese businessmen in Indonesia? Dare to covet Penghu and stay in Taiwan? On the side of the couch, it stayed in such a grand manner.

Big and inappropriate, weak and powerless, this is the real situation under the illusory and powerful surface of the huge empire of the Ming Dynasty that these colonists have seen through.

They are also very accurate, indeed, this huge empire not only has no ability to expand in the south, but also has no ability to resist the devouring and encroachment of foreign colonists, if it were not for the loss of control of its own power to raise such a sea power independent of the system of the Zheng family sailor, Taiwan would have become a colony of the Dutch long ago, hundreds of years later, China is flanked by a standard white country on the island of Taiwan, you can imagine how much impact and confusion it will have on China's coastal defense!

For now, the East India Company was trying to seize the entire territory of the South China Sea with the power of a single company, and it almost made them happen, but unfortunately it backfired, and it was the same company that was working against the East India Company......

"Hutchison Company ......" Song Ke gritted his teeth, his heart full of monstrous hatred.

This time it was a ruin, even if it sank a few Hutchison merchant ships, it was still a miserable defeat for the Dutch.

The key is the two Galen warships of more than 600 tons.

Don't look at the offshore Hutchison can use sailboats, can use the battle line to limit the firepower output of the Dutch, and increase the output of its own side. But what if it's at sea? What about single-ship-to-single-ship encounters?

The battleship Galen, with a tonnage of more than 600, can beat Hutchison's merchant ships to the ground! There will be no chance for Hutchison merchant ships to fight back, condescendingly, there are many heavy guns, and once the firepower is output, what chance does the Hutchison merchant ships have to fight back? Can a sailing ship go out to sea to escort it?

If it weren't for the capture of these four ships, especially the two warships, the Taiwan branch of the East India Company could still use blockade tactics to trap Hutchison in Ben Harbor, so that they would not dare to go to sea!

Even on the way to adjust the hull of the ship to get closer to the middle lane, Song Ke couldn't help but pat the side of the boat!

However, there was also a change in the middle lane, and with binoculars, you could see that the small warships in the shape of islands had already sailed to the middle lane.

They sailed too fast, ate the wind quickly, turned the rudder easily, and flew straight like loaches on the sea, making people feel that they were much faster to maneuver than sailing boats.

When they got closer, Gao Wenlu and other ship commanders saw that there was a huge cannon right in front of this bird ship, and judging from the clumsy heaviness of the gun body and the caliber of the muzzle, it was at least a heavy cannon of more than thirty pounds!

A small boat is equipped with a heavy cannon, this feeling is not too unfamiliar, and the same is true of those hard sailing ships of the Ming Fujian Naval Division, with a gun at the bow and a gun at the stern, at most a larger ship and a few small guns on the deck or stern, and some firecrackers who shoot firearms, which is all long-range attack force.

The small boat in front of him is also obviously different, the hull shape is smaller than that of the ship with artillery carried by the Ming army sailors, the design is better, the sails are more, the control is accurate, and the speed of the ship is extremely fast.

The artillery on the bow of the ship, the Ming army did not have it, the guns of the Fujian Navy Division of the Ming Army, at most, were barely four-pounder or six-pounder guns, and for the Fujian Navy Division, it was a heavy artillery giant, and the bird boat in front of them was said to be a small boat, but the artillery was relatively huge, at least on the Dutch ship, there was no such heavy artillery.

"The bird boat is coming." Jiang Kui saw that the six bird boats had moved to the middle of the road on the sailing boat, which was only fast and not slow compared to the eight-masted boat, which was the advantage of a small boat and a five-masted hard sail, with good control and fast speed, of course, there were shortcomings, and they could not be far.

Everyone was in good spirits, and on the flagship where Dezhnev was located, he also waved the flag and gave obvious instructions.

"The opportunity for the bird boat to make meritorious service has arrived!" Lu Dafu and Jiang Kui were on a ship, pointing to the bird boat and shouting loudly.

When he just boarded the ship, Lu Dafu saw Wang Jingzhong on another boat take the lead in jumping the gang and rushed over with the soldiers.

There is no need for that, although Lu Dafu is not the same as Zhang Chunniu, he once wanted to transfer to a civilian position, but he is also different from his brother Lu Da and his brother Lu Si, two brothers, one is an old qualified sergeant major, and in the battle against Yan Siqi, Lu Da was also the first to climb the tic-tac-toe building in the middle of the ten villages, and made a lot of military achievements, majestic and majestic, and his fame was praised for a while.

Not to mention Lu Si, after being captured, he still wanted to escape back, and he did it at the risk of dying for his life, and he did a good job in the Lancer Department, and made a lot of achievements.

Among the four brothers, Lu Dafu is safe and steady, he has not encountered any risks, and he has not been too outstanding in his military exploits, but he has not pulled down one of the military exploits one by one, his qualifications are sufficient, and his connections are in the same vein as Lingqiu miners, and he followed Li Shouxin, who was in the same vein and served as a soldier together, and he also reached the middle-level position of battalion commander safely.

Originally, there was a brigade-level command at the top, but now that the military system has been reformed, the brigade-level command has been abolished, the divisions and regiments have taken shape, and there is a mother-in-law on the top of the head, which is of course a good thing to be happy about.

In this way, although Wang Jingzhong went to Taiwan, he was still demoted, at this time, taking advantage of the big war not to go forward and win military merits to get the opportunity to be promoted, does he really want to maintain the same level as Lu Dafu, a younger generation? Or is it that after the war, juniors like Lu Dafu climbed on top of Wang Jingzhong's head?

Although seniority in the army does not represent everything, the first batch of subordinates who followed Zhang Han in the early years, and now there are still some who continue to be the leader of the dart division in the mule and horse shop, but they are not capable enough, or they are unlucky. Even those who walked away halfway through the process, there are many people who make mistakes and are dealt with. But as long as you stay and reach a high position, you still want to get back what you have past.

Wang Jingzhong's performance, I believe that many people see it, and it is estimated that after a while, Zhang Han's desk will have a report on which Wang Jingzhong feels happy.

The birdship did gain the upper hand first, and then quickly turned and rushed in the direction of the Batavia in the middle.

There were some Dutch warships and merchant ships that fired at these bird ships, but the hull was small and the speed was fast, even more than 200 years later, during the Battle of Dadonggou, the hit rate of the naval guns of that era was not high, not to mention the current artillery. In the midst of the rumbling cannons, the bird boat sped forward, and the cannonballs fell into the water one after another, stirring the sunset red glow on the sea, and the waves were shattered, but the boat continued to move forward, unmoved.

After the bird boats, there were even smaller fireships.

It is said that it is a fireboat, but it is actually different from the fireboat of the Fujian sailors, it is slightly smaller than the serious fireboat in shape, and it is not full of fire-starters, and it is not the kind that burns after holding the big ship, but it is a variant of Hutchison's ingenuity.

Everyone was focused on the fireships and bird ships, the middle was pressed and beaten, and the schooners went down sideways, bombarding those Dutch warships and gunboats, but after moving, there was no way to guarantee the accuracy of the battle line and bombardment, although the Dutch ships that were still hit were very embarrassed, and the shells kept falling on the deck and hull, but the damage was limited, and it was really early to say that it was sunk.

At this time, the people of Hutchison let out an exclamation, a small merchant ship was bombarded by the big ships including the Batavia, and finally made a number of seriously damaged holes under the waterline of the hull, which could not be repaired, and the water entered quickly, and the hull was already tilted when people found out, in this case, the gods had no choice, and the people on the boat either jumped into the sea and swam away, or drove the small sampan on the ship to leave, and dozens of people on the sea began to flutter in the sea.

Of course, the big ships around saw it, and they all lowered their boats to save it, but it took a while to rescue, and they were not so worried that the sailors would be drowned in a short time...... If you can't swim for a little time, you can drown such waste. However, I was worried that the shells of the artillery would keep falling on the sailors, which would cause the casualties caused by the sailors after being hit by the shells, so of course we had to save them as soon as possible.

"It's the Xinpingbao." Jiang Kui glanced at Lu Dafu, his face gloomy and he could squeeze out water.

Everyone knew that this was only the beginning, the middle line including the Zhenwei was not strong, and now the Dutch were bombarding the center line under the fire of the schooners, and everyone knew what the idea was, before the sailing ships could rejoin the war, and before it was dark, the Dutch tried to expand the results of the battle, and sink or seriously destroy several ships on the middle line, to the point that they could not be repaired, that is, there was no difference from sinking.

"It's the Xinpingbao, I have taken this ship to and from Tianjin, and Phi Dao many times. When I first came to Taiwan, I also came by this boat. ”

The Xinpingbao was the first decent merchant ship mastered by Hutchison, and most of the civil and military officials who went south to Taiwan for the first time took a sea ship were this one, including Chang Wei who went to Pingdo to meet Li Dan and Li Guozhu, and Hutchison was only this ship at that time.

Yan Siqi had many more ships than Hutchison back then, and when he saw this ship, it reminded people of a lot of past events.

"It's a pity." Lu Dafu sighed.

Jiang Kui glanced at him and said: "It's okay, today's harvest is far greater than the loss, our predicament is solved, no matter what happens to the Dutch, the peace continues to be harvested, the trade with Japan can continue, and the trade with the Spaniards and the Portuguese can also be started." Xinpingbao, in the future, can build more and larger merchant ships, pick one out and rename it. ”

Lu Dafu didn't say anything, now the bird boats and fireboats have just come up, the cannon fire on the middle line is still urgent, many Dutch merchant ships are coming, of course, they plan to use dense artillery fire to prevent the fireboats from approaching, and many Dutchmen run to the stern with arquebuses, as well as push rods and other things, which are used to deal with fireships...... I have fought many battles with the Daming Sailors, and I don't know how many pirates I will encounter in the South Seas, and these Dutch sailors are actually very proficient in ordinary gang jumping tactics and fireship tactics, and they are no strangers.