At this moment, Sun Jingting realized that on such a sea, any training and confidence had to be conceded, first of all, the size of the ships on both sides, then the proficiency in sail control, and then the number of artillery...... This is obvious, the opponent's ships are larger, there are more guns, when the side bombards the side to the side, people are more than 20 guns fire, and your side is less than ten, is there a dumb fire or can't hit the two sides of the bombardment? Only then did he understand what Zhang Han emphasized about the war between civilization and civilization, the contrast in front of him is that people also have well-trained armies, sophisticated weapons, larger warships and more artillery, and it is meaningless to blindly emphasize the bravery and good fighting of Hutchison soldiers, because not only are the battleships and artillery stronger than you, but these things have been played for decades, and they may not be worse than you, not to mention that the white-skinned sailors and army soldiers in these years are the masters who have run tens of thousands of miles to live and die, I think they are cowardly, they don't dare to fight, they don't dare to fight to the death, so they should wash and sleep.

Sun Jingting muttered: "No wonder Taiwan must build a ship, if you don't build a ship, you can only be aggrieved." ”

"Exactly." Gan Hui Zhengse said: "Over the past year, we have built five schooners of 160 tons to 300 tons, which is not easy, from design to formal construction at least half a year, and then wait for wood to dry wood, wood requirements are also high, ordinary wood is not easy to use." Schooners are lighter and faster than Galen ships, and it is easy to gain the upper hand in naval battles, but the number of guns is still insufficient, and we can't build large tonnage, so we have also built Galen ships since half a year ago, and we started with medium-sized warships with 600 tons of double-deck guns of about 600 guns......"

"Okay, it's a big boost!" Sun Jingting looked at the enemy ships that were getting closer and closer, and said, "When we build a big ship and then fight them, I'm afraid it's too late, right?" ”

"It's too late." Gan Hui sighed and said: "A six-hundred-ton ship is not easy to build, and Dezhnev estimates that they will be able to grope for launching a ship at least this time next year, but if they are built again, they can get twice the result with half the effort." ”

"Are there many Dutch warships?"

"There are about six to ten capital ships in Batavia, and there are always more than 100 small warships and armed merchant ships. The Dutch have been running the South Seas for decades, and they are stronger than the Spaniards and Portuguese. ”

"Its country is stronger than these two Yidu?"

Gan Hui thought for a while and said: "Its country was separated from Portugal decades ago, there is no royal king, it is a republican system, because it is based on maritime and banking industry, so they are very good at shipbuilding, and they are willing to break through, from a small country less than half the size of Shanxi Province in a few decades, they have traveled all over the sea, and they are overseas colonies everywhere. The banking industry is also very powerful, almost monopolizing the loan business in Europe, with a silver capital of at least more than 100 million taels of silver, which is much richer than our Daming. The shipbuilding industry is also powerful, there are dozens of large shipyards in the capital, the whole country can start building hundreds of ships at the same time, we can only start two big ships at the same time, and build a few small boats, which are far from others, and the cost of ships is much lower than ours, we are starting from scratch, wood, drying room, parts, sails, from personnel to objects have to start from scratch, including the construction of the shipyard, including personnel training also costs money, people have been building ships for more than a hundred years, everything is matching, Therefore, the cost is less than 30% of ours, and the medium-sized Galen battleship we are building costs nearly 200,000 taels, and a medium-sized ship of other people's houses is about 60,000 or 70,000 taels. Even the European maritime powers, Britain and Spain, are far worse than the Netherlands in terms of shipbuilding standards, speed, and cost. Its country has 16,000 merchant ships, and according to people on the European side, it accounts for more than three-quarters of the number of merchant ships in dozens of European countries, so although the Netherlands is a small country, it is also a big country, and it is the first maritime power! ”

Gan Hui said a lot of things in a free way, and his intention was, of course, to tell Sun Jingting bluntly why the situation in Taiwan is so difficult......

Shipbuilding costs too much, including the rebuilding of the port area, and then the shipyard area, which requires a large number of workers, building drying houses, baking wood, building forts, training troops, daily expenses, shipbuilding expenses, sailor schools, and so on...... There is a profit of more than one million a year on the Japanese trade route, that is, just enough for Taiwan's expenditure, if according to Dezhnev's idea, build a large shipbuilding base, hire more Portuguese as instructors and technicians, and hire more Chinese workers, Chang Wei and others do not want to, but they really can't afford it.

Sun Jingting listened to Gan Hui and inevitably felt ashamed in his heart...... It is also very difficult for the military secretary, but Sun Jingting knows that Tian Jitang is good at fighting famine, and he will always have a sum of silver to save the emergency, more than 300,000, or less about 200,000, and this silver is spent on the Taiwan side, and the second big ship may be under construction.

There is also a workshop for making artillery, the deployment of personnel and materials, and the military command department is not completely without reserved support...... Mainly considering the construction of the north and south cities, after the construction of the city, a large number of artillery is needed to defend the town, otherwise a lot of personnel will be needed, if there is a large number of artillery, as long as enough gunners and a small number of cavalry are left to maintain the grain route.

Now it seems that the northern land is indeed very important, but there is no force in the north that can threaten the existence of Hutchison, whether it is Lin Dan Khan's Chahar Department or any other tribe, Hutchison is hanging, and the threat is the Houjin Jurchens, but as long as Hutchison does not take the initiative to attack, at least in two or three years, the two sides will not have any contact, so that his vision is indeed a little narrow......

Now is not the time to think about these things, seeing that the big ship is getting closer and closer, Sun Jingting didn't feel a little anxious, he said: "Could it be that today is the time for Heyi to start a war with us?" ”

"No, it won't." Gan Hui has been talking to Sun Jingting, if there is really any danger, he dares to be so calm, and said with a smile at the moment: "I have ordered the ship to turn to the side to prepare for the battle, and with the cooperation of these six pulp ships, there should be no fight." ”

As he spoke, the enemy ships were getting closer and closer, not only approaching, but also seizing the upper hand, and the sails of the ships were tighter, and after taking advantage of the advantageous position, it could be said that they could attack and retreat, and they were in an invincible position.

Gan Hui was a little nervous at this time, he ordered all the gunners to prepare, and the gunners also removed the sealing cover on the side of the cabin, pushed the guns to the gun position, ignited and prepared, and once engaged, they could exert their firepower at the first time.

The two ships almost crossed sides, and the situation was really tense, and it could be said that it was on the verge of breaking out......

Gan Hui and the others were almost in a cold sweat all over their faces, of course they were not afraid of fighting, but the tonnage of the enemy and us was quite different, even if the guns of the small boat were added, the position of more than a dozen guns was missing, and there were Sun Jingting and others on the ship, fortunately, the number of fighters should be far above the Dutch, which is also where Gan Hui relied on...... It is true that the artillery is very sharp, and dozens of cannons will be able to fall apart, but the ships at sea are moving, the wind and the water potential, there is no fixed target that has not been moving for you to fight, so it is difficult to demand the accuracy of artillery bombardment, which is also the reason why the Anglo-Western naval battle and the Anglo-Dutch naval battle invented a number of naval warfare methods a few decades later, but there is no one at this moment...... The biggest naval battle ever fought before this moment was the Great Battle of Britain against the Spanish Armada, but the artillery was still at the bottom of the table, and it was the Assault Battle that really worked.

A few decades later, the artillery was more powerful, the number of guns on the battleships became larger and larger, and the tactics were updated and improved, so there was no angular warfare at that time, and it was blown to pieces if it didn't rush in front of it, isn't it a joke.

At this time, during the transition period between the two, the angle of attack has not been eliminated, and the power of artillery is getting bigger and bigger, but it is not yet as accurate and powerful as a hundred years later, mainly rifling, gunpowder, shells, artillery materials and many other problems have not been solved.

Hutchison's artillery is at a disadvantage, but there are more personnel than the other side, which is to win back a lot...... Although Zhang Han was reluctant to use the numerical advantage to fight only in the corner battles and the use of small fireships, it now seems that the Dutch were restrained by the large and strong number of Hutchison's army......

The wind and waves were very strong, and Sun Jingting had an illusion, as if the Dutch ship opposite was also hesitating......

At this time, the two sides did not make up their minds, the sky was very cloudy, dark and heavy, the sea was stormy, there was a dark and heavy wave everywhere, and people's hearts were constantly sinking, eight warships lined up on both sides of the waves, and from time to time a lightning bolt was drawn in the sky, reflecting the gloomy faces of the people......

It seemed like a long time, and it seemed like an instant, the sails of the Batavia were blowing with the wind, and soon it was far away, and in a moment it was out of range of the artillery.

"It's okay, it's okay." Gan Hui wiped his sweat and said: "Batavia is the flagship of the Dutch East India Company, it is estimated that there are important people on the ship, and we are also fully prepared, otherwise I really thought that there was going to be a fight just now." ”

Wang Jingzhong had just pulled out the short gun he was wearing, he had been in the army for twenty years, and he had been a veteran soldier in the merchant army for six or seven years, he put the fire gun back on the leather belt around his waist at this time, and said with a smile: "Don't think that just fighting or not fighting is only in a thought, and the murderous aura is pervasive, the other party is actually ready to fight." ”

Everyone agreed, except for the recruits who had no combat experience.

This kind of thing can be understood and spoken, and a group of veteran officers and veterans explained it to the recruits...... Just now, the gunners on the opponent's ship are all in position, the machine spring is pulled open and ready to fire at any time, the gun emplacements and muzzles are all in place, and the hull of the warship is also adjusted to the most favorable firing position as much as possible...... Judging by the Dutchman's expressions and movements in his hands, they were certainly not bluffing, but were really ready for war.

Sun Jingting doesn't have too much nervousness, this is also the psychological quality that has been exercised on the front line for a long time, and it is useless to be nervous, once the god is difficult to save when he falls into the water, even the old sailor does not dare to guarantee that he can survive after falling into the water, let alone a landlubber like Sun Jingting.

He just wondered in his heart whether there were really big people on the other side's ship, which made them stop the war at the end of the thousand equals......