The schooners did not save the middle lane at the first time, and the Batavia and other fleets had already assembled in the middle lane to deal a fatal blow to the opposite Hutchison warship.

Song Ke noticed that the boats had rowed back, and he was slightly relieved.

If the eight-pulp ship is full of arson, oil and explosives, and when it gets closer, it will hook the stern or bow of the ship, and it will explode and catch fire, which will be a big trouble. Of course, there will be casualties, and it will be difficult for people on the boat to escape under the explosion, and it seems that the Chinese are still not ruthless to that extent.

But his attention was soon attracted by the bottom again, more than a dozen Chinese boats sailed out of the open sea, some larger, about ten meters long, some smaller, only about five or six meters in size, the small boat and ordinary Chinese junk ship is no different, three masted sails, but the big ship is very different, the front bow to the deck are all connected, the rear tail building is also very low, like an oval shape, the overall image, like a fat bird soaked in water, looks a little funny.

Song Ke's eyes were cold, and he didn't feel funny at all!

This bird ship is not an ordinary Chinese ship, the three mainmasts are the same as ordinary fortune boats, and two masts are added to the front and rear, and the five masts are of different heights, standing horizontally in a piece.

Chinese ships are originally heavier than handling, and relatively simple, if you run long distances, the use of wind and resistance to disasters is not as good as galleons, but in the short distance offshore, its load and reliability are no worse than sailboats, and the design of watertight cabins is even more exquisite.

It's just that this year is the era of heavy artillery ships, and the design of the watertight compartment has no way to add guns on both sides of the deck, so there is no way to adopt it, and after more than two hundred years, the West has also begun to adopt the design of the watertight compartment on a large scale, which can be regarded as a great contribution of the Chinese in the history of shipbuilding.

Coupled with the front and rear masts, as well as the streamlined hull, the advantages of this ten-step small sailing ship are obvious, easy to maneuver, fast speed, but I wonder if Hutchison is using this ship as a fireboat?

Song Ke quickly shook his head...... The fireship does not need to be so big, the ten or so long Fu ships are barely qualified to run the open sea trade, although the income is not much, but it is still very fast to go from Fujian to Japan, the risk of this kind of small boat to resist the wind and waves is greater, but as long as it is not a typhoon day, avoid the big waves, there is no big problem with running the Japanese route, this kind of ship is used as a fireship, Song Ke does not think that Hutchison is so generous, can be squandered and wasted.

However, those small boats between five and six paces, that may be real fire boats, when they are dozens of paces away, the people on board can escape from the sea, and after Zhang Fan, the wind will carry the small boat forward rapidly, and the angle of attack will reach the hull of the big ship, and the ignition on it has a fuse, and it will catch fire and explode near the big ship...... There are such small fireship pirates, and there are also Fujian sailors in the Ming Dynasty, and Song Ke does not feel strange.

Although he saw the bird boat and the small fireboat, Song Ke didn't have much pressure, and in the middle of the road, most of the main force of five warships was gathered, and there were too few small boats sent by Hutchison, and they might not be hit if they couldn't get close to the side, even if they weren't hit, the fireboat arson would not be successful at one time as imagined, it might take two or three times to ignite it, and it would cause damage to the big ship, and there were not many fireships in Hutchison, and in Song Ke's opinion, the threat was not very great.

On the other hand, Hutchison's middle lane is about to be crossed.

The three Galen ships braved the artillery fire to move, although they were hit by many guns, but still moved the main force to the middle, under the dense firepower, the Hutchison ships in the middle have been hit many times, several Hutchison ships lined up on the sea have been shot, under the shells of the wooden blocks flying sideways, under the short burning flames and smoke, the ships appear to be full of holes, the scene is quite spectacular, shocking!

It was quite a spectacle and a beautiful scene, the rows of troops, shooting at each other across the Lych Sea, the spews of fire, the flying cannonballs, and the damage caused by the shells to the perfect wooden hull, the blows, the scenes of the cannonballs whistling down on the hull, were really intoxicating.

Despite years of living at sea and several naval battles, Song Ke was still fascinated by the spectacle in front of him...... Of course, it is also because the Hector he is on the ship is not a big threat.

If it was on a few ships that were already facing gang jumping, Song Ke was afraid that he would not have such a leisurely mind.

The four sailing ships were the House of Ninsin Crewe, the Lake Ethah, and two armed merchant ships, and the Hector was just west of its position, so it was lucky not to be hooked.

But the Dutch did not see it that way, and there were many sailors who kept shouting and spitting on the other side of the sea, which of course was in vain, and the nearest was only a few hundred paces away, and it would be hellish if the spit could fly over.

However, after the hook hooked, Hutchison's people did not jump the gang at the first time, but lined up on the side side.

Two or three squadrons of musketeers were concentrated on the side of each sail ship, and half a squadron or so of jumping longmen or pikemen, and because the sides were touching, the Dutch had already opened fire from the aft tower and the opposite deck, and in the sound of fire, from time to time a Hutchison's soldier was shot and fell, and then a medic quickly came and dragged the man away.

It was a rather bizarre scene, and not only Song Ke was stunned, but the sailors and soldiers on the warship were no better. Many sailors opened their mouths wide as they watched the performance of the Hutchison soldiers on the four sail warships in front of them.

The other side was still in formation, in formation, and groups of soldiers quickly stood on the side of the ship to the light beat of drums, even if a Dutchman was shooting himself at gunpoint a few steps away.

No hesitation, no pause, no fear or panic.

In this era, there were also tin soldiers, many people liked to play with them, and Song Ke also hid a set, which he used his power in Batavia to call the craftsmen of the company, and planned to entrust someone to bring it back to his son.

When playing tin soldiers, people can easily feel the perspective of God, that is, they are the god who controls the life and death of the soldiers, even if they suffer heavy casualties under artillery fire, the remnants of the tin soldiers also refer to the east and the west.

Adults get bored after playing a few times, because everyone knows that the real battlefield is not like this, people have selfish desires, and some people are brave, some people are timid, some people meet the enemy, some people will hesitate, even if it is a pirate who is not afraid of death, either a swarm of swarms of irritability and escape, morale is quickly boosted and discharged......

The achievements of the Dutch in the army were rather limited, they themselves did not know that in a few decades they would be defeated at the hands of the well-trained French, seriously weakening the strength, in this era, muskets appeared, it was no longer a duel of medieval knights, and the time when one knight with a few minions could dominate a war was over.

Western military science officially began the process of development, from the Swedish phalanx, to the achievements of Gustav, the Spanish phalanx, then the French Army, and finally to the pinnacle of the emperor and the glory of the Prussian soldiers, in the following three hundred years, the tactics of lining up to shoot became the mainstream, cold weapons were completely eliminated, the whole platoon of soldiers under the leadership of the officer, knowing that they would die, but in the sound of the drum, they walked forward steadily with neat steps, the whole platoon of soldiers was knocked down by artillery, killed by muskets, and not a single person was left in the phalanx. But the next phalanx still has to move forward...... What Hutchison put out is a complete three-row attack array of firearms, the ridiculous thing is that Europe in the birthplace has not yet completed the mature tactical concept and actual operation, at least in the Dutch, whose army foundation is already weak, there is no such concept at all, looking at the merchant army in the array, these Dutch are either in a daze, feeling that the Ming soldiers are stupid, or they take the opportunity to put a few more shots and take the opportunity to weaken the strength of the merchant army.

All the actions have nothing to do with the merchant army.

Wang Jingzhong was on the No. 1 ship of the sail pulp warship, these ships are consumables, so they were not named according to the previous rules of Hutchison, otherwise they should be named after Wei, which is also trouble-free.

After Jiang Kui and Dezhnev made a decision, Wang Jingzhong and other middle-level officers were instructed to attack the enemy ships, annihilate the enemy, and capture the enemy ships at all costs, so as not to make this battle a futile stalemate, and if they were still undefeated in the end, they would still win for the Dutch and still lose for Hutchison.

Wang Jingzhong still remembered Jiang Kui's words: "All the generals will fight hard, and those who hesitate, shirk, and retreat will be killed." ”

He smiled silently...... Jiang Kui's qualifications are there, and he is qualified to say this, but he still has a sense of grievance. Is it true that if you make a mistake once, you will really be so underestimated?

If it weren't for him, Wang Jingzhong, would Jiang Kui be so fierce about the battalion-level command that Li Shouxin brought out? It's not because he once made a mistake that Jiang Kui deliberately wanted to beat himself like this, so that everyone would know that if he violated military law, even if he rose again after sinking, he would still be looked at with suspicion.

Wang Jingzhong took a deep breath...... He almost wanted to touch his sideburns just now, only to see that both sideburns were white when he looked in the mirror a few days ago, at his age, good nutrition, good maintenance, no gray hair at all, this gray hair is related to the mood of a while ago.

"This is the time." Wang Jingzhong made a decision, and at the same time he drew his saber and stood on the left side of the first column on the side of the side.

On Wang Jingzhong's side is the squadron sergeant major, who is also the platoon commander, and in the sergeant major is the flag bearer and drummer, once the officer gives the order, the sergeant major will remind and order the flag bearer to dance the flag, and the drummer beats the drum, as for the rhythm and timing of the attack and firing fire, of course, these experienced veterans will control.

The officers commanded the general outline, and the veterans were responsible for the details.

This is the tradition of Hutchison, and Wang Jingzhong stands on the side of the row, which really has nothing to do with tradition.