Gao Wenlu had no time to doubt, and immediately ordered to turn the rudder and raise the anchor, adjust the windward sail, and immediately withdraw from the battlefield.

At the same time, the flagship also issued an order, and each ship could break away on its own, and there was no need to insist on fighting.

At the same time as the flag was issued, the boat that went around the stern opened fire!

Several bird ships flagged almost simultaneously, and the huge guns lit the fuses at the same time, and the guns rang out with a loud roar, followed by a crackling explosion.

Gao Wenlu felt that the deck under his feet was shaking, and the whole person couldn't stand steadily, he grabbed the side of the boat to barely stand firmly, and more people were shaken on the deck.

There was a loud noise and a scream of people at the stern, there were two guns in the stern, and the two guncrews were on guard there, and at the same time the stern was also in the ship, and there were more gunners firing their guns below deck, and at the moment when the guns were bombarding back and forth and reset, the shells of the forty-six-pounder guns flew into the belly of the ship with a screech and a loud noise, and it was conceivable how serious the casualties would be, and the broadside guns that were still firing were almost instantly muted, and more sailors were busy on the deck, hoping to get out of the battlefield under the siege of the birdships.

There was no way to fight back, they had put the bird boat too close, to the point where there was nothing they could do.

Whether it is the stern gun or the side gun, there is no way to deal with the bird boat, for this kind of small boat, it is necessary to directly concentrate the firepower to hit it early, but unfortunately just now they are still attacking the merchant ships of Hutchison, the merchant ships that hit are crumbling, and the sinking is in an instant, but in the blink of an eye, he is like a strong man who is being held by a strong dwarf in close quarters, although the dwarf is far inferior to himself in physique and strength, but the center of gravity has been lost, and he was hugged by his legs and overturned to the ground, and then he was beaten and there was no way!

The stern of the ship was beaten to pieces, and many sailors were led by officers to run over, hoping to do some processing between the other side's cannons, but the artillery was fired one after another, the distance was very close, and the bird boat was controlled as expected, although the whole ship was swaying in the sea water with one shot of artillery, and even half of the hull could sink into the seawater, the recoil was too great, and compared to the hull of the bird ship, the heavy artillery was close to the limit of its load.

But the sailors on the bird ship were extremely excited, the stern of the Galen ship was like the castle enemy tower, there were many soldiers with muskets in the tail tower on guard, the tail of the enemy tower below is the muzzle of the cannon, some of the Galen ship is four guns, some are two guns, the Galen ship in front of them is two guns, originally these two guns will pose a serious threat to the bird ship, but they came quickly, quickly released, before the enemy had time to react, the cannonballs have been shot over, luck is also very good, a few cannonballs completely abolished the resistance of the stern, Then there are a few rounds of hearty bursts, Hutchison's artillery crew is quite excellent, the artillery crew of this era is generally one shot a minute, starting from the last shell fire, from the reloading to the re-firing there are more than a dozen steps, each cannon crew members or can be six to eight people, the action must be very fast, due to the daily training strict, almost is a knee-jerk reaction.

Under the high-intensity training, the firing time of each gun is generally one minute, and the worse gun crew will not be able to firing for more than one and a half minutes at most.

If it is a skilled and fast artillery group, it can be five rounds in three minutes.

If it was on land, Hutchison's gun crew would not have had the slightest difficulty in firing five rounds in three minutes, but on the bird boat, the recoil was too great, and it would take some time to wait for the reset, but even so, one round in two minutes was still achieved.

In just a few minutes, six bird ships smashed the stern of the Batavia.

Greedy is not greedy, in fact, there are a few ships very close, you can reach the stern of the opponent with a single control, and the other party is also firing this way, the shells keep falling on the sea, and the rising water column can overturn the bird boat, but the personnel on the island ship have long had a plan for this kind of scene, and it is a subject that must be practiced during training, and the gunners on the bird ship are not moved at all, or as much as possible to expand the results, no matter how close other ships are, there is no need to fight, just stare at the Batavia and continue to bombard, after a few rounds of artillery fire, The stern of the huge Galen had been beaten to shreds, and the connection to the middle compartment could be seen.

"Brothers,!"

The order was given to the commander of the detachment, which was equal to the captain of the large ship, and the bird ship was not handed over to the Russians, after all, it is the Chinese's own business to operate and manipulate this kind of Chinese hard-sail boat, and there is no need to ask for others.

This commander is estimated to be a pirate, or it may be that he has seen too much of the Zhongyi Water Margin, and after giving the order, he felt wrong, and said with a straight face: "The whole fleet is leaving!" ”

As soon as the flag was spoken, the six bird boats began to turn, and there were still shells coming from time to time on the side of the bird boats, but they were much more sparse.

A sailor has to look idly...... The advantage of Chinese sailing is here, the sail lines are simple and straightforward, not as complicated as Western sailing boats.

After looking at it, the sailor cheered: "Run, the Hongyi ships have started to run!" ”

More people looked over, and then cheered.

Indeed, the Dutch fleet began to retreat, and the three battleships on the road were already evacuating, and the schooners were of course not polite, chasing them to fight, but the artillery when moving was quite troublesome, and the accuracy was extremely poor, and a cannon could not be hit by ten shots, that is, Hutchison's artillery cast was not under the European artillery, if it was the Ming artillery, I am afraid that it would have burst or exploded.

The artillery is good, the ammunition is sufficient, and the schooners will not give up this opportunity, where can they find such a training opportunity?

The west side is lively, the Dutch merchant ships are running fast, the Dutch merchant ships have a deep draft, light hulls, easy to handle, and they run really fast, and there are already armed merchant ships that are about to leave the battlefield.

They are genuinely jealous of these bird boats.

And the Batavia in front of him was also turning around with difficulty, although it was bombarded, the giant ship was very early from sinking, the stern was in tatters, and the sea water slapped into it a lot, but it was not pouring in, there was no danger of sinking at all, and no one came to repair it under the threat of heavy artillery, just observed from afar.

The giant ship was turning around, and at this time, of course, the Zhenyuwei and other ships were also playing with their lives to greet the cannonballs coming, but the damage to Batavia was quite limited, and the hull of about 670 tons was a standard giant ship, and it was harmless to eat a few shells.

The bird ship finally left, and found a merchant ship as a new target, and everyone on and off the Batavia, including Gao Wenlu, breathed a sigh of relief.

But think about it, it seems that these small boats can only leave, if they want to attack the front or the side, they have to expose themselves to the side guns of the Batavia, close, these small boats can attack very sharp, but they themselves are also quite dangerous, as long as one shell, most of these small boats will be wasted, two or three shells fall on the hull, and it is the result of capsizing immediately.

The strange mosquito boat did not dare to come, and when they saw that it turned away, all the Dutchmen were sure in their hearts.

There's a fireboat at the bottom, and this kind of thing is done, so you don't have to worry about anything at all.

It's just a matter of setting fire, and as long as you are prepared, there are not many chances for the fireboat to succeed.

Otherwise, the Li Dan family and the Zheng family are rampant on the sea, how can there be anything to do with the Dutch? When did the battle between Zheng's naval division and the Dutch fleet not hit the boiling sea and suffered heavy casualties? If a fleet of fireships can successfully get things done, what is there to talk about bloody fighting?

Seeing that his subordinates were making thorough preparations, Gao Wenlu also nodded lightly.

His focus was on the road, when four schooners approached, then the port side fired a few rounds, then adjusted position, and then pressed again, and the starboard side made another round.

The schooner has a fast hull, many sails, fast wind, and fast adjustment.

Overall, it is much stronger than the Galen ship.

Of course, the disadvantages are also quite obvious, the ship is small, the cannon is few, and the power is insufficient.

If the galleon could be manipulated as the galleon, and could chase the galleon, I am afraid that this would not be the case now, if the galleon was pressed and beaten by the galleon, at least half of the four ships would be sunk, or they would be completely destroyed.

"There is no such thing as a double world...... Gao Wenlu shrugged his shoulders.

This time, of course, it was lost, but fortunately, the loss was not too ugly, and it can be announced that three or four Hutchison merchant ships were scrapped and one was sunk.

Of course, the company's top management is not so easy to deceive, and the loss of four ships on his side is also a real loss, and he can't deceive anyone.

Gao Wenlu sighed, he was afraid that his position would not be kept, and Song Ke was also in danger.

Governor Cohen will not be affected too much, only a few ships, even if the fleet is completely wiped out in front of him, it will not affect the trust of the company's top management in His Excellency the Governor.

But if the Taiwan side can't keep it, it's not good news for Governor Cohen himself.

The layout of East and South Asia as a whole, spices, raw silk, porcelain, Chinese goods and spices from South Asia and India, including deerskin and sugar from Taiwan, are all important links in Cohen's layout. Now that this battle has become such a bad situation, I don't know if I can hold down Hutchison at the bottom, it is estimated that it will be very difficult, and the East India Company will have to give up some interests.

Gao Wenlu just thought about it for a moment, then threw this thought away and focused on the withdrawal of the fleet.

Due to the proximity of the two sides, evacuation is also quite dangerous, and accidents can easily occur if you are not careful, but at such times, you should be cautious.

At the same time, it is necessary to pay attention to those small fireboats, and must not let them come closer, there are already many sailors on guard.

Fireships are smaller than bird ships, but surprisingly there are no mountains of flammable igniters, but rather a lot of people standing on the decks of fireships.

This discovery made Gao Wenlu a little surprised...... He had seen the fireships of the pirates and the Ming sailors, and they were completely different from the small fireships in front of him, and they were completely incompatible.

His doubts lasted less than two minutes, and the little fireboat became lighter and faster, and in an instant it was on the surface of the sea where the Bird Ship was, but the little fireboat did not stay where it was, but continued to move towards the stern......