The weakness of the Galen, as the Crown Prince was now manifesting, was too slow and difficult to turn, and the Crown Prince had just finished lifting anchor and adjusting the sail line when the schooner Tianchengwei had made a turn and was speeding towards the bow of the Crown Prince.

Zheng Zhilong looked through the binoculars and saw that the sailors on the opposite hull were as busy as ants, and like headless flies, those sails were as dense as spider webs, where it was so easy to fiddle with.

This time I was really sure in my heart, just a moment's effort, the Russians over there were already adjusting the speed, this time the hull was slowing down, and then slowly stopped at the bow of the crown prince less than two miles, the schooner didn't even have to adjust the hull this time, the port side was facing the bow of the other party, as the speed of the ship slowed down, the gun crew was already shouting up and down, ready to fire.

Waiting for the anchor, the artillery commander gave an order in a pure Datong tone, Zheng Zhilong smiled when he heard it, but saw that the firelight under the left deck came out one after another, and then the hull was shaking, and more than ten guns continued to abdicate under the drive of recoil, and the entire hull was to the right side, but fortunately, the anchor was lowered, and the side of the hull was fixed sideways, and it soon drifted back.

More than a dozen shells flew by, or most of them missed, less than two miles away is not so easy to hit, but three shells fell on the bow of the ship, everyone looked at it vigorously, one shell smashed on the deck, made a bang, hit the sawdust flying, and the other fell in the middle of several sailors, in addition to the smashed sawdust flying sideways, it also hit several sailors on the spot, two of them flew up with the sawdust, apparently died on the spot, it seems that the muscles and bones were broken, it seems that the chest and abdomen are pierced, and blood is all over the ground, There is also a serious injury lying on the ground, life and death are unknown, and of course it is a serious injury that cannot be saved.

It was a great blow, and many of the sailors cheered, and a cannonball passed through the spinnaker in the bow of the ship, and made a great hole in the sail, and the cannonball continued to fly and fall into the sea, causing a splash several feet high.

The crown prince is still turning, the bow of the ship is gradually turning, at this time the second round of artillery is coming, Hutchison's artillery crew is not virtual, it can not be said that it is elite in a hundred battles, at least it has fought eight out of ten, stationed on the grassland, facing tens of thousands of northern captives have seen a big battle, the only thing to worry about in the battle for power at sea is that there is nowhere to escape if defeated, but when trapped in the military fort, the military platform will definitely die once it is broken, and what is the big difference between being trapped in the ship? At this time, the best-trained artillery crew can do one fire a minute at most, which is the best training result, and the Hutchison artillery crew can almost play two rounds in three minutes in actual combat, which is really rare and valuable.

The important thing is that the second round is much more accurate, due to the damage of the bow sail, the crown prince rotates more slowly, only slightly to the right, at this time the second round of guns at least six guns hit, six shells have hit the side deck and hull, out of a fence big hole, also fell on the deck, wounded and killed the crew, this time the crown prince seems to be making a mournful roar, crackling the entire bow and starboard side seem to be wailing, and many people on the deck have been hit, making a burst of screams.

However, it will not be possible to go on like this, even if it hits a dozen more times, at most there are more than a dozen holes in the bow and side of the ship, and the ship will definitely not be able to sink, Zheng Zhilong is anxious in his heart, there are eleven guns on the side of the schooner here, and there are about fifteen guns on the side of the crown prince, the distance is close, and the nine-pounder guns and eighteen-pounder guns on the Huang Taizi are all in full play, all in the range, under the advantage of artillery, the little technical advantage of the Hutchison gun crew is gone.

The schooner is small, the wood is not as solid as the opponent's ship, and I am afraid that the shipbuilding technology is not as good as that of the Netherlands, and if it is bombed, it is likely to lose its advantage.

Seeing the continuous bombardment, the crown prince was scarred, but it was insignificant, and it was still turning around slowly and firmly, Zheng Zhilong's heart was anxious.

The sturdiness of the enemy ship is far greater than that of its own schooner, and it is also subjected to a round of shelling, and the Galen ship on the opposite side is slightly injured, but its own side may be injured. That's the benefit of the megaship...... You can take a few rounds first, but turn around and continue to fight, or your side will suffer.

This is also the reason why the Galen ship, that is, the battleship, is still the most important for more than 200 years, no matter how large and small the warship is, a few battleships are like a needle in the sea, let the wind and rain blow, I will not move.

Although the Crown Prince was damaged, the loss of combat power was not large, as long as it crossed the hull and fired with all the power of the side guns, it was difficult to say who could not bear it.

Zheng Zhilong is at war with heaven and man in his heart, and now he has taken advantage of it, why don't he take advantage of the other party's failure to turn around and use the advantage of the schooner to turn around and flee again? If this is the case, it is inevitable that the stern will eat a few shots, but it is estimated that the problem is not very big, and the other party will turn around and shoot at most one or two rounds, and his side will run out of range.

However, he was really unwilling to retreat like this, just when Zheng Zhilong was fighting, He Bin shouted on the side: "Yiguan, hit their deck, hit the hull, this Galen ship is huge and strong, and the effect is not great, it is better to bombard its deck!" ”

"Reasonable!"

Zheng Zhilong's eyes lit up, and his hands slapped heavily on the side of the boat!

This slap was stabbed by the exploding wooden thorn in the palm, and the blood flowed immediately, but Zheng Zhilong didn't care, and immediately ordered loudly: "Order, don't hit the bow or side of the ship, give me a blast on the deck!" ”

On the ship, the captain is in charge, and although the artillery commander is also at the battalion level, it is not much different from Zheng Zhilong's level, so he can only obey orders.

This time more than ten guns were all aimed at the deck bombardment, because the firing distance angle has been calculated by several rounds of bombardment, most of the shells of this round of guns fell on the deck, this time the distance was only miles, everyone could see that the shells passed through the white sails and masts, hit the hull deck, hit the guards on both sides, hit the mast, hit the sail, hit the stern, and there were traces of shells passing through. After a round of cannons, the deck of the big ship opposite is already a ghost crying wolf, if the angle of Tianchengwei is higher, you can see it very clearly, the deck is already full of broken arms and stumps, many people have been beaten flesh and blood, the military doctor has a cabin below the deck to do emergency treatment and bandaging, but the Western medicine of this era has just because of the most basic progress of the Renaissance, and it is not much stronger than the bloodletting therapy in the Middle Ages, and the progress of Western medicine and the emergence of antibiotics plus blood transfusions and other big moves will not appear one after another two hundred years, Now it is debridement, disinfection, bandaging, and more often amputation, what can be saved is not the doctor's medical skills, but the resistance and luck of the injured.

A large number of wounded were carried down, the doctors could no longer treat them, the deck was littered with lightly wounded, the morale of the Crown Prince was greatly demoralized, and the speed of the ship's steering slowed down markedly due to the lack of manpower.

Of course, the Tianchengwei was unforgiving, and the artillery continued to bombard, and almost no one dared to stay on the opponent's deck.

There was a faint shout from the port, the sea here is only a few miles away from Hirado Port, the battle situation here is clearly seen by the people on Hirado Island, of course, there are mainly Chinese, even pirates are on the side of Daming, so when I saw that the Dutch ships were so embarrassed by Hutchison's warships, I applauded.

"The enemy ships are going back."

A sailor shouted from the height of the mast, Zheng Zhilong hurriedly looked through the binoculars, and saw that the enemy ship did not continue to turn, but used the spinnaker to eat the wind, and turned the hull straight again, with the bow facing this side, and the hull was retreating after eating the wind.

It's obvious that it's time to distance yourself.

"Pursue while you win, Yiguan!" He Bin was so excited that he wanted to jump into the sea, his face was flushed, and he must have burst out a lot of capillaries.

"Forget it." Zheng Zhilong thought about it for a moment and gave up this extremely tempting plan.

The Crown Prince is more than twice as large as the Tianchengwei and probably has a displacement of around seven hundred tonnage and a higher carrying capacity, which means there are more people on board.

Don't look at the fact that there are not many people on the deck anymore, it should be that most of them are hiding under the cabin, and as soon as this side leans over and jumps the gang, that side will come out to meet them.

In terms of numbers, there is at least twice as many people over there.

Although Zheng Zhilong has full confidence in the combat effectiveness of the Hutchison merchant regiment, if he doesn't have to take the risk, he still shouldn't take the risk.

In these years, even if you dare to mix on the ship, even if you are a cook, you can not underestimate it, they are all outlaws who dare to fight hard, and the sea gang battle is not as dangerous as the land war, and the danger is very high, the rabbit bites people in a hurry, and the Dutch on the ship are not rabbits.

"The ship was turned around, and the sails were sailed back." Zheng Zhilong gave the order to the Russians, and at the same time ordered the artillery crew to adjust the target and continue to bombard the bow and hull.

The other side is no longer on the deck to release more people, and it is not much fun to fight any longer, it is better to adjust the target and bombard its hull again, the more serious the damage, the longer the repair cycle.

I have to say that in this era, the ships on the sea are all demons, the hull is damaged, there are holes everywhere, and they dare to set sail into the sea.

Because there are a lot of tools on board, sails, rigging, iron, and wooden planks, they can be repaired at any time if they are damaged, there are many accidents at sea, there is no repair ability and a big heart, or don't go into the sea, not to mention, just the diseases caused by malnutrition and vitamin imbalance on the ship do not know how many people will die, not to mention natural disasters such as typhoons, and it is common for them to shoot a few cannons at sea and make a few holes, and it is good to repair if they are broken.

After being swept away by three or four rounds of guns, a cannonball hit the bow of the ship in the middle, and the wood carving ornaments of the bow of the Dutch ship were smashed, which greatly damaged morale, and a burst of exclamation and scolding could be heard on the Dutch ship.