The Crown Prince gradually got out of the firing range, began to turn again, this time the schooner still did not give the other side any chance, under the adjustment of the rear spinnaker, the hull ate the wind to the most suitable position, the sails bulged, soon opened a distance of several miles, behind the Dutch on the side began to fire artillery, the rumbling dull sound of the cannons completely suppressed the sound of the schooner's guns, but unfortunately the two sides had long since opened the firing distance, the Dutch was not so much firing and bombardment, but rather venting anger.

The battle began in a hurry, at least not deliberately on the Hutchison side. As far as negotiations were concerned, Hutchison knew that there was no hope, but he did not expect that the Dutch would think of making a move on the Hirado Sea.

This is also a lack of experience, the colonists in these years have no face, everything without a lower limit to do anything, everything is about the rules is that the white people have established a global colonial system, the distribution of benefits is clean, everyone has made a lot of money to start talking about the rules, this time is still very early.

The distance between the two sides gradually widened, and the Dutch stopped firing artillery, knowing that it would be a waste of gunpowder and shells.

There was a faint shouting and scolding on the hull, and many people poured up on the deck, expecting that there must be a mess over there, at least thirty or more shells were hit on the hull, and they were hit everywhere, which can be described as full of holes, and the personnel were also extremely badly damaged, and it was estimated that there were about two hundred and sixty people on the crown prince, and at least sixty or more people had to be lost in this battle, and many people were killed directly, but I was afraid that there were many seriously injured, dying and struggling in the cabin, wailing and moaning everywhere, the cabin was full of blood, and the doctor's cabin was full of severed limbs, It's like hell.

It would be a few days before the damned ones were gone, thrown into the sea, and the badly wounded survived the ghost gate and began to moan low instead of wailing, and the cabin began to grow back to normal, and no one would be in a good mood until then. But the blood could be wiped away with water, and the hull could be repaired by the sailors with wood and tools, but the shadow that lay deep in the hearts of the Dutch was not so easy to erase.

This time, they were beaten on the head by Hutchison...... The Dutchman is like a tall and fat man, the force value is far above Hutchison's ships, whether it is height and body shape or the weapons in his hands are twice as strong, but Hutchison's skills are more flexible, the reaction is faster, the shot is fast and ruthless, a few rounds of bombardment took advantage of enough, the crown prince has no chance to fight back, although Hutchison can only hit and run, using wind and control and the ability to shoot artillery gunners to take advantage, and it is not possible to sink or capture the crown prince, but this kind of feeling of humiliation that can not fight back after being beaten, it is estimated that the Dutch sailors will be blackened for a long time.

There were also bursts of laughter from the port of Hirado, far away, and there was no movement at first, but there were at least thousands of people watching the naval battle over there, and now they should be shouting and shouting at the top of their voices, so the Tianchengwei can still be heard from a long distance.

Zheng Zhilong simply grew up in Hirado, in history he made a career in Hirado, recognized Li Dan as a godfather and had everything later, the foundation of the sea tycoon is Hirado, and even his wife is married to a Japanese woman, Zheng Chenggong, a national hero, is also half of Japanese blood, which many people don't know.

Although Zheng Zhilong is not in Hirado Port now, he is expected to be able to guess most of the situation over there, and thinking that there are many acquaintances and nobles who used to be respectful to each other are now cheering and shouting for him, Zheng Zhilong ordered the stern gun crew to fire a few empty cannons, which can be regarded as greeting the old acquaintances on Hirado Port.

After a few shots, the schooner had completely adjusted its hull, and under the encouragement of the wind, all the sails were full of wind, and the ship was like an arrow from the string, cutting through the calm sea, and sailing away quickly, and behind it was the clumsy Dutch Galen, which gradually lost sight of the hull, and the port of Hirado gradually left only the silhouette of the mountains, and the sea was full of turquoise water, and nothing else.

Zheng Zhilong, He Bin and the others were in a happy mood at first, and then He Bin suddenly remembered something, and his face changed: "It's bad, an official." We can all fight here, but you can imagine how hostile the Dutch are, and on the Taiwan side, the Dutch have gathered a large number of ships, and it is estimated that they are also going to make a move. ”

Zheng Zhilong's face remained unchanged, and he groaned: "I have already thought of it, but there are eight warships and sixteen armed merchant ships on the Taiwan side, and the number of Dutch warships is one less than ours, and the number of merchant ships is also small......

"It's better to lose more." He Bin said a little pessimistically: "You see that our Tianchengwei has taken advantage of this, that is, it has opened some holes in the big ship opposite, what is the use of blowing up more sawdust, and there is no way to sink it if we are asked to play ten rounds, unless it is to jump to grab the ship." The battle between the two fleets is not like ours one ship against another, there is a lot of room for manoeuvre, I am afraid that if it is right, it will be hard, and it will be difficult to fight in that case......"

"Recently, I have been practicing several sea formations." Zheng Zhilong was not as pessimistic as He Bin, and he was not much optimistic when he was not optimistic, so he only shook his head and said: "It is said that it was supervised by Lord Zhang, and many formations can give full play to the strengths of our sailors and ships as much as possible, and the enemy is short, so I hope that when I use it in actual combat at sea, I will also practice Ruyi, if I don't practice it, the effect is good, and it will not work if I use it." ”

He Bin nodded and said, "I also know that the sea is practicing the formation, but I don't know that it was Lord Zhang's instructions." ”

Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "If only we could rush back before the war, we just fought so comfortably, I can't wait to do it again!" ”

He Bin laughed when he heard this, and Zheng Zhilong also laughed.

The thrill and excitement of the naval battle is definitely above the land battle, the land battle is unfavorable, there is always a chance to retreat, the weak side of the naval battle is easy to be sunk or even captured, or the whole ship is wrapped in dumplings, the right talent Tianchengwei seems to fight the crown prince has no power to fight back, has always been in the upper hand, but in fact, the advantages or disadvantages are only between the first line, as long as the crown prince turns faster, the gun position on the side is twice as much as that of the Tianchengwei, several rounds of bombardment, it is estimated that the Tianchengwei is also a dead and wounded, even because the enemy ship is tall, If you rely on the gang, the Dutch sailors are not vegetarians, and the big ships always have an advantage in relying on the gang, once the gang battle is formed, it is time to really test the merchant regiment soldiers of a squadron on the Tianchengwei.

Fortunately, this kind of test did not happen, Zheng Zhilong said that he rushed back to participate in the war, but it was not possible to arrive in a while and a half across the sea, so it can be regarded as good news, Tianchengwei may rush back to participate in the war, and the crown prince, which is also a big ship of Galen, is seriously damaged, plus the wounded have to be dealt with, so they can only stay in Hirado Port, and they will definitely not be able to catch up when they participate in the war.

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An hour is a long time, and it is fast to say.

In the eyes of Sun Jingting and others, nineteen Dutch ships really rushed straight like shuttles, they were like schools of fish, and several merchant ships were very fast at sea because of their light weight and full of wind, like large flying fish. The two decks were flanked by side panels, and several guns were mounted, and the lower decks were on the left and right, about seven or eight guns on one side, and with the stern guns, each merchant ship had close to or more than twenty guns.

In order to load more cargo, these Dutch merchant ships have very light boards, round hulls, and quick turns, not under the schooners, and because the hull is also larger, so it can also be loaded with more cargo at the same time to install multiple gun emplacements, this kind of armed merchant ships actually have considerable combat effectiveness, in the Anglo-Dutch long-term naval battle, these armed merchant ships also played a big role.

However, this kind of armed merchant ship also has disadvantages, the board is extremely thin, and many places simply use rudimentary filling, draft, very. Deep, easy to run into the reef, because the protection is very poor, it is easy to run into the reef and sink, so in many books and even cartoons in later generations, the Dutch ship is the spokesperson of the ghost ship, but the Dutch ship in this year is too easy to sink, and the risk is extremely high.

At this time, the merchant ship ran in the front, and on the opposite side was the Hutchison two parallel three-column fleet, in the middle was the merchant ship, and the upper and lower rows on both sides were the warships, the schooner was in the top row, which was easy to eat the wind and turn, and the sailing ship was in the lower row, and the sailing ship was difficult to turn, but the sailing ship had no wind limit, so it was placed in the place where it was most difficult to turn.

In the middle is Hutchison's small merchant ship, arranged in a long column, and the first ship is the Zhenyuwei, a small Galen ship between a battleship and an armed merchant ship, with two hundred and ten members, including two squadrons of merchant troops, all composed of musketeers.

The Dutch did not have a column, so it can be seen that at this time, the one-column tactics of the European naval powers were still only on paper, and the British were only taken seriously by various countries after they used it, and everyone began to pay attention to the tactics of naval warships.

If it is a horizontal formation, that is, a column can come over, or it can be arranged in a T-shaped formation, until the water range of the two sides has approached the area where the artillery can shoot, the Dutch have no intention of adjusting the array, and Chang Wei and Sun Jingting and others on the tower are slightly relieved.

It's just a little reassuring, the naval battle is quite complicated, sometimes the victory or defeat is only between the first line, not like the land war, the array of the merchant army is put out, no matter what the opponent thinks, their own side is very sure in their hearts, winning is winning, and if you can't fight, you can use the defensive, generally speaking, the merchant army array is one, then everyone knows that the victory is in hand, but now, no one dares to pack a ticket to say that they will win...... Even if someone says two sentences, it can only be regarded as a blessing, a good mouthpiece, and there is no way to listen to it as a truth.

"It's about to start...... Chang Wei whispered, and actually put down the telescope at this moment.

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