In the 18th and 19th centuries, Western countries developed rapidly under the impetus of the industrial revolution, and military armament has become a strong ship. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The main purpose of the Qing Dynasty's sailors was not to defend the outside but to secure the interior, although the ship was not strong, and the cannon was unfavorable, but it was enough to subdue the common people. It is precisely these practices that have dealt a fatal blow to China's coastal defense.

The First Opium War was a duel and contest between the comprehensive forces of China and Britain at that time.

Both sides used all the forces at their disposal to strike at each other, especially the artillery and warships with great lethality. During the Opium War, the British "Eastern Expeditionary Force" that invaded China sent a total of 66 warships of various types.

During the war, the barrel shotguns, grape shells, howitzers, new explosive bombs, incendiary bombs, and rockets fired by British naval guns were the secret of the British "artillery profits."

The superiority of British naval artillery and the adoption of new methods of warfare were the reasons for the success of its aggression. The inferiority of the Qing army's naval artillery and the obsolescence of its combat methods were the key to the failure of its defense.

At this moment, the Dutch also had confidence before they came.

Although I didn't plan to invade a country as big as Daming, I thought it was still necessary to come to a few ruthless dismounts.

All of this was built on thirty or forty commercial and war ships.

However, the ideal is so beautiful, but the reality is so skinny.

When I saw that there were only more than 80 Ming warships (for professional use) lined up in a line, this moment began. All the horses of the Dutch support team clicked in their hearts. Knowing something is wrong!

Monnaide reluctantly found that he had made the same mistake as those old guards in China.

That is underestimating Da Ming and not believing most of the information in Redman's letter.

The current situation, as long as it is an individual, does not need to be explained. What a! If you don't want to be buried in the ocean, your best bet is to run backwards immediately.

However, the Dutch team totaled one.

The current warships on their side are quite fast, at least they can run more than seven or eight knots, but it depends on who they compare with.

If you want to compare it with the perverted Ming warship, the speed is only twice as small.

After a little calculation of the distance between the two sides, it is not difficult to come to the conclusion that in two or three hours at most, the ships that are close to full load will inevitably be overtaken by the opponent's ships.

World War I is inevitable.

The only advantage is that it is almost dark, and at night, in the sea, the probability of playing the other party is only a few times greater.

Whether you can survive depends on whether you can keep running until the evening.

Over there, Zhu Zilong had been observing, and when he found that the Dutch fleet had turned around, he was very unhappy and angrily ordered: "You still want to run?" Catch up with me. Inform the forward detachment, chase them up and entangle them, with new weapons. ”

The fleet commanded by the Dutch had just completed its U-turn when a boom was heard, and a shell made a splash at a distance of several hundred meters.

Immediately startled, this is the third big accident today, right?

The artillery shells of the Ming Navy, can Jingran hit so far? Is there any mistake?

Just kidding, right?

What cannon, can it hit so far? And this quasi-head. After a few shots, you almost hit once?

The Dutch were stunned there, and looking at the vanguard of the Shandong Navy, Jiang Hai ordered a few shots, and found that he missed one shot, and sighed helplessly.

Compared with firing artillery on land, one or two artillery pieces of ten artillery pieces can accurately hit the target.

Naval battles on the sea, the kind of picture of the enemy being hit by artillery can only exist in a dream.

Zhu Zilong is naturally clear about this.

Fighting a war at sea is like this, 30% of the hit rate depends on the technique, and 70% of the hit rate depends on the face. If you can have a 1% hit rate, even if it is the ancestral tomb is smoking!

A 10% hit rate is not possible unless the distance between the two sides is only within 1000 meters.

And to achieve a 30% hit rate, you have to be close to only less than 500 meters.

And within a hundred meters, well, well, at most 50% hits. No way, the sea breeze is shaking too much!

If you want a 100% hit rate, there is a way. Let's stick it to the face, it's almost hand-to-hand combat. But in that case, both sides will die, and if yours sinks, his will not be any better.

Of course, this is not in anyone's interest, and Jiang Hai will not be stupid enough to do so.

The cannons on the Dutch ship can fight for two miles, and it will be considered the end of the sea. His own cannon can hit a little bit for three or four miles, and no matter how far it goes, it will scare and scare people.

But, no matter what, maybe the face is white, and the explosive shell can hit much more powerfully.

You can't always replace your advantages with your weaknesses, and play hand-to-hand combat with others, isn't that a stupid comparison?

"Tell everybody to discard everything but people. All fled back to Batavia, temporarily avoiding the Ming army's edge, and preserving their strength. Once again, Monnet reluctantly ordered.

Batavia is today's Jakarta. Also known as Coconut City, it is the largest city and capital of Indonesia, located on the northwest coast of the island of Java, the largest city in Southeast Asia, and a world-famous seaport.

It was also on this plane that there was a large concession transit station for the Dutch.

In the 17th-19th centuries, the Dutch Eastern commercial colonial empire was based on the island of Java, centered on the city of Batavia.

At its peak, the Dutch East India Company's vast commercial and trade monopoly stretched as far west as Persia, India, and Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), as far east as the Maluku Spice Islands, and as north as China and Japan.

It is worth noting that in 1603, there was an incident where Spanish colonists massacred more than 20,000 Filipino Chinese nationals.

Amid the roar of the Ming artillery, the Dutch kept throwing things down from the ship to reduce weight and speed up their run.

In addition, I hope that the direction of my downwind and the darkness will come soon!

Half an hour later, countless shells of the Ming army, in the style of a blind cat, hit more than a dozen cannons, and hit the ships of more than a dozen Dutchmen.

Immediately, the Dutchman's ship, sawdust flew wildly, and a fire broke out. There were only a few dozen crew members missing, who were knocked over to the ground and screamed as they hugged their injured parts. There was even a boat that seemed to be flooded and couldn't last long.

At this time, the Dutch fleet had little military spirit to speak of.

The opponent is far stronger than them. In the past, they chased others to fight, but now it's the other way around.

No matter how powerful the coachman is, he is only a coachman.

Without any confidence of victory, the Dutch did not even care to rescue their teammates who were behind the middle gun. Run, keep running.

At a distance of about 1,500 meters, it was the limit of the range of the Dutch naval guns.

Seeing that it can't go on like this, the morale of the army is too frightening, if you don't fight back, it doesn't matter if you can hit or not. Otherwise, when it comes to the place, it doesn't exist if the team ten doesn't exist?

So, at the sound of an order, the Dutch also began to waste shells and embolden themselves: "Shoot back!" ”

This distance is a waste of ammunition. There are more than shells, and the Dutch can't waste a few times, just throwing a lot of them, in order to run away.

With such a large elevation angle, you have to be able to hit unless God helps.

Sure enough, as soon as the Dutch naval guns rang out, Jiang Hai was happy.

The enemy's shells hit a few hundred meters from him, and he almost hit his own people.

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