Chapter 1018: Dutch Captives!

Rumble!

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The result of this round of firing was unexpectedly good, dozens of shells, 30% of which were at medium range, hitting several large ships of the Dutch.

In front of the rifled guns of the Shandong Navy, the oak plank hull of the Dutch was directly pierced. It scared them out!

It's a big ship, a heavy deck.

It's not, the kind of light and small ship that just came behind. Can you penetrate several layers of oak five feet thick?

The continuous bullets exacerbated the uneasiness of the Dutch, and the cannon could still hit at this distance. Destroy the last bit of their morale!

Because, as long as the speed slows down, they will not only have to fight against the vanguard of the Ming Navy. There are only more than 50 boats in the back, do you want to die?

I'm still a fart, and I won't look back when I die, just keep running, and run as much as I can. It's getting dark!

Those who are left behind just want to attract the attention of the Ming people, which can increase the possibility of the main battleship running away.

The Ming navy was already so powerful that it could not be looked up to in just ten years.

What a desperate opponent!

It's incredible!

You must know that ten years ago, their group of Dutch people also passed by Daming for business reasons.

At that time, Europe as a whole knew very little about China. I only know that this is a vast and extremely rich country.

There is a long coastline, but because the whole country implements a policy of closing the country, the navy is basically 0, and it can barely be regarded as a commander of the navy, and it will be dizzy as soon as it goes to sea.

At that time, they even secretly thought to themselves that they were not here to do business, but to fight naval battles. I'm afraid that my own merchant ships can be defeated by one against ten, right?

But now, they're here again on a large scale.

The result is so unbelievable that in less than ten years, the other side has developed such a large navy.

The side is completely incapable of fighting!

Maybe the Ming Navy is a little jerky in the use of tactics, but proficiency can be practiced, and the range of cannons is not something you can have if you want to, it must be supported by science and technology.

It can be seen from this how powerful the scientific and technological power of the Ming Dynasty is.

In fact, Zhu Zilong's main fleet also prepared picric acid shells and modern artillery shells for the young troops, but because of the steam equipment of the cottage and the headwind, there was no fast movement of the forward boat, and it never made a force.

In 1771, the Englishman Wolf treated phenol with concentrated sulfuric acid and concentrated nitric acid to obtain a yellow solid: trinitrophenol, which was used as a yellow dye.

No one thought that this was an extremely powerful explosive, and it was used as a dye for 100 years to unveil the "true face of Lushan".

It wasn't until exactly 100 years later, by chance, in 1871, that a barrel of picric acid in a dye shop on the outskirts of Paris could not be opened due to rusty iron barrels, and the man found a hammer and smashed it hard.

With a loud bang, the flames soared into the sky, and the yellow dye exploded violently, and the dye shop suddenly turned into a ruin, killing and injuring countless people.

The French military learned about it, but the tragedy was ecstatic.

After testing, the explosion speed and blasting energy of picric acid were much higher than that of black powder, so France began to use picric acid for loading ammunition and used it in warfare.

Among the high explosives, the power of picric acid is second only to nitroglycerin, with good stability and simple preparation method, and it is the earliest fierce explosive used in the military. How powerful is its explosion?

Let's make a simple comparison, the power of black powder is only one-tenth of that of nitroammonia explosives, and the power of nitroammonia explosives is only one-tenth of that of picric acid, that is to say, 1 kilogram of picric acid is equivalent to 10 kilograms of ammonia nitrate and is also equivalent to 100 kilograms of black powder!

Today, around 1639, the Western powers are still using black powder.

Zhu Zilong prepared picric acid in advance and used it in the military. It means that you immediately have an explosive charge that is more than 100 times more powerful than that of other great powers!

In the First Sino-Japanese War in the later generations, why did China lose to Japan, thus ceding the position of the first brother of the Asian navy?

The reason for this is that Japan invented picric acid explosives to the next level.

Since the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, he tasted the sweetness of picric acid explosives, and later a large number of equipment, even the military power Germany also followed suit, until the Second World War, Japan and Germany used picric acid raw materials to make grenades and artillery shells.

As night fell, only a few of the thirty or forty boats that came to demonstrate this time ran away. 80% of the ships were either sunk or the men on it surrendered.

Monaid, who was the most afraid of death, as the highest commander of the team, Jingran was also taken prisoner, which was really a thousand calculations, but he didn't count his face so black.

As an officer, his treatment was okay, even if he was a prisoner, he could live in a room alone.

Outside the window, it was already late at night, a crescent moon was in the sky, and Monnade's heart fluctuated, and it was difficult to sleep. As soon as he closed his eyes, the image of a naval battle would come to his mind.

Clearly, this is a battle of disparity.

The whole process is mind-numbing in despair. Until the moment of surrender, the people who fought against them were still only the vanguard of the Ming Navy, but only a dozen ships.

All of them hit three with one, and none of them have hit their side, even if it is a shell.

Just thinking about it can make people feel desperate to the bone.

The technological gap between the two sides is simply so big that an adult is against a teenager. (This is still Zhu Zilong's main force, otherwise, he would not think so.) )

How should it be at the level of adults to kindergarten students, haha.

If it weren't for the current strategic focus, it would still be around the Ming Dynasty, and the logistical support would be tens of thousands of miles away to attack Europe, which would not seem realistic. It's not realistic for the time being, just the level of the Zhu Jiajun's navy, let alone the Eight-Nation Alliance.

It's the Eighteen Nations Alliance, attacking the Ming Dynasty from the sea, who is afraid of whom?

The next day, Zhu Zilong asked Jiang Hai to bring some foreign devil disciples who had already taken refuge in him to interrogate a group of Dutch prisoners.

All the captives, including Monaid, were very cooperative.

After all, those who can surrender are basically afraid of death. In particular, in addition to the regular soldiers, there were quite a few mercenary soldiers among the Dutch.

The European mercenaries of this era, to tell the truth, are exchanging their lives for food.

But, in the final analysis, life is more important, after all, to make money, you have to have a life to spend, right?

They all surrendered, and they didn't say anything, and they weren't patriots.

When it was Monade's turn, his lips trembled and he cried out, "Can I pay the ransom and hope to be free?" ”

Jiang Hai was greatly surprised when he heard this, and subconsciously asked: "You have been taken prisoner, isn't yours ours?" If you have money, you will hand it over, and as long as we are in a good mood, we will naturally be able to discuss. Only, other things. I'm sorry, but it's not something I can decide. You need to report to Grandpa Guo, and I have to remind you that if he makes a decision, your fate could be even worse. ”

---------- (To be continued.) )