Chapter Ninety-Nine: Battleship Duel X
Gomas, the captain of the cruiser Loha, immediately understood Van Gossey's plan when he saw the flag of the Brave's flag bearer, and after seeing the resolute look on the face of Van Gosse, the captain of the Valian. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Gomas knew that Van Gosy wanted to cover his escape, while he himself was desperately trying to stop the Don Man's pursuit, and the Valiant was wounded and had no hope of escaping. Van Gosey wanted to sacrifice the Brave to save the battleship Loja and a few hundred Dutch officers and men.
The relationship between the two is not very good, and after Gomas saw Van Gosse's actions, he was very moved, and unconsciously, the corners of his eyes were moist.
"Salute to all the warriors of the Brave!" Gomas ordered loudly.
After seeing the actions of the Brave, the hundreds of officers and men on the Loja seemed to understand the intentions of the Brave, and after hearing the captain's order, they all held their heads high and turned to salute.
"Finish! Evacuate now! ”
Soon, thick black smoke rose from the two chimneys of the cruiser Loja.
Li Fang also saw all this through the telescope, and Li Fang knew very well about the Brave's intentions. However, Li Fang also admired the behavior of the captain of the Brave very much.
"Turn 16 and sink the Loha for me!" After Li Fang understood the intentions of the Dutch devils, he would not give the enemy a chance at all, and wanted to escape? There are no doors.
Soon, the huge chimney of the Tangren began to emit thick black smoke, and the speed of the battleship began to increase dramatically.
The speed of the Tang Ren can run up to more than 30 knots, which is not a product of this era at all, even if her body is very large, but the speed is still very fast.
"Oh! My God! Van Gossey, the captain of the Brave, screamed in surprise when he saw the speed of the Don. Such a behemoth can soar at a speed of more than 30 knots, which completely subverts Van Gossey's understanding of naval warships.
Not only Van Gosse was surprised, but so was Gomas, the captain of the Loja. Why did the battleship, which was known for its sluggishness and bulkiness, run so fast?
"Quick! Fast! Burn the wind! Gomas shouted in horror.
'Your Excellency, this is already the top speed. When the adjutant was surprised by the speed of the Donald, he said helplessly.
"Hell!" Gomas swung his fist violently and slammed it into the steel plate of the bridge.
Soon, the Don was already within range of the Loja.
After the gunnery officer of the Donman passed the calculations, he immediately gave the order to shell.
Boom! The two main guns in the bow of the ship began test firing.
After three rounds of test firing, the impact point of the shells was getting closer and closer to the Loja.
The captain of the Brave was also helpless at this time, he didn't expect that the speed of the Tang Ren was far faster than the speed of all the Dutch warships, almost the same as the speed of the small gunboats of the Dutch Navy, I really don't know how the descendants of the Ming people of the Huaxia Kingdom could build such a high-speed, huge, and fierce warship?
Rumble! Rumble! The four main guns in the bow of the Donman opened fire again, the huge muzzles glowing with orange-red flames, and four 380mm shells slammed into the Dutchman's Loja.
Rumble! A shell landed on the Loja's ship's island, and the violent explosion shattered the buildings on the island.
Rumble.... Rumble! The Tang Man opened fire again, this time with six guns fired in unison, and the huge recoil force shifted the Tang Man's huge body by half a meter, setting off a wave on the sea.
This time the Loja was not so lucky, three shells landed on the Loja, two shells landed on the deck, and the violent explosion opened two huge holes in the fragile wooden deck and killed dozens of Dutch sailors.
Another shell landed at the waterline, and the massive explosion tore a hole several meters in the Loha's fragile armor, and the sea slammed into the tank.
"Quick! Close the isolation water tank! Gomas exclaimed in horror.
The wish is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. The huge explosion of the two shells that landed on the deck had already damaged the isolation tank.
"Your Excellency, Captain! The isolation tank cannot be activated! ”
"What?" Gomas grabbed the sailor's collar with both hands, as if he wanted to eat people.
Rumble... Rumble! The Don opened fire again.
Rumble! Two shells landed on the Loja's ammunition depot and exploded, and the violent explosion ignited the ammunition depot shells at the same time. Rumble... Rumble! Explosions kept ringing out.
Suddenly, the huge explosion not only blew up all the buildings on the bridge, but also turned the entire battleship into a fireship, fortunately, the battleship was not broken into two sections.
Many Dutch sailors kept jumping into the sea like dumplings, and some Dutch sailors even carried flames on their bodies.
Van Gossey, the captain of the cruiser Valiant, saw that the entire battleship of the Loha had been turned into a fireship, and he quickly drew a cross on his chest, as if praying that God would bless the Dutch sailors on the Loha.
Many officers and men on the Tangren patrol saw that the Loha had been scrapped and caught fire, so they stopped shelling. Because they knew that the Loja would sink soon, there was no need to waste any more shells.
"Turn! Target Brave! Li Fang ordered in high spirits.
"Yes!"
All the Dutch naval officers and sailors on the cruiser Brave were horrified when they saw that the Tang Man was already turning, not to mention that the Brave was already injured, and even if it was intact, the Brave was no match for the Chinese Navy Tang Ren.
"Captain! Let's surrender! The adjutant said as he looked at Captain Van Gossey with a look of longing.
"Damn! You greedy for life and afraid of death, you are not worthy of being Her Majesty's people. Van Gossey yelled angrily. Fire on me! Van Gossey was almost crazy, his gun in one hand was waving, his hat had fallen off, his clothes were already dirty, like a mad beggar.
Boom! The Brave's six remaining main guns opened fire, and although they knew that firing at this distance had little chance of hitting the Donald, they carried out the captain's orders.
Li Fang saw that these Dutch devils had not surrendered at this time, and were making the final death struggle, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but show a sneer.
"Sink it for me!"
Boom! The Don's main cannon began to wield, the muzzle of the cannon continued to spark, and the cannonballs slammed towards the Brave as if they didn't want money.
After several rounds of heavy artillery fire, the Brave was also sunk by the heavy artillery fire of the Don.
"Report to the captain! The main fleet of the East India Fleet is coming! ”
After Li Fang heard this, he saw that there were too many warships of the Dutch East India Fleet through the distance, and they almost covered that sea area, a large area densely packed.