The pirates who begged for a living in the South Seas were not fools, and they did not dare to mess with the powerful British.

Gao Yang, who is a newcomer, but is murderous and completely unreasonable, is not a good stubble! In the end, the weakest Dutch became the main target of the pirates!

In just one month, more than a dozen Dutch merchant ships have been sacked by pirates!

When Vice Admiral Helvery arrived in the East Indies with his fleet, the already angry Governor of Bouma couldn't wait to order him to exterminate these bastards who looked down on the Dutch Kingdom!

When Vice Admiral Helfri's fleet arrived at the area of the accident, the fleet searched around and soon discovered the looted merchant ship. The pirates were so brutal that not a single one of the merchant ships was left alive!

Furious by the sight of the merchant ships, the Dutch sailors immediately shouted frantically and pursued the pirates northeast along the most likely escape route.

Near twelve o'clock that night, the Dutch fleet came to a place less than one hundred and twenty nautical miles from Borneo.

That night, dark clouds rolled over the sea, strong winds blow, heavy rain poured down, and visibility was extremely low.

It didn't take long for the lookouts of the Dutch fleet to spot a ship of unknown nationality in the distance that was sailing fast. The Dutch fleet immediately sent a signal to the unidentified ship asking for identification.

However, the unidentified ship did not react at all, and continued to drive northeast at high speed on its own.

Because the visibility in this sea area is too low, the Dutch Navy can only observe a faint figure, and it is completely impossible to judge the identity of the other party.

Under these circumstances, Lieutenant General Hurfrey ordered the pursuit to continue at high speed, while continuing to send signals demanding identification.

Twenty minutes later, the unidentified vessel still did not respond. Lieutenant General Helfry then gave the order for a warning shelling.

After a few shells, the unidentified ship suddenly began to turn and speed away!

Then. The Dutch Navy, spurred by the events of the day, began to launch a massive artillery bombardment of the unidentified ship without receiving an order from Vice Admiral Hellfri!

Soon, the unidentified ship's counterattack arrived. When a shell exploded near Vice Admiral Helfrey's flagship, the cruiser Java, Vice Admiral Helfrey's expression changed dramatically and shouted, "Oops! ”

Vice Admiral Helfrey, who has been in the Navy for decades, immediately judged from the explosion of that shell that it was a shell with a caliber of at least eight inches or more!

Typing the wrong !! What kind of corsair is capable of being armed with an eight-inch cannon?! This is a regular warship!

In the waters near Borneo, the only ones who could be armed with eight-inch caliber guns were Gao Yang's fleet and the British! Either one, it's not something the Dutch can afford to mess with!

Frightened, Vice Admiral Hellfrey hurriedly ordered the fleet to stop firing immediately! However, their God played a small joke with the Dutch.

The Dutch Navy did a great job of hitting a volley! At least three shells hit that warship! A 5.9-inch shell fired from the Java pierced the middle armor of the battleship, burrowed into the boiler room and exploded, causing the boiler room to explode!

After an earth-shattering explosion, a huge fire erupted in the middle of the warship. The churning and collapsing chimneys, and the various parts scattered everywhere, made Lieutenant General Helfri's heart almost jump out!

What did he see? Under the light of the huge fire, the high mast of the warship clearly hung the military flag that he was most worried about! It's the Grand Fleet of Goyang!

"It's over!" Lieutenant General Hellfrey stood dumbfounded, muttering in a dejected whisper, "I didn't think about going to war!! ”

Who exactly is this warship? This warship is the cruiser Haiqi!

Launched in 1898, the Haiqi is already an antique ship with a age of nearly 30 years. After Gao Yang returned home from the Grand Fleet purchased from the British, the Haiqi and its wingmen chose to take refuge in Gao Yang.

After Gao Yang extorted Borneo from the Dutch, he established a puppet state, the Republic of Lanfang, with the local overseas Chinese as the mainstay.

The Grand Fleet selected a batch of old warships and gave them to the newly established Navy of the Republic of Lanfang. The Haiqi is one of them!

Originally, the Haiqi was returning to Pontianak after training in the open sea. The vast majority of the ship's crew members were local overseas Chinese who had just been recruited, and only the officers of all ranks and the main technical sailors were sent by the Grand Fleet. Training. Needless to say, the quality of the crew is very poor.

At that time, the weather in this sea area was harsh, and the crew was already exhausted after several days of training at sea. The sailors at the lookout post went to sleep with raincoats huddled down because of extreme fatigue!

The inexperienced lookout had no idea that he would be attacked so close to his power! The lookout who slept on the incense didn't see the Dutchman's signal light at all!

The officers and men on the entire warship did not expect to be attacked. It rained heavily in the middle of the night, and no officers and soldiers would pay attention to the faint signal lights behind them! They are all waiting to get some rest after returning to Pontianak!

Until the Dutch shells came. The officers and men of the Navy have just woken up from a dream. With the piercing siren, a large number of officers and men who had fallen asleep frantically rushed to their respective posts.

The lookouts, who were awakened by the column of rushing water, immediately spotted the flickering shelling flames in the distance, and immediately reported to the bridge.

The captain of the Haiqi, Colonel Li Tingguang, hurried to the bridge and, after taking over the command, immediately ordered a return fire. At the same time to the fleet command of Pontianak. The Grand Fleet, the Navy Headquarters all sent urgent attack telegrams!

A 203mm gun in the stern of the Haiqi fired back at the unidentified enemy fleet at maximum speed! This is the shell that Lieutenant General Helfry saw.

The Haiqi's response was timely, but the ship's luck was too bad. Or is the Dutch too lucky?

A volley of the Dutch came over, and the Haiqi was hit directly with three shells! One of the fatal 150 mm caliber shells pierced the armor belt in the middle of the Haiqi and exploded near the boiler room!

The entire Haiqi was almost blown into two by this violent boiler! The battleship's waterline armor was torn, and a large amount of seawater frantically poured into the hull, and the battleship instantly stalled, igniting a raging fire!

Knocked to the ground by the blast wave of the explosion and hit the head. Colonel Li Tingguang, who was bleeding profusely, endured the severe pain and ordered to continue to fight back.

At the same time, the telecommunications office was ordered to send a telegram to the headquarters of the Navy: "This ship was suddenly attacked by an unknown enemy fleet three minutes ago, and the hull of the ship was severely damaged, the water ingress was fierce, and the fire was fierce, and there was no hope of saving it." The failure of the staff to guard the warship is a shame to the country and to the commander-in-chief Gao. The division is determined to live and die with the warship! Under the sea, I look forward to the day of revenge. Cruiser Haiqi, Colonel Li Tingguang! ”

on the Haiqi. Countless officers and soldiers who are still alive are frantically doing their best efforts, and many officers and soldiers jump directly into the cabin filled with seawater with their equipment to plug the leak, hoping to save their warships!

These overseas Chinese children who have been constantly bullied and humiliated for hundreds of years know very well that the warship under their feet is the greatest reliance to protect themselves and their families!

The officers and men on the Haiqi have done their best! It's just that this old grandfather battleship is already unbearable to withstand such heavy losses! Even the wind and rain can't extinguish the flames!

Looking at the gradually tilting battleship, Colonel Li Tingguang, who was like a dead heart, struggled to support his body, biting his lip fiercely and looking at the fleet in the distance.

"Sir, the enemy fleet has ceased fire! They are approaching our ship at high speed, they signal light. Say," said the communications staff officer with a look of indignation.

"What do you say?!" Colonel Li Tingguang, whose lip was bitten and bleeding, shouted angrily.

"Sir, they're Dutch! They say it's a mistake! The words of the communications staff officer were filled with incomparable grievance and anger!

"Typing a mistake?!" Colonel Li Tingguang felt dizzy and dizzy! What is the reason for this TMD?!

"Send a telegram to the headquarters of the Navy that it was the Dutch who attacked us! Order all the ships that can still fire to keep fighting me! Hit the !! hard Colonel Li Tingguang almost roared out with a voice that crushed his teeth.

On the Dutch side, the Dutch naval officers and men, who had already discovered that the situation was not right, all calmed down. "Something is wrong now!" The thought welled up in everyone's hearts!

Vice Admiral Helfry stood outside the bridge. Holding the railing with both hands, he looked at the burning battleship in front of him with a dead face, and at this moment he could already faintly see the flickering figure on the battleship still struggling to extinguish the fire.

"What can I do?" The heavy rain that filled the sky could not extinguish the pain in Lieutenant General Helfri's heart! This is an active fire to sink a battleship! What is this behavior? This is a declaration of war!!

The icy rain soaked Lieutenant General Helfri's beautiful general's uniform and ran down his cheeks. His Excellency the General now has no idea what to do. The Cabinet and the Queen didn't give him the order to go to war!

At this moment, he thought of the 1st reconnaissance fleet in Pontianak and the Great Fleet in the far north!

Through the rain and fog. Looking at the battleships in front of him that were still firing tenaciously, His Excellency seemed to see the terrifying scene of the fleet under his command being sunk one by one, blazing!

"Your Excellency," his chief of staff, Rear Admiral Durman, came to his side and whispered, "I have seen clearly, that warship is the cruiser Haiqi. We have already conveyed the signal of identification and explanation of the misunderstanding, but they are still firing! What do we do now? ”

"Alas~~~" Lieutenant General Helvrey looked blankly ahead, and muttered, "I have become a sinner in the kingdom, and this is an excellent reason to go to war." The Kingdom will pay a terrible price for our actions! ”

Shaking his head slightly, he sighed and said, "Lean up, salute these brave soldiers, and rescue the people who fell into the water." Also, immediately send a telegram to Mr. Governor, to the Cabinet, to the Queen, to report this stupid thing! (To be continued......)

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