After the order for the general attack was issued, the Jinfeng took the lead and galloped towards the battlefield in the southeast more than 10 miles away, leaving the Chenxi and Han Shizhong to protect Chu Fan, one left and one right, followed behind, because the speed was still inferior to the transformed Jinfeng, the three ships formed a blunt triangle.

With the tailwind, coupled with the fact that the Jinfeng was also equipped with winged sails, Chu Fan estimated that its speed had reached an astonishing 14-15 knots, and it only took about ten minutes to complete the distance of just 10 miles.

The flagship of the Dutchmen had by this time been replaced with a spare spinnaker, and the mainmast had been re-hung with two square sails, the bow facing south-west; When it spotted the Golden Phoenix, it began to desperately turn southwest, trying to align its side with the Golden Phoenix.

"Uncle, according to the discipline, we should turn to the east and detour back to its tail before attacking." Seeing that he was still less than 3 miles away from the other party, the captain of the Jinfeng, who was at the helm, turned his head and reminded Chu Fandao.

"No!" Chu Fan stared at the Dutch flagship, which was turning awkwardly, and said in a deep voice, "The other party is turning very slowly, it can't keep up with our speed!" …… To the west, past its bow! ”

After giving the order, Chu Fan pulled over the bamboo tube of sound transmission - this is also one of the contents of the transformation, and used the bamboo tube to connect each gun position with the command platform in order to give an order - the herald ordered, "Attention to all gun positions!" Gun position 1 attacks the opponent's spinnaker, and gun position 3 attacks the opponent's mainsail...... Gun emplacements 4 and 5 attack the enemy's bow guns...... Furlong gun crew on the chain and shotgun, targeting the foredeck and mainmast! "Chu Fan's intention is very clear, first of all, he must beat the water dogs, knock out the power that the Dutch flagship has just recovered, and make this Galen ship no longer pose a threat to the task force!

"Tom! Tom! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of cannons rang out on the Dutch flagship, but only the three guns close to the bow of the ship opened fire—just as Chu Fan had judged. The other party turned too slowly, and the other gun positions were not aligned with the Jinfeng at all, even if the three guns were fired, the shells all fell to the right side of the Jinfeng.

In the column of water that rushed to the sky, the Golden Phoenix quickly rushed to a place that was only about 600 meters away from the other party, and the bowstring sounded. The two crossbow arrows **** out like dragons, shooting at the opponent's spinnaker and mainsail respectively; After the two flashes of orange-red fire, the beams and mainmast of the Dutch flagship were bare again; Without the impetus of the wind, its southwesterly rotation came to an abrupt halt.

With a low roar of rage from the ship—the fury of the sailors at the sight of Detachment 1 and 2 engaged with the other two Galen ships—the 16 6-pounder Furlong cannons on the lower deck of the Golden Phoenix, as well as the 4th and 5th ballistas in the stern, opened fire.

In the rumbling sound of cannons, high-speed spinning chain bullets and shrapnel like heavenly maidens rushed towards the Dutch flagship, and immediately turned the foredeck into a Shura hell: countless thick ropes danced like golden snakes in the twisting of chain bullets, and when they were drawn to people, they broke hands and feet, and for a time there were stumps and broken arms flying everywhere on the foredeck; The shards of glass of various sizes in the shotgun swept away the foredeck like a reaper of death. The earth-shattering screams and wails could be heard clearly even from a distance of three or four hundred meters.

The attack of the two ballistae in the stern also yielded some results, and the two crossbow arrows were firmly nailed to the middle of the three gun emplacements under the beam, blowing the bow to shreds, and the plank next to one of the gun emplacements was torn open, and the 18-pounder gun rolled out and fell into the sea, stirring up a high column of water.

However, the Dutch guns also fired a round before they were attacked, and one of the shells also hit the stern of the Golden Phoenix. However, due to the close distance and the use of solid shells, it only penetrated the hull. And didn't do much harm.

But this was destined to be the last battle of the Dutch flagship's bow guns - Han Shizhong, who followed the left rear of the Jinfeng, followed the same example, concentrating the ship's three ballistas to attack the bow guns, and the gunners of the remaining two guns were almost all blown up; Although there were only five 6-pounder Fran cannons on the side of the Han Shizhong, the chain bullets that could be fired were impartially hitting the foremast of the Dutch flagship, and the wooden stake, which was more than 20 meters high, was completely broken.

After skimming the bow of the Dutch flagship, the Golden Phoenix turned westward. At the same time, the banner of "all warships, one column, follow" was hung out.

At this time, the battlefield directly in front of the Golden Phoenix was still stalemate: the two Dutch Galen ships were still in the same inverted "T" formation, constantly rotating, using the guns on the side to drive away the two detachments trying to approach; Among them, only three ships of the first detachment are still fighting - Li Guang is eager to save people. Rushing too hard, he was hit by several bullets by the opponent, the two winged sails were all lost, and the bow of the ship was also shattered, so he had to withdraw from the battlefield.

The attack of the two detachments was not completely ineffective, every time they approached within 1,000 meters, the ballistae of each ship would fire at the right time, although the hit rate was not high, but after such a long time, there were also four or five hits, so that the sails of the two Galen ships were torn to varying degrees.

The appearance of the Golden Phoenix made the remaining 8 warships seem to have found the backbone at once, and after bypassing the fire range of the Galen ship, they concentrated behind the Golden Phoenix.

The assembly took about half an hour, and the two Galen boats behaved very differently: the one with its mainsail was injured and seemed to be a little dazed, still with its spinnaker and stern sail turning slowly, while the other Galen quickly hoisted its full sail and turned its bow to flee in a south-easterly direction.

Seeing this situation, Chu Fan no longer waited, and commanded the Golden Phoenix to launch an attack on the stunned Galen ship - the route chosen by the Jin Feng was cut in from the northeast, and the bow of the Galen ship was facing due north at the moment, in order to carry out the side firepower, it had to turn to the northwest, but what was floating on the sea to the northwest was precisely the wreck of the Silver Swallow - I don't know if it was because it was a wooden sailing ship, the Silver Swallow did not completely sink after capsizing, but left a side side to float on the sea.

"Tom! Tom tom! ”

As the Golden Phoenix approached rapidly, the 18-pounder cannon on the Galen ship let out a deafening cannon sound, and more than a dozen iron balls the size of children's heads roared and pounced 2 miles away, smashing a forest of water columns around the Golden Phoenix.

In the first round of shelling, the Jinfeng was hit by two shells, both of which grazed the hull of the ship, and did not cause much casualties except for the splashing of sawdust that injured a few people.

But everyone, including Chu Fan, understood that the next few rounds of shelling were the real test for the Jinfeng - whether it could rush to within 600 meters under artillery fire would determine the success or failure of this attack!

Jinfeng, will it repeat the mistakes of Li Guanghao? (To be continued.) )