Chapter 162: Naval Battle (4)
"Do you want to escape from the islands again? Where is it so easy! Command, rush over, stick to them! Geert commanded loudly. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Following Geert's order, the three Dutch ships no longer tried to go around parallel to the upwind of the Qiyun Merchant Company, but turned their rudders and chased straight after the other galleon.
Pursuing in a straight line, the speed of the Dutch ship suddenly became much faster, and it almost bit the stern of the opponent and entered the area of the island chain ahead.
"Mr. Captain, you have to be careful. Don't let the ship run aground! First mate Pete reminded.
"Well, Pete, you're right, we can't get too close to those islands in case the ship runs aground." Geert said with rare approval.
"Turn the rudder west to the kun position!" Looking at a large island that appeared in front of him, Li Keqin reminded loudly.
"Order, turn the rudder to the kun position!" With the order, the eight sailing ships turned their rudders in unison, and the ships circled the large island that appeared in a southwesterly direction.
"Mr. Captain, what should I do?" Seeing the Akito galleon changing course around the large island that appeared, Pete asked nervously.
Geert looked closely through the telescope at the shore of the island ahead, and found that the edge of the island was an upright cliff rather than a sandy beach.
"It's okay, chase after it. The island has no sandy beaches and its continental shelf extends so short that ships don't run aground! Geert said confidently.
Geert, though arrogant, was experienced in seafaring and was convinced of his judgment.
The three Dutch ships began to turn their rudders at a distance of about a mile from the big island, and pursued the Mingjin ship around the island, and the bow guns of the three ships opened fire fiercely on the Mingjin sailing ship that fell behind, and the shells continued to fall around the Mingjin sailing ship, and a huge splash of water splashed from the sea.
Although Geert spoke arrogantly, he was actually very cautious in his heart, holding a clairvoyant mirror in his hand, constantly observing the situation ahead.
The "Princess" had already caught up very close to the other side, only about three or four hundred meters away, and perhaps in another quarter of an hour it would catch up with the other side, and then with the naval guns on both decks, none of these Ming sailing ships would be able to escape.
However, this sea area is not suitable for overtaking the front at the moment, because there are several small islands in the left front, and the Ming sailboat is passing through the water between the large island and the small island, perhaps rushing to escape, and the sailing ship at the back is moving faster and faster, and it is actually moving in tandem with the two ships in front of it. The Aketo ship was in front of him, and Geert didn't think his ship would run aground here or hit a reef.
"Oh my God, what's that?" Geert felt that there was a flower in the clairvoyant mirror, and he hurriedly raised his hands and looked carefully, and saw more than a dozen small boats parked on the side of several small islands in front of him, this sea area is at least more than 100 miles away from the Japanese Goto Islands, how could the Japanese fish here?
I hurriedly moved the clairvoyant mirror to the right, and found that there were also about 20 small boats on the coast of the big island on the right.
Before Geert could react to what was happening, dozens of small boats fired in unison, rushing towards the three Dutch sailing ships like arrows.
"Oh God! What's going on? ”
"No, we have to turn the rudder, we have been ambushed!"
"But this place is at least more than a hundred miles away from Japan, how could the Ming people ambush here?"
The Dutch on the three ships panicked, and the captains were about to turn the rudder as they directed the sailboats.
But on the right is a large island, on the left is a small island, and between the three ships of your own and the galleon of the Ming people are sandwiched between this narrow two-mile waterway, it is not so easy to turn hastily! If you hit an island, you can easily run aground, and then you will stay here forever!
The guns on the decks on both sides of the three Dutch ships opened fire quickly, and the shells smashed dozens of small boats as they rushed towards them, and the waves flew up, blocking the view, but after the waves fell back into the sea, they still saw the small boats rushing towards the three Dutch sailing ships. Two small boats were hit by shells and capsized overboard, but the other boats continued to row towards the Dutch ship despite their madness.
Looking at what happened to his side, Geert's eyes darkened, as if he had seen the invincible Dutch fleet in Liuluo Bay ten years ago being defeated in the Ming people's ship sea tactics. The Ming sailboat in front of it must turn around, and then block their way, the best thing for the Ming is to engage in side battles, although their own firepower is strong, but after all, the number of people on board is too small, if they are forced to engage in side battles, they will definitely lose!
What to do? Geert's mind thought quickly, in fact, there were only two choices, one was to turn around now, but so many small boats were rushing towards him, and if he turned around, he would inevitably be approached by the small boats; The second is to continue to drive forward, closely following the Ming sailboats, and escape from this sea area before they block the exit!
"Keep going! Rush over and out of the sea! Geert gave the order sharply, and through the binoculars, he saw that the exit was less than a mile ahead, and as long as he crossed the first mile, there was a vast and endless sea, and the Ming ships were still at their own slaughter!
The three Dutch galleons moved forward at a rapid pace under Geert's command, completely oblivious to the dozens of small boats rowing rapidly on either side.
As we got closer and closer to the exit, through the clairvoyant mirror, I could see that Akito's sailboat in front had crossed the exit, clumsily turning the rudder, trying to turn around and block the direction of his own progress.
It's less than three hundred meters away from the exit between the two islands on the left and right, and the last three boats of the Akito are really damn slow, aren't they afraid of being hit in the ass? Or do they like it when someone fucks their ass?
My God! Why did they drop the sails? No!!!!
The last three sailboats of Qiyun Trading Company suddenly dropped all their sails, and the speed of the ship dropped down all of a sudden, and the Dutch ship "Princess" that followed closely behind had no time to change direction, and hit the last sailing ship squarely.
The crew on the deck quickly stood up for the shock caused by the impact, took up their weapons and looked at the enemy ship, and saw the bow of the Dutch ship "Princess" rowing past the side of their ship, trying to escape from the sea ahead.
"them!" The pipe belt of B No. 1 was Chen Sheng, and he turned the sword in his hand and ordered loudly. More than a dozen flying claws were thrown out of the hands of the crew, and they grabbed the side of the "Princess" and firmly connected the two ships. All the crew members ignored their ships and climbed the ropes to the deck of the Princess, where they had to climb to the deck for a broadside battle!
"Oh God! Stop them and cut their ropes! Geert jumped to his feet and commanded loudly, directing the ship's minions to block the attack.
"Stupid! What are you doing there? Waiting for Akito to get on the boat **** ass? Geert roared at a scarred Japanese warrior, only to be greeted with two sinister glances! (To be continued.) )