Chapter 380: Pursuit
"Yaga!"
Inside the No. 2 Fukubune Pavilion, Shimazu Hisao scolded the St. Paul as he passed by, and foul language continued to bubble out of his mouth, like a village woman spilling on the street.
Although Chen Zhenji also gritted his teeth and hated the Dutch who fled without regard for the lives of his allies, he did not show it on his face at all, let alone speak ill of each other - the point is that scolding the street like Shimazu Hisao is useless to the current situation except for venting.
Looking at the hasty escape of the St. Paul, the Courage and the Decisive needless to say know that they were more than lucky; The Dutch fleet, which had been strong ships and guns, and was relied on by them as the support of Mount Tai, was beaten so badly, which greatly surprised Chen Xinji!
He originally thought that no matter how powerful the six families were, the Dutch and them would be in a stalemate situation at most, in that case, once his seven ships were put into the battlefield, the situation would likely be reversed, and then the status of himself and the Shimazu family would be greatly improved because of this reversal battle, and they would have more say in the distribution of loot in the future.
But he didn't expect that in just half an hour, the Dutch fleet would be defeated!
In this way, he led 7 ships not to help, but to deliver food - imagine that even the Dutch fleet full of 18-pound guns is not an opponent, how can these slow hard sailing ships alone against the six masters?
Thinking of this, Chen Xinji glanced at Shimazu Hisao, who was still scolding the street, and quietly glanced at the sail heads and rudder heads who were looking at him on the deck.
Among the remaining 6 ships, there are 2 more that he has Chen Xinji, but he can't manage it now-first it's too late, seeing the St. Paul's escape, the six families will definitely chase them all the way. If you take the time to coordinate, you may not be served in one pot!
followed by this Shimazu Hisao; Chen Xinji is not thick enough to be in front of the ninth son of the Shimazu family, and only ordered 2 ships to retreat, so that the ships of the Shimazu family will be broken - in that case, Chen Xinji and the Shimazu family will really tear their faces!
So Chen Xinji didn't do anything, and simply left no one to care. It's right to hurry up and run for your life.
"Chen Sang, what are you doing here?"
As soon as the bow of the boat was turned over, Shimazu Hisao sensed that something was wrong, turned around and asked Chen Xinji.
"Brother Jiuxiong, the Dutch can't beat it, let's go up again and deliver food?" Chen Jinji replied with a wry smile, "It's better to hurry up and retreat, and then find a way when you return to Kagoshima!" ”
"But my ship is still ......," Shimazu Hisao pointed to his own Galen ship not far away. As he spoke, he turned his head away, and suddenly he stopped talking.
Following his finger, Chen Xinji's heart sank, and he saw a black dot appear on the northwest skyline, followed by the second and third ones one after another—the chasing soldiers are coming!
"Chen Sang, you keep an eye first, I'll go sleep!" Shimazu Hisao apparently quickly figured out the current situation, not to mention his four ships; But I don't know what I'm thinking. I actually asked for a cabin to sleep in!
Chen Xinji didn't think much of it, and gave up his cabin - he didn't want to see this gentleman who only complained and cursed now.
When he saw the No. 2 fortune boat, he turned around and ran. The remaining six ships also quickly came to their senses and turned their bows to follow.
But the task force ran much faster than them, and the Jinfeng took the lead, the Chaoyang and Han Shizhong followed, and soon bit the most unresponsive sand ship - this time Chu Fan did not simply burn it, but leaned in while fighting, and greeted him with a high-explosive bomb, chain bullet, shotgun and even the last grenade. The sand boat was captured.
The whole battle was fought under Chen Xinji's nose, and he couldn't stop talking and was terrified!
He finally understood why the Dutch fleet had been defeated, and the speed advantage combined with the variety of novel weapons made it impossible for the Dutch with a single 18-pounder gun to parry - among other things, the spinning ballista alone took advantage of it.
Watch the black dots appear on the skyline. Chen Xinji was very glad that he made a quick decision - God knows how many ships the six families had refitted, if he hesitated a little, he probably wouldn't even have a chance to escape!
But now he didn't dare to be completely reassured - the six families were moving too fast, and the ships behind him probably wouldn't be able to help him stop for long - so he immediately ordered his subordinates to throw away all the ballast stones in the bilge, including some clumsy trophies such as cloth and porcelain, after all, it was important to escape now!
Just when the "poof" sound of heavy objects falling into the water continued to sound on the side of the No. 2 Fukufu, the Golden Phoenix had already begun to encircle and suppress the Galen ship of the Shimazu family.
This time, Chu Fan's tactics were to trap from the beginning and tail - in order to avoid the side fire of the Galen ship, the Jin Feng went around to the front of the Galen ship, and the Chaoyang and Han Shizhong followed the side and rear of the Galen ship, and the three ships kept attacking the sails of the Galen ship with ballistas, and soon turned the latter's three masts into bare three wooden stakes, and the speed suddenly slowed down.
However, the Galen ship was a big guy after all, and although it was only equipped with a 6-pounder Franc cannon on the side of the side, it could not hold too many of them; And Chu Fan's goal is to capture him alive, so how to jump the gang has become a problem; The warships of the Fuliao Army, which came later, did not rush to pursue, but swirled around the hedgehog-like Galen ship.
This gave Chen Jinji an excellent opportunity to escape for his life - after throwing away the heavy objects, the No. 2 Fu Ship was obviously much lighter, and of course the speed was also increased, and soon, even in the clairhandly mirror, he could not see the shadow of the Galen ship.
This made Chen Xinji breathe a sigh of relief, he immediately turned the bow of the ship to the south, and the ships behind him turned to the east, and some turned to the northeast, if anyone can look down from the sky, they will see that these five ships are scattered.
This is also Chen Xinji's old trick - once out of the sight of the pursuers, they will disperse and escape, so that the pursuers can either chase all the way or divide the troops, in short, it can greatly increase the chance of escape.
But what Chen Xinji didn't notice was that the black dot with a thread appeared in the sky behind him again!
After fleeing south for almost two hours, there was no longer any shadow of the ship in sight, and Chen Xinji couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief - judging from his years of experience, he had finally escaped this time.
No sooner had he turned the bow to the southeast—in the direction of Kagoshima of the Shimazu family—than he heard the exclamation of Emperor Zhang from the lookout on the mainmast.
"My dear mother! Here we go again! (To be continued.) )