The battle at sea continues, but it seems that there is no suspense anymore.

Two more Dutch warships were hit and caught fire and were about to sink, and there was already a pile of blown up wood floating on the sea, and many sailors were grabbing these logs and swimming in the direction of the island of Taiwan.

The "Batavia" is still holding on, although it looks a little shaky and the hull is no longer stable, but the "Batavia" has no signs of capsizing for the time being.

But Lieutenant Colonel Vanderlaan's heart had sunk to the bottom of the sea, and in less than ten minutes, three warships had already been sunk by Chinese warships, and even the flagship "Batavia" had been severely damaged, and Lieutenant Colonel van der Laan realized how wrong his understanding of the Chinese army was.

Some mistakes can be corrected, but some mistakes once they are made there is no turning back, and the mistakes made by Lieutenant Colonel Vanderlaan are such mistakes.

There was no time to reflect and regret at all, and the second blow from the "Qi Jiguang" once again fell on the head of the "Batavia".

This time the main gun did not hit the "Batavia", but two shells from the side guns hit directly, one 105mm shell directly blew the middle mast in two, and the other blew a large hole in the stern.

The "Batavia", which had lost its mainsail, slowed down suddenly, and Lieutenant Colonel van der Laan was lucky, although the explosion of two shells took the lives of a dozen soldiers, but Lieutenant Colonel Van der Laan did not even scratch the skin.

Despite the loss of three warships and the mortal wounding of the flagship "Batavia", the remaining eight battleships of the Dutch fleet were getting closer and closer to the "Qi Jiguang" and five gunboats. The smoothbore guns on the side of the ship on the "Qi Jiguang" were ready to shoot.

The "Qi Jiguang" began to move again. Zheng Zhilong gave the order to retreat. The steam engines on several gunboats also emitted thick black smoke, the ship's mainsails were all raised, and the gunboats began to turn their bows and began to retreat.

Zheng Zhilong felt that this kind of "I can beat you, but you can't beat me" style of play was very good, and there was no need to "fight bayonets" with the Dutch, although the smoothbore guns on the "Qi Jiguang" were not vegetarian, but the guns on several gunboats could not be fired directly because of the installation.

Shi Lang led the "Huo Quai" and five gunboats to make a big circle from the southwest, hoping to stop and eat the twelve warships that the Dutch had sent out for the first time. It turned out that a batch of small ships of various types had arrived, and Shi Lang wanted to kill these small ships first, but when he contacted Zheng Zhilong, he did not receive a reply.

Shi Lang didn't know that this was because the cannon on the "Qi Jiguang" was rumbling, and when he shouted, Zheng Zhilong didn't hear his shouting at all, he thought that something was wrong with Zheng Zhilong's side, and he began to be a little worried, but thinking of the "Qi Jiguang" ship's own defense ability, he felt that his worries were unnecessary.

Unable to hear the instructions of the commander, Shi Lang decided to start working on these "small shrimps" first. With the gunboats, they pounced on the Dutch ships that had left the harbor for the second time.

The rumbling sound of cannon rang out more than ten kilometers away from the "Qi Jiguang," and after a while, the flames rushed out. Smoke also drifted up.

The "Huo Qu Sickness" set its sights on the "Maria" in the second echelon, which was the only ship among them that looked like a warship, and after three salvos of the "Huo Qu Sick", the "Maria" no longer existed.

The five gunboats were also looking for their own targets, and although the Dutch ships were numerous, they seemed to be chaotic and disorderly, and Shi Lang gave orders to several gunboats while ordering the "Huo Quai" to continue the heavy bombardment of these armed merchant ships.

Finally, some Dutch merchant ships were afraid to turn around and sail back, and Shi Lang was not prepared to pursue, even if these merchant ships fled, it would not have any effect on the future battle.

After having knocked out five or six merchant ships, the Dutch finally began to flee in all directions, each of which wanted to leave the battlefield as quickly as possible and escape from this gate of hell.

After Shi Lang broke up the second echelon of the Dutch in more than half an hour, he immediately turned the bow of the ship and surrounded several warships of the first echelon.

The end of the "Batavia" has finally arrived, the pillar is aiming more carefully this time, the speed of the "Batavia" is already very slow, which makes it easier for the column to aim, when the eyes of the pillar leave the gun scope, a shell flew out from the main gun on the "Qi Jiguang", this shell hit the "Batavia" just near the middle of the secondary gun.

This shell went straight through the "Batavia", and a large amount of seawater began to pour in. Lieutenant Colonel Van der Laan was still in a big position, and seeing this scene, Van der Laan painfully gave the order to abandon the ship.

The sinking of the "Batavia" hit the Dutch too hard, and the speed of the eight warships that rushed forward behind them also slowed down, but this kind of artillery battle at sea meant that destruction was not far away.

A fire had already broken out on the "Cookken", and the sailors kept carrying water with canvas buckets to extinguish the fire, and although the fire was extinguished, the large hole in the hull could not be repaired.

The "Qi Jiguang" and the five gunboats had already switched sides to attack, and the firing of such a density of artillery had to be cooled and scrubbed.

Lieutenant Colonel Vanderlaan finally escaped to the battleship "Egret" in a small boat, and quickly ordered the flag bearer to raise the flag and tell the other ships that the "Egret" was temporarily used as the flagship.

At this time, Lieutenant Commander Vanderlaan had no intention of intercepting the Chinese fleet at all, and his only thought now was how to escape with the remaining seven or eight warships.

But the opportunity for Vanderlaan to escape had been completely lost, and when the observer reported that the Chinese warships in the rear of the fleet had surrounded him, Van der Laan knew that he would not be able to escape today.

Whether to fight to the end or surrender, Lieutenant Colonel Vanderraine hesitated, and in the midst of hesitation, the "Cookken" at the front was hit by two more shells, and the hull of the ship had already tilted, and it was a matter of time before it sank.

"Your Excellency, Commander, have we surrendered?" Captain Radice of the "Egret" said to Vanderland.

"Surrender." Vanderlaan said in a deep voice with a gloomy face.

As if relieved at last, Radice ordered his soldiers to hoist a white flag at the bow of the ship. The other ships saw that the white flag was hoisted on the flagship. The white flags were also hung out one after another.

Look at the Dutch waving the white flag. Zheng Zhilong ordered the "Qi Jiguang" and the gunboat to stop firing, and according to maritime practice, the surrendered battleship must lower its sails and wait for the victor to come and receive the battleship.

The sails of the "Egret" were the first to be lowered, and then the ships also lowered their sails one after another, except for the last "Kirdenhof", the sails were not lowered for a long time.

"Kdenhof" not only did not lower the sails, but spread the sails wider, and "Kedenhof" began to leave the fleet and sail southeast.

Zheng Zhilong had already seen the movements of the "Kedenhof". Picking up the walkie-talkie, he ordered Shi Lang to lead the "Huo Quai" to be sure to leave this battleship behind.

Shi Lang, who received the order, ordered "Huo Quai" to chase in the northeast direction at full speed, and the black smoke rising from "Huo Quai" became thicker and thicker, indicating that the battleship was accelerating at full speed.

Constantine? The reason why Captain Nobel dared to escape with the "Kirdenhof" was that he had already calculated that he was now the farthest away from the Chinese warship, and it was a tailwind to run northeast, and he believed that the Chinese warship would not be able to catch up with him.

Captain Nobel saw the speed of the Chinese warship during the battle, and he did not know how fast the "Huo Quai" was moving at full speed.

Vanderland on the "Egret" also saw the scene of the "Keddenhof" escaping, and saw the "Ho Quai" pursuing at full speed, Van Deff could not help but mourn in silence for the "Kedenhof" in his heart.

The two ships were only five or six kilometers apart, and the "Kirdenhof" began to flee with full sails. And the "Huo Quai" had to turn around and pursue, and the distance was widened to seven or eight kilometers at once. However, the pursuit did not last long, and when the "Qi Jiguang" with ten gunboats slowly approached the warship that had lowered its sails and surrendered, the distance between the "Huo Quai" and the "Kedenhof" was less than six kilometers.

Captain Nobel kept staring at the "Huo Quai" chasing behind, and seeing that the distance was getting closer and closer, he knew that he would not be able to escape today, but he was not ready to be captured, he had to make a last stand.

The speed of the "Kirdenhoff" slowly slowed down, and it looked as if it was ready to surrender, but the ship's guns were all ready to fire.

Shi Lang, who had already experienced many naval battles, was not easy to fool, and when he saw that the "Kedenhof" began to slow down, Shi Lang ordered the smoothbore guns on the side of the ship to be ready to shoot.

Just after the Dutch decided to surrender, Zheng Zhilong reported to Wang Qiang on a walkie-talkie and asked him to hurry up with the transport ship.

"Yes, yes, our navy is really good, and we have finished the work in such a short time." Wang Qiang said with a smile.

"Division commander, where is the navy doing? And our artillery regiment. Deputy division commander Ma Qianjun listened to it and stopped listening.

"You, you're all the same guy, do you have to fight for what you did, I did it? It's really careful. Wang Qiang pointed at Ma Qianjun and said with a smile.

"Division commander, you can't blame me for being cautious, I heard that the navy will be vigorously developed in the future, will we become stepmothers? Commander, you have to talk to the Metropolitan Governor, but you can't forget about us. Ma Qianjun said with some grievances.

"You kid, the number and size of the army are determined according to the needs of the country, and when the country develops in the future, overseas interests must be maintained by a strong navy, let you do it? The last ship also took the lead in vomiting, I don't even think it's rare to laugh at you. Wang Qiang said.

"Division commander, if this is really the case, I will change my career to become a navy." Ma Qianjun said.

"Don't talk nonsense, that's all in the future, Taiwan hasn't been taken yet, you can do whatever you want after you go back, as long as you don't lose the face of our Seventh Division." Look, we're almost there. ”

Wang Qiang had already seen the figure of the "Qi Jiguang", and he no longer talked to Ma Qianjun, so he hurriedly arranged it, the number of combatants on the "Qi Jiguang" was not enough, and the Seventh Division had to send people to control the Dutch warship.

Under the supervision of the "Qi Jiguang" and 10 gunboats, the soldiers of the 7th Division quickly boarded the surrendered warship in small boats, and all the combat personnel on the ship, except for the sailors and captains, were transferred to the transport ship.

When the "Kerdenhof" was about two kilometers away, Shi Lang ordered the "Khöddenhof" to stop, and he raised his telescope to observe it carefully, and he had a hunch that the "Kerdenhof" had stopped by no means that he had already decided to surrender. (To be continued.) )