Wang Qiang was awakened by the rumbling cannons, although he was still very sleepy, but now he couldn't sleep, he got dressed and went to the deck to see, the naval battle ahead was not visible at all, in order to ensure the safety of the troop carrier, the troop carrier was a certain distance away.

Wang Qiang had to sit on the pony on the deck, and chatted with Qian Shun, the communicator who came over with a glass of water, without saying a word.

"I said Xiao Shunzi, you fought with the foreign-haired devil, are you afraid?"

"Cut, division commander, I've fought a lot of battles, how can I be afraid? The hairy devil is afraid that we are about the same. Teacher, can you stop calling me Xiaoshunzi, they all call me father-in-law. ”

"Who dares to call you father-in-law? Tell me and I'll help you clean them up. ”

"Good! They all have soup pot heads, lai pi, and beards, and they have to help me criticize and criticize them, and you have nothing to give people a nickname. ”

"You stinky little shun, you call other people's nicknames all day long, and others can't call you?"

Wang Qiang and Shunzi were already surrounded by many soldiers, and everyone joined in the nonsense, but their eyes were staring into the distance.

"Commander, look, it's on fire! Let's set the Dutch warship on fire! A soldier stood on the side of the ship with a telescope that Wang Qiang placed next to him and watched, and when he saw a fire rushing up on the sea level, he immediately shouted.

Zheng Zhilong also kept holding a telescope to look at the Dutch warship opposite, and he found that the first salvo of "Qi Jiguang" and the five gunboats invariably took the largest "Batavia" as a target, but the distance was indeed too far, and the "Batavia" rushed over with full sails. These shells did not directly hit the "Batavia". All fell behind the "Batavia".

Liu Dawei, commander of the Seventh Division's artillery regiment, was the first to discover the problem. Although the artillery regiment of the 7th Division had participated in countless battles, they had all hit area targets or fixed targets, and this kind of mobile target was really the first time to hit, and although they had been trained before the war, the soldiers who participated in the naval battle for the first time were nervous and still fired directly at the target.

"Hit it in front of it!" While Liu Dawei gave orders to the gunners on his gunboat, he ordered the herald to notify several other gunboats in flags.

Zheng Zhilong saw that "Batavia" was shrinking behind the other warships, and although the distance was within the range of the ship's guns, it was finally farther away. Quickly ordered the guns on the "Qi Jiguang" to adjust their firing targets and let them fire at the "Herato," which was rushing to the front.

Lieutenant Commander Baguiya, the commander of the "Gerato", knew that this naval battle could not be won as soon as the warships and gunboats of the Chinese army opened fire.

Although no warship has yet been hit by a Chinese shell, the Dutch warship cannot return fire at such a distance, and this passive beating gives Lieutenant Colonel Baguia a sense of despair.

"Herato" is also a giant ship, the length of the hull has reached 36m, in addition to the "Batavia" in Southeast Asia before, even if it is the largest, more than 20 guns on the side of the ship also make it extremely powerful, relying on strong firepower and good maneuverability, "Herato" has also made the pirate ship see it and avoid it from afar.

But since several giant ships of the Chinese army appeared in the seas of Southeast Asia. The status of the "Herato" began to plummet, after a confrontation with Chinese warships on the route to Japan. The Dutch saw several giant Chinese ships and could only avoid them from afar.

But today, when the critical time of life and death came, Lieutenant Colonel Baguia knew what it would mean for the Dutch East India Company to lose the trading base of Taiwan, and that was why he agreed to fight the Chinese army to the death.

Like the Batavia, the "Helatto" rushed desperately towards the Chinese warship with full sails, and Lieutenant Commander Baguia knew that only by getting close to the Chinese warship could the ship's firepower be brought into play.

Baguia did not expect that the ships on both sides of the giant ship, which looked like merchant ships, could fire their cannons, and they could also hit so far that a few shells had already landed on the side of the "Herato", falling into the water and exploding a large splash.

"Concentrate all your firepower on the Dutch ships at the front! The big ships in the back are up to us! Zheng Zhilong gave Liu Dawei an order through the walkie-talkie.

Just as Zheng Zhilong had just finished giving the order, the observers on the watchtower waved the red flag again, and the combat staff began to report loudly: "Twenty-one Dutch ships have left the harbor and are heading towards the battlefield, including one warship, and the others are all armed merchant ships!" ”

Zheng Zhilong couldn't take care of it so much, those small armed merchant ships only had a few guns, and the range was short, so they couldn't pose a threat to the "Qi Jiguang" and a few gunboats, so he didn't have to worry about him for the time being.

The gunboat's concentrated fire quickly had an effect, and the two shells directly hit the "Helatto" that rushed to the front, and Liu Dawei saw through the telescope that more than a dozen Dutch soldiers were blown over the ship, and one mast was also blown off, and the speed of the "Herato" was significantly reduced.

"Well played! Keep playing! Don't stop, hit it and sink it! Liu Dawei roared desperately, and the heralds kept waving the red flag in their hands, conveying Liu Dawei's orders to the other gunboats.

Lieutenant Colonel Baguia did not escape the explosion of the second shell, which reimbursed him along with seven or eight soldiers.

The "Herato", which was directly hit and lost its captain, suddenly panicked, and there was no question of whether to advance or retreat, only a few sailors were still trying to re-erect the broken mast, but it was obviously useless.

Three more shells hit the "Herato" directly, a large hole had been blown out on the port side, a raging fire had already ignited on the ship, and the deputy commander gave the order to abandon the ship.

Several small boats were quickly lowered from the right side of the ship's side, and the soldiers on board began to descend from the "Herato" to the boat with rope ladders.

After a few rounds of firing, the gunners had adapted to shooting at sea, and the shells were more and more accurate, more than a dozen shells covered the "Helato", five or six shells directly hit the "Helato", which was already on fire, and even the soldiers in the dinghy on the right side of the ship were killed by five or six.

The fire on the "Herato" was getting bigger and bigger, and seeing that the guns on the gunboat were still firing at it, Zheng Zhilong loudly ordered them to quickly change the firing target.

The "Herato" finally could no longer hold on, the hull of the ship had tilted, and it was about to capsize, and Liu Dawei also gave the order for the gunners to shift the firing target.

It is a long time to say, but in fact it took less than five minutes from the time the gunboat began to shoot at the "Herato" to the abandonment of the ship by the crew of the "Herato", and the "Herato" was completely destroyed in such a short time, which surprised Lieutenant Commander Vanderland on the "Batavia".

Lieutenant Colonel Van der Laan stared vigorously at the "Qi Jiguang" in front of him, estimating the distance in his heart, there are still five or six kilometers, just now the giant ship fired a few shells and then stopped firing, he didn't know what the Chinese warship wanted to do, but how to rush through these five or six kilometers to get close to the Chinese warship is a problem Van der Laan must consider now.

The "Qi Jiguang" stopped firing because Zheng Zhilong found that the two warships were in motion, and the hit rate of the artillery was too low, and he was a little reluctant to waste shells, so he ordered the "Qi Jiguang" to stop, and he wanted to stop and fight here.

The guns on the five gunboats were still firing, and the Griffland, which was right behind the Herato, became their preferred target. The "Grivorand" is much smaller than the "Herato", the total length of the ship is less than 30 meters, but because of the small hull, the speed is faster than that of the "Herato".

Adapting to the speed of the "Griffland" caused the artillery regiment to waste a dozen shells, but the "Griffland" did not dodge the second round of fire, and the second shell directly hit the "Griffland", and the main deck of the "Griffland" was blown out of a large hole, and the soldiers on the main deck were all cleared by this shell.

After being hit by several shells, the "Griffland" did not hold out as long as the "Herato", and the hull of the ship quickly capsized, and soon began to sink into the sea, where many Dutch sailors floated on the surface.

The guns on the "Qi Jiguang" quickly adjusted their firing and prepared to shoot, and the target was still "Batavia".

The two warships were sunk before they could meet the enemy, causing the ten warships behind the Dutch to panic, including the "Batavia", of course.

"Fire!" With Zheng Zhilong's order, the twelve guns on the left side of the "Qi Jiguang" began to bombard the "Batavia" one after another, but the main gun still did not fire, and the gun commander continued to make corrections.

Lieutenant Colonel Van der Laan ordered the "Batavia" to begin to avoid the shells around the "zigzag" route, and his caution allowed the "Batavia" to avoid the first salvo of the "Qi Jiguang", and the shells exploded on the left side of the "Batavia", stirring up more than a dozen huge water columns that made Van der Laan tremble to watch.

Liu Zhuzi, the main gun commander on the "Qi Jiguang", has been staring at the "Batavia" in the gun scope, and since he saw this "big guy", the pillar felt that he must have sent it to the bottom of the sea, this idea became stronger and stronger, but the pillar was becoming more and more cautious, and the aim was becoming more and more careful.

The firing of a dozen shells made the "Batavia" no longer dare to go along the original course, but just went around the sea indiscriminately.

Suddenly, the pillar's eyes left the gun mirror, and at the same time, he pulled the cannon rope that was already sweating in his hand, and he heard a loud noise, and the main gun on the "Qi Jiguang" finally fired the first shot.

Zheng Zhilong, who had been staring at the "Batavia", felt a shock to the ship's hull, and although his ears were buzzing, he still raised his binoculars and looked at the "Batavia".

The careful aiming of the column finally paid off with a huge reward, and the shell landed directly on the left side of the ship of the "Batavia", and the 24-kilogram warhead exploded, blowing a large hole in the port side of the "Batavia" with a diameter of more than two meters.

"Well played! I'm going to give you credit! Even Zheng Zhilong was excited and shouted loudly.

The pillar didn't hear Zheng Zhilong's shout, and after firing it, he asked the soldiers to quickly load another shell, and he leaned down in front of the gun mirror and took a closer look.

A shell from the main gun of the "Qi Jiguang" caused extremely serious damage to the "Batavia"; this shell not only blew the side of the ship open, but even the keel on the left side was blown off, and the hull of the "Batavia" began to shake as a whole. (To be continued.) )