Chapter 166: Capture of the Enemy Ship
The distance between the two sides was only more than 500 meters, and three warships and five armed merchant ships lined up in a longitudinal line, stopping at a position just enough to seal the exit of the port.
Warships and armed merchant ships opened fire one after another.
The broadside guns rained down on the approaching Portuguese warship, and the shells penetrated into the interior of the Portuguese warship at a distance of 500 meters.
Then there was a bang, a bang, and the cannonballs full of gunpowder exploded, and the three Portuguese warships were blown into sawdust, and large holes were made in the hulls, and a large fire was ignited.
At such a close distance, although it was a moving target, few of the shells fired reached the sea, and almost most of them hit the target.
Such a huge target at a distance of 500 meters, if it misses, it will really blush, this is a rifled gun, and the accuracy is far from being comparable to that of a smoothbore gun.
The Portuguese warship at the front was the most unlucky, because it was the most visible, so more guns were aimed at them, and in less than a minute, hundreds of shells fell from the sky.
Under the continuous explosions, in less than a moment, the warship forcibly stopped the momentum of its advance, and then the hull began to tilt.
Suddenly, there was a loud 'squeak and rattle', and a huge warship suddenly disintegrated on the sea, and the structure of the hull was directly shattered.
The sailors and captains of the two Portuguese warships behind them were shocked when they saw this, and some of the sailors even trembled their legs, shouting that this was the punishment given to them by the Lord.
"Yes, it must be the Lord who is punishing us for attacking the Catholics, Amen! Forgive me! ”
"Amen ......"
The Portuguese on the two warships knelt on deck and prayed to the sky.
"I think it's time for us to surrender." One of the captains said loudly that his proposal was quickly supported by all the sailors.
The Portuguese had just shelled the Catholics, and they were so miserable that they were immediately condemned to the Lord's punishment that they could no longer muster the courage to resist, and the captain was immediately supported as soon as he offered to surrender.
Soon, a white flag was raised on the mast of that Portuguese warship.
Seeing this, another Portuguese warship also immediately raised the white flag, and at this moment, when Su Buheng ordered the ships to turn the side sides, there were no shells to hit it, if the surrender was slow, it would be a cannonball.
Su Buheng saw the Portuguese raising the white flag on the flagship, and nodded with satisfaction, these Francois people are still very acquainted.
The two Portuguese warships, raising the white flag, continued towards the exit.
"Stop firing." Su Buheng immediately ordered.
The ten Dutch warships in the harbor were also stunned and frightened. With just one salvo, a large warship was dismantled, and it was seen that their mouths were wide open, and their jaws were about to fall.
When the Dutch saw that the remaining two Portuguese warships were about to surrender, their mood fell to the bottom for a while, and after the First Fleet had dealt with the Portuguese, it was much simpler to face their ten warships.
Because the thirteen fleet has eight ships, with the advantage of five.
But ten against eight, except for two ships that could escape when they escaped, they had no advantage in the face of the First Fleet at other times.
"Rush." The commander of the fleet in Batavia only gritted his teeth and said that in the Dutch navy, which was accustomed to melee, no amount of orders would be tantamount to farting and would have no effect, and at this moment, there was no better or more concise word.
After receiving the order, the ten Dutch warships successively ordered their respective captains to rush to the exit.
The Portuguese warships, as soon as they approached, docked to the side, their bows aimed at the First Fleet, to prove that they were not playing tricks, and then began to wait and see.
If the First Fleet wins, they surrender. If the Dutch broke through the siege, they took the opportunity to escape, and their wishful thinking crackled.
However, the Dutch, who rushed to the exit, were not destined to pose much of a threat to the First Fleet, because the Dutch warships were advancing, while the First Fleet was surrounded by a vertical line, forming a T-shape.
Only one gun on the bow of the Dutch warships was capable of firing at the First Fleet, while the other guns had no ability to fire.
Although the threat was not great, how to stop the ten Dutch warships rushing in became a huge challenge.
The Dutch warships are going head to head, which one to fight?
There will always be rushed in front of you.
The Dutch are fighting, although there will definitely be losses in the breakout, but as long as they can break through a gap, a few warships will be able to escape, depending on whose luck is good.
Su Buheng couldn't see anywhere.
"If you want to rush out, fortunately, you are prepared in advance, all ships and ships, rockets cover the strike, and the artillery focuses on hitting the sails." Su Buheng ordered.
The flags were quickly sounded out, and on the decks of each warship and armed merchant ship, there were already many sailors ready to standby, and rocket launchers were placed in front of them, which were full of rockets.
"Rocket Cover Shooting ......"
"21 degree angle...... Ignition. ”
"Ignition ......"
The role of rockets in naval warfare is to greatly increase the firepower and incinerate the firepower of enemy ships.
The mournful whistling sound continued to sound, and the rockets on the launcher shot out one after another, dragging the orange flames, and rushed towards the approaching Dutch warship.
Eight hundred meters away, ten Dutch warships crashed headlong into an incoming rocket.
Compared with the accuracy of artillery, the accuracy of rockets is much, much worse, but the rockets are continuous, only to see that the first wave of rockets has just been launched, and the second wave of rockets has begun to be launched.
The sailors on the ship quickly loaded the rockets and arranged the fuses of the rockets. One by one, they pushed forward, and as soon as they pushed up, the commander decisively gave the order to ignite by feeling.
Each ship was lined up like a salvo of muskets, row after row.
There are enough rockets on board!
So much military spending every year is not spent in vain, and when it is time to use rockets, it will definitely not be said that they are out of stock.
Rockets like locusts were fired at the Dutch warship. Although it is far from the exaggerated point of firing hundreds of thousands of rockets in a battle like the use of 'flying knives' and 'flying swords' by other officers and soldiers, the momentum is not bad at all, and the rocket is equipped with a small tube, which will make a terrible whistling sound as soon as it flies into the sky.
The terrifying whistling smoke was enough to crush any enemy.
A large number of rockets continued to rush into the sea, but the rockets that rushed to the deck of the Dutch warship were endless, and with a sound of explosion, the Dutch sailors on the deck were swept down by shrapnel one by one, and the other sailors were frightened and hid behind oak barrels and debris.
The covering strikes continued one after another, and the sailors of the First Fleet did not stop shooting their rockets.
After the rocket exploded on the warship, not only did shrapnel explode and sweep people to the ground, but also ignited a fire on the deck.
Under the continuous launch, each Dutch warship was hit by at least 100 rockets, some even more, but the most hit was the sea, most of the rockets were shot into the sea, and some fish were blown up to the surface.
At this time, the First Fleet was in a downwind position, and after launching for more than half a minute, the smoke of the rocket that exploded on the Dutch warship, mixed with dust, hit it head-on, so that the First Fleet could not see the situation in front clearly, so they stopped launching the rockets one after another.
When the smoke and dust were dispersed by the sea breeze, a tragic scene appeared in front of people's eyes.
I saw that three of the ten Dutch warships had already ignited a raging flame, and the crackling oak burning sound sounded very harsh.
And the remaining seven Dutch warships, the decks have also been burned to the ground, and the sails are all burning, this thing is the most likely to catch fire, and it is also the easiest to burn the whole ship. The Dutch sailors on deck took advantage of this gap and were struggling to make a save.
The Portuguese, who were playing soy sauce, were dumbfounded, if the overwhelming rockets fell on their heads...... I can't imagine it.
"Stop firing and capture enemy ships." After the smoke dissipated a little, Su Buheng gave an order when he saw the appearance of the Dutch warship clearly.
Due to the fire of the sails, the Dutch warship lost the ability to move for a while, and although it was still rushing forward, it was destined to run away.
Three warships and five armed merchant ships of the First Fleet slowly sailed into the harbor before dispersing and rushing towards their respective targets.
The two armed merchant ships first approached the two Portuguese warships, and soon they were sideboarded, and the sailors on the deck jumped onto the decks of the Portuguese warships one by one.
The Portuguese on the ship had long since dropped their weapons on the ground and raised their hands high. They did not want to fight against this terrible enemy, and because of religious reasons, the Portuguese did not have the idea of resisting.
The sailors who rushed up quickly took control of the two Portuguese warships, and the Portuguese on board were put in the cabin by the sailors, and then pulled the sails and sailed towards the exit of the port, blocking most of the exit that was not very large.
The Dutch warships were very close to the First Fleet because of their constant rush forward, and the First Fleet, which rushed into the harbor, quickly circled with the Dutch warships.
They were in no hurry to board the ship to fight.
Instead, they stared at their respective targets, watching the Dutch on board put out the fire, while firing cannons to stop the Dutch from repairing the sails.
The Dutch, seeing that each of them was being targeted, realized that they were going to be planted.
A Dutch warship was the first to raise the white flag, and the armed merchant ship staring at the warship immediately approached, and the side part was only the bow part, and from the contact line of this part, one by one, sailors jumped over the side of the ship.
The Dutch on other Dutch warships, seeing that the general trend had gone and that there was no hope of turning the tables, also raised white flags one after another. After the surrender of the Dutch, the sailors of the First Fleet quickly boarded the ship and controlled the Dutch on board while fighting the fire.
This time, it is estimated that a lot of white slaves can be caught, Su Buheng thought happily in his heart.
(To be continued)