The sound of intensive shelling on the sea was heard again, and the Dutch who shook the city were terrified and extremely worried.

The six warships flying the Ming flag, with incredible speed and agility, blocked the retreat of the four warships of their own side to escape back to the port.

Four larger Ming warships suddenly appeared in the waters two miles to the north, forming a column and quickly rushing into the battlefield, knowing at a glance that they were going to encircle and annihilate their own warships.

"Fire! Hurry up, you idiots, do you want to watch our ships being beaten? Fast, fast, fast......"

Vincent, who came to his senses, shouted and rushed to the gun emplacements at the head of the city, and hundreds of fortress artillery immediately got busy with the exclamations.

The experienced lieutenant captain of the fortress artillery team did not move, still looking at the rumbling sea in front of him with a painful face, and when the panicked Vincent ran to his side, he grabbed Vincent's arm and reported sincerely:

"Sir, even our most powerful twenty-pound guns cannot strike effectively at this distance, and the enemy's ships are fast and cunning, and seem to know very well the artillery we are going to implement, and are always outside our maximum range...... Oh! My God, it's incredible......"

"It's a rocket! Rocket! Only a rocket salvo would emit such a seeping whistling. ”

"Why is the range of the rocket so large? It's almost five hundred yards, it's impossible......"

The fierce battle on the sea captured everyone's nerves, and the continuous fire of rockets and dense shells from the six battleships of the Ming fleet blasted the two Dutch battleships that were too late to turn into smoke and fire, and sawdust flew from them.

The two Dutch battleships that followed were so frightened that they gave up the counterattack and could not escape the rudder, but before they could adjust the sails to complete the turn, the 700-ton newly modified cruiser "Niels", which was running behind, was interrupted by a barrage of shells. The huge mast with a height of 46 meters and a torn longitudinal sail of more than 10 tons crashed to the surface of the sea, and the flying debris and broken cables instantly knocked down the officers and men on the deck, and the brand-new hull, which was narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, tilted and swung horizontally under the tremendous tensile force, looking extremely clumsy and helpless.

The clamours and exclamations in the city of Geranza gradually stopped. Governor Putmans, who had rushed to the front of the city after giving the order, stood silently beside Vincent and the tall artillery lieutenant with a look of despair, watching the burning battleship and the three flags raised high in the sea ahead.

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On the new-type armed merchant ship in the northwest corner of the battlefield, Zhu Daolin and more than 10 generals and colonels were also gazing with emotion at the gunsmoke-filled waters in front of them, staring at the five blazing Dutch warships and the flags being lowered one after another.

"What does this guy want to do? Is he going to save the damned Dutch? Yang Dading suddenly shouted loudly, causing all the generals to echo him.

Seeing that his own warships had surrounded the Dutch warships, Zhu Daolin immediately put down his binoculars. He solemnly admonished: "Ladies and gentlemen, your thinking is wrong, the enemy has been defeated and surrendered, and our goal has been achieved, so there is no need to fight to the death, otherwise it will become a battlefield to kill prisoners, which is against the peace of heaven!" ”

"Moreover, naval warfare is very different from land warfare. The rules of engagement are completely different, and everyone should learn more about them. Adapt as soon as possible! Alright, the brothers of the two marines have marched into place, let's land too. ”

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Under the orders of the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, Simeno, the twelve Ming battleships ceased shelling, lowered their sails and slowed down, and the three Dutch battleships in the encirclement were quickly abandoned because they could not control the fire.

Hundreds of Dutch officers and soldiers rushed to jump into the sea. Desperately escaped from the danger area before the gunpowder exploded in the bottom warehouse, and was soon rescued on one Ming warship.

Two flaming Dutch warships were lucky enough to extinguish the fire, and the other three flag-raising ships, also covered in bruises, were soon overtaken by heavily armed Ming naval officers.

It's noon. The city of Gelansha has been surrounded by the Ming army on three sides, hundreds of artillery pieces of all kinds are pointed at the head of the city, tens of thousands of people and merchants from all over the world within a radius of five miles are tightly controlled, and as far as the eye can see, all are red and black Ming battle flags.

More than 1,150 captured Dutch naval officers and men continued to board the empty pier under the escort of the Ming soldiers, more than 100 Dutch officers and soldiers killed and wounded in battle were also carefully carried to the pier, and more than 10 Ming medical officers in blue robes treated the wounded under the nervous gaze of more than 3,000 soldiers and civilians in the city of Geranza.

The much-anticipated gondola quickly rose to the top of the city, and was released as a messenger by the commander of the Dutch naval garrison, Louis Brown. Major Vuitton climbed out of the basket with great sorrow, saluted the trembling Governor Putmans and the Supreme Military Commander Vincent, and took out the letter from his coat pocket and presented it with both hands:

"This is a personal letter from His Excellency Zhu Daolin, the general of the Ming Kingdom, asking us to surrender unconditionally."

"Damn the people of the Ming Kingdom, they are fighting without a declaration of war, their methods are despicable and vicious, I will never surrender to them!"

Annoyed and angry, Vincent shook his fist suddenly, but no one made the same sound as him, and the faces of the surrounding officers and soldiers and the dozen gentry and celebrities who hurriedly rushed over were full of deep fear, and every pair of eyes were fixed on the white envelope that had been delivered to the governor's chest.

Putmans endured despair and resentment, took the letter and slowly opened it: "It can't be Chinese, right?" I don't understand. ”

"It's Latin, the Ming navy has hundreds of European mercenaries, and these people have joined the Ming nationality and are awarded extremely high military ranks."

Vuitton whispered helplessly.

Putmans was very surprised, glanced at Major Vuitton, who had not wiped his face full of gunsmoke, silently opened the letter and read it carefully, and did not look up for more than five minutes under the nervousness of countless soldiers and civilians.

Vuitton looked at the thousands of naval officers and soldiers guarding the dock by the Ming army, as well as the eight Ming warships that raised their guns without scruples in the extended waters of the dock, shook his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "Your Excellency the Governor, the opponent only gives us an hour. ”

Putmans took a deep breath: "I want to meet General Zhu of the Ming Kingdom in person, although his letter of invitation to surrender is sincere, it does not give us the rights we deserve, all of our lives must be accurately guaranteed, and personal property must be respected, this is the premise." ”

"Otherwise, I'd rather let all the innocent poor people out of the city, and then lead all the soldiers to fight them to the death!"

The Governor's sonorous words touched everyone, and the excited soldiers and civilians rushed up to praise them loudly.

Major Vuitton, who seemed to have lost the courage to fight again, pointed to the more than a thousand Dutch naval officers and men sitting crookedly on the docks, then sighed and said no more. (To be continued.) )