At forty paces, the firecrackers of the Hoo Qu Sick fired a last volley, and this time two wooden shields were knocked away, and several Dutch sailors were hit, and the result was the result, while the Dutch were only scattered in response, and it was obvious that their musketeers had not been trained to fight their own and could not penetrate the wooden shields at all. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The two ships approached quickly.

"Stand firm, stand firm." Zhang Huan, Ma Kui, Dai Ben and others all shouted loudly. The soldiers who had been rigorously trained stood on each other's feet, waiting for the moment of collision.

With a loud bang, the two ships collided sideways, making a palpitating friction sound, and the sailors who were on the rope ladder on the Huo Qu Sick all clung to the rope ladder to fix their bodies, while the armor and fire hammers on the deck supported each other and shook and stood still.

The sailors of the Dutch ships were also at sea, and they were most familiar with this kind of gang fighting, except that two or three sailors fell to the ground, and the others staggered and stood upright.

Immediately someone gave an order, and the Dutch sailors howled and jumped on the Huo Qu Sick, most of them were not wearing armor, at most a few of them wore half-body armor, so that it did not affect their flexibility, if the jumping gang was not flexible, it was possible to fall into the sea, and if the armor fell into the sea, it was the rhythm of everything to rest and report to God.

However, the sailors of the Huo Qu Sick did not approach the side of the ship to intercept, according to the drill, as a neatly arranged formation, the most taboo was to huddle together on the side of the ship, and the armor withdrew a few steps, or remained in formation.

More than twenty Dutch sailors boarded the deck of the Hogon, dressed in short sailors' suits and carrying axes in their hands. Short spears. Cross Sword. The short knife and the small round shield rushed towards Huo Qu's battle formation with a hideous face.

The weapons were all in the battle formation to slash and kill the Huo Quai, but unfortunately, they encountered a large turtle shell, and the wooden shield stood in front of it, which was not at all something that small weapons such as axes, short spears, cross swords, and short knives could shake.

In a muffled sound. The wooden shield was just shaking under the attack, and the spears of the broken army's armor pierced through the gaps in the wooden shield, and immediately stabbed several Dutch sailors, they fell to the ground with a howl, blood splattered out, the Dutch sailors experienced multiple reactions quickly, three sailors with short spears threw short spears at the battle formation behind the wooden shield, and the sailors of the Huo Qu sick also suffered casualties, and two armored ones were injured and fell to the ground.

Seeing all this, several more Dutch sailors threw their short axes in their hands, wounding the armor of several Huo Quai. Of course, that's it, even if a dozen Dutch sailors jumped on it, there was nothing they could do about this formation. The Dutch sailors, who fought separately, were always faced with an attack by several armor.

At this time, the armor in the back had already crossed the wooden shield and rushed towards the Dutch sailors, frantically piercing, and the short weapons of the Dutch sailors were suitable for melee on the ship, and when they encountered the military formations on the wider deck and the spears more than one person high, they would only be slaughtered.

Soon more than half of the Dutch sailors fell to the ground howling for their lives, and the remaining sailors turned and fled like frightened rabbits.

These Dutch sailors were not formal soldiers, they were just employed by the Dutch East India Company, to be precise, they were pirates in disguise, and when they encountered a tailwind war, it was needless to say, they all fought bravely and plundered everything, as hard bones as they do today, so what else can they say, if they escape with their lives, they will be scattered like birds and beasts.

It's just that it's easy to come, but it's not easy to go, and the firecrackers on the Huo Qubing rushed to the side of the ship to open fire on the fleeing Dutch sailors, and only two of the more than a dozen sailors returned to the Dutch warship with the roar of the firecrackers.

Boom, the guns of the Huo Qu Sick began to roar, and the ten Tiago guns on the side of the side bombarded huge projectiles at the enemy ship.

When the Dutch warship faced the side of the Hogon, it was cut out of ten irregular holes, and the projectiles swept through all the living and dead things in the cabin with a rain of wood chips, almost all the sailors on the deck of the Dutch guns were knocked down, and almost all the more than 20 guns on the deck were destroyed, and the destructive power of the 32-pound Thiago projectiles was vividly reflected.

The reason why the Dutch captain did not give the order to fire the cannon was because he wanted to get a complete ship, especially the cannon in it, and the Dutch people were repeatedly ravaged by the heavy cannons of the British, and they were convinced that if they could obtain this kind of cannon and imitate it, they would greatly strengthen the combat power of their warship.

Therefore, of course, I will not let go of the opportunity to seize the ship this time, but this greed has buried the lives of everyone on board.

"Sail away from the enemy ship and sink it with artillery." Zhang Huan didn't need to look to know that after the baptism of ten Tiago guns at close range, there was no need for this enemy ship to be captured and repaired, I was afraid that many of the supports on the lower deck had been finished, but he didn't want to pay even a single soldier's casualties just to capture such a scrap ship.

The sailors obeyed the order and began to get busy, the artillery deck below was another salvo at this time, after this bombardment, the Dutch warship was miserable needless to mention, there were holes everywhere, and even a few projectiles penetrated the two sides, because it was a flat fire from the artillery deck, the position of the middle gun was close to the waterline, and the sea began to enter the hole, the battleship must be finished, and the sinking was only a matter of time.

At this time, the Huo Qubing adjusted its sails with difficulty and sailed away from the enemy ship, preparing to strike a fatal blow to the enemy again.

At this moment, in the fog, I remembered the fierce artillery roar, and this time the artillery continued to roar, and it was obvious that the two sides were bombarding each other again.

There must have been a wreckage of warships fighting the enemy ships, and the battle was fierce.

Zhang Huan didn't care about anything else at this time, his decision was to completely destroy the enemy ship as soon as possible, so as to support the friendly ship.

The Huo Qubing turned its bow to the intermittent shouts of killing and the sound of artillery roar from the distance, and came to the side less than half a mile away from the enemy ship, at this time, the white flag was raised by the opposing ship, and they were about to surrender.

"Bombard them with cannons." Zhang Huan did not have the slightest idea of surrendering at this time, his own warship was still fighting fiercely, he wanted to rescue as soon as possible, there was no time to receive this abandoned ship, if this ship succeeded, everyone on the Huo Qu Sick would die, Zhang Huan knew that the Dutch wanted ships and cannons, and as for the soldiers, I was afraid that they would sink into the sea.

Guo Chang went down to the lower deck to give the order, at this time he had completely lost the contempt for Zhang Huan at that time, and now he could only rejoice, if there was no preparation of the whole ship, even if he defeated the Dutch this time, he would have to pay a heavy price.

After two rounds, several huge holes appeared on the waterline, and a large stream of sea water flowed rapidly, and the enemy ship began to capsize crookedly, and the remaining Dutch sailors kept jumping into the water to escape and ask for help.

Zhang Huan did not have time to help these enemies, so he ordered Huo Qu's sick to approach the place where the cannon fired.

At this time, the wind on the sea was strong, and the dense fog thinned out in a moment, and it could be seen clearly for several miles, only to see that two miles to the southwest, Feng Yi and a Dutch warship of about 300 tons were fighting fiercely.

The enemy has already boarded the deck of the Feng Yi, and at the same time, the guns of the two battleships are still fighting each other, however, the counterattack of the enemy ships is a little weak, and the image of the two ships is a bit miserable, especially the enemy ships are full of huge holes, and Feng Yi has also opened a lot of big holes, of course, it is much better than the opponent.

"Captain, north, enemy ship." The sailors shouted from the lookout and warned with firearms.

Zhang Huan hurriedly looked through the binoculars, and saw a warship that was larger than the Huo Qubing was approaching more than three miles to the north.

Zhang Huan looked around, and saw that the flagship Li Guang was approaching Feng Yi, and it was already less than a mile, "Meet the enemy." Zhang Huan gave the order.

Feng Yi was rescued by Li Guang, and all Huo Qu had to do was to block the larger enemy ship and prevent it from getting close to Feng Yi.

The sailors on board were constantly busy, adjusting the mainsail and spinnaker, and only then did they go halfway down in the fog, and at this time they had to speed up the ship in order to meet the enemy ship, while the armor and musketeers were cleaning the deck, leaving the Dutch sailors off the deck whether they were dead or alive, and treating their own wounded.

"Captain, our army killed two and wounded three." Ma Kui, Dai Ben reported.

"Carry the wounded to the lower deck for treatment, and the rest of the soldiers prepare for battle." Zhang Huan breathed a sigh of relief, the casualties were not big, and he could accept it.

The Huo Qubing approached less than three miles from the enemy ship, and the enemy ship opened fire, but because it was not a sideboard bombardment, only the two twelve-pounder guns in the bow opened fire, so it only stirred up two streams of sea water a hundred paces away from the Huo Quai.

Huo Qu's sick is still firmly approaching, as long as it can get close to a mile, even if the opponent's battleship is bigger than Huo Quai's, it will be abused.

At this time, a tall middle-aged man with golden hair on the deck of the Dutch battleship also looked at Huo Quai's with a telescope, and after looking at it for a while, he looked at another battleship that was fighting fiercely with Feng Yi.

"Let's go back." The middle-aged man clicked green eyes deep into their sockets and ordered.

The boatswain beside him was ordered to leave.

"Sorry, just a little, God, you didn't shelter your people today, and I hope you will lend a hand next time. Amen. The middle-aged man muttered regretfully, drawing a cross on his chest in his hand.

He was the first to discover the faint pilot light in the dense fog from a distance, so he led several warships in the dense fog from the north to approach the middle channel, but he didn't expect to really touch the close of the Ming warship, it was really a very lucky thing, but it was a pity that the success was lost.

The Dutch battleship began to turn its bow and leave the battle line, and it and the Huo Qu Sick shelled unhurriedly, and neither of them had the other, and sailed away to the north.

After Zhang Huan pursued for five miles, he did not continue the pursuit, there were still three sea ships in his own fleet, and one battleship was seriously damaged, and he did not dare to leave lightly, otherwise if another attack ship came, a Li Guang might not be able to take care of it.

Huo Qu turned his head, drew an arc, and headed south. (To be continued.) )