Chapter 519: Running is not as fast as chasing
It is not surprising that the sailors' voices on the lookout were broken, and now Sideluch could see that the warships that appeared there appeared one after another, as if there was no end, and the number could not be traced at all. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
At this time, Sideluchi had only one thought, to escape, and if he didn't flee at this time, he would be a fool, and these overwhelming warships were not something he could resist, or it would be unlucky to send dozens of warships from Jakarta.
The four Dutch ships including the Reims began to turn around and head south in a very tacit manner.
In this era, to be honest, it was not easy for sea ships, especially large sea ships, to turn around, and when their bows turned around, a large number of Ming warships had approached a position of only seven or eight miles.
The Sideluch kept looking through telescopes at the speed of the pursuers behind them, and the other side was quick, well, faster than his ship, that's for sure.
He was just about to put down his telescope when something seemed to break into the camera, and he looked behind him when suddenly his arm trembled.
"Oh God, oh God."
Osim, who was next to him, also saw that something was wrong with Sidluchi, but his telescope was good at Sidluchistan, and he could only do it in a hurry.
Fortunately, at this moment, Sideluch threw the telescope to him, and he himself shouted to the sailors, the whole sail accelerated, accelerated.
Hildroch's shouts were frenzied, as if he had seen something most terrible.
Since there was Sideluc's shouting, there was no need for Osim to command the sailors, he was anxious to see what made Sideluc so out of shape.
Osim held up his telescope and looked at it, and was immediately stunned on the spot, behind some of the smaller warships in front of him, several huge figures appeared in the camera, they were two laps larger than his ship.
The dense portholes on their sides indicate that they are warships, and they are about the same size as Jakarta's largest warship, the Luis.
And that's not all that came. There was also this big battleship in the back of the camera, and immediately Osim went crazy.
He turned to the busy sailors and waved his telescope and yelled, "Quick, quick, faster, we're too slow." ”
Osim's voice was full of horror. Scared the sailors enough, what was going on, how did both heads go crazy.
Although the two of them jumped up and down like crazy, the sailors raised all the sails, and used the crosswind to constantly adjust the sail angle to make the ship speed gradually faster, but a large number of Ming warships behind followed.
At this time, the sailors on the lookout shouted about the enemy ships ahead.
Sidluch and Osim looked ahead, okay. It turned out that three or four miles ahead, five small warships of the Ming people were facing the enemy sideways, and their hulls were now completely sideways, and their gun windows had been opened, revealing the swarthy gun muzzles inside.
"It turns out that they are not running away, they are trying to stop us." Sidlu said angrily, he looked at Osim, "Order the sailors to rush over, rush over." ”
While speaking, the Sid Road branch looked behind and looked at the situation of the Ming people's pursuers.
The four Dutch ships rushed forward regardless of their insufficiency. They can't stay and can't fight, if they still have the idea of defeating and capturing these Ming warships. Now it's a one-minded escape.
Fortunately, the five warships of the Ming army in front did not completely block the way, but leaked the main road in the middle, which made the Dutch people have a lot of trouble.
But of course, the sailors of the Ming army would not be so unwise, they could not let the enemy escape.
This time, the Ming warships abandoned the way of hand-to-hand combat, and instead bombarded more than a mile away.
Without him, these two big guys are too big. Although the Thiago guns on the cruiser can still severely damage the enemy ship at a distance of 300 paces, I am afraid that the opponent's heavy artillery is also accurate at that distance, and the cruiser of the Broken Army will not be pleased.
So they chose to attack in a different way.
The roaring artillery roared one after another, and the twenty-five long-barreled cannons on the broadside of the five ships began to roar, and the wind was not small today. In an instant, the smoke was blown away by the strong wind.
Sideluch heard a strange noise, and the reason why it was strange was because of the constant sound of the slightest noise, which was completely different from the sound of a heavy artillery projectile.
"Shotshot, anti-shot." Osim yelled as he picked up the shield he stood aside to protect the two of them.
In the blink of an eye, there was a loud pop of small projectiles striking the sails and decks or on the human body, and sailors roared and fell from the high masts.
The sound of cries kept coming, stimulating the nerves of everyone on deck.
With a bang, Osim's hand slammed, and a strong force came, the shield was struck to the side, and Osim was beaten and staggered.
Boom, boom, dozens of breaths later, another salvo sounded, another rain of bullets came, the Reims Jonk was the focus of the blow, and the other two ships were barely damaged.
Sidluch looked at the broken sails everywhere with a grim face, the Reims had four mainmasts, eight mainsails, and all the sails were broken except for the one in the most corner of the mainsail.
It was broken, but most of it was still connected, but the wind was beginning to peek through holes everywhere, and they could already feel the ship's speed drop dramatically.
In such a situation, it is impossible to rush out, if there is time to repair the sails and restore the speed of the ship, but the pursuing enemy is behind a few miles away, how can they be given time to repair.
"Give the order to prepare for battle." Sidluch sighed.
"Your Excellency, there are dozens of warships behind." Osim said bitterly.
"Surrender without firing a shot." Sidluch glared at him, he couldn't hold his breath.
The warships of the Broken Army in the back were approaching step by step, outflanking them from behind in a fan, and the key point was that there were still Ming ships constantly popping up, which simply gave the Dutch people a sense of boundlessness and made them extremely depressed.
Qi Wei stood on the upper deck of the Wu Lan and looked at the embarrassed appearance of the opponent's warship with a telescope, and couldn't help but smile coldly, to go against the Broken Army Sailor is to die on this sea.
This time, Qi Wei led 30 patrol ships, 30 Tang-class warships, 20 Song-class warships, 15 clippers, and 20 Galen merchant ships to attack Xiaoliuqiu, loaded with 3,000 Jeju soldiers, 1,000 Korean soldiers and hundreds of war horses.
"I said, Lao Qi, now our big fleet is really mighty."
Li Lu, who was on the same boat, touched the short hair under his chin and said with a smile.
"Alas, this is thanks to Lord Zhao, what was the sailor like at the beginning, it was just a dozen sea ships, and they were all old Fu ships Haicang, what does it look like now, there are more than 200 large and small warships, dozens of merchant ships, and the Galen ships captured in the early years are cruising in the coastal waters."
Qi Wei put down the telescope and sighed.
"When I first sailed to Macao, I was beaten by a small Dutch warship on the way back, and now hehe, such a huge ship of the Dutch is also besieged by our army."
Li Lu nodded yes, he also knew about it.
"Say about us, say that your infantry team is not the same, at the beginning, I broke the captive army and the water infantry army was only 7,000 people, most of them were new Ding, and now you have 4,000 people in Jeju Town to capture Xiaoliuqiu."
Qi Wei nodded at Li Lu, don't look at the water master's red eyes, why don't you look at your own growth.
"Yes, yes, this is the first time that this general is in charge of the army alone."
Speaking of this, Li Lu was also a little complacent.
While the two were talking, the fleet had already approached the enemy ships, and there were already more than a dozen Tang-class battleships at the front, which had approached a mile or two from the Dutch warships.
Boom, boom, the three Dutch battleships such as the Lance and the Jonk fired artillery bombardment at the same time, and for a while the sound of cannons echoed on the sea, spreading far away, and the three battleships spit smoke and were also extremely powerful.
But they hit too many targets, plus the distance is a little farther, and they hit very few, even if they hit, the harm caused by hitting is not too great.
The warships of the Broken Army are still firmly approaching, and only after the boundary of one mile is the time for the Broken Army Tiago to open the can.
The cruiser gave way to the sea, and a dozen Don-class battleships surrounded several Dutch warships.
Sidluchi, Osim, and the others crouched on the side of the ship and watched a dozen enemy ships of about their size approaching on the opposite side.
Boom, boom, it was the Lance and the Jonk who fired first, and this time a third of the projectiles hit several Ming warships on the opposite side.
It was obvious that the sails of some of the Ming warships were broken, and the sides of the ships were also damaged, but the Ming warships were fine, and the gun windows on their side were all open.
Boom, boom, more than a dozen Tang-class battleships opened fire, and the roar of more than 300 cannons overshadowed all the sounds around them, and a large stream of smoke filled the ships.
The crash and crackling sound continued to sound, and more than half of the projectiles hit the opponent's warship.
However, the projectiles of the eighteen-pounder guns basically did not break through the enemy's ship, and the projectiles of the twenty-four-pounder and thirty-six-pounder guns still caused great damage.
However, Qi Wei found that the two giant ships were quite capable of resisting attacks, and although the ship's side was shattered and some projectiles burrowed into the cabin, the Dutch people still resisted stubbornly.
Qi Wei ordered several nearby Song-class warships to move closer.
Several Song-class battleships slowly approached the Lance and Jonk, and Sidluch watched in horror as the behemoth approached, but he decided to grit his teeth and persevere.
In fact, if it was the Portuguese and the Spaniards, he would have decided to surrender a long time ago, but the Ming natives, he really felt that he had no face to surrender, and unlike Europe, which allowed surrender and could be ransomed with ransom, the natives often killed prisoners of war, so he ordered to insist.
Boom boom, the two sides began to bombard each other almost at the same time.
With a loud thud, the side of the ship in front of Sidluchi shattered, and a plank shattered Osim's armor and pierced his body.
Osim clutched his chest and rolled on the ground in pain, leaving a large stream of blood on the deck, and then gradually fell silent.
The sides of several Dutch warships were full of broken holes, and even the specially reinforced broadside boards could not withstand the bombardment of the forty-eight-pound Thiago guns, and the decks of the Dutch battleships were as bloody and terrifying as hell.
The artillery was damaged and suffered casualties, and it was almost incapacitated.
Sidluchi looked at Osim's corpse blankly and ordered to stop resisting. (To be continued.) )
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