Compared to Zhang Huan's good luck, Lan San's luck was not too good, and he faced the Dutch 800-ton battleship St. Ningen. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The St. Ningen is a large ship newly launched at the Jakarta Shipyard for less than a year, and it is not only a very thick ship, but also has more than a dozen new 36-pounder cannons, making it an extremely strong opponent.

The captain of the St. Ningen, Ziegler, was recruited by the East India Company from home and was only a few months away from Jakarta.

Ziegler was an old sailor, a veteran sailor who had sailed as a captain in Europe for many years, but also had a stubborn side, such as a scorn for all races except whites.

He was dismissive of the Dutch claim that the Ming artillery was invincible, but that they were pagans in the East, and that they could be stronger than the English in battle.

He fought against the 500-ton warships of the English on the lowland coast, and he won the battle, Ziegler thought that it was up to him whether he dared to fight or not, and that the Jakarta sailors were mere mercenaries in his opinion.

Of course, his views were ridiculed by the other Dutch captains, but Ziegler didn't care, he was not a man who was swayed by other people's ideas, and he was extremely stubborn.

Today, the brigade was broken by the Akito in the middle, and he did not avoid the Akito warships like some Dutch captains, but led the St. Ningen to approach on his own initiative.

The arrogant Ziegler was heading for the Song-class battleships, and he felt that only by fighting the most powerful ships of the Ming people could he show his bravery and the cowardice of other captains.

Unfortunately, on the way to attack other Song-class warships in Shengingen, he was encountered by a Mingren battleship that was two circles smaller, and this Mingren battleship immediately approached the Shengingen and prepared to engage in battle.

Although Ziegler was very unimpressed with this opponent who was two years younger, he did not mind defeating this opponent to boost the morale of the soldiers on the ship, and then continued to look for the next strong opponent.

Lan San looked at the largest warship in the coalition, and couldn't help but be happy, why Zhang Huan's promotion was smooth, it was not a succession of great achievements, he Lan San could also do it if he had this luck.

Yes, he is also a little envious and jealous of this brother-in-law.

On the blue sea, the two sides ran parallel to the east, approaching a mile and a half.

Boom, boom, a large puff of smoke rose from the side of the St. Ningen, and Ziegler gave the order to open fire.

There were more than 30 guns on the side of the Stöningen, but five of the nine-pounder guns were removed, and the other 12-pounder, 18-pounder, 24-pounder, and 36-pounder guns were all fired.

Of course, the most destructive power is the six 36-pounder guns, where Ziegler's confidence comes from, it is from this artillery that he thinks is the most powerful in the Far East, with this kind of huge cannon, he does not think that he has the possibility of failure, the Ming people are no matter how strong they are, but they are evenly matched, the key is to see if the captain has the courage to fight.

Bang bang five projectiles hit Li Daozong one after another, one smashed an upper sail and one broke the diagonal front sail, and there was no major damage.

Three hit the side side, fortunately both twelve-pounder and eighteen-pounder guns, but they left a deep imprint and did not break the ship's plank.

Lan San thought about it and ordered the battle, although there were only more than ten guns on the side that could be used, but they also had to fight back, and they couldn't just be beaten so passively.

Qian Er received an order to attack from the first mate on the artillery deck.

He immediately ordered twelve long-barreled cannons to start firing, hitting the enemy, and causing the enemy to be damaged is what he wants to see, at least not to let the Xiyi people bombard so easily.

He still remembers the roar of three projectiles hitting the side of the side.

Twelve eighteen-pounder, twenty-four-pounder, and thirty-six-pounder cannons began to roar.

In the deck filled with gunsmoke, Qian Er leaned on the gun window of a Tiago gun that had not fired and looked to the opposite side.

He faintly saw that the enemy ship on the opposite side raised some objects, well, it hit, no problem, although it was still a mile away, a little farther away, but Qian Er still saw the hit.

Then he saw the fire and smoke coming from the opponent's cannon window, and the opponent's counterattack came.

Bang bang, four projectiles hit the side of the Li Daozong, two projectiles were bounced away, one broke the baggage compartment of the Li Daozong, and drilled directly into a large water tank, breaking the water tank, fresh water began to flow out, and the sailors hurriedly began to scoop water out.

A thirty-six-pound projectile pierced the artillery deck with a muffled thud, and immediately nearly a hundred pieces of wood flew in all directions.

Even Zhao Lie issued leather armor in order to protect the gunners of the Broken Army's naval division, but the striking power of some large pieces of wood was amazing, and they still broke through the armor.

Six or seven gunners clutched their wounds and screamed, and one of them, whose neck was pierced by a piece of wood, fell to the ground and struggled a few times before remaining motionless.

Qian Er immediately ordered a counterattack, and at the same time sent people to help the wounded.

Ziegler saw several large holes in the side of the Akito in the telescope, and the scene of the broken skews and upper sails, he couldn't help but feel slightly proud, he served as a captain for four months, and let this group of loose subordinates practice gunnery every day, which made these gunners scold behind their backs for a while, but now it is effective, well, it's worth it.

But after a while, he received a not very good report, the artillery deck was hit by three artillery pellets of the Ming army, two of which shattered in, causing eleven gunner casualties.

Ziegler's heart sank, this Ming man is really unambiguous, although there are fewer artillery, and some of the range is insufficient to fire, but it can still have such power, it is really strong.

Well, Ziegler thought that some of his opponent's gun positions were not fired, and that they were nine-pounder guns or something, and that they could not break the ship's plank.

The artillery of both sides hammered each other twice, and the distance between Li Daozong and Shengningen was rapidly approaching.

Lan San stared at the other party's warship hatefully, well, it's a mile, and Qian Er won't let go of this opportunity.

Sure enough, boom, boom, with the loud roar of twenty-four guns, Li Daozong's body moved sideways to the south, this is a salvo of twenty-four heavy guns, and the recoil is not ordinarily large.

Almost at the same time, large puffs of smoke and dust rose from the opposing warships, and both sides delivered heavy blows to the other.

Bang bang, Li Daozong's body shook continuously, and several projectiles hit Li Daozong.

An eighteen-pound projectile hit the fenders, and immediately more than a hundred pieces of wood of different sizes were scattered, and the speed was not detected by the naked eye at all, and the dozen or so armor that surrounded Lan San with iron shields only felt that the wooden shield seemed to have been hit by a sledgehammer, their arms shook, the iron shield was crooked, and the wood chips behind them rushed into the formation, and the four guards fell to the ground and cried out in pain with their hands covering the half-pierced wood chips.

Lan San's right arm was numb, and when he looked down, he saw an inch of wood piercing his right arm, and the nail leaf did not block the passage of this wood chip.

Lan San was really angry at this time, the opponent was really difficult, it could be said to be extremely difficult, but he couldn't help but roar at the artillery deck, he knew that there was no good way to do it on the artillery deck below, after all, they only had less than half of their strength to fight the opponent, and the most powerful weapon, the Tiago Can Opener, could not be activated because of the range, what could he say, it was useless to say more.

Unbeknownst to Lan San, the artillery deck was broken by two more projectiles, one of which broke through the gun window and hit a thirty-six-pound Thiago newspaper directly, destroying it.

The other projectile carried more than 100 pieces of wood and caused injuries to more than ten gunners, and Qian Er and others were also in a hurry, and they also had to treat the wounded and organize a counterattack.

"Captain, look." The first mate shouted excitedly at Lan San, and he pointed to the other party's warship.

Lan San looked at the opposite Senningen, only to see seven or eight large holes appear on his side from beginning to end, these irregular holes shocked the side of the Senningen, two large holes were near the waterline, and a large stream of sea water began to pour into the Senningen, and the Shengingen began to tilt gradually.

Five 36-pound projectiles hit the side of the St. Ningen, and hundreds of pieces of wood from the three projectiles almost wounded and killed half of the gunners.

Dozens of gunners were crying and rolling on the ground, blood and stumps were splattered everywhere, and even the uninjured gunners were facing collapse when they saw the terrible situation and listened to the piercing howls that filled the entire deck, and some of the gunners climbed out of the gun deck without thinking about anything, at this point they just wanted to get out of this damn hell.

In fact, they couldn't do anything even if they stayed in the gun position, and at this time the hull began to tilt, and their guns could not even fire flat fire even if they were adjusted to the highest angle, so they could only fire at the sea half a mile away.

Ziegler was simply crying without tears, he never dreamed that it was just a short-distance bombardment in the real sense, and his ship would be defeated so miserably, so completely, the most unacceptable thing for him was that he did not have any chance to fight back, at this time he understood that the battleship of the Ming people was really invincible in close combat, but it was a pity that it was a little late.

Of course, Li Daozong will not give up this great opportunity, and now the opponent has no power to fight back, so he can only be beaten passively.

In the following time, Qian Er coordinated four salvos from the artillery deck at the St. Ningen, leaving the St. Ningen with holes and fireworks, and the last bombardment baptized the St. Ningen with scattered bombs, and finally the Dutch ship collapsed silently at sea.

Ziegler himself was also killed in the shotshots, in fact, he could have escaped, but he chose to share the same fate in the same boat, because he was arrogant and did not want to live with the reputation of a defeated general, it was better to die cleanly.

In this way, Li Daozong defeated the opponent with a certain amount of damage, which is also the epitome of the situation of many broken army warships, after all, the opponent is quite strong, if it were not for the rapid eastward advance of the broken army, the forced coalition army could only intercept, helpless melee entanglement, I am afraid that the broken army would not be able to achieve such a record. (To be continued.) )