What? And that Dutch battleship is here again?

Deng Haonan's eyes widened, his mouth opened wide, and his face was full of disbelief.

Lin Feng hurriedly said, "That's right! The students had seen it twice and knew the boat! ”

Deng Haonan nodded, and hurriedly followed Lin Feng to the stern battlement. Taking the clairvoyant handed over by the sailor, Deng Haonan looked into the distance.

Sure enough, I first saw the Western galleon more than ten miles away, the sails were blowing and puffing, and it was speeding up. The tricolor flag above the mainmast proves that they were Dutch battleships.

Looking down, the woodcarved statue under the spinnaker in the bow of the ship is not the Dutch warship that is ready to seek revenge on Deng Haonan?

"Dog's day! The ghost is not gone! ”

Deng Haonan put down his clairie and ordered: "Prepare for battle!" ”

"Yes!" Lin Feng received the order, turned around and shouted: "Prepare for battle!" ”

The battle orders were issued one by one, and suddenly the alarm bell sounded in a hurry, and the officers at all levels shouted the orders loudly, and the sailors quickly entered their respective combat posts, and all of them proceeded in an orderly manner.

Compared with the last time, all the officers and men today have matured a lot. After continuous training and the actual combat experience last time, this time there is no panicked feeling as before.

Soon, all the tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans, and all sorts of miscellaneous items were put away to prevent damage during the battle, or to injure one's own people.

In the first and second layers of the gun deck, the commander and the gunners loosened the gun cables, the gun doors were raised, and the muzzles of the Qianjin Longwei cannons stretched out of the gun doors.

Deng Haonan's ship has a total of twenty thousand-jin Longwei cannons, and the previous thousand-jin Huwei cannons have been replaced and sold to other forces.

Two decks of guns, 10 on the left and right sides, and 5 on the upper and lower sides. Each gun deck has a second lieutenant commander, the first gun deck commander is Second Lieutenant Wen 39, and the second gun deck commander is Second Lieutenant Qi Hanquan, and each gun has one armor chief and two gunners.

There is a 5,000-pound Longwei cannon in the front and rear battlements, which is under the unified command of Second Lieutenant Hong Hailiang. Each one has one armor commander and four gunners.

Captain Xue Muhua, Lieutenant Xiao Nai, Chief of Staff, Second Officer Song Defu, Second Lieutenant Song Defu, Second Lieutenant Huang Yisha, Second Lieutenant Hou Chuang, Second Lieutenant Shi Wuxie, and other staff officers accompanying the bridge, as well as the second mate of the sail lock, the second officer, the wrench, the wrench, the anchorage, etc., are all the elites of the first phase of the martial arts hall to control the key positions.

Lieutenant Liu Hu is the captain of the Marine Corps, Lieutenant Ding Daniu is the captain of Deng Haonan's guard, and Lin Feng is Deng Haonan's captain and secretary general.

Putting down the clairvoyant, Deng Haonan said: "It seems that this time the Dutch battleship is not as fast as last time!" ”

Captain Lin Feng nodded, pointed to the Dutch battleship, and said, "You see that her draft is very deep, and she must have looted a lot of good things nearby, so that the hull of the ship is too heavy and the speed is reduced." Although it is in the upwind direction, it can't catch up for a while! ”

Deng Haonan said: "The other party has three layers of gun decks, and the firepower is several times that of ours, which is invincible!" ”

Turning around, the captain of the ship, Lieutenant Xue Muhua, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant Xiao Nai, were standing behind him, and Deng Haonan said: "Flag the Pallas in front, inform them to move to the left at full speed with full sails, and we will move to the right to see if the Dutch battleship is here to rob or take revenge." ”

"Yes!" Xue Muhua and Xiao Nai received the order and turned around and went to the bow of the ship to command the battleship.

Soon, the Pallas received orders to maneuver on the left side with full sails, while Deng Haonan's side made a sharp turn to the right.

Deng Haonan and Lin Feng, as well as a dry bridge staff officer, stared closely at the Dutch battleship at the stern.

Soon, I saw that the Dutch battleship also maneuvered to the left, obviously staring at Deng Haonan's ship.

Deng Haonan smiled bitterly: "If you really came to chase us, you really came to me for revenge!" ”

Lin Feng sighed, "Headmaster, what should we do now?" ”

There is still half a month's voyage to Manila, and since the Dutch warship is here to seek revenge, the situation is dangerous.

Deng Haonan thought for a while and said, "Inform Lieutenant John that you don't need to pay attention to us, and let them go directly to Manila to wait for us!" ”

Lin Feng asked suspiciously, "Headmaster, if it weren't for the Pallas's response, I'm afraid we wouldn't be the opponent of the enemy ship!" ”

Second Lieutenant Huang Yisha, Second Lieutenant Hou Chuang, Second Lieutenant Shi Wuxian and others also nodded and persuaded: "Think twice, principal!" We've seen the enemy ship's firepower, and the Pallas should hold her back and cover our retreat! ”

Deng Haonan knew in his heart that although they got along well with John and other Britons, in their eyes, John and them would always be outsiders, and at the critical moment, they needed to let John and them be substitutes.

This is a no-brainer.

It's just that Deng Haonan knew that since the Dutch battleship was here to seek revenge, it could only be an endless ending. The commander of the Dutch fleet was a battleship with three gun decks, and his four-hundred-pounded three-masted warship was just a frigate, and even with the cruiser Pallas, it was no match.

Why bother to pull a cushion on your back?

Since John is his own person, then Deng Haonan can't treat them so cold-bloodedly.

Thinking of this, Deng Haonan said: "I already have a plan to retreat from the enemy, carry out the order!" ”

Seeing that Deng Haonan had made up his mind, everyone could not dissuade him, and at that moment, Second Lieutenant Huang Yisha hurriedly ran to the front to convey Deng Haonan's order.

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The battleship that pursued Deng Haonan was indeed the battleship Everen, the flagship of the Dutch Penghu fleet.

On the deck, the commander, Major General Fan Weite, was observing the Ming warship ahead with a clairvoyant eye.

"Deng Haonan, where are you running this time?"

Major General Van Witt has always been haunted by Deng Haonan's artillery wounding, and as a member of the Dutch royal family, this shame must be washed away.

The failure to sink Deng Haonan's ship outside Kinmen Island last time made him even more annoyed, and he closely followed Deng Haonan's movements. When he learned from Zheng Yiguan that Deng Haonan was preparing to go to Manila, Major General Fan Weite immediately understood that the opportunity for revenge had come.

He was originally going to send a fleet to intercept Deng Haonan, but the executive directors of the East India Company objected, so he could only take his ship alone, in the name of patrolling, left Penghu, and went south to chase Deng Haonan day and night.

During this period, Fan Weite came across two merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty and thought it was Deng Haonan's ship, so he robbed a ticket. Since the cargo was more valuable, Van Weitt's men ordered his men to load the cargo onto the battleship, so the speed slowed down.

However, even if the speed slows down, it is faster than Deng Haonan's boat. Because Deng Haonan's ship was also loaded with goods, and Deng Haonan sailed slowly at night.

This afternoon, he finally saw Deng Haonan's warship and was overjoyed.

The adjutant suddenly said: "Your Excellency General, the Galen ship has broken away, should we pursue it?" ”

"You're stupid?" Fan Weite glared at him and said, "We only have one ship, do we want to split it in half and chase it?" ”

The adjutant said, "But Your Excellency, the Galen ship should be fast!" But the way they are now, it's obvious that it's full of goods, and we should go after the goods! ”

"Bastard! I don't know which one has more cargo? Fan Weite said angrily: "Of course it's the Ming sailboat, only the Ming people's ship is valuable!" ”

Seeing that Fan Weite had made up his mind, the adjutant did not dare to speak back, and immediately ordered the battleship to continue to chase Deng Haonan's ship.