Judging by the currents, the Navy of the Republic is currently downstream, and the Portuguese fleet is upstream. The upstream can go downstream, but the downstream can only swim upstream.

The current wind is just the upper hand of the national navy, while the Portuguese fleet is at the downwind. Therefore, from the perspective of wind and current, there is no special innate advantage in the speed of both sides.

However, in terms of ship design, the improved Fubunes and Manila galleons far surpassed the conventional Portuguese warships of this era. Not to mention, the two steamships Huangtu and Baye don't need to consider the wind at all, plus they are driven by steam units, so their speed far exceeds that of all ships.

In order to maximize the effect of the war, the two steamships quickly broke away from the team, and the troops drove at full speed in two directions, and in a moment they came to the sides of the Portuguese fleet.

Barely before the other side could react, the muzzles on both sides of the two ships opened, and the first wave of shells was fired.

It is also to blame that the Portuguese fleet is too dense, originally this kind of test-firing behavior, and the gunners are not too accustomed to shooting at sea, if it is sparse, I am afraid that the casualties will be very low. But in such a dense sailing state, as long as it doesn't deviate too much, it is basically a dozen hits. Besides, these gunners were not so unbearable, and they were the best gunners in the previous army, so the first shot hit almost 100% of the enemy ships.

Because it is a ship-based artillery, it uses cannon heavy artillery, which has a large caliber and high lethality. A round of shooting directly caused injuries to more than 20 ships, and even five ships were sunk, and the most pitiful ship was even stopped and blown into two pieces.

The remaining ten ships are rapidly swimming against the current, trying to seize the T-shape.

However, whether they participate in the war or not seems to have little meaning. It's just that the previous round of shelling was so big that the souls of the group of Portuguese were gone.

They had never seen such a ship made of pure steel, and they didn't expect it to be able to drive so fast, and it went around to their sides at once. Not to mention that the ship-borne artillery directly used flowering shells, which were amazingly powerful, damaging more than 20 ships at once, and even sinking five, this result directly made the Portuguese warship commander not know how to deal with it.

I wanted to immediately turn around and scatter the fleet, but I didn't want the other party to bite them, and fired them separately with the bow gun.

This is the first appearance of the bow gun in this world, this kind of shell is not at all a product of this time and space, equipped with shells that not only make the effective range of this bow gun up to 15 kilometers, but also twice as powerful as the cannon created by the Republic itself.

Therefore, the salvo of two cannons, although a little shabby, is still gratifying. Not only did it directly penetrate the two ships, but the explosion also directly sank four ships.

At that moment, the commander of the Portuguese fleet, together with the dry crew, was afraid that he was already speechless and choked.

What kind of sin have you created? How did you provoke such a change? Guy of the state......

For the rest, there is nothing to say, if you don't want to die, it's better to retreat to the port quickly, this is their only way out. I just hope that the shore defense artillery in the port can take care of it a little bit and help them save a little face.

The large forces began to move, and as for the wounded ships, there seemed to be little choice but to surrender. Anyway, surrender or something, for Europeans, it's not a big deal in the first place. There is some kinship between countries, just like the vassal states of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, no matter how fierce the brothers fight, they will not cut the knife on their brothers' heads.

It is precisely because of this that whether it is the Spring and Autumn Period or European countries, there are only hegemonic countries, and there is no situation where they dominate the world like Emperor Qin.

The wounded ship and its crew were guarded by two separate ships. The crew had already disarmed, at least not more worried that the other side would continue to attack, and as for the remaining ships, they naturally killed directly towards the port of Malacca.

If you dare to provoke the republic, it is naturally impossible to fight a war and settle the matter. In addition, the investigation of the port of Malacca is also one of their tasks, and it is natural to dock.

The other party quickly entered the port, or rather, after paying more than a dozen ships to be sunk, he finally escaped back with a few scattered ships. At this time, the defenders on the shore apparently also discovered the situation and immediately operated the shore defense artillery to resist.

It's just that their kind of solid bullet, hitting the two steamships, can be said to have no damage at all, except for making a "bangbang" sound and then denting the outer layer a little bit. There is no way, the steel used to assemble the ship's support is better than the best steel of this era. If this kind of product of the times is still hurt by this backward artillery, it is no longer a copycat, but a pit goods.

"Boom!" The two warships were not without artillery, so they naturally counterattacked at the first time.

After coming down several times, the place could not move itself, but it kept causing damage, and after the fifth round of shooting, there was no movement on the shore.

The defensive batteries that could be destroyed have all been destroyed, and even a large number of defenders have been killed, as for whether there are innocent people, this is not considered. It doesn't matter if there are Han people in it, after all, the Han people who can do business here are basically smugglers in Fujian and Guangdong, who have neither registered with the state nor paid customs duties and taxes.

Without coastal defense, the entire port of Malacca was almost exposed to the fleet of the Republic.

"Sir, what do you think of ......" the adjutant asked Liu Ruoqi, the supreme commander.

His meaning is actually very clear, a port without any defense, it is okay to take it down, or it is okay to grab it.

As for turning around and leaving now, this is not in their consideration at all, after all, Lang costs so much ammunition, and the hull has to be repaired and maintained after a few hits, this is all money! If you go back like this, won't you lose a lot of money?

A qualified fleet captain sometimes has to consider the long-term development of the fleet. If there is only expenses and no income, how can the Congress make additional investment, and when the fleet slowly decays due to lack of maintenance or lack of new blood, then won't he, the commander of the fleet, become a bare-bones commander...... This is already good, and if you are unlucky, you will be fired.

"Let's let our people make a cameo appearance as a robber! Makeshift women, gold and silver treasures, and all kinds of valuable spices were brought to me on the ship! It just so happened that we were carrying few goods this time, and many of the cabins were empty! However, be careful to leave some people on the boat, and fire artillery at any time to cover your own people. "Liu Ruoqi is also a violent person in his body, he couldn't effectively show himself when he was an internal guard before, and after being stuffy for so long, he finally broke out in an all-round way.