And at this time, lanterns began to be raised on the enemy ships, and he could see from the number of lanterns that the enemy had mobilized ten times as many ships as theirs this time, and there were actually many large Chinese warships approaching them.

Waite also didn't expect that the sea wolf would be able to transfer so many warships in a short period of time, and this time they would be in big trouble, so he hurriedly ordered, raised the full sails, and sailed at full speed, even if they adopted the tactics of collision, they had to leave this water area quickly.

Now Waite has completely regretted it, he didn't expect the sea wolf to be so difficult to deal with, and so fierce, actually at night, can organize dozens of ships to launch a night attack on them.

How difficult it is to organize this tactic, as an old captain, Waite, is very clear, even if he is asked to organize such a battle, he is not confident that he can complete it so well, and he doesn't even know how to organize it, but these sea wolf tribes are stunned to do this kind of almost impossible thing, in the night of the black hole, they actually quietly gathered so many ships and surrounded them.

When Waite saw these enemy ships, he knew that he was playing too big, and this time he was afraid that the game would be over, not to mention the fleet that defeated these sea wolves, and now it was already a big question whether he could even escape.

As for the three boats that he had sent into the Tamsui River, he didn't care anymore, because since the enemy had already arrived here, it would definitely seal the mouth of the Tamsui River, and it would be impossible for those three boats to break out.

At this time, he had already heard the sound of the cannon on the side of Tamsui City, and he had not stopped, so he guessed that the current situation of the three boats would not be much better.

Waite's guess was correct, and after nightfall, the three Dutch ships that had broken into the Tamsui River began to run into trouble, and behind them two thick barrages were raised, and then in front of them, a barrage was raised, trapping them in a section of the river.

The three Dutch warships, after arriving here, were unable to advance or retreat in front of the barrage chain, and when they found that the way was blocked, they realized that something was wrong, so the captain who led the team, even if he gave up the task of continuing to bombard Tamsui City, immediately ordered the bow of the ship to be turned around, and sailed out of the Tamsui River back to the sea.

But after they turned around, they found that the barrage cable had also risen behind them, blocking their retreat, and then they began to panic, and the three boats finally accelerated at the same time, trying to use the impact method to break the barrage cable, but they only crashed into the first cable, but because of the loss of speed, they were stopped by the second cable.

After losing speed, the Dutch warships were unable to break through the barrage and could only be blocked in the river, so they hurriedly let the sailors drive the boats to find a way to cut the barrage and open the retreat channel.

So some sailors hurriedly drove their boats to the barrage and chopped them with axes, chopped them with knives, tried to break the cables, and even used saws to cut the cables.

But these iron cables were forged from arm-thick iron bars, and the joints were welded with molten iron, how could they be easily broken, and the only way was to put the iron cables on the furnace and burn them red, and then they could be cut off, but could the sea wolves give them such a chance? And they don't have a place to get a stove!!

It was only after the three Dutch ships were trapped that the sea wolves on the shore began to move, and the bushes on the shore fell one after another, and the haystacks were pushed away, revealing the hidden artillery forts behind.

Twenty-four pound-pounds of guns were placed in these fortifications, and even thirty-two-pounder Caron cannons, and when they saw that the Dutch were trapped, they were given the order to open fire, and the sea wolves in the forts during the day watched these three Dutch warships sail in front of them with great might, but they could not fire, and they had already held their breath one by one, just waiting for this time.

Almost instantly, the two banks were in full swing, and a dozen heavy guns concentrated their fire and began to smash down on the three Dutch ships trapped in the middle of the river.

The Dutch never imagined that so many heavy guns would be concentrated on the shore, and only one of their boats was damaged and many sailors were lost in a single salvo.

But the three Dutch ships did not give in, and immediately returned the favor and began to counterattack, mobilizing all the firepower on board and starting to shell the seawolf forts on the shore.

A fierce artillery battle began, with hundreds of cannons roaring in the middle of the river and on both banks, pouring shells on the enemy.

Although the Dutch had the advantage in firepower, and the number of guns on their ships was far greater than the heavy guns in the Harewolf forts on the riverbank, their disadvantage was that they were ships, made of wood, and although they were strong, they were still wood.

However, the seawolf forts on the shore are all made of rammed earth and stones, and in order to prevent artillery, they are also outside the forts, and baskets made of wicker are loaded with earth and piled up outside the forts, so that they can absorb the kinetic energy of a large number of shells, so that they cannot destroy the forts at all.

What's more, the Dutch are now trapped in the river and have completely lost the ability to maneuver, although the Tamsui River is very wide, more than two miles wide, but it is all within the effective range of the Seawolf heavy artillery, and even within the direct aiming range, it is completely three good live targets.

Therefore, after the start of the artillery battle, although the Dutch had strong firepower, they were always pressed and beaten by the sea wolves, and the three ships were hit with fragments, and there were continuous casualties, and the artillery was destroyed.

The fierce battle lasted until dawn, when it was completely over, and the three Dutch ships were already battered by this time, one ship had simply sunk in the river, and the remaining two ships could not get out, and if they continued to fight, they would be sunk, and they might eventually be slaughtered by these Chinese pirates, so they had to finally choose to surrender and hang a white flag on the mast.

At the same time, the battle outside the mouth of the Tamsui River was basically coming to an end, although this naval battle began much later than the artillery battle in the estuary, but it concentrated on the essence of the Sea Wolf Navy, and launched an all-out attack on the four Dutch ships in the form of lions fighting rabbits.

At this time, the ratio of battles at sea was as high as ten to one, even if the Dutch warships had strong firepower, but the hungry tigers could not stand the wolves, not to mention that there were two identical Western-style warships among the sea wolves, plus several large ships that had been deeply refitted, and there were also various high-quality cannons made by the sea wolves, even if they fought pure firepower, the Dutch fleet did not have an advantage at all.

What made the Dutch feel even more powerless was that the sea wolf played hooligan as soon as he came up, did not play cards according to common sense, and used more than a dozen raiding ships to ram the enemy ship while the Dutch had not yet reacted, and successfully hung up three enemy ships, so that the enemy ship could not get out for a while, and fundamentally lost the ability to maneuver.

On the sea, once a warship loses its ability to maneuver, no matter how strong his firepower is, it is equivalent to becoming the meat of the army, and all that awaits him is to be slaughtered.

In the end, only Waite's flagship, which was not hit by the attacking ship because it was in the middle of the fleet protection, still maintained its ability to maneuver, and after reacting, Waite's ship immediately began to raise its sails and accelerate, and the guns on both sides began to fire non-stop volleys.

But no matter how strong their firepower is, how can they block the sea wolf's tidal attack, dozens of large and small ships, surrounding them are also full of firepower, not to mention that the sea wolf has always attached importance to the training of the troops, and the artillery operation is extremely skillful, in the case of close sea engagement, even the process of aiming is avoided, and after the direct loading, the gun is pushed to the gun door, and the enemy ship begins to fire.

The speed of the sea wolf's gunners is incomparable, even the gunners of the veteran sea coachmen cannot be compared, and the speed at which the sea wolf gunners fire their cannons has reached 1.5 times to 2 times that of the Dutch, and the opponent often fires one cannon at a time, and the sea wolf troops can even fire two cannons in a row.

In contrast, the Dutch's firepower was completely suppressed by the fire of the sea wolves, and hundreds of guns opened fire at the same time, and it was still at night, which was a spectacular sight, and the whole sea was almost overshadowed by the flash of artillery fire after the battle began.

It was as if a thunderstorm had suddenly struck the sea, and the light of artillery fire flashed every second, and both sides tried their best to fire fiercely at each other.

The rumbling sound of the cannons made it impossible to hear even a single cannon sound, and everyone's ears were filled with the sound of continuous explosions, and the cannonballs swept across the sea like a torrential rain, and the heavens and the earth changed color.

During the battle, several of the sea wolf's warships were hit by the salvo fire of the Dutch warships, and several warships were destroyed in an instant, some of which were even disintegrated in the sea on the spot, and several other warships were also fatally hit, and had to withdraw from the battle and rush to the seashore, looking for a place on the beach to run aground to save themselves.

But the Dutch were not at all uncomfortable, the firepower of the sea wolves was too strong, although the firepower of a single ship was insufficient, but there were a large number of people in Henai, and the quantity made up for the quality, and under the non-stop salvo, the Dutch warships were also beaten with holes.

One of the ships was even more unlucky, and it became a test case for a new cannon from the Seawolf, a forty-eight-pounder Caron gun, known as the Ripper at sea.

The gun was mounted on a reinforced No. 2 Fu, and all that remained was the two twelve-pounder guns on the side of the ship, except for the two forty-eight-pounder cullons arranged at the end of the ship.