On the pitch-black sea, the two Dutch gunboats were brilliantly lit and cleaved with a huge roar. In front of the drive is the flagship called the Yellow Rose, followed by the Tulip. The Dutch could not name their warships without the embellishment of flowers, otherwise how could the Netherlands call it the country of flowers, which can be described as appropriate. The two gunboats were all-steel gunboats with a displacement of 650 tons and a crew of 60 men.

These two gunboats were newly built by the Netherlands, and they were requisitioned to the Far East just after they were launched at the beginning of the year. The gunboat has a 76 mm naval gun in the front and a 76 mm naval gun in the rear, and four 47 mm side guns on each side of the gunboat, for a total of 10 guns. At present, the Dutch have more than 70 ships of all kinds in the Far East, but the vast majority are in the Malay Peninsula, after all, the Malay Peninsula is a Dutch colony.

Before the rise of the British Empire, the Netherlands dominated the oceans at that time. There is a classic story that is very interesting, the two countries quarreled over spices, and the Dutch made a joke about throwing watermelons and sesame seeds, from which we can see the short-sightedness of the Dutch. For centuries, the Banda Islands in Indonesia were the only place where nutmeg trees were cultivated. The Dutch occupied the island in the 17th century and almost monopolized the global nutmeg business. To prevent the nutmeg trees from being transplanted, the cunning Dutch would soak the sold nutmeg in lime so that the seeds would not take root elsewhere.

If it weren't for the small running island of the Banda Islands, Dutch-British trade would have been all right. The two countries signed a peace treaty in 1619, but the ambitious Dutch invaded the island soon after, taking control of it in 1666. A year later, in order to appease the anger of the British over the loss of the island, the Dutch happily sold Manhattan Island (referring to New York) in the far away Americas. One historian once quipped: "The Dutch snatched the nutmeg from the British, but gave away the biggest apple!" "It shows how superficial the strategic vision of the Dutch is.

The commander of the flagship Yellow Rose is named Finney, a guy in his 40s, with a great figure and blond hair. At this time, Finney was sitting in the captain's cabin and was drinking alcohol, when the door rang and the adjutant pushed the door and walked in. "It's hard to stay up all night, so you can have a drink too!" Finney poured the wine himself and handed it to the adjutant. "Colonel, the British are hiding in the harbor and sleeping, let us patrol the sea. In order to deal with worthless fishermen and make us suffer, the British are calculating at every turn. ”

"Okay, don't complain, for the good of the Dutch Empire, we have to endure humiliation." Finney asked, "Where do you get there?" "Colonel, have you entered the Wanchuan Islands? In another two hours, you will enter Lingdingyang! "After this drink, we will take a break, and if we find the fishermen of the junta, we can vent our irritation and anger." Finney cocked his neck and drank the wine from his glass, thinking that death was waiting for him in front of him.

At 4 a.m., it was the darkest time before dawn. At this time, Dai Hui was sitting on the open command platform and fell asleep in a daze, when suddenly there was a slight movement from the southwest, and Dai Hui immediately woke up out of sensitivity. After listening attentively and quickly making a judgment, Dai Hui quickly issued an order, found two coalition gunboats, and ordered 0012, 0013, and 0014 to deal with the gunboats behind, and he led 0010 and 0011 to deal with the gunboats in front. With the roar of the boiler booster machine, the torpedo boat quickly deployed.

Soon after the torpedo boat was deployed, the east showed the whiteness of the fish's belly. In the morning light, two gunboats appeared in front of the hazy figure, three torpedo boats detoured to the right to deal with the gunboats behind, Dai Hui commanded the 0011 boat in front of the left with a flag, like two sharp knives to meet the forward. At this time, Dai Hui was a little nervous, after all, it was the first time to fight. Although I have simulated training N times, I still can't help myself when I really face actual combat. At a distance of about 900 meters, the captain of the 0011 boat, perhaps even more nervous, suddenly fired the torpedo first.

Just as the torpedo boat was approaching at high speed, the Dutch sailors' observation post spotted the torpedo boat. Because it was not clear in the morning light, there was a miscalculation. "Report to the Colonel, several fishing boats have been found." Finney woke up from his sleep and said calmly: "Order everyone to enter combat readiness, the side-rotating guns into combat mode, dealing with fishing boats is simply pediatric, let's go to the deck to watch a good show." "Finney had just boarded the deck when suddenly the observation post shouted that it was either a fishing boat or a torpedo boat.

Finney could see clearly on deck almost without binoculars, that it was indeed not a fishing boat, but a torpedo boat approaching at high speed. Seeing this scene, Finney was in a hurry, and immediately ordered the right full rudder to accelerate. The gunboat, which was at full rudder on the right, could not stop at all, so Finney had to order the side-rotating artillery to fire, and at this moment, the other side fired a torpedo, and Finney stared at the torpedo at high speed on the waves, and a cold sweat suddenly broke out.

"Bastard, what a bastard!" Firing a torpedo without being in range, Dai Hui shouted loudly, but his roar drowned out by the roar did not work at all, because no one could hear it. Suddenly changed, Dai Hui calmed down, and his nervous mood was gone. At this time, the right-hand guns of the Dutch gunboat began to roar, and the shells exploded in the sea to stir up the water column, and Dai Hui ordered the serpentine to advance to avoid the artillery fire.

The gunboat Yellow Rose was at full rudder on the right, and the torpedo came straight and was aimed right at the middle of the gunboat. Captain Finney closed his eyes in pain when he saw the torpedo. Fortunately, there was no explosion, nothing happened, it turned out that the torpedo was fired prematurely and sank to the bottom of the sea about 60 meters from the gunboat. Finney's Yellow Rose escaped, and he commanded the ship's guns to open fire.

Entering the effective firing range, Dai Hui did not give the order to fire a torpedo, but continued to move forward, and suddenly a shell hit the left rotation, accompanied by a violent explosion, Dai Hui's left arm came from labor pain, a piece of monolithic drilled into the left arm, and blood flowed down the arm. Dai Hui did not bother to check the injury, and immediately observed the left-hand situation, and found that two sailors who operated the fish were killed, and the control device of the torpedo was damaged.

At this time, Dai Hui became more and more calm, and still did not give the order to launch a torpedo. Yellow Rose's body kept turning to the right, and the torpedo boat took advantage of its high maneuverability to follow the gunboat's rotation. After entering 400 meters, Dai Hui gave the order to launch the torpedo. I saw the torpedo burst through the air and headed towards the enemy gunboat at high speed. Just after the torpedo was fired, two shells fell on the front of the torpedo boat.

When the torpedo boat was spinning and detouring, the torpedo kissed the right rear of Yellow Rose, accompanied by a huge roar, the whole hull jumped violently, a large cloud of gunpowder smoke began to rise, Yellow Rose's artillery fire was suddenly dumb, and the entire warship stopped in an instant. I saw a large hole in the back of the Yellow Rose. At this time, the torpedo boat 0011 also approached the Yellow Rose and fired torpedoes at a position of 200 meters.

The Dutch sailors panicked and scrambled to jump into the sea. The torpedo kissed the hull almost in the same position, and with the sound of the explosion, the gunboat Yellow Rose almost jumped in the water, and then began to sink rapidly. At this point, No. 0011 simply stopped advancing, and all the sailors cheered. Dai Hui didn't care about being happy, and picked up the binoculars to observe the combat situation behind.

A tragic scene came into view, only to see that the 0012 boat had sunk, several sailors were struggling in the sea, the deck of the 0013 boat was in a mess, there were no torpedoes on the boat, and it must have been launched. The 0014 boat does not seem to have torpedoes, and the deck is fairly intact. At this time, observing the Dutch tulip gunboat, he found that he was running away, but he was not happy, and he was obviously not lightly wounded. Suddenly, the Tulip gunboat stopped escaping, and the hull began to be crooked, a comical picture, the Dutch sailors were like dumplings, jumping into the sea one after another, watching the Tulip's hull slowly reverse gracefully, and sinking from the bottom to the sky.

The sailors watching the enemy's formation here shouted again, and the place where the Yellow Rose sank shouted loudly, and many Dutch sailors were seen screaming in the sea. Even though I didn't understand Dutch, I was definitely calling for help. Dai Hui ordered the salvage of Dutch sailors. The battle ended like this, and after the tension passed, Dai Hui felt a piercing pain hit him. "Captain, you're wounded!" A sailor noticed something was wrong.

The cuff was torn open and a single piece was found embedded in the left arm. "Pull it out for me right away!" Dai Hui ordered, the sailor clumsily pulled out the shrapnel, Dai Hui clenched his teeth, and large drops of cold sweat broke out from his forehead. About an hour later, 4 torpedo boats converged, and the deck was filled with captured Dutch sailors.

After an investigation, 22 of the gunboat Yellow Rose survived and were rescued, and Captain Finney sank into the sea with the battleship. The Tulip gunboat, including the captain, survived 55 people. Our torpedo boat had a crew of 12 people, and the torpedo boat No. 0012 sank, 6 survived and 6 were killed. Including the other torpedo boats, 14 people were killed and 6 wounded. On the way to the turnaround, the torpedo boat ran into our rescue fleet.

At about ten o'clock at noon, Deng Zixuan and Pei Gejin were still asleep in the headquarters. An operations staff officer rushed in and said, "Good news, good news! Deng Zixuan and Pei Gejin woke up immediately, and the two of them stood up at the table together. According to the commander-in-chief, Liu Buzhan reported that the 1st Torpedo Boat Detachment dispatched five torpedo boats, sank two Dutch gunboats and captured 77 Dutch naval officers and men at the cost of losing one torpedo boat and wounding three torpedo boats. ”

"Commander-in-chief, what a victory!" Pei Gejin was a little carried away with joy. Deng Zixuan was also in high spirits and said: "It's so exciting. We immediately went to the torpedo boat base, and I will personally summon the officers and men who participated in the battle! ”