In the distance, Zhu Jie and Zheng Cai could also see clearly above the super battleship.

Zheng Cai said astringently: "Your Majesty, Du Feng and Long Kaiyun sent flags to repay the country with death and die with the enemy......"

Zhu Jie nodded, and said in a deep voice: "I see, they are all loyal ministers and martyrs of the Ming Dynasty, the order, step up the siege, we must hit the Western Fleet within two hours, and after two hours, I am afraid that their forward fleet will rush back, this time, we must cripple all the Western Fleet!" ”

Zhu Jie gave his will, and the offensive of the two columns became even more fierce, watching the two heaven-level battleships in the front sink to the bottom of the sea, and the battleships behind began to erupt with infinite anger in their chests!

The fleet continued to move forward, carrying out a frantic artillery bombardment, the shells fell like a raging storm, and the explosions shook the heavens and the earth, and the two sides fell into a battle to the death!

In the distance, the Governor's Palace of Batavia!

Reynolds hurried back to the Governor's Palace, and when he met George, the two of them sat down speechless with gloomy faces.

"General George, now the situation is extremely unfavorable to us, I think that in order to preserve our strength, we must withdraw from Nanyang first, otherwise, not only will the territory of Nanyang not be able to be saved, but our fleet and army will be annihilated in Nanyang by the army of the Ming Dynasty......"

After a while, Reynolds said astringently.

George said in a sullen voice: "However, the East India Company has been operating in Nanyang for decades, and has huge interests here, once it leaves, the East India Company will lose more than tens of millions of taels of silver every year. What's more, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has never lost in the whole world, and today it has been so miserable in Nanyang several times, and it has to take out Nanyang with its tail between its legs, do we still have the face to see people? What about the dignity of the nobility? ”

"General George, where can I still take care of my dignity at this time? It's important to preserve our strength, once our fleet and land force are all surrounded and annihilated, then maybe we will never have a chance to return to the South Seas! ”

Reynolds exhorted.

"Let me think again, let me think again......"

The corners of George's mouth twitched constantly, and it was difficult to ride a tiger.

Reynolds said urgently: "General George, you must know that the time left for us by the Ming Empire is running out, and it may come at any time, once the Ming fleet arrives, even if we want to retreat, we will have no chance!" Look at the miserable appearance of the Spaniards who escaped from the Luzon Islands, except for the fleet, almost all the others were lost, just like a stray dog! ”

George's heart was shocked, and he was about to speak, when from the east, a burst of cannon sound came!

The two of them stood up at the same time and ran quickly into the courtyard!

Cannons, dense cannons! Passed from the direction of the bay!

Oops!

Reynolds stomped his foot fiercely and shouted: "It's over, it must be the fleet of the Ming Empire that has arrived, and it is fighting with our fleet at sea, look at this cannon, at least the artillery pieces put into battle have exceeded a thousand!" ”

Well, now, I didn't want to go, but now, I may not be able to go if I want to!

"Reynolds, return to the bay immediately, prepare for battle, even if you want to leave, you must temporarily repel the Ming fleet first, otherwise, how can we go?"

George shouted urgently, "Someone, immediately assemble the infantry battalion, follow me to the fort to supervise the battle, Tenggas, immediately order someone to sort out our belongings, pick the most precious one, be fast, be fast!" When you're ready, load the ship and get ready to leave Batavia! ”

George's mind is like a mirror, now the ammunition of the fort can only last a maximum of two days of fighting, if the battle is miserable, maybe a day, all the ammunition will be exhausted, what next? Once the Ming army takes the opportunity to land, the Dutch foundation in the Java Islands will be completely destroyed!

Reynolds didn't dare to stay longer, after all, the Western Fleet is now surrounded by the Dutch fleet, but it is Marquez, a Spaniard, who is in charge of command, Marquez must not command the Dutch fleet like he commanded the Spanish fleet, and once the melee occurs, the Dutch generals will not obey Marquez's command or not, and they must rush back immediately!

It's just that it's not easy to rush back, it's more than 20 miles from Batavia City to the bay, even if you get to the bay, you have to wait for the ship to rush to the battlefield, even if it's the fastest speed, it will take more than an hour to reach the battlefield!

But it's really fatal, the fleet of the Ming Empire chose to launch an attack when the Western fleet was at its most chaotic, and it really chose the right time......

Reynolds galloped all the way to the bay, jumped on a small battleship, and shouted, "How's the battle going ahead?" ”

Major Erguff, the captain of the battleship, said abruptly: "General Reynolds, the situation is very bad, the main force of the Spanish fleet has left the battlefield and has been dragged by a fleet of the Ming fleet, and the main force of the Ming fleet is launching a fierce attack on our Dutch fleet, and we can't support it......"

Reynolds was shocked that the Dutch fleet was under siege?

"Bastard! Since our main fleet is under siege, why don't you send a fleet to support? ”

The fleet led by Márquez is the main fleet, most of them are capital warships, and there are at least nearly 100 small warships in the harbor, both the Dutch and the Spaniards, who are watching from the harbor and do not participate in the war!

"General Reynolds, it's useless to go up, the Ming army's attack is too fierce, they are all giant ships, and our small warships are not enough to see at all......"

Erguff said astringently.

"Bastard! You greedy and death-fearing waste, when our main fleet is finished, we will all have to die without a place to bury, quickly, give the order, gather all our remaining fleets, and all go to battle! Hurry up! ”

However, it is too late, now on the battlefield, the main force of the Western Fleet is now at the end of the crossbow, eighty battleships in just one hour, more than 40 were sunk, and the rest of the warships have also suffered heavy losses, and the opposite two columns of the Ming Dynasty, but lost more than a dozen warships, obviously, the victory has been divided, the Western Fleet has lost more than one-third of the main battleships, lost the strength to compete!

On the surface of the sea, there were screaming soldiers everywhere, scattered fragments of battleships everywhere, and of course, there were clusters of smoke and fire, the Ming fleet was pressing forward step by step, and the shells were still besieging the Western fleet!

(End of chapter)