Chapter 164: Yang Yonglin

"Well, they're doing a good job! We can't be so silent! Let the artillery be on time, and after dealing with the Seven Provinces Alliance and the Portuguese flagship Maria Empress as soon as possible, we will hunt!" Lu Han is not very old now, and looking at the fierce artillery fire of the eight Sea Eagle frigates and the more outstanding achievements! The blood in his heart couldn't help but boil!

"Commander!

After taking it and taking a closer look, Yang Yonglin handed him over to Hu Yanming, the first mate of the Haixun No. 1 ship! This outstanding admiral, who was later called 'Dongfang Nelson' by the Briton Lang Weili, has become a commodore officer within the Huo Jiajun Navy, and was responsible for commanding four Haixun-class warships in this naval battle!

"Speed 15 knots! Heading due north! Now it's our turn to play!" Yang Yonglin clenched his fists and said firmly and persistently.

"Yes, Commander!" The Coast Guard-class battleships were basically converted from wooden-hulled cruisers that captured the enemy. In order to save costs, they did not install the first-generation fire control system like the Admiral-class frigates, and the way to convey orders was still to rely on the iron pipes connected to the various compartments! Therefore, their combat methods were more like those of the Seahawk-class frigates!

Looking at the battleship approaching in the distance, Yang Yonglin held his binoculars high and observed the formation of the enemy battleship with a serious expression, he was very clear about the advantages of his battleship in speed and main guns! However, the hit rate of the coast patrol ships that did not have an optical rangefinder at 5,000 meters is not very high, and the shè speed of the coast patrol ships, especially the eight 152mm naval guns on the coast guard No. 1 ship, is much lower than that of 130mm, and the average shè speed of the naval guns per minute is about four rounds. If you want to defeat the other side, you must set the engagement distance within 3,000 meters, and this is the most advantageous time for the coast patrol!

The Monarch Iron Cruiser is now the largest tonnage battleship in the Dutch escort fleet, except for the flagship Seven Provinces Alliance ironclad battleship, and its two 210mm main guns and four 150mm secondary guns on it make him look like he still has good combat effectiveness at a speed of 14.6 knots! Therefore, this time the task of leading the nine Dutch battleships to break the battle line of the enemy ships was placed on the captain of this battleship, Van der Meer!

"Captain, three Chinese warships are rushing towards us!"

Listening to the captain's anxious shout, Van der Meer couldn't help frowning, these Chinese and People's Army navy warships are quite advanced, not only the speed is surprisingly fast, but also the ship's guns are very accurate! Now that the war has started less than half an hour, there are already five warships on their side, which have lost their combat effectiveness by them, and two of them have been directly sunk! Moreover, at this critical moment, in the absence of unified command, the hateful Portuguese simply do not know how to cooperate with them! Moreover, the battlefield filled with gunpowder smoke also made the flag command not so smooth! Therefore, this time they planned to storm the enemy's battle line, and not a single Portuguese battleship participated in it at all!

"Order all the guns on the battleship to be ready for a strike!" Seeing that the enemy ships had already reached a distance of 3,000 meters, Van der Meer gave the order to start the battle! Although the Chinese warships had not yet entered the best course of their warships, Van der Meer could not wait at this moment! With the speed and power of the guns of the battleships inferior to those of the other side, only by giving full play to their superiority in the number of artillery could they win the victory in this local war!

Just after Van der Meer gave the order to open fire, the three coast cruisers also opened fire on their respective targets with all their might! However, instead of scattering the attacks, they concentrated all the sixteen main guns on the three battleships on the flagship of the Dutch detachment, and their largest tonnage battleship, the Iron Cruiser!

As one after another Huo Jiajun naval warships joined the battlefield, nearly 80 warships of the three sides launched a fierce collision on the Indian Ocean 120 nautical miles west of Ngano Island! Thousands of naval guns of various calibers roared to the earth, and the battleships emitting black smoke came and went across the sea.

All the naval officers and men of Britain, France, and Germany, less than five nautical miles from the battlefield, all looked intently at the Chinese, Dutch, and Portuguese who were fighting fiercely in the distance! They really did not expect that they were supposed to observe the landing operations of the two countries and follow the battle for the East Indies on a boring sea voyage! They were able to encounter such a super sea battle comparable to the Battle of Trafalgar! Now they feel that they are really lucky to be able to be there and watch a sea battle of this scale with their own eyes! It is precious to both a naval officer and a soldier!

Henrik looked at the soldiers standing in the boiler room, engine room and other important cabins on the deck, he had always been stern, and he did not blame these soldiers for leaving their posts without permission! Even he himself would not miss the opportunity to observe such a great battle at sea!

"Captain, I think in a week we will be the envy of all our Royal Navy colleagues! And we will have the opportunity to serve the Empire in a more powerful warship!" said Baker, who put down his binoculars with excitement on his face, and spoke very quickly.

After listening to his words, Henrik also nodded in agreement, a naval battle of this scale has never been held in decades! Being able to observe such a naval battle with his own eyes can not only confirm his naval strategy and tactics, but also enhance his own vision and enhance his own naval quality! In addition, the Imperial Admiralty also needs him to restore and analyze this naval battle after the war! And absorb all kinds of beneficial nutrients that can help the Imperial Navy grow stronger, improve the various tactics of the navy, and improve the design of the battleship based on the experience of this war and the ironclad ship! And all of this has to do with him, I believe that after the end of this war, he and all the crew members of this Neptune will be recalled to China, and when he starts to cross the sea with the battleship again, I believe that his military rank will definitely be promoted to the next level, and he may be able to drive the most powerful ironclad battleship of the British Empire now, the Infleclis-class battleship!

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"Commander, we must transfer the flagship!Please come with us!" said Verbeck with a serious look at Blake standing in the conning tower, and his tone was a little anxious.

The firepower of those Chinese warships was so fierce that although their 130mm armor-piercing and high-explosive shells were not enough to penetrate the thick armor of the Seven Provinces Soyuz! But the continuous bombardment still caused a large number of casualties among the Dutch naval soldiers on this battleship! And almost all the weak parts of the armor on the battleship, such as the main guns, secondary guns, smoke pipes, and rails, were flattened by the enemy's sharp naval guns! These wounds not only caused the speed of this originally powerful ironclad battleship to slow down greatly, but the black smoke coming out of the severed side chimneys had blocked the view of the bridge! Moreover, because of the heavy loss of naval guns, it was no longer suitable to serve as the flagship of the entire Dutch escort fleet due to its lack of firepower!

Taking a deep breath, Blake got up from his chair, took a few steps forward, and looked through the window at the warships of the two countries that were constantly being shot and on fire! However, it is okay to keep our 50,000 troops, block the pursuing fleet of the Chinese, and let us return to Goa safely!"

Looking at the thick eagerness revealed in his eyes, Welbeck couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, although Blake didn't understand that it was understandable for the navy to ask such a ridiculous word, but as a senior admiral of the Royal Netherlands Navy, he knew that the slow transport ship, in the case that the speed of his own warships was not dominant, could not escape the rapid pursuit of the Chinese high-speed warships! Moreover, until now, he still did not dare to press all the warships, one of the important reasons was because of the hundreds of transport ships! Because as long as his fleet moves, the eight Chinese warships cruising around the periphery will immediately be like sharks that ask for a fishy smell, taking advantage of the opportunity for them to turn around and there is a hole in the defensive formation, they will pounce on them fiercely and take a bite, and almost every time a few warships will explode and catch fire, lose their combat effectiveness and withdraw from the battlefield! Now in his hands, even if the Portuguese warships are intact, and there are now less than 30 warships that can have combat effectiveness! However, compared to them, although the enemy's warships were also hit by them many times, their damage was not great! Up to now, only one battleship had withdrawn from the battlefield because it had lost its combat effectiveness, and the rest were still fighting fiercely with them!