Ye Lou waved the command flag and gave the order: "All ships are fighting with the giant dragon boat as the leader, and with the help of the huge firepower of the giant dragon boat, they will approach the enemy ship ......."

"Yes!" Beiyang Sailor was inexplicably excited.

The Dutch apparently saw the huge dragon boat approaching, and they began to react, and the battle line formation of six galleons maneuvered in the direction of the dragon boat together.

The biggest emphasis on battle line tactics is to form a neat formation, and the battleships are lined up in a line for taking turns to bombard, so when the Dutch warships are maneuvering, the six ships must also maintain the battle line, and they cannot be scattered casually, which is very different from the ship-to-ship maneuver tactics in World War I and World War II.

When the six ships reached the farthest range of the cannons, they suddenly crossed together, and began to row around the dragon boat in an arc, turning sideways with the intention of shelling.

The Dutch had already dealt with the people of various countries during their journey from the West to Asia, and they had already had experience in dealing with the natives, knowing that when the natives of various countries faced their strong ships and guns, they had no other means than to get close to them and fight in the gangs, and the Dutch knew this very well, so when facing the navies of the eastern countries, they usually used this tactic of turning sideways at the farthest range.

In such a position, their own shells could not be accurate, and the natives could not even try to hit them, they could make a tentative shelling at this distance, and then approach, but kill the enemy with a large number of accurate shelling.

This time, however, they miscalculated!

The red-coated cannon at the bow of the giant dragon boat, the "Thousand Miles of Mighty General Cannon" weighing 12,000 catties, was the first to fire......

"Boom!" The sound of a huge cannon like a landslide startled the Dutch, who had been dealing with the cannon for many years, and just listening to the sound of the cannon, they knew that this was not the sound that an ordinary Franc cannon could make...... The cannon was at least ten times larger than the Franc cannon.

But although they were startled, they were not very afraid. After all, the distance is very long, and it is not easy to hit.

But this cannon really hit, it is the best cannon on the dragon boat, that is, the most powerful cannon in the big Meng country, so it is controlled by the strongest artillery in the big Meng country, this artillery is the strongest artillery in the 200 million people of the big Meng country, the experience in using the cannon is extremely rich, and the accuracy of the cannons he shoots is also extraordinary.

A giant solid cannonball that is a lap larger than a football. It slammed into the bow of the first Dutch galleon, with a muffled "bump" and the sound of wood breaking, and the Dutch galleon shook violently by the cannon. The planks in the bow of the ship cracked a huge hole. In the midst of the flying wood chips, two Dutch soldiers were stabbed by the splattered planks and fell to the ground and died instantly.

The cannonballs continued to penetrate the cabin of the Dutch galleon, and below was the captain's quarters, and the huge cannonballs rolled through the captain's room, smashing all the desks, cots, and other utensils into powder.

"Huh? "The Dutch were a little surprised. In the process of their voyage of thousands of miles, they have seen all kinds of aborigines from all over the world, but they have never encountered such a powerful country as the Great Meng Country. In terms of the range and accuracy of the cannon, it is even better than them.

A sharp-eyed Dutch "scout" shouted: "This cannon was fired by the opponent's bow gun...... It's the giant cannon. ”

"Scout" is a second-order reconnaissance profession in the Western career system, in fact, it is the same as the "scout" of the Great Meng Country, and the field of vision is also very far, and you can see things five miles away. This "scout" is usually in charge of observing the sea from the watchtower at the top of the mast, and he was almost torn off the tower by the bombardment of the huge cannon. ...,

The commander of the Dutch fleet immediately heard this information, and he ordered loudly: "Pay attention to the huge bow gun, at this distance the enemy's huge guns have an advantage, and we are a little closer." Cover the cannon with cannon fire so that it can't fire again. ”

The Dutch battleship hastened to sped up, not daring to swing any longer at the farthest range, intending to get closer.

"Captain...... The opposing side also has a lot of side cannons, and this strange giant ship seems to have eighty guns. A Dutch sailor reported.

The Dutch commander smiled: "It is impossible for all those guns to be operated by artillery, just now we dealt with twenty battleships. But there was a pitiful amount of artillery on those battleships, and no so was this one. ”

The Dutch, having such an idea, of course did not care about the thousand pound franc cannons sticking out of the dragon boat, and they kept the battle line and circled around the dragon boat to approach.

"Fire!"

"Hit!"

Eighteen fortune ships were still chasing the Dutch behind, and the flying cannonballs kept falling into the sea next to the Dutch galleon, stirring up one sand pillar after another, and in the yellow sand, the Dutch also fought back, and another fortune ship was sunk, and this time the sailors and soldiers on the fortune ship did not even have time to put down the life-saving boat, and sank to the bottom of the sea with the ship.

The Dutch triumphantly entered the range of the dragon boat's cannon.

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

The shelling began on both sides almost at the same time, and on the Dutch side the first galleon, twenty-four guns on the port side opened fire together, and the dragon boat had the bow gun "Thousand Miles of Mighty General" plus the stern gun "Mighty Hundred Miles General", plus thirty-nine guns on the starboard side firing at the same time.

The two boats thundered like this, and suddenly sawdust flew sideways.

The dragon boat had twice as many cannons as the Dutch galleon, and the bow and stern guns were terrifyingly powerful. Together, the Dutch galleon suddenly suffered. Its left string was continuously hit by the cannon of the giant dragon boat, and dozens of large openings were cracked "bumper and bumper", and the shells of the general's cannon of thousands of miles of glory hit exactly one of the cannons on the Dutchman's ship, and the huge bombardment force smashed the thousand-pound franc machine gun flat, and the cannon body also flew sideways, killing the artillery group behind it, and flew out and knocked several cannons crooked.

After a round of shelling, the port side of the Dutch galleon was full of holes. However, the giant dragon boat was also hit a few times by the Dutch's cannonballs, this exquisite giant boat with carved railings and eaves, every inch of the ship's side and every inch of the deck was beautifully carved, and where the cannonballs hit, the exquisite carvings were smashed and the sawdust was broken, and I don't know how many craftsmen's hard work turned into flying ashes. There were several large holes in the side of the ship, and it would cost thousands of taels of silver to repair them.

The giant dragon boat shook a few times, Zhu Qingqing Qingqing stood still very awesomely, but the Imperial Forest Army beside her was worried to death, a large group of "guards" tightly pinched the shield, surrounded her to death, staring at the sky nervously, lest a cannonball fly over, they knew that even if they used the "shield block", they would definitely not be able to block the cannonball, and when necessary, they could only use their own body to Zhu Qingqing Qingqing as a meat shield.

Fortunately, not a single shell fell on Zhu Qingqing in this round of shelling, and the result of the bombardment was that the dragon boat had the advantage, and the Dutch suffered a loss.

The morale of the soldiers of the Great Meng Kingdom was immediately boosted! Cheers rang out on all the lucky boats.

The Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party actually celebrated each other!

On the ship of Yi Yun and Li Huamei, who were hiding in the distance to watch the battle, there were also muffled cheers from the crew.

Chen Yuanyuan's cold face also flashed a smile: "It seems that we can win!" It is worthy of the giant dragon boat, whether it is firepower or accuracy, it is not inferior to the Dutch warship, relying on the giant dragon boat, we have the hope of winning." ”...,

After she said this, she didn't hear Yi Yun and Li Huamei's voices agreeing.

Looking up, Yi Yun and Li Huamei were still frowning.

"What's wrong?" Chen Yuanyuan said strangely.

Yi Yun sighed: "This is only the first Dutch warship, and there are five more behind it...... The so-called battle line tactic is that a long line of warships keeps crossing you, the first one leaves after the shelling, the second arrives, the second one leaves after the shelling, and the third one arrives again, and so on...... Although the giant dragon boat is powerful, there is only one such one, and other large ships can't help her at all. After the first Dutch battleship passed, all the cannons of the dragon boat had already been released, and the sailors took some time to draw out the used guns, clean the breeches, and put in new guns...... But at this time the battle line turned, and the second Dutch battleship arrived, what should the dragon boat do?"

"What the prince said is right......" Li Huamei smiled bitterly and said, "The situation is not good......

As soon as the two finished speaking, the Dutch galleon that was heavily damaged by the dragon boat had already sailed away, and the second one rowed by...... "boom boom", and the sound of shelling sounded intensively, but this time only the Dutch were firing unilaterally, and the dragon boat was dumb...... Just as Iyun said, the artillery crews on the dragon boat were changing ammunition and had no time to fire.

As a result, this wave became a one-sided beating of the dragon boat, more than 20 cannonballs smashed at the dragon boat, several of them fell into the sea, and more than ten hit the starboard side of the dragon boat, and a dense sound of wood cracking sounded, and a terrible hole was suddenly punched on the starboard side of the dragon boat.

Several of the Imperial Guards were hit by the shells, and although their defenses were outstanding, they were still shocked to death by the massive damage of the shells.

"Reload!

"Shoot back, shoot back! What are you doing?"

The sailors on the dragon boat shouted frantically, constantly urging the artillerymen, but no matter how fast the artillerymen were, they had to go through the process of changing ammunition, and by the time they loaded the cannons, they had already been beaten in vain.

Then the second Dutch galleon rowed by, and the third came......