As the saying goes: no book is made without coincidence. There are always a lot of coincidences in this world, the "Yanming" actually only hit the "Rotterdam" thirteen rounds after a round of shelling, and more than half of the shells hit the air, except for splashing a cluster of water columns, there is no big gain, even those shells that hit are just a dozen bowl-sized holes drilled into the huge hull of the "Rotterdam", killing and wounding more than a dozen Dutch sailors, as for the six shells hit by the "Yanhe" that followed closely behind the "Yanming", It did not achieve much success, only a few holes were opened in the "Rotterdam", but the "Shenglong", which fired last, had to raise the muzzle of the gun because it was far away from the "Rotterdam", and took the form of a projectile, and only hit the "Rotterdam" two rounds, one of which hit the rear deck, only to blow a shallow hole in the thick deck of the "Rotterdam", and did not even penetrate the deck, while the other hit shell coincidentally hit a mast on the "Rotterdam". Knock down a pair of sidesails.

The sidesail fell as soon as it fell, which did not have much impact on the "Rotterdam", which had nearly ten pairs of sidesails, at most it slowed down a little, but this sidesail happened to hit the commander-in-chief of the Dutch Far East Fleet, Littles, who was commanding the operation; When Lei Ming ascended to the general, he was stunned to beat the head of the Lei Ming general to the point of blood, and the person also fell into a coma, and the officers and men of the "Rotterdam" were so busy that they were busy wandering around their own commander, first aid, first aid, and shouting blindly, completely forgetting that they were on the battlefield at this time. Without unified command, the Dutch fleet suddenly became a little at a loss, and the artillery fire of the ships did not stop, but the coordination between the ships was much worse. However, it did not achieve the goal of immediately annihilating the Qing army's death fleet, and forgot that the main task of the fleet at this time was to attack the main fleet of the Qing army, which was being adjusted, but fought with the four small warships of the Qing army.

Although the Dutch fleet did not have a unified command, the number of artillery was dozens of times that of the Qing army's death fleet, and after three rounds of artillery battles, the Qing army's death fleet with few ships and guns suffered heavy losses, first of all, the "Shengwei", which had already suffered heavy losses and was extremely slow. It was beaten by three Dutch second-class warships, the whole ship caught fire, the hull of the ship overturned on its side, and the whole ship turned upside down, and after a few bumps on the sea surface, it sank to the bottom of the sea, and all the more than 100 officers and men of the ship died with the ship, and none of them survived. Immediately after that, it was a fluke that the Dutch army was unscathed under the first round of shelling. After being crushed by the "Dutchman" and a second-class battleship named "Golden Tulip," the side of the "Yanhe" was pierced with holes, and a fire broke out on board. After a huge explosion, the huge hull of the "Yanhe" was blown into two, and it sank to the bottom of the water before it could even give a signal, and the more than 300 officers and men on board escaped except for a dozen or so. In addition to the ups and downs on the sea, all the rest were sacrificed.

Although the "Yanming" was hit by five or six more shells, it was not a big problem on the whole, and it always bit on the edge of the "Rotterdam" and kept firing at the "Rotterdam." After three rounds of artillery fighting, it also hit more than 20 shells of the "Rotterdam" and caused the "Rotterdam" to fire in many places. This made the "Rotterdam", which was already in chaos due to the coma of the fleet commander, even more chaotic. The luck of the lucky "Weilong" this time is still good, after three rounds of artillery fighting, only two shots were hit, and they were all hit in a no-man's land, except for leaving two holes on the side side, there was no substantial damage, at this time, seeing that two of the four ships on their side had sunk two, the "Weilong" did not turn around and escape, but accelerated the speed of the ship. Caught up with the "Yanhe", which was fighting with the "Rotterdam". Similarly, more than a dozen guns on the side of the ship were aimed at the "Rotterdam" and attacked non-stop.

Compared with the huge hull of the "Rotterdam", the "Yanming" and "Weilong" are almost connected to the bow of the ship, one after the other, and the hull of the "Rotterdam" is not as long as that of the "Rotterdam". The total number of artillery pieces is only two-thirds of that of the "Rotterdam", but in the battle, the two warships of the Qing army not only did not fall behind, but on the contrary, the "Rotterdam" was embarrassed, in addition to the power of the Qing army's artillery and the speed of loading than the "Rotterdam", more importantly, the training level and ability of the Qing officers and soldiers were much higher than the Dutch army, which had not been in war for a long time -- the Qing army could launch once every two minutes, while the Dutch army could only launch once every four to five minutesBecause the two ships of the Qing army were very close to each other at this time, in addition to the "Rotterdam", only the two warships "Dutchman" and "Solomon" were left to attack the Qing warships, and the other Dutch warships were even spectators in such fierce artillery battles because of the distance and the lack of the unified command of the thundering general.

The artillery battle was still vigorous, the main fleet of the Qing army had completed the formation adjustment, Xiao Sanlang, who was angered by the sneak attack of the Dutch fleet, did not fight on the deck at the moment, but climbed the high mast, standing beside the lookout post, a pair of eagle eyes stared at the battlefield not far away filled with gunsmoke and cannon roaring, and the fire in his heart was rushing straight out, especially when he saw the heroic battle between the "Yanhe" and the "Shengwei", Xiao Sanlang's face was already as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Order: The supply ship stays, the whole army listens to the order, the direction is southwest, advance at full speed, be sure to cut off the Dutch army, and annihilate the Dutch army in one fell swoop!" Xiao Sanlang gritted his teeth viciously, squeezed out a string of orders from between his teeth, and with the wave of the signal flag in the signal soldier's hand, the Qing Dynasty battleship, which had already been divided into two columns, immediately sailed with full sails, circled around the sea, seized the upper course, and rushed straight towards the battlefield like two sharp knives.

At the same time as the main fleet of the Qing army launched an attack, General Lei Mingden finally woke up from his coma, and was supported by a group of Dutch officers and soldiers who had just stood up straight, and before he had time to check the dynamics of the battlefield, he suddenly heard a desperate scream from the lookout post on the mast of the "Rotterdam": "Southwest, ninety degrees, the Qing fleet has come over!" ”

"What?" Thunder is in a hurry. Pushing away the Dutch officers and soldiers who were hugging him, regardless of the fact that the "Yanming" and "Weilong" were fighting fiercely with the "Rotterdam" at this moment, he took out his telescope and climbed onto the small high platform under the mast, and even saw the two Qing fleets that were rushing to the ground without even using the telescope.

"It's too late! It's too late! "Thundering will be desolate in his heart. He muttered a few words in his mouth, suddenly raised his voice, and ordered in a loud voice: "The whole fleet listens to the order: the 'Dutchman' takes over the ship as the flagship, the 'Rotterdam', 'Golden Tulip', and 'Solomon' stay behind to cover the whole fleet, and the rest of the ships turn sixty degrees, sail with full sails, and withdraw to Batavia!" "As the order of the thundering board general was given, the Dutch ships turned around one after another. Pulling up the full sails, trying to flee the way they came, the battlefield was suddenly in chaos.

How could the Dutch army's actions hide Xiao Sanlang, who was on the tall mast of the "Weihai", seeing the Dutch army's clumsy turning action, Xiao Sanlang's face twitched. Sneered and did not change the battle order the Qing fleet divided into two columns drove at high speed towards the Dutch army array that had been in chaos and killed most of them. The two large warships, the "Weixiu" and the "Weinan", which were the first to launch the charge, rushed headlong into the Dutch array, and the guns of the black holes in the portholes on both sides of the two warships that had long been opened burst into brilliant fire, and in a roar like a burst, hundreds of shells whistled out, knocking the Dutch fleet that was turning around to pieces. The first unfortunate was the Dutch "Poseidon", a poor second-class battleship that was beaten into a huge torch by the "Weixiu" half-solid, normally flowering artillery configuration, and the whole ship was full of fire from bow to stern. Groups of Dutch officers and soldiers with flames on their bodies jumped desperately into the sea like dumplings, and no one thought to extinguish the fire on the ship; The "Spartan," which was hit by the "Weinan" at close range, was even more unlucky, the entire ship was full of holes on the side of the ship, more than 20 shells were hit up and down the waterline, and the sea water poured into the "Spartan" cabin in a turbulent manner, and the huge "Spartan" just dangled on the surface of the sea for a while before turning on its side, and after a few blows, it sank to the bottom of the sea like a stone.

The result of the scramble to flee for their lives was that no one could escape, and the Dutch fleet, which was eager to flee for its life, was divided into three sections by the main fleet of the Qing army before it had time to sail with full sails at this time. It was under the powerful artillery attack of the main fleet of the Qing army. The chaos was a mess, and even the courage to open fire and fight back was gone. The "Rotterdam", which was entangled with the "Yanming" and "Shenglong", had already ignited a fire at this time. In the billowing smoke, the thundering general looked up to the sky and sighed, two lines of turbid tears flowed out of a pair of old eyes, and he waved his hand and said: "Hang the white flag and surrender!" ”

"Lord Xiao, look, the red-haired ghost has hung up the white flag. The signal men on the mast of the "Weihai" spotted the white flag hanging from the "Rotterdam" and immediately shouted excitedly.

"Hey, hey. Joyfully! Xiao Sanlang showed a joyful smile on his face, glanced at the white flag on the "Rotterdam", and ordered in a loud voice: "Order: All ships immediately cease fire and clean up the battlefield, but all enemy ships that dare to flee the battlefield will be sunk, and all ships should pay attention to searching for the officers and men of the 'Yanhe' and 'Shengwei' who have fallen into the water." ”

The Dutch fleet, which was originally rushing around, saw the white flag hung on the "Rotterdam", and all the Dutch officers and soldiers immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and hung up the white flag marking the surrender on their own ships, and all the Dutch officers and soldiers stopped resisting, and silently stood on the deck of the ship waiting for the Qing army to receive it, and a sea encounter came to an end, and the Qing army completely annihilated the Dutch Batavian fleet at the cost of sinking a medium warship and a small warship. Even Admiral Lei Ming, commander of the Dutch Far East Fleet, became a prisoner of the Qing army.

The Qing fleet disarmed all the officers and men on the Dutch warships, except for some sailors who were left to drive the captured warships under the supervision of the Qing officers and soldiers, the rest of the officers and men of the Dutch ships were all imprisoned on the "Rotterdam" and "Dutch" that were unloaded from their guns, and were escorted by the Qing warships and marched towards Batavia......

The two second-class battleships and three cruisers of the Dutch Batakan detachment did not catch up with this melee, and saw the powerful fleet formation of the Qing army from a distance on the way, and did not even have the courage to fight, so they quickly fled back to the port of Batavia, and informed the Dutch governor of the news of the annihilation of the main force of the Dutch fleet Glinka. The Dutch officials, who were gathered in the Governor's Mansion to wait for the good news, heard the news that the main force of their own fleet had been wiped out, and suddenly became a mess, and in the face of the surging Qing fleet, the Dutch army was in chaos, not knowing whether to fight or send someone to sue for peace, and the entire Governor's Palace was in a mess.

"Silence, silence!" The fat on Glinka's face shook up and down, and he shouted in his voice for a long time before he could be regarded as suppressing everyone's gossip, and a pair of eyes narrowed and looked at Shaw, the commander of the Batavian Army; Lieutenant General Van Terrich asked, "Your Excellency, can your men hold the port?" ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, this depends on whether the Qing army will be stupid enough to rush to the point of dying in front of our army's battery, to be honest, if the Qing army attacks the port of Batavia head-on, it can be tried below, but unfortunately, there are many places that can land on Java Island, and if the Qing army lands from other places, there is nothing that can be done in Xia. Lieutenant General Van Trich shrugged his shoulders and said.

"Oh well, for now we'll have to wait, God forbid. Glinka made a cross on his chest and said helplessly.

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