Lord of Ming Dynasty

Du Ge said with a smile: "The Huaxia Navy usually engages the enemy at a distance of 350 meters to 380 meters. Their cannons can shoot directly at the enemy at a distance of nearly 400 meters. The hit rate is 30.00% to [-]. Let your people Be careful."

Ike said unhappily: "I know, last time our fleet was caught off guard by the Zheng family's fleet at a certain distance. If we were not lucky, we hit their thousand-ton warship at a distance of 500 meters at the beginning. , maybe we were completely wiped out by the enemy without even the results of the battle. In the end, only one ship escaped and was seriously injured. Don’t try to repair it in less than three months. After repairing it, it’s not as strong as before. get back."

Chapter 800 The Zheng family's fleet was destroyed with a single shot

While they were discussing, the [-] Zheng family's ships that fled ahead had already been caught up, and the two sides were fighting fiercely.

The [-] ships lined up in a zigzag formation and fled quickly, followed by [-] Dutch ships. The Dutch ships attacked the Zheng family's navy with their bow guns, and the Zheng family's navy attacked the Dutch ship with their stern guns.

The topmost guns on Dutch ships are generally small guns used to sweep enemy decks.The tonnage of these ships is not large, the largest is no more than [-] tons, and the bow cannon on the top is only a nine-pound gun.Although there are five or six gates, it still can't do anything to the enemy during the pursuit process. The angle is wrong, and the enemy doesn't enter the angle of its frontal strike. It doesn't even have theoretical accuracy, and it can't hit.

What's more, at the beginning, the Dutch ships fired at a distance of 600 meters, trying to hit the enemy with long-range projectiles.

It can only be hit and miss.

The three rounds of volleys missed, and they fell into the water with a distance of 100 meters.

The Zheng family ships are not fast, with a large hull and better stability than the Dutch ships. There are two twelve-pound cannons installed in the stern, and twenty ships have forty cannons. The shells had a parabolic trajectory with uneven layers, but they landed far away, falling directly behind the Dutch ship. The closest one was no more than five meters away from the Dutch ship. The sailor manning the spinnaker at the back of a Dutch ship was hit by a wave and rolled over the upper deck, breaking his head.

After several consecutive volleys, neither side could do anything to the other, but the distance was getting closer and closer. The Dutch accelerated and rushed towards the rear of the team in several longitudinal lines.

The experienced sailors of the Zheng family immediately ordered the twenty ships to approach in a diagonal line quickly. Looking from the direction of the mainland, each ship looked like each step of a step, and the height of the steps was shrinking rapidly. Quickly leveled.

The Dutch separated several rows of fleets and their slanted lines formed an irregular T-shaped cross. Which vertical pole is the Dutch, so every Dutch ship, although the leading ship is quickly approaching the slow opponent, the opponent can When changing the formation, it also quickly increased its own advantages, so that the enemy's leading ship had to face at least horizontal fire from three Zheng's ships.

At 420 meters, the Zheng family's ships were surrounded by dense bullet rain. The leading ship of the Dutch ship immediately attracted a devastating blow. The six leading ships were hit by [-] solid bullets. The bow of the ship was smashed into a hornet's nest, and the ship lost control and lay across the ocean. The shells on it ignited the falling canvas and ignited a raging fire.

Two ships lost control, two ships suffered heavy losses, the other two ships lost their decks due to violent waves, and one or two crew members were overturned into the sea because they couldn't grasp it. Now this situation is basically hopeless.

The sailboat behind quickly changed direction and brushed against the four leading boats that had slowed down, speeding past, and continued to chase the enemy, while shelling the enemy with their bow guns, but their bow guns still missed the enemy.

The Dutch are not novices with no combat experience. They once dominated the Atlantic Ocean, and they immediately maneuvered, spread out, and chased across the board. In this way, 26 ships faced Zheng's ships across the board. At that time, the formation of the Dutch spread out, covering the ocean surface, 400 meters, relying on their flexibility and speed, they rushed towards the enemy at a speed of seven or eight knots with full sail.

The speed of the enemy's full sail is no more than six knots, and the speed of the five fastest [-]-ton warships is no more than seven or eight knots, just enough to make the enemy unable to catch up, but they can't escape. The speed is consistent with the whole, waiting for the entire fleet to level off quickly, forming a battle line, and then sailing obliquely to the open sea, so that the enemy can always maintain a battle line with the enemy to suppress the enemy.

At 320 meters, the Dutch caught the Zheng family ship at the end of the slash. The ship was too heavy, and the captain was not very experienced, so he did not lose the cargo, which made the whole ship the slowest and dragged down the brigade.

Boom, boom, the three Dutch ships rushing in front fired six solid shells with their bow guns. The slanting sail on the rear deck of this ship was hit, and it lost the ability to change direction. Immediately, the bow straightened and rushed forward .

But their speed is not fast, it is equivalent to standing still, moving forward with the current, at a speed of about one or two knots, allowing the Dutch boat catching up quickly to approach a distance of 200 meters. This distance is the favorite distance of the Dutch. Directly six Cannons bombarded them, so the crew died, the mast collapsed, and the whole ship lost power completely, floating in the sea.

Other ships also fired shells at the ships at the head and the end of the row, blowing up some equipment and buildings on the deck. Although the Dutch were also attacked by the stern guns before, this can be ignored compared to the loss of the Zheng family fleet. Regardless, not a single Dutch ship lost power after being hit by the enemy.

The pursuit at sea has been going on for four hours. The two sides are traveling at a minimum speed of five knots and a maximum speed of eight knots. The fleet behind is also traveling at a minimum speed of six knots. It is about two nautical miles away from the front. It can be clearly seen through the telescope I saw the rumbling of guns in the distance and the confused battlefield with gunpowder smoke.

"One more ship lost, but not sunk, enemy ships sunk one, two out of power, still firing back, but they're already within range of the Dutch ships, the enemy line is flattened , and headed towards the open sea in the formation of a battle line." Ike said.

Du Ge said with a smile: "The Zheng family is still very powerful, so it can still damage your four ships in a critical moment. Judging by the model and age of those ships, they are almost a batch of transitional models made by the Huaxia Navy 11 years ago. Warships are now, not the models made by major shipyards. When they first came out, those ships could run at a speed of up to nine knots, and the lowest speed was six knots. Now the lowest speed is probably four knots, and the highest speed is only six knots. Maybe some of them are well protected and can run seven knots. Your boats are nimble and fast, and the sailors who operate them are high-quality and experienced. They can run almost nine knots, but facing them, they still suffer a lot, haha.”

Ike was very annoyed, but there was nothing he could do, because the facts were in front of him, the old ships of theirs just beat their warships to pieces, and they gave them a head shot at the beginning, destroying four ships at once, his mouth Opened and closed again, and managed to say, "It's because their artillery is better than ours. The Chinese artillery has always been superior to ours in this aspect, but the winner must be ours in the end."

The British Tim didn't speak, just watched, and at the same time knew that the victory must belong to the Dutch, because the Dutch had successfully rushed into the enemy's formation, and the enemy's formation was lagging behind because some ships did not keep up or did not cooperate well. , so that the Dutch successfully took advantage of their speed and after a period of time chased and caught up with most of the enemy's ships, which were the fifteen commercially converted armed ships.

The Dutch are not the best at fighting line ships, and they must suffer, but once they are allowed to rush into the line, the line will collapse, and the Dutch have more experience than anyone else when they fight on their own.

The two sides were separated by a 200-meter volley of side-spinning artillery. Even with the speed advantage in this regard, the sailors of the Zheng family could not display the quality of the Westerners, so they fired more than the Dutch, who can only fire one round per minute. The artillery is much slower, because it takes a long time for them to be organized once they are hit once, or they become messy and unorganized, and each thinks about escaping instead of organizing the gunners to fire again. Only some elite gunners and sailors loyal to the Zheng family can Stick to the post and resolutely counterattack, but virtually weakened the salvo power of the artillery.

Fifteen commercially converted armed ships were either sunk or damaged and did not respond, and some surrendered. However, the Dutch paid the price of three being damaged, one sunk, and five heavy casualties. Victory, all fifteen merchant-reformed armed ships were eliminated, and a dozen Dutch merchant ships that were not seriously injured continued to chase the five [-]-ton warships of the Huaxia Navy.

The other [-] ships were approached by the enemy, engaged in an hour-long gang battle, completely wiped out the enemy's resistance sailors, and took over eight ships. Three of the other seven ships were sunk, and four had to be set on fire. and let it sink by itself, for it was too damaged to be repaired.

In this way, so far, seven Dutch ships have been damaged, two ships have sunk, and five ships have suffered heavy casualties. At the cost of eight enemy armed merchant ships, three hundred remaining sailors and crew were captured, and at the same time, the Japanese civilians transported were captured. Nearly 500 people, nearly 210 tons of goods, [-] cannons, and a few others.

The Dutch killed and injured 750 sailors and crew, lost 350 tons of cargo, lost 130 tons of food and fresh water supplies, and lost [-] and five artillery pieces.

Ike heard the report and wanted to die. It seemed that what he had seized was much richer, but in comparison, the Dutch sailors and Dutch ships were more useful to him, that is, in his heart. The victory outweighs the candle.

This battle lost nearly one-half of the Dutch's combat strength, and it was still a small fleet of the Zheng family. If they encountered a large fleet of the Zheng family, then the Dutch really didn't like it.

In the afternoon, the rest of the pursuit fleet came back, dragged a 250-ton warship of the Huaxia Navy, and captured [-] enemy sailors and crew. One was wounded, and the other two escaped.

Ike looked at Doug and Taim. With such a loss, the Dutch could no longer fight with the fleet and had to find a place to rest. Of the [-] Dutch warships, currently nine were injured, three were sunk, and six The crew of the ship suffered heavy losses, and the other ships also suffered serious casualties and artillery damage. They were all scarred, and they were no longer able to fight.

Du Ge said: "The closest distance is the enemy's Koh Kong Island. I heard that there are not many troops on the island. We can occupy it first and start tomorrow."

Chapter 8 and One Landing on Koh Kong Island

Du Ge said to Ike: "In this case, you can't go, just wait here and quickly capture Koh Kong Island. This is the bridgehead for the Zheng family to support the Huaxia Army in the Kingdom of Cambodia. It has been more than two years, and they have been unable to suppress it. We, if the Zheng family has a firm foothold here, with the constant supply of supplies and soldiers from the Zheng family, we will soon be in big trouble.

You still have eleven ships, plus the captured nine ships, you have 21 ships that can still move, and I will leave it to you here. "

Ike glanced at Koh Kong Island, where there were many people, as if he already knew they were coming, and was preparing to resist. With his current force of [-] arquebus soldiers, [-] sailors, [-] singles and [-] musket Soldiers, it is difficult to capture that island, but there are still artillery on the warships. Their eighteen warships have not arrived yet, and they will arrive in about a day or two. If this is the case, they can still be captured.

"Then you go," he said.

The British ships and Du Ge's ships, plus the Siamese ships, 180 ships began to turn. Ike disembarked and rowed towards the area where his Dutch fleet was located in a small boat.

Koh Kong Island is not far from the battlefield. In clear weather, the naked eye can see 60 to [-] nautical miles, and the telescope can see [-] nautical miles. , has approached Koh Kong Island, fought at a distance of [-] nautical miles outside Koh Kong Island, and then turned back and forth. The nearest time was only [-] nautical miles away from Koh Kong Island, and the Zheng family's ships escaped from Koh Kong Island within [-] nautical miles. They were wiped out, except for two warships of the [-]-ton Huaxia Army Navy who escaped from the battlefield with thick smoke, most of the others sank ten to forty nautical miles away from Koh Kong Island.

At this time, the entire fleet is docked at a place eighteen nautical miles away from Koh Kong Island. The huge sails covering the sky and the sun have long been discovered. Inhabitants of the shores of the sea.

As the fleet turned away, the Dutch ships started heading towards Koh Kong.

As many as 36 ships came staggeringly, as many as 80.00% of the five ships were smoking or messy, the masts and sculls collapsed, the masts were messy, the sails were broken, and they were dragged by the ships in front. A defeated fleet.

Feng Sheng is the son of Feng Xin, the previous generation of the Zheng family. This time, he followed Zheng Zhi to implement the agreement reached between Zheng Keshuang and Zhang Qiang of the Huaxia Kingdom, and sent troops to Cambodia to help the Huaxia army there attack the Duge rebels.

"Do you think we can stop this group of defeated soldiers?" He asked an old pirate sailor of the Zheng family beside him.

"No, General, they have powerful artillery. Our whole island is covered by their artillery at its maximum range. It can be said that we have nowhere to hide. They have at least three hundred cannons, or more, 380, or four hundred Even if there are some small cannons, there are no less than [-] guns, which can cover at least half of our island area, and they can hit the wooden houses, thatched huts, and some forts and bunkers we have on the island."

Feng Sheng was a little discouraged, "Then what should we do?"

The old pirate said: "Hurry up and organize people to prepare to escape."

Feng Sheng was a little reconciled, "We have five thousand soldiers, fifty cannons, and hundreds of small cannons. We have built fortifications. Can't these be against them?"

The old pirate took a sip of his wine, "Yes, but we don't have to think about getting support. It will take at least seven days for our fleet to arrive here. If the wind is smooth, if not, it will take at least half a month. If you add them Inform the young master, when the young master replies, they are preparing supplies, hoisting the sails to the sea, and then deciding who will lead, waiting time, it will be a month and a half later, do you think we can hold on for a month and a half?"

Seeing that Feng Sheng was still hesitating, the old pirate shook his head, "You can try, it really won't work, there are still a few small boats in our harbor, and we can escape to Cambodia in the dark, and then go to Dang Island quickly from there , where there are two large ships of the Chinese Navy Navy, you can take those two large ships back to Palawan Island, but I guess if these people go to Palawan Island first, the combat effectiveness of the garrison navy fleet may not necessarily can break them.

There are seventy naval warships, and a dozen repaired ships that were previously injured. There are about eighty ships, but none of them are large ships, and the largest is only a 200-ton warship. The enemy seems to have There are more than 240 ships. I counted about 36 ships. There are 150 ships here. Forty ships passed behind the enemy. They still have 180 to [-] ships, which may be far more than the ships I counted, because We can't see further out to sea. "

Feng Sheng looked at him, gritted his teeth and said, "Even so, I want them not to easily occupy this island. The island is 22 kilometers long. It is impossible for them to cover every inch of the place and let our people hide." , you lead some old guys to find a place to hide, even if the young master does not come here, any king of the Huaxia Kingdom will not give up here, he will definitely send troops here, we will come out to fight back at that time, and catch them by surprise , By the way, remember to bring more food and water, otherwise you will starve to death on this island."

The old pirate smiled and showed his yellow teeth, "Don't worry, General, even if everyone is starved to death, we will not starve to death those of us who have been wandering at sea for most of our lives."

Ike watched the island through binoculars from his ship, while he waited for the fleet to dock, for which it took their battered ship two and a half hours, at a little more than four knots an hour, because A dozen or so boats behind towed twice as many inoperable boats as they did.