Da Ming started to ascend the throne

At this time, the battleship in front of the Ming Fleet was already about three kilometers away from Batavia.

The maximum range of the guns of the Dutch battleships is basically about two kilometers.

In fact, the range that can really effectively kill the opponent's warship is only half of what is said, which is more than 1000 meters.

Chapter 487 Sinking the Queen

Seeing that the Deming Fleet was driving straight in without any sign of slowing down, Maiden was furious:

"Send an order to fire warning shots at the Ming battleship."

As the commander of the fleet, Maiden certainly knew that the current distance was not within the effective range of the Dutch naval guns, but he could definitely fire the guns to warn the Ming fleet.

"Yes"

The signalmen on the battleship Prince William immediately waved the signal flag in their hands, and the battleship Queen of the Netherlands fired three shots in the direction of the Ming fleet as a warning. "

"Rumble..."

"Boom bang..."

Three shells fell 200 meters in front of the Wanli, the lead ship of the Ming Fleet, splashing huge waves, but the Wanli did not stop advancing because of this.

This time, without waiting for the report from the observation post, Zheng Chenggong quickly grabbed the binoculars, and when they saw the landing of the Dutch naval guns, they immediately issued an order:

"Attention all warship captains, with the Wanli battleship as the terminal lineup, all battleships will immediately enter the combat state."

"Yes"

After receiving the order, the Wanli immediately stopped advancing, and turned its gun door to the Dutch battleship sideways. Other warships followed, lined up with the Wanli, and quickly opened the gun door.

"Haha, so what about the Daming ironclad warship, it was still warned by our warship's three guns and stopped advancing immediately, you are stupid!"

The captain of the Queen couldn't help laughing contemptuously when he saw that the Ming fleet stopped advancing immediately after he fired three shells.

Captain stop laughing, look at the Ming battleship seems to be firing.

Seeing the captain laughing, the other Dutch soldiers also laughed cheaply, but the deputy captain realized something was wrong. The gun door of the Ming battleship suddenly opened, and bursts of flames spewed out.

"Captain, don't laugh anymore, just watch the Deming battleship open fire on us."

The captain completely ignored the words of the deputy captain, he snorted coldly:

"Fire, joke, our three shells just now can only reach 200 meters in front of them, even if they advance another 100 meters, it is impossible to hit us."

What the captain of the Queen said is not wrong. Under normal circumstances, it is true. At present, there is no country in the world whose naval guns can shoot 100 meters farther than the Dutch naval guns.

"Boom"

"Boom"

"Boom bang bang..."

……

Before the captain finished speaking, suddenly several shells bombarded the battleship Queen, some shells hit the deck, and some shells bombarded the side of the battleship.

The Queen was shaken violently by the bombardment, and the captain hurriedly grabbed the command platform. He was stunned at the time, and it took a long time to react, and hastily ordered to fire back:

"How is this possible? This distance and this range... Nima, the Ming warship doesn't talk about martial arts... Quickly fire back..."

"Rumble..."

"Boom bang bang..."

As soon as the order to fire back was delivered, several more shells hit the Queen. The gunners and soldiers on the Queen were hit by two rounds of lightning, killing and injuring more than 100 people.

A large hole was also blasted out on the port side of the battleship, and sea water was rushing into the cabin.

"Boom bang..."

"Boom bang..."

The Ming warship seemed to be staring at the Queen for bombardment, and then a round of shells struck. This time, there were not only solid shells but also incendiary shells.

Three solid bullets instantly pierced through the iron-covered side of the queen's command cabin, killing more than a dozen people on the spot, including the deputy captain.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the captain hurriedly got under the command platform, but as soon as he got in, flower bombs and incendiary bombs were shot into the command cabin along the big hole blasted by the solid bullets.

"Rumble..."

The commanders who did not come to hide in the command cabin were killed by flowering bombs one after another, and after the incendiary bomb exploded, the command cabin burst into flames instantly.

"Come on, help me!"

Feeling that the temperature in the command cabin was gradually rising, and even breathing became difficult, the captain hurriedly got out from under the command platform again.

However, there were burning fires all around, and there was nowhere to escape. He hurriedly called for help, but no matter how he called for help, it was useless.

At the same time, other Dutch warships were bombarded by Ming warships.

Maiden didn't expect that the Ming fleet would suddenly open fire outside the range, and hastily ordered to fire back. If the Ming fleet's guns can hit them, they should be able to do the same.

"Rumble..."

"Rumble..."

"Boom bang bang..."

The Dutch battleship immediately began to fire back, but they suddenly found that their guns could not hit the Ming battleship at all, and the shells fell into the sea tens of meters in front of the Ming battleship.

"Hey...how is this possible?"

"Quickly, rush forward and fire the cannon, and those who retreat will be executed on the spot."

Maiden has been rampant across the ocean for many years and has never encountered such a thing. He couldn't help but gasped, but he knew very well that he couldn't back down.

Once Batavia is captured by Ming Dynasty, all the colonies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Asia will be lost.

Without the support of Batavia's economy, the sea coachmen would fall into decline, and they would die if they fled back, so the fleet was ordered to approach the Ming fleet and fire.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong was staring at the Queen, because the Queen was the first to fire at the Ming Fleet, and he must be sunk to give the Dutch a blow.

"Wanli, hit all the firepower, and sink the Queen to Ben Dudu."

"Yes"

Following Zheng Chenggong's order, the captain of the Wanli immediately issued an order to sink the Queen: