The Ming Dynasty has just been exiled and the Luzon system has awakened.

On the Ming Dynasty Royal Navy fleet, the flagship Luzon, fleet commander Xie Xingsheng looked at the Dutch fleet not far away with a stern face.

"Sir, the Dutch said this is public waters and asked us not to hinder them." Signal Corps reported.

Xie Xingsheng heard this and sneered: "Public waters? Your Majesty has taken a fancy to it, so this is the Ming Sea! Tell those red-haired ghosts to get out immediately!"

The Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty had a tough tone, but the Dutch, with the support of the Dutch East India Company behind them, still refused to retreat.

"Don't eat and drink a toast!"

"Order all ships to move closer to the Dutch fleet immediately! If you won't leave, then don't leave any of them today!"

Xie Xingsheng's tone was harsh. Emperor Zhu Da's order to him was to drive away the Dutch as much as possible. If that didn't work, don't save face for the Dutch.

Originally, Xie Xingsheng, who had a hot temper, didn't even want to warn the Dutch.

Now that the warning has been given, the Dutchman is looking for death, so he can't be blamed.

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"Sir! The Ming fleet is approaching!"

Some sailors on the Formosa exclaimed.

Captain Mallory's face changed drastically. The effective engagement distance of the current naval battle is about 500 yards, and the armor-piercing distance is about 200 yards. At this time, the Ming army is moving closer to its own fleet, and its intention is quite obvious!

This is about to attack!

He didn't expect these Akitos to have such hot tempers!Aren't they worried about the Dutch East India Company's revenge?Aren't you worried about the retaliation of the Dutch Republic?

But now he has no extra time to think about anything else.

"All crew members enter combat positions immediately! Gunnery Chief, keep an eye on your soldiers. Quartermaster, arrange for people to bring all the ammunition in the cabin! The flagman informs each ship not to shoot at the Ming fleet! Our firepower is not as good as the opponent's. , all ships should adjust their hulls, we will rush forward and attack with fire!"

Captain Mallory shouted an order.

As the former maritime overlord of the Netherlands, Captain Mallory did not allow himself to retreat without a fight.

Moreover, he did not have no chance of winning this battle.

In maritime battles during the sailing battleship era, fire attack was the best comeback tactic for the weaker side. When the Spanish's powerful Armada faced the far weaker British fleet, it was defeated by this tactic.

Today, Mallory will use this tactic to create another miracle!

Looking at the Dutch ships that had completed their turns, Xie Xingsheng's lips curved into a sneer.

"Think we use the same solid bullets as you?"

"Order! All ships will turn with our own ship, heading 045 and press the rudder! In line formation, each gun team will be equipped with high-explosive bombs. When the enemy ship enters the range, fire immediately!"

"Yes!"

In the distance, Mallory looked serious on the Formosa, which was rushing towards the Ming fleet.

The Ming fleet completed the change of direction in a very short period of time and formed a bombardment line formation. This showed that the opponent was well-trained, which was not good news for them.

The two sides were 500 yards apart, and the Ming Royal Navy fleet, which was lined up in a line formation, opened fire first.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

The sudden explosion of the cannon was like midsummer thunder. In an instant, the fire shone and thick white smoke erupted from the muzzle.

The Ming Royal Navy fleet has seven battleships and a total of 490 artillery pieces.Against the enemy on the broadside, the number of artillery pieces that can be used still reaches 217! (If I don’t add this sentence, someone will definitely jump out and say that the author has the wrong number of artillery pieces)

With such firepower, the Dutch East India Company's naval fleet, which had only 12 guns to use against the enemy's bow, was a complete bully.

What's more, all the artillery shells used by the Ming Royal Navy are high-explosive shells.

The dense shells tore through the air, roaring and hitting the oncoming Dutch navy fleet.

The distance of 500 yards is still a bit far for the combat distance in the sail battleship era.

As a result, most of the shells missed their targets and fell into the sea, blowing up a dense column of water.

But some of the shells still accurately hit the Dutch warships.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Dozens of orange-red flames rose from the Dutch warship. Countless splinters of wood and explosive fragments turned the Dutch sailors on the deck into bloody hedgehogs.

The screams and howls filled the entire Dutch East India Company naval fleet in an instant.

"Blast!" Maloney's eyes widened in anger!

He did not expect that the artillery of the Ming Navy actually fired explosive shells!

Didn't it mean that this kind of artillery shell is difficult to preserve, not very powerful, and the fuze is unstable?

But with the tragic scene of casualties and casualties in front of me, it didn't look like it was weak in power and the fuse was unstable.

Maloney gritted his teeth, he had no way out now!

"Fight back!" Maloney roared with red eyes.

"Boom, boom, boom..." The Dutch artillery located at the bows of each ship began to fire back.

However, compared with the earth-shattering momentum when the Ming fleet opened fire, the Dutch counterattack seemed quite weak.

Moreover, among the six ships of the Dutch, only the Formosa and the Seribu had 12-pound guns on their bows, and the other four armed merchant ships had only 4-pound guns on their bows!

At a distance of several hundred yards, let alone a 6-pounder gun, even a 12-pounder gun could not penetrate the battleship's outer plating.

Such a counterattack is not so much a counterattack as it is to embolden oneself.

Not surprisingly, this round of counterattack did not cause any losses to the Ming fleet.

Several cannonballs smashed into the sea, and several cannonballs hit the Ming army's warships and bounced off.

The counterattack had no effect, and Maloney looked ugly. At this time, the Ming fleet fired a second round of mounted fire, and the breathtaking sound of shells breaking through the air was heard again.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

This time, due to the shorter distance, the accuracy of the shelling was much higher, and a total of more than twenty shells hit the target.

In the smoke and flames that rose into the sky, countless stumps and broken arms were blown away, and the upper decks of the Dutch ships were once again washed with blood.

However, this was not over yet. Just tens of seconds after this round of shelling, an armed merchant ship at the very edge suddenly exploded like a volcanic eruption.

The jet of fireworks was like magma, instantly cracking the hull of the ship, and a large number of hull fragments mixed with human remains were washed into the sky.

This time the explosion directly ended the fate of the ship. Above the hull was a raging fire, and below, turbulent seawater poured into the cabin along the damaged hull.

The Dutch sailors, who were covered in fire on the deck, jumped into the sea crying for their fathers and mothers.

But relatively speaking, they were lucky. Although many people were burned by the fire, they at least temporarily saved their lives, while the unlucky ones in the cabin didn't even have a chance to escape.

"The Barry is over!"

Looking at the armed merchant ship Barry, which had begun to disintegrate, Maloney looked sad and angry.

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