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Chapter 166: Capture the enemy ship

The distance between the two sides is only more than 500 meters. Three warships and five armed merchant ships are arranged in a vertical line, and are parked at a position that can block the port exit.

Warships and armed merchant ships opened fire one after another.

The side guns were fired at the Portuguese warship like raindrops, and the shells penetrated into the Portuguese warship with destruction within a distance of 500 meters.

Then with a loud bang, the gunpowder-filled shell exploded, and three Portuguese warships were blown away, wood chips were blown away, big holes broke out in the hull, and a fire was ignited.

Within such a close distance, although it was a moving target, few of the shells shot into the sea, and almost most of them hit the target.

If such a huge target is not hit, you will really blush if you fail to hit it. This is a rifled cannon, with high accuracy and far from being comparable to a smoothbore cannon.

The Portuguese warship that rushed in the front was the most unlucky. Because it was the most conspicuous, more artillery targeted them. Within less than a minute, hundreds of shells fell from the sky.

Under the continuous explosion, within a moment, the warship stopped moving forward, and then the hull began to tilt.

Suddenly, a loud squeak was heard, and a huge warship suddenly disintegrated on the sea surface, and the structure of the hull was directly shattered.

The sailors and captains on the two Portuguese warships behind were shocked when they saw it. Some sailors even trembled their legs and shouted that this was the punishment given to them by the Lord.

"Yes, it must be the Lord who is punishing us to attack Catholics, Amen! Forgive me!"

“Amen…”

The Portuguese on the two warships knelt on the deck and prayed to the sky.

"I think it's time for us to surrender." One of the captains spoke, his proposal soon received support from all the sailors.

These Portuguese had just shelled the Catholics and were now suffering a disaster, which immediately became the Lord's punishment for them, which made them unable to raise the courage to resist. The captain immediately received support as soon as he proposed to surrender.

Soon, the white flag was raised on the mast of the Portuguese warship.

Seeing this, another Portuguese warship immediately raised the white flag. At this moment, Su Buheng ordered the ships to turn the side side, and no shells were shot. If the surrender slowed down, it would have to be eaten.

Su Buheng saw the Portuguese raising the white flag on the flagship and nodded with satisfaction. These Francophones were still very cognizable.

Two Portuguese warships that raised the white flag continued to sail towards the exit.

"Stop firing." Su Buheng immediately ordered.

The ten Dutch warships in the port were also stunned and frightened. Just one volley shot, a large warship was dismantled, which made them open their mouths and their chins almost fall off.

When the Dutch saw that the remaining two Portuguese warships were about to surrender, their mood fell to the bottom for a moment. After the First Fleet solved the Portuguese, it was much easier to face their ten warships.

Because the thirteen teams have the advantage of eight ships, five ships.

But ten to eight, except for two that can escape when they escape, they have no advantage when facing the first fleet at other times.

"Run." The commander of Batavia's fleet just gritted his teeth and said this. In the Dutch Navy, which was used to melee, no matter how many orders were, they were equal to farting and did not play any role. At this moment, no word is better or more concise than this word.

After receiving the order, the captains of the ten Dutch warships successively ordered the exit.

When the Portuguese warship approached, it docked aside and aimed its bow at the First Fleet to prove that they were not doing anything and then began to wait and see.

If the First Fleet wins, they surrender. If the Dutch breaks through the siege, they take the opportunity to escape, and their wishful thinking is a joke.

However, the Dutch who rushed to the exit were destined to be too threatening to the First Fleet, because the Dutch warships were advancing, while the First Fleet was surrounded by vertical lines, forming a T-shaped shape.

The Dutch warship only had one cannon on the bow of the ship that could fire at the First Fleet, while the other cannons had no ability to fire.

Although the threat is not great, how to stop the ten Dutch warships rushing in has become a huge challenge.

Dutch warships are heading in unison, which one to fight?

They will always be rushed to the front.

The Dutch are fighting. Although there will definitely be losses in the breakthrough, as long as one can break through, there will be several warships that can escape. It depends on who has good luck.

Su Buheng couldn't see where he could see it.

"I want to rush out, but fortunately I have prepared in advance. All ships and rockets cover the attack, and artillery focuses on attacking sails." Su Buheng ordered.

The flag verbs quickly rang out. There were already many sailors on the deck of each warship and armed merchant ship. There were rocket launchers in front of them, filled with rockets.

"Rocket Covered Shooting..."

"21 degree angle...ignite."

"ignition……"

The role of rockets in naval battles is to significantly increase firepower and burn the firepower of enemy ships. Suddenly, thick smoke rose from each ship.

A shrill whistling sounded constantly, and the rockets on the launcher shot out one after another, snatching the orange flames and rushing towards the coming Dutch warship.

Eight hundred meters away, ten Dutch warships hit the flying rocket head-on.

Compared with the accuracy of artillery, the Rockets' accuracy ability is much worse, but the Rockets are constantly continuing. The first wave of Rockets just launched, and the second wave of Rockets has begun to launch.

The sailors on the ship quickly loaded the rockets and sorted out the rocket's fuses. They pushed them forward one by one, and as soon as they pushed them up, the commander decisively issued the ignition order based on their feelings.

Each ship was placed in rows, like a volley of muskets, one after another.

There are enough rockets on board!

So much military spending every year is not in vain. When it comes to using Rockets, there will never be any out of stock.

Rockets, like locusts, were shot at Dutch warships. Although they were far less exaggerated than the other government troops using "flying swords" and "flying swords" in a battle, the momentum was not bad at all. A small tube was installed on the rocket, and once it flew into the sky, it would make a shrill whistling sound.

Under the heavy smoke of terrifying whistling sound, it was enough to cause any enemy to collapse.

A large number of rockets continued to rush into the sea, but the rockets rushed to the deck of the Dutch warships continued to flow. With the explosions, the Dutch sailors on the deck were swept down one by one by shrapnel, scaring the other sailors hid behind oak barrels and debris in a mess.

The coverage and strikes continued, and the sailors of the First Fleet looked like they would never give up until they shot the rockets.

After the rocket exploded on the warship, not only did shrapnel blow out and swept the person to the ground, but also lit flames on the deck. In the chaos, no one put out the fire, and the flames slowly began to spread.

With the continuous launch, each Dutch warship was hit by at least hundreds of rockets, some even more, but the most hit was the sea. Most of the rockets were hit into the sea, causing some fish to turn white and surface.

At this time, the First Fleet was at a disadvantage and launched for more than half a minute. The rocket smoke that exploded on the Dutch warship, mixed with dust, hit the front, making the First Fleet unable to see clearly what was ahead, so they stopped the rocket launch.

When the smoke and dust were blown away by the sea breeze, a tragic look appeared in front of people.

I saw the ten Dutch warships, three of which had already ignited a blazing flame, and the crackling sound of oak burning sounded very harsh.

The remaining seven Dutch warships had already been burned to pieces and the sails were all burning. This thing was the easiest thing to catch fire and the easiest thing to burn the entire ship. The Dutch sailors on the deck were struggling to save the fire in this gap.

The Portuguese, who were playing soy sauce, were stunned. If the overwhelming rocket fell on their heads, it would be unimaginable.

"Stop firing and capture enemy ships." After the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, Su Buheng issued an order after seeing the appearance of the Dutch warship clearly.

Due to the fire of sails, the Dutch warship lost its ability to move for a while. Although it was still rushing forward, it was destined to be unable to escape.

Three warships and five armed merchant ships of the First Fleet slowly entered the port, then spread out and rushed towards their respective targets.

The two armed merchant ships first leaned towards the two Portuguese warships, and soon the sailors on the deck jumped onto the deck of the Portuguese warships one by one.

The Portuguese on the ship had long thrown their weapons to the ground and raised their hands high. They didn't want to fight against this terrifying enemy. At the same time, due to religious factors, the Portuguese could not have the idea of ​​resisting.

The sailors rushed up quickly controlled two Portuguese warships. The Portuguese on the ship was locked in the cabin by the sailors, then pulled the sails and sailed to the port exit, blocking most of the exits that were not originally large.

As the Dutch warships continued to rush forward, they were already very close to the First Fleet. The first fleet that rushed into the port soon started to deal with the Dutch warships.

They are not in a hurry to board the ship and fight.

Instead, they stared at their respective targets, watched the Dutchman extinguishing fire on the ship, and fired fire to prevent the Dutch from repairing the sails.

Seeing that each of them was targeted, the Dutch had already realized that they were about to fall.

A Dutch warship took the lead in flapping a white flag, and the armed merchant ship staring at the warship immediately leaned forward, and the side of the ship was only part of the bow. From the contact line of this part, sailors jumped over the side of the ship.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless and there was no hope of turning the tables, the Dutch people on other Dutch warships also raised white flags. After the Dutch surrendered, the sailors of the First Fleet quickly boarded the ship, and while extinguishing the fire, they controlled the Dutch people on the ship.

This time, I guess I can catch a lot of white slaves again, and Su Buheng thought happily.

(To be continued)
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