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Chapter 250: Overwhelming Battle

Commander Raun's order was unimaginable. Seeing this order from the flag waving from the sailors of the flagship was incredible to many Dutch people on the Garen warship.

This order is to persuade them to surrender to the other side’s fleet!

"Is it the first time that the sailors have seen such a large fleet, just like us, so they... made the wrong flag sentence?"

A first mate put down his monocular lens and heard the complaints of the rest of the crew.

"Is he crazy?"

"We, more than a dozen ships, are going to persuade the fleet of at least one hundred ships to surrender?"

"I think he was knocked out by the previous victory!"

More than 300 Dutch crew members and sailors on the Garen warship soon began to discuss. At this time, the captain looked at the flag words that were once again called from the flagship and reluctantly believed this fact.

Commander Raun asked them to persuade the Ming fleet that was approaching!

In fact, the captain also found this incredible. After all, the other party had at least one hundred ships and only nine warships.

No matter how big the equipment gap is, the other party will not be scared by himself and surrender directly.

But no matter what, Lawn's order had been issued. Even though the captain wanted to agree, he had to put down the monocular in his hand and said to the chief mate:

"Tell me my order, raise the white flag, and persuade them to surrender!"

With this command, the sailors and crew of the Garen warship quickly started to yell again, but these complaints did not affect their speed at all on the deck.

The Fujian Navy on the opposite side was a warship converted from a merchant ship requisitioned by the people, equipped with six giant crossbows, more than one hundred muskets, and various firearms.

Surprisingly, before the battle started, a warship on the other side moved a white flag and slowly came to their eyes and stopped.

Just as the navy on this Ming warship was confused, the Dutch on the Garen warship began to slow down, and at the command of the captain, he sent several crew members to the watchtower and uttered flags to the side.

Many Ming navy officers and soldiers were in contact with the first time. Even Mr. Zhu, who had some combat experience, could not understand what the other party meant.

"What does that mean?"

Facing Shangguan's inquiry, the small flag officer of the garrison station silently shook his head:

"I have heard that this is the flag verb that Hongmao Fan whispered while sailing on the sea, but I don't know what it means."

"Done."

He subconsciously cursed the general and frowned tightly.

Perhaps because he found that the other party had no reaction to his flag language, the Garen warship continued to hold the white flag and slowly approached the Ming warship. When the distance was almost done, the Dutch flag bearer found a Chinese-speaking translator and began to shout from afar.

The distance is not very close, but the other party's voice is very bright. If you calm down, you can probably understand what it means, and your face will change immediately.

It turned out that this warship was a lobbyist sent by the Dutch to humiliate him. The content of their calls made people feel indignant and angry when they heard it.

The Dutch claimed that the East India Company had announced the acceptance of the entire fleet and Zhangzhou Port, and ordered the Fujian navy to surrender immediately. If the ship was destroyed, everyone would immediately put down their weapons.

Although Mr. Ba knew it would be difficult to beat these red-haired ghosts, he was a man after all. He was so humiliated in front of his subordinates. He immediately clenched his fists and replied:

"This is the Ming Dynasty's seafront, you are the ones who invaded without authorization!"

"Come on, give me a fight!"

The translation on the Galen Battleship is actually just a half-baked person, and it is very difficult to translate it quickly.

The more the captain heard, the more something was wrong. It was obvious that the Fujian navy in front of him regarded his persuasion to surrender before the war as a humiliation with bad intentions.

When he heard the second sentence, his face suddenly became frightened.

Because of this Dutch translation with poor Chinese proficiency, after the captain understood the meaning of the two sentences, the Fujian Navy warship in front of him was ready for battle.

Looking at the countless assault boats, the Fire Dragon Boat surrounded him. The captain was shocked and hurried back to the cabin and issued an order to stay away from these small boats.

Soon, the giant crossbow on the Fujian Navy warship began to be launched. The translator shouting on the Garen warship and the crew members who were playing flags were penetrated directly and fell into the sea.

Looking at the sea water under his feet gradually being dyed red by his own blood, the Dutch finally knew that this seemingly backward giant crossbow had such a huge melee power.

Soon, the Garen warship began to turn the rudder, and the sailors and crew above picked up advanced muskets leaning against one side and counterattacked the Fujian Navy's vanguard fleet.

The assault boat, like an ant colony, quickly began to implement the wolf pack tactics and encircled and annihilated the huge Garen warship in front of him.

The Ming army on the assault boat was under the firepower of the Dutch and desperately approached them. The officers and soldiers of the Ming army's navy threw out hooks with ropes and hooked the bulwarks of the Garen warship from all around.

After that, they bite the steel knife in their mouths and carried a spear on their backs, and began to climb up the Galen battleship along the ropes.

Faced with such a situation, the captain of the Garen warship panicked and soon discovered that the opponent's tactics were actually as rumored, extremely old-fashioned.

There were almost no heavy armed forces, including the warship that looked like a slightly larger merchant ship and the dense assault boats in front of us.

In comparison, not to mention that the Galen warship that could roam on the sea, the eight three-masted sailboats behind them were overwhelming for their firepower.

Perhaps because he knew that his firepower was not as good as that of the Dutch, the warship converted from a large merchant ship in front of him was equipped with a lot of barbed wire around it, and it extended diagonally upwards at least two meters long.

In this case, it is very beneficial to fight on the sidelines. Once caught by the opponent, it is extremely difficult to escape. There are opponents' assault boats and fire dragon boats on the sea, so they cannot jump into the boat to escape.

However, he was not in a hurry.

After realizing that the Fujian navy was just a fancy move and was not equipped with any decent armed forces, the captain of the Galen warship made a very wise decision - "fire directly."

The Dutch Garen warship seemed to have given up the siege and interception of the assault boat and the Fire Dragon boat. They began to turn the rudder and exposed all the more than 30 cannons equipped with the side ship, aiming at the Fujian Navy warship in front of them.

Soon, a thunderous explosion shocked everyone for a moment.

"Boom--"

The cannons on the Garen warship began to tilt their firepower towards the Fujian Navy's vanguard fleet. With just one round of shooting of the side cannon, they directly exploded the Fujian Navy warship that took the lead.

Yes, it was shot directly...

In the face of such powerful firepower, the Fujian Navy Pioneer fleet's intention to use wolf pack tactics to encircle and annihilate the Dutch Garen warships was quickly lost.

The left-handed cannon fired and exploded a Fujian Navy warship. Soon, the Dutch turned the right-handed cannon and aimed at another Fujian Navy warship that was still dazed.

"Retreat quickly, withdraw quickly!"

The boss suddenly woke up and started shouting wildly.

The navy officers and soldiers on the ship also began to turn the rudder, but with the sound of the earth shaking, wood chips and gunpowder flying in the air, the Fujian Navy warship converted from a merchant ship was shot to pieces again without any suspense.
Chapter completed!
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