Chapter 253: The Great Victory of the Penghu Naval Battle
"Don't that idiot, Luon, know that there is a fleet hidden behind his butt!"
Bush now deeply understands what it means to be shocked and angry.
He howled angrily, turned around the deck a few times, and then issued a quick order: "Play the flag and sank these yellow-skinned monkeys from the east into the sea to feed the fish!"
Before he finished speaking, the Zheng family fleet on the other side opened fire first.
"Set up the gun, open fire."
Zheng Yiguan pressed his hand on the wall of the ship, holding the monocular telescope he bought from the Dutch in his hand, staring at the other party's chaotic deck, and said lightly.
With a command.
More than 60 warships from the Zheng family fleet, countless sailors and soldiers drilled out of the cabin, came to the deck, and put hundreds of ship-borne cannon racks that had been equipped with shotgun guns on "U"-shaped cannon racks.
In addition, some sailors took the tiger squat cannons purchased from the Fujian Navy, pushed them down at the opening of the bulwark, and aimed at the Dutch three-masted sailing warship that was approaching them quickly.
However, they did not fire directly.
The imperial court's Tiger Pier Cannon had a very short range, and it was at sea, so the range was equivalent to not. However, since Zheng Yiguan brought it, he would not do useless work.
There are three double-deck warships in the Zheng family's fleet that have combat effectiveness second only to the Garen warships, all of which are the main warships purchased from the Portuguese for a lot of money.
This double-deck warship is gradually replacing the three-masted sailing warships and competing for the position of the main warship in the European naval warfare.
Of course, in countries with extremely developed naval countries such as Venice, some sporadic three-deck warships have appeared at a speed ahead of the world.
This kind of warship is even more powerful, and all aspects such as carrier-based artillery are comparable to the Garen warship, which is enough to shake the dominance of the Garen warship.
The three-masted sail warships commonly used by the Dutch are now three or four meters lower than the double-deck warships of the Zheng family fleet.
Even the Tiger Pier cannon can play a very obvious role under such advantages.
"Oh God, we were fooled. The Zheng family actually had a double-deck battleship. They quickly cut off the cables, fled back to Penghu, and then sank them with heavy artillery on the fortress."
With the sound of the shaking of the mountain, Bush keenly noticed that there were at least two Portuguese double-deck battleships in the more than 60 boats of the Zheng family!
Two years ago, the Portuguese used this kind of warship as their main force and easily defeated the Dutch Ocean Fleet twice as much as its own in the Cape of Good Hope.
In that battle, the Portuguese defeated the Dutch, just as easy as the latter defeating the vanguard fleet of the Fujian Navy.
This is the era of great voyage. If you fall behind, you will be beaten. A level of gap means a series of failures like a snowball in the war!
The former coachman empire was already at the end of its powers such as England, Portugal, and Spain, so they urgently needed to open up a new route to Asia and reshape the glory of the empire.
This Ming Dynasty, which was caught in internal and external disputes, natural disasters and man-made disasters, is still using all its strength to pursue progress, and it is not something they can easily shake!
Bush howled angrily.
His excellent tactical literacy and keen sense of smell kept warning him that he would never confront the other party head-on, so soon, he made the wisest decision at this time - "retreat".
As soon as the order was issued, a round of artillery was descending on the deck behind Bush. A shotgun fired from the double-deck battleship in the Zheng family fleet exploded accurately over their heads.
Suddenly, there was chaos on the Dutch flagship. Two strong sailors who were originally holding a big axe to cut off the cable were directly hit by the scattered projectiles at close range, and their heads exploded.
The Royal Dutch Navy soldier who was playing flags fell straight into the sea due to a shaking wave.
At this time, a double-deck battleship of the Zheng family was already very close.
Zheng Zhibao measured the distance, and with the advantage of condescending fire, he ordered more than 20 tiger pier cannons on the ship to start shooting at Bush's flagship.
Then, a series of roars echoed in Bush's ears like thunder.
At the strait of the double-deck battleship bulwarks, a dark muzzle was exposed in the large hole about one meter, and flames were sprayed out one after another.
Because the deck was taller than the other party, the Zheng family sailors almost held the tiger pier cannon and pointed it at the Dutch under their eyes and fired.
"Bang bang bang--"
The dense iron sand slams swept across Bush's deck like a hurricane. Countless Dutch soldiers and sailors, howling into the water, thrusting helpless waves.
As the double-deck battleship sailed mercilessly, the Dutch people who fell into the water no longer struggled and sank into the quiet, deep seabed.
The loyal first mate quickly pressed Bush down as soon as the muzzle appeared on the Zheng family's double-deck battleship.
After Bush survived, the first mate was not so lucky. When he stood up in a dirt, he found that the first mate had already died on his back.
Bush shook his head and shook some gunpowder and dust off his hair. At this time, the sound could be heard in his ears again.
In an instant, wailing sounds from the deck poured in.
Before he could react, another loud noise came from his ears, and the entire flagship trembled violently. Bush was frightened to find that it was the Zheng family's double-deck battleship, hooking his flagship with a hook.
Obviously, they planned to seize the flagship by force.
"This is a great shame!"
Bush knew that he had lost. Facing the Zheng family fleet, perhaps it was because he was not prepared for combat, or perhaps it was because of some other reason.
But the final result was only one: he, the proud Dutch East India Company Royal Navy Admiral, was defeated in the Battle of Penghu.
Coming to the stern in a daze, Bush looked at the distant land, took out his carry-on pistol and pointed it at his temple.
He knew that his hands were covered with countless blood and it was impossible to go to heaven.
But he doesn't regret it.
"Long live the Greater Netherlands, long live the Queen!!"
With such a last cry, Bush pulled the trigger without hesitation. Behind his fall, a large number of Dutch soldiers and sailors were knocked to the ground by the Zheng soldiers who jumped onto the flagship.
When they fight in close combat, they are as weak as sheep.
Except for a small number of Dutch soldiers who were still resisting stubbornly, the vast majority of them chose to surrender in extreme shock and panic.
Of course, they surrendered if they felt they couldn't beat it. This was normal and they didn't feel humiliated.
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Because Lawn's fleet was firmly besieged near the sea by Yu Zizao's Fujian Navy, the Zheng family fleet, which had been prepared, easily defeated the Dutch's second main battleship, and even Bush had committed suicide.
After that, the remaining three-masted sailing warships were all unwarranted and desperately turned their rudders to escape to the Penghu Fortress.
After arriving at the shore, they didn't even want to stay and cooperate with the fortress on the mountain. They threw down their ships, fled to the shore, and rushed back to the fortress.
In this way, Zheng Yiguan easily took down eight complete three-masted sailing warships.
Such a great harvest made Zheng Yiguan, who counted the fruits of victory after the war, laughed happily. He really didn't expect it would be so smooth.
Of course, the destruction of dozens of ships and hundreds of people in the imperial court's vanguard fleet was just not painful, after all, it was not his own lineage that was damaged.
He doesn't feel sorry for him.
But who is the one who feels sorry for? It’s just the Emperor Apocalypse who heard the war report in the Forbidden City!
Zheng Yiguan didn't know what the emperor's most likely decision was.
In some matters, Zhu Youxiao's court was shameless at all.
Chapter completed!