105mm howitzer volley!

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The Dutch Navy's counterattack came very quickly.

In May of the third year of Taichang, the Dutch Navy launched a tentative attack.

After all, the Dutch were overlords of the South Ocean sea, and the intelligence they had was very accurate. When they launched the attack, all the fleets of the White-Clothed Navy left the port of Balinbang and went to the sea near Brunei for combat patrol. I don’t know who arranged the patrol plan, but the port of Balinbang was no longer stationed by the fleet, intentionally or unintentionally.

Seizing this rare opportunity, the Dutch Navy concentrated thirty large warships and took the opportunity to attack the port next to Ba. The Dutch Navy's combat thinking was very clear. They not only wanted to destroy the home port of the White-Clothed Navy fleet, but also completely destroyed all the equipment and facilities inside, so that all the White-Clothed Navy fleet could not dock here, supply here, and even more could not repair ships here.

For warships on the sea, it is not scary to have no home port. Without their own home port, they can also dock in other ports. However, if there is no place to dock, no place to replenish, and no place to repair ships, the problem will be very serious.

After any warship is active on the sea, it cannot dock, supply and maintenance. Even if there is no battle, the warship will have to undergo routine maintenance and inspection after entering the port. The more guns a warship is, the longer the maintenance and inspection will take place.

Why did the White Navy seize the port of Balinbang? In the Dutch's view, it was to achieve the three basic purposes of docking, supply and maintenance. The Port of Balinbang has such functions. They wanted to destroy the port of Balinbang, so that all the fleets of the White Navy could not achieve these three goals and could only fend for themselves.

If the White Navy had no Balinbang port as a base, they had to go back to the coast of the Ming Empire for supply and maintenance. This was a long journey. Not only did it take a lot of time between round and trips, it also gave the Dutch Navy the opportunity to defeat each. Therefore, for the Dutch Navy, taking the Balinbang was an inevitable choice.

The person who led this mixed fleet was Dutch Navy Lieutenant General Seedorf. His identity was the commander of the Dutch Far East Fleet. Generally speaking, those who can achieve this position are definitely not ordinary people. The Far East involves the interests of many countries, and countries are fighting openly and secretly, fighting each other, and the situation is turbulent. If you are not careful, you may fall into a trap set by others in advance. Therefore, people with a slightly weaker ability are not competent.

In fact, among the many lieutenant generals of the Dutch Navy, Seidorf has always been known for his courage, fighting and being calm and wise. To be honest, bravery, fighting and being calm and wise are often antonyms. However, no one thinks that these two adjectives are used in Seidorf. He is indeed a brave and calm person. His favorite thing is to bombard the other party with thousands of cannons and then fight with the other party.

Under the careful arrangement of Seedorf, the Dutch Navy mixed fleet set out quietly from Jakarta late at night, and after sailing in the middle of the night, it appeared on the nearby sea next to Balin when it was just dawn. Seedorf searched the surrounding sea with a thousand-mile mirror, but indeed no trace of the white-clothed naval fleet was found.

“Go ahead at full speed!”

"Snatch the port on Balinbang!"

Sidorf, who felt that victory was in sight, immediately ordered.

Suddenly, a strange thought flashed through his mind.

Logically speaking, as the only home port of the White-Clothed Navy in the Nanyang region, the only port that allows the White-Clothed Navy fleet to dock, supply and repair, the White-Clothed Navy should pay great attention to it. If the White-Clothed Army ran all the way to seize the White-Clothed Army, it was just a whim and would not believe that Seidov would be killed.

Even if the senior leaders of the White-Clothed Navy are all fools, they should understand that this port cannot be lost for them. Once they lose this port, all the White-Clothed Navy fleets will face huge dangers. If the senior leaders of the White-Clothed Navy are really so mentally retarded, the White-Clothed Navy will never be able to develop to this level today.

Just like the Dutch port of Jakarta and the Spanish port of Manila, there are naval fleets stationed at all times. No matter how urgent the situation outside is, it is impossible to send all naval fleets without leaving any left. How could the white-clothed navy be so careless? Could it be that there is something strange about it?

However, this idea flashed a moment in Seidov's mind and he had no impression. Due to the strength of the Dutch Navy itself, Seidov looked down on ordinary conspiracies and tricks at all. In his opinion, some of the opponent's clevernesses had no chance to play with Ben in the face of absolute strength.

"Why do I feel something is wrong?"

Esco, who accompanied Seedorf to fight, looked at the surrounding sea from the Qianli Mile Mile, with a look of confusion on his face. In order to confirm the information, he even climbed to the top of the mast and checked the surrounding sea.

Quiet, too quiet, a bit abnormal.

Logically speaking, when the main fleet of the Dutch Navy was dispatched, the White-Clothed Navy should have some reaction. Even if the White-Clothed Navy did not know the news that the main fleet of the Dutch Navy set out from Jakarta, under the current situation, they should also strengthen patrol the sea near the Ba neighboring area. Even if there is no large warship patrol, there should always be small warships? Even if there is not even small warships, there should always be ordinary sentry ships, right?

However, there were no ships nearby the sea near Balin. Not to mention the patrol ships of the White Navy, even the merchant ships and fishing boats, they saw no ships. In short, on the huge sea, there was no other ship except the Dutch Navy warships. Even the seagulls were not seen.

"Can you say that the White Navy is really so careless?"

Originally, the defense of the Balin-Ning Port was so negligent and so slack, which was absolutely a good thing for the Dutch Navy. In this way, the Dutch Navy could directly enter the Balin-Ning Port and caught the White-Clothed Navy off guard. Without the warning of the sentry ship, when the Dutch Navy warship appeared in the port, everyone would be stunned.

However, for some reason, Esco always felt something was wrong in his heart and could not be excited. For this reason, he had to take a deep breath and drive away all the ominous thoughts in his mind.

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"Why haven't you come yet?"

"Will the Dutch Navy not come?"

"They didn't see something, did they?"

Yun Qifeng held up the telescope and said to himself a little nervously.

Chen Xinhai, who was standing beside him, nodded confidently, but did not speak.

After all the fleets of the White Navy were sent out, Yun Qifeng was responsible for guarding the port next to Ba. As for Chen Xinhai himself, he became the commander of the bare hands. Now Chen Xinhai does not have any warships under his command. If he was killed in the port by the Dutch Navy, he, the deputy commander of the White Navy, would probably have to commit suicide and die in his country.

Fortunately, with the Yun Qifeng and the artillery he led, Chen Xinhai could seize the rare opportunity, take a break from his busy schedule to enjoy the beautiful scenery around him. To be honest, the scenery around the port on Balinbang was quite beautiful. Unfortunately, due to busy affairs, Chen Xinhai had no time to enjoy the scenery.

Yun Qifeng put down his telescope, looked around habitually, and nodded gently. All the cannons around were ready. All the black holes were aimed at the main channel in front of the port. All the howitzers had shells loaded. As long as he gave his order, the first round of cannons could begin.

As one of the highest leaders of the White-Clothing Army's artillery, whenever the White-Clothing Army has new artillery, Yun Qifeng will appear as the test ambassador, following the new artillery. In fact, his current position is the commander of the Artillery Battalion, and he has never changed more. However, the equipment of the artillery battalion under his command has been replaced by several batches. From the initial mortar to the current howitzer, it is really changing with each passing day, and the bird gun has been replaced.

These 105mm howitzers are newly developed and have never been used in actual combat. Therefore, Xu Xingxia is not sure about their practical effects for the time being. The terrain of the Western Regions is complex and the roads are rugged. Large-caliber artillery cannot maneuver smoothly here, and it is more convenient to use in marine ports.

In addition to howitzers with a caliber of 105 mm, the White Army also specially developed shore defense guns with a caliber of 155 mm. This large-caliber heavy gun is too heavy to use on warships and can only be installed on the turrets on the shore. However, the 155 mm caliber is fatal to any wooden warship. Once the shell is down, even warships with a displacement of more than 2,000 tons will be crushed on the spot.

"Here you come!"

Suddenly, the whistle sounded sharp and harsh.

Amid the sharp whistle, there were red pennant waving constantly.

The Dutch fleet led by Seedorf slowly appeared in Yun Qifeng's telescope.

The main channel of the Balinbang port is located in the middle of a large number of hidden reefs, and is not particularly spacious. It can only accommodate about ten large ships at the same time. If more than ten large ships are trying to enter and exit the port at the same time, you need to queue up. If you try to forcibly advance from the reef area, you may be very high.

To be honest, such a main channel is actually relatively poor among the ports in the Nanyang region. This is also because the Dutch did not pay special attention to the ports of Balinbang. After all, the port conditions in Malacca, Jakarta, Manila, Brunei and other places are much better than those in Balinbang. Even nearby ports such as Surabaya, Magasa have a lot of advantages.

Before entering the main channel beside Balin, all the Dutch naval warships had a pause in order. The captains of all the warships were waiting for Seidorf's arrangement. At this time, the Dutch warships were only about ten miles away from the main buildings in the port beside Balin. Such a distance would basically be fired by port cannons. Of course, the large-caliber artillery on large warships also had the ability to counterattack with solid bullets.

Generally speaking, when a naval fleet forcibly attacks a port, it will suffer certain losses. This loss mainly comes from shore defense artillery. No matter what force it is, after occupying the port, it will set up certain instigations to cover the port. For example, ports such as Malacca controlled by the Portuguese, Jakarta controlled by the Dutch, and Manila controlled by the Spanish are all equipped with a large number of shore defense artillery.

Under normal circumstances, the caliber of the shore defense gun is larger than that of the naval gun. Because the shooting of the shore defense gun basically does not require recoil, balance of the warship, damage taken by the warship, or carries the cannonballs on the shaking ship. This means that the shore defense gun has a longer range and stronger power.

There is no doubt that in the process of attacking the port, the attacking party will inevitably be bombarded by shore defense artillery first. Only by forcibly bombarding the shore defense artillery can the counterattack be carried out. In this process, the attacking party's fleet may suffer certain casualties. However, as long as the port can be occupied smoothly, it is worth it to pay a little price.

The fleet under Seidorf has more than 30 large warships and more than 2,000 artillery pieces. Among them, there are many large-caliber heavy artillery pieces. Such fierce firepower is indeed quite amazing. As long as one-third of the shells can be successfully poured into the port beside Balin, the port can be razed to the ground.

"Chain the main channel and fire!"

Yun Qifeng issued the order to bombard without hesitation.

In fact, as for howitzers with a caliber of 105mm, all Dutch warships have entered the range. The farthest Dutch warship is only about six kilometers away from the turret next to Ba. The maximum range of howitzers with a caliber of 105mm is more than ten kilometers. Now, due to the need to enter the main channel of queues, Dutch warships are adjusting the order and the team is relatively dense, which just gives the white-clothed artillery a chance to fire volleys.

The turrets at the ports near Balinbang are made of steel and concrete, and are very strong. The turrets are not mobile warships, and there is no need to consider the recoil of heavy artillery. All howitzers have a solid base. Therefore, they can be completely volleyed.

The power of the forty-eight large-caliber artillery is quite amazing. The howitzers, which are close to modern, have greatly improved their range, power and rate of fire. Moreover, from 75mm caliber to 105mm caliber, the power of the shell has increased by at least five times.

"Bangbangbangbang!"

"Bangbangbangbang!"

A burst of roar continued to come.

The entire port next to Ba suddenly became shaking.

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Chapter completed!