Chapter 1073 Superior Firepower
"Retreat! Retreat!"
Eric let out a scream of hoarseness. Now even fools can see that they have no hope of victory. If they continue, they only face annihilation.
But he was wrong because Yue Yun was not going to let any Dutch warship leave this time.
After receiving the order, the Iron Crafts quickly completed the encirclement at a speed three times that of the sailing warship, and the twelve warships bombarded the Dutch warships from three aspects.
Faced with the desperate situation, Eric slowly closed his eyes, and then shouted: "Even if we want to lose this war today, we must let the people of the Chinese Empire understand the unyielding will of our Dutch people and let the gunners reload and fight back!"
With Eric's order, the remaining forty-two warships fired at the ironclad ships on the outside.
"Boom boom boom..."
The dense shells flew out, and the shells kept falling on the hull of the ironclad ship. The ironclad ship that was hit was immediately surrounded by the sea of fire.
Looking at the iron-clad ship covered by flames and smoke, the Dutch soldiers cheered loudly, and a burst of hope arose in their hearts.
But this hope was completely destroyed when it appeared intact before them as the ironclad ship rushed into the flames and smoke.
The Dutch's round flowering shells could not blow up hundreds of millimeters of iron armor armor. Although there were many shells on the iron armor, they were just tickling the iron armor.
The cheers came to an abrupt end, and all the Dutch warships fell into silence.
No despair makes naval soldiers feel sad than a warship that cannot be destroyed in front of him.
The smile that had just appeared on Eric's face seemed to have frozen. He put down his telescope and felt sad.
The Netherlands, as the former maritime overlord, lost to the British, eventually led to the decline of hegemony. Now the overlord who can defeat the British has emerged. He can foresee that Britain's maritime overlord will end in the hands of the Chinese Empire.
In the future maritime trade, any country will live with the breath of the Chinese Empire.
When he was desperate, the ironclad ship aimed the muzzle at the Dutch warship. With the roar of artillery fire, several warships in the Dutch warships exploded and turned into a sea of fire.
The fierce artillery fire was just the beginning, and the ironclad ships were loading very quickly. Before they could react, another round of artillery bombardment came.
In a very short time, half of the fifty Dutch warships would be blown up, and in the next time they could only watch one warship after another sink.
Not far away, Lei Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face, Lei Ming said, "I really envy your navy. With the iron-clad ship, you will be able to roam the ocean from now on."
This time, Yue Yun did not deny that the sailing warship and the ironclad ship were not equal opponents, and the naval battle in front of him proved his idea.
From now on, the ocean will no longer be the world of Europeans.
While the ironclad ships were victorious, the army's landing mission was basically completed because the artillery was ready to destroy the Dutch's shore defense.
The login operation was not harassed by local fleets, and this login went very smoothly.
After the first batch of soldiers stepped on the beach, Lei Ming immediately asked the flag-speaker to convey the order. The soldiers immediately approached the enemy 200 meters and began to build fortifications.
Machine guns and mortars were also placed in place, and they could attack the trench positions at any time.
At the same time, Simon and Aifer in the trench were in a complicated mood, and they all saw the battle at sea.
Now that all fifty warships have been sunk, Eric has no chance of survival.
On the inside of the trench, Stephen's face was extremely pale. Although he had a lot of opinions about Eric, he was Dutch after all.
He was still very sad to watch him bury in the sea with the Dutch warships, but the pain lasted only for a few seconds because he had to face greater trouble next.
Because Eric failed to prevent the landing of the Imperial soldiers, the Imperial soldiers who have successfully landed will launch an offensive against them.
If they lose their position here this time, they will lose their Jakarta together.
"Dadada..."
"Chir...boom..."
Just when Stephen was worried, a strange sound suddenly sounded. He had heard the sound of the machine gun, but he had never heard the sound behind it at all.
After this sound, hundreds of explosions suddenly occurred on the position.
Simon and Ever were also stunned by the sudden explosion. Without any warning, this round of explosion caused hundreds of casualties to their soldiers.
Just as they were shocked, with the same sound, another explosion sounded, Simon looked out and found that the Imperial soldiers were manipulating a strange weapon.
This weapon is different from any artillery, but a very short artillery. Soldiers only need to plug into the inside with strange-shaped shells, and the shells will fly out of a very high arc and fall vertically.
In this way, the trench is basically equivalent to falsehood to them.
Under the bombardment of artillery guns, the Dutch soldiers became panicked. They hated the feeling of being killed by strange weapons.
Some soldiers even hid in the cave again to avoid bombing.
Although Aifel and Si wanted to hide in, the situation this time was obviously different from the shelling of the Imperial warships.
Now the Imperial soldiers are two hundred meters away. As long as they hide in, these soldiers can rush to the trench at any time.
So, now they can only confront the imperial soldiers under the fire, but in this way, their casualties began to increase dramatically again.
"Blow me hard, don't be afraid of wasting shells. If you take Jakarta, you will be able to make a profit." Chang Yuzhu shouted to the mortar.
These soldiers have been trained in Qingzhou and returned to the army, so they are very proficient in using mortars.
"Yes, the leader."
With Chang Yuzhu's approval, the mortars shot out one by one, and the positions not far away continued to explode.
While the mortar was showing its power, the machine gun was not idle either. The machine gunner fired wildly at the trench, and the bullets flew towards the Dutch like raindrops.
According to their combat plan, they have to make full use of the advantages of their weapons this time, so they will not stop without achieving the effect of firepower coverage.
Time passed by little by little, the mortar shells decreased one by one, and the Dutch positions had been bombed in an abnormal manner.
On the warship, Lei Ming kept watching the Dutch trench. After discovering that no soldiers on the Dutch position dared to reveal their heads, he ordered the charge to blow.
With the order to charge, the soldiers rushed to the Dutch position with Han-style rifles. At this time, sporadic gunfire began to sound, and soldiers were constantly hit by bullets and fell to the ground.
Chapter completed!