In the Port of New Amsterdam, more than 40 warships of the Ming Navy Fleet have reached a close distance of the port pier about ten miles away.

However, the Dutch did not respond much, and even their warships did not leave the port dock to stop them.

They probably all think that the Ming Navy Fleet's warship is unlikely to launch an attack on them.

After all, hundreds of giant ships were parked at the port and wharf, and more than 40 of them were warships.

Although this strength may not be able to beat more than 40 tower ship gunboats of the Ming Navy, there is still no problem with the defense with the shore defense guns on the bastion.

At least, so do Minuit and Prince Conde think so.

They even believed that if the Ming Navy fleet launched an attack, it would be seeking death.

You know, the 36-pound cannon is not a joke. As long as it hits, the tower ship can be shot and penetrated in one shot.

The twenty-four-pound cannon is not a vegetarian. If the gunboat of the tower ship is eaten by a few 24-pound cannon shells, it will be sunk.

This bastion is equipped with several thirty-six-pound cannons, and more than ten twenty-four-pound cannons. How many rounds of bombardment can the more than forty warships of the Ming Navy Fleet withstand?

When Taichang saw the Dutch's attitude, he couldn't help but laugh and cry.

These guys are really ignorant and fearless!

He was just showing the enemy as weak, and these guys actually thought they were too weak to launch an attack.

How to say this?

It was a bit too much for him to go on the ASCHS to bombard the ASCHS.

He thought about it for a while and ordered decisively: "Transfer the order, order the ASCHS ships to line up, concentrate their firepower to blow off the more than ten tower ships and gunboats, and then attack the bastion."

He was ready to catch someone and beat him up, and he couldn't stop beating just because he didn't respond.

The robbers will accept their fists. If they don’t catch these colonial robbers, they won’t be convinced!

A series of order flags waved twenty Aegis ships immediately lined up and headed straight for the port terminal.

This is an attack formation!

Seeing this, Minuit quickly ordered: "Quick, send orders, all artillery load ammunition and prepare to open fire."

He really didn't expect that the Ming Empire would dare to attack them with just over forty tower ship gunboats, and only half of the tower ship gunboats came up.

Is this crazy?

Of course he knew that the twenty or so floor ships and gunboats that came up were all armoured.

Problem, they have tried all the iron armor, it’s useless!

They have tested it. If the cast iron plate armor is too thin, it will not be able to withstand the bombardment of shells. If you shoot down, even the wooden boards behind the cast iron plate armor will burst.

If you want to withstand the bombardment of shells, the thickness of the cast iron plate armor will be at least a few inches. In that case, the weight of the armor will exceed the load capacity of the warship, and the warship will sink without driving.

So, after they tried it, they gave up the idea of ​​producing armored warships.

Just kidding, it’s useless to put on thin iron plates, why bother with that?

He really didn't know where the confidence came from in the Ming Empire.

He can tell the approximate displacement of this kind of warship at a glance, and based on the displacement, the iron armor on the warship is definitely not a few inches thick.

In other words, this kind of iron-armored warship can't withstand the bombardment of shells at all.

At least that's what he thinks.

How could he know that the Ming Dynasty's iron armored warships were not ordinary cast iron plate armor at all.

Xuanwu armor is a steel armor made of steel plates, and its toughness and strength are not comparable to ordinary cast iron.

There is no way. None of the continental countries have begun to study steel at this moment. They can't imagine how tough and strength the steel armor is.

Anyway, Minuit was a little confused at this moment. He even forgot to let the thirty-six-pound cannons and twenty-four-pound cannons be bombarded first.

His mistake can be said to be fatal, because the entire bastion, including the tower ship gunboats in the port, only the only one with a range of more than 500 kilograms of Thunder cannons cannons with a range of more than ten thirty-six-pound cannons and twenty-four-pound cannons.

Moreover, only these more than ten giant cannons can break through the armor of the Aegis.

He actually wasted such an opportunity for artillery, and next, he basically had no chance.

Soon, the ASCHS was less than five miles away from the port pier. "Boom boom boom", and the huge roar of artillery sounded one after another, and the shells hit more than ten building ships like raindrops.

What happens if thousands of shells hit more than ten building ships and gunboats?

The result was quite tragic. Even if the hit rate of shells was less than 30%, the more than ten tower ships had eaten more than 200 shells. Each tower ship's gunboat was smashed with more than 100 huge holes, and the people inside didn't know how many people were killed and injured.

Seeing this, Minuit immediately howled: "Hurry up, fire, fire!"

"Boom boom boom", there was also a roar of cannons on the two prisms.

However, even though they were prepared for a long time, they knew that the Ming Empire was likely to attack them, and they did not collect two hundred cannons in the bastion, and most of these two hundred cannons were twelve-pound cannons.

The range of the twelve-pound cannon can get the ASCH, but it is useless even if it hits. The Xuanwu armor on the ASCH is enough to withstand these ten kilograms of shells.

As for the other ten more than ten thirty-six-pound cannons and twenty-four-pound cannons, the shells flew a few miles behind the ASCHS without adjusting the angle.

Not to mention the tower ships, gunboats and ordinary warships at the port terminal, the range is not as far away as the ASCHS ships, and their firing can't reach them.

Therefore, after a volley, twenty ASCH ships were almost unscathed.

Seeing this, Minuit couldn't help but be stunned.

How is that possible?

Before he could figure it out, the twenty ASCH ships roared again.

"Boom boom boom", more than ten building ship gunboats were flooded by shell rain and water columns again. When the water column fell, the more than ten building ship gunboats were already terrible, and each ship had at least thirty or forty large holes!

How many shells can the tower ship gunboats eat at this time?

According to records, the Dutch had a building ship, gunboat, which had eaten more than fifty shells and had not been sunk.

Of course, this is the highest record. It is hard to escape the general building ship gunboats that eat thirty or forty shells.

So, at this moment, more than ten building ships and gunboats have begun to sink.

Seeing this, Minuit couldn't help but look a little horrified in his eyes.

How can I fight this battle?

Their tower ship gunboats could not withstand the other people's volleys, and even if they were shot, they would have nothing to do!

No, the 24-pound cannon and 36-pound cannon must not be able to withstand the shells of the 24-pound cannon. They just didn't aim at it.

Thinking of this, he quickly howled, "Come on, load ammunition, aim, aim."

As the gunners in the bastion were busy, twenty ASCH ships opened fire again.

"Boom boom boom", more than a dozen sinking tower ships were once again flooded with shell rain and water columns.

This time, after the water column fell, more than ten building ships and gunboats were almost half sunk.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help but curl his lips.

The Dutch commander was so bad that he just watched the gunboats of the tower ships being bombarded without thinking about anything.

In fact, they don’t have the ability to fight back at all.

As long as hundreds of ships rushed forward, surrounded twenty ASCH ships and fought to the side, they could still cause them a lot of trouble.

This is also the only opportunity on the other side.

He really didn't expect that the Dutch commander would not even think of this.

In fact, he wronged others.

The reason why Minuit performed poorly was mainly because he did not know the performance of the ASCHS and the toughness and strength of the ASCHS armor.

Moreover, the attack speed of the ASCHS was so fast that he didn't have much time to react.
Chapter completed!