Ming Zuo

Chapter 653 Fighting wits and courage
"There should be no intelligent people on the great ocean, they are a bunch of clowns."

Seeing Hong Xu rushing forward, Bapu Dewei's tone was very arrogant.

From his professional point of view, Hong Xu's actions are worse than pirates.

Seeing the boats on both sides getting closer, Bapu Dewei's tone was even full of melody.

"Turn left, boys, teach these yellow-skinned monkeys a lesson."

The Venlo began to turn to the left while turning the side of the ship to Hong Xu's ship.

"Turn left."

Coincidentally, Hong Xu also issued the same order.

But the two sides were facing each other, and the result of turning left at the same time was that Hong Xu's ship suddenly left the range of the Wenluo, and the two sides gradually drifted away.

Bap Dewei is full of lawsuits.

"What the hell is he doing?"

Without allowing him to figure it out, the sentinel shouted, "Captain, another ship is coming."

Bapu Dewei hurriedly took a closer look, only to see Hong Xu's auxiliary ship bumping towards this side at the bow of the Wenluo.

On Zheng's ship, the artillery is arranged on the bow.

From this angle, the Zheng family could fire, but the Wen Luo could not.

In desperation, Bap Dewei ordered again.

"Keep turning left."

The Wenluo drew a circle on the sea, and pointed the ship's side at Hong Xu's second ship again.

But what drove Bapu Dewei crazy was that Hong Xu's second ship also turned to the left, which was staggered with Wenluo.

The two consecutive combat arrangements failed, but the Wenluo turned into a situation of returning the same way because of a big circle.

This time Bapu Dewei finally understood.

"Damn it, these Ming people are stalling for time."

Seeing Hong Xu's intentions, Bapu Dewei was furious.

"Full sail, rush straight over, Mingren's boat can't catch up with us."

The Wenluo was ordered, and this time it no longer went around in circles, but mustered its full sails and headed northeastward with all its strength.

Hong Xu took a look and knew that he could only fight head-on.

"Rush forward, no matter what, we can't let the Dutchman go."

Because his ship was originally in the northeast direction, so this time it was still stopped in front of the Wenluo.

Another ship got the order and also approached from the side.

The three warships are getting closer and closer on the sea.

The Dutchman kept adjusting the bow of the ship, looking for an opportunity to meet Hong Xu with his flanks at any time.

Hong Xu was extremely nervous, staring at the Wenluo's actions, never giving the Wenluo a chance to fire.

But the auxiliary ship rushing over from the side didn't have such good luck.

When the auxiliary ship entered the range of the Venlo, Bapu Dewei decisively ordered to fire.

Finally, thunderbolts continued on the calm sea, and gunpowder smoke filled the air.

Ten shells rushed towards the auxiliary ship roaring, but all of them were empty.

But seeing where the shells landed, everyone knew that the auxiliary ship was already within the fire coverage of the Wenluo.

But the red-clothed cannon on the auxiliary ship will have to drive for a while before it can get into range.

In desperation, the deputy ship had to bite the bullet and move on.

Faster than the auxiliary ship is Hong Xu's ship.

After all, he was coming towards the Wenluo, and the two sides approached quickly.

"fire!"

Hong Xu's boat opened fire first.

Unsurprisingly, after the shells roared out, they finally landed in the water.

Hong Xu's ship has only one red cannon at the bow, so the firepower is very sparse.

The cannon missed, and the sailors immediately pushed the red cannon down, and then pushed the other cannon to its position.

After a hasty aim, it was another shot.

This is a solution that Zheng Zhilong came up with for Fuchuan's shortage of gun positions.

Arrange two red cannons at the bow position, and then shoot alternately.In this way, there will be no impact on the deck of Fuchuan, and a certain amount of continuous firepower can be maintained.

This method became more proficient when Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan, which caused a lot of trouble for the Dutch.

But now Hong Xu was alone, even though the two red cannons fired successively, they still missed the Wenluo.

Seeing that Hong Xu's boat entered within the range of two kilometers, Bapu Dewei gave an order suddenly.

"Turn the rudder!"

This time the Wenluo turned left again, and when Hong Xu followed suit, his luck was not so good.

The ten guns on the starboard side of the Venlo finally got their chance.

The Dutch sailors vented their depression wantonly.

Their luck was very good, one of the shells actually hit the stern of Hong Xu's ship.

Amidst the loud bang, pieces of wood flew horizontally, sweeping away the area within a few meters.

A few unlucky sailors were all blown into blood gourds, screaming and rolling around.

Hong Xu didn't care about this, and while ordering the red cannon to continue firing, he ordered the ship to turn left with all its strength, so as to get out of the range of the Dutch's fire as soon as possible.

But the performance of Fuchuan determines that this process is extremely long.

As a result, Hong Xu's boat suffered another round of fire.

This time the deck was hit and one sail was damaged.

The speed of the Fuchuan dropped suddenly, and the sailors rushed up to replace the sails under the fire of artillery.

The auxiliary ship finally drove into range, and also fired twice in a row.

It turned out to be very lucky, and one of the shells hit the second deck of the Venlo.

With a scorching breath, the tumbling iron ball directly knocked over the two cannons, and broke the tendons of the three sailors.

Bapu Dewei didn't care about this loss.

Because in this round of confrontation just now, the Wenluo successfully broke through Hong Xu's interception and came to the front of the two ships.

According to Bapu Dewei's experience, once the Fuchuan is left behind, it is impossible to catch up with the Dutch warship.

But he didn't know that this time Zuo Hua set up a net of heaven and earth.

"Captain, another Junk ship is rushing ahead."

Can't wait to be surprised, pick up the binoculars and look forward.

Sure enough, between the ups and downs of the waves, a lucky boat has arrived within five miles.

"Turn right and prepare to meet the enemy."

At the same time as Bapu Dewei gave the order, the Fuchuan in front suddenly opened fire.

Looking at the thick smoke filling the bow of Fuchuan, Bapu Dewei was full of question marks.

Mingren's artillery fired at such a long distance, could it be an operational error?

But before he could figure it out, the whistling sound suddenly came before his eyes.

Then I saw a column of water rising in the sea on the left side of the Wenluo, and the turbid waves rolled.

The salty sea water splashed on Bapu Dewei's face, which made him wake up, and his face changed drastically.

"Damn it, what kind of cannon is this?"

An important reason why Bapu Dewei didn't pay attention to Hong Xu's warship was that he knew that Mingren's warship not only had few artillery pieces, but also had a short range.

But this time the new Fuchuan fired from five miles away, and hit the vicinity of the Wenluo.

This range has far exceeded the twelve-pound gun equipped on the Venlo.

Doesn't that mean that the Wenluo can only be beaten, but can't hit the enemy?
In an instant, Bapu Dewei understood that he was caught in an unprecedented crisis.

His fate, and that of all the Dutchmen on board, was on the brink.

"Turn right, speed up, and rush over with all your strength!"

Bapu Dewei is aware of the crisis, and the only thing he can do is to rely on the speed of the Venlo to quickly break through the interception ahead.

He didn't know if there was an ambush in front of this fuchuan with a long range, but the Venlo must not turn around.

Once you turn around and lose your speed advantage, you will be besieged by Ming people.

A good tiger can't hold back a pack of wolves, and their end will be even more desperate.

(End of this chapter)