The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 549

Kous watched the battle between his own ship and the Ming army's ship in front of him, and finally discovered the problem when the third ship confronted the Ming army.

"The shells of the Ming army seem to be going to explode." He also suddenly understood why the Wan Deng was blown into two pieces before.

It didn't hit their powder kegs at all, but the shells of the Ming army would explode.

What kind of shell is this?Never heard of it.

If the artillery shells of the Ming army could not explode, they would not be able to hit their ships at all.

But now the artillery shells of the Ming army can explode, which is extremely lethal to their ships.

The first ship, the Kokda, was soon forced to stop by the Ming army. The two sides were connecting. Kous could see from the binoculars that the Ming army was fighting all the way from the northern bow to the southern stern. All the Dutch soldiers had also been forced to stern.

Many Dutch warriors had no choice but to jump into the sea, and more people began to surrender.

It was only a matter of time before the Kokda was destroyed.

The Porter behind him was not good either, only one shell exploded in the Ming army, but it caused a fire on the Porter. Great, the warships in the back row of the Ming army bombarded the Porter again.

At this time, the Porter had just finished bombarding the Ming warships in the front row, and the shells had not been loaded, so they could only endure a round of shelling silently.

A shell from the Ming army exploded at the stern of their ship, the hull of the Porter tilted instantly, the cannons on both wings were sliding, and the ship became more chaotic.

After the Ming army saw it, they launched another battle.

The big thing is not good, Kous finally affirmed that the shells of the Ming army will explode, and he must leave the battlefield as soon as possible, and cannot confront them.

But now it is almost impossible to leave the battlefield.

Ding Yi brought more than 100 ships, of which nearly [-] belonged to North Korea. They were used to transport people and did not participate in the war. They were mainly used to scare people and block roads.

These North Korean ships cut in from the northwest, and then began to circle around the outside, blocking the front of the Dutch warship according to Ding Yi's intention. ,
And Pilut, Xu Erxian, Seinfeld, and Silao surrounded Kous by their boats.

Now there are almost more than 100 warships of Ding Yi, surrounded by Kous.

He wanted to kill it, it was really more difficult than climbing to the sky.

Or he can only rely on luck, praying that the cannons hit by the Ming army will not explode and will not affect his athletic ability.

After Cous decided to leave, he immediately ordered the rudder to be turned, and at the same time issued a semaphore, ordering all the flags to retreat (escape) freely, and try to break through in all directions.

In the east at this moment, Sein Fei and Ban Zhifu were together.

Both Ban Zhifu and Xu Erxian were Shang Kexi's old men, confidantes, and both were good at water warfare. Later Xu Erxian was sent to be a senior officer, and Ban Zhifu followed Xilaojing all the time.

After Sein Fei's ship was sunk, it fell into the sea and was picked up by the rushed Xilao warship.

"The Dutch ghost is about to escape." Ban Zhifu laughed.

"Burning his mother, didn't you guys burn it? Why didn't you burn it?" Song Fei murmured.

"Master Ding wants to get these ships as much as possible." Ban Zhifu sighed and looked back at his deck.

His ship is a 100-material warship, but there are not many guns on it, only four doors, mainly to make room for three small counterweight catapults that have just been produced. This small catapult is the furthest It can only be thrown 100 meters, and the hit rate is quite high, as long as the distance is calculated to be about [-] meters.

They put kerosene in a special wooden barrel, wrapped in a layer of cotton cloth, and after lighting the fire, throw it out with a trebuchet.

There are five ships like him. According to the style of play, they will throw all five ships together and fight one specially.

Fifteen trebuchets were thrown out, and as long as one-tenth of them hit, the opponent's ship would definitely be burned.

"Wait a little longer and see if we can stop it." Ban Zhifu raised a semaphore and called other boats with trebuchets to come closer to him.

At the same time when several ships were approaching Ban Zhifu, Ban Zhifu rushed towards them after seeing the Halter turn the rudder.

The Hart was originally a merchant ship converted into a warship, and it underwent a second transformation in Batavia more than four months ago. He gave up the power of the merchant ship and added armor and guns.

I saw that he was extremely fierce and intelligent.

When rushing towards the Ming army's formation, the first time he confronted each other, only half of the cannons on his left and right wings were knocked out.

One of the Ming army was severely damaged and the other was slightly injured.

Then two Ming warships rushed up from left and right, because it was estimated that they would take a while to load the shells.

Unexpectedly, the commander above was very cunning, and only half of the cannons on the left and right wings were knocked out.

Then came another round.

This round of fighting was even closer, directly breaking up a [-] material ship of the Ming army, and many Ming soldiers jumped into the sea.

The Dutchman laughed.

And at this time, after seeing the ferocity of the Hart, Cous also followed behind, trying to rush out of this gap.

Ban Zhifu's face changed drastically, and he immediately ordered: "Just hit that ship."

As soon as his semaphore came out, other Ming warships gave way one after another.

Five of them with trebuchets went up to meet them.

The trebuchet has a short distance, and they need to keep going up and approaching.

The Hart was not polite, and the guns fired again and again, trying to use the guns to force the Ming army to get out of the way.

But the warships of the Ming army rushed up bravely, and they couldn't help it.

When approaching 200 meters, a ship of the Ming army was hit by them. Fortunately, the injuries were not serious and they continued to move forward.

At 100 meters, another Ming army ship was hit.

"Hit them." Ban Zhifu yelled.

Whoosh, a trebuchet was thrown over.

After the weight of the trebuchet is well balanced, it can be thrown about 100 meters with all its strength. As long as the direction is correct, there is no problem, and it will only change because of the wind direction and wind force.

At this time, there was no strong wind on the sea, and they threw it vigorously, about exactly 100 meters.

Bang, the first one was thrown to the right of the opponent's hull.

The distance is just right.

Then I saw whoosh, cupping cans flying past.

In the first round of cupping, at least three hit the Harden.

With a puff, as soon as the cupping jar fell to the ground, it immediately formed a huge fire.

"Ah!" the Dutchman on the Harden yelled in horror.

They tried to put out the fire with sand and water, but it didn't work.

Because the trebuchet is thrown much faster than the artillery.

The second round was quickly thrown again.

Bang bang bang, more fire pots are lit on board.

In less than 5 minutes, the entire deck was burning with heat.

The Hart collapsed instantly, and the Dutch jumped into the sea one after another.

"It's a pity, it's a pity." Sein Fei shook his head and shook his head. It's a pity that the ship burned, but let's not burn it, lest they run away.

This is all right, Cous originally planned to follow the Hart to break out.

I didn't expect the Ming army to have such powerful weapons.

In fact, in wars at sea, cupping cans were thrown from ships very early on, and countries also had ways to deal with it, but the Dutch did not expect that the Ming army would use this backward and eliminated method.

And in the past, there would only be one or two large trebuchets on board, which threw relatively far and had a low hit rate.

Ding Yi changed it to a small one, put three to four on a ship, and relied on the number to increase the hit rate.

The Hart was captured by a wave of fire, which greatly shocked Cous and other Dutchmen.

They have always thought that at sea, as long as the ship is big and the guns are large, Zheng Zhilong has taught them a good lesson a few years ago. He also uses fire to attack. Zheng Zhilong uses fire boats to attack. .

It was the same method used in the naval battle between Japan and Ding Yi back then.

But now, Ding Yi's fire attack with the trebuchet was stronger and more threatening than Zheng Zhilong's.

After all, he is now fighting the few with more ships.

When Cous saw that the Harden was set on fire in an instant, he knew that something was wrong.

At this time, the Ming army's ships surrounded him from all directions, and the trebuchets also slowly approached him.

Kous closed his eyes in despair: "Surrender, I will bring my brothers back home."

He said painfully.

"Your Excellency, Commander, we can still fight." The adjutant next to him didn't understand.

At this time, the situation on the battlefield was not one-sided.

From the morning to the present, the Ming army has been sunk by them nearly ten ships, and seven or eight ships have withdrawn from the battlefield due to injuries.

And they still have five ships, including two third-tier battleships. Even if they don't get entangled with the Ming army, they still have a chance to break out of the siege.

"We can't fight anymore." Kous shook his head: "We are already surrounded and we can't get out at all. You didn't see Ming people mobilized hundreds of ships to block our way. Even if we can get out, we will be killed by Ming army hit by the cannon."

"Their guns will explode."

"We probably won't be able to go home."

The adjutant looked miserable.

That's right, there are densely packed Ming army ships all around. The Ming people directly use North Korean ships to block the road. If they want to rush over, they must fire these ships. The cannon will explode, and as long as the hull is hit by a cannon, there will inevitably be wounds.

Can they promise to escape back to Batavia after sailing for more than a month dragging their wounds from the explosion?
Maybe it will sink after driving for a day or two.

"These Ming troops are too insidious." The adjutant roared angrily.

If the shells of the Ming army did not explode, even if their ship was hit by ten shots, it might not be a problem, and they could still return to Batavia.

At this time, Kous saw the ships of the Arimei Army approaching again. He was afraid of being hit by their shells, but he didn't want to be burned, so he hurriedly ordered.

"Surrender."

With the surrender of Cous, Ding Yi finally won a big victory.

Without Zheng Zhilong's help, Ding Yi besieged nine Dutch warships with more than 100 ships (including nearly a hundred North Korean ships, just watching the battle and blocking the road), and defeated them in one fell swoop.

The Dutch were sunk with two ships, the Vanden and the Hart, two of which were severely damaged, the Kokda and the Nar, and the other five were not seriously injured and could be used with a little repair.

With the surrender of their warships, the merchant ships hidden in another place had no choice but to surrender, and there were still a large number of Dutch infantry on them.

One of the merchant ships tried to escape, but it was loaded with a lot of food and soldiers. It ran past Ding Yi's warship there, and after less than half an hour of chasing, it caught up. After a burst of shelling, it quickly surrendered.

In this battle, seven warships and ten merchant ships were captured, and a large number of heavy artillery was obtained. The seriously injured Kokda and Nar will also be usable after repair.

At the same time, it received [-] Dutch naval artillery and nearly [-] army troops.

And Ding Yi's losses were not small. Ten warships were sunk, seven were severely damaged, and more than 20 were slightly injured.

But he got seventeen ships from the Dutch, which perfectly compensated his loss.

The second battalion of Song Fei's navy and the fourth battalion of Xu Erxian's navy, which had suffered heavy losses, have become stronger. With the addition of the previous Tainan, they will each get two third-tier battleships. Already owning four third-tier battleships, the strongest warships of the East India Company are all in the hands of Ding Yi. It can be said that this failure is an extremely huge loss for the East India Company, and it is a real gift of a thousand miles.

And it is no longer possible to launch a cross-sea campaign of the same scale.

(End of this chapter)