open sea

Chapter 1509 Coupling
The parachutist dashed left and right in the enemy fleet, rushing straight.

Unknowingly, three small boats were crashed. A Clark sailboat of the same size was bombarded by artillery and collapsed the poop when it approached.

Another unlucky Igran light Galen was thrown into the bow by two high-throwing stone shells. The ship sank, but the helmsman on the low poop was thrown into the sea.

In an engagement, a well-managed column has an advantage over a line, because at a certain moment there is always an enemy ship within range of all the broadsides of the column from head to stern.

The survivability of the Western-style Galenic ship in hand-to-hand combat has been fully verified in this naval battle. There is no ship taller than it in the Netherlands; it is difficult for sailors to jump on a ship shorter than it.

And for a ship as tall as him, when the Dutch warship does not fire its guns, a salvo can blast the waterline hull and the ship's side deck to pieces.

The Netherlands fleet did not let go of the fleet of the Han Kingdom that was swimming outside, and the ships adjusted their direction to chase after the tail of the Han Kingdom fleet.

A few bare-backed pirates on the big centipede's buttocks held the mines and looked at the pursuers behind them. In the end, they still didn't put the mines down, and their flagship was still behind.

During the wandering and chasing, the formation of the Netherlands fleet gradually became loose, and several damaged ships gradually withdrew from the battlefield.

Yilan, who failed to colonize the New World, was a poor ghost, and the Netherlands, which did not harvest the East Indies, was even more disabled in the navy.

Without sufficient gunpowder, the army's supplies must be guaranteed first. For the Netherlands, a region surrounded by sea on three sides, the only possibility of being captured is a breakthrough from the south by a superior army.

The lack of sufficient shipbuilding wood means that damaged warships are difficult to repair, and warship losses are difficult to replenish.

The combination of these things made William, who was surrounded bravely before, find that the parachutist was not afraid of the encirclement, but stuck to the battle position to delay its pursuit, and then ordered the fleet to withdraw from the battlefield.

Anyway, the merchant ships transporting gunpowder have gone far away, and it is difficult for these warships to catch up with unarmed merchant ships.

In fact, Yang Ce's Parachutist was already in chaos. On the open front deck, sailors from at least three ships climbed up, and more than a dozen sailors climbed onto the deck to start hand-to-hand combat with the pirates.

The lower deck of the forecastle was thrown into the gun windows by the arson thrown by the Dutch boats, burning down two gun emplacements, igniting the gunpowder explosion, causing the parachutist to lose several heavy gunners, and blowing up the walls of the officer's toilet in the poop. Bad.

The Jingdezhen ceramic toilet that Chen Mu gave Yang Ce could not be kept.

Yang Ce was a little dizzy by the tactics of the Netherlands fleet. The tactics of the Netherlands using fire attacks and jumping gangs did not look like a Spaniard at all.

Just like Lin Ahfeng.

This happens to be Yang Ce's shortcoming. His fleet doesn't have fire bricks and other equipment, and he still has a little regular training in gang-jumping operations... He really didn't expect to encounter such a thing on the other side of the distant ocean. Enemies who like to attack with fire.

Although the enemy fleet was in a loose formation and gradually withdrawing, Yang Ce could not see the whole. He could only see a dozen or so enemy ships of various sizes surrounding him, and the ant-like Dutch sailors scrambling towards the tall parachutist. Ants come.

More and more enemy soldiers succeeded, killing the upper open deck with corpses.

It seemed that they wanted to capture the big ship back.

In fact, the mentality of the two sides in this battle was completely reversed, and Yang Ce became the one who was robbed.

It is true that there are not many ships in the Netherlands Fleet that Yang Ce can take a fancy to, but his flagship is a big treasure in the eyes of the enemy. As long as this ship can be taken back, the losses on the entire battlefield will not only be wiped out, Also make a small profit.

Yang Ce is different, he is not here to rob, but to vent his anger, as long as he can kill people and destroy the ship, he is willing to do anything.

Even if it's just a pirate, relying on Daming's Yang Ce, he has more support than the Dutch in this battle... No matter how much the parachutist suffers, as long as he doesn't sink, return to the port and pay Ying Ming Report, can get enough resources to repair.

So he is not afraid of anything.

The battle on the open deck lasted until noon, and more than half of the parachutist's broadside guns had misfired. The pirate sailors on board were also killed or injured. In return, they repelled the enemy seven times in a row under Yang Ce's leadership. The jump gang.

However, his strength is not enough for the pirates to jump onto the opponent's ship and occupy it. Basically, there are only losses and no gains.

The Dutch were also exhausted from the continuous battles, and the Admiral was like an impregnable fortress on the sea. After they had suffered huge casualties, they still could not be captured.

The existence of the parachutist greatly affected the morale of the Netherlands fleet.

The two sides maintained an encircled situation, drifting slowly on the sea with the wind, and the parachutist's continuous bombardment artillery also seized this short rest time, and received an order to stop the bombardment, waiting for the next enemy attack.

When the two sides rested until the sun was at its peak, seeing that the regrouping attack was about to begin, there was a continuous sound of gunfire from the distant sea.

Iron rain fell on the head of the enemy fleet, and two shells even hit the parachutist's hull that was not full of cracks.

"Fire, our fleet is back!"

On the other side of the sea, six small Galen ships braved the wind and waves, adjusted their direction in a huge arc, and rushed straight towards the parachutist slowly and firmly.

Just one round of bombardment destroyed the enemy's confidence. The Dutch warships gathered around the parachutist retreated slowly, and then were cut into formation by the Galen ships of the Han army. Suo dropped on the parachutist.

The six boats were not interested in fighting, and the parachutist, whose sails were hooked and most of them were burned and half lost their mobility, sailed southward.

Just when the Dutch ships that remained in place did not know what to do, an order to retreat was sent from their flagship, and the two fleets broke contact.

Even though he was rescued by his subordinates from the middle of the enemy fleet, Yang Ce couldn't see the slightest joy on his face. He kept looking around the sea nervously, and finally took off his armor and dragged the hook rope to climb towards the Galen ship.

The leader of these Galen ships is Yang Jizhong, the leader of Yang Ce's officer corps.

"Where are my ships, are there only six left?"

"No, general, we have to go to the Netherlands. Hanfeisha chased the enemy's merchant fleet and headed south. The centipede ship is still fighting with the enemy in the eastern sea, but the problem is not serious."

"If we can't snatch this batch of goods before docking, we will lose a lot in this battle."

Hearing that the Flying Shark Fleet and the Centipede Fleet have not been wiped out, Yang Ce's heart can be put back into his stomach. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said: "Yes, we must take back that batch of wood. The Flying Shark Team should do it. We Go meet them."

　good afternoon!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)