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Chapter 588 Siege, absolute advantage

The rocket has its own advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that it is light and simple, and it far surpasses the Hongyi artillery in terms of firing speed and density.

The disadvantage is that the destructive power is not enough, and the power is not strong enough to penetrate the deck and ship strings. At most, it can only fall on the deck and explode or burn.

Moreover, rockets, like artillery, have the disadvantage of low accuracy.But the rocket is still a weapon of war, at least at the time, it was quite shocking.

Too much!There are as few as thirty or forty rocket launchers on each battleship, and there are thousands of rocket launchers in total.

The key is that there is not much recoil, unlike a heavy artillery, even a small ship can be loaded and become a launching platform.

There are so many rockets that can block out the sky and the sun, and they have a very high launch speed. After one round of launch, they can be transported to the launcher, and they can be ignited and shot with a little adjustment.

The rockets were densely packed and flew towards the battleship of Hongmaoyi. Most of them fell into the sea, stirring up small water columns; some exploded in the air, shooting out dazzling flames and black smoke; flames.

A few rockets also hit their targets, exploding and burning on the decks of enemy ships, causing casualties and confusion.

Boom, boom, boom... Almost at the same time, the battleships of the enemy and us flashed flames, and the artillery roared, pushing the heavy shells into the air and smashing towards each other.

The Dutch reacted quickly, even though they were quite shocked. They encountered the large fleet of the Ming Dynasty Navy here and were attacked violently and premeditatedly.

The number of ships of the Ming army seems to be ten times that of theirs.Of course, no Ming warship seems to have surpassed any of theirs in size and gun load.

Even so, the Dutch are unwilling and afraid to fight such a large number of enemies.

Therefore, while firing back fire, they turned the rudder and retreated.

The sails of the two battleships were ignited by the fireballs from the deflagrating rockets, and the flames were attached to them, and the flames rose.This is not like a deck, which can take fire fighting means.

The Dutch on the battleship could only lower their sails in panic, causing them to fall on the deck before fighting the fire.

Obviously, the two ships lost their sails, and under the siege of the superior Ming army, they couldn't escape, and their stubborn resistance was just a dying struggle.

Bruce gritted his teeth, but he was helpless.

It is impossible to rush up and fight with the enemy. Not to mention the number of enemy ships and firepower, the large number of small fireships in the enemy fleet alone is enough to stop them.

"How could the Ming Dynasty be like this?" Bulu was commanding, while having such doubts, "How could he brazenly be an enemy of us? The first two times were courtesy before soldiers..."

boom!A rocket hit the deck, and the sharp iron thorns made it stay on it, and then it shot out dazzling flames, and a cloud of black smoke rose.

Amidst the lasing shrapnel, the Dutch soldier fell down screaming, with bright red blood flowing, making the deck slippery.

"Turn the rudder, turn the sail." Bruce howled loudly, ordering the sailors to control the sails.

Boom, boom... There was a heavy roar from under the feet, and the artillery on the lower deck was still firing back. Taking advantage of the rudder to turn around, it happened to be able to exert the power of the broadside on the other side.

In Bruce's sight, the enemy's ships also distanced themselves, fanned forward and rushed forward, tending to chase and besiege.

"Enemy ship, enemy ship." Some sailors shouted in panic from the mast, and waved their flags to point to the direction of retreat.

Bruce's heart sank, and he turned his head to look, and there was a black spot on the sea level, which expanded rapidly, and masts and sails appeared.

He raised the binoculars, and this time he could see more clearly, and his heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

A large piece of sail appeared in sight, and dozens of large and small ships under the flag of the Ming army opened their formation and rushed towards them.

(End of this chapter)