Can't eat, leave with a bag

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Esco thought that he was a brave person. A person without courage could not survive on the sea at all. However, now he felt really frightened and anxious all day long. He was even more frightened than when he encountered the Fourth Fleet of the White Navy.

At least the last time, his life was still in his own hands. Even if he couldn't win, he had a chance to escape. However, this time, his life was completely in the hands of the White Army Navy. There was no more painful thing in the world than his own destiny.

"Boom!"

Just as Esco was worried, a loud bang came.

Esco knew it was wrong immediately, and another Dutch warship must have been destroyed.

There is no way, this familiar loud noise will only be made when a large warship is destroyed. To be precise, it is hit by the powerful shells of the White-clothed Navy and the warship is completely crushed, so it will make such a terrifying loud noise. Anyone who hears this sound will instantly understand that another Dutch warship is over, and another Dutch sailor with hundreds of people dies at the bottom of the sea. Even with his eyes closed, he can think of what kind of tragic scene it was.

After a while, Esco slowly turned his head and looked towards the unfortunately destroyed Dutch warship. While turning his head, he kept reminding himself in his heart to be calm, calm, not to be scared by the scene he saw, and not to lose confidence because of it. Isn’t it just a warship sunk? There is nothing extraordinary. The Dutch Navy has warships, and even if it sinks five or six ships, it’s no big deal.

At this time, the Dutch warship had completely sunk. Only a large vortex was left on the sea surface, and a large amount of debris floated above the vortex. The dark green sea water kept rolling, as if there were monsters stirring below. In a vague way, you could see a few remaining Dutch sailors struggling desperately in the vortex.

These Dutch sailors are all lucky. At the moment the shell exploded, they were not taken away by the god of death immediately. They still had a chance to jump into the sea and avoid the god of death's direct movements. But human power is too weak after all. And god of death is indeed too cruel and ruthless. In the face of the huge vortex, their lives are even more fragile than ants. Soon, under the influence of the huge pulling force of the vortex, they all disappeared without a trace.

Then, the next formation of Dutch warships broke through the waves from the middle of the vortex at high speed, covering everything up. The floating debris was hit by the bow of the ship. The rolling sea water was also suppressed by the huge warship. The waves stirred up by the bow of the warship were still so white, so crystal clear, so pure and flawless. But who knew that there was already a Dutch warship that was quietly buried at the bottom of the sea?

This is the third large warship destroyed by the main Dutch Navy fleet.

It was a huge warship with a displacement of more than 1,200 tons, second only to Seidorf's flagship. Seidorf's flagship has more than 90 artillery pieces, and this warship also has more than 90 artillery pieces. Relying on the strong and powerful ships, it has made countless contributions to the Dutch Navy, and it can be seen in any waters that the Dutch Navy has arrived.

It can be said that the history of this warship is the war history of the Dutch Navy in the past twenty years. It has never been absent from the major battles participated by the Dutch Navy. It used its cannons to create glory for the Dutch Navy. Previously, the warship had been in service in the Atlantic Ocean and was only transferred to the Far East three years ago. The purpose of mobilization was of course to strengthen the naval strength of the Dutch East India Company. However, who would have thought that it had completely sunk in less than three years after it arrived in the Far East, and there was no trace of it left behind.

Esco himself served as the first mate on this warship and was very familiar with this warship. The large warship had countless scars on its body. The solid bullets, chain bullets, and shotguns were clearly visible. In previous battles, it had not known how many shells it had suffered or how many scars it left, but it still sailed tenaciously on the sea surface, as if it would never sink.

However, just before Esco, in front of Seedorf, in front of countless Dutch naval officers and soldiers, this warship, known as immortal, finally sank. It is estimated that all the Dutch naval officers and soldiers on this warship would not have expected that its doomsday would come so quickly and violently, and they did not even have a little mental preparation. From the drop of the shells to the complete sinking of the warship, it took less than ten minutes in the middle.

"Damn it! This is too fast, right? This is too scary, right?"

Esco couldn't help but murmur, even forgot the flag in his hand.

In ten minutes, a living warship sank from the sea to the bottom of the sea. Such efficiency made people feel numb and their minds were blank. Even though Esco was a genius among the geniuses of the Dutch Navy and among the monsters, with the knowledge he currently has, there was no way to explain how all this happened.

If Esco was the captain of the large warship, even if he saw God, he would definitely be unwilling to accept it. He would definitely find a way to ask clearly how he was destroyed. If he didn't understand this problem, even if he died, he would die. However, Esco was worried that even the omnipotent God would not be able to explain this problem clearly.

What's even more terrible is that from the destruction of the first Dutch warship to the destruction of the third Dutch warship, the interval was less than twenty minutes. This was incredible in previous battles. In previous naval battles, in the era when solid bullets, shotguns, and chain bullets were used to bombard the bomb, the fastest sinking of large warships took more than four or five hours.

In the battle Esco experienced, the fastest record took three hours to sink a large battleship of his opponent. Before that, at least thousands of solid bullets, hundreds of chain bullets and shotguns were fired. Finally, it was difficult to smash the opponent's side with the solid bullet, causing a large amount of sea water to pour in, and finally let the opponent sink completely.

In fact, in Esco's opinion, capturing an opponent's warship is much easier than sinking an opponent's warship. As long as the two warships approach and the sailors fight each other and kill all the opponent's sailors, they can capture the warship. However, if you want to sink a warship, you will not only drill a big hole in the bottom of the ship and let the sea water pour in. Of course, detonating all the powder barrels on the warship is also a good choice.

...

In just twenty minutes, the Dutch Navy lost three large warships. This was indeed a huge blow to the vast number of Dutch Navy officers and soldiers. Their morale was inevitably affected. The morale inspired by Seidov's previous order to raise his lieutenant general's flag was gone.

At this speed, all forty-eight warships of the main fleet of the Dutch Navy Far East will be lost in more than 300 minutes. More than 300 minutes, that is, five or six hours. In half a day, a main fleet will be lost. Such speed is really terrifying, and Esco said he could not bear it.

There was something obviously wrong with Seedov's face.

What Esco could think of, Seedorf naturally had thought of it long ago.

The speed of the warship being destroyed was indeed beyond Seedorf's expectations. In such a short time, three large warships were lost. Even though Seedorf's psychological tolerance was extraordinary, his face was as if he was cold in his eyes, as if he wanted to eat people. He held his lieutenant general's sword tightly, as if he would draw his sword to chop people at any time. The staff around him were tactful and stay away, fearing that the city gate would catch fire and cause harm to the fish in the pond.

In fact, Seidov had already regretted it. If he had known that this would be the result, he would not have ordered a sneak attack on the port next to Ba. However, now, it is difficult to ride a tiger, and he has no reason to retreat. No matter what the consequences are, he has to continue to fight. Because the consequences of retreat are more serious than the losses of warships. The losses of warships are tactical failures. Retreatment is strategic failures.

"Boom!"

Two minutes later, another loud bang came.

Amid the dazzling and harsh fire, the fourth Dutch warship was destroyed.

This unfortunate Dutch warship was probably hit by the white-clothed military coastal defense artillery directly, triggering a death-destruction. The power of the shell explosion and the power of the ammunition depot explosion superimposed on each other, which immediately shattered the large warship. The large warship had no chance to sink, and it went directly to vanish on the sea. When the flames disappeared, there was only a large amount of floating debris on the huge sea.

"Boom!"

Just one minute later, the fifth Dutch warship was destroyed again.

This Dutch warship is probably lucky. The white-clothed army's shells fell on its bow and blew away its bow. Generally, the bow of the warship has no important equipment and facilities due to the collision. As a result, the loss of personnel is relatively small. The captain of this warship is also very smart and decisively ordered the abandonment of the ship.

It was precisely because of the captain's decisive abandonment of the ship that the Dutch sailors on this warship had basically saved their lives. They swam hard in the sea, trying hard to stay away from the about to sink, until they were rescued by other warships. As for the ship that was hit, the bow of the ship was in the water, the stern raised, and slowly, without any suspense.

...

The Dutch warships that are neatly arranged and organized in a tight formation to enter the main channel are like moving targets in front of the white-clothed military shore defense cannons. Although it is a bit difficult to fight a moving target. However, so many targets are closely gathered together, even if they don’t hit this one, they will hit another one.

"This Seidov is completely irritated!"

Chen Xinhai held up the telescope, and said slowly.

"He is not dead until the Yellow River, and he will not shed tears without seeing the coffin! He thought that there were hundreds of cannons in his hand. As long as he approached the port and entered the range, he could effectively curb us. But he did not expect that the main channel was his gates of hell!"

Yun Qifeng said lightly. He is not as sentimental as Chen Xinhai. He is completely in a business-oriented manner. For him, this battle is purely to test the power of the 105mm howitzer. As for whom the target is, he doesn't care much. Even if it comes to the King of Heaven, he will be sure to fight.

...

"Boom!"

The sixth Dutch warship was destroyed...

"Boom!"

The seventh Dutch warship was destroyed...

"Boom!"

The eighth Dutch warship was destroyed...

...

When the ninth large warship was destroyed, the morale of the Dutch Navy finally approached the edge of collapse. Some captains chose to slow down and widen the distance with their companions. The warships that had not yet entered the main channel simply retreated and were not ready to enter the main channel. They pretended not to see Esco's flag words.

No matter which country's navy was replaced, it would have lost nine large warships in less than an hour. No matter how strong the human nerves were, there was always a limit. The remaining warships of the Dutch Navy did not immediately abandon their companions and decisively left the battlefield to escape from the battlefield. This was already well-trained. If the navy of other countries had been replaced, they might have been completely dispersed and scattered.

In the past, how could there be such a one-sided battle? This is not a battle at all, but a suicide! Dutch warships were sent to their doors to commit suicide. In the era of long-range attacks with solid bullets, shotguns and chain bullets, the losses of warships in naval battles were actually not large, and there were few so many warships sinking. Hand-to-hand combat generally did not destroy warships.

Until Nelson's era, hand-to-hand combat was still the mainstream of naval battles. Nelson himself was hit by the riflemen during hand-to-hand combat. No matter how many artillery on the warships were, he could not effectively end the battle. The only way to end the battle was hand-to-hand combat. Kill the enemy's sailors completely and the battle was won.

However, the emergence of the White Navy completely subverted this concept.

The fierce artillery fire left the hand-to-hand combat far behind. The powerful artillery shells will use artillery wars to end the battle, from impossible to possibility. The white-clothed navy does not need to approach the opponent at all. It only needs to use cannons to quickly and effectively sink the opponent's warships. Such tactics made the Dutch Navy unable to adapt at all.

No matter how high the morale of the Dutch Navy is, so what? No matter how powerful the Dutch Navy's hand-to-hand combat level is, so what? The White Navy does not give you the chance to get close. How can you exert your hand-to-hand combat strength? No matter how brave the sailor is, he is not as good as a shark's combat power after falling into the sea.

Seidorf held his lieutenant general's sword tightly, his face shrilled.

He finally realized how serious mistake he had made. Neither Sorum nor Esco's failure made him realize that the era of hand-to-hand combat had completely passed. Now is a new era, an era with cannons as the protagonist. In the hands of the White-Clothed Navy, cannons have become a powerful tool to end the battle. When the Dutch Navy tried to defeat the White-Clothed Navy, which was mainly cannons, it was already doomed to fail.

Sidorf felt unprecedented heartache for his mistakes. He felt guilty for his reckless decisions. Because of his recklessness, the Dutch Navy lost nine large warships and more than two thousand sailors with combat experience. These are all valuable assets of the Dutch Navy. As the commander of the Dutch Navy's Far East Fleet, he must be responsible for this. He must forgive him for this.

"Lever-General, let's retreat!"

Finally, Esco mustered up the courage and said in a deep voice.

"Esco, I order you to take over my command!" Seedorf said calmly.

"Lieutenant General..." Esco said in disbelief. A strange light flashed in his eyes. He faintly understood Sidorf's intentions. However, while admiring Sidorf's courage and being moved by Sidorf's spirit of forgiveness, Esco did not think that this was the best choice. Dead people cannot solve the problem.

"I have decided! Go!" Seedorf ordered stubbornly.

Esco had no choice but to go to another Dutch warship through a small boat and temporarily took over the position of fleet commander. His first order was to order other warships to land sails and reduce the speed of advancement. At the same time, he took all possible measures to exit the main channel. The Dutch warships still lined up outside the main channel immediately dispersed their alert to prevent the arrival of major fleets of the White-Clothed Navy.

If the major fleets of the White Navy suddenly appeared at this time and surrounded the Dutch Navy from behind, the main fleet of the Dutch Navy would be completely finished. Fortunately, this bad situation did not occur. Due to communication reasons, such long-distance cooperation is difficult to carry out on the sea.

...

Seidorf's flagship broke into the port alone.

Yun Qifeng frowned and said, "It seems to be Seedorf's flagship? What is this guy going to do?"

Chen Xinhai sighed slightly and said, "As the commander of the fleet, he hopes to use his death to inspire the morale of the Dutch Navy. At the same time, he should be aware of the mistakes he made. He hopes to use his blood to wash away his mistakes."

Yun Qifeng sneered and said disdainfully: "Since that's the case, I will fulfill him."

Chen Xinhai shook his head gently and said slowly: "If possible, it is best to capture him. If we want to have a deeper understanding of the Dutch Navy and other Western powers' navies, Seidorf should be a good choice. Information from all aspects shows that this person's brain is relatively simple and his counter-interrogation ability is relatively weak."

Yun Qifeng thought for a while and said slowly: "Well, I'll think of a way to capture him alive as much as possible. However, it depends on God's intention."

It is not difficult to destroy the flagship of Sidorf, and it is not difficult to kill Sidorf. As long as there is continuous shelling, it is only possible. Sidorf's flagship will definitely not withstand the continuous shelling. However, it is really difficult to save Sedorf's life. Because howitzers are not eye-catching, who can guarantee that the shells will not explode next to Sedorf. If there are shells that explode next to Sedorf, his life will definitely be over.

While Yun Qifeng was planning the artillery attack, Chen Xinhai also started to move. Although there were no warships around Chen Xinhai, there were still land sailors. These land sailors were all small teams drawn from the army, equipped with Han-style rifles. They were the most primitive Marines. Since they wanted to capture Seidorf alive, they naturally had to use them.

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When Seidov had the will to die, he naturally had no fear. He commanded the flagship and attacked forward regardless of everything. His subordinates and all the sailors on the flagship also had the will to die. Therefore, they did not care about the artillery attacks of the White Army. No matter where the White Army's shells landed, they kept moving forward.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a shell fell on the fore deck.

After a loud bang, the flagship's foremast fell heavily.

The violent explosion tore the front deck to pieces. At first glance, it was a big hole. The hole was surrounded by messy debris. Coupled with the break of the foremast, the sails fell down overwhelmingly, and the entire deck was in chaos. The explosion of the shells was very powerful, and a large amount of sea water had begun to pour in.

The sails were inserted into the sea water and pulled by the sea water, which caused the balance of the entire warship to be seriously affected. Some sailors stood unsteadily and rolled directly into the sea. The consequences of losing the balance were very serious. Even the cannons in the cabin rolled into the sea continuously.

"Stop shooting!"

"Stop shooting!"
To be continued...