The alarm bells on the ship rang, and in an instant all the Dutch sailors became busy. A large number of unnecessary waste was thrown into the sea, and a large amount of flammable materials were thrown into the sea or moved into the cabin.

One cannon was unveiled, and a bucket of fired medicine bags and iron bullets were piled next to the cannon position.

Europeans had already achieved the standard assembly of medicine powder on muskets a century ago, and naturally they used this technology early on cannons.

The cannon's launching medicine barrel was no longer a bulk medicine powder, but a standard medicine powder bag wrapped in cotton cloth.

Carrell Dorman commanded the fourth-class warship under his feet to take the lead, and he must give full play to his advantages in this battle.

The advantage of speed is first, and the advantage of firepower is second.

If you can seize the opportunity, not to mention sinking a few big red ships, you will naturally be able to damage a few.

Just because the artillery poured out of the fourth-class warship was almost twice that of the Dahong single ship.

And the Zhao family didn't give it for free.

They had already deduced the battle against Dutch warships long before the fleet set off and left Pontianak.

Of course, the traditional way of fighting is possible, but the Dutch are not so stupid and still fight a stupid battle when they are clearly at a disadvantage.

Even if the Zhao family is willing to exchange injuries for injuries, the Dutch will not submit.

Therefore, the scope of movement of Dutch warships must be limited at the first time. We have many enemies. The first choice is of course to be siege from all sides. The stern of Western warships is the most vulnerable place in the hull. If a warship can go around the back of the Dutch's butt and kick them hard, it will definitely be a big profit.

The second red single boat uses Chinese hard sails, which are not as good as Western soft sails in absolute speed, but Western soft sails are difficult to make good use of the wind, while Chinese hard sails can wind from all directions, so you must frequently change directions during battles and try not to confront the enemy head-on.

Just like now.

The middle-red single ship at Shi Alei's feet only staggered a small oblique angle, and could barely shoot the ship's side guns at the enemy ship in front, and then turn right as much as possible. Although it is difficult for it to completely turn around before the Dutch warship approaches, it can still exert the cannon on the other side.

At the same time, behind his ship, a big red single boat had rushed to the front and blocked the Zhonghong single boat.

"fire--"

Carrell Dorman clenched his fists hard. The previous firing of the Zhonghong single ship made him a little confused. Because of the shooting dispatch, it was difficult for those shells to cause any major losses to the fourth-class warship under his feet.

This is simply useless work.

But when another red single ship rushed to the side of the first red single ship and blocked the previous one, Dorman's face became ugly and ugly. Because he knew he was going to be one more round.

"Boom boom boom..."

The cannons exploded one by one, and the warships on both sides screamed, and the shells shot at each other gave the opponent some damage.

But the red single ship with a small hull but few cannons suffered the most.

The shooting of more than 20 Dutch artillery almost ruined the side of the ship on this side of the Red Single Boat.

It even caused a cannon position to explode, and a large gap was directly blown up by the ship's side.

The shells fired by the Red Single Ship caused far less damage to the fourth-level warship than their own.

Because the tonnage of the fourth-class warship is heavy, the "armor" is naturally heavy, and the thickness of the ship's side is much better than that of the red single ship. The caliber of the red single ship's gun caliber is generally slightly worse than that of the fourth-class warship in terms of level.

If the Red Single Ship was stabbed after a battle, the fourth-level warship was only cut.

"Aim, aim at the rear stern, aim at the stern!"

Shi Alei yelled loudly.

His chance of attack was obtained by a big red ship being damaged.

In the previous few drills, all six Xiaohong single ships could ensure that they could successfully turn back to the hull before the enemy ship arrived, but the firepower of Xiaohong single ship was too weak.

However, none of the big red single ships have such high agility.

The mission fell on two single-ships in Zhonghong. Shi Alei successfully won this task with a better performance than his competitors, a task with great pressure.

If he performed poorly in the battle, Shi Alei believed that his future would end here.

"Boom boom boom..."

The rows of cannons exploded one by one, and the rolling heat waves could not make Shi Alei close his eyes.

He was going to watch all the shells land on the enemy ships.

Dorman felt the warship under his feet tremble violently in the sound of cannons.

"Damn it!"

He knew that this must be the attack on the stern of the ship, and the sound of the cracking of the wooden shells heard in the loud explosion also confirmed his speculation.

"Col. The stern of the ship is on fire. The Chinese use incendiary bombs, these damn bastards!"

The adjutant cursed fiercely.

He is now very glad that the medicine powder barrel on the bow of the ship was not detonated, otherwise they would have had a lot of fun.

Because Western sailing warships adopt a deck design, they can stack artillery layer by layer, and as many artillery as possible on one deck.

Because at this time the artillery is still equipped with smoothbore cannons in front, with low accuracy and low shooting efficiency, just like muskets, so the artillery also needs intensive strikes to show its power and cause huge damage to the enemy.

But it is precisely because the artillery occupies a large amount of space on the deck that ammunition, supply, and cabins can only be concentrated in the bow and stern.

Among them, the bow is not mostly a material reserve, while the stern is a residential area, especially the location of the officer's dormitory and conference room.

Moreover, for many reasons such as the speed of the warship and the balance of the ship, there is no strong protection for the ship's head and tail.

The artillery passes through the deck, which means that there are no ship walls on the deck layer. Once the stern is attacked, the shells can often pass through the middle deck layer longitudinally, killing countless people. If they enter the armory at the bow, they are lucky enough to detonate the drug pack, causing huge unimaginable damage to the internal personnel and ships.

If a Western-style sailboat is regarded as a wild boar, the side of the ship is thick and sturdy wild boar skin, the bow is the head of the boar, and the tail of the ship is the butt of the boar. Not only does it have poor attack power, it is also an absolute weakness and is easily pulled out of the crotch.

"As long as we fail to detonate the pill pack, that's our luck. Now we need to turn, turn, and leave this position immediately."

Carrell Dorman was still calm in command. Although he lost a move in the competition just now, he just didn't expect that the Chinese fighting style was so bold.

He believed that the gunman in the cabin would have done the gunner's adjustment well, and this battle was not beyond his expectations.

As long as he can transfer smoothly and get up the circle, there will be some fighting in this battle.
Chapter completed!