The sea surface of Zhaojiagang.

The battle here is also in full swing.

Cai Qian looked at the battleships on both sides fighting on the sea and sighed. He was also thinking about slowly showing weakness in order to lead the four Dutch ships closer, and then attacked them with the secret artillery and beat them up. Now it seems that there is no chance.

Eight red ships rushed in, and the cannons on the fort stopped spontaneously without Cai Qian's order. They could only watch the red ship make contributions now.

"Okay, the Dutch is finished. Let's go and prepare for the welcome."

Cai Qian said, then stood up and walked out. The battle was nothing good to watch, and everything was decided. He would do the welcoming work.

This time, the old man must have brought all the three thousand people in his hand, but he didn't know how many people in the manor would be brought by the horse.

Several round iron bombs rushed towards the Lark, only one of which made a cut in the side sail, which could be said to have no damage at all. But before William Dris could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw another batch of shells coming.

The anchorage of these shells was not high, and it was not known that the Chinese finally understood that the distance between warships was mostly one mile away, which was two or three times longer than the usual combat distance. The accuracy of the shelling will naturally drop significantly, and the target is the rope and sail mast, which is not realistic - or the occasional shelling fire they fired.

Anyway, at least three iron bullets hit the ship's side, and the sound of the wood shattering was so clear.

"Report to the captain, there were two cracks under the starboard waterline and they were repairing." A rough voice came into Dris's ear.

Dris's nervous expression immediately relaxed, because he heard calmness from the voice. Obviously, the trouble caused by several shells was not too great.

The captain's voice then rang, but Dris went to listen impatiently.

What are you doing when you listen to nonsense?

He should focus on his work.

The tricks of the bombardment ship's side and attack warship waterline are the usual tricks of the British. Although Dris had only fought with the British twice in the previous battle, he remembered this clearly.

Because before, he was only interested in sailing ropes and boat decks.

Now the Chinese have used the same trick. I don’t know if the British are involved behind the scenes, or if the Chinese are learning without a teacher?

With a loud "boom--" sound, Dris felt a shock under his feet and almost fell on the deck.

A light smoke came out of the stern part of the Lark's ship, but another small red ship had already reached the back of the Lark's butt and opened fire.

There is the weakest place for Western sailing ships.

However, while Xiaohong's single-ship artillery bombarded the stern of the Dutch merchant ship, another Dutch merchant ship also poured a row of shells on its body, hitting at least two iron shells.

The ship's side, ship deck, and even rigging were also broken apart, with broken wood flying everywhere, and the screams of the injured Chinese sailors were equally shrill.

The Lark quickly turned the stern, but the little red ship would not easily let the stern part of the Lark ship be free from its lock, and the little red ship, which used Chinese hard sails from all sides, was obviously faster than the Dutch merchant ships.

This is the advantage of two against one.

As long as the two sides are not too disparity, whether it is land or ocean, two against one, more people, fewer people, that is a great advantage.

"Boom boom boom..."

There was a vibration on the deck. Zhu Huan saw a riot on the Dutch merchant ship not far away. Several hot incendiary bombs hit the Dutch cabin. Not only did the stern of the ship fly across the wood, but it seemed that flames were also ignited inside. Unfortunately, it did not cause an explosion.

I hit it on the first time I got a hot bullet, and I was so lucky.

Zhu Huan and the deputy captain beside him looked at each other and could see the smiles and endless surprises in each other's eyes.

And as for those shots that I got, it was a piece of cake.

Don’t you see that friendly troops have already come to teach that ‘guy’ a lesson for them?

The range of activities of the three Dutch merchant ships was compressed little by little over time.

Yes, there are already three ships.

Because the captains of the four merchant ships were not all cowards, they traveled among the waves and faced dangers again and again, and they were both courageous and experience.

Of course they broke through - risked their way out with shells.

But behind the eight large and small red ships, there are bird ships and blessed ships. Their combat effectiveness is indeed not comparable to that of Dutch merchant ships, but it is still possible to obstruct the four merchant ships a little.

So the four merchant ships became three.

The other ship had already cast a white flag and declared surrender.

The deck of the Lark was busy, and several huge gaps on the side of the ship were like marks after being bitten by giant beasts in the sea. More than half an hour of battle added a lot of painful scars to the more than 500-ton merchant ship.

The other two Dutch merchant ships are even more embarrassed. They are almost no longer likely to break through successfully.

"Mr. Captain, the Chinese are adjusting their angles, and they are getting closer to us."

This means that another round of fighting is about to begin.

The captain, who was suddenly shocked, immediately went to see Dris.

The latter had already wrapped a white cotton cloth on his head. He spread his hands as he looked at the captain. Half of the artillery on the ship had been lost, and the sailors had also suffered many casualties and injured. The Lark had lost its combat capability.

You cannot pray for the strong will and glorious hearts of these Dutch sailors, otherwise they would not be pressed to the ground by the British in the previous battle and rubbed repeatedly.

The Larks can hit this level entirely because of the Dutch's condescending superior mentality towards the Chinese - the Hongxi killing more than 40 years ago is still in the memories of many Dutch people.

From the late Ming Dynasty to the present, in two or three hundred years, the Dutch had clearly rank above the Chinese in the food chain of Southeast Asia.

People can raise their hands obediently to their kind who are better than themselves, but it is difficult to apologize to someone who is not as good as them in the past.

So the sailor crew of the Lark has been persistent until now, but they have reached the extreme.

Now that the Chinese are rushing over again, what can Dris do?

"Don't think about resisting, but pray that Batavia can turn the tables."

After saying that, Dris ignored the captain, and he felt that he was ridiculous now.

Think about what he thought before, and look at the miserable appearance of the Lark now, he really feels like a funny clown.

——Escape from the strong and bully the weak.

What kind of weak person is this?

I went back to the room alone, where there was a bottle of French high-end red wine he had obtained before. He had always been reluctant to drink it, but now he would never drink it again if he didn't drink it.

The captain's face was gloomy and he looked at the gunners. Many of these people had heard his conversation with Dris, but no one stood up and said no.
Chapter completed!