Chapter 1002: Can't withdraw, can't withdraw anything...

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"What do you want to say?"

Bluffhead glared at the staff officer fiercely.

Of course he understood the meaning of the staff officer. The staff officer found that the Dutch Navy's own sailors suffered heavy casualties and were unsustainable, so he wanted to suggest the commander retreat. Bluffhead refused such a proposal without hesitation.

Retreat at this time?

Wouldn't it be admitted that the Dutch Navy was defeated?

On the seas of East Asia, the Dutch Navy has never failed.

Of course, Bluffhead could not accept such a result. His main task to go north this time was to intervene in the Japanese battlefield and seek the best interests of the Dutch. Eliminating the Zheng family fleet was just done on the way. If he had not even completed the task that was accompanied by the road, what would he talk about intervening in the Japanese battlefield?

The key to the Japanese battlefield is the Hu Ben Army. The key to the Hu Ben Army is the Hu Ben Army Navy. This is destined that the Dutch Navy and the Hu Ben Army Navy cannot coexist. In addition to obtaining generous benefits, the Dutch did not want a maritime force on the East Asian sea surface that could threaten itself, which is also a very important reason.

Information from all aspects seems to indicate that the development of the Hu Ben Navy was very rapid. Five or six years ago, no name like the Hu Ben Army appeared, let alone the Hu Ben Navy. According to the Dutch investigation, the development of the Hu Ben Navy lasted only about five years. In five years, such powerful strength had been accumulated, which was surprising.

You should know that in the West, in Europe, the navy of every country has been through decades or even hundreds of years of development to have its current maritime power. What secrets does the Hu Ben Army have or what magic weapon can it quickly catch up with Western countries in such a short time?

In just five years, he had a terrifying power. Such a development speed is indeed incredible. Fortunately, the Dutch discovered this threat in time and could kill him in time. If he continued to develop, in another five years, the Dutch would have no chance to kill the other party.

“This is a rare opportunity!”

When Bluffhead led the fleet north, Stekrenberg, the director-general of the Dutch East India Company, once looked him alone and had a simple conversation with him. The meaning of the Director-General was very clear, that is, to Bluffhead seize this rare opportunity and show himself well.

Only a very small number of people know about the relationship between Stekrenberg and Bluffhead. However, it is certain that Mr. General, the Director-General, spared no effort to cultivate the young Rear Admiral. He clearly stated that as long as Bluffhead has military achievements, he will become the youngest lieutenant general in the history of the Dutch Navy.

Lieutenant General, perhaps in the Netherlands, is nothing. The Dutch Navy has a total of eight generals, all in the country. In the East Asian sea, the lieutenant general is already the highest-level naval officer. Unless a Dutch Admiral is transferred to the East Asian sea, the lieutenant general will control the vast majority of the Dutch East India Company's fleet.

Given the special nature of the Dutch East India Company, if you master a powerful fleet, you will control the future development direction of the East India Company. This is very jealous. Putting aside the humid and hot climate and backward living environment, every employee of the Dutch East India Company receives much more salary than in China and lives much more comfortable.

In fact, the senior executives of the Dutch East India Company live more comfortable in the East than the president of the Dutch Parliament. Their salary is the highest in the entire Netherlands. They have to calculate the wealth every year by using a large ship. Every detail of their daily life is completed by a large number of servants. As for beautiful women, there is never a shortage of girls of all skin colors around the world, they can choose whatever they want.

For reasons such and such, Bluffhead had never considered retreating. Could it be that he would live up to the ardent expectations of the Director-General? Was he going to ruin the rank of lieutenant general whom he was most likely to obtain? Was he trying to fall from the youngest naval genius admired by thousands of people to despicable naval waste?

"cannot!"

"Absolutely not!"

Bluffhead yelled inside.

Such a cruel reality was absolutely unacceptable to him. He would rather commit suicide than fall from a high place. He kept telling himself in his heart, what is the Hu Ben Navy? The sailors of the Dutch Navy suffered heavy casualties, and the Hu Ben Navy would definitely not be much better. On the sea, no one is the opponent of the Dutch Navy.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a deafening sound came.

Bluffhead subconsciously turned his head and saw that it was his own warship, which had its mast broken. The tall mast was smashed down hard, almost completely smashing the upper deck. The broken mast, a top of the sea, splashed five or six meters high in the sea. Strangely, the mast was smashed down, and not many sailors abandoned the ship to escape. The reason was very simple. More than half of the sailors on the warship had been injured or killed.

Without enough sailors, the Dutch fleet's artillery bombardment was severely weakened. At that time, the artillery basically required three people to cooperate to achieve the best launching state. In other words, sixty artillery required at least ninety gunners (only considering the shooting on one side of the side). If all the sailors combined, less than ninety people would be enough, the power of the artillery fire would of course be greatly weakened.

After a series of battles, many warships of the Dutch fleet were no longer able to maintain the basic number of gunners. Some of the cannons had to stop shooting. On the contrary, the Hu Ben Navy continued to fire the artillery with a large number of people and power, and there was no sign of a stagnation. The weaker the Dutch Navy's artillery fire, the more crazy the Hu Ben Navy's artillery fire.

"Chain bomb?"

Bluffhead's face changed slightly.

Damn Tiger Army Navy, are you finally willing to use chain blasts?

If you have the ability, continue to use grape bullets! See how many grape bullets you have!

After venting his inner aggrievances in anger, Bluffhead had to face up to the cruel reality. For the Dutch Navy at this time, this broken mast was like the last straw pressed on the camel, completely defeating the confidence of the Dutch.

With the sailors suffering a large number of casualties and no hope of victory, the Dutch's hearts became even colder. They all began to become taciturn. Some officers obviously realized that the atmosphere was wrong. Subconsciously, they all held the long swords on their waists, or took out the muskets. Some officers were even planning to retreat in which direction to avoid the artillery fire of the Tiger Army Navy as soon as possible.

At this point, even the sailors at the bottom already understood that they had met the most tenacious opponent today. It was really difficult to defeat the opponent. If they wanted to survive, they had to retreat and evacuate from the battlefield far away.

"Your Excellency General..."

A staff officer mustered up the courage to say.

The title of "Going Commander" to the General" means that the tone is a bit heavy. This is no longer a simple suggestion from subordinates to superiors, and superiors can completely ignore them. This is the strong request of subordinates to superiors, and it has a slight "forced palace". If superiors continue to ignore them, there is no guarantee that subordinates will do unruly things.

The military of the Western powers still has more power to speak. When the commander loses his command ability, the staff can even temporarily serve as commanders and issue commanders. Many famous generals were originally from staff. In fact, Bluffhead was also a naval staff officer at the beginning. Therefore, as soon as the staff spoke, he felt that his pressure was even heavier.

"Think of General TronP..."

Bluffhead said slowly, trying hard to cheer up.

The staff members next to them, look at me, look at you, and you want to say something, but they didn't say it in the end. At this time, Bluffhead mentioned the name of TLP, and they also knew very clearly, that is, everyone should persevere. Perhaps, as long as you persist for a few hours, victory will belong to them.

Two years ago, Dutch Lieutenant General Tromp, led his fleet to meet the Spanish Invincible Fleet near St. John in the New World. The two sides fought fiercely and fought for three days and three nights. Both sides suffered heavy losses. Tromp himself was also injured. At that time, there were also many naval staff members who persuaded Tromp to retreat temporarily.

However, TLUP did not follow the advice of the naval staff and decided to continue to persevere. He firmly believed that the Dutch life was not easy, and the Spanish life was not easy. Whoever could persevere to the end would be the winner. Sure enough, on the fourth day of the battle, the Spanish raised the white flag - they could not bear it first.

The battle in the waters near St. John made Tronp promoted from Dutch Navy to Admiral in one fell swoop. As the youngest admiral in the Netherlands, Tronp's name began to be familiar with every Dutch navy soldier. Later Dutch Navy even fixed Tronp as the "military soul" of the Dutch Navy and mourned forever.

When Bluffhead mentioned the name of Tronp, in addition to encouraging his subordinates to continue to persevere, he also has another purpose, that is, to ask the staff to understand his personal pursuit. If he wins this battle, he is very likely to become the youngest lieutenant general of the Dutch Navy. If he has the opportunity in the future, he may be able to surpass Tronp and become the youngest admiral of the Dutch Navy, and will always be respected.
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