At the moment of convergence, two hostile warships opened fire on each other at the same time!

With the dull roar of cannons, clouds of smoke rose like demons with teeth and claws, and cannonballs whistled out.

The second shell of the "Balaam" missed due to the wind, the hull tilted, and the muzzle of the gun tilted, and it flew over the height of the upper mast of Kaohsiung No. 1.

But the officers and soldiers of Kaohsiung No. 1 were taken aback, and Costet was as if nothing happened, "Record time!" Xiao Xiao! He greeted the clerk on the ship in a somewhat strange voice.

This kid is a new ding, and when he first entered the war, he was shocked, his face was pale, and his eyes were about to fall.

He was responsible for recording the speed of the enemy's shelling, and listened to the words of his commander as if he had not heard them.

To give him courage our first shot, with a loud sound similar to a sledgehammer falling on an anvil, the cannonball hit the anchor claw of the bow anchor of the "Baraam", which flipped it almost half a circle, and then flew off into the sea in the distance.

This is considered a starting hit, and people shout "Mazu bless!" He was standing in the stern with a wide field of vision and could see clearly.

"It's really rare!" Costet smiled.

Fortunately, this is the deep sea, otherwise the anchor will fall offshore, the Dutch ship will stop, and everyone will be huddled together, and the people of the Southeast Fleet will laugh to death.

"Eighteen pounderers!" After observing it, Kostet explained to the clerk.

The opponent's ship is similar to the battleship of the other side, and it actually dares to use an eighteen-pounder gun (the one used by the other side is a twelve-pounder gun), and it seems that the new warships will have to be strengthened in the future, so as to use heavy artillery in a big war and increase their power.

When the side guns are shelling, there are ropes and steel cables connected to the gunwales of the battleship, if the recoil is too strong, the wood of the gunwales will be torn, but it is not impossible to solve it, for example, adding stiffeners to the bulwark, the old ships can also be similarly modified.

Both sides came into range and fired one after another.

Costeit personally commanded the battle from the gun deck (below the open deck): "As previously trained......... Release the gun body and flatten the gun body, pull out the gun plug, stretch out the gun muzzle, ignition, very good, good fight, deputy captain, the next round is still a burst (one cannon after another, and a salvo is fired together)! ”

He returned to the open deck, and before he could return to the stern, an eighteen-pound shell struck the middle of the two guns on the starboard side of Kaohsiung No. 1, causing a rain of broken wood chips to fly in all directions, one of which was a meter long and heavy, knocking down a sailor on the crowded deck, and then hitting the mainmast before falling.

Pieces of wood fell, and from the screams and screams of the people, they did indeed have a destructive effect, and soon two medics hurried down the cabin with a wounded accomplice, followed by a trail of blood.

Costeet's face did not change, and he shouted loudly at the people to open the cannon and control the sail line, and the clerk ran over and happily reported the statistics: "We hit the enemy 10 guns, the enemy hit us 8 guns, I counted, the enemy is 16 guns on one side (32 guns in total, 28 guns on our side)!" ”

"Good!" As soon as the words fell, another round of enemy artillery came rushing in, and there were fifty more ships behind them!

Thinking of the terrible thing, the little clerk's face turned pale!

Kaustet didn't scold him, I'm afraid it's normal, since he eats the bowl of rice of the navy, then he can only fight hard and leave his personal fate to God to decide!

It's useless to be afraid, let's fight!

……

Two lines of battle, as long as a large snake, fought one by one, and the cannon roared, shaking the East China Sea.

"Steady! Steady! The black knight Siresma roared, he saw a large enemy ship, so he did not give the order to open fire, and watched the enemy ships approach, until the two ships were almost parallel and in equal positions, it was now!

"Fire, fire!"

His gunners lit the fuse on the fire door together, and it burned out in less than three seconds, and it exploded.

A web of scorching fire between 13 24-pounder guns, 13 12-pounder guns, and 9 6-pounder guns enveloped the 42-gun "Rotterdam Maiden" and ravaged the poor girl to the ground.

In particular, the 24-pounder cannon was as powerful as a giant battering ram hitting the enemy wall, making a fluffy sound, blowing up a large number of wooden walls of the opponent, and two shells actually pierced the "Rotterdam Maiden", and the cannonballs entered from the starboard side of the "Rotterdam Maiden" and flew out from the port side.

The captain of the "Rotterdam Maiden" said in annoyance: "Fire!" Fire! "Organize the gunners also in color.

At this time, the Dutch were at a downwind, and their guns often hit high, but the Taiwan did not enjoy this "benefit", because of the height of the ship, it ate the shells solidly.

There was a dull sound, and one after another was shot.

Then, it fully accepted the attack of the main guns of the gun deck of the enemy's six ships!

The six ships used open-air deck guns to engage the Ming warships on the battle line, while the main guns on the gun deck waited for the Taiwan to be consumed.

In an instant, the large ship of the Southeast Fleet withstood continuous artillery bombardment, passing six ships, its starboard side was blown into countless gaps, collapsed, and flesh and blood flew in the gun deck, the opponent's attack was not covered, the commander of the cannon was a veteran, and the cannon was also a veteran, the eighteen-pound heavy artillery shells pierced the bulwark, and the cold sea water poured into the cabin like an injection.

There was a lot of noise in the lower deck, and under the shadowy lights, people were busy draining water, and they used buckets of water, and the people above carried the water, and the warships in the southeast province had the advantage of installing a water pump track, and the people on the upper deck could turn the pump hard to pump the water out below.

The sailors then used putty and hemp rope to close the cracks, and the large notches were nailed to the planks and the cracks were closed.

"Quick! Fast! When the noise was like a pot of porridge, there was a loud bang, and several people near the sound fell one after another, knocking the crowd down.

Shot again!

Piercing through the wooden wall, sea water poured in, and the ship's damage management personnel were busy.

However, it did not make the Dutch feel any better, and the 36-gun "Golden Lion", after withstanding the terrible salvo of fire from the Taiwan, there was a loud boom, and the column of smoke rose high and capsized sharply to the right.

The unfortunate "Golden Lion" was hit in the powder magazine, causing a gunpowder explosion!

It became the first Dutch battleship to be sunk!

Siresma's command was quite effective, and every time the Taiwan fired a salvo, there was always a Dutch battleship that was devastated, and even if it was not sunk, it was so badly damaged that it became silent.

When the ring!

Ciresma, who was on the open deck, felt only a shock to his head, and his helmet was hit by a musket bullet, but fortunately it did not penetrate.

"Be gracious!" Even in the face of the danger just now, Siresma was not afraid at all, he took his composure wherever he went, and the officers and men on the ship controlled the ship and fired the cannon in an orderly manner, they withstood an unknown number of enemy shells, but their artillery still roared.

The role of a good naval officer is decisive, even if it is deeply hit, the battle flag of the Taiwan never falls, and the sound of artillery is not interrupted!

In the period of sailing, it is generally difficult for warships to strike a fatal blow, and it often changes from quantity to quality, and only after suffering too many cannons can the results come out.

The two opposing lines of battle were constantly spitting smoke and fire, and both sides were red-eyed and shelled each other face to face.

"It's finally us!" The capital ship of the Southeast has arrived!

Yan Changwu on the stern tower always used a salvo to pour all his firepower on an enemy ship, so as to make the opponent dizzy.

"Call me! Fire! ”

A furious rush swept towards the hapless Dutch battleship "Sam", and in the blink of an eye, it was beaten as if it had been hit by a storm.