While pursuing 70 Dutch-class warships including the Duke of Havelan, the "Boom Boom" was also bombarding the Dutch-class warships within range.

About seven Dutch-class ships in the rearmost were shot, and one was sunk on the spot.

At this moment, the Duke of Avilan and other seventy Dutch-class battleships were located about 2,700 meters away from the pursuing Daming warships, and only 35,600 meters, and a total of 178 Dutch-class warships were within 3,000 meters of the 20 or so warships at the forefront of the pursuing Daming fleet.

The Duke of Havelan's flagship is specially made, and the number of cannons on it is small, and the Duke of Havelan was the first to see the situation clearly, originally his flagship was only about 2,700 meters away from the battleship at the front of the Ming fleet, which was completely within the range of the Ming battleship, but he escaped relatively quickly, and had escaped from the range of three thousand meters.

The Ming warships pursued by the "boom boom" continued to fire their guns, although only a dozen Ming warships with a range of fire were fired in each round, but they still let the Dutch-class battleships within the range continue to be sunk.

The shell hit the first turret of a Dutch-class battleship, instantly blasting a large hole.

Three class cannons crashed into the sea.

The cannon body, which weighed more than 8,000 catties, fell into the sea, and with a bang, smashed up a large column of water.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The Dutch-class battleship was hit by three more shells in a row.

The blazing waves of shells carried a large amount of wood chips and the corpses of Dutch soldiers and exploded.

Pieces of wood and the corpses of Dutch soldiers fell into the sea, staining the sea red.

Ten cannon guns of more than 8,000 catties lost the support of the turret gun carriage, and they also slipped and fell into the sea one after another, smashing a large amount of water.

The Dutch battleship had already been hit by four shells, and at most three more four shells would be able to sink it.

The Dutch soldiers on the battleship ran away in fear, desperately maneuvering the battleship to run forward, hoping to escape the range of the Ming battleship.

However, it is a pity that they are still more than 200 meters away from the extreme range of the Daming battleship, and it is almost impossible for them to escape the death line of more than 200 meters.

After all, the Daming battleship is actually not much smaller than the Dutch-class battleship, and it is a very good hull in the world.

However, in order to allow the cannons on the battleship to shoot a salvo without rotating the hull, Daming changed the appearance of many warships, and only loaded with thirty-two cannons, and the weight of each Shenwei cannon was only four or five hundred catties, and the weight of the thirty-two guns together was less than the weight of three Dutch-class cannons.

In fact, if the shape of the Ming warship is built according to the European battleship, the three-story turret, and the guns on both sides, each battleship of the Ming Dynasty can be loaded with more than 100 guns, but the Daming battleship with 32 Shenwei cannons is strong enough, and there is no need to sacrifice the agility of the battleship.

In general, because the weight of the cannons loaded was much lighter, and the same size of the battleship, the Dutch battleship could not compare with the Ming warship.

Originally, only the seventeenth and eighteenth Dutch-class battleships were within the range of the most forward battleships of the pursuing Daming fleet, but in just a while, there were already twenty Dutch-class battleships within the range of the most forward warships of the Daming fleet.

The fate of the Dutch-class battleships that were included in the range of the Daming battleship was undoubtedly tragic, and almost all of them could not escape the possibility of being sunk.

Together with the Dutch-class battleship just now, five Dutch-class battleships were sunk in this round of artillery bombardment.

The Ming battleship continued to fire.

With one class ship sunk, the entire Dutch-class group was enveloped in fear.

Soon, sixteen Dutch-class battleships were sunk, and another seven were brought into range and targeted by the guns of the Ming warships.

"Boom, boom, boom" The Dutch-class battleships, which were included in the firing range, were constantly hit by shells and exploded.

"God, why is the Ming fleet sailing so fast!" Duke Avilan roared in despair.

The defeat of the combined fleet in the naval battle is already a fact, more than five hundred battleships were sunk, and more than two dozen battleships were captured irretrievably. The Duke of Havelan was unwilling and desperate, and only wanted to flee with the seventy class warships that he might take with him, and flee back to Obarro, so as to preserve some strength for the great Netherlands.

Originally, I thought that most of the battleships of the class were located outside the three-meter range of the Daming battleship, and it should not be much of a problem to escape.

However, he didn't know the navigation of the Ming battleship when he sailed face to face, but now he was pursued by the Ming battleship, and the navigation advantage of the Ming battleship was exposed at once.

Artillery superiority, artillery superiority, and now navigation superiority, the Ming Dynasty's battleships are so terrifying.

In the rear of the "boom boom", the class-class battleships that were included in the firing range of the Daming battleship were constantly shot and sunk under the shelling of the Daming battleship.

Within a few minutes, several more class battleships were sunk, and similarly, several more class ships were brought into range.

Duke Havelan's teeth are about to be crushed, could it be that after losing the victory in the naval battle, he can't even bring a few class ships back to the Netherlands?

Unable to fight back after being bombarded by such a pursuit, the Duke of Havelan wanted to order the fleet to stop sailing and fight with the pursuing Ming fleet.

However, the combined fleet of more than 600 warship groups has been defeated, and now with less than fifty class warships, how can they be the opponents of the Ming fleet, let alone stop running away and turn around to fight with the Ming fleet, even if they are only included in the range of three thousand meters by the Ming warship, they can't escape the fate of being sunk.

The Duke of Havelan was desperate, he couldn't think of any way to escape from the dead Strait of Malacca with the battleship, and could only watch as the class battleships that were chased into range by the Ming warships behind him were sunk one by one, and even his flagship was about to be included in the range of the Ming warships.

Duke Havelan could even feel a few shells explode in the sea just a dozen meters behind his flagship.

The flagship he was riding on had undergone special modifications, and its sailing and flexibility were indeed stronger than those of other ordinary warships, but it still could not be compared with the voyage of the Ming warships.

The Duke of Havelan was almost dead, and once his flagship was also included in the range of the pursuing Ming warship, he would inevitably not escape the fate of being sunk.

Just when the Duke of Havelan was about to give up, considering whether he should order the remnants of the battleships to stop fleeing for the sake of the lives of the soldiers in the fleet, and raise their hands to surrender to the pursuing Ming fleet.

A flash of inspiration flashed through his mind, and he actually thought of a way at the last moment!

"Quick, give the order to all battleships, abandon the artillery!" The Duke of Havelan shouted and ordered.

The Dutch soldier beside him immediately understood.

Some of the Dutch soldiers on the flagship waved flags to inform other warships, and some rushed to the flagship's turret.

After a while, in the turrets on both sides of the battleship, a large number of Dutch soldiers used axes or other hard iron tools to continuously chop the gun carriages of the fixed-class cannons, and they wanted to push the bulky cannons into the sea to reduce the weight of the battleship, so that the lightened class battleships could increase their voyage and finally escape from the pursuit of the Ming warships.

Pressed by death, every Dutch soldier fought for his life.

"Bang! Boom! "A heavy four-thousand-meter cannon was propelled into the sea after the fixed gun carriage was split.

The 4,000-meter-level cannon weighing more than 8,000 catties smashed into the sea one after another, smashing out pillars of seawater.

Finally, as the cannons on the battleship decreased one by one, the weight of the battleship became lighter and lighter, and the voyage suddenly increased a lot, and soon it was equal to the pursuing Daming battleship behind it, and no new class battleship was included in the range of the pursuing Daming battleship.

"God forbid!" A breath of joy permeated the remnants of the Dutch battleship.

Soon, as the last cannon was also pushed into the sea, the voyage of the Dutch-class battleship that was not sunk increased again, and it gradually threw off the pursuit of the Ming battleship behind it.

And at this moment, there are only thirty-seven Dutch-class warships left, and they have all become empty ships with no shots!

Duke Havelan's heart was dripping blood, and each level of cannon meant a lot of money, but he didn't think that he would be pushed into the sea just like that.

However, no matter how much blood and pity are dripped, what should be done must still be done, after all, the value of the battleship itself and the excellent naval soldiers on the battleship together is far greater than the cannon itself.

The Dutch battleship, which had abandoned all its cannons, suddenly sped up, and even gradually began to throw off the distance from the pursuing Ming battleship behind it.

On the two flagships of the Ming fleet, the East China Sea and the South China Sea, Shen Jing and Zheng Sen both frowned.

"The Dutch are not stupid, and when they think of this trick, it is not easy to do!" Zheng Sen, the flagship of the South China Sea Fleet, said.

"The Dutch actually abandoned all the cannons on the battleship, and the voyage was much faster at once, and they all overtook our Ming battleship at once, so that we could not catch up, damn! If you can't catch up, how can you annihilate them all! On the flagship of the East China Sea Fleet, Shen Jing clenched his right fist angrily.

"The only way to re-allow the battleships to pass the Dutch battleships is for us to abandon most of the cannons and keep only a limited number of them, so that it is possible to increase the voyage of the warships and catch up with the fleeing Dutch warships again." Zheng Sen quickly thought of a way.

On the flagship of the East China Sea Fleet, Shen Jing also thought of this only way.

However, it seemed feasible to throw away some of the ship's cannons and increase the voyage to pursue the Dutch ships in front and sink them.

However, the value of each Shenwei cannon does not not mention that all the warships of the fleet are thrown away, even if only a part of the Ming warships are thrown away, it is also hundreds of Shenwei cannons, according to the price of 30,000 taels of silver for a Shenwei cannon, that is, three million silver dollars, throwing away a hundred is 300 million silver dollars, and 300 is 900 million silver dollars.

The Dutch battleships are already lost dogs, even if they are all sunk, but it is not necessary for Daming to exchange them for more than a billion silver dollars.

Shen Jing was still a little impulsive, but Zheng Sen didn't have such thoughts at all, it was too unworthy.

In the end, Zheng Sen waved the flag to Shen Jing's flagship, and after some exchanges, Shen Jing also had to dispel the idea of abandoning some of the cannons to completely annihilate the remaining thirty or so Dutch warships.

After all, the Ming Dynasty has no intention of directly sending troops to Europe after the war, and it makes no difference whether to sink the last 30 or so Dutch warships that have become empty ships, and there is no need to spend so much money to do it, the Ming Dynasty has enough mind to put more than 30 Dutch empty ships that have lost their cannons back to Europe, and by the way, let them help publicize the prestige of the Ming Dynasty to European countries, publicize the inviolability of the Ming Dynasty, dare to violate the Ming Dynasty, and the only thing waiting for them is destruction!

Although it had been decided that it would not cost so much to sink a dozen Dutch air ships, it was necessary to drive them out of the Strait of Malacca.

Therefore, the Ming fleet continued to follow the pursuit.

During this period of naval battle between the Ming Dynasty and the European Combined Fleet, the island of Sumatra on the south coast of Malacca was not peaceful, and a large number of aboriginal aristocratic forces thought that the naval battle of Malacca of the Ming Dynasty would be defeated, and they rebelled against the Ming Dynasty at the moment when the naval battle had just begun, claiming to restore Dutch rule.

The largest city in Sumatra, Medan City, has been completely destroyed.