The 24 guns of the flagship of the Beiyang Navy Division Shanhaiguan began to roar at the same time, and black smoke suddenly enveloped the sky over Shanhaiguan, and the Battle of Palawan began.

This was the first official battle of the Beiyang Naval Division, and except for Liu Hongjian and a few high-ranking generals, no one knew that they were facing a new generation of Europa Invincible Armada.

"Old Qi, don't be stingy with ammunition, give this king a hard bang!" Liu Hong gradually yelled at the walkie-talkie.

The cannon sound just now was just Liu Honggradually demonstrating to the Dutch, although it was somewhat naïve, but Liu Honggradually felt very comfortable, and he finally encountered the enemy after floating on the sea for a month.

Even if this enemy has too strong a reputation for the Beiyang Naval Division, how can the Beiyang Naval Division know where the gap is without trying his skills.

In Liu Hongchuan's words, even if the Beiyang Naval Division is defeated and only one battleship is left, it must be shouted with rotten vocal cords, you are happy!

"Obey the order, our front has completed the deployment, wait for the enemy ships to enter the firing range, there are still ten breaths!" Qi Yuangong replied.

"He Bin, what are you trembling about?" Liu Hong gradually saw He Bin hiding at the door of the cabin door and didn't dare to come out, his legs were still shaking like sifting chaff, and frowned.

Although He Bin was not talented, he was a competent translator, and although he was as timid as a mouse, Liu Hongjian still refused He Bin's request to continue to serve in Taiwan, and insisted on taking him with him.

"Lord Wang, the little one is not trembling!" He Bin rolled up his sleeves and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Didn't you tremble, what are your legs shaking?"

"Small...... The little one can't be controlled! ”

Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom

The artillery of the Beiyang Naval Division was the first to fire, and the sides of the ten No. 1 Fu ships and the twenty-two No. 2 Fu ships shook violently, and the Dutch fleet five hundred yards away suddenly stirred up countless waves as if Qiao Feng had made eighteen dragon palms.

Sure enough, Lao Tzu's cannon is still slightly better than the Dutchman, at least in terms of range, Liu Hong gradually put down the telescope and said proudly.

It's just that this power ...... Liu Hong sighed gradually, almost meaningless!

He clearly saw that the shells of the Beiyang Naval Division smashed into the Dutch battleship, but then slid into the sea, and the Dutch battleship did not seem to hurt anything except for obvious scratches.

However, the cannonballs that smashed on the deck were very powerful, and if you were lucky enough to smash a hole in the deck, even if you didn't hit it through, it would make the soldiers on the ship scramble to lie down with their heads in their hands.

However, there were too few shells that could hit the Dutch battleships, and at least 95 percent of the shells fell on the sea, and Liu Hong was gradually dissatisfied with this.

It's just that he can't help it, and what he doesn't know is that even at the end of the nineteenth century, more than two hundred years later, the artillery hit rate in naval battles has not reached ten percent.

Moreover, the Beiyang Naval Division was still so far away from the Dutch battleships.

Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom

The Dutch battleship finally entered the firing range after receiving a salvo from the Beiyang Naval Division, and the Dutch battleship opened fire when the Beiyang Naval Division turned the rudder.

Duang - Duang - Bang - Bang -

Unlike the Dutch warships, because the surface of the ships of the Beiyang Naval Division was covered with steel armor, the sound of solid shells after smashing them was very beautiful.

"Is this the power of Dutch warships? Hmph, but Erl! Liu Hong said contemptuously.

He had been carefully observing the Beiyang Naval Division battleship that had been hit by the shells, and found that, as he expected, the Dutch shells still could only leave a crater of different depths on the steel armor, but they failed to break through the hull.

It seems that it is not that the Dutch warships have a short range, but that they want to fight closely, so that the power is greater, Liu Hong gradually said.

After a round of cannons, the Dutch battleships stopped advancing, but began to fire at each other with the Beiyang Naval Division, and the surrounding areas of the two warships suddenly became like scattered flowers.

"It's boring, it's still boring!" Liu Hong looked at it for a while and frowned.

The so-called naval battle was nothing more than a linear arrangement of warships on both sides, far less intense and exciting than Liu Hong's imagination.

If this naval battle is put on land, what is the difference between this naval battle and Europa's current tactics of queuing and shooting?

"Old Qi, pass on the king's order, and march towards the enemy while firing cannons!" Due to the sound of artillery, the transmission of messages basically relied on roaring, and the same was true for Liu Hongchuan.

The cannonballs were too far away to cause the desired damage, and the ironclad ships of the Beiyang Naval Division were unique in the world, and Liu Hong gradually felt that he could get closer.

"Obedience!" Qi Yuangong replied.

Although Liu Hongji's order was a bit hasty, it has always been his strength to play cards not according to common sense, and Qi Yuangong also wanted to test the toughness of the Beiyang Naval Division, and did not refute Liu Hongji's order.

The battleships of the Beiyang Naval Division began to advance towards the Dutch fleet under the instructions of the standard-bearer, which made the commander of the Dutch fleet, Viscount Jon, frown.

"Lord Governor, the Ming warship is rushing over! We are less than four hundred yards away! The first mate of the flagship of the Hector anxiously reported to Jon, the governor of Batavia.

"I see, keep firing!" Jon straightened his captain's hat and said with a blank face.

"Yes, Lord Governor!" The first mate saluted and immediately went to give instructions to the standard-bearer.

Although he had already heard that the newly developed artillery of the Ming Dynasty was comparable to the guns of the Dutch in terms of range, it was only when he saw it with his own eyes that Jon had to admit that the artillery technology of the Ming Dynasty had surpassed that of the Fur Machine.

What surprised him even more was not the Ming artillery, but the metal on the surface of the Ming warship, the reason why the Dutch warship was able to withstand the attack of long-range artillery was because in addition to the strongest wood, the surface of the hull was also treated with the latest technology.

However, the battleships of the Beiyang Naval Division were very simple to cover the surface with metal, and this metal was silvery-white, which could withstand the attack of their artillery.

Domestic shipwrights have not thought of covering the surface of the hull with metal, but there has been no suitable material in the selection of materials, although iron can withstand artillery, but the strength is still too low, and it is easy to rust when wet.

But what is the layer of metal on the surface of the Ming battleship? Jon couldn't think about it, but he didn't have time to think about it right now.

For the demonstration of the flagship of the Beiyang Navy just now, Jon was regarded as child's play, but the sudden attack of the Ming warship surprised him.

A few years ago, he had participated in the naval battle between the Dutch and Zheng Yiguan, and the fighting style of the Zheng family's naval division was mostly based on the large number of warships.

First bombarded them with the main ships, and when the battle entered a stalemate, the small wooden boats of the Zheng family sailors could always rush into their fleet by surprise and set their warships on fire in the same way.

Don't...... Do these great people think the same way?

Hum! Do the Ming people really think that I, Jon, can jump into the same fire pit twice? Jon looked at the Daming warship in the distance with contempt in his eyes and said in his heart, his fleet would definitely not be disturbed by Daming's bird ships!

Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom

Since the warships of the two sides were already very close, only less than two hundred yards away, the shell bombardment felt more concussive on the hull.

"Lord Governor, the Ming warship is still ...... Still getting closer, only one hundred and fifty yards apart, our battleships had already begun to take substantial damage, five of them were seriously wounded, and two of the third class battleships were also out of combat. First mate Varys came to report again.

"Keep fighting back!" Jon said angrily.

Such a close distance is not only the warships of his Dutch country are suffering, but the warships of the Ming Dynasty are not much better.

Through the telescope, Jon clearly saw that the metal on the hulls of several warships in the Ming fleet had fallen off, and even those that had not fallen off had been hit with potholes.

"My lord, we have already damaged eight Dutch warships," Qi Yuangong reported to Liu Hongjian through the walkie-talkie.

"Rejoice! Just fight like this, and give this king the momentum of the Ming Dynasty! After the fleets of the two sides approached, the artillery hit rate rose rapidly, and Liu Hong gradually felt the tremor of the sea, and said excitedly.

"It's just...... The sailors also lost six, if not counting the winter ships and bird ships. Qi Yuangong hesitated, the two sides were too close, and he had to remind Liu Hongji.

"This is the first battle of the Ming Beiyang Naval Division, old Qi, you remember, this king will never take half a step back!" Liu Hong gradually straightened up.

The Dutch may be rich, and the Dutch may have better warships, but when it comes to comprehensive national strength, the Ming are not afraid of any country.

"Obedience! But my lord, shouldn't we ......" Qi Yuangong seemed to remember something, and then reminded.

"Oh, this king almost forgot about this stubble! Made, after eating this king's dry meal for a month, it can finally come in handy! ”

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