At this point, the Beiyang Naval Division was also suffering huge losses, but without Liu Hongji's order, all the officers and men were still trying to fight against the Dutch fleet.

Every quarter of an hour, both sides lose almost a battleship, and it is false to say that they are not distressed.

The cost of each No. 1 Fu ship is 400,000 taels, and the cost of the No. 2 Fu ship is 300,000 taels, plus a large number of ships responsible for escorting such as sentinel ships and winter ships, as well as various auxiliary ships, the total cost is as high as more than 30 million taels.

However, it is still the same sentence, the first battle of the Beiyang Naval Division will never retreat, life and death are downplayed, depending on who is the head of the iron.

Fortunately, Liu Hong gradually won the bet, he didn't expect that a group of captives could play such a big role.

"Old Qi, pass on the king's order, the whole army will pursue, give me a bang!" Liu Hong gradually gained confidence and shouted at the walkie-talkie.

The one who didn't want your life while you was sick was a fool, and if he didn't chase the Dutchman's ass and beat him hard, it wouldn't be him Liu Hongchuan.

"Obedience!" Qi Yuangong replied with high morale.

At the same time, the Jingyuan received the order to pursue, and the captain of the Jingyuan, Cui Geng, immediately came to the strength.

"Wu Liuyi, let's take a look at the ass of the battleship in front of us, and hit the fuck hard!" Cui even tugged at the arm of the first mate Wu Liuyi and pointed to a third-class battleship in the Dutch fleet.

The Jingyuan has always been in the forefront of the Beiyang Naval Division, although the record is outstanding, but it is also the focus of the Dutch warship, the steel armor on the left and right sides of the Jingyuan has almost been blown off, and there are several more big holes on the deck.

Cui Geng burst into foul language in a hurry, he cherished his warship more than anyone else, and from the time he boarded the Jingyuan with a pipe belt, Cui Geng vowed to become the captain of this battleship.

The battleship was beaten like this, he felt more distressed than anyone else, and now that the moment of pursuit was finally ushered in, how could he not be energetic.

Boom - the heavy gun in the bow of the ship fired, but the shell was crooked.

"Get out of the way! Let Lao Tzu come! Cui didn't have the time to reprimand his subordinates, but pulled the gunner away and began to calibrate the angle himself.

First mate Wu Liuyi consciously began to load the shells, which made the five or six gunners on the side extremely embarrassed.

The Ming warships were equipped with a heavy gun at the bow and tail, and the caliber was quite powerful, just to cope with this situation.

Cui Geng entered the state in an instant, observed the position of the battleship in front, calibrated the firing angle of the artillery, and decisively lit the fire.

Boom - the bow of the ship shook violently, and the cannon successfully hit the butt of a third-class battleship in front of it, blasting out a large hole.

"Good!" Several onlookers around couldn't help but applaud, only to find out that they were praising their own bosses, and they were embarrassed again.

"There is also kung fu to cheer, give Lao Tzu a look at the ass of the battleship in front of him, and quickly reload!" Cui Geng saw that he had hit, and he was overjoyed, and said to his subordinates again.

Southerly winds blew over the sea this season, and the Dutch fleet retreated in the direction of Palawan, which was a headwind, but the superiority of the Dutch ships was immediately apparent.

Europa is located in the Atlantic Ocean, the wind direction is more complicated, in order to cope with the complex ocean currents, most of Europa's warships have four or five masts, plus twenty or thirty sails.

Experienced skippers can sail in any complex direction with the sails and maintain speed, including in headwind situations.

The Ming warship is not, although due to the use of steam power, it can be guaranteed to sail in any wind direction, but the steam engine of the ordnance institute is still constantly improving, limited by power problems, it is better in the case of tailwind, barely comparable to the original sail warship.

It's just that if it is a headwind, the speed of the battleships of the Beiyang Naval Division is not as good as that of the Dutch battleships with twenty or thirty sails.

The Beiyang Naval Division pursued for more than half an hour, and the distance between the two sides continued to widen, and with the increase of the distance, the artillery hit rate of the Beiyang Naval Division also dropped sharply, and in the end it only became a distant follow.

"Lord Wang, the Dutch warship has been out of our range, do you want to continue to chase?" Qi Yuangong asked Liu Hongjian for instructions through the walkie-talkie.

To be honest, Qi Yuangong's mood is very agitated now, the first battle of the Beiyang Naval Division repelled the Dutch fleet, which he couldn't think of before.

Qi Yuangong was not a great Confucian in the imperial court, and he had always been very concerned about the form of the sea, and the Zheng family's sailors relied on the number of warships and crowd tactics to repel the Dutch back then.

However, the battleships of the Beiyang Naval Division plus the auxiliary ships are only a little more than 300 birds, and this Dutch fleet has more than 100 ships, which is already the main fleet of the Dutch.

Now this fleet was right in front of his eyes, under the artillery fire of the Beiyang Naval Division, retreated.

"Still chasing a yarn, it's gone, let's continue south, to Sulu!" Liu Hong gradually became angry.

The effect in the pursuit process just now was not ideal, and the Beiyang Naval Division spent most of its time training linear arrays and retreat tactics, but it did not put much effort into the pursuit, and it only expanded its battle record by eight more warships in more than half an hour.

The Beiyang Sailor can win, Liu Hongjian is not much excited except for luck, to be precise, more worried.

If it weren't for the layer of steel armor covered by the outer layer of the main battleship, it might have been the Beiyang Naval Division that would have been defeated now.

Perhaps even more embarrassed than the Dutch.

Then there is the power problem, the steam engine must continue to improve, at least the speed must keep up with Europa's main battleship, otherwise it is better to say if you win, and you can't run if you lose.

There is also the problem of the artillery configuration of the battleship, although the main battleships of this Dutch fleet are all two-decks, the number of guns is more than that of the Dingyuan and Jingyuan, and the No. 1 Fu ship has three decks.

This problem is too serious, the number and range of artillery directly affect the power of the warship, according to the torture of Ovat, the Dutch in India have more powerful warships, on the other side of the Atlantic, the newly launched Sea Monarch can even be equipped with a hundred guns, which is already twice the number of guns of the Ming Dingyuan.

There are still many issues to consider, but now Liu Hongjian has not had the heart to think about this.

Xiao Zheng is estimated to have seen through the autumn water in Sulu and other reinforcements, but fortunately, the main Dutch in the Three Kingdoms Alliance have withdrawn, Xiao Zheng's side should be a little better, Rao is so, he should also join him as soon as possible.

Although the Beiyang Naval Division had not had time to coordinate the battle losses after this battle, at least a dozen large and small warships were sunk, and many warships were injured and urgently needed to be repaired on the shore.

The closest place to the surrounding area is Sulu.

According to the previous plan, the Beiyang Naval Division would spare the Palawan Islands and make a detour to Sulu, but now there is no need, the Dutch have been repulsed, where is the courage to intercept the Beiyang Naval Division in Palawan.

Unless Liu Honggradually swelled himself to compete with the forts on Palawan, it would be a match made in heaven to pass through Palawan at this time.

"Lord Wang, there is a Dutch ship sailing ahead, Lord Qi may ask if it will be sunk?" While thinking about it, the first mate Bu Jiageng came to report.

Liu Hong was gradually surprised by the courage of the Dutch, but thinking that this Dutch warship must have come to him, he ordered the ship to stop not far from the Beiyang Fleet.

Shao leaning, a bearded curly-haired Dutchman boarded Qi Yuangong's Dingyuan, and through the walkie-talkie, Liu Hongjian heard the conversation between the two sides throughout the whole process.

"Your Excellency General Daming, on behalf of the Dutch Governor in Batavia, Major General Jon, I would like to invite your country to Palawan for peace talks." The curly-haired Dutchman clasped his right hand and bent down in salute.

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