Of course, it is impossible for a few chain bombs to damage dozens of sails on a battleship of the Dutch fleet at the same time, and most of what they can hit is the wide mainsail on the main mast.

The battleships without mainsails, although their speed has dropped a bit, they will not stop because of this, and under the impetus of the remaining dozens of sails, they still follow the large team towards the front.

"It's not that easy to run!" Wu Daofu and they endured for a long time, not just for this moment, along the way, the whale fleet has lost six or seven warships under the heavy care of others. Even Wu Daofu's "Crazy Shark", if it weren't for the extremely strong structure of the hull itself, and the fact that it was Li Tianyang's flagship all along, and there were many improvements in defensive measures, I am afraid that it would have been buried in the sea for a long time at this time.

Even so, the "Shark" at this time, in the eyes of others, was like the clothes worn by the beggar, both tattered and smoky.

The Dutch fleet's speed was now slowed down by the damaged mainsails of the two battleships, and they could no longer take advantage of their speed, but they were able to barely maintain a distance from the whale ships. However, don't forget, in addition to the Whale Battleship, Wu Daofu also had more than a dozen self-exploding sailing ships remaining from a few days ago cruising around them at this time.

When the Dutch fleet did not slow down before, the only warships in the Hongtang fleet that could keep up with the speed of the opponent were these lightweight and thin self-detonating warships. However, under the pressure of the huge artillery fire of the Dutch fleet, it is impossible for the self-exploding sailing ships to break away from the cover of the whale warships and go into battle in person, after all, their scale at this time is far from being as huge as it was on the first day.

However, this time is different, when the speed of the opponent's fleet drops, it is not easy to maintain the distance between the warships surrounded by Hongtang on three sides, and it is no longer possible to turn to shoot while evacuating with ease as at the beginning.

Therefore, the self-exploding sailboat took advantage of its speed and agility to bite the back of the opponent's butt tightly, not giving the opponent a chance to fire a salvo at all.

You must know that the Dutch fleet has fierce artillery fire, and most of them rely on the firepower decks on the left and right sides, such as the "Amsterdam" and other two third-class battleships have two layers of firepower decks, but in the front and rear directions of their battleships, there are only two or three main guns at most, which cannot be compared with the number of guns on the left and right sides.

Therefore, the Hongtang self-exploding sailboats, who had no worries, galloped towards the last two warships of the other party with all their strength, like the evil wolves foraging for food! The grievances and sadness suffered in the past few days, and the blood feud of the Hong cousins who had been with them, seeing that they would soon be able to ask for some interest from the hands of this group of foreigners!!

"Not good!!" The captain of a sailboat at the front, seeing the fire flashing behind the butt of the opposite battleship, hurriedly shook his tail slurry, and before he even had time to greet his companions, he rowed an arc and turned a corner.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

There were a series of thunderous noises accompanied by the sound of droplets of water dripping on the deck and sails, and by the time the few friends who had survived the death turned around, a wingship that followed them was gone, and only a few pieces of dilapidated driftwood remained on the surface of the sea, which proved that there was once a sea ship here.

The Dutch are Dutch after all, although the muzzles on the left and right sides cannot shoot the Hongtang sailing ship that is closely chasing them because of the angle problem, but as the other side gets closer and closer to their battleship, a cannon in their rear and two bow main guns that are temporarily pushed over can also give full play to their accuracy and power: as long as one cannonball hits the opponent's sailboat, the kinetic energy carried by the cannonball weighing more than 30 catties is enough to blow these small sailing ships to ashes.

At the same time, as a veteran in the water for many years, Lai Jiechen waved the flag, and the team that was originally in a vertical line suddenly turned into a horizontal forward queue. In such a queue, although it is still impossible to let the guns on the left and right sides of the battleship grasp the firing angle, it can allow the stern guns of the six warships to fire a salvo, so as to continue to put pressure on the sailing ships and warships that are following them, and prevent them from approaching!

However, as the saying goes, when the brave meet on a narrow road, at this critical moment, how can the elite warriors carefully selected by Hong Tang be deterred by the sacrifice of their companions in front of them and the opponent's infinitely powerful cannon.

It was time for the end of the road, and the best opportunity was in front of the Hongtang warriors, even if they paid a heavy price, they did not hesitate. The sailboat, which had just made a small turn, was now back on the right track, and the six warriors in the boat took off their clothes, picked up one of the oars on the boat and plunged into the water, once again contributing their strength to speed up the advance.

Bullets and artillery exploded and flew between a dozen or so sailing ships from time to time, and the scarlet eyes of the warriors could no longer see anything else, only the six huge prey in front of them. Several sailing ships were smashed by cannonballs, and the wreckage fell on the hulls of the rest of the sailing ships with a dull thud, which could not make everyone hesitate in the slightest.

"Boom !!"

This was the first time today, the most effective counterattack from Hong Tang, and finally under the fearless sacrifice and charge of the self-exploding sailboat, a sailboat finally approached and successfully detonated the explosives and fire oil in the sailboat.

Having learned the lesson of the previous few days, the fighters on the self-detonating sailboat were no longer greedy, and focused on the two Dutch warships, which were obviously one step slower. Although the two Dutch warships, which had lost their speed advantage and were inflexible in steering, were covered by four other warships, they were ultimately unable to defeat the heroic sacrifices and hard work of the Hongtang warriors.

At this point, a large hole was blown out in the stern of the ship, and a large amount of seawater began to pour into the Dutch battleships along the rift, and the two Dutch battleships were completely out of order!!

Of course, the price paid by Hongtang's side is also very high, none of the eighteen remaining sailing ships of the self-bombing fleet survived this time, and the dead soldiers of Hongtang who belonged to the ship are also missing for the time being, and I don't know how many people can survive. Not to mention, during the pursuit, at least seven warships had been sunk by the powerful artillery fire of the Dutch fleet, and the sea was littered with the floating bodies of sailors, or their swimming figures.

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