Chapter 50: Evacuation of the Bay

The rigorous training on weekdays paid off at this time, and there was no trouble in clearing the deck compartments of the heavy guns. Six masters covered the mouths of the Dutchmen and stabbed their sharp daggers at the sleeping Dutchman. As the sharp dagger pierced the heart again and again, most of the more than sixty Dutchmen were killed in their sleep. During this time, only two Dutchmen woke up, and the two Dutchmen who woke up were killed before they could make a sound.

The seizure of the Naarden was also a minor problem: there were more than fifty Dutchmen on board, and when they seized the ship, they woke up three Dutchmen and made them shout. However, by this time the Dutch had been killed to only sixteen people, and the Dutch, who woke up in a daze, were no opponent at all, and in the blink of an eye they were either killed or surrendered.

The sound insulation in the deck of the heavy guns was so good that the Dutch on the shore could not hear the movement of the ship at all.

After taking control of fifteen Dutch ships, the Hood Emperor and his men interrogated the captives and drew up several maps of the routes in the port of Batavia. The next thing is to wait for dawn, otherwise there is no guarantee that the ship will be able to sail out smoothly in the dark night in the dark port of Batavia.

Next, Hood and the special operators reloaded the gunpowder and grapeshot guns on the side of the dock. After the shells were loaded, the muskets collected on the ship were gathered together, loaded with gunpowder and pellets, and placed on the ground near a window for later use.

At four o'clock in the morning, Hu Dedi and other naval special combat personnel went down to the water again, carrying underwater dragon cannons, quietly swam to several uncontrolled Dutch ships, fixed multiple groups of underwater dragon cannons on the Dutch ships, and lit the fire rope sealed in the iron pipe, and the time was controlled to explode after about an hour and a half. Then swim back to the ship that has been captured.

Due to the lack of manpower, it was impossible to install such mines on every Dutch warship, but it was enough to deprive the Dutch East India Navy of more than half of its combat effectiveness.

At half past five in the morning, when the sky was gradually getting brighter, Khadedi asked the sailors to put away the anchor chains and cut the cables. Raise the sails.

Some of the Dutchmen in the large camp on the shore had already gotten up and found the sails raised and the ship preparing to leave the dock, when the Dutchman let out a scream and ran towards the ship that was slowly drifting off the shore, screaming and screaming.

At this moment, the pre-set underwater dragon king cannon exploded violently, and columns of water rose on the sea surface, and the Dutch battleships equipped with the underwater dragon king cannon were blasted open one after another. Begin to sink into the water.

The Dutch were startled by the violent explosion, and the Dutchman, who was rushing towards the ship, was stunned for a moment, paused for a few seconds, and then continued to rush towards the ship that was about to leave the dock.

Hu Dedi and the others had already loaded the cannons on the shore with shotguns and grapeshot, and the six people stood on the light gun deck, opened the gun door, and when they saw the Dutch rushing over, Hu Dedi and they lit one cannon after another.

Inside the wide open cannon door. A deafening roar erupted from one cannon after another, and fire erupted from the muzzles. White smoke rose from inside the cannon door. A rainstorm of steel ball projectiles swept across the docks, sending a cloud of scarlet blood through the crowd, and the Dutch were instantly knocked down.

After firing the artillery, Hu Dedi and the others grabbed the arquebus that had already been loaded with gunpowder, lit the arquebus, and stretched out the barrel from the window. Aim the outside and pull the trigger.

Hood took aim at a Dutchman thirty paces away and pulled the trigger.

The burning arquebus is pressed into the pool by the bolt, igniting the primer. There was a flash of fire, and the ignition of the primer ejected the fire rope, and the propellant in the chamber of the gun was ignited. The muzzle of the gun erupted in flames, and a flower of blood bloomed in the chest of the Dutchman who rushed towards him, and his progress faltered, and he fell backwards on his back.

Hood threw the finished arquebus to the ground, picked up another arquebus, extended it out of the window, aimed it at the Dutchman and pulled the trigger.

The "boom" gunfire continued, and the Dutchmen who tried to rush up spurted blood one after another and fell in a pool of blood.

Of the fifteen ships that were captured, there were not many sailors, and there were twenty sailors on one ship, and there were not enough people to operate the sails, and all the sails could not be raised. Due to the lack of sailors, as soon as the ship turned around, the whole hull tilted very much, and fifteen large ships staggered towards the depths of the sea beyond the harbor.

On the cruiser Holland Dya at the front, the Dutch captain was put in the neck with a knife and asked to lead the way.

"As long as you take us out, we'll keep you safe! If you play any tricks on Lao Tzu, be careful that your head falls to the ground! A Portuguese sailor said in Dutch to the captain of the captured ship.

"You despicable pirates! Shameless thief! The Dutch captain scolded.

The Portuguese sailor's right hand holding the knife used a little three points of force, and the steel knife was embedded in the neck of the Dutch captain, and a little bead of blood oozed from the blade. The Dutch captain was so frightened that his legs went limp, and he broke out in a cold sweat. He didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, and hurriedly pleaded back: "Don't kill me, I'll lead the way." ”

In fact, through the interrogation of the captives, the sailors had obtained a map of the route in the Batavia Bay, which could be discovered at once if the Dutch captain dared to deceive.

Fifteen ships, led by the Dutch captives, staggered out of the bay of Batavia and headed for the outer islands.

Kroenke, a high-ranking Dutch official in Batavia, had already gotten up, and when he heard a violent explosion in the harbor, he was startled, and hurriedly looked out of the window on the top floor of the castle, only to see that some of the ships in the harbor had been driven away, and some of the ships were slowly sinking. He immediately understood: the port of Batavia was attacked!

Kroenke galloped down from the castle and when he arrived at the docks, he saw Kobuya? Kauu was already waiting there.

Kobuya? Kaauu stepped forward and said: "There are not many pirates who come to steal ships, their ships are slow, if we chase them out now, we can recover the lost ships and reduce our losses!" ”

"Let's get the men on board and go after those damn pirates!" Kroenke roared.

Twenty of the Dutch ships in the harbor that were not taken were sunk by the Ming army's underwater dragon king cannons, but most of them were still intact. Of course, most of the ships left by Wang Xinyu to the Dutch were flute-type cargo ships, Galen merchant ships, and some small ships with poor firepower, real warships and East India ships that could be used as warships, which were either snatched up or sunk. The Dutch had no choice but to chase the fleeing ships in the flute-sized cargo ships, armed galen ships, and small warships.

Fifteen large ships were short of sailors, and the speed of the ships was very slow. It took more than an hour to sail less than six nautical miles. At this moment, Emperor Hu Dedi and the others could see countless white sails rising in the bay of Batavia behind them, and countless Dutch ships came out of the bay and chased after their fleet.

"Can you drive faster! Otherwise, the red-haired ghost behind will catch up with us! Hood yelled anxiously at a British sailor who was manipulating the sails.

"My lord, we don't have enough manpower! It's nice to be able to drive the boat away! The sailor replied with a sad face.

The normal lifting of the sail of a soft sailing ship requires forty or fifty sailors to make the ship sail normally, and the procedure of lowering the sail is even more cumbersome, each sail has to be untied by a special person, and hundreds of people are required when the sail is lowered. At this time, there were twenty sailors on each ship, and it was good to be able to drive the ship away.

In the harbor of Batavia, countless ships chased after each other, and various types of ships, such as small warships, speedboats, small hayats, armed galen ships, and flute-sized cargo ships, were dispatched to chase the fleeing "pirate" fleet.

The Dutch were faster, even flutes could reach speeds of up to five knots, a little faster than the drunken ships in front of them.

Seeing that the Dutch were getting closer and closer to him, Hood was anxious.

There are still five nautical miles to go to the pre-set ambush island, and although it looks close, at the current speed, the fleet will not be able to reach it for at least an hour.

On the island, a Marine on the high ground in charge of observation saw a fleet of ships approaching the island, the Dutch flag of this fleet had been taken off, and the stateless fleet was twisting and slowly approaching. A large number of Dutch ships chased after them, getting closer and closer to the pirate-flagged fleet in front.

"In front of us were our men, who changed the Dutch flag; The red-haired ghost was chasing after him. The soldier said.

"Light the beacon smoke and tell Wang Junmen about the situation." Another soldier said.

Beacon smoke was lit on the island, and billowing smoke rose, reminding Wang Xinyu that his special combat team was about to return, and the Dutch fleet had chased it out, and he had to go to meet it as soon as possible.

Seeing the beacon smoke signal, Wang Xinyu immediately ordered: "Attack immediately!" Stop the red-haired ghost and protect our people back! ”

The bell rang, and the warships anchored on the north side of the island raised their sails, retracted their anchor chains, and slowly started to sail in the direction of their own returning fleet.

"Damn, there are a lot of ships ahead!" On a small Dutch Hayat ship that was being chased, a Dutch sailor on the lookout shouted.

Kroenke, who was standing on the stern rudder, picked up the binoculars and saw a huge fleet of at least twenty warships suddenly appear between the two small islands in front of him! There are also a number of huge fourth-class cruisers among them! The fleet was coming in its own direction.

"A lot of enemy ships! We can't beat them! Seeing that the situation was not good, Kroenke ordered a retreat, "Hurry up and return home!" There's a fleet out there, damn pirates! ”

At this time, although the Dutch had many ships in their hands, most of them were small ships, and even if they were large ships, they were also armed Galen ships and flute-type cargo ships, and those big ships were no match at all when they encountered real warships. And these small warships at hand, rushing up to deliver food to the opponent. Therefore, Kroenke had no choice but to abandon the pursuit and order a retreat.

The Dutch's small hayats, speedboats, and small warships were able to escape, but the flute-type cargo ships were too slow to escape, and were soon overtaken by the Ming army. (To be continued.) )