Tepra kept staring at Gao Shiwen, and the slightest change in Gao Shiwen's eyes did not escape Tepra's eyes. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"There is something wrong with these people! Qing officials in Xiangshan also have problems! Tepra lowered her voice and said to de Knight. He suspected that the person who came was a fine work of the Ming Kingdom, and that there must be some of them who could understand Dutch.

De Knight nodded slightly, turned around and called a few Dutch officers: "There is something wrong with these Qing people!" They are likely to be the fine work of the Ming Kingdom! You've got your eyes on them! ”

Tepra told de Knight, "I suspect there is a problem in the whole of Xiangshan County!" Didn't their court forbid the sea? But this county order has stolen the sea ban! We asked them to fetch us water, but it dragged on for so many days! I now suspect that they are going to use the complicated waterways of the Pearl River against us! ”

De Knight asked, "In case these people are really the fine work of the Ming Kingdom, the few cruisers we went in will be finished!" As long as they lead us to the ground, our lads won't be able to get out! It's better not to take this risk, let's not go to Guangzhou, just go to Japan! ”

"It's not okay if you don't go to Guangzhou!" Tepra shook his head, "We're running out of food, and our ship has been adrift on the sea for more than a year without repair!" The natives of Java were so stupid that we couldn't help us repair our ship after months of docking with them. ”

The current Dutch fleet, the fatigue of the naval officers and men, the serious damage of the ships, drifting at sea for more than a year, the bottom of the ship is covered with all kinds of algae and shells, affecting the performance of the ship, and the corrosion of the bottom of the ship, which needs to be repaired by the shipbuilders.

In order to be able to enter the inner harbor of Guangzhou, obtain supplies from the Qing State, and obtain shipwrights to repair ships, Tepra had to let a group of fourth- and fifth-class cruisers enter the Pearl River inland waterway. As for how to force the opponent to submit, Tepra planned to take Gao Shiwen and the others hostage, so as to coerce the people of the Heaven and Earth Society to bring them water.

Gao Shiwen saw several Dutch soldiers with loaded guns leaning towards him, and he already realized that something was wrong.

"Be careful, we've most likely been exposed! The red-haired ghost probably saw through our scheme! Gao Shiwen lowered his voice and said to several brothers, "Be smart, if you really can't do it, give up the action and jump into the sea to escape!" If there is no one to bring water, they don't want to reach the city of Guangzhou! ”

The Dutch soldiers did not dare to shoot rashly, for fear that the pilots in front of them would hear the gunshots, in which case the pilots would slip away. According to Tepra's plan, Gao Shiwen and others were taken hostage first, and in case the pilot ship was deceived and several of his cruisers were led into shallow water to run aground, then the hostages would be exchanged for their own crew and sailors, and the ship would not be wanted. It is still a cost-effective thing to risk a few cruisers to gamble on the supply of the Qing Kingdom.

Finding that the Dutch had bad intentions, Gao Shiwen suddenly took out a grenade, pulled off the string and threw it into the crowd of the Dutch, only to hear a loud bang, and several Dutch soldiers let out a miserable scream, and the flesh and blood flew everywhere.

"Bang bang bang" Gao Shiwen took out the thunderbolt like lightning, pulled the trigger again and again, and the nearest Dutch soldiers were splashed with blood, screaming and falling.

Several other special operators also took action, throwing grenades, firing with double-barreled short guns, and then snatching the swords and axes from the Dutch, slashing and killing several Dutch in succession, killing a bloody path and going straight to the edge of the boat.

"Jump!" Gao Shiwen shouted.

The special combat personnel on the boat jumped into the river one after another and swam in the direction of the diversion boat.

The Dutch rushed to the edge of the boat, picked up their muskets, and pulled the trigger into the sea. Only a row of gunshots was heard, the boat was filled with white smoke, and dense bullets burrowed into the water, raising small columns of water.

Gao Shiwen and his comrades-in-arms have long dived into the water, even if modern rifle bullets are only a few meters into the water, there is no lethality, the ball-shaped bullets fired by the smoothbore guns of that year, after entering the water, there is basically no lethality, as long as they dive into the water, the Dutch bullets do not pose any threat.

The sudden explosion of the Dutch ship, followed by the sound of gunfire, and the ship that was leading the Dutch in front knew that something was wrong, and the sailors on board immediately rowed desperately and fled into the shallow water.

"Chase! They are the spies of the Ming Kingdom! Can't let them run! "The two fifth-class cruisers of the Dutch caught up. But at close range, a sailboat can't catch up with an oar.

The two fifth-class cruisers chased after each other for a while, but not only failed to catch up with the pilot ship that accelerated and escaped, but were instead led into a shallow water area, and the two fifth-class cruisers were all stranded and unable to move.

"These people are really the fine work of the Ming Kingdom! Fortunately, the old general was thoughtful, otherwise we would have suffered a big loss! De Knight said angrily.

If it weren't for Tepra's keen sense of smell and sense that something was wrong, then the Dutch fleet would have entered the Pearl River inland river, and then it would have been led to shallow water by the Ming army and stranded! In this way, the entire fleet will become a prisoner of the Ming Kingdom! Thinking of this sinister plan of the Ming army, De Knight broke out in a cold sweat, he didn't expect that the Ming army's appetite was too big, and they actually wanted to eat his entire fleet!

Now only two fifth-class cruisers have been paid, but the port of Guangzhou is no longer accessible, unless the Dutch themselves send small boats into the inner harbor. But once the small boat entered the inland river, without the protection of the big boat, it was estimated that it was wiped out by the Ming army.

"We have to go to Japan!" In the end, Tepra had no choice but to carry out this last plan.

De Knight shook his head with a wry smile: "We have traveled all the way around the world to the east, thousands of miles away, but we have taken it as a tour, and we can't even recapture Batavia, and we have lost several ships!" If this kind of thing is transmitted back to Europe, I am afraid it will become their laughing stock! ”

"Who said that?" Tepra confidently replied, "We can bombard the Japanese ports with cannons, get a supply base on their side, and then we can go back and clean up the fleet of the Ming people!" ”

"Are we sure of taking Japan?" De Knight asked.

"The Japanese are not the same as the Ming Dynasty, they do not have strong batteries and heavy artillery, and our fleet can easily blast through their defenses and get a port by their sea!" Tepra replied.

De Knight then asked, "Why don't we go north to the waters of Shandong?" We can also get supplies from the Qing people. ”

"I'm only worried that the Ming people have a strange army. Do you remember that when we docked in the waters off Singapore, our fleet was attacked at night? I don't feel at ease about finding a supply base in the waters of Shandong. This Qing country has long been infiltrated by Ming spies, maybe as soon as our fleet arrives, the Ming people will know. Tepra replied.

At this moment, a small boat came outside to report: "Report to the general!" Two ships flying our flag came from outside the estuary, saying that they had arrived from Europe, and there was an urgent military report! ”

Thousands of miles away in Europe, in the North Sea on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean.

The rumbling of cannon was like rolling thunder, constantly coming from the sea in the distance. On the vast sea, warships flying the flag of England and warships flying the flag of the Netherlands are fighting fiercely.

Several huge first-class battleships, such as the Sea King and the Sea Sovereign, flying the English flag, were located in the center of the fleet, and the huge battleships were like scissors, cutting through the calm waters and setting off waves more than one meter high. Rushing ahead of the British fleet were the Ark Royal-class battleships, these 800-ton battleships were the capital ships of this era, and they were also the most numerous battleships, and they were naturally the backbone of naval warfare.

As for first-class battleships such as the Sea King, the symbolic meaning is actually greater than the practical significance. The cost of first-class battleships was too high to be built in large quantities, and they were basically used to show national strength. What is really practical is still a third-class battleship that is not expensive and has not weak firepower.

The battleships of both sides lined up in a long line, approaching each other to a distance of 600 meters before they opened fire on each other.

"Boom, boom, boom" The sound of artillery roared, the whistling sound was deafening, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the thick smoke was rolling like a cloud.

This distance was still far from the smoothbore guns of that year, and the hit rate of the two sides was only a pitiful two percent of the first round of firing. In the fire of both sides, several ships were shot and slightly wounded.

Next, the contest between the two sides began to enter into the upper hand, grab the advantageous position, seize the head horizontal position and other technical tactics, the two sides launched a fierce scramble, close to each other's cannons, and at the same time use weapons such as chain bombs, destroy the opponent's sails, slow down the opponent's speed, and at the same time various small boats and cruisers interspersed, using fire to attack the ship to make trouble for the opponent, destroy the opponent's formation, conducive to their own play.

The two sides fired fiercely again, and thousands of naval guns roared one after another, and the momentum was overwhelming. Columns of smoke erupted from the muzzle of the cannon several meters away, creating a cloud of smoke in an instant, which immediately joined together and became an endless sea of clouds, mountains and fog, in which the fleet was wrapped like a giant dragon flying in the air.

Tongues of fire shone brightly, and countless shells burst out from the muzzles of the guns, sweeping the sea and firing at the enemy ships. In an instant, the bullets rained down, the waves rolled, and the sea water boiled in an instant.

The Dutch battleships were numerically inferior, and although the Dutch were better at shelling and piloting battleships in the training of naval soldiers, the British adopted the method of collective cooperation, and when it came to British gunners and sailors, they were inferior to the Dutch gunners and sailors, but the British had the best officers and the most disciplined army! The British's approach was simple, as long as they were disciplined and obeyed by unified command, they could defeat their strongest opponents.

In contrast, the Dutch seem to be on their own merits. What's more, in terms of numbers, they are inferior to the British.

After the two sides entered the second round of firing, the British battleships gained the upper hand, seven Dutch battleships were sunk, and more than a dozen cruisers were sunk. The sea was blazing with fire and smoke, and there were broken wooden planks floating in the water, and human heads were floating on the sea.

Although the British also suffered losses, they were not very large, only two battleships were sunk, and three cruisers were sunk.

The Dutch lost the naval battle, and the fact that there were no good admirals like Tepra and de Knight, who had only a small number of ships to fight, and the Dutch fleet, which was still the main force, cowered in the harbor and was sheltered by the batteries, so that the British did not dare to enter. Of course, the Dutch fleet did not dare to leave the port again.

It was proposed that the navy should not be cowered in the harbor, but should be pulled out to fight a decisive battle with the opponent, even if it loses, it is the honor of the navy. The navy cowering in the harbor is a disgrace to the navy.

But the top brass of the Dutch navy believed that it would be up to the return of Tepra and de Knight to assemble the whole fleet and then trouble the British.

Thousands of miles away, the ship of the Dutch delivering the letter had just arrived at the mouth of the Pearl River, and the Dutch in the Far East did not know about the naval battle that had taken place in Europe. The inconvenience of communication in those years, yes, the British occupied New York, that is, the new Amsterdam of the Dutch, and the news was sent to the East almost a year later.

Although he didn't know that the Netherlands and Britain were at war, with Tepra's keen sense, he knew that war was about to break out between the Netherlands and the British!

"The situation is already very dangerous! Our home country is going to war with the English! Perhaps our trip to the East will turn into a joke in the history of the Navy, we came to the East for nothing, not only did not establish an inch of credit, but also lost troops and dozens of ships! But even if we are ridiculed, we must go back! Otherwise, once our home country is defeated, what strength do we have to compete with the English at sea? Tepra said.

"General, but we're going back like this, and we won't have enough supplies! We can't make it until we go back to Europe! De Knight said.

"Go to Japan and plunder, and we'll go back!" Tepra Road.

The Dutch brought fresh water from the nearby shore, replenished the fleet, and then pulled anchor and left the mouth of the Pearl River. The huge fleet slowly sailed away from the mouth of the Pearl River and headed for Japan in the northeast sea.

Thousands of miles away, Zhangzhou.

The news that the Dutch fleet had left the mouth of the Pearl River and sailed northeast had long been sent back by the catamarans.

"The red-haired ghost's delivery ship has finally delivered the situation in Europe! It's time for them to leave the East and go back to their Europe! The fleet of red-haired ghosts came thousands of miles to the east, came and went, lost their troops, and finally returned in vain, which made them a joke in the history of European navies! When Wang Yuyou heard the news, he smiled with a smile.

Wang Xinyu knows very well that the Dutch is not a joke in naval history, in real history, there is an even bigger joke in naval history: in the later Russo-Japanese War, the Russian fleet traveled thousands of miles to Asia, but it was sent to the door and was completely annihilated! In contrast, the Dutch were still very wise, they did not choose to attack the heavily defended Ming army port, and they were not at ease with the port of the Qing State, but chose to go northeast, presumably to go to Japan to plunder and then go back.

"The red-haired ghost's fleet is going back, and we're letting the Marine Corps special operations team find a chance to get a handful! If you can't catch it, forget it. Anyway, it's a good thing for us that the red-haired man's fleet is gone! The next fight against Guangdong can be said to be overwhelming! Wang Xinyu's mood is extremely good. (To be continued.) )