Chapter 1073: Superior Firepower
"Retreat! Fall back! ”
Eric let out a hoarse roar, now even a fool could see that they had no hope of victory, and if they continued, they would face only total annihilation.
But he was wrong, because this time Yue Yun was not prepared to let any of the Dutch warships leave.
Receiving the order, the ironclad ships quickly outflanked the ships at a speed three times faster than the sail battleships, and twelve battleships bombarded the Dutch battleships from three sides.
Faced with a desperate situation, Eric slowly closed his eyes, and then he shouted: "Even if we lose this war today, let the people of the Chinese Empire understand the indomitable will of our Dutch, and let the gunners reload and return fire!"
With Eric's order, the remaining forty-two battleships fired at the ironclad ships on the outside.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
Dense shells flew out, and shells constantly fell on the hull of the ironclad, and the ironclad that was hit was immediately surrounded by a sea of fire.
Looking at the ironclad ship shrouded in flames and smoke, the Dutch soldiers let out a loud cheer, and then a wave of hope rose in their hearts.
But that hope was utterly destroyed when the ironclad ship burst into the flames and smoke and appeared in front of them intact.
The round flowering shells of the Dutch could not blow up the armor of the ironclad ship hundreds of millimeters thick, although the concentration of the ironclad shells was numerous, but it was just tickling the ironclad.
The cheers came to an abrupt end, and all the Dutch ships fell silent.
There is no despair that makes a naval soldier feel more sad than a battleship in front of it that cannot be destroyed.
The smile on Erik's face froze as if he lowered his binoculars and felt a pang of sadness in his heart.
The Dutch lost to the British as the former maritime hegemon and eventually led to the decline of the hegemony, and now that the overlord who was able to defeat the British appeared, he could foresee that the British maritime supremacy would end at the hands of the Chinese Empire.
In the future of maritime trade, any country will look up to the Chinese Empire to live.
In his desperation, the ironclad aimed its guns at the Dutch battleship, and with the roar of gunfire, several of the Dutch battleships exploded and turned into a sea of fire.
And the heavy artillery fire was only the beginning, the ironclad ships were reloading quickly, and before they could react, another round of shelling came.
In a short period of time, half of the fifty Dutch warships would be blown up, and the rest of the day they could only watch one battleship after another sink.
Not far away, Lei Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face, Lei Ming said: "I really envy your navy, with ironclad ships, you can run rampant on the ocean from now on." ”
This time, Yue Yun did not deny that the sail battleship and the ironclad ship were not equal opponents, and the naval battle in front of him proved his idea.
From now on, the sea will no longer be the domain of Europeans.
At the same time as the victory of the ironclads, the landing mission of the army was largely completed, as the artillery was ready to destroy the shore defenses of the Dutch.
The landing operation was not disturbed by the local fleet, and the landing was unusually smooth.
As soon as the first soldiers stepped onto the beach, Lei Ming asked the flag bearer to convey the order, and the soldiers, carrying light and heavy weapons, immediately approached the enemy 200 meters and began to build fortifications.
Machine guns and mortars were also in place, ready to attack the trench positions.
At the same time, Simon and Eivel in the trenches were in mixed moods, and the battle at sea was all watched by them.
Now that all fifty warships have been sunk, Eric has no chance of surviving.
On the inside of the trench, Stephen's face was unusually pale, and although he had a problem with Eric, he was Dutchman after all.
He still felt the grief of seeing him die at sea with the Dutch warship, but it only lasted for a few seconds, because he was in even more trouble.
Because Eric failed to prevent the landing of the Imperial soldiers, the Imperial soldiers who have now successfully landed will launch an offensive against them.
If they lose their positions again this time, they will also lose Jakarta.
"Da Da Da ......"
"Chirp... Boom..."
Just when Stephen was worried, suddenly a strange sound sounded, he had already heard the sound of the machine gun, but he had never heard this kind of sound at all.
And after this sound, there were suddenly hundreds of explosions on the position.
Simon and Eivor were also stunned by the sudden explosion, and they were caught off guard, and the explosion caused hundreds of casualties among their soldiers.
Just as they were shocked, another explosion rang out as the same sound rang out, and Simon looked out, only to realize that the Imperial soldiers were operating a strange weapon.
This weapon was different from any artillery, but a very short cannon, and the soldier only had to press the oddly shaped cannonball into it, and the cannonball would fly in a high arc and fall vertically.
And in this way, the trench is basically equivalent to a fictitious for them.
Under the bombardment of the artillery shells, the Dutch soldiers panicked, and they hated the feeling of being killed by strange weapons.
Some soldiers even took refuge in earthen burrows to escape the bombardment.
Although Eiffel and West also wanted to hide inside, the situation this time was obviously different from the shelling of the Imperial warships.
Now the Imperial soldiers were two hundred meters away, and as long as they hid in, they could rush to the trench at any time.
Therefore, now they can only confront the Imperial soldiers under artillery fire, only then their casualties begin to increase dramatically.
"Hit me hard, don't be afraid to waste shells, and if you take Jakarta, you will be able to return to your roots." Sanyuzhu shouted to the mortar man.
These soldiers have all been trained in Qingzhou and returned to the army, so they are very proficient in the use of mortars.
"Yes, Captain."
With San's approval, the mortar gunners fired out the shells one by one, and the positions not far away continued to explode.
While the mortars were firing, the machine guns were not idle, and the machine gunners fired wildly into the trenches, and the bullets rained down on the Dutch.
According to their battle plan, they will make full use of the advantages of weapons this time, so they will not stop when the effect of fire coverage is not achieved.
Time passed, the mortar shells were reduced one by one, and the positions of the Dutch were already bombed.
On the battleship, Thunder had been watching the situation in the Dutch trench, and after seeing that no soldier dared to show his head on the Dutch position, he ordered the trumpet to be sounded.
Receiving the order to charge, the soldiers rushed to the Dutch position with Han-style rifles, at which time sporadic gunfire began to sound, and soldiers were constantly hit by bullets and fell to the ground.
It's just that the sound of all the gunfire was no longer able to stop the massive charge of the Imperial soldiers.
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