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Hai Rufeng's actions seem to be reckless, but what Westerners admire and fear the most is such a decisive heart similar to chivalry.

From a practical point of view, the Dutch are most afraid of broadside battles, they have few ships and few people, once they form broadside battles, it will be their biggest nightmare!

The flagship of the sea like the wind had been hit by seven or eight projectiles, the upper building was completely destroyed, and the foredeck was also in a mess, but it did not enter the water, its sails were still there, the rudder was still there, and that was enough.

It was like a scarred knight, roaring and pouring cannonballs at the enemy, and at the same time braving the enemy's rain of bullets several times more fierce, and the sea was plowed out of layers of white waves, and the black sails were like a dark cloud flying against the sea.

Boom! There was another loud bang, and a bluff ship rushing ahead was hit by the bow waterline, and the whole battleship was knocked sideways by the huge impact force, and the bow of the ship was completely destroyed, and the rapid rush into the sea made it almost difficult for the bluff to bounce.

It was getting closer and closer, the distance between the enemy and us was less than a hundred paces, and the enemy's six huge ships were so fierce that the sea was like the wind, and they had to pay the price of blood for every step they took closer.

The columns of water stirred up by the cannonballs around them were like forests growing out of the sea, and the thick smoke of gunpowder made them loom, and they charged to the death between the columns of water.

Zhang Jie and the others desperately fired two more rockets, but they still failed to hit the enemy ship.

Just as he was scolding God, another volley of enemy fire came, and the rain of bullets that pierced the sky roared down, boom! There were several loud bangs, wooden planks flew one after another, and the last two eagle boats were also shattered, and they looked extremely miserable, and there was no chance to rush up again.

The sea was like a wind, and the ten battleships of the ninth battalion had fought bloody battles so far, and only two gunboats were left because of their large hulls and sturdy, withstanding round after round of blows. Although it is unrecognizable, it can still rush at the enemy.

Such a tragic scene made Hai Rufeng can't help but roar in the sky, and then took the command knife and pointed to the high mast and roared.

"Raise the Golden Dragon Banner!"

When all the soldiers heard this order, their expressions became extremely solemn.

A battle flag embroidered with a golden dragon rose on the mainmast, and the golden dragon with teeth and claws churned in the sea breeze, coupled with the fierce cannon sound like a dragon's roar, and the smoke of gunpowder filled like sea clouds and wind waves.

It is clear to every soldier. In the course of the battle, what did it mean to raise this golden dragon flag, which represented the highest glory of the Great Qin Royal Navy.

It means that the dragon of the East soars out to sea, it means that there will be no retreat, it means a heroic decisive battle, it means that either the enemy dies or I die!

The enemy's artillery fire was still raging, the sea was stormy, the white waves were churning, and the raindrops of shells were breaking through the air. The momentum was thrilling.

The two scarred gunboats, rushing through under the enemy's heavy fire, advanced with an indomitable spirit of seeing death as if they were home. advance

The Dutch soldiers on the Austin flagship began to scream in panic.

"God, the enemy is coming!"

"Get out of the way, turn the rudder!"

"It's too late, get down! Get down! ”

But see in the smoke of gunpowder. The two ships were destroyed, and the scarred battleship was like the devil's seat. Blowing a crosswind, the front ship broke through the thick smoke of gunpowder and slammed into Austin's flagship amid the screams of Dutch soldiers.

Boom!

There was a thrilling loud bang, and the two ships collided violently, including Commander Austin, all of them were shaken into a ball by the violent impact force, and the battleship clicked and tilted to the side sharply, screaming and howling;

The hull of the ship struck with a splash of nearly ten feet in height, and the Dutch had not experienced such a brutal melee battle for a long time since the guns were in common use.

The Dutch on the five battleships behind were all dumbfounded, "Oh God! The barbaric Qin people" "Turn the rudder quickly!" If God stops the rudder, if you don't turn the rudder and even the five giants behind you collide, it will be even more tragic.

Austin, who was red and swollen on the flagship, hurriedly got up, and the Qin army had already begun to throw the hook and connect the two ships together, "Quick!" Cut the shackles! Austin was terrified, screaming desperately.

Now that the two ships had collided and all the guns were out of action, the Dutch rushed to the deck with muskets, axes and other weapons in preparation for the bloodiest broadside battle.

Hai Rufeng wore a black eye patch and blood all over his face, like a terrifying demon, he laughed proudly twice and roared "Earthquake thunder!" ”

The so-called earth-shattering thunder of the Qin army is actually a grenade, which is just a fuse to induce a storm;

When the Dutch were preparing muskets, knives and axes, Hai Rufeng gave an order, and Sun Shisan, Wu Sanpei, they had already carried out wooden boxes one by one and lit torches one by one.

Phew! Whoops

In a series of serpent-like sounds, a series of earth-shattering thunderbolts rose into the air and rained down on the enemy ship.

"God, what is this?"

Rumble! Boom boom boom

In an instant, seventy or eighty earth-shattering thunderbolts exploded one after another, flying shrapnel and fierce shock waves swept through the entire enemy ship like a hurricane, and wooden planks flew all over the sky;

Before they could figure out what was going on, the Dutch soldiers received a call from God and flew into the air, torn apart in the smoke of the fire, and their stumps and severed arms flew like rain;

The roar of the explosion drowned out all the screams, and after the explosion, the upper decks of the enemy ship were completely swept away, and the charred planks floated all over the sea, and the smell of burnt meat permeated the air

This thrilling scene shocked the Dutch on the five enemy ships behind him.

"God, how is this possible?"

"Oh, poor General Austin, it's over this time!"

"Turn the rudder quickly and leave, don't let the damn Qin people get close"

Amid a chaotic shout, the command flag was raised on the third Dutch battleship, and Captain Wilson replaced Austin as fleet commander.

After Wilson automatically became the commander of the Dutch fleet, the first order he gave was to disband the fleet and disperse the ships to break through.

To put it bluntly, it is to scatter birds and beasts, and each flees for his life.

It can be seen from this that the scene of Austin's flagship being blown flat by dozens of earth-shattering thunderbolts in an instant caused such a shocking effect to the Dutch.

At this time, the track on the front was blocked, and in the right rear, Wang Guichen's 10th battalion was desperately close, this pass of life and death, if the battle line was kept moving, it would be difficult to dodge flexibly, once the Qin warships approached, the tragedy of Austin would be repeated.

So Wilson seems to have given an order to be greedy for life and afraid of death, but it was definitely a wise decision.

At Wilson's order, the five Dutch warships scattered in a hurry, each pulling their sails with the wind, desperately fleeing, and the fierce chivalry of the sea like the wind had frightened them into close combat.

Westerners' warships mostly use soft sails, and one of the biggest disadvantages of soft sails is that because of the low overall efficiency of the sail surface, he has to build the mast very high.

In order to increase the strength of the mast, it is necessary to tie many ropes to the mast to enhance the strength of the mast;

As a result, the sail surface cannot rotate around the mast like a Chinese hard sail, and he cannot use part of the wind, even if it is used, and because it is a soft sail, the utilization efficiency is relatively low.

Therefore, the time when the soft sail is most efficient is when it is downwind, and at this time, its efficiency per unit area is comparable to that of the hard sail.

However, due to their light weight and large area, soft sails can achieve much more thrust than hard sails when downwind, which means that they can sail much faster than hard sails when downwind.

Now the Dutch pulled their sails and ran away, Zheng Sihai and they really only had to sigh with admiration, and they couldn't catch up.

At this time, the Spaniards, with the heart of picking up bargains, sailed out of Manila Harbor again, and the horn of battle once again sounded in the blue sky of the sea.

Because the sea was filled with gunsmoke and blocked the view, the Spaniards had not yet noticed that the Dutch had played "the wind is tight", but the strange sound of artillery suddenly fell silent.

The East China Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet, like hungry wolves, began to turn towards them, and an even greater bloody battle was about to take place

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PS: The ranking is constantly falling, looking at the correction, asking for a monthly pass! Looking forward to the stars, looking forward to the moon, looking forward to a few monthly passes

(To be continued......)