Chapter 93 Chaos
The Port of Manila is in full swing.
With the overwhelming firepower brought by RPG, the Manila fleet lined up and squeezed forward. The militia rookies on the fleet shouted, and the RPG rocket launcher chased the Dutch fleet and continued to show their power. The extremely fast rate of fire and the power of modern high-explosive ammunition pushed the merchant fleet behind the Dutch fleet into the port like a rabbit!
The Dutch fleet opposite saw the inhumane consequences of the First Guerrilla Fleet just now. The merchant fleet behind them was in chaos and kept retreating. Almost all of the hundreds of merchant ships poured into the small harbor of the port! The dense formation made it very inconvenient to rotate, and it was impossible to advance and retreat for a while!
"Road out! Hurry! Ruard out!"
Lieutenant General Sauron, who was surrounded by the flagship in the large fleet, finally woke up and issued an order!
"Yes! Sir!" The officers next to them woke up as if they were dreaming and finally woke up to the current situation! Oh my God! The enemy is driving the entire fleet into the narrow port. They want to - completely wipe out!
The wide sea estuaries on both sides were blocked by the Manilans who had been surrounded by fleets. They looked over and saw the guy holding the terrifying weapon on the bow, howling excitedly, with huge sails and high bloody phoenix flag flying on the sails!
The flagship orders continued to pass on, and the fleets of each team changed directions back and forth, struggling left and right. However, no matter how they did it, countless collision accidents were caused in their own fleet, but they could not find a passage to break through. They could only watch the merchant ships on the periphery approached by enemy artillery fire, and squeezed their homes into the port step by step!
Within the port, floating iron barrels rushed from the upstream of the bus estuary and flowed into the harbor along the direction of the river!
Soon these iron barrels were squeezed into the merchant fleet and were hit left and right between the large ships. From time to time, some iron barrels were squeezed out during the collision, and orange transparent liquid flowed out, which quickly spread out on the water surface! A thick oil film was formed, and large traces of oil stains were mixed around the inner layer of the chaotic Dutch fleet!
On the outside, the Dutch merchant fleet was still being chased and beaten. One after another, one exploded one after another, turning into a sea of fire. The burning fire walls quickly began to spread in the dense fleet. During this period, huge explosions came from time to time! The merchant ships loaded with supplies turned into torches soaring into the sky! Even on the Manila port in broad daylight, it seemed so bright and dazzling!
"Quick! Order the battleship team and the second guerrilla team to return to the aid! Return to the aid immediately!"
Soren thought of the battleship squad and the Second Guerrilla squad that he was besieging the Manila Fort!
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Before seeing the RPG sea move released by Li Zhe, Lieutenant General Sauron would never believe that the fleet would encounter the situation in front of him.
In today's Asian sea, the fleet under Lieutenant General Soren is undoubtedly the strongest in history, absolutely no one! Even the three countries of England, Portugal and Spain combined are not as large as that. The main battleships, auxiliary combat ships, including supply ships and supporting land landing fleets, have more than 300 ships, with a total displacement of nearly 100,000. The number of personnel under all institutions, including the supporting landing army, has also reached a record 50,000!
For such a fleet, you can imagine how much the shareholders of the Dutch East India Company paid for the smooth establishment! How great the determination is included!
Almost all the Dutch people, from the day the founding of this large fleet, never expected that it would meet its opponents in the Far East. What the Dutch pursued was an irresistible absolute crush, without a trace of variable victory!
Asia must be from the Netherlands, and there are no variables allowed in the middle! I came and saw it, I will conquer! This is the Dutch's ambition in Asia!
This is definitely a fleet of absolute dominance with just one blow, but now, Lieutenant General Sauron suddenly discovered that there were indeed variables in it!
Although I don’t know what kind of weapon the Manilans used, their power is definitely only seen by Lieutenant General Sauron. Under dense close-range launches, it is extremely powerful! You must know that even if there are more than fifty ships on his side, the main battleship fleet that can launch thousands of cannons at a time cannot cause such a kill in an instant when facing the First Guerrilla Fleet! The entire fleet is completely destroyed within a few minutes, which is absolutely unimaginable in the Sail Age!
If such a weapon is allowed to fire a volley at his main fleet! Oh my God! Lieutenant General Sauron suddenly felt an uncontrollable despair fermenting from his belly! He quickly climbed into his heart, making his chest feel sore!
"No! You must not let the battleship team return to the rescue, Sauron! Let them run away quickly! The enemy has deliberately designed this scene, trap! This is a trap! Do you understand! They must have more powerful methods and have not used them! We! We are done, and we must not let the battleship team fall into it anymore!"
"No, no! Howard!" Lieutenant General Sauron seemed to be the one who was about to drown, trying hard to catch the last straw! "Look, look, have you not noticed Howard! The enemy's weapon is powerful, but the range is very close. No, they cannot fight against our battleship! Let the battleship come back, we still have a chance!" Sauron grabbed Howard's arm tightly and looked at Howard's eyes nervously!
"No! No chance! Sauron, give up! You can never guess the enemy's next move. You can't, you can't drag the entire Netherlands to accompany you to the funeral!"
"No! No!" Sauron shook Howard's shoulders vigorously, "I don't want to die here, Howard! In Batavia, Jenny and Catherine are still waiting for me! Look at me and look at me, you don't want to die here, right!"
After hearing what Sauron said almost with a crying emphasis, Howard stopped and looked at Sauron deeply, and his eyes were also twitching! Then his pupils shrank, and he shook his hand, and a sudden heavy punch from his right hand knocked Sauron overturned on the deck!
Oh my god! When the tables and chairs were turned over, the officers on the bridge were all shocked!
A loud and stumble! A loud and harsh metal sound, the officers pulled out their swords one after another, "What do you want to do, Mr. Howard!"
Howard pulled out the handkerchief from his top pocket and wiped the blood splashed from his hands: "Gentlemen! Now, on behalf of the Board of Directors of the East India Company, I will contact Lieutenant General Sauron and temporarily take over all command of the Great Fleet!
I ordered! The battleship team turned directly, aiming west, heading towards the outside of the port! Let them ignore us and escape as soon as possible, Oh! Oh my God! God! Devil, this is the devil of the East!" Howard tried hard to keep calm and rational and finished speaking the order, then suddenly covered his head and shouted incoherently...
Tears and snot gushed out on Howard's face!
The young staff officers in the bridge were stunned, but quickly understood Howard's meaning!
This is a decisive battle, a decisive battle that the Dutch have been thinking about for a long time, but the consequences are absolutely difficult for the Dutch to bear. Nearly half of the Dutch's combat power from the entire world gathered here. If all of them are really annihilated here, the thriving Great Netherlands will become a third-rate weak country in a blink of an eye, allowing other countries to bully, the colonies will disappear, the country will be lost, and the people will fall into the same fate as those tragic colonial people!
No, all this is absolutely not allowed to happen!
The core combat power of the large fleet, the battleship team, must not be sacrificed here. They want to escape. They are the only hope of the Dutch in protecting Southeast Asia! Even if everything is sacrificed, the battleship team must be saved!
The enemy's actions have been suppressing their fleets, desperately pulling closer! Obviously, the enemy's devil's weapon has a very close range, which is enough to pose a threat to the battleships within this narrow harbor, but after rushing out of the harbor, the battleships will have an advantage! This can be seen clearly from the telescope. The ballistics of the shells fired by the enemy's weapon after exceeding a certain distance are like flying aimlessly!
That is to say, your own battleship team must escape. Only after escaping, there may be a chance of failure. After all, the battleships used by the other party are all staggering and bulky merchant ships!
Escape, you must escape!
Howard's order was quickly passed to the battleship detachment. A few dozen miles away, the battleship detachment in the north did not see the situation on the battlefield here, but he still received the order from the flag words. Although he didn't know it, he still firmly abide by it. The huge battleship detachment gave up the Manila Fort which was already close to him, and turned to the west and headed towards the opening of Manila Bay!
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Soon, the smoke from the battlefield drifted up to the wind of the battleship detachment!
Facing the sea breeze, the battleships have seen the tragic phenomenon of the large fleet!
The large fleet was actually being beaten by a group of merchant ships from the enemy! Oh my God! Are all the local armed merchant ships so powerful?
Major General Philip, the commander of the battleship detachment, could hardly believe his eyes for a moment!
They were about to step forward to help the large fleet! Suddenly, the orders were sent from the mast with flags! Go west, go west! Keep going west!
Major General Philip was stunned!
Perhaps the Lieutenant General asked us to detour the enemy's back and attack? With this doubt, he turned to the order firmly, and the battleship team continued to head westward and drove towards the opening of Manila Bay!
Behind the battleship, the commander of the guerrilla fleet did not intend to execute the command of his superiors, and quickly turned to the main battlefield!
If the enemy is so close to you, are you waiting for the enemy to wipe out his main force? He is not as stupid as that guy in the battleship squad!
The second guerrilla fleet rushed towards the flank of Li Zhejun's fleet in the wind.
"Haha! This guy really dares to come from the trap!" Li Zhe looked at the guerrilla fleet's beautiful turn at the bow of the bow! He was overjoyed!
"Prepare, the main fleet turns to welcome our new guests, Brother Zhang Wu, you will continue to put pressure on the enemy main force in the port with the others!"
Li Zhe issued an order to the communicator!
Chapter completed!