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Chapter 180: Vanderbilt thinks victory is in sight

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A huge shell quickly magnified in Liu Xiang's telescope's field of view, which scared him so much that he shouted almost subconsciously, and jumped to the side and dodged.

At this time, the sailing warships used multiple artillery attacks, because the strongest artillery equipped by most battleships is just 42-pound cannons, and the mass of a shell is more than 19 kilograms.

The main guns of Pingwu-class and Fuyi-class cruisers are both Blao-class rear-mounted rifled guns, with a caliber of 200mm, and the mass of a shell reaches a terrifying 110 kilograms, which is more than five times the strongest artillery shells of the sail battleship.

Even the 150mm second-level destroyer artillery sub-cannon has a mass of 80 kilograms, which is powerful enough to crush the strongest sail battleship cannons during this period.

Larger shells mean greater kinetic energy. Without the protection of iron armor, even the largest first-class sailing warship cannot withstand the main gun of the Taiwu-class cruiser.

And Liu Xiang's warship was even more vulnerable.

But the hit rate of the artillery is very touching. Even if these soldiers were trained with some modern knowledge, they wanted to enter the soul, unless they were the sons of destiny.

"I'm hit!" Han Shikang, the main gunner on the Zhuri, almost trembled excitedly, and couldn't help but shout out.

Deng Chang next to him glared at him and said, "Look at how many times you have hit you wrongly, you are still proud!"

Han Shikang smiled embarrassedly. Deng Chang was his brother-in-law. It was necessary to teach him a lesson, that is, Deng Chang was very kind to him and to other soldiers.

Chen Shiwei, the deputy Deng Chang next to him, heard the words and said, "Although it was a lot of crooked, it was indeed hit. Judging from the size of the warship, it should be one of Liu Xiang's main battleships. It's a good start. It's worthy of praise!"

This time Deng Chang didn't say anything else, and let Han Shikang raise his head proudly.

On the other side, Liu Xiang heard a loud noise and found that he was in a false alarm. The huge shell did not hit the warship where he was located.

But when he stood up and looked at the hit ship outside a warship, his whole body was so scared that he widened his eyes.

The warship was like a hammering from the middle. The entire ship was divided into two parts, the hull in the middle was broken and broken, and the wooden boards floated on the water, but the people fell into the water one by one.

The entire ship was sinking rapidly, as if the situation took a sharp turn for the worse!

"Bang!" As the Churi opened fire, several other warships also fired one after another.

The artillery accuracy at this time was extremely low, but the artillery on the Ming cruiser was a well-crafted rifled gun. Although it could not reach the level of modernization, it was far beyond the European artillery of this period.

Even if there are only five warships, their firing speed is fast and their accuracy is high. The hit rate reaches an astonishing 20%. In other words, every five shells will hit a warship, and as long as they are hit, they will sink directly!

On the other hand, Liu Xiang's fleet had no fire range of the cannons on the cruiser, so they could only be beaten passively.

This is a massacre, and anyone can see that although there are only five steel warships on the opposite side, they can crush Liu Xiang’s hundreds of warships.

Liu Xiang's men were originally a group of bandits, not the kind of loyal warriors who could give up their lives for Liu Xiang. Some of them had already begun to turn around and run away.

The Fuyi high-speed dome cruiser quickly approached Liu Xiang's pirate fleet and shouted with the loudspeaker on the ship: "All ships, immediately lower the masts and wait for disposal, otherwise they will sink directly!"

This sentence is repeated constantly, and the huge sound can be heard by many people even in the fire.

Liu Xiang's main battleships totaled less than fifty, and eighteen had been sunk just now. With such great losses and casualties, they knew how to choose.

The ships lowered the masts, but Liu Xiang was not willing to surrender like this.

Looking at the Fuyi, who had already entered the range of the artillery, he ordered the gunner to fire. More than a dozen thirty-two-pound cannons flew over, and four shells fell on the Fuyi's dome armor without causing any damage.

This angered the captain of the Fuyi and immediately ordered the sinking of the warship where Liu Xiang was located.

The hull was horizontal and straight, and the Blao cannon and the rapid-fire cannon fire together. Even if the powerful shells could not hit Liu Xiang's flagship, they would splash huge waves on the water surface, causing Liu Xiang's warship to shake greatly.

Finally, a shell hit his warship, and the hull was tilted and it quickly penetrated and sank.

Zheng Zhilong's fleet was approaching Liu Xiang's fleet at this time and began to take over the surrendered ships.

After Liu Xiang's warships were all eliminated, there would be no need for so many ships to attack the Dutch fleet. These men could escort all the seized to Quanzhou Port.

Zheng Zhilong sent someone to fish Liu Xiang, who escaped by chance, out of the water, and Liu Xiang chose to commit suicide.

At this point, Zheng Zhilong and his gang were left in the southeastern sea.

Next, as long as the Dutch warships are eliminated, the sea area will be taken over by the South China Sea Navy Fleet.

In Bengang, Tai Island, after a range bombing of Dutch warships, most of the surrounding water camps were captured. However, in fact, the soldiers on Bengang were not killed, but some of them were slightly injured.

Under reasonable dispatch, the Dutch attacks only destroyed the surrounding defense facilities.

And at this time, two days have passed.

"We are finally going to land, and the war is about to end. These natives are resisting so fiercely. I must see which guy their commander is!" Vanderbil said viciously.

The login battle has begun.

The number of white-skinned red-haired ghosts who landed on the battlefield was only more than 500, but there were more than 1,000 indigenous servants. Most of these indigenous servants were Javanese slaves, and a few were Taiwanese indigenous people near the senior officials.

The red-haired ghosts were all holding heavy coercion guns, and among the servants, some of them also held coercion guns, and the total number of firearms was about 800.

As for the native village residents in Bengang, their main weapons were swords, spears, fishing forks, and only a few bows, arrows and muskets.

If the two fight, even if there are many people in the village, they will not be the opponent of these red-haired ghosts.

But at this time, there was also a guard at the South China Sea Navy Land Battle Camp, a total of 5,000 Ming official army in Bengang.

The Ming official army equipped with new flintlock rifles and mortars could crush these Dutch coalition forces in the same number, let alone with such an advantageous number.

Li Wanqing had no pressure on the victory of this war, but his appetite was not just about eliminating these landed red-haired ghosts.

Vanderbil led more than a thousand troops into the inland. He always believed that the Han people in Bon Port were no different from the natives in other places conquered by the Dutch. In his opinion, as long as the Dutch clamp fired, the Han people in Bon Port would surrender voluntarily.

The war must have won the Netherlands. He had no interest in the outcome of the war. The only thing that interested him was the commander who presided over the shore defense.
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