Under the order of Zheng Wenxian, the Northern Navy's fleet lined up diagonally from southwest to northeast at a 30-degree angle, facing south on the port side. When the Dutch fleet was still 2 nautical miles away, it opened its firepower, and the Dutch fleet that was advancing in double columns burst into white water columns wherever it passed, and the sea surface seemed to be boiling.

The rule of engagement of sailing ships in the 18th century was to fire and wash the decks at a distance of one chain, which is one tenth of a nautical mile apart; while the Dutch were not able to adapt to this "ultra-long" approach to the North Navy, which led to chaos on each ship.

Major General Kabion immediately ordered people to flaunt the flag and ordered the fleet to sail to the northwest at a vertical angle of nearly ninety degrees. In this way, the cross-section of the fleet's shelling would be greatly reduced.

Suddenly, a huge sound similar to a sled hammer falling on the anvil scared the officers and soldiers on the "William IV". A shell on the opposite side flipped it nearly a circle after reaching the anchor claws of the bow anchor, and then fell into the sea. The shell also deflected its direction and exploded a column of water twenty meters away from the bow of the ship.

"How can their guns be fired so quickly?"

The Dutch were extremely shocked from officers to sailors. In fact, from the first artillery of the North Navy to the present, some people who were interested had already counted it. In just a short while, the other party fired at least dozens of shells.

The "African" had to withdraw from the battle because of a big hole in the cabin and severely leaking. The captain had to turn the boat, face the enemy with his tail, and ordered the carpenter to rescue him immediately.

On the deck of the "William IV", the sailors and their deputy kept looking up at the sailing suits so that they could find damaged sails or cables in time. At the top of the mast, the lookouts roared loudly without interruption. Kabion stood at the bow of the ship and fell into deep thought, and not far from his left side stood the clerk and the adjutant, and the upper back deck was the candidates.

When shells roared past in the distance, or hit the fleet with a loud explosion, he did not move at all. Even a shell flew over a dozen feet above his head and fell on the sea outside the starboard side to explode a column of water.

Baron Peter Melville Van Kahnby, the Dutch naval general of Scottish descent, was famous for participating in the Battle of St. Mary during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. Although the "Castor" commanded only 32 guns at that time, Cabion lost to the "Flora" of the British, he successfully guaranteed the arrival of the escort merchant fleet to Spain.

What puzzled Kabion was that whenever the enemy's flowering bullets hit the ship and exploded, they did not rise up with ordinary white smoke, but gray-black smoke accompanied by dark fire, and the power of the explosion was extremely terrifying.

In fact, although the North Navy's 75mm shells are not large in diameter, the damage caused by the high-explosion explosives is much more serious than those of the 24-pound or 32-pound flowering bullets. The main reason is that in this year, except for the North Navy, all other countries used gunpowder in "low-explosion explosives."

The so-called "low-explosion explosive" refers to the contact reaction of black gunpowder on the particle level, that is, thermal reaction. Because these years are all particulate gunpowder, heat is transmitted through particles to cause chemical reactions, generating a large amount of gas, and then the gas expands and releases pressure. Therefore, when the flowering bullet explodes, white smoke generated by thermal reactions is emitted.

"High-explosion" is different. It is the combination of fuel and oxidant at the molecular level. Because of this, the closer contact distance, the faster the reaction speed. However, the explosion of high-explosion is not through thermal reactions, but by shock waves, it can basically reach a speed of 6,000 to 9,000 meters per second, and the energy generated will continue to trigger shock waves and cycle back and forth. Therefore, this is the reason why high-explosion drugs require detonators, shock waves detonate; if they are directly ignited with open flame, they are just an ordinary burning substance with at most harmful gases.

However, for Kabion, the confusion just flashed. At the moment, he was mainly concerned about how many warships he had to lose to defeat his opponent.

"We're about to catch up with them, sir." The adjutant didn't speak loudly, but Kabian could hear the other party's voice full of urgency and joy.

"Send a signal! Order each ship to open the battle sails!"

"Yes, sir! Open the battle sail!"

At this time, on the various gunboats of the North Navy, the gunmen kept giving orders, and the gunmen were furiously executing orders, bombarding the other party's hull as fast as possible. Behind them, boxes of shells were sent from the ammunition depot to various gun positions like assembly lines. In addition to the captain, low-level officers and non-commissioned officers ran around everywhere, helping here and there, and signs of chaos were dealt with at any time.

At this time of the battle, Zheng Wenxian had already set the combat principles of this battle and conveyed them to the commanders of each ship through walkie-talkie. That is, just like peeling, the entire fleet was first used to concentrate on attacking the outermost frigates and armed merchant ships of the Dutch fleet, weakening the number of enemy troops, and then using its own rapid maneuver to knock down the enemy flagships through one-time saturated artillery bombardment at close range, forcing the remaining ships to surrender.

After working in the Navy in Beihai Town for so many years, Zheng Wenxian has long understood that there is no one in the world who can shoot faster than the 75mm gun, so as long as you keep a distance from your opponent and ensure the shooting hit rate, it will be useless if anyone comes.

"Commander, the Dutch ship is about to sail a distance of one nautical mile!"

"I saw it!" Zheng Wenxian put down his telescope and said to the adjutant beside him: "Notify each ship to form a column and follow the flagship to move southwest! Keep the port guns on the continuous shooting!"

Half an hour later, when the Dutch fleet, under the artillery fire of the Northern Navy, lost two frigates and two armed merchant ships, finally sailed to a nautical mile away from the seven Siamese ships, something that stunned all the Dutch people.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The Siamese ships that had sailed down were like being pushed by an invisible giant hand, drawing water lines on the sea and moving towards the southwest, and the speed was not slow. Although the Dutch fleet was always in the upper wind position and the ship was very fast, the seven Siamese ships were always at a distance of one nautical mile from them, which also made the gunners on each ship stayed in a state of staring blankly.

I'll take a break! Major General Kabion was so depressed that he almost spit out an old blood. The helmsmen and sailors on the fleet were immediately instructed to adjust their course again and hurriedly adjust their course.

Kabion worked in the Navy for decades, fought naval battles with the British and French, and had never seen such an opponent. He knew that the large iron ships of the North Navy did not need sails, but what about the wooden ships in front of him?!

There are sails against no sails, and the latter actually runs faster than the former. Who can I ask for reason?

At this time, on the large return ship "Amsterdam", located at the forefront of the Dutch fleet, several gunners operating bow guns used winchs and spudgers to raise the 12-pound bronze long-barrel gun that was already tilted up by the muzzle five degrees. With a rumbling sound, an iron ball roared out in the dazzling flames and choking smoke, but only flew out more than 900 meters and smashed out a large water column.

The North Navy fleet opposite was firing, and it was becoming more and more concise. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. It took only half a minute to fire seven rounds of cannons on the seven ships. Seventy shells fell, causing the mainmast platforms on most of the Dutch fleet to be blown up and ragged.

Countless pieces of wood chips burst out from the explosion. The large ignited wooden boards were thrown into the air by shock waves, and then landed on the deck, pillars and hammocks. The rigging of the foremast sail truss was blown up and down, and there were countless holes in the sail sheet. The uninjured sailors either ran back and forth with fire buckets to extinguish the fire everywhere, or carried the wounded to the lower cabin and handed it over to the doctor.

At this time, the Dutch people on each ship were almost crazy. They could no longer bear the situation where they could only be beaten passively but were unable to fight back. In order to increase the speed of the ship, boxes, cages and wooden boards were constantly throwing into the sea. The cages containing several ducks fell into the water, and the ducks kept flapping because of the burden of the cages; a cat intimidated was standing on a floating wooden box, screaming uneasy.

Finally, on the return ship "Alblassedan", which had 74 guns, the main mast was hit by two shells one after another. With a huge sound, the main mast fell with a thunderous sound. Pullaxes, wooden blocks, and ropes fell like a sudden rain and hail. The living people on the deck didn't even have time to shout, and they ran around with their heads in their arms.

On another ship called "Zudenburg", the upper rear deck position had already turned into a piece of rotten wood chips, and the crimson blood flowed from above to the deck drainage hole under the fragments of the stairs on the stern building. The hammock mesh was made into broken iron bars, and four gun barrels rolled down from the cannon stands overturned beside the main deck. The safety nets on the upper rear deck that prevented the broken wood chips from falling down were also made into a large hole, and the fragments of sailing gear inside were spread everywhere. The whole boat became crooked, as if the waves were bigger, it would be smashed to pieces.

The rear middle mast of the "Prince Frederick" was knocked out, and a fire was burning in the middle of the "Faith" and as for the "Scorpion", which had most of the masts blown away, could only float aimlessly on the sea according to fate...

Zheng Wenxian finally arrived when he waited. He ordered his ships to pause the shooting, and then followed him, and from the west to the northeast at a thirty-degree angle, he inserted the Dutch fleet diagonally from the west to the northeast.

The battle has not been injured until now, and Kabion feels that it is a miracle, but the side plates and decks of the ship were blown up, and there are many wounded people, so it is almost empty.

He saw his opponent adjusting his direction from the telescope and rushing towards his broken fleet, so he said to the adjutant beside him: "Go down and prepare all those who can fight. Open all the sails, all! And the rear mid-mast sail."

More than ten minutes later, on the scattered main deck of the William IV, everyone had already divided into two parts. One group ran out from the lower deck to the bow of the ship, and the other group was already preparing at the ship. The chief of the agency face was pale, the ordnance's face was covered with black smoke, the chef was holding a big kitchen knife, the rest were also picking up various weapons, and even the barber and his assistant on the ship came out.

In the lower gun deck, each squad's gun team was ready. At this moment, they felt that as long as they were allowed to fire one round, they would be able to have one round of guns.

However, Zheng Wenxian would definitely not give the Dutch this opportunity. When his ship was one-half mile away from the William IV, the helmman rushed to the left and the entire hull was instantly tilted to the left. The gun windows on the lower deck of the right ship on the side had been opened, and the muzzles of ten black holes had already reached out, and then a ball of bright flames spewed out.

"It's over!"

The Dutch gunners in the two-layer gun decks all paused their breath, and their boundless fear made their minds empty and their eyes widened. Kabion, who was standing at the bow of the ship, sighed indefinitely.

In an instant, clusters of bright fireballs burst out from the entire port side of William IV, and the double-layer oak hull that was half a meter thick turned into countless pieces. In the next ten seconds, ten gun groups on Zheng Wenxian's seemingly ordinary Siam ship, fired five rounds of volleys one after another.

The black smoke dissipated, and several large holes were made on the left hull of the entire William IV, and countless casualties were killed and injured in the three decks. The same scene also happened on the "Delft", "Prince Frederick", "Gertrude", and "Williamstad and Botseral".

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Several armed merchant ships and frigates were frightened and turned around and ran away. However, three ships were divided from the Northern Navy fleet. With the roar of the diesel engines, the other party could not run away, so they quickly surrendered. After that, there was no sound of cannons on the sea surface, but there were dense gunfires on each captured ship from time to time.

At 11 a.m., Zhao Xin, who was at the front line command center, received a telegram from Zheng Wenxian:

"Command: Thanks to King Zhao's attention, Wen Xian commanded the fleet after fierce battles on the sea surface of the Kuril Islands at 7 a.m. today, he defeated the Dutch fleet in one fell swoop. Fortunately, he was lucky to be in disgrace. In this battle, seven double-brid frigates were sunk, each with 32 artillery pieces; one three-brid battleship was sunk, with a total of 74 artillery pieces; five double-brid armed merchant ships, each with 50 artillery pieces. Two three-masted battleships were captured, five return ships, four frigates, and the ship was named "William IV" and "Prince Frederick"...all were severely damaged and needed to be towed back to the Bacheng Shipyard Island for repair.

This battle killed countless enemy troops, and the specific number is still under statistics. Another 1,135 enemy troops were captured, including enemy commander Major General Kahnby and several captains.

Due to the differences in the number of ships and artillery between the two sides, I ordered the fleet to use long-range artillery bombardment to weaken the enemy's strength and win through a one-time saturation attack at close range. After several close combat after boarding, many enemy troops who were fighting stubbornly were killed, and the national flag and military flag on the enemy's flagship were seized.
Chapter completed!