1890 King of Southeast Asia

"501 exploded, the hull was badly damaged!" the first mate of 502 said nervously.

"501 lost power!" the second mate also shouted.

Sun Yu looked at the water column next to 501 and the flames that burst out from time to time.

"Go forward at full speed, cover 501!"

The vents of 502 were fully open, the boiler was burning, the chimney was emitting thick smoke, and the steam engine was vibrating violently.

Boom!

The guns of 502 kept firing, but the accuracy had dropped. Even at a distance of one thousand meters, the hit rate dropped to 1\\/3 or even less.

In just ten minutes, 502 was hit by several shells. Although they were all small-caliber guns, they also caused a lot of casualties.

"This won't work!" Sun Yu thought to himself.

boom!

A large-caliber shell exploded eight meters away from 502. The water pressure and shaking caused considerable damage to 502.

"501 is moving!" Just when Sun Yu wanted to launch a collision, good news came that 501 could move again.

"Send a signal, and jointly solve this yellow and black ship!" Sun Yu shouted as he watched 501 gradually start.

"The transmission shaft is overheated and has slowed down." The chief engineer suddenly sent bad news.

On the side of the gunboat No. 501.

"Captain! 502 sends a signal to jointly attack the yellow and black warship." The first mate of 501 said.

"Okay! What is the current speed?" Ma Chaoqun asked.

"Three knots, the bow is destroyed, our bow is flooded, and the center of gravity is shifted. Even if the power is fully turned on, it will not exceed three and a half knots." The chief engineer said.

"Full power, we all underestimated the resistance of the Dutch in this battle, try to attract firepower, and hold 502. This battle cannot be lost!" Ma Chaoqun was talking about the military spirit.

An army, defeated but not collapsed, defeated a hundred times and still able to fight a hundred times is of course the best, but Nanhua does not have this foundation, let alone this organizational ability.

Nanhua's organizational strength, combined with Liu Yiming's instructor system and traditional cultural moral concepts, is definitely higher than that of the old Americans, but certainly lower than that of the Soviet Union, Japan in the early days of the war, and so on.

A new army needs to be tempered, and the best way is victory. Continuous victory may have serious sequelae, but this is the fastest and simplest way.

"Yes!" The chief engineer turned around, feeling a little tragic.

Such a slow ship, even if it can sink the enemy ship, can't escape.

"I just hope the Prime Minister can treat my son well..." The chief engineer manipulated the instrument, and the chimney of 501 emitted black smoke, moving slowly, attracting more firepower.

"Report! The distance is too far, and it can't penetrate!" Suddenly, the report of the gunner made Ma Chaoqun grin in surprise.

Picking up the telescope, he just saw clearly that a 150mm shell fired by 502 hit the enemy ship.

The explosion produced by Ghana explosives is not comparable to black powder, but after a ball of fire, only the deformed armor is left.

"Armored ship!" Ma Chaoqun said in a complicated tone.

This ship only has three inches of wrought iron armor. In theory, it can't withstand the attack of 150 guns at a distance of 1000 meters, but that's just theory.

When the shell warhead touches the armor, the head originally planned to be used for armor penetration or rectification will be instantly shattered.

If it is a high-explosive shell or armor-piercing blasting shell, it will either explode at the moment of contact or penetrate the outermost layer of armor and then explode.

Only solid bullets and oversized shells can penetrate with their powerful kinetic energy.

"Is the ram still there?" Ma Chaoqun asked.

"Still." The first mate replied calmly.

"Full speed ahead, if you can't penetrate at 1400 meters, then 1000 meters, 500 meters! If it doesn't work, ram it!" Ma Chaoqun ordered calmly.

"Yes!"

502 was circling slowly at a speed of seven knots, but it was getting closer and closer to the target. Obviously, Sun Yu also discovered that the ship was an ironclad ship.

"It's started!" The first mate shouted to Sun Yu.

At this time, the yellow-green warship slowly moved forward. At this time, it was already half past seven.

Woo woo woo woo~

The Immigration fired another round of rockets, this time 72 rockets, but the effect was still not great. It just set a few ships on fire and immediately extinguished it.

"Right rudder 2, go around in front of it." Taking advantage of the smoke produced by the rockets, Sun Yu prepared to go around the front of the enemy ship to avoid half of its firepower.

On the scene, a classic pincer attack lineup was formed. The bow of the 501 ship used its main gun firepower against the enemy, and the enemy and us were in a T-shape. The enemy ship was a warship in the central gun room, and the front and rear secondary guns and a large-caliber gun in the middle gun room could attack him.

The 502 ship went around the front to form a T-shaped position between us and the enemy. Only the front secondary gun and a main gun in the gun room could attack him.

In theory, the South China Navy should have the upper hand in this battle, but the 501 was seriously injured, the 502 was slightly injured, and it could not penetrate the enemy's armor, and the artillery could not do the ground-cleaning mode.

Boom!

The artillery battle continued. 502 was hit by a 150mm explosive bomb, which was successfully detonated. This caliber of shells was a bit beyond the scope of the gunboat.

Fortunately, it was a black powder explosive bomb, which destroyed a sailor's cabin and a three-inch gun.

However, the situation became increasingly unfavorable for Nanhua, and the moving warships quickly reached more than six knots.

502 successfully caused some damage, but the firepower of 501 could not cause any harm to it.

The Dutch seemed to be excited, and the firepower became more and more intensive, and the smoke from the burning flames enveloped the small dock.

"Tongtongtongtong..."

A strange sound came from the smoke, like a hammer constantly hitting steel.

"Send a signal to 602, and ask him to support the gunboat team in the battle." Tang Hongming sighed as he felt the constantly vibrating hull.

After an hour of emergency reloading, the two Prairie Wolf-class torpedo boats were finally reloaded.

The two boats maintained a speed of 20 knots and quickly approached the battlefield.

Tang Hongming arranged the combat mission. After the No. 1 engine of the 601 boat was repaired, the remaining cylinders could be temporarily used, and the crankshaft could be forced to be used, and the transmission system could also be used for a period of time.

The ship could be temporarily increased to 26 knots for half an hour.

"Half an hour." Tang Hongming murmured.

The only price is that the engine will be scrapped.

The bent crankshaft will definitely break the cylinder, and the transmission capacity will become very poor.

But the torpedo boat is too small, and a three-inch gun may cause serious damage. If it is a gasoline engine, the possibility of being detonated will increase, and it can only rely on high speed to avoid the shells.

"We are 2500 meters away. Can we start?" the first mate asked.

"Send the signal and start!" Tang Hongming looked at 501 struggling to move forward in the distance, and felt inexplicably angry.

"Why don't we have big ships and cannons? Even if we don't dismantle the Immigrants and directly put them on the Immigrants, it won't be like this, right?"

Buzz buzz buzz. Tong Tong Tong.

Two sounds came from the hull of 601, moving forward, his target was another warship.

602 made beautiful splashes, the engine was fully loaded, passed 601, cut into the middle of the angle between 501 and 502, and headed straight for the armored ship.

Tang Hongming observed 602, and saw that he was like a dolphin, flexibly approaching the enemy ship.

"Almost!"

"Almost!"

Captain Yang Boning of 602 murmured.

"1500 meters!"

"1000 meters!"

"The left torpedo is unlocked. Set the depth to two meters." Yang Boning ordered.

After the left torpedo was launched, it turned right directly. After passing 502, it could cooperate with Tang Hongming to attack the remaining warships.

"500 meters!"

"Four hundred meters!" The first mate looked at Yang Boning.

"Wait a minute!" Yang Boning did not give an order.

At this time, the speed of the white-headed torpedo was only seven knots, and the maximum range was only 640 meters. There was no gyroscope, and the effective range fluctuated between 300-400.

The enemy warship was in motion and could be avoided.

A warship with a speed of 34 knots, 17 meters per second, a little more than 60 kilometers per hour.

"Three hundred meters!"

"Launch, right full rudder!" Yang Boning shouted.

Swish!

With a loud swish, the torpedo was fired from the left launch tube. After falling into the water, it relied on inertia to move forward for a distance and floated up.

At this time, it was only more than 100 meters away from the enemy warship. At this time, no warship could avoid it.

"Torpedo found on the starboard side!" The ship shouted, but unfortunately, they had no way.

And strangely, the voice coming out was neither Dutch nor English.

Tong!

Boom

Boom!

The gunner tried hard to fire the gun, but it didn't work.

The white track he saw was just the compressed air.

But it was not useless. The wave generated by the shell changed the course of the torpedo, which became slightly diagonal downward.

If it didn't hit anything and moved forward normally, the torpedo would go down to a position of five meters and then resurface. The whole process would take about four hundred meters.

But at this time, the torpedo was only a few dozen meters away from the hull, so the torpedo hit the protective area around the keel hard.

boom! !

A muffled sound.

The unfortunate warship was lifted up by the huge explosion, the keel was directly broken, and then it hit the sea surface and sank rapidly.

The rapid sinking caused a siphon effect. Finally, it was determined that the remaining 138 people on the ship, except for two Dutch and one Javanese, all died in the battle.

Of course, due to the huge casualties, these three people were also killed...

The scene turned to 601. After 601 passed 502, it rushed towards the remaining four iron-wood hybrid warships.

After 602 destroyed the enemy ship, 502 turned around and joined the battlefield.

The last straw that broke the camel's back came from behind.

After the artillery of the South China Army went through the process of combat artillery, looking for shells, looking for propellant, and so on.

Finally, the Dutch artillery fired the first shot, but it was fired at the Dutch fleet!

The Dutch fleet was a little confused, and finally the remaining ships raised the white flag one after another.

However, 601 and 602 had already thrown torpedoes and destroyed two warships.

At the same time, the No. 1 engine of 601 could not hold on at all, and a series of explosions occurred one after another. Not only was the No. 1 engine scrapped, but the No. 2 engine was also damaged and completely lost all power.

After the battle, 501 could not stop taking in water and wanted to run aground on the beach, and finally ran aground. Fortunately, 502 was on the side and did not cause more casualties.

The Vega docked immediately, and two battalions of the army and two companies of the Marines, with the support of the Emigrant, completely gained a foothold!