Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Cruy turned back and whispered to the adjutant beside him:

"Send a signal to the left-wing Netherlands warships to get them as close as possible to the Ming warships. It is best to directly fight the Ming army. We must capture two Ming warships. Remember, as long as we can capture two Ming warships , it doesn't matter to the Netherlands whether or not this battle is won."

"Yes"

The target of the United Fleet's attack this time was Luzon, which was a Spanish colony, not Batavia. Colonel Netherlands knew which was important.

Before the battle started, Colonel Netherlands had already started to get distracted. If the Spaniards knew about it, Garcelo would probably faint with anger.

At that time, although the range of naval guns could reach three kilometers, the real effective range was only about one kilometer, otherwise it would be difficult to hit the opponent's warship.

Therefore, during naval battles, the West will dock warships at a distance of about 800 meters to bombard them, and the same is true for the United Fleet today.

The forty battleships of the United Fleet began to adjust their sails and turn the rudder when they were one nautical mile away from the Daming battleship, but just as their battleship turned halfway, the naval guns on the Daming ironclad battleship began to spew out anger.

"Rumble..."

"Rumble..."

Eight of the fifteen ironclad warships of the Ming Dynasty began to bombard the warships of the United Fleet violently, and more than 400 solid bullets flew towards the warships of the United Fleet rapidly.

"Boom bang bang..."

Many shells landed on the sea surface around the United Fleet battleships, picking up huge jets of water, and of course more shells bombarded the battleships.

The warships of the United Fleet were bombarded with sawdust, and many warships were bombarded with large holes. Most of the sailors on the deck who adjusted the sails were crushed and killed by solid bullets.

Many naval guns on the second and third decks were smashed, and the gunners also suffered heavy casualties in a round of bombardment by the Ming army.

But before the United Fleet counterattacked, the eight battleships began to turn their rudders after the launch, and the guns on the other seven battleships began to roar.

"Rumble..."

"Boom bang bang..."

Hundreds of shells struck again, and the battleships in the front were almost destroyed by siege hornets. Western warships generally did not have airtight cabins, and the cabins began to flood.

The two colonels of the United Fleet were taken aback. They never thought that the Ming army's artillery fire was so fierce, and its effective range was farther than theirs.

The Spanish commander of the United Fleet hastily issued an order:

"Quick, shoot me back quickly."

"Rumble..."

"Rumble..."

After all, the United Fleet had more than 100 warships participating in the battle. Immediately after the warship turned its rudder, it began to bombard the Ming warship.

Immediately, the naval guns of the two sides clashed fiercely, and many shells even collided accidentally in the air, but most of the shells fell into the sea water, splashing continuous huge water columns.

In a round of bombardment, two battleships of the United Fleet were sunk, and the battleship of the Ming Dynasty was hit by hundreds of artillery shells from the United Fleet, making continuous loud noises, but it was not serious.

There is no way, after all, there is too much difference in numbers. Fortunately, Daming is all iron-clad warships, otherwise they would have been besieged and sunk soon.

Zheng Chenggong sat firmly in the command cabin of the Dayu. Although the opponent had obvious advantages, he was not nervous at all. Instead, he kept using the binoculars to observe the opponent's battleship.

Zheng Chenggong soon discovered that the opponent's warship was too powerful, and the bombardment of the Ming army's warship was too scattered, making it difficult to sink the opponent's warship, so he immediately issued an order:

"I am Zheng Chenggong. The captains of the warships of the Ming Dynasty obeyed the order. The three warships concentrated their firepower on one of the opponent's warships and sank them as quickly as possible."

"Yes"

Let the captains of the fifteen warships communicate, and immediately follow Zheng Chenggong's order to choose a target to bombard:

"Rumble..."

"Boom bang bang..."

Chapter 610

"Rumble..."

"Boom bang bang..."

The artillery shells fired by the opponent's battleship bombarded the hull of the Daming iron-clad battleship like a violent storm, causing the iron-clad battleship to shake.

However, they didn't have armor-piercing shells or explosive shells, so they couldn't pose a serious threat to the ironclad battleship in a short time, but the vibration noise caused by the bombardment on the hull was a bit annoying.

Facing the stormy attack of the United Fleet, the Ming warship began to counterattack. The guns on one side of the three warships all aimed at one of the warships in the United Fleet and fired fiercely.

"Rumble..."

"Crack clap..."

Most of the 180 shells hit a wooden hull, and the sound of the bottom of the hull being pierced and the wood breaking immediately came from the opposing warship.

The five warships in front of the United Fleet were broken up almost instantly, most of the gunners were blasted into pieces of meat, wood and sawdust were flying around, the battleship began to sink rapidly, and soon disappeared on the sea, leaving only some soldiers in the water struggle.

"The effect is very good, and the soldiers continue to bombard."

Zheng Chenggong was overjoyed when he saw it, and hurriedly encouraged the soldiers to make persistent efforts.

However, the two colonels of the Netherlands and Spain were a little dumbfounded. Since they joined the navy, they had never seen a precedent of a round of heavy bombardment directly sinking five warships.

As the commander of the joint fleet, Garcelo shouted angrily:

"Order the battleships on the two wings to fire. Why hasn't it fired after so long? The warships behind will immediately go up to fill the gap and fire."

"Yes"

Five warships had just been sunk, and five more warships immediately made up for it. The naval guns on forty battleships violently bombarded the iron-clad battleships.

The iron plate of the iron-clad battleship is very thick, and it is impossible to be penetrated by solid bullets in a short time. However, so many shells bombarded the side of the battleship, and the shock of the gunners inside was too much.

Zheng Chenggong immediately ordered to send them cotton balls. For the time being, they had to plug their ears first, otherwise eardrum problems would occur after a long time. These people cannot be cultivated in a short time.

Soon, soldiers of the Ming army came to the cannon cabin and handed small cotton balls to the artillerymen. The artillerymen didn't understand what the cotton balls meant when they saw them.

"Immediately plug your ears with cotton balls. This is the order of the governor. No one should disobey it, or you will be punished by military law."

The artillerymen of the Ming army immediately stuffed cotton balls into their ears, and the effect was immediately apparent. The sound of the joint fleet's shells hitting the Ming battleship immediately became quieter, and the dizzy feeling just now disappeared instantly.

"Nimma, let these turtle sons sink into the bottom of the sea today."

After feeling that the cotton balls worked well, the morale of the artillerymen of the Ming army suddenly rose, and the shells were pushed into the barrel by them.

"Rumble..."