readxCaptain Wildenk led the Houston, Dehan, and Sluden to patrol the waters west of Formosa.
These three ships replaced the three warships including the Vered and set sail three days ago.
Due to Batavia's reinforcements, the commander's fleet reached six warships and three armed merchant ships, so the number of ships on each cruise became three.
The day before yesterday, they intercepted a Fujian merchant ship in the Penghu waters.
It was bound for Manila for trade, but was intercepted by the fleet.
It was a blessing ship of more than 100 tons, and it was jointly chartered by five Ming Dynasty businessmen.
The people on the ship saw the ship in front of them.
The people who came to rob were Western-style sailing ships.
Knowing that they were defeated by the bombardment, they had to surrender.
Wildenk captured the merchant and removed the raw silk, tea, porcelain, silk and other items on the ship.
He ordered the people on the ship to go back and notify the merchant's family members to pay ransom, otherwise they would be sold to the Batavia plantation. go.
As a result, Roden, the captain of the Sluden, fell in love with the wife of a Ming businessman, and Wildenk fell in love with the daughter of a Ming businessman who worked for him.
Needless to say, force is necessary.
If you don't give up the girl, you will be The ship sank, and the two Ming businessmen could only live in humiliation.
So these two Dutchmen got a taste of the Ming Dynasty women.
Well, it was very good.
However, today there was depressing news.
"Captain, the two women and their families committed suicide," the boatswain informed.
"Uh," Wildenk was having a meal in the forward cabin of the ship.
Hearing this, he became frustrated and threw a silver dinner plate against the wall with a clang.
"Throw their bodies into the sea.
If you don't want to live, don't waste them and feed them to the sharks."
"Yes, Captain," said the boatswain.
At this moment, a dull copper horn sounded as a warning from the observation deck.
Well, this brass horn made Wildenk smile.
This was the arrival of another prey.
He hoped to see the prey every day, otherwise how could he pass the boring time at sea?
There was also a wealthy woman from the Ming Dynasty waving to him. .
"We'll talk about it later, let's see what other prey has arrived, haha."
Wildenk smiled and came to the deck with the boatswain.
The silhouette of sails was faint in the distance, and within a moment of drinking tea, two strange sailing boats appeared in the distance.
They were strange.
First, they had a strange shape, with low freeboard, slender shape, floating bows, and the bows were not square.
It is not an oval shape, but a shape that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom.
The sail area is large and cumbersome.
However, the ship is extremely fast, almost skimming the sea.
Second, it is definitely a European-style ship.
The soft sails, masts, gaff sails, longitudinal sails, and jibs all prove that it is a European-style ship.
But the strange thing is that what appears in the telescope is a yellow sailor, all of whom are white.
None, which is really strange, and there are no various hollow decorative carvings on European-style sailing ships at all on this ship, and there is almost no decoration.
Wildenk and the boatswain looked at each other and saw the suspicion in each other's eyes.
They had never encountered such a strange situation.
"Hank, no, I feel bad."
Wildenk muttered while stroking his beard.
When they were still three miles away from them, one of the ships returned.
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In the surprised eyes of the Dutch, the ship drew a graceful arc and turned around.
There was a favorable wind when it returned, and it disappeared after a while.
There is no trace of it.
Another ship was heading toward them four or five miles away, and disappeared behind the three ships.
"They still have companions, prepare for war.
Most of them are damn Spaniards."
Wildenk gave the order.
He believed that the only people with this ability in this sea area were Spaniards.
As for the Portuguese in Macau, they are just lingering in Macau.
That’s all.
The boatswain followed the order, and a moment later, the Houston's bow cannon sounded, which was the order to prepare for war.
The sailors and gunners on the three ships were all in place and began to prepare for war.
At this moment, the small boat behind appeared, and he passed the three boats at a very fast speed and drove away.
Wildenk looked at the faint shadow of the ship in front of him with a gloomy face.
Could it be that there is a powerful unknown force here?
No, no, no, there are only Spain, Portugal, and us in the Far East.
Even if our three ships encounter Manila's fleet, they will not be able to survive.
They can escape safely.
Their three ships are newer and faster than the Spanish ships.
Well, the Spanish ships' ridiculous, pitiful, stupid, and towering shipbuildings make their ships much slower than the Dutch ships.
They Even if you can't beat him, you can still escape.
"Go forward, I want to see who is ahead."
Wildenk shouted.
The first mate and boatswain looked at him and said nothing.
The leader of these three ships was Wildenk.
Of course, no one objected to his order.
The three ships continued sailing towards unknown dangers.
They had always been invincible in the Ming Sea and made a fatal mistake.
Zhao Lie and Qi Wei were discussing how to practice approaching the Galen ship's stern using the speed of a clipper ship after the fleet arrived at its destination.
This would require many times of practice to be fast and coherent.
The requirement was that several clipper ships would approach almost simultaneously.
If the opponent's rudder is destroyed at the stern of the ship, if it is not almost at the same time, there may be fish caught.
However, the Spanish thousand-ton sailing ship is so strong that Zhao Lie has no confidence that it can be destroyed with a thirty-two-pound cannon.
If it ends up being If you rely on help to fight hard, even if you win, the gain will not be worth the loss.
"Sir, the Bird ahead has returned."
Yu Dabao entered the cabin to report.
"Oh."
Zhao Lie and Qi Wei immediately got up and went to the deck.
One of the sentinel ships in front returned.
This was news.
The most likely reason was that there was a ship ahead.
The distant flying birds came quickly.
When the two ships intersected, the flying birds shot two letter arrows one after another.
The sailors on the Wei Qing presented the letter arrows to Yu Dabao.
Yu Dabao opened the letter tied with a string on the arrow shaft and handed it over.
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Give it to Zhao Lie.
Zhao Lie opened it and took a look.
Well, this character is written so crookedly with a quill pen.
This shows lack of practice.
Zhao Lie took a closer look and saw that there were three Dutch warships of 200 to 300 tons appearing more than 30 miles ahead.
The Flying Fish went to check if there were any enemy ships behind the opponent's rear.
The ghost is really lingering.
Zhao Lie looked at the still empty sea in front of him with cold eyes.
"Prepare for war."
Zhao Lie ordered coldly.
"As ordered."
Yu Dabao responded.
After a while, the Wei Qing's bow cannon fired three times in succession.
This was the highest order to fight to the end.
All the personnel in the fleet tensed up and quickly arrived at their respective posts under the urging of officers at all levels.
According to the order of Wei Qing's flag, each ship, Huo Qubing, Chentang, Li Guang, Peng Yue, Zhou Yafu and Wei Qing met the enemy in advance, while the remaining four armed merchant ships came behind.
Qiwei and Muñoz advised that the coach should not approach the enemy ship, but should take charge of the overall situation.
The meaning is obvious, this is an artillery battle, if you miss it, your armor will be useless.
However, Zhao Lie refused.
They were all novices.
He could only lead by example and inspire the morale of the soldiers.
This time, he promised to win without losing.
If the general did not fight bravely to take the lead, how could the soldiers who were novices in naval battles fight bravely to kill the enemy.
From a distance, he first saw the opponent's mast and the flag of the Netherlands.
As soon as he saw it, Zhao Lie remembered the embarrassment and humiliation of the last battle, when more than ten ships allowed two of the opponent's ships to show off their aggression.
Well, I must avenge myself this time.
When the opponent's hull appeared, Zhao Lie was overjoyed.
Well, the current ship was too familiar.
It was the most ferocious and larger Dutch warship from the previous series.
Well, it has its name on the string, the USS Houston.
When the opponent's ships appeared in the telescope one after another, Wildenk's will to fight was shaken.
The opponents were all Portuguese Galenic ships, among which there were actually six Galenic warships, and four more.
Armed merchant ships, yes, each one has more than ten naval guns.
They can join the battle when necessary, and their combat effectiveness is very objective.
But, why do these ships look so familiar?
Well, aren't these the Portuguese warships that fought a few months ago?
Ha, Wildenk was refreshed.
The opponent's poor performance was vivid in his mind.
During the battle, the sailing was always slow.
Half a beat, the interval between bombardments was too long, well, we could fight, and the will to fight immediately returned to the captain.
The two fleets slowly approached under the scorching sun.
The movement outside the ship was different from before.
Westerheller on the lower deck of the Xingkai Lake was very excited.
They understood that their fleet was coming.
The nervousness of the Ming people showed that there was a battle, and this sea area could take the initiative to attack.
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The Portuguese only had Dutch warships.
Although they failed, the two captains still believed in the combat effectiveness of their warships.
However, when West thought of the Portuguese's heavy artillery, well, I hope they don't have too many heavy artillery, otherwise they would have no hope of escaping. sPlease recommend and collect, thank you all, I will repay you with more exciting stories in the middle of the night
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