He didn't know much about the Dutch fleet before, but only saw some information about the last naval battle. He only knew that the artillery of the Denlai army was sharp, but he didn't have much concept of naval battle. Only then did he know the elite level of the artillery and artillery of the Denlai.

The offshore fleet has a total of eight warships with a tonnage of only about one hundred tons. All of them are ships recruited from each coastal defense. After installation, each ship is equipped with eighteen cannons to twenty, half of which are 125mm cannons. The offshore fleet has just been established and is mainly used to defend against foreign invasions.

"You don't need the first fleet, even the small boats of the offshore fleet can eat these Western barbarian warships!" Yan Shiliang estimated in his heart.

Not only sinking, but capturing!

Sinking and capturing are different, and this is a great difference.

...After receiving the order, the officers and soldiers of the offshore fleet, pulled up the sails from the West Pier and surrounded the Dutch fleet.

The West Pier is a military port, where the warships of the First Fleet and the Offshore Fleet are parked.

As soon as the offshore fleet was dispatched, it quickly successfully encircled the Dutch fleet and blocked the route of the Dutch fleet's retreat.

The Dutch are now in big trouble, and shore defense cannons are constantly bombarding their decks and sails. As long as the shells explode on the deck, the sailors will inevitably suffer heavy casualties and will not be able to operate the ship normally.

The Amsterdam was the most miserable, with the largest target, and it suffered the most bombardment of shells, most of which hit the deck.

The Amsterdam, which had just put out the fire, had its sails burned out at this moment. Pstesen curled up in a mess in the corner of the deck, avoiding shrapnel under the cover of the wine barrel.

On the deck, there were already sailors' bodies everywhere.

"Devil-like shells! How could I come to this place?" Psteson prayed with a look of no one, regretting that he had taken on the attack mission.

However, at this time, no shells were bombarded at the Amsterdam. Amsterdam was beaten and was no longer the target of the shore defense artillery.

Psteserson waited for a long time without shells coming, and quickly stood up with the adjutant and quickly directed the sailors to change sails. However, at this moment, a fleet of eight "small boats" had suddenly encircled the back of the Dutch fleet.

Strictly speaking, these eight warships with a temperature of more than 100 tons cannot be called warships, but should be warships! The Dutch warships are more than ten times larger than these warships.

It's like a giant man facing a child.

The Dutch warships that had just stepped out of the collision ship and had successfully turned to meet the line-up of offshore fleets.

The offshore fleet was dispatched in one stroke, but the Dutch fleet was sailing towards them, forming a T-shaped shape.

The two sides were 600 meters apart, and the offshore fleet immediately launched a shelling of the Dutch fleet!

More than 60 side guns were fired in eight groups! They formed a continuous stream of firepower, while the Dutch fleet only had the artillery on the bow able to fight back.

The Dutch fleet, which was shelled, suddenly fell into a passive position.

What puzzled them was that these Ming people's artillery were not only extremely accurate, but also extremely fast.

Many shells hit their decks, and the sail cables and canvas were damaged to varying degrees. In addition, they had been bombarded by shore defense guns for about five rounds, and water inflows of varying degrees, so the speed became very slow. For example, the speed of Amsterdam was as slow as a turtle, and could only rely on a sub-sail to drive.

Just as the offshore fleet was loading, the USS Enke Watson suddenly rushed out of the Dutch fleet. The warship was the lightest damaged and its speed was almost not much weaker.

The Enke Watson crashed into the warship of the offshore fleet like a wolf.

1000 tons hit 100 tons! The consequences can be imagined.

The distance was getting closer and closer. As the eight warships were about to aim at the Enke Watson. A loud bang, and more than 60 shells burst out violently as gunpowders filled the smoke!

Most of the shells were shot into the shell of the Enke Watson, hitting more than forty shells.

The shell of the Enke Watson was beaten to pieces, and more than 30 large holes appeared! The sea water poured in from the Enke Watson's cracks.

For a moment, the Enke Watson stopped moving forward and the hull began to tilt!

It's just a matter of time before it sinks!

In order not to be impacted, the officers and soldiers of the offshore fleet no longer care about the capture and directly sank them!

The 125mm cannon weighing 1200 kilograms has an effective range of 1,200 meters and has a huge lethality within 400 meters. Although it is not as good as ashore anti-cannon! However, the destructive power of the shell is extremely amazing after more than 30 shots hit the shell.

At this time, the Dutch fleet had already approached, and the flagship of the offshore fleet played a flag-word, and the eight warships immediately dispersed and started a melee against the Dutch fleet!

Melee is a tactic that extremely tests the judgment ability of grassroots officers! But in this way, only excellent naval generals can be cultivated.

At this time, the Dutch fleet's speed was greatly reduced, and their deck seemed to have been plowed. Not only were the sailors killed and injured by shore defense cannons, but the sails and hull were also damaged to varying degrees, and their speed was no longer as fast as the 100-ton warship of the offshore fleet.

This provides prerequisites for the melee!

The officers and soldiers of each fleet are still very awkward about naval battles. If you want to win in naval battles, you must play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses and give full play to the advantages of artillery. Therefore, flying kites is undoubtedly the best choice.

The regulations stipulate that no one must approach the enemy ship within 400 meters unless it is absolutely necessary!

However, in terms of maintaining distance, it is also the place where the navy trains the most. It is often a fast ship and a slow ship, chasing each other with air bullets and bombarding each other.

The melee began soon!

Dutch warships were sailing slowly on the sea, while eight warships of offshore fleets surrounded them.

"That big ship is repairing sails, ordering, bombarding their sails and decks." A captain looked at the Amsterdam and ordered the crew.

One round of artillery continued! The Amsterdam, who was about to repair the main sail, was bombarded again. A shell exploded directly over the rear sail, and the rear sail was destroyed. More than a dozen crew members on the deck of the Amsterdam also fell down.

Eight warships specifically circled to the downwind, specializing in decks and sails!

With such a blow, enemy ships generally do not have the risk of sinking, but their speed will become slower and slower. Eight warships shuttled through, aimed at those Dutch warships with faster speeds, and then adjusted their position and immediately bombarded them with a round of artillery.

The six Dutch warships were hard to move forward at this time, and they could only let the artillery fight back.

But those damn Ming people did not get close to them. Their large-caliber heavy artillery could not play a role at all. Even if the opponent was hit, it would cause at most a little damage to the hull. If you are lucky, you could only kill one or two enemies. The lethality of the solid bullet is really limited!

The only one who had not lost his ability to move was the Dutch Clipper. Although the sails were destroyed, the crew used wooden oars as power, leaving the fleet behind and fleeing alone like a stray dog.

The express ships are used for reconnaissance, and there are not many artillery on it, so they have no combat power at all. Moreover, the tonnage is only more than 300 tons. When the sails are lost, they cannot generate much impact force and have no strength to compete with, so they can only escape.

The offshore fleet could not find time to intercept, so they could only watch the fast ship escape.

The melee lasted for nearly two hours, and eight warships were always at a downside to strike the enemy ships.

The difference between the downwind and the upwind is that after the hull of the upper wind ship is tilted, the lowest-level cannon cannot be used, but because the hull is tilted downward, the cannon can hit the opponent's waterline, which is the easiest place to sink an enemy ship.

In the downwind position, the artillery is slightly raised, and the opponent's sails, masts, and personnel can slow down the opponent's speed and attack power, and it is easier to escape at the downwind position.

The upper wind position is generally not affected by gun smoke, while the lower wind position is not only affected by gun smoke from one's own side, but also by gun smoke from the other side.

A confident navy will choose the upper-level position, while the one who wants to run will choose the lower-level position.

In order to prevent the enemy from getting close, as well as to be able to strike the opponent's sails and killers, the offshore fleet chose a downwind position.

"We can't run away. Sir, do we want to dig a boat?" asked Psteson's adjutant, who had already brought people to hide in the lower cabin.

The leak in the lower cabin has been blocked, and the fire in the second cabin has been extinguished, but the cabin is already in a mess, with ashes and water everywhere.

"They obviously want to capture our ships. If we sank the ship, they might vent our anger." said another adjutant.

Psteson hesitated for a moment.

At this moment, a soldier hurriedly came to report: "No, sir, their fleet has appeared."

"What!" Psteson's face turned pale.

Outside Qingdao Port, a fleet of seven warships was at full sail speed, supporting the port.

The First Fleet is back!
Chapter completed!