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"Reporting to the captain, the Ming army suddenly fired warning shots at our battleship. There are no casualties yet, but the sail was pierced and damaged."
"Bastard, the Ming warship is too rampant. Since when did we suffer from such uselessness... Forget it, don't argue with them, order the fleet to pass through this sea area quickly, and must not contact the Ming army."
When the captain heard that the Ming Navy dared to fire a warning gun, he was furious at the time and almost ordered to fight back, but he soon realized something and hurriedly changed his words.
This is not a Japanese battleship, there is clearly a Westerner captain sitting in the command cabin, and there are only five or six Japanese on the entire battleship. To be more precise, this is a Dutch battleship.
The entire fleet is Dutch warships and merchant ships, but there are a few Japanese on each warship.
The six merchant ships were all items sent to Japan, including firearms, military supplies, and some food.
The Japanese had been doing business with the Dutch before, and their firearms mainly came from the Netherlands. Since they were sanctioned by Ming Dynasty, it was difficult for Dutch warships and merchant ships to enter this sea area.
The materials delivered several times were robbed by the Ming Navy. Not only the Dutch were in a hurry, but the Japanese were even more anxious.
There were also several small-scale battles in the middle. As a result, in front of the iron-clad warships of the Ming Navy, the Dutch had to be beaten, and finally retreated in despair.
The Dutch fleet is spread all over the world. It is impossible for them to transfer all their warships to fight against Ming Dynasty. If they do that, they will not be able to bear the consequences no matter if they lose or win.
Because they knew very well that when they had a decisive battle with Ming Dynasty, those western countries would take the opportunity to attack the Netherlands. In the end, they still lost the watermelon to pick up the sesame seeds. The key is that the sesame seeds may not be picked up yet.
So the Japanese thought of a wonderful way to find a few Dutch warships and merchant ships that had never appeared in East Asian waters.
Then they used Japanese sailors and hoisted the Japanese national flag. They thought they should be able to get away with it, because there had never been a precedent for boarding and searching a Ming warship.
This is the main reason why Dutch warships fly the Japanese flag and pretend to be Japanese warships.
After being blocked by the Ming warship, how dare they let the Daming navy inspect them. Once the Da Ming warship finds out that they are tricky, these two warships and six merchant ships will become Daming's spoils of war again.
As the fleet commander, Juan can only order the fleet to quickly leave this sea area and sail towards the Wa country. As long as it reaches the Wa country waters, the Ming warship should not chase after it.
Regardless of whether it was the Japanese fleet or not, they had to stop when Daming wanted to check, but they didn't stop, they didn't say a word, and fled desperately towards the Japanese waters.
Haijiao, the captain of the Chongzhen ship, saw that there was a problem with the fleet ahead, and immediately asked Huang Fei for instructions:
"Captain, the Japanese fleet is ignoring us at all, and is advancing at full speed. The general will ask for orders to fire. As long as one ship is sunk, they will definitely calm down immediately."
Huang Fei looked at the young captain and nodded in satisfaction:
"You can figure it out, as long as you don't let the opponent escape, you can fight as you like."
"Thank you, Dudu, for trusting me."
The captain of the Chongzhen thanked the deputy governor, turned around and picked up the walkie-talkie:
"The Chongzhen Zhengde listened to the order, pursued it at full speed, and concentrated firepower to sink it when it was parallel to the opponent's lead ship!"
"Yes"
The two warships immediately pursued at full speed. The speed of the Daming warship was much faster than that of the sailing warship, and soon it was lined up with the first escort warship of the opposing fleet.
"God, the Ming warship is too fast, we can't run away at all, the Japanese people are all bad ideas..."
Seeing that the iron-clad battleship of Ming Dynasty was already driving alongside their warships, everyone on the Danwan began to panic, especially after seeing the gun doors of the battleship of Ming Dynasty open, they felt that their souls were going to be scared out of their wits.
The captain hastily ordered:
"Be prepared to fire. Once the Ming warship fires, we must fight back immediately, otherwise we will be sunk here." TV mobile terminal m.tv./
Haijiao, the captain of the Chongzhen ship, sneered, seeing that the gun doors of his own battleship were almost at the same position as the opponent's, and immediately gave an order:
"fire"
"Boom"
"Boom"
"Boom bang bang..."
Almost at the same time, 96 naval guns fired from the left and right directions of the opponent's warship, and countless solid bullets violently bombarded the sides of the opponent's warship.
The opponent's warships were all wooden warships. Although they had a small amount of armor, they couldn't withstand the bombardment of solid bullets under the bombardment of such dense shells.
Sawdust was bombarded on both sides of the ship, and the artillery on the second deck had not had time to ignite, and almost all of them were killed and injured.
The two sides of the battleship were quickly turned into a hornet's nest, and sea water poured into the cabin of the battleship from the large damaged hole, and the battleship began to sink slowly.
When the battleship entered the water, the soldiers on the enemy ship were in a mess and ran to the highest point, and some soldiers stumbled and ran to the command room to report.
"The captain is in trouble. The warships of the Ming army began to bombard our warships. The Danwan has been flooded and is about to sink. Run away!"
Captain Juan originally thought that the Ming warships would not fire. At most, he warned several times that as long as he sailed forward for two hours, he would be able to leave the Daming waters. It must be safe at that time.
How could it have been imagined that the Ming army suddenly launched an artillery attack, and in a short period of time, the Danwan was riddled with holes. Now it has begun to enter the water and will soon sink into the sea.
In desperation, Juan had no choice but to send an order to abandon the Dangan and escape. The captains all abandoned the battleship and escaped. Others followed suit, and the artillery sailors jumped into the sea to escape.
Seeing that his flagship was actually sunk by the Ming army, the other merchant ships did not dare to move at all, so they obediently anchored and stopped the ship, ready to be inspected by the Ming soldiers, only the last warship turned around and ran away.
When Haijiao saw that most of the people who jumped into the sea to escape were Hongmao Fan, he instantly understood the truth of the matter, and immediately reported to Huang Fei:
"Commander, this fleet should all belong to the Dutch. They are selling dog meat, thinking that they can get away with pretending to be a Japanese ship. They are too naive. The battleship behind has already escaped. Do you want to pursue it?"
Huang Fei was furious when he heard this:
"Nim, what are the Japanese devils trying to do? During the Jiajing period, they repeatedly violated the Ming coast, and now they clearly know that Daming is engaged in a trade war with Hongmaofan.
Not only did they secretly do business with Hongmaofan, but they even wanted to play a game of cheating and crossing the sea. The governor ordered that no one in the sea should be rescued, and all of them were allowed to feed the fish. Don't pay attention to the fleeing warship. Shi Lang was waiting for them there. "
"Yes"
Haijiao, the captain of the Chongzhen, stepped onto the deck, looked coldly at the red-haired and Japanese devils struggling in the sea, and ordered the warship to board a merchant ship for inspection.
Seeing that the incident had been revealed, the Dutch and Japanese on the merchant ship stepped onto the deck to be inspected by the Ming army. Haijiao personally led [-] marines to board the merchant ship.
Seeing the Ming army boarding the ship, the red hairs all squatted obediently with their heads in their hands, but a few Japanese people didn't know what to do, and wanted to negotiate with Captain Daming.
"Which one of you is the captain of the Ming army? We are from the Wa country and want to talk to Captain Daming."
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Chapter 438 The Lovely Dutchman
"Listen to the merchant ship on the opposite side. Everyone immediately go to the deck to gather and wait for the Ming army to board the ship for inspection, otherwise we will sink the merchant ship." Under the loud shout of the Ming army, the crew of the six merchant ships stepped onto the deck one by one. Having experienced the strength of the Ming army many times, they squatted obediently on the deck with their heads in their hands.
But those Japanese people didn't seem to cooperate very much. Looking around on the deck, they were waiting for the commander of the Ming army to board the ship, and they imagined that they could bring the six merchant ships back to the Japanese country in their entirety.
Haijiao, the captain of the Chongzhen ship, led three hundred soldiers aboard the large merchant ship. The soldiers of the Ming army held rifles and watched everyone on the merchant ship vigilantly. As long as they found any movement, they would shoot immediately.