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And the twenty fireships were blown by the wind and rushed towards the fleet in the melee, at this moment a tragic scene appeared.
The Ming warship did not rely on sails to sail at all, and the captain immediately ordered the warship to leave the dangerous sea area when he found something was wrong.
The sails of most of the Dutch warships were destroyed, and they just collided with the fireship, and soon ignited a raging fire.
In order to survive, the Dutch soldiers on board shouted and jumped into the sea to escape, but the crocodiles in the sea had long been attracted by the smell of blood.
These Dutch soldiers who were not burned to death by the fire just jumped into the sea, and were torn apart by the saltwater crocodiles, and the sea was blood red.
Seeing with his own eyes that the soldiers under his command were either killed or fed to the crocodiles, the commander of the Navy of the Netherlands in Batavia was so frightened that his legs became weak, and an unknown liquid had flowed out of his trousers.
"Quick... run..."
Run, run in, Dayu, the flagship of the Ming Fleet, under the command of Emperor Zhu Youjian himself, and under the command of Zheng Chenggong, the captain of the Ming Navy, has already bypassed those fire boats and stopped the Prince William from the rear.
Almost at the same time, other warships of the Ming Fleet, after sinking the other two Dutch warships, also rushed from all directions, completely enclosing the flagship of the Netherlands Fleet.
At this time, Zhu Youjian no longer paid attention to this battleship, but looked at the coast of Batavia, where there were many forts, and the shore artillery was bombarding the two battleships of Ming Dynasty.
"Zheng Aiqing, dispatch six warships to bombard Batavia's coastal defense artillery, and let the army land as soon as possible. Li Dingguo and the others have already entered the city of Batavia."
"According to the purpose"
Zheng Chenggong led the order and immediately dispatched four warships to help the two warships sent in front, and the six warships bombarded the fort on the shore in turn.
The flagship of the Dutch warship, the Prince William, has been surrounded by the Ming fleet, and now it is difficult to protect itself. Of course, it has no ability to respond to the shore artillery. It can only watch the shore forts being destroyed one by one by the Ming warship.
The Ming Fleet did not fire on the Prince William. They all watched from the sidelines and left the flagship to the Dayu.
"Rumble..."
Another round of bombardment from Dayu came, the mast of Prince William collapsed, the command cabin was hit by several shells again, countless holes were blasted out of the starboard side of the ship, and sea water began to pour into Prince William.
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Chapter 490
Van Diemen, governor of the Netherlands in Batavia, planned a fire attack plan for many days, but in the end it really caught fire.
If the Netherlands did not attack aggressively, perhaps the Ming warships would have to fight for a while before sinking all the Netherlands warships.
However, their fire attack plan was self-defeating. Instead, they burned five of their warships, leaving only the Prince William, which was about to be sunk.
The commander of the Batavia Navy, Maiden, was completely desperate at this time. He had never suffered a defeat in his life, let alone such a miserable defeat.
Looking back at the Dutch soldiers around him, there were only about 20 people at this time, and all the others were killed by the shells of the Ming battleship. These people were all looking at Maiden eagerly.
"My lord, the battleship is about to sink, surrender! Otherwise, we will all feed the crocodiles."
"Crack... Surrender? Do the Dutch have a tradition of surrendering? My lord would rather kill himself than surrender."
Hearing the elites under his command urging him to surrender, the majestic Batavia naval commander categorically refused. It would be a shame for him to lose a battle. Can Maiden surrender?
Feeling that the battleship had begun to tilt, Maiden raised his pistol in despair, and pressed the muzzle against his temple. He was about to shoot himself.
Suicide is easy to say, but not everyone can do it in practice. You must be very resolute and decisive, and have no desire to live in order to do it easily.
And Maiden has made a huge amount of gold and silver in Batavia over the years. It can be said that the money can never be distributed. Now there are five beauties in the city waiting for him to triumph.
They are ruthless to others, otherwise how can they colonize, but those who are ruthless to others are often not ruthless to themselves, just like Maiden, who pulled the trigger several times, but finally did not go down.
The [-] or so people under his command were all looking at their boss eagerly, and they were all anxious for Mayden. They were not worried about Mayden committing suicide, but hoped that he would pull the trigger quickly.
As soon as Meiden's gun was fired, they immediately surrendered to the Ming fleet. Even being slaves was better than being eaten by crocodiles.
But Maiden moved his fingers a dozen times, then threw the Gun King on the podium, and said brazenly:
"Nimma, I can't die now. In order for you guys to live, I have decided to surrender to Daming. As long as Daming can spare you, even if it means cutting me alive."
Maiden thought that after he surrendered, as long as he cooperated well, Da Ming would never kill him, so he found such an excuse for himself to surrender.
Not to mention, his words against his will really touched those Dutch soldiers. The way these soldiers looked at Maiden changed from fear to admiration.
"Thank you sir."
Maiden nodded in satisfaction:
"Don't thank me, who made you all good soldiers and good generals under my command, don't be dazed, go and fight the white flag."
Seeing that the Prince William had begun to sink slowly, the Dayu also stopped shelling. Suddenly, the soldiers saw a white flag flying from the Prince William, and hurriedly reported to Zhu Youjian:
"Report to Your Majesty, the Prince William has flown a white flag, do you accept the surrender?"
Zhu Youjian looked at Zheng Chenggong:
"Put a boat over there and let them climb up by themselves."
"According to the purpose"
Zheng Chenggong got up and walked out of the command cabin, and ordered a small boat to pick up Maiden.
Soon a small boat was lowered from the Dayu, and two Ming soldiers rowed the boat to the side of the Prince William, and shouted to it:
"Red-haired ghost, we have the virtue of being good at life, we have decided to accept your surrender, let's get on board!"
Although Mei Deng and the soldiers under his command could not understand the official language of the Ming army, they knew that they were here to pick them up on the warship of the Ming army, so these people boarded the boat one after another.
After they boarded the boat, the Ming army threw the oars to Maiden:
"There are so many of you, all of you are like bears, we can't row, you can row by yourself." TV debut.tv. @@@m.tv.
There were more than two oars on the boat. The red hairs nodded and bowed, grabbed the oars and started rowing, and soon came under the Dayu battleship.
The battleship Dayu lowered the rope ladder, and the red hairs climbed onto the battleship Dayu one by one, and then the Dayu took up the boat.
The actions of the soldiers of the Ming army immediately stunned the Dutch people. After taking a closer look at the Dayu battleship, they realized the gap between the Netherlands and Daming. This is a real iron-clad battleship. How it was made.
"All of you squat on the deck with your heads in your hands. If you find someone dishonest, immediately throw them into the sea to feed the crocodiles. Whoever is your head will stand up."
At this time, Zheng Chenggong came over and spoke their language to these Dutch people (Zheng Zhilong can speak seven national languages, and Zheng Chenggong is of course not too bad)
Mei Deng looked at the young Ming general, and couldn't help admiring him. He didn't expect that someone in the Ming army could speak Dutch so fluently.
He got up and walked in front of Zheng Chenggong, bowed respectfully and saluted:
"I am Maiden, commander of the Netherlands Navy in Batavia, please give instructions to the general."
Zheng Chenggong looked up at the tall red-haired fan, ignored him at all, and turned to the soldiers of the Ming army and said: