Daming pirates

And at this time, lanterns began to rise on the enemy ships one after another. From the number of lanterns, he could tell that the enemy had mobilized ten times their ships this time, and there were actually many large Chinese-style warships among them.

The boat was approaching them.

Waite did not expect that Sea Wolf could mobilize so many warships in a short period of time. Now they were in big trouble, so he quickly ordered to raise the full sail and sail at full speed, even if it was a collision tactic.

, they also need to leave this water area quickly.

Now Waite has completely regretted it. He did not expect that the sea wolves would be so difficult to deal with and so ferocious that they could even organize dozens of ships to launch a night attack on them at night.

As an old captain, Waite is very clear about how difficult it is to organize such tactics. Even if he is asked to organize such a battle, he has no confidence that it can be completed so well. He doesn't even know how to organize it.

However, these Sea Wolf tribesmen were surprised to achieve such an almost impossible thing. In the dark night, they quietly gathered so many ships and surrounded them.

When Waite saw these enemy ships, he knew that he had played too much. This time, he was probably going to end his game. Not to mention defeating these sea wolf fleets, whether he could escape or not was already a question.

Big problem.

As for the three boats that he had sent into the Tamsui River, he no longer cared about it, because since the enemy had arrived here, they would definitely block the mouth of the Tamsui River. It was impossible to break out with just those three boats.

Impossible things.

At this time, he had already heard the sound of cannons from Tamsui City that had not stopped, so he guessed that the current situation of the three ships would not be much better.

Waite's guess was correct. After nightfall, the three Dutch warships that broke into the Tamsui River began to run into trouble. Behind them, two thick river-blocking iron ropes were first raised, and then

In front of them, a river-blocking iron cable also rose, trapping them in a section of the river.

After these three Dutch warships arrived here, they were unable to advance or retreat in front of the iron cables blocking the river. After they found that their way was blocked, they realized that something was wrong, so the captain who led the team gave up and continued on.

For the task of bombarding Tamsui City, he immediately ordered the ship to turn around and sail out of the Tamsui River back to the sea.

But after they turned around, they found that the iron rope blocking the river had been raised behind them, blocking their retreat. Now they began to panic. The three boats finally accelerated at the same time, trying to use impact to break the river blocking

As a result, they only knocked away the first iron rope, but because they lost speed, they were stopped by the second iron rope.

After losing speed, the Dutch warships were unable to break through the interception of the iron cables blocking the river and could only be blocked in the river. So they quickly asked the sailors to drive the boats to find a way to cut off the iron cables blocking the river and open a retreat channel.

So some sailors quickly drove their boats to the iron cables blocking the river and tried to cut them with axes and knives. They even used saws to cut the iron cables.

However, these iron ropes are forged with arm-thick iron bars, and the joints are welded with molten iron. They are easy to break. The only way is to put the iron ropes on the stove and heat them red, and then cut them off. But

Is it possible for Sea Wolf to give them such a chance? And they don’t have anywhere to get a stove!!

Just after the three Dutch ships were trapped, the sea wolves on the shore began to move. It turned out that the bushes on the shore fell down one after another, and the piles of dead grass were pushed away, revealing the artillery forts hidden behind them.

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Among these forts, there were twenty-four-pound heavy cannons and even thirty-two-pound carronade cannons. When they saw that the Dutch were trapped, they got the order to fire. During the day, the sea in the forts was

The Wolf tribe watched helplessly as these three Dutch warships sailed past them in a majestic manner, but they could not fire. They had already held their breath and were just waiting for this moment.

Almost instantly, both sides of the bank opened fire. More than a dozen heavy guns concentrated their firepower and began to hit the three Dutch warships trapped in the middle of the river.

The Dutch never expected that so many heavy artillery would be concentrated on the shore. With just one salvo, one of their ships was damaged and many sailors were lost.

However, these three Dutch warships did not give in, and immediately retaliated and began to fight back. They mobilized all the firepower on the ships and began to bombard the Sea Wolf fort on the shore.

The two sides began a fierce artillery battle. Hundreds of cannons roared in the river and on both sides, pouring shells at the enemy.

Although the Dutch have an advantage in firepower, and the number of artillery loaded on their ships is far more than the number of heavy artillery in the Sea Wolf fort on the river bank, their disadvantage is that they are ships and made of wood. Although they are very strong, they are not

After all, it is still wood.

However, the Sea Wolf forts on the shore are made of rammed earth and stones. In order to prevent the cannons, baskets made of wicker are used to pile up soil outside the forts. This method can

Absorbs the kinetic energy of a large amount of artillery shells, making it impossible to destroy the artillery fortress.

What's more, the Dutch are now trapped in the river and have completely lost the ability to maneuver. Although the Tamsui River is very wide, more than two miles wide, it is still within the effective range of the Sea Wolf heavy artillery, and even

They are within the direct aiming range, and they are just three perfect living targets.

So after the artillery battle began, although the Dutch had strong firepower, they were always suppressed and beaten by the sea wolves. The three ships were hit with pieces flying everywhere, there were constant casualties, and the artillery was destroyed.

This fierce battle lasted until dawn, and was finally over. The three Dutch warships were already riddled with holes. One ship had simply sunk in the river, and the remaining two ships were looking at it.

Unable to escape, they would be sunk if they continued to fight, and they might eventually be massacred by these Chinese pirates, so they had no choice but to surrender in the end and hoisted a white flag on the mast.

At the same time, the battle outside the Tamsui River mouth was basically coming to an end. Although this naval battle started much later than the artillery battle inside the river mouth, it focused on the essence of the Sea Wolf Navy, fighting the rabbit with the lion.

In this way, they launched an attack on four Dutch warships with all their strength.

At this time, the combat ratio at sea was as high as ten to one. Even if the Dutch warships had strong firepower, they could not defeat the wolves. What's more, there were two identical Western-style warships among the sea wolves, and they had been deeply modified.

They had several large ships, as well as a variety of high-quality cannons built by Sea Wolf. Even with pure firepower, the Dutch fleet had no advantage at all.

What made the Dutch feel even more powerless was that the Sea Wolf behaved hooligans as soon as they came up. They did not play their cards according to common sense. Before the Dutch could react, they used more than a dozen attack ships to ram the enemy ships and successfully hooked up to three enemy ships.

The enemy ship was unable to escape for a while and basically lost its ability to maneuver.

Once a warship loses its ability to maneuver on the sea, no matter how strong its firepower is, it is equivalent to becoming a piece of meat waiting to be slaughtered by others.

In the end, only Waite's flagship was not hit by the attacking ship because it was protected by the fleet, and it still maintained maneuverability. After reacting, Waite's ship immediately began to raise its sails and accelerate, and

With full firepower, the artillery fire on both sides began to fire continuously.

But no matter how strong their firepower is, they can't stop the sea wolf's tidal attack. Dozens of large and small ships surround them with full firepower. What's more, the sea wolf has always attached great importance to the training of its troops and is extremely skilled in artillery operation.

In the case of close combat at sea, the aiming process is even eliminated. After the loading is completed, the artillery is pushed to the gun port and starts firing at the enemy ship.

The gunners of the Sea Wolf are so fast that even the gunners of the veteran sea coachmen cannot match it. The gunners of the Sea Wolf can fire at a rate that is 1.5 to twice that of the Dutch. The opponent often fires a shot.

During the firing time, the Sea Wolf tribe can even fire two cannons in a row.

In comparison, the firepower of the Dutch was completely suppressed by the firepower of the Sea Wolf. Hundreds of artillery fired simultaneously on the sea, and it was still at night. The scene was so spectacular. After the battle began, almost the entire sea was under fire.

shrouded in flashes of light.

It was as if there was a sudden thunderstorm on the sea, and the light of artillery fire flashed every second. Both sides tried their best to fire violently at each other.

The rumbling sound of artillery made it impossible to even hear a single sound of artillery. Everyone's ears were filled with the sound of continuous explosions. The artillery shells swept across the sea like a heavy rain, and the sky and earth changed color.

During the battle, several warships of the Sea Wolf were hit by salvos of artillery fire from the Dutch warships. Several warships were immediately destroyed. Some warships were even bombarded and disintegrated in the sea on the spot. In addition,

Several warships also suffered fatal blows and had to withdraw from the battle and rush to the seaside, where they found a place to beach themselves and rescue themselves.

But the Dutch didn't feel comfortable at all. The Sea Wolf's firepower was too strong. Although the firepower of a single ship was insufficient, there were so many of them that they made up for quality with quantity. Under the constant salvos, the Dutch's battle force

The boat was also riddled with holes.

One of the warships was extremely unlucky. It became a test subject for Sea Wolf's new cannon. This new cannon was a 48-pound carronade gun, known as the Ripper at sea.

This gun was mounted on a reinforced No. 2 Fu Ship. Except for the two forty-eight-pound carronade cannons arranged at the bow and stern, the rest of the ship only had two short twelve-pound cannons on the sides.