New Ming Empire mixed in America

Looking at the somewhat chaotic port, Song He directly ordered the bombardment without any hesitation.

If one's own gunboat is sunk on the battlefield, no one will blame the captain of the enemy warship, only the enemy country.

But after the battle, sinking the armored gunboat that rescued the drowned soldiers was not something Li Mingqi could endure.

So Li Mingqi issued a death order with only two words, "Jingguan"!

Because observers from other countries were present, the Xinming Empire could not act like it would ignore the navy that led the British into the water.

Song He admired the willpower of these naval soldiers who were still alive after carrying them all night.

That's why we ordered the remaining armored gunboats to carry out rescue operations.

But the navies of the Netherlands and Argentina, which no one cared about, made moves that no one expected.

As soon as it dawned, they found themselves abandoned by the British fleet, but they also discovered that the warships of the Xinming Empire had also disappeared.

Therefore, before leaving, the artillery on the battleship directly bombarded two armored gunboats that were rescuing them out of anger towards the Xinming Empire Navy.

And after the shelling, he left the area where the incident occurred.

Seeing the navy of the Xinming Empire appear, the two British warships hoisted the white flag without any hesitation.

However, the Dutch and Argentine warships had already begun preparing to leave port when they received news of the arrival of the Songhe fleet.

But I didn't expect Song He to arrive so quickly and be blocked in the port.

"Captain, all the warships with the British flag are flying white flags, otherwise..."

The boatswain looked worriedly at the battleships lined up outside the port, and hesitantly gave the captain a suggestion.

Although the captain was angry at his subordinate's cowardly behavior, he also carefully considered the other party's proposal.

"Wait first, we must at least wait until the Argentinians hang the white flag first, so that we will be under much less pressure."

"You go ahead and get ready. Wait until you see the Argentinians raising the white flag before raising it. Don't let people think we are too impatient."

After the captain finished his instructions, he asked the battleship to prepare for shelling.

Because he had seen the Eastern warships open their gun windows.

Song He brought out only one new type of warship this time, and the rest of the new type of warships were undergoing repairs. In particular, the turret's transmission mechanism needed to be equipped with an extra ring of armor around the periphery.

The Argentine warships did not disappoint the Dutch. After seeing that there was no hope of escape, they began to slowly raise the white flag.

But it's a pity that Song He didn't give them a chance to raise the white flag.

After these days of repairs, the Netherlands and Argentina now have only two combat-effective warships.

The rest are sail gunboats and steam gunboats. When these small warships face the New Ming Empire warships in the port, they are no different from delivering food.

In front of the warships that were firing with all their strength, the Argentine IV ship, which raised the white flag the fastest, received the most care.

Almost all the shells in the two salvos hit its surroundings and the battleship.

After Song He ordered to approach and fire, the Argentine warship sank faster.

In addition to naval guns and torpedoes, they had no chance to escape in the narrow channel of the port.

Although the Dutch warships were also bombarded, they still managed to dodge part of them as they desperately retreated.

"Captain, those Easterners didn't even give us a chance to raise the white flag. Look at what happened to the Argentines!"

The first mate is a staunch war activist. He does not agree with being sunk in the port like this, so he wants the captain to give the order to rush over and fight the Easterners desperately.

At this time, the captain was still hesitating. No one wanted to die in battle, and so did he.

He was supposed to retire in two years, and this trip to the West Coast was originally his last trip to sea.

But who knew that a battle that was originally without any suspense would end like this?

Just as he hesitated, a steam gunboat in front of the battleship suddenly jumped upward.

Then two plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the side of the steam gunboat.

A large gash was ripped out of the originally low side of the ship, and the ship began to tilt visibly to the naked eye.

"I order a counterattack!" The captain finally gritted his teeth and made a decision.

Because the white flag on the steam gunboat had already been raised, but the Easterners did not let them go.

In this case, we can only do our best.

So soon, the Dutch warship stopped going backwards and began to adjust the sails and turn the propellers forward.

Without the drive of the propeller, the warship's originally unpleasant reverse speed slowly began to stop, and after the propeller began to rotate forward, the warship began to move forward again.

After discovering that the Orientals were only targeting Dutch and Argentinian warships, the British soldiers on the shore who were watching the battle breathed a sigh of relief.

"The Orientals are not going to let them go, and would rather sink them despite the media's condemnation. What did these idiots do to offend those Orientals?"

A British officer looked at the reporters who had set up cameras on the shore and couldn't help but ask the soldiers around him.

"I heard that they gave the Easterners a big gift when they left the war zone. I guess it was for this reason that the Easterners took revenge."

A British soldier with his arms hanging said something gloating.

During this period of time, they had had enough of the treacherous behavior of those Dutch people, and now that they saw the other party being unlucky, they felt extremely happy.

While they were talking, the Dutch warships that launched a desperate charge also followed in the footsteps of the Argentine warships.

After being hit by more than a dozen naval guns, he no longer had the ability to resist, and could only float on the sea and wait for death.

"The rate of fire of the Easterners' naval guns is several times that of ours. Those idiots in the Admiralty still swear that none of the Easterners' warships can survive ten minutes under the bombardment of the Royal Navy."

The British officers were very dissatisfied with the officials of the Admiralty.

Because those officials approved the construction of the ironclads, the captains of sailing battleships felt that their status was in jeopardy.

And therefore they refused to give their warships a comprehensive replacement with updated rear-mounted naval guns.

They are fed up with the front-loading smoothbore cannon they are using now, which requires lowering the muzzle after firing and then loading the shells.

In the naval battle, they had already felt the gap with the Easterners' naval guns.

Not only the rate of fire, but also the power of the shells are completely different.

The same explosive shells were used by the Oriental shells to hit the Dutch warship, and there was a hole after the explosion.

If it were replaced by its own naval gun, it would be impossible to have such power.

Looking at the Dutch warship in the distance that had lost power but was still being bombarded, some sadness suddenly emerged in this officer's heart.

The Netherlands is also a maritime power, but now it does not even have the ability to resist when facing the Eastern warships.

"A new maritime power has emerged. I think after this naval battle, those in the country will reconsider these Orientals..."

The officer paused obviously when he said this, and then continued after thinking for a while:

"They should consider the Xinming Empire's right to speak in the world, and it is estimated that the tone of the domestic media will also change accordingly. Oh, by the way, there are also stocks!"