In the 18th and 19th centuries, Western countries developed rapidly under the promotion of the industrial revolution, and military armed forces became strong in ships and cannons.

However, the Qing Dynasty was moving leisurely in the dream of the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom. The main purpose of the Qing Dynasty navy was not to defend the outside but to stabilize the inside. Although the ship was not strong and the cannon was not good, it was enough to uniform the people. It was these practices that had a fatal blow to China's coastal defense.

The First Opium War was a showdown and contest between the comprehensive forces of China and Britain at that time.

Both sides used all the power they could use to attack each other, especially the artillery and warships with huge lethality. During the Opium War, the British "Oriental Expeditionary Force" who invaded China sent a total of 66 warships of various types.

During the war, the cylindrical shotguns, grape bombs, shrapnel shells, new explosion bombs, incendiary bombs and rockets fired by British naval guns were the secret of the British "cannon profit".

The advantages of British ship guns and the adoption of new combat methods were the reasons for their success in aggression. The disadvantages of Qing ship guns and the outdated combat methods were the key to their failure in guarding.

At this moment, the Dutch were also confident before coming.

Although he had no plans to invade a country as big as the Ming Dynasty, he thought it was still necessary to give up a few people.

All of this is built on thirty or forty commercial and war dual-purpose ships.

However, ideals are so beautiful, but reality is so skinny.

When I saw only more than eighty fewer Ming warships (professional) lined up in line, from this moment on, all the Dutch support team members clashed in their hearts, and they knew something was wrong!

Monide had no choice but to discover that he had made the same mistake as the conservatives in China.

That is to underestimate the Ming Dynasty and not believe most of the information mentioned in Redman's letter.

The current situation is, as long as it is an individual, there is no need to say it clearly. This is a fart! If you don’t want to be buried in the sea, the best choice is to run back immediately.

However, the Dutch teams together.

The warships on their side are quite fast now, and they can run at least seven or eight knots, but it depends on who they compare with.

Compared with the perverted Ming warship, the speed is only twice as fast as possible.

After calculating the distance between the two sides, it is not difficult to draw a conclusion. At most two or three hours, a warship that is close to full load will inevitably be caught up by the opponent's warship.

A battle is inevitable.

The only advantage is that it is almost dark, and at night, the chance of playing tricks on the other side in the sea is only a few times smaller.

Whether you can live depends on whether you can run until night.

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On the other side, Zhu Zilong was observing and found that the Dutch fleet turned around, he scolded and ordered unhappily: "You actually want to run away? Chase me. Notify the vanguard team, chase them and entangle them, and use new weapons."

As soon as the fleet commanded by the Dutch had turned around, a bombardment was heard, and shells burst out from a distance of hundreds of meters.

I was immediately shocked. Is this the third major accident today?

How could the Ming Navy's artillery shells be so far? Are you wrong?

Just kidding?

What cannon can hit so far? And this is accurate. After a few cannons, they almost hit once?

The Dutch were stunned there. On the other hand, the vanguard of the Shandong Navy, Jiang Hai ordered a few shots to fire. He found that he failed to hit one time and sighed helplessly.

Nothing like firing on land, ten cannons can have one or two cannons that can accurately hit the target.

The scene of naval battles on the sea cannons can only exist in dreams.

Zhu Zilong naturally knew this.

This is how fighting at sea is. The hit rate of 30% depends on the technology and the hit rate of 70% depends on the face. If you have a hit rate of one percent, even if the smoke from the ancestral grave is coming out!

If you want to reach a 10% hit rate, it is only possible to achieve a distance of only 1,000 meters.

If you want to achieve a hit rate of 30%, you have to get close to only less than 500 meters.

And within one hundred meters, well, well, it's at most 50% hit rate. There's no way, the sea breeze is shaking too much!

If you want a 100% hit rate, there is a way. Just stick to your face, it is almost a hand-to-hand combat. But in that case, both sides will die, and yours will not be able to get better.

Of course, this is not in the interests of anyone, and Jiang Hai would not be so stupid as to do so.

The cannons on the Dutch boats can be hit for two miles and end up on the sea. The cannons can hit three or four miles and have a hit rate, and no matter how far they are, they can scare people.

But no matter what, maybe the explosion shells will be much more powerful when they hit.

You can't replace your own advantages with shortcomings and play hand in hand with others. Isn't that stupid?

"Tell everyone, throw away everything except humans. Escape all back to Batavia, avoid the front of the Ming army for a while, and preserve their strength." Monide ordered helplessly again.

Batavia is today's Jakarta. Also known as Coconut City, it is the largest city and capital in Indonesia. It is located on the northwest coast of Java Island, the largest city in Southeast Asia, and a world-famous harbor.

It is also in this time and space, where there is a large concession transfer station for the Dutch.

The Dutch oriental commercial colonial empire was based on Java Island and centered on Batavia City.

During its heyday, the Dutch East India Company had a vast monopoly on commercial and trade, ranging west to Persia, India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), east to the Maluku Spice Islands, and north to China and Japan.

It is worth noting that in 1603, Spanish colonists massacred more than 20,000 overseas Chinese in the Philippines.

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Amid the sound of Ming army's cannons, the Dutch kept throwing things down from the ship to reduce the weight and speed up the run.

I also hope that the direction of the wind and darkness will come soon!

Half an hour later, the Ming army's countless shells hit more than a dozen cannons in a blind cat style, hitting more than a dozen Dutch ships.

Immediately, the Dutch boats were flying in a row and fire broke out. Only a few dozen crew members were overturned to the ground and hugged the injured part and screamed. There was also a boat that seemed to have been in water and could not hold on for long.

At this time, the Dutch fleet had no morale to speak of.

The strength of the opponent has passed them far away. In the past, they were chasing others to fight, but now they are the opposite.

No matter how powerful the coachman is, he is just a coachman.

Without any confidence in victory, the Dutch didn't even care about rescuing his teammates who were behind Cangyao. Run and continue running.

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At about 1,500 meters, it is the limit of the range of the Dutch naval gun.

It seems that this will not work, and the morale of the army is so scary. If you don’t fight back, it doesn’t matter whether you can hit the target. Otherwise, if you arrive at the local level, there will be no team ten that will not exist?

So, with a command, the Dutch also began to waste shells and gave themselves courage: "Retaliate!"

This distance is a waste of ammunition. It is more than shells, and the Dutch could not waste it a few times. I threw a lot of it just now, in order to run away.

Such a large elevation angle must be able to hit the target unless God helps.

Sure enough, when the Dutch naval guns fired, Jianghai was happy.

The enemy's shells hit him a few hundred meters away, and almost hit his own people.

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Chapter completed!