"Col. The Centaurus is over."

Carrell Dorman heard the report from the Lookout Hand. In fact, everyone on the battleship could clearly see this without the report from the Lookout Hand.

"Boom...boom..."

There are still splashes of water on the sea around the Centaurus.

But the Centaur did not even avoid movements, and only kept the original route forward. This was not because the Centaur was fearless, or because he was blessed by the gods, he was not injured in any bullets, so he was too lazy to even avoid movements. But because they had just sent a signal that the Centaur's rudder was stuck.

In the 18th century, the helmsman operated the tiller attached to the rudder. In bad weather, it was sometimes necessary for 4 people to withstand the pressure of the rudder. Moreover, when the helmsman observes the sails on the ship, his vision was blocked by the deck on the upper floor, which made it difficult to effectively steer. Although this defect was later overcome by a vertical tiller attached to the rudder and the vertical tiller, the mechanism of the vertical tiller can only rotate the rudder no more than 5°, which is far from adapting to the needs of maritime ship control. At the beginning of this century, the appearance of the rudder wheel greatly improved this inconvenience. The rudder wheel was placed in front of the rear deck, and the rudder was driven by the rudder wheel. Therefore, the helmsman can continuously observe the sails on the ship, which is convenient for the boat to be driven, and when steering, it is much more labor-saving than the vertical tiller.

But once there is a problem with the rudder, it will not be solved in a short while.

Although machinery gives something great convenience, the more mechanized it becomes, the more likely it is to fail. And once the failure comes out, it is difficult to solve it in the short term.

What else can I do with the Centaur?

The captain directly sent a 'farewell electricity' to Carrel Dorman, intending to kill the enemy as much as possible based on his own ability.

But all this is delusional.

Two small red ships quickly entered the stern of the Centaur. The Dutch sailors on the ship jumped quickly, but they could not stop the two enemy ships from entering.

So after a hot bomb was shot out, a large number of sailors jumped down from the Centaurus.

What's even more unlucky is that after the Centaur was bombarded by a hot bomb, a hot flame suddenly exploded at the bow of the ship, and the entire Centaur "jumped". The hot bomb just now actually caused the death of the medicinal powder on the ship, and the huge explosion was enough to destroy the entire wooden hull.

The huge power of the death sacrificial explosion made the entire bow of the Centaur seem to have disappeared.

Although there were some conscientious and responsible pipe-damaging sailors on the ship, and although these sailors tried their best to rescue and repair the leak, they still could not stop a large amount of sea water from pouring in.

In just less than two minutes, the Centaur's Dragon Bone broke, breaking into two pieces, and sank into the sea.

The Dutch's artillery level may not be as good as the British, but it is really good compared to the gunners of the Zhao family fleet. At this time of naval battle, one of three Dutch warships was broken, and two other ships were also scarred, but they also caused considerable damage to the Zhao family fleet, especially the fourth-level warship.

This is not simply a matter of more guns and fewer guns, but also a matter of smaller guns and small guns.

Whether it is a red single ship or a sloop warship, they are all small ships, so the cannon cannons cannons of course.

Zhao Liang had 18-pound cannons in his hand, even 24-pound cannons and 32-pound cannons, but the hull of the Red Single Ship could not bear it at all.

So it can only be a small number of 12-pound guns combined with a 9-pound gun and a smaller 6-pound gun.

It seems that twenty or thirty cannons are not missing, but the six-pound cannon is hard to penetrate even the walls of the fourth-level warship.

And what about the artillery on the fourth-level battleship?

That is mainly 24-pound guns and 18-pound guns. Only when the bow and stern part are close to the bow and stern part are light 9-pound guns.

You shoot me and I shoot me, but the lethality on both sides is really not on the same level.

If you fight head-on, a fourth-level warship can severely damage a big red ship in one round of shooting. If you fight with it, you will naturally have to pay a price.

The Zhao family also bullies the less, and they like to dig their crotch. They even insist on digging their crotch against the bombardment of two small boats next to them, which greatly damaged the vitality of the fourth-level warship.

Looking at the miserable appearance of the Centaur, even the brave and fearless sailors on the two Dutch warships began to tremble.

Because in this era, artillery bombs were all fired, rather than high-explosive bombs. In naval battles, there were actually not many cases where enemy ships were sunk by purely artillery bombardment. Otherwise, most sea battles would either be solved by close combat and counterattacking, or they would go home without a single day.

This kind of thing that detonates the other party’s medicine powder bucket is really small.

"Col. Are we..."

This fourth-class warship is the most serious warship that was stabbed by the Chinese in the back door. If one of them is unlucky and their medicinal powder bucket is also detonated, then everyone will die without death.

On the Zhao family, watching a Dutch warship sinking quickly during the explosion, I don’t know how many people became excited and looked at the fourth-level warship with a hot look.

It’s okay if you don’t succeed once. As long as you try more, you will always succeed.

Carrell Dorman knew what the first mate meant. The miserable appearance of the Centaur must have deeply stimulated everyone, and they were also afraid that the warships under their feet would repeat the fate of the Centaur.

So, everyone wants to ‘turn in’.

"But there are our merchant ships over there?" Dorman looked at the first mate and said. He couldn't ignore those merchant ships, right?

"Col. The bastards surrendered, and all four ships hung shameful white flags. We tried so hard to rescue them and paid the Centaur as a price. They surrendered shamefully and surrendered to the Chinese?"

The sailing ran over and watched his wonderful performance.

"What did you say? They all surrendered?"

Dorman couldn't even control his happiness, and the corners of his mouth couldn't hold back.

No, I can’t laugh. I must be serious and angry now!

Dorman clenched his fists hard, and his fingernails were pinched into his flesh.

"Yes, Colonel. All of those cowards surrendered, what a shameful group of people."

The long sailing eyes were filled with dazzling light, which was the desire for life.

God knows how much he hopes he can leave this damn war immediately after being "cut off" several times and seeing the tragic ending of the Centaur.

"Retreat, hang out the signal flag, and let us get out of the battle. The Chinese ambushed us with their superior forces despicable forces. At the end of the battle of the Centaur hero, there were four merchant ships. Although they surrendered, they were also Dutch. We will remember this blood debt in our hearts. When we return to Batavia and all our warships arrive, we will settle accounts with the Chinese. The blood of the Netherlands cannot be emptied, and the blood debt must be paid with blood."

No matter how generous Dorman's speeches were, it could not hide the fact that the Dutch failed. Abdul Raman's fate was decided at the moment when the Dutch warships were defeated.

"The troops were divided into two groups, the first battalion, and the second battalion landed in Zhaojiagang. The other troops surpassed Shizizhou and landed in Johor Bahru. First, take down Abdul Raman's old nest!" (one battalion, five brigades)

When everything was settled, Zhao Liang quickly issued the next order.

The entire fleet was divided into two, with three large, two small, five red single ships with relatively intact quality and combat effectiveness escorting the main force of landing warfare landing in Johor Bahru. The other fleet, transport ships sailed into Zhaojiagang and docked, while collecting the captured Dutch people. Other warships approached the Johor army's landing site to the greatest extent, launching shelling bombardment on the Johor ships there and the Johor soldiers on the shore.

Abdul Rahman is now full of bad luck and is very miserable.

He didn't expect that the backing of his great backers would be so "vulnerable".

Now that the Chinese are rushing forward, the retreat is about to be cut off. What should we do if the nearly 3,000 troops he brought?

Jacob Rokusen, a senior businessman at the Dutch East India Company, is also like eating a lump of Xiang at the moment, but he knows more clearly how dangerous the situation is to follow.

"Your Excellency Tianmeng Gong, I think you should consider your own security issues now. Colonel Dorman's squadron suffered a tragic defeat, and the blood debt company must have been repaid by the Chinese. However, from Lion Island to Batavia, and from Batavia to Lion Island, even if the company does not need time to summon warships, the journey of thousands of sea routes will take at least five days."

"Please be honest, I don't think your army can last until five days in such an unfavorable situation."

Rokusen, who has worked in Nanyang for twenty years, is very clear about the combat effectiveness of the indigenous people in Nanyang. These monkeys will be extremely cruel unless they bully opponents who are obviously weaker than themselves, and in other cases they are all vulnerable.

Especially the indigenous people on the Malay Peninsula.

They are not even more powerful than monkeys in Jawa and Sumatra.

Abdul Raman's face became even more gloomy, but he knew that Rokusen was right.

As for the quality of his army, not to mention five days, he suspected that he might not be able to support even one day today.

However, he understood better what the other subtle meaning of Rokusen saying these words was. Didn’t he just want Abdul Raman to bring him with him when he ran away?

"Drip ticks ticks ticks ticks..."

But what Abdul Raman unexpectedly was that the Zhao family's counterattack was so fast and fierce, and the panicked Johor soldiers were really unbearable to fight.

He hasn't finished packing his things yet.

The Zhao family's counterattack has already begun.

The torrent from Zhaojiagang was soon lined up behind the village No. 2. In front of them were a large group of musketeers in neatly dressed black uniforms and arranged in neatly, dozens of scattered soldiers rushed out of them, not caring about the flying shells, and rushed straight towards the Johor soldiers.

The Johor soldiers in front of the village No. 2 were filled with anxiety and uneasiness.

The Dutch failed and the Dutch fled, which was no less than the shock of the sky and the earth breaking.

Especially when they heard the rumbling cannons coming from behind, although they could not see the real picture, they only watched the large piece of black smoke rising, and they imagined countless things out of thin air.

——Johor’s water surface power is not enough to even put a gap between the teeth than the Dutch. How could it be the opponent of the Chinese who defeated the Dutch?

And if all the sea ships were sunk, how could they go back to Johor Bahru?

Even if they pass through the rainforest to the west and run to the west of Lion Island, there is a Johor Strait, and they are all done.

Imagination is the most scary thing, and scary people can also scare people to death.

This is also a blessing that Zhao Liang is unwilling to take risks. If he dares to take risks, he will send the two battalions of land troops directly to the back of the Johor soldiers to land. These people will be afraid that they will have their morale cleared.

But even so, these thousands of Johor soldiers became squids with no morale.

Even Justin cursed in his heart.

He doesn't want to be a prisoner.

And I am very afraid that my life will be lost after being captured.

You should know that the rebellion between Abdul Rahman and the Chinese was completely the Dutch who was striking behind the scenes. This is a fact that everyone knows. How could the Chinese be calm to the captured Dutch?

If he was pulled out to shoot a target, Justin felt that he was too unfair.

Because he is not a Dutch at all, he is a German.

Services to the Dutch East India Company are entirely because of money.

"The Father blesses his believers."

Justin prayed silently in his heart.

But when he saw the opposite array after the array was completed, Justin's uneasiness became even stronger.
To be continued...