Five or six shells mercilessly hit the side of the Santa Maria III-class sailing battleship.
Driven by the kinetic energy of gunpowder, the cylindrical pointed cannonballs were embedded in the hull of the Santa Maria.
As the ignition burned out, the explosion sounded!
Amidst the rumbling explosions, several large holes were blown out of the Santa Maria's hull.
Raymond felt a shaking under his feet, and the shock wave caused by the explosion caused him to collapse on the ground.
The surrounding Dutch soldiers gathered around and helped their commander up.
Just at this moment, a Dutch soldier ran up from the lower cabin and reported with sweat profusely.
"Your Majesty Commander!"
"The waterline of the hull is damaged, and water is beginning to enter the bottom cabin!"
"The carpenters on the ship have started to repair the gap, but the gap is very large, and it is not certain whether the repair can be successful!"
"Commander, please be prepared to abandon ship at any time!"
When Raymond heard this, he felt his eyes darken and his heart throbbed.
With extremely rich experience in naval battles, he continued to command the fleet in an orderly manner without any panic.
The war situation continues to develop!
The fleets of the Ming and Dutch sides were like two parallel lines, passing by each other.
Then, on the vast expanse of sea, they each made a big circle, preparing for the second round of line fire.
Since the Dutch successfully seized the upper hand before the war began, their U-turn speed was much faster than that of the Ming fleet!
The Dutch had already fired another salvo of naval guns, and the Ming fleet had only turned around halfway!
Cannonballs were fired at the Ming army's warships!
Sawdust flew and the ship shook violently!
When the Dutch saw this scene, they laughed proudly.
Proud of their ability to maneuver ships and fight at sea!
As coachmen on the sea, except for one defeat against the British pirates, they had never been afraid of anyone in a naval battle!
However, before the Dutch people's pride lasted long, the smiles on their faces froze and they could no longer smile.
Because, the Ming army's second round of rocket and speedboat assault is ready!
The small boats of the Ming army that had replenished their rockets quickly broke away from their own fleet and attacked again.
There were a lot of small boats, densely packed all over the sea, heading straight towards the Dutch fleet!
The oarsmen rowed hard, and the boat rushed forward quickly, leaving ripples on the sea surface left by the boat.
The Dutch's large and small naval guns kept firing, trying to intercept the Ming army's rocket assault boats!
But the effect is not obvious!
Although there were some artillery shells that were able to hit the Ming army's small boats, they were of no avail and a large number of the artillery shells failed.
The small boat continued to rush towards the Dutch fleet!
After a while, the sound of resting like a devil's whisper resounded across the heaven and earth again.
Rockets trailed flames one after another, focusing on several Dutch sailing battleships.
Boom boom! Boom boom boom!
Amidst the continuous explosions, several more Dutch sailing battleships disintegrated and turned into pieces of wood floating on the sea.
Two rocket attacks damaged most of the sailing battleships in the Dutch fleet.
The pride that the Dutch had just felt completely disappeared!
Laines wiped the sweat from his forehead and panted heavily.
"Your Majesty Commander, what should we do?"
"We really can't stop the Ming people's novel naval warfare tactics!"
Laines's eyes were almost filled with fear from the bottom of his heart.
This deep sense of powerlessness made him feel desperate!
Raymond's mouth was also slightly open, his penis was contracting violently, and his mood was very unstable.
"Damn, damn!"
"The people of the Ming Dynasty must have colluded with the devil! They will definitely go to hell."
"God, please lower your gaze here. We need your blessing to defeat the devil!"
"..."
The surrounding Dutch soldiers and sailors were also in very unstable moods, and some even began to pray to God.
But just at this moment, the Ming army also completed its U-turn, and the warships on both sides once again became two parallel straight lines heading towards each other.
However, compared with last time, this time, the distance between the battleships of both sides was less than 200 meters.
Even in a naval battle, if the cannon is fired from this distance, a certain hit rate can be guaranteed.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Ming army's broadside naval guns began to fire alternately.
Amidst the rumbling sound of shelling, the heaven and earth seemed to be shaking.
Artillery shells were fired at the Dutch fleet one after another. There were explosive shells, but most of them were solid shells, chain shells, shotgun shells and the like.
The flower bombs are all good, except that they are expensive!
Amidst the rumbling shelling, the Dutch fleet suffered heavy damage again.
Their sides were smashed to pieces by the Ming army's naval guns!
The battleship's sails were shattered by chain bombs and its masts were broken.
The sailors on the deck were swept by shotguns, causing numerous casualties!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Moreover, at this distance, musket fire can already cause damage to the enemy.
Sailors from both sides stood on the deck and engaged in fierce musketry exchanges.
Soldiers from both sides of Ming and Netherlands fired neat rounds of gunfire!
As the smoke filled the air, people kept falling to the ground and dying miserably!
Some Ming troops even set up rocket launchers on the decks of their own warships, aimed at the Dutch warships, and then set fire to them.
Amidst the sharp roars, rockets drew arcs in the air and fell towards the Dutch warship.
Simon watched helplessly as a rocket landed on the deck of his ship!
With a bang, the sharp guide rod of the rocket pierced directly into the deck!
As the fuse burned out, the rocket exploded with a bang!
The gunpowder inside the projectile was ignited, releasing a powerful shock wave and fire all over the sky, and fragments flew.
All Dutch sailors within a radius of more than ten meters were swept away!
There was even a Dutch soldier whose body was shattered directly by the fragments, and his remaining limbs and arms were washed into the sea by the shock wave.
A large hole several meters in diameter was blown out on the deck, and even the Dutch sailors in the lower cabin were not spared.
The bodies and skin of these Dutch sailors were covered with dense blood spots, their eyes were bulging, and their orifices were bleeding.
Obviously he cannot die anymore!
The cause of death was not the shock wave or fragments, but the vibration generated by the explosion.
In other words, they were shocked to death!
The Dutch artillery also returned fire, but with little effect.
Their blooming bomb technology is not mature.
Most of the shells used in naval guns are solid bullets, and it is not easy to sink a battleship with solid bullets.
Although the battleships of the Ming Army are now scarred, their main structures are intact!
As for the Dutch, six sailing battleships have been sunk since the beginning of the war.
Among them are one level three, four level four, and one level five...
It can be said that the main force of the Dutch fleet has been severely damaged!
You know, there are only five third-level sailing battleships, seven second-level sailing battleships, and fourteen fifth-level sailing battleships in the Dutch fleet!
There are only twenty-six items in total!
Now six are gone, nearly one-fifth of the number.
Without being able to sink a single enemy warship, our own side has already suffered such losses.
Even if it is said that the Dutch have lost this battle, it is not an exaggeration!
Of course, this casualty exchange ratio is because other warships on both sides except the sailing battleships are not taken into account.