However, Auburn just ordered the fleet to withdraw from the battlefield.
Then another lookout trotted over to report the news.
"Your Excellency, a Ming fleet has also appeared in the west!"
The lookout finger pointed to the west, with obvious panic on his face.
Oban also frowned subconsciously, and then asked.
"How many ships are there in the Ming fleet that appears in the west?"
"What level of warships are they?"
The lookout hand answered.
"Your Excellency Oban, the Ming fleet appearing in the west only has one fourth-level sailing battleship."
After hearing this, Oban stopped panicking and ordered.
"Send the order and prepare to break out to the west immediately!"
"If the Ming army's warship blocks the road, then sink it!"
If the Dutch want to escape from the battlefield, they must break through the encirclement before the main force of the Ming army catches up.
Once surrounded by the Ming army, things will be troublesome!
…
The Dutch fleet quickly left the battlefield and withdrew towards the west.
However, the Dutch were able to withdraw, but the British ships simply stayed in place because their canvas and masts were damaged.
Liszt watched helplessly as the Dutch evacuated, and he breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
"The Dutch have withdrawn!"
"It seems that the Ming Kingdom's fleet has appeared!"
However, before he could completely relax, he picked it up again.
Because the rule set by Ming Dynasty is that as long as you do not report to Ming Dynasty, you will fight in Ming Dynasty’s territorial waters.
The Ming Dynasty will fight with both sides!
And they seem to have not reported it to Ming Dynasty...
Liszt is a little panicked now. When the Ming Dynasty's fleet arrives later, he won't fight with them too, right?
This is not impossible!
With the strength of Ming Dynasty, these words are not just words.
Today's Ming Dynasty refuses to talk, and they do what they say they will do. If they say they will take action, they will really take action!
Lister asked this question to his first mate Lauren.
Now, the number of worried people has changed from one to two!
Because now they can't even escape!
This feeling of waiting to die is really difficult to deal with.
…
On the other side, the escaping Dutch fleet encountered the Ming army's warships without any surprise.
When the Ming army's fourth-level sailing battleship saw that the Dutch were trying to break through, they did not give in even though the Dutch had an absolute advantage in strength.
He jumped right in!
Artillery exchanged fire, and artillery shells were flying on the battlefield.
Smoke fills the air!
Several Dutch warships gathered to attack the Ming Army's fourth-level sailing battleship.
The cannonball hit the hull of the ship and sawdust flew everywhere!
Some cannonballs swept across the deck, sweeping away a large area of items and sailors on the deck.
The smell of blood hits your nostrils!
The Ming army's fourth-level sailing battleship also began to fight back.
Boom! Boom!
The sound of shelling continued one after another, with solid shells and explosive shells taking turns to pour firepower on the Dutch ships.
Since most of the naval guns used on the Ming army's warships were rifled guns with flintlock devices, the accuracy of the bombardment was far superior to that of the Dutch warships.
Both sides violently bombarded each other!
Obviously the Dutch had many ships and many guns, but it was the Ming army that had the upper hand.
Most of the Dutch sailor gunners were experienced veterans, but the Ming army's sailor gunners were also of good quality.
Many of them are veterans of many years of war!
They also have rich war experience, and their artillery skills are even better than those of the Dutch.
Oban watched helplessly as a bomb fell on his own warship!
The hard warhead directly tore open the hull of the ship, the cannonball was embedded in the hull, and the next moment, it exploded with a bang.
The fire was mixed with gunpowder smoke, sweeping across the area!
A large hole was opened on Oban's ship by a bomb.
Following closely behind were solid bullets.
The solid cannonballs carried terrifying kinetic energy and hit the ships mercilessly.
The projectile penetrated hard into the hull!
Oban felt the intensity of the Ming army's warship bombardment, and the expression on his face kept changing.
"This...this is impossible!"
As an experienced naval admiral and fleet commander.
Oban could easily tell that the naval guns on this fourth-level sailing battleship of the Ming Army were unusually large in caliber.
Basically all naval guns have a caliber less than thirty-two pounds.
Generally speaking, when a naval gun of this caliber is placed on a fourth-level sailing battleship, it is suspected of being like a small horse pulling a big cart.
Logically speaking, the hull of a fourth-class sailing battleship cannot withstand the recoil caused by the firing of a thirty-two-pounder gun.
Not to mention the situation of the Ming Army, where so many thirty-two pounds were fired at the same time on one ship.
If it were an ordinary fourth-level sailing battleship, it would have been shaken to pieces by the recoil of the artillery.
However, the Ming army's warships seemed to be almost affected.
It was as if the recoil produced by the firing of dozens of thirty-two-pound cannons did not exist!
"This...this Ming army's warship is abnormal!"
Oban said blankly.
An old face was full of surprise that could not be concealed.
The reason why Auburn couldn't understand it was entirely because his thinking was limited by himself.
This fourth-level sail battleship of the Ming Army is not an ordinary sail battleship, but a sail battleship with an iron ribbed wooden hull.
This battleship's ribs, load-bearing structure, and many important parts are all made of steel castings.
In particular, the unloading device used to withstand the recoil force of artillery fire has been reinforced with steel castings.
Therefore, the Ming army's fourth-level sailing battleships can withstand the guns of the third-level sailing battleships.
Just as the Dutch were fighting the Ming Dynasty's blocking warships, the Ming army's main fleet also caught up.
The Dutch were surrounded on the battlefield, and the Ming Dynasty's encirclement was still tightening little by little.
The gun windows on the side of the ship were opened, and the naval guns poured out firepower wantonly.
The roar of heavy artillery resounded throughout the sea!
Cannonballs were fired mercilessly at the Dutch warship.
Solid cannonballs hit the hull of the ship, sending sawdust flying.
The fire and smoke produced by the explosion of the explosive bomb obscured everyone's sight.
On the current battlefield, it is basically the Dutch who are being fired unilaterally.
On the sea not far away, on the Witney, which raised a white flag to express surrender, Liszt looked at the battlefield over there and his mouth grew wide.
"The firepower of the Ming Kingdom fleet is so strong..."
Liszt said blankly.
He was shocked by the intensity of the Ming army's firepower.
On warships of the same tonnage level, the naval guns on Ming warships were far superior to those of the Dutch in terms of caliber, power, and range accuracy.
After the two sides met on the battlefield, it was simply a dimensionality reduction attack!
After the British surrendered, the Witney was taken over by Ming sailors, and Lister and others were controlled.
But everyone's eyes were still focused on the battlefield, watching helplessly as the Ming warships beat up the Dutch.
The gun windows on the Dutch's side were all blown out!
Even the artillery in the gun window was disabled.