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- The Dutch can only sigh helplessly
(0849)
Zambrotta¡¯s order gave the White Army Navy a chance. The Fourth Fleet and the Fifteenth Fleet took the opportunity to shorten the distance and increase their hit rate. At this time, the Spaniards had no intention of fighting and just wanted to escape. As a result, in the panic, Spanish warships collided with each other, each suffering damage. Some Spanish warships were unable to move and could only float and wait for death. Several more Spanish warships were hit, set on fire, and eventually sank.
The other Spanish warships realized that something was wrong and hurriedly retreated. They had already had a very painful fight with the Fifteenth Fleet. Now, a more ferocious fleet came. How could they dare to continue to support it? Even without Gianluca Zambrotta's order, they would have retreated without permission. Aren't they fools if they continue to stay even though the British have retreated?
However, it is not easy for the Spaniards to retreat. Because the sails of their warships are mostly square and square. Obviously, in a headwind situation, the square sail is not suitable for escape. When they first designed the battleship, the designers never thought that the main purpose of the battleship they designed was to escape.
Having no other choice, the captains of each battleship of the Spanish naval fleet had no choice but to give the order sadly, with all the troops under full sail, and retreat at high speed to the southwest. Only by retreating in this direction can the wind be favorable and the battleship's speed be increased to the limit. Unintentionally, the Spaniards followed Rafidi closely.
"Want to run?"
¡°It¡¯s not that easy!¡±
"Chase! Chase! Catch up immediately!"
The 15th Fleet of the White Army Navy immediately caught up.
When the opportunity comes to beat up the drowned dog, Wu Yunfeng will never let it go.
The Spanish warships that had broken up were completely non-threatening. As long as the navy in white coats caught up with them, they could be wiped out. The Spanish naval fleet has been completely defeated, and their morale has dropped to the bottom. No matter how powerful they are, they can't make a comeback. Such a one-sided battle was really the rarest opportunity for the Fifteenth Fleet, which was participating in a large-scale naval battle for the first time.
"Turn the whole army around!"
"Go to reinforce the Ninth Fleet!"
The Fourth Fleet did not participate in the pursuit. There is no need for them to compete with the Fifteenth Fleet for credit. With the Fifteenth Fleet catching up, the Spaniards should not have many battleships to escape. If the Fifteenth Fleet had better luck, they might even capture Gianluca Zambrotta alive. The Fourth Fleet turned again and attacked the Dutch fleet.
The main forces of the Western Combined Fleet encountered by the White Army Navy this time were the Dutch and the British. Among them, the Dutch have the largest number of warships. Now, the British were repelled, the Spanish also withdrew from the battlefield, and the only ones left were the Dutch. As long as the Dutch are defeated, the white navy will be victorious.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Before the Fourth Fleet joined the battlefield, it smelled the strong smell of gunpowder smoke.
The air seemed to be suffocating. The oxygen in the entire fighting area seemed to have been depleted by gunpowder. The smoke produced by the shelling was so thick that the oxygen from the outside could not be replenished. No matter which angle the sea breeze blows from, it cannot dissipate the strong smell of gunpowder smoke. There was no way, the artillery fire from both sides of the war was too dense and fierce.
In this naval battle, the Dutch dispatched hundreds of large warships. The person responsible for leading them is Admiral Derek, the number one figure in the Dutch Navy. This old guy named Derek is the backbone of the Dutch Navy. He has been fighting on the sea since he was five years old. So far, he has been fighting on the sea for a full sixty years.
Sixty years have been enough for Derek to experience countless big and small things and countless storms. Apart from anything else, his experience alone is unmatched by others. He has crossed more bridges than many people have walked. He has eaten more salt than many people have eaten rice. His life is a living textbook and history book.
In front of this veteran, even the tough British did not dare to show any signs of neglect. In the Netherlands, this veteran is even regarded as a god. Derek is indispensable for the Dutch Navy's achievements today and its ability to become a maritime overlord. Derek personally participated in the battle this time, which shows that the Dutchman has indeed used all his skills to press the bottom of the box.
The support for Derek in the Netherlands is also unprecedented. In order to defeat the white-coated navy, the Dutch simply tightened their belts, scrimped on food and expenses, and desperately increased the navy's military expenditures. In recent years, more than half of the Netherlands' domestic revenue has been invested in military expenditures for the navy, building a large number of giant warships.
In front of DerekUnder his command, there are hundreds of giant battleships. These warships are the latest designs, construction, and launches of the Dutch. The ones with the smallest displacement exceed 1,600 tons. The largest displacement exceeds 2,000 tons. Those with the smallest number of cannons have more than 90 cannons. The largest number of cannons is 108. The largest caliber gun could fire eighty-pound solid projectiles. They apply all the most advanced technologies mastered by the Dutch and represent the most powerful combat effectiveness of the Dutch Navy.
The opponent of the Dutch is the Ninth Fleet of the White Army Navy.
In terms of the time of formation, the Ninth Fleet is a relatively new force. It does not have the history and experience of the Fourth Fleet. Nor did it have the youth and inexperience of the Fifteenth Fleet. Overall, it's a pretty average fleet. It was so ordinary that other than its serial number, others basically didn¡¯t know much about this fleet.
Perhaps even the Ninth Fleet itself did not expect that the opponent they encountered was actually the most powerful Dutch. If free to choose its opponent, the Ninth Fleet is willing to choose the Spaniards. Among the British, Dutch, and Spanish, the Spanish navy is obviously the weakest. However, now that they have encountered it, the Ninth Fleet has not flinched. Under the leadership of fleet commander Cao Zhenggang, they launched a fierce battle with the Dutch.
The attack by the Dutch naval fleet was very violent. The Dutch Navy has more than a hundred large warships, while the Ninth Fleet only has thirty warships. The comparison of the two warships is more than three to one. If compared with tonnage, the ratio is even more disparate. As for the number of cannons, it goes without saying. The Dutch have hundreds of giant ships with nearly 10,000 artillery pieces. The ninth fleet of the White Army Navy has less than 500 artillery pieces.
Relying on the advantage of the number of battleships and artillery, Derek took up the posture of besieging the Ninth Fleet as soon as he launched the formation. He ordered the entire army to attack suddenly, trying to eat up the Ninth Fleet in one go as quickly as possible. He was determined to use his superior force to give the White Army and Navy a real disincentive and severely damage the morale of the White Army and Navy. As long as the White Navy's Ninth Fleet is successfully eliminated, the initiative in the battle will be in the hands of the Dutch.
Cao Zhenggang, the commander of the 9th Fleet of the White Army Navy, is not a fool either. Although he does not have as much knowledge as Chen Zhan or as famous as Chen Zhan, and the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Fleet do not have as much combat experience as the Fourth Fleet, but in the face of the crazy siege of the Dutch warships, the Ninth Fleet can still Be calm in the face of battle and respond calmly.
Cao Zhenggang ordered all the warships to be arranged in a circle, crowded together, with their muzzles facing outward. No matter which direction the enemy comes from, first greet them with a fierce artillery fire. To put it bluntly, this is a typical hedgehog strategy, the purpose is to make the enemy unable to attack. No matter how many enemy warships there are, the Ninth Fleet is already in an invincible position.
Sure enough, Cao Zhenggang¡¯s tactics made the Dutch feel very painful. The Ninth Fleet of the White Army Navy is really a hedgehog now, with sharp spikes all over the outside. If you are not careful, you will be stabbed all over your body. If the Dutch attack forcefully, they will definitely suffer heavy losses. But if we don't attack forcefully, we won't achieve our goal. If he retreats like this, Derek will not be able to lose his dignity, and the Netherlands will probably not be able to accept it.
"Let's attack!"
In the end, Derek had no choice but to order a storm.
The Dutch warships continued to charge forward desperately, trying to rush over and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the white-coated navy. This is their only chance to win. Objectively speaking, in terms of pure artillery battle, no matter how many Dutch warships there are, they are no match for the White Army Navy. But if there is a hand-to-hand fight, the Dutch's chances of winning will greatly increase.
Facing the crazy attack by the Dutch warships, the Ninth Fleet of the White Army Navy must of course fight back vigorously. The Dutch navy tried to engage in hand-to-hand combat, while the white navy tried to avoid hand-to-hand combat as much as possible. Like the Fifteenth Fleet, the Ninth Fleet has no other abilities but is pretty good at firing cannons. The cannon has a fairly high rate of fire and a good hit rate.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Bursts of fierce gunfire shook the nearby sea. The waves kept rolling and surging, as if there were giant monsters pushing underneath. The surging waves kept hitting the warships of both warring parties, rolling up waves of waves. After some waves broke, water droplets splashed directly onto the deck of the battleship. The thrust of the waves is also very powerful. Even a warship with a displacement of more than 1,500 tons is pushed from side to side.
Objectively speaking, the fighting spirit of the Dutch fleet is quite commendable. They faced the Ninth Fleet of the White Army Navy and were not at a disadvantage. Although they lost several battleships and hundreds of sailors, they still persisted in the attack. Even after hearing the news of the withdrawal of the British navy, the Dutch still insisted on attacking.?
Derek believes that as long as a Dutch warship successfully approaches and engages in hand-to-hand combat with the White Army Navy, the end of the White Army Navy will come. He estimated that at this time, there shouldn't be a long wait. After all, the Dutch have an absolute advantage in the number of battleships. Regrettably, however, the arrival of the Fourth Fleet broke this balance.
When in Nanyang, the main opponent of the Fourth Fleet was the Dutch Navy. The biggest opponent of the Dutch Navy is also the Fourth Fleet. It can be said that the Dutch Navy was chased by the Fourth Fleet from the east to the west, and from the Pacific to the Atlantic. It is conceivable what kind of sparks will be stirred up when the two meet.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Sure enough, when the two met, the intensity of the battle immediately escalated.
¡°Both the Fourth Fleet and the Dutch Navy showed their ability to press the bottom of the box and smashed the shells at each other like crazy. Regardless of whether it can hit the opponent, at least the speed of the artillery attack cannot be weaker than the opponent. This is a kind of momentum and an attitude, which seriously affects the morale of both parties. And morale is related to combat effectiveness.
Because the shells are consumed so quickly, all the spare shells in the magazine are used up, and they must be transported from the ammunition depot in the bottom cabin. Xu Canxu and others all joined the army carrying artillery shells. A grenade with a caliber of 75 mm weighs about 10 kilograms. Each ammunition box contains eight artillery shells, with a total weight of about eighty-five kilograms. Xu Canxu and others had to carry heavy ammunition boxes and climb up the stairs step by step from the bottom cabin.
The warships later designed by the White Army Navy have used equipment such as pulleys and gantry to help lift the shells to save manpower and improve efficiency. However, the flagship of the Fourth Fleet belongs to the first generation design type and is still primitive manual handling. Chen Zhan always felt that manually handling artillery shells was not necessarily a bad thing at all. At least, it can hone the perseverance and will of many sailors. At the same time, this is also the best way to exercise the centripetal force of the entire battleship.
Everyone knows what serious consequences there will be if there is not enough supply of artillery shells during the battle. Therefore, once the battle reaches its most intense stage and a large number of artillery shells are needed, all the soldiers from Commander Chen Zhan to the engine room will join the transport army without hesitation. At this time, there is no distinction between positions, military ranks, and duties. Everyone's identity is a porter. Everyone has to put their heads down and work hard.
From the beginning to the end of the battle, Xu Canxu ran back and forth a total of twelve times, carrying a total of ninety-eight artillery shells. There are many more porters like him, at least hundreds of them. There were many people carrying more shells than Xu Canxu. The artillery shells they carried were quickly fired. This shows how fierce the battle was.
Fortunately, the efforts of Xu Canxu and others are very fruitful. Under the cannon bombardment of the White Navy, the Dutch warships were continuously destroyed. Loud noises and bursts of fire are the best rewards for Xu Canxu and others.
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After two hours of fierce fighting, the Dutch finally couldn't bear it anymore.
Derek had to lament and lamented that there was no way to save the day. From the beginning of the war to the present, the Dutch have lost more than fifty warships. However, they still had no chance to get close to the warships of the White Army Navy, and they still had no chance to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
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