C1814 The Nightmare of the Dutch Warship

The clock showed four more hours. When Liang Kun led the Second Battalion of soldiers to snatch the stalls, Xiao Letian gently put down the binoculars. He knew that there was no suspense for the Baran River anymore.

Under his command, the Zhiyuan Warship left the main fleet, and the single battleship moved southeast, heading straight for Sribagh Bay at full speed.

At this time, only two old Dutch Wind Sail frigate were able to resist. As for the rest of the so-called "King of Earth" ships, they were actually lumber boats and a few sailors.

The Netherlands used to be a star country in the The Age of Great Navigation. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the Netherlands was the most important European power in Asia to replace the Portugal.

There was a time when the Taiwan Island was under the control of the Dutch until Zheng successfully liberated Taiwan.

The nineteenth century was a declining era for the Netherlands. After the Anglo-Dutch War, the Dutch maritime interests were greatly plundered by the British, and the sea horse-driver was no longer as glorious as he was in the past.

However, the Hundred Feet Worm did not die. In the past, there were still some people in the Dutch, such as the East Indies, which was the era of Indonesia. There were also many Dutch colonies in the southern part of the Borneo and most of Malaysia.

In the eyes of those ignorant kings, the Dutch colonists were undoubtedly very strong. If they could get the Dutch to send troops for help in the war, they would definitely win.

However, how could they know that the Chinese would even dare to attack France and the territories of Russia? What was the use of inviting a small country like the Netherlands?

The Swordfish and Flying Dweller were two sail frigate s who had been in service for nearly 50 years. On the teak deck, there was a pure white sail and a rope as dense as a spider web. One could tell the vicissitudes of these two battleships just by looking at how long the wood was encased in the slurry.

The oldest sailor on the warships had even seen the First Opium War passing by the South Sea. By that time, the two warships had already been in service for more than 20 years.

Old Ship, Old Soldier, Old General... Everyone said that man was old and mature, and this old object would probably have some spiritual nature even if it was old. However, the captain of the Swordfish ship Ma Erweike could keenly feel the strangeness of the battleship beneath his feet.

There was even a strange cracking sound coming from the middle dragon bone. In the morning, when Sailor put down the secondary sails, there was an accident, and one of the sailors had his ankle tied up by a rope and flew in the air for a quarter of an hour.

Amongst all the arms of different countries in the world, the navy was actually the most superstitious army. This superstitious tradition was inherited from the The Age of Great Navigation, and at that time, the sailors all had their own set of experience.

The aged ship had intelligence, many sailors agreed, even Captain Ma Erweike was no exception.

From yesterday onwards, he had a bad feeling about this until today, when the Chinese started their offensive under heavy rain, which made the old captain even more terrified.

In the morning of the war, the two captains began to sail without the permission of the King of Earth, increasing the speed of the ship as it cruised down the bay and gradually moved towards the mouth of the bay.

Although those local kings would call them cowards, but who would care about the curses from these monkeys?

Time passed second by second, at 3.15 in the afternoon, lookout hand on the ship suddenly found a strange sound shadow in the heavy rain curtain of the sea.

"Eleven o'clock direction …" Has Smoke Belt... It's a steamboat... Speed: 11 Sections... "A visual estimation …"

Due to the war, there had not been a cruise in the Brunei Area for a long time. Now, other than the cruise ship that was used to transport tourists, the other battleship was the battleship.

"Prepare for battle, prepare for battle!" Full sail north... Ride T Header Shooting Position... "Artillery Chief, get ready for battle …" One by one, orders were given, and the Flying Man and the Swordfish burst out of the mouth of the bay and into the open sea, ready to make a run for it.

This was actually a very accurate tactic, the battle in the bay could not display the mobility of the battleship, the Dutch's battleships were old and weak, there were only a few rifled cannons, and the rest of the cannons were musket s.

With this kind of equipment, if they were to compete with the enemy, even if they won, they would suffer heavy losses. Since the other party had pulled out a smoke belt, it meant that it was a steam power ship.

The only thing he could do was to rush out of the bay and take a quick detour across the sea. It was almost time for the Sky Sea. As long as he circled around until the sun set, the paying earthen kings would have a chance to escape.

The Chief Engineer only has 3000 ounces of gold. Do you really think that we will help you win the war? I'll let you delay it for a few more hours, so that you'll be able to escape.

Dutch already felt that he was very loyal, but those local tyrants didn't understand. Seeing the two ships escaping out of the bay, his first thought was that they were going to be deserters, this group of Dutch large nose really didn't know how to accept money.

"Shameless!" This bunch of European white dogs, taking money but not doing anything... Bastard! "Shameless …" The earthen king and soldiers who were left by the sea were cursing loudly.

Captain Ma Erweike did not care about the cursing of the native monkeys, he was fully focused on the black dot in the telescope now. As the outline became clearer, a horrifying guess surfaced in his mind.

"My God! Captain, look... This is a battleship … Why is there a double-barreled cannon on the bow... It seems to be a pure Steel battleship … "

lookout hand's roar shattered Ma Erweike's last bit of fantasy, he threw down the binoculars and roared out, "Not good …. It's a Zhiyuan ship! Drop the sails, stop preparing for battle... The standard-bearer sent an inquiry! "

The thing that Ma Erweike was most worried about had finally happened. If there was anything major in the world's navy in the years 1868 and 1869, then Zhiyuan Warship's sudden appearance would definitely be an explosion.

As a warship Captain, he could obtain all kinds of information from the Home Country at any time. Due to the Holland's current practice of neutralism and relationships with all the major powers, their intelligence was still very accurate.

English and French and the other nations were also willing to share information with the Netherlands. What kind of battleship was the Zhiyuan Warship and what it had done was too clear to Captain Ma Erweike.

"God, how can we use Zhiyuan Warship in such a war against Borneo? Isn't that the Chinese flagship? Could Xiao Letian have come personally? "

"Pure steel deck, 210 caliber muskets, steam power... Hunting countless French Merchant Shipping in the Atlantic Ocean, a battleship attacking the Dakar at night, reversing the situation of the war in the South America's Great Ocean … and fought a battle between the Minjiang Estuary and the Sha Russia Empire, and also cooperated with the army to defeat the Sha Russia Empire … "

"Dammit! Why am I so unlucky? Why did I encounter this battleship!?"

Looking at the creaking sails beneath his feet, Ma Erweike painfully closed his eyes. "There's no way to fight against this …"