The schooner did not rescue the middle lane as soon as possible. Batavia and other fleets had already gathered in the middle lane to give the Hutchison warship a fatal blow to the opposite Hutchison warship.

Song Ke noticed that the eight-slurry boats had already rowed back, and he felt a little relieved.

If the Baji boat is filled with arson, tincture oil, explosives, etc., and then hook the stern or bow of the boat, and explode and catch fire, it will be a huge trouble. Of course, there will be casualties and injuries, and it will be difficult for people on the boat to escape under the explosion. It seems that the Chinese are not so cruel.

But his attention was quickly attracted by the bottom. More than ten Chinese boats sailed out of the sea. Some were larger, about ten meters long, and some were smaller, only about five or six meters in size. The small boats were no different from ordinary Chinese junglers, with three masts and sails, but the big boats were very different. The bows in front and the deck were connected together, and the rear tail building was also very short, like an oval shape. The overall image was like a fat bird soaked in water, which looked a bit funny.

Song Ke's eyes were cold and ruthless, and he had no intention of feeling funny at all!

This bird boat is not an ordinary Chinese ship. The three main masts are the same as ordinary blessed ships. Two masts are added in front and back. The five masts are of different heights and are erected in pieces.

Chinese ships are originally focused on handling, and they are relatively simple. If you run long distances, you are not as good as those of sailing boats. However, when you run short distances in the offshore, their load-loading and reliability are no worse than sailing boats, and the design of the watertight cabin is even more exquisite.

However, this is the era of heavy artillery ships. The design of watertight cabins cannot be equipped with artillery on both sides of the deck, so it cannot be adopted. After more than 200 years, the West began to adopt the design of watertight cabins on a large scale, which is also a huge contribution of the Chinese in the history of shipbuilding.

With the front and rear masts, and a streamlined hull, the advantages of this small sailboat with ten steps are very obvious. It is easy to control and has a fast speed. I just don’t know if Hutchison uses this ship as a fireboat?

Song Ke quickly shook his head... There is no need for fire ships to be so big. Fu Ship, which is about ten steps long, is barely enough to run overseas trade. Although he doesn't make much money, it is still very fast to go from Fujian to Japan. The risk of such small boats resisting wind and waves is greater. However, as long as they are not typhoon days, avoiding the big waves, there is no big problem in running Japan routes. This kind of boat is used as a fire ship. Song Ke doesn't think that Hutchison is so generous and can waste it like this.

However, those small boats between five and six steps may be real fire ships. When they are dozens of steps away, the people on the boat can escape from the sea. After that, the wind will take the boat forward quickly and rush into the hull of the big ship. The fire-induced objects on it have fuses, and it will catch fire and explode when it gets near the big ship... There are pirates of this kind of small fire ship, and there are also Fujian navy of the Ming Dynasty. Song Ke is not unfamiliar.

Although Song Ke did not have much pressure when he saw the bird ship and the small fire ship. In the middle, most of the main forces were gathered, mainly five warships. Hutchison sent too few small ships, and they might be hit if they couldn't get close. Even if they were not hit, the fire ships set fire cannot be as successful as they imagined. It may take two or three times to get fire to succeed, which will cause damage to the large ship. Hutchison's fire ships are not many, and in Song Ke's view, the threat is not very big.

On the other hand, Hutchison's middle lane is almost overwhelmed.

Three Garen ships moved in artillery fire. Although they were hit by multiple guns, they still moved the main force to the middle. Under the dense firepower, the Hutchison ships in the middle have been hit many times. Several Hutchison ships lined up on the sea were shot one after another. Wooden blocks flew under the shells. Under the briefly burning flames and thick smoke, the ships seemed riddled with holes. The scene was quite spectacular and shocking!

It was a very spectacular and beautiful scene. The army lined up and the gust of fire, the flying shells, and the damage caused by the shells to the perfect wooden hull, the blows, the scene of the shells roaring and hitting the hull, was really intoxicating.

Although he has been living at sea for many years and has experienced several naval battles, Song Ke is still fascinated by such a spectacular scene in front of him... Of course, it is also because the threat on the Hector he is in is not very threatening.

If it were on several ships that were already facing the jumping gang, Song Ke would not have such a leisurely mind.

The ones hooked by four sailboats were the House of Ningxinkru, the Lake of Aisai, and two armed merchant ships. The Hector was just west, so he was lucky not to be hooked.

However, the Dutch didn't see this way. There were many sailors constantly shouting and scolding, spitting into the sea. Of course, this was futile. The closest one was hundreds of steps away, and it was only when the saliva could fly over.

However, after the quilt was hooked, Hutchison did not jump to the first time, but instead lined up on the side.

Two or three squadrons of musketeers were concentrated on the side of each sailboat warship, and half of the squadrons jumped long soldiers or spearmen. Due to the side connection, the Dutch had fired from the tail building and the deck opposite. Amid the sound of musketeers, warriors with Hutchison were hit and fell down from time to time, and then a military officer came to drag the people away.

This was a very strange scene. Not only did Song Ke be stunned, but the sailors and soldiers on the warship were not much better. Many sailors opened their mouths wide and looked at the performance of Hutchison soldiers on the four sailing warships in front of them.

The other party was still lined up, and a group of soldiers quickly stood on the side of the ship with a light drum beat, even if a Dutchman was holding a gun and planning to shoot himself.

No hesitation, no pause, no fear or panic.

There were also tin soldiers in this era. Many people like to play with them. Song Ke also hid a set of things. He used his power to ask the company's craftsmen to ask someone to bring them back to his son.

Wherever those tin soldiers were placed, they were just loyal to their duties. Whether they were asked to move forward or backward, they just needed to do something. When playing with tin soldiers, people could easily feel that they were God's perspective, that is, they were God who controlled the life and death of soldiers. Even if they were killed or injured under the fire, the remaining tin soldiers were also referring to the east to attack the east and the west to attack the west.

Adults get tired of playing for a few times, because everyone knows that the real battlefield is not like this. People have selfish desires, and some are brave, some are timid, some are ahead of the enemy, and some are hesitant. Even if they are pirates who are fearless, they either go up in a turbulent manner or flee in a swarm of rushing and fleeing in a panic, and their morale will rise and vent quickly...

The Dutch's achievements in the army were quite limited, and they themselves did not know that in a few decades they would be defeated by the strictly trained French army, seriously weakening their strength. In this era, muskets appeared and were no longer a showdown of medieval knights. The era when a knight with a few servants could dominate a war has passed.

Western military science officially began the process of development, from the Swedish phalanx to Gustav’s achievements, the Spanish phalanx, and then the French Army, and finally to the peak of the emperor and the glory of the Prussian soldiers. In the next three hundred years, the tactic of queuing and shooting became the mainstream, and cold weapons were completely eliminated. Under the leadership of the officers, the entire rank of soldiers knew they would die, but they walked forward steadily with neat steps amid the drum beats. The entire rank of soldiers was knocked down by artillery and killed by muskets, and one by one, the rank of soldiers were beaten.

There is no one left, but the next square formation still needs to continue moving forward... What Hutchison put out is a complete three-row attack array of muskets. What is ridiculous is that Europe, the birthplace, has not yet completed its mature tactical concepts and practical operations. At least there is no such concept in the Dutch, who was originally weak in the army. When watching the merchant army in the array, these Dutchmen were either dazed and felt that the Ming soldiers were stupid, or they took the opportunity to fire a few more shots, taking the opportunity to weaken the strength of the merchant army.

All actions have nothing to do with the merchant army.

Wang Jingzhong was on the Sail Warship No. 1. These ships were consumables, so they did not name them according to the previous rules of Hutchison. Otherwise, they should have been named after the name of a guard, which would be a waste of time.

After Jiang Kui and Jezhnev made a decision, Wang Jingzhong and other middle-level officers were ordered to attack the enemy ships at all costs, annihilate the enemy, and capture the enemy ships. This war cannot turn into a futile stalemate. If the battle ends up unbeaten, it will still win for the Dutch, and for Hutchison.

Wang Jingzhong still remembers Jiang Kui's words: "All the generals are working hard, and anyone who hesitates, refuses, and retreats will be killed."

He smiled silently... Jiang Kui's qualifications were there, and he was qualified to say this, but he still felt a little aggrieved. Could it be that if he did something wrong once, he was really underestimated by others?

If Wang Jingzhong was not here, would Jiang Kui be so stern about the battalion-level commander brought by Li Shouxin? It wasn't because he had made a mistake that Jiang Kui deliberately wanted to hit him like this, so that everyone knew that if he violated the military law, even if he had fallen again, he would still be looked at with suspicious eyes.

Wang Jingzhong took a deep breath... He almost wanted to touch his temples, but when he looked in the mirror a few days ago, he saw that his temples were white. At his age, he had good nutrition and good maintenance and would not have gray hair at all. This gray hair was related to his mood a while ago.

"It's this time." Wang Jingzhong made a decision, and at the same time he pulled out his saber and stood on the left side of the first row on the side.

Beside Wang Jingzhong is the squadron commander, and the platoon commander, and the sergeant is the flag bearer and drummer. Once the officer orders, the sergeant will remind and order the flag bearer to dance the flag and drummers to beat the drumbeat. As for the rhythm and timing of attack and fire, of course, these experienced veterans will control it.

The officers have a general guide, and the detailed details are handled by the veterans.
Chapter completed!