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In an instant, more than a dozen rockets from the three small boats, with brilliant tail flames, whistled towards the enemy warships.
Boom! Boom boom boom...
There was a violent explosion, with balls of fire rising into the sky. The two warships under Vernado's command suffered a devastating blow in an instant. The tall masts crashed down, and wooden planks flew like rain in the flames.
One of the armed merchant ships in front was hit by as many as four rockets. The hull could not withstand such a heavy blow and was torn into two by the violent shock wave. A huge fire broke out, and the broken hull was suddenly filled with seawater and sank at an alarming speed.
Many Dutch people on the ship were killed or wounded. Those who were lucky enough not to be killed saw the broken warship sinking rapidly. They screamed in panic like headless flies and jumped into the sea with rolling black waves.
Vernado turned a blind eye to this. At this moment, his heart was as hard as stone.
He had long known that even if the Qin army was trapped in a desperate situation, it would not be easy to surrender.
They are ferocious tigers. Even if they are trapped temporarily, their fangs and claws are still there. They will fight to the end and may even end up with both sides suffering losses.
Vernado never dared to hope that the Qin army would surrender without paying any price. For the victory and for the hegemony in the Indian Ocean, Vernado was ready to pay enough price. Therefore, when two armed merchant ships were sunk, he didn't even frown.
"Order, get closer and attack with all your strength!"
Vernado calmly gave the order. Now the Tiger was trapped, and the battleship in the middle was blocked, so they could only worry. Only the battleships at the front and rear ends could counterattack sideways, and there was not much room for maneuver. They were like fixed targets. This was the best opportunity for Vernado, and perhaps the only opportunity.
The Dutch warships sailed downwind and kept approaching. Tongues of fire and deafening roars were like enchanting magic fire in the night. The light rain that came over the sky and overwhelmed the sea, stirring up splashes of water. The Qin soldiers on the small boats were hit one after another, and their limbs were torn off their bodies. The blood rain was flying, and the heroic scene made the ghosts and gods cry and the heaven and earth dizzy.
Li Yi's face was covered with blood from his comrades. He howled in the firelight, with only his teeth left. He desperately pulled away the remains of his comrades and pulled out the rocket from underneath. The rocket was soaked in the blood of his comrades and was slippery. With a "chi!" sound, Li Yi suddenly tore off his robe, quickly wiped the bloody rocket, and then installed it on the rocket launcher.
Puff! The raging marbles hit the remains of his comrades. The flying pieces of flesh splashed all over his face again, and he could hardly open his eyes. "Ah, red-haired ghosts. Grandpa is not afraid of you. Come on! Come on! Hit me! If you don't hit me, Grandpa will kill you..."
Li Yi seemed to have gone insane. He was in a state of madness, roaring hysterically, but his hands were moving fast. Chirp! Another dazzling flame rose into the air, shooting towards the enemy warship with endless anger.
Boom! This shell hit Vernado's flagship exactly, and the entire middle of the battleship was blown away by the fierce fire. The fierce explosion shook the earth.
Vernadine's flagship was like being pressed down hard by an invisible giant hand. The keel made a crackling sound and the Dutch soldiers on the ship were either blown into the air or engulfed by the raging fire. The scene was like hell on earth.
Vernado was thrown up by the violent shock wave and hit the tilted bulkhead fiercely. Bang! With a startling sound, Vernado's body hit the bulkhead and rolled down. A torn piece of wood pierced his back, and blood gushed out.
"General Vernado!"
"Your Excellency General!"
“… … .”
The surviving soldiers in the cabin rushed over and helped Vernado up. Not only was Vernado's back pierced by the wood, but the violent impact also caused blood to flow out of his mouth.
"This... is our last... chance. Pass my order... We must not give up, we must not retreat, we must fight... until every last soldier is gone, and we must destroy the Qin fleet here..."
With blood constantly oozing from his mouth, Vernado gave his last order with difficulty, then fainted amid the panicked shouts of his men.
Ke Chenshu has already raised the Golden Dragon Flag, which is an order for a fight to the death, so the Qin army should charge forward without hesitation and fight the enemy to the death.
Trapped in this narrow sea area, the warships inside were blocked by the warships outside and could not fire at all. They could only watch anxiously as the warships outside fought bloody battles with the enemy. The enemy fleet seemed to have gone crazy, constantly approaching, with continuous artillery fire and bullets raining down.
The outer warships were bearing heavy blows, some of their masts were broken, their towers were destroyed, and they were blasted to pieces, looking horrible, but the artillery on the lower decks was still firing back desperately;
Some of the guns had no time to cool down before they could be loaded and fired, and their entire barrels exploded, starting a huge fire in the ship, which in turn detonated the propellant in the cabin. Amid a series of violent explosions, the superstructure was completely blown away, and the raging fire quickly engulfed the entire battleship.
The people on the inner warships saw these tragic scenes and were filled with hatred and rage. Everyone was like trapped tigers, roaring and snarling constantly and running around in panic.
The Dongting ship was unwilling to be trapped, so it explored westward alone and ran aground again; the Baiyang ship explored eastward and hit a reef; the Xihu ship continued to explore southwest after the Dongting ship and ran aground... ...
It seems that all the ways out are blocked, which is a desperate thing, but despair cannot save the ocean-going fleet. No help will be provided by such meaningless exploration, running aground and hitting reefs.
As bad news came one after another, Ke Chenshu gritted his teeth, slammed his fist on the table, and shouted: "Come one by one, turn around! Go back the way you came and break through with all your strength!"
“Yes!”
The safe zone in this sea area is too narrow. The Qin army's clipper warships are sixty meters long, not to mention the two treasure ships. It is not easy to turn around in this narrow sea area.
Now the only way is to do this. The warships try to get as close as possible to clear more sea area, and then turn around one by one. This is a maddeningly slow process. The enemy's warships are constantly approaching, and the rumbling artillery fire is almost covering the middle position where the two treasure ships are.
The enemy's artillery could continue to extend inward, but the Qin army warships were close together, one blocking the other. Except for one ship on the outer edge that could fire back, the others could only stare blankly.
Boom! Boom!
Boom! Boom!
The enemy's artillery shells continued to pour down, and the crowded Qin warships became a huge target. As long as the enemy's shells left the ship, they could almost hit the Qin warships. One shell after another continuously penetrated the deck, hit the sails, and destroyed the ship's tower. One by one, the young Qin soldiers turned into a heroic soul in the enemy's artillery fire, and remained forever in the vast Indian Ocean.
Several hang gliders that had successfully flown into the sky were swept down by the howling sea breeze and fell into the sea before they could fly over the enemy ships, without even firing a single shell.
The Qin army's rockets had a range of only about 200 steps. During the artillery battle between the two sides, they could not reach the enemy ships at all, unless the enemy ships continued to approach, and approach...
The night is long, the wind is strong, and the waves are fierce. At this moment, countless enemy artillery fire is raging like thunder and rain. This is the most difficult moment for the ocean-going fleet. Most warships can only endure the enemy's bombardment, with life and death hanging by a thread.
It turned around. The first spaceship finally turned slowly. Ke Chenshu then ordered another treasure ship captained by Li Mu to turn around. The treasure ship was huge and it was even more difficult to turn around. It took Li Mu most of an incense stick of time before he finally turned around.
Li Mu requested Ke Chenshu to break out first and force out the Dutch fleet that was hiding behind the fleet. After getting Ke Chenshu's permission, Li Mu's treasure ship and three other clipper ships sailed fast with the wind and rushed towards the thirty elite warships of Aquidne that blocked their retreat.
The sails were filled with strong wind, and the waves were split by the bow like wings.
There were thirty enemy ships, and hundreds of shells whizzed in at a time. On the warships and on the sea, the bullets rained down like rain, it was thrilling. Li Mu drew his command knife and commanded four warships to charge forward in the rain of bullets and with the wind. The enemy ships were blocking the way ahead like a wall, but Li Mu did not hesitate for a moment and rushed forward, even if it was a direct collision, he would crash his way out a bloody path.
Artillery fire roared, people shouted, the sea roared, and the vast Indian Ocean witnessed a desperate breakout battle, a bloody and extremely tragic battle... ...
Closer and closer, the treasure ship, as huge as a mountain, was hit all over, but it still came straight at us with the wind. Holland's eyes were filled with fear, and he screamed... (To be continued...)
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