Chapter 272: Chaos in Batavia Port
is awesome!
Zuo Liangyu, who was sitting in the boat, could see clearly, a small group of mushroom cloud fires rose up at the rudder position, and the violent explosion almost lifted the boat off the water!
A big hole was blown out in the back of the ship. Not only did six hundred kilograms of gunpowder blast through the bottom tank, but also the upper storage deck was blown through. Cold sea water poured in turbulently, because there was no watertight tank, things went hurriedly. , And no one was pumping water to do pipe damage work, and the sea water was unstoppable to fill the bottom tank and storage compartment!
Even if the boat is a little far away from the boat, I feel the blast coming, making the boat sway.
When the boat was rowing out 100 meters, I saw the boat sinking!
The entire Batavia port was alarmed. The crew of each ship ran up to the open deck in a panic, disheveled, armed with guns, lit lights and torches, trying to find out what happened.
"Go ahead!" Zuo Liangyu calmly, commanded the boat to drive out of the light of the opponent's boat. The opponent was chaotic, and they couldn't find them coming in.
No one can be found. What the Dutch saw was that the Poseidon was sinking!
The hole that was blown out was too big, and the open deck of Poseidon was already level with the water in a short while!
Fortunately, half of the people were on the shore, but many people sleeping on the gun deck did not escape.
When the water entered, the captain of the Poseidon stayed in the captain's cabin to sleep. He was so drunk that he couldn't wake up or lift the ship, so he sank with his ship.
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Governor Speke heard the news that the Poseidon was bombed, and said that he could not find the enemy. It might be that he had sunk himself. He shook his head and said, "It must be the Ming man who came to destroy it!"
He ordered the patrol boats to be dispatched immediately, and at the same time all the boats must be on guard-the order was communicated, the patrol boats were dispatched, but the boats were not so obedient. Look at the darkness around, most of the people went back to sleep .
Even Governor Speke has gone back to sleep, what can I do without sleeping.
The enemy is not too big, and he cannot replace rescue and patrol.
In fact, he wanted to call the ship out of the port to search, but thinking about the virtues of his men, it was better to think about it.
The two patrol boats circled the sunken ship in vain, watching its masts still on the water. At that time, there was no rescue capability, and we had to look at the situation until dawn.
Only a few people escaped, at least two hundred people were inside, but unfortunately it was the inferior sailors, most of the Dutch officers escaped-----they were on the shore when the ship was lying in the harbor. Drink, go back to the boat to sleep at dawn.
The other two patrol boats were brightly lit to check in the harbor, but Zuo Liangyu was very smart to let the boat paddle gently, and stayed out of each other's light and shadow, so that they could not find it.
The port is very large, and the opponent is not a professional army. It is a little careless. When I passed by, I didn't find the boat with its head down.
It seemed as if a boat was blinded, and the Southeast Army all cried out: "Mazu bless you!"
"Mazu blindfolded their eyes!"
"Be careful, paddle slowly!" Zuo Liangyu whispered, teaching the two oars to paddle gently. The others did not move, entered the water silently, and left against the direction of the patrol boat.
After the opponent came and went for a few laps, he slackened and returned to shore, which made the Southeast Army very grateful.
However, it is difficult to escape, because two patrol boats are parked near the entrance of the port, their lights are always shining on the exit, and there is always someone standing guard there.
Zuo Liangyu gently paddled and waited patiently.
It's almost dawn!
In the darkness before dawn, Kaohsiung 8 arrived!
"Who?" The two patrol boats guarding the port only looked inside the port, and it was too late to hear the movement outside the port.
Under the command of Officer Hong Xi, Kaohsiung 8 moved horizontally, parallel to the two patrol boats, and then the 14 side cannons fired in sequence.
Under the 18-pound gun, a patrol boat was hit in the bow of the spacecraft!
They are excellent targets. The lights are brightly lit, and they really seem to be hitting a night target. The Kaohsiung No. 8 fired in a row and hit twelve shots!
The patrol ship was in chaos, and when the other party was approaching, the figure of the cruise ship was revealed, and all were shocked.
On the patrol boat there were only small cannons. Wherever it came in handy, not far from the shore, they simply dived to escape.
Kaohsiung No. 8 ignored them, changed its course, and swaggered in.
Zuo Liangyu is overjoyed and immediately urges everyone to paddle!
They light up the small lamp and shake it.
The first task of Kaohsiung 8’s arrival in the port was to catch them back, so both sides used force to bring the ships closer.
When the two sides got close, Zuo Liangyu and others climbed up the rope ladder. How many people started and how many people returned!
Official Hong Xi was determined that he didn't even want the boat. After putting a waterproof document on the boat, he fired on both sides!
"Fire! Fire, free fire!"
"Hit hit hit!"
It was a happy time. They drove into the harbor, and enemy ships were moored everywhere, and they were all fighting!
A rare opportunity!
The Kaohsiung 8 launched a crazy shelling. When it approached the enemy ship, the platoon of guns blasted it over, and the middle one stood upside down!
Closer, the armored grenadier threw a five-kilogram "bomb", blowing up a large swath of people on the enemy ship.
Then the official Hong Xi shouted: "Guinea pig, your grandpa Hong is here to kill you!"
"Official Hong Xi of the Southeast Fleet of the Southeast Mansion of Daming is here, who dares to fight with Grandpa and me!"
The officers and soldiers on the Kaohsiung No. 8 roared and shouted at the slaughter of guinea pigs. They beat drums and gongs, shot and fired artillery.
The entire Batavia port is panicked and chaotic. The Dutch say that it sounds good are the veterans of sailing, and that that sounds bad is the mob!
Some of them disembarked and fled ashore, while others set off to try to leave the vortex of chaos. In the chaos, the "Amsterdam" with 40 cannons fired on the Kaohsiung No. 8 but accidentally wounded the opposite Xiao The "Ulisi Marsh" with only 22 tonnage guns.
The officers and soldiers on the Kaohsiung No. 8 saw the Armstrong fire, and it fought extremely violently.
has fully demonstrated the ability of artillery veterans!
Soon, the Dutch ship on the opposite side banged loudly, and the hull exploded, like a firework explosion, and it was so spectacular that all people and things flew into the sky!
Immediately after that, the Dutch ship that was shot overturned suddenly, and the deck of the ship was at an angle of forty-five degrees to the surface of the water.
"It was hit in the gunpowder depot!" The officers and soldiers on the Kaohsiung No. 8 couldn't believe their eyes~www.wuxiaspot.com~ They asked Hong Xi's official: "Are you Mazu's son-in-law?"
Hong Xiguan himself is not sure about it: "It's possible, I have to go back and ask my mother-in-law, what's wrong with her daughter when she was born..."
Not only that in the chaos, the big ship "Dolphin" ran away, but squeezed the other ship, "Parrot", which was also sailing. Parrot couldn't help but hit the shore. side.
In the harsh rubbing sound, it could not move and was stranded!
What is even more outrageous is that the Dutch ship "Ester" and the Dutch ship "Angel" fired at each other. It turned out that the "Ester" fired on the Kaohsiung 8 and "missed" the "Angel". The captains of the two ships did not previously And, the captain of the "Angel" was furious, thinking that the other party intends to take the opportunity to fight Taiping, and immediately fired back and attacked the "Ester"!
The captain of the "Ester" has not completely sobered up, and he was on fire when he saw it, and he immediately had a good time with the "Angel"!
The officers and soldiers of Kaohsiung No. 8 were demented: "Hey, okay, your opponent is us!"
Thanks to the reporter Xu Jin on the 8th in Kaohsiung. He studied oil painting and drew the first draft here. After returning, he made the masterpiece "The Chaos in Batavia Port", which realistically painted the scene of Batavia Port at that time. Ridiculous situation.
In the painting, both the "Este" and the Dutch ship "Angel" are firing, but they are shooting at each other, while the Kaohsiung 8 is on the side, and the "Poseidon" sinks and the "Ulisi Marsh" Dumping, the "Parrot" ran aground, the "Dolphin" fled outside the port, but no shot was fired on the shore (its artillery was facing overseas and the port was wrong), and it caught fire everywhere. Some Dutch people were shouting while they were falling into the water. While the hands are still on the sea...
Amidst the groaning of the Dutch, it finally dawned!
