The Batavian fleet organized the battle lines in chaos, but this was completely emergency, sailing with the flagship Golden Lion as the formation, but it was completely incomparable to yesterday's formation. In fact, the sequences of Batavian's avant-garde, backbone and third defenders have been completely broken.

In the original Batavian fleet sequence, Harus carefully selected ships and arranged three major detachments. The formation principles were almost the same as those of the large fleet. He listed the strongest professional battleships in the vanguard fleet where the flagship was located, and the fastest warships, cruisers, Garen ships and smaller armed merchant ships were listed in the vanguard fleet. The vanguard and the vanguard fleet were the easiest to conduct assaults. The outcome of the war was determined by nature. The huge, bloated and slow East India sailboats were listed in the backbone of the entire fleet, but after a night of chaos (it was impossible to navigate in line at night, and the raid anchorages could not be a long snake formation), the sequence of the Batavian fleet had long been disbanded.

After the fleet was revealed in the early morning, Harus ordered an emergency line of battle lines. Without the complete formation principles and disciplines of the United States Navy, nor the professional qualities of the large fleet, the Batavian fleet followed the simplest formation principles, taking flagships as the leader, those with fastnesses were given priority, and those with slownesses were given later. This led to the slowest armed transport ships becoming the de facto backbone fleet. What's more terrifying is that these slower armed transport ships were still the key targets of yesterday's naval battle. They were severely damaged and lagging behind in sailings.

Although the chaotic formation dug the first shovel of soil for the burial of Batavian fleet, Harus had no choice. The number of ships in the Batavian fleet was too large, and the maneuvering tactics such as transfer, assault, and retreat all night made the position of all ships uncontrollable. When the Batavian fleet was confirmed to have been blocked by the Golden Lion and appeared in the pilot ship position, nearly half an hour had passed. If the conservative group was organized according to the original sequence, the Batavian fleet would definitely be caught up before the formation was completed. Although the current formation was chaotic, it could be formed during navigation. At least when the battle was born, the Batavian fleet would face the enemy in battle lines.

Before five minutes, the Dragon Fleet and the Eagle Fleet had already caught up with the flagship Golden Lion of the Batavian Fleet. However, Li Mingxun did not order fire, but ordered the two fleets to continue to advance with the Batavian Fleet. The purpose was to suppress their progress and let their battle lines collapse on their own. However, Harus quickly understood. Seeing that the battle lines of various armed ships were getting bigger and bigger and almost broken, Harus issued an order to fight to receive the enemy. The sailors in the Batavian Fleet began to adjust their sails and welcome the enemy with combat sails.

Seeing that the plan was not successful, Li Mingxun also issued a combat order to respond to the battle. For a moment, the sailors on the ship were busy and sand was spilled on the deck. The sailors tied up the hammock where they were sleeping with ropes and stuffed them into an iron rack on the side of the enemy to enhance defense. The gunpowder monkey shuttled through the ammunition compartment and artillery deck to extract more gunpowder and artillery shells. The fire control officer responsible for commanding the artillery deck to check all the artillery on the side.

Before seven o'clock, the battle began. With the last round of bells, all sailors of the Dragon Fleet and the Eagle Fleet were on the open decks of the Dragon Fleet and the Eagle Fleet and all sailors entered the artillery deck or cabins to stand by. According to the principle of naval combat, open-air deck artillery shall not be used unless necessary (battleships are not directly established). The excess sailors are on standby and have to use light weapons such as a coercion.

The Batavian fleet is different, and it is still in a messy and old-fashioned manner. In order to enhance vitality, it stacks artillery on the open-air deck, such as the flagship Golden Lion. It was originally just a warship with a full load displacement of about 1,200 tons, with fifty-eight artillery pieces. However, in order to increase firepower, ten light artillery pieces were added to the originally cramped artillery deck, which not only caused a significant reduction in sailing efficiency, but also forced more gunners to stand on the dangerous open-air deck. Not only the gunners and assisted sailors, but some 6-fighters also used gunners to fight with muskets, which was completely meaningless.

With the issuance of the combat order, the Eagle Fleet and the Dragon Fleet launched the first round at a distance of less than 400 meters from the target, attacking the top ten warships of the Batavian Fleet. Among them, the Serial No. 2 Guardian was the most unlucky. The warship was facing the attack of two battleships, Yongning and Xuanwu. The Guild was just an ordinary warship with a displacement of 900 tons and a fifty-two artillery. It had suffered such strong firepower there, not to mention that it had suffered a lot of damage in the battle with the Humpback Whale yesterday. The Golden Lion was also like falling into the abyss at this time, and was also attacked by two battleships, and it was two flagships.

At the moment of the battle order, the commander-in-chief of the Eagle Fleet, Li Beiji, ordered the Batavian fleet to open fire and approach the Batavian fleet. In the combat sequence, the Eagle Fleet, which has twelve main battleships, has the most free authority. It does not have to be restrained for the safety of the Yuan, and the fleet in the upper wind direction does not have to worry about the clamping attack caused by the maneuver of the enemy fleet.

As the Eagle Fleet approached, the first twelve warships of the Batavian Fleet were all attacked, and the first six were even attacked on both sides. The moment Harus knew that under such attacks, the vanguard fleet could not hold on, so he ordered the vanguard fleet to attack.

At this time, most of the so-called guard fleets were scattered in the backbone of the armed transport ships. There were eleven ships of the guard fleet that were concentrated, including two cruise ships, four 700 to 900-ton Garen ships, and four relatively lighter merchant ships. The flagship was the flagship Van Witt, the former commander of the Ceylon Fleet, Djot. This should be the most powerful ship in the Batavian fleet, with a platoon of 1,300 tons. After strengthening, it was equipped with 72 artillery pieces. It was joined by the East India Company after the end of the Thirty Years War, and the ship was relatively new.

In fact, Harus had long looked at the ship. When forming the Batavian fleet, he proposed to use this ship as the flagship and give the Golden Lion to Djot as the flagship of the guard fleet. Although he had obtained the approval of the East Indies Commission, he was opposed by all the officers and soldiers of the Van Witt. The captain of the Van Witt even admitted that if Harus used this ship as the flagship, he could not guarantee that the crew would not suffocate him in the cabin. In fact, the reason was very simple. The Van Witt was built and used by the Navy of Zeland Province, and later snatched away by the Dutch fleet, but the main officer on the ship was from Zeland Province. In the end, Harus failed.

This situation is very common in the United Republic of the Netherlands. The five admiral departments of this country are constantly fighting each other. Even in the British-Dutch war that concerns the survival of the country, they will use mutiny to threaten the commander who does not belong to their hometown to board the ship. The Netherlands has never been united and does not advocate unity.

General Djot opposes Harrus' strategy from the beginning, especially the attack last night, but in the end he was a senior official and crushed people to death. However, Djot did not dare to neglect at this time. As an experienced naval general, he knew very well that he had reached a critical moment of life and death.

After receiving the flagship order, Djot ordered his fleet to advance with his flagship Van Witt to fight. After the fleet was full of sails, the degree reached more than three quarters, and the greater the battle sail was below 15 quarters. At this time, the Kirin Fleet was still in the rear before it arrived. Djot was able to lead the fleet through the gap between the Kirin Fleet and the Dragon Fleet, and came to the downwind of the Dragon Fleet, and use the advantage of the advantage, and catch up quickly.

Li Mingxun did not expect the Batavian fleet to react like this, but he also knew that defeating the strongest opponent of the Eastern Navy did not have to pay a price. There were always people who had to make sacrifices. Li Mingxun did not shirk this responsibility. In fact, when the Dragon Fleet was in a downward direction, the ending was already destined. This is also the reason why Li Beiji rushed and attacked. Only by killing the Batavian fleet that was attacked can some of the threats to the Dragon Fleet be lifted.

However, Li Mingxun would not sit still and wait for death. When he was attacking the Batavian Warriors with the Eagle Fleet just now, the powerful artillery volley had already helped the Eagle Fleet establish an advantage. After a round of mobilization on the artillery deck, Li Mingxun ordered the communication officer to raise the training flag: Yuan and everyone!

What Li Mingxun didn't know was that when he went to mobilize the artillery deck, the chief of staff in the fleet commander and the captain of the Qinglong and the guards had already met and discussed. Once an unfavorable situation occurred, the Qinglong moved forward as a sail and left the battlefield, and the Xuanwu, the second ship of the Serial No. 2, took over the command of the Dragon Fleet (the Chief of Staff will be transferred to the Xuanwu at this time). For this reason, the captain deployed thirty sailors in the cabin and was ready to drive the sail at any time. The 6th team of the ship took out the sailor axe and was ready to cut off the ropes thrown by the enemy ship at any time.

After the training flag was raised, Li Mingxun returned to the combat room and directed the captain to maneuver. When Djot's fleet turned to the downwind of the Dragon Fleet, Li Mingxun issued two orders, one was to turn with Djot and to distance himself from the Batavian Fleet. The second was to order the Kirin Fleet to advance quickly, join the battle line, form a large fleet, and the Dutch armed merchant ships that occupied a large number also joined the assault ranks.

Although the fleet turned, the Dragon Fleet was still shooting the Batavian Warriors on the port side, continuing to increase their advantages for the Eagle Fleet. The second order was to order the Kirin Fleet to cover. After all, the Eagle Fleet and the Dragon Fleet were both in combat sailing state, and their degree was not as good as those armed merchant ships.

Seeing that the Dragon Fleet chose to evade, Harrus turned right desperately, trying to lean on the Dragon Fleet, it would be best to be able to fight on the sidelines and tie the fleet to him. Although the final outcome would definitely go to hell together, Harrus still felt that he was making a profit, at least the two Arizona-class battleships could buy six Golden Lions.

The right turn of the vanguard fleet caused the first Dutch ship to sink since the battle line duel. This ship is the guild of the Serial No. 2. The starboard side of the guild was repeatedly damaged in yesterday's battle. Now it was fired by Xuanwu several rounds, and there were seven or eight holes. Because the battlefield was in a state of pinch, Xuanwu could not help but hurt the Yongning on the other side, and kept lowering the muzzle, shooting the side of the guild (in the downwind direction, shooting sailing gear is more favorable), and heavier thirty-two pounds.

Twenty-four-pound shells repeatedly hit the positions above the waterline of the Guild, causing the ribs to be damaged, and the cracks were already flooded on a large scale. When the Guild turned right with the Golden Lion, a disaster occurred. The excessive right tilt caused two holes on the waterline to submerge below the waterline. The Guild began to inject water on a large scale. When the Guild reacted, the waterline dropped by thirty centimeters because of too much water, resulting in a large amount of holes on the port side.

This port side hole was originally quite dangerous. It was located near the waterline. It was only because the Guild was located in the downwind of the Eagle Fleet. The Guild tilted to the right by the southwest wind, which made it above the waterline. Now it suddenly leveled, resulting in the inflow of water no longer being controlled. At the last moment of the Guild, the captain ordered the Guild to continue turning right and leaving the battle line to avoid blocking the warships behind. The next time he issued the order to abandon the ship, the Dutch fleet finally showed its professional side.

However, the incident of the Guild also sounded a wake-up call to Harrus. Although the warships in the vanguard fleet did not have any damage to the waterline, Harrus was very clear about the characteristics of the Dutch warships, that is, they were not strong enough. The warships in this country were transformed from merchant ships and were also good at using less excellent materials to build warships. This means that their strength was far less than the teak and oak warships of the United States Navy. What's more terrifying is that during the two days of battle, the recoil of the artillery and the shooting of enemy artillery shells made these warships unable to bear it. Therefore, after the Dragon Fleet avoided the attack of the vanguard fleet, the vanguard fleet turned its course again. Harrus did not want to destroy the battle line. Harrus did not gain anything, at least drove away the Dragon Fleet.

But what Harus didn't know was that Li Mingxun was never a person who only knew how to save his life. If he was timid, he should have left the battlefield with all sails instead of tactical evasion. The tactical evasion of the Dragon Fleet continued until Djot's guard fleet caught up. The Van Witt was finally on par with the Qinglong and quickly fired the first round of volleys, with the purpose of using chain bombs, hoping to destroy the Dragon Fleet's sails with all the annihilation of this fleet.
Chapter completed!