From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 831

It was completely dark.

This battle was tragic for Dajin, the island pirates and the Portuguese.

Dajin lost eight large wooden ships, sacrificed hundreds of soldiers from the Leiden Navy and the Yuehai Navy, and the Hengyong ship was almost devastated. The cost of repairing the ship might be as high as hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

The island pirates were killed, dozens of ships were lost, and all the soldiers on the ships were gone.

McPherson lost two battleships, thousands of people died, and only one battleship and one cruiser were left, still struggling to support.

He continued to head north, facing the obstruction of the last two large ships of the Leiden Navy and the pursuit of the two cruisers, the Confidence Ship and the Self-reliance Ship.

Even if the six Dutch cruisers blocked Zhou Yuan's battleships, McPherson still had a hard time escaping.

Although it was dark, the flames were burning on the sea. It was hot here, tense here, and a battle of life and death was going on here.

Zhou Yuan said: "Send a flag signal to let the Dutch retreat. We are willing to pay four million taels of silver in return and give a complete battleship."

Nie Zairong gritted his teeth and went to pass the order.

But it was obvious that the Dutch didn't buy it at all. After the battle, whether to pay or not was up to Dajin. They were the experts in making such empty promises.

Six battleships were lined up in the east to cover McPherson's retreat.

The Confidence Ship and the Self-reliance Ship were chasing, and McPherson was fleeing north at the fastest speed, because there was only a way to the northern sea.

So all the pressure was given to Ding Yuan.

If he couldn't stop McPherson for a moment, if he couldn't buy time for the Confidence Ship and the Self-reliance Ship, McPherson would really be gone.

"Fire! Bombard!"

Ding Yuan roared, and the guns of the two large wooden ships roared, and all of them were fired out.

But it was useless!

The large wooden ships of the Leiden Navy used the old-style artillery of the Dajin Dynasty, which had limited power and could not break the defense of the iron boats. Even if they broke the hull, they could not penetrate or penetrate deep, and could not cause devastating damage.

McPherson's battleships did not even fight back, and headed northward under the artillery fire.

They could not be stopped!

"Fight! Don't worry about the Dutch! Just attack!"

Zhou Yuan's face was grim, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I don't believe that his six cruisers can really destroy us!"

The flag signal was sent, and the five battleships charged towards the north, ignoring the Dutch's obstruction.

The artillery fire was so fierce that the night here almost became day.

But McPherson was laughing.

He saw the situation.

He saw that Zhou Yuan was helpless, had run out of tricks, and had no means.

"It's good that the Dutch came! They finally did the right thing."

"If I die, Dajin will have to concentrate on dealing with them. They finally understand this truth."

"Zhou Yuan, Zhou Yuan, you used up all your family assets, but you still couldn't kill me in the end!"

McPherson laughed and said, "I will come back again, haha, as long as I have the blueprints and craftsmen, the island pirates are willing to do anything for me."

"I will come back with a brand new battleship, hahaha!"

"Knight Pedro! Congratulations to you! Congratulations to me too! We can continue to live."

Pedro frowned and said, "Governor, we were defeated miserably, I don't think What is there to be happy about? "

McPherson said: "Knight, war is always a process of rise and fall, failure and victory are always alternating, whoever is more resilient, whoever can live longer, whoever is the real winner."

"Believe me, everything we lost will be taken back."

"What we need to do now is to go to the island pirate country, use their cheap labor and resources to rebuild the battleship."

"And when we come back, Dajin and the Dutch may be in a state of both sides losing."

"This ocean is still ours."

McPherson's battleship, braving the artillery fire, continued to head north without any scruples.

The two cruisers chased fiercely, but they could not keep up.

The five battleships were blocked by the Dutch with artillery fire and could not break through the obstacles.

Ding Yuan saw it all.

The warriors behind him also saw it all.

"Ten large ships of my Leiden Navy can only play such a small role in this naval battle."

Ding Yuan looked at the raging fire on the sea and choked up: "The Marshal has created almost perfect conditions for us and done everything he can for us, but we still can't keep McPherson?"

"What have we achieved in naval battles and military training over the past few decades?"

"Official positions, titles, salaries, and tax exemptions, are we worthy of the court?Are you worthy of the hungry people? Are you worthy of the compatriots who are suffering along the coast? "

He stood on the deck, his eyes full of tears, looking at the surging ocean, and shouted: "My sons! I have taught you a lot of things after decades of training."

"Today, I will give you one last lesson!"

"Soldiers! Die on the battlefield! Serve the country!"

"Leiden Navy! Never let the country down!"

He drew out his sword and shouted: "Ignite the gunpowder! Go full speed! Crash into the Portuguese battleship!"

Behind him, the soldiers of the Leiden Army drew their swords and raised them high to the sky.

The last two large wooden ships of the Leiden Navy heading south were full of style. Countless sailors pushed the gears hard and crashed into McPherson's battleship at the fastest speed.

"No! Admiral! "

On the cruiser behind, Xie Shidun yelled at the top of his lungs.

Ouyang Gong's eyes were bloodshot, and he shouted: "Hurry up! Chase! Save it if you can!"

Two earth-shattering noises! Shaking the universe!

The two wooden boats slammed into the Portuguese battleship and forced it to stop.

The price was that the two wooden boats were almost scrapped.

Ding Yuan spit out blood and stood up from the deck with difficulty.

In the firelight, he looked at Hezhou and the mainland with tears in his eyes.

That was the land he loved deeply, and that was his hometown he was reluctant to leave.

"Boom!"

The gunpowder finally exploded, and the raging fire engulfed him, everyone on the ship, and the last Portuguese battleship.

"No!"

Nie Zairong held the railing, almost unable to stand, and cried: "Brother Ding Yuan! Why is it like this! "

He looked at Zhou Yuan, tears streaming down his face: "Marshal! Ding Yuan... Ding Yuan sacrificed... Our best naval commander of Dajin died for his country."

Zhou Yuan's eyes were red, and the flames had already illuminated everyone's face.

He clenched his fists and choked: "Send flags! Attack!"

"We can't waste the time created by the Leiden Navy! Annihilate the Portuguese fleet! Completely destroy McPherson!"

His heart was trembling.

The two loud noises almost shattered his soul.

That serious middle-aged man, who I only met once, is the backbone of the Dajin Navy.

Zhou Yuan was extremely heartbroken, but he could only force himself to calm down and fight with pain.

"Bastards! These bastards of Dajin!"

In the flames, McPherson was extremely embarrassed. He suddenly pushed away the corpse on his body and said angrily: "How dare they not want to die! Are they all beasts! They must die with me! "

Standing up and looking at the broken battleship, McPherson's heart was broken.

Suddenly, with the help of the firelight, he saw that the body he had just pushed away was actually the dead Knight Pedro.

He stood there, opened his mouth, and was silent for a while.

Finally, he choked and said, "Yes, I admit that you are the most loyal knight of the Franji."

He quickly went down to the cabin, lowered the boat in the flames, and quickly headed towards the last cruiser with a few surviving guards.

He hasn't lost yet! He still wants to continue to live!