Li Hu's flagship Yue Fei was chasing forward.
Less than two miles to the east of him was a Spanish warship that was slightly smaller than the Yue Fei.
The Spanish warship had not made any progress, but its bow cabin stood abruptly in front, making it appear that Extremely clumsy and the boat speed is much slower.
Of course, this Spanish battleship is not too small.
The Yue Fei is eight hundred tons in size, which is even smaller than the Yue Fei and has a tonnage of five or six hundred tons.
The Yue Fei gradually became even with its opponent, but the Yue Fei's speed was still faster than that of its opponent.
Boom boom boom, the Spanish warships in the distance seemed to have been preparing for a long time.
As soon as the two ships entered the fighting position side by side, the Spaniards couldn't wait to fire.
Some of the projectiles passed over the upper end of the Yue Fei, and some hit the east side of the Yue Fei, stirring up several large water columns.
No damage was caused to the Yue Fei.
The Yue Fei shook and erupted a large plume of smoke, and the counterattack began.
The bombardment of the sixteen artillery pieces failed to hit a single hit, which made the captain of the Yue Fei a little angry.
Didn't he realize that the Lord of the Town was on the ship?
More than a dozen artillery pieces failed to hit a single shot.
Even though the opponent was more than a mile away, it was extremely inappropriate.
Boom boom boom, the opponent's second salvo started.
With a bang, the Yue Fei shook violently.
Before the shaking stopped, there was another loud bang.
Li Hu's body was also swaying from side to side.
He was steadied by the guards with a livid face.
He glanced hard at the captain of the Yue Fei, and of course he was extremely dissatisfied.
After a while, the chief mate ran up from the lower deck.
He brought the news that a thirty-six-pound projectile broke the ship's plank and entered the gun deck, destroying a thirty-six-pound Tiago cannon.
Fortunately, it shattered the ship's plank and destroyed it.
After hitting the cannon, the remaining power of the projectile was exhausted.
It was lucky that no casualties were caused to the Polu troops.
The captain was speechless.
It was the first time he encountered this situation.
The boss was still on the ship.
It was really eye candy.
"Fight back immediately, immediately."
The captain shouted with his veins exposed.
The first mate hurriedly gave the order and left.
After a moment, the Yue Fei's counterattack began.
Amidst the roaring sound, projectiles flew away with howling sounds.
The Spanish warship's bow cabin suddenly burst into a large hole, and then a projectile rushed into the opponent's gun deck.
This hole was huge, and it was particularly obvious in the telescope.
Then fire and smoke appeared at the location of the hole, but it was not too big, but it was still very obvious in the dark hole.
The captain of the Yue Fei was sweating profusely.
It was really not easy.
If he hadn't hit it this time, he would be speechless.
He secretly glanced at Li Hu.
Sure enough, Li Hu's expression softened a lot.
At least he started to look in other directions instead of always staring at the enemy warships opposite.
At this moment, the enemy warship on the opposite side suddenly made a violent explosion, and a large plume of thick smoke appeared from the lower gun window.
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Then the side of the ship suddenly cracked, and several large holes appeared, revealing large streams of flames and black smoke.
As the sea breeze penetrated, the flames became more and more intense, and they were simply uncontrollable.
The captain looked at it dumbfounded at first, and then couldn't hide his joy.
Peat was so honorable and so lucky.
One shot hit the opponent's place where the medicine packs were stacked.
The sailors on the Yue Fei all cheered.
It was truly a turning point.
Just now, they were feeling aggrieved, but now the whole ship is excited.
The only pity was that the enemy ship suddenly slowed down and was out of range of the Yue Fei.
The Yue Fei also lost its opponent and was left alone.
The Yue Fei continued to move forward.
On the west side of the front, a patrol ship of the Polu Army lowered its sails, and flames and thick smoke enveloped the warship.
It can be seen at a glance that this warship has also been hit on the gun deck.
The purpose of lowering the sails and speed is to reduce the impact of strong wind on the fire and try to rescue the warship.
It seems that it is not just the Xiyi people who are unlucky, some of the Polu warships were also seriously injured by artillery fire.
At this time, a patrol ship had already approached, ready to rescue the ship.
After all, if it could not be saved, all the personnel would have no choice but to jump into the sea.
These were nearly two hundred sailors and gunners wearing armor, not the larger warships.
There is no room for so many sailors.
More than twenty miles away from the west coast of Anping City and on the sea with a radius of dozens of miles, the two armies were fighting like two giant dragons.
As the coalition forces retreated eastward, the Polu army pursued eastward, getting closer and closer to the Anping coast.
It was already evening, and the sky was getting a little dark.
Out of doubts about the large number of ships that Zheng Zhilong did not show up and considering the weather, Li Hu issued an order to withdraw his troops.
All the Polu warships began to turn back to the northwest, returned to the starting position to regroup, and reorganized the fleet formation.
This half-day battle can be said to be mainly tentative.
The Polu army wanted to complete their victory in one battle, but the coalition forces were unwilling to hold back.
Obviously, they did not want to decide in a single battle, but based on their own calculations.
Now that their troops have besieged Anping City for nearly two months, they are not in a hurry, but are in a hurry to defeat the captives.
At night, both fleets came to a halt.
In the dark night, even with a pilot light, the fleet's navigation is extremely dangerous.
The sails are often lowered and the ship slows down and moves slowly, and the distance between the ships has to be wide.
What's more, such a huge fleet cannot fly at night, let alone fight.
The two armies could only stop fighting and wait for the arrival of dawn.
The soldiers can rest and recuperate, but the generals must not rest.
Li Hu and Zhang Gusheng took small boats to the Di Qing one after another.
Based on the fact that the coalition forces always avoided fighting, they wanted to discuss with Zhao Lie how to fight a decisive battle with the coalition forces as soon as possible.
"Sir, it seems that this coalition army is not eager to fight with our army but has repeatedly avoided the battle.
It is very troublesome."
Zhang Gusheng was at the forefront, and of course he was very clear about the enemy's movements.
The coalition forces were able to flee with one blow, which was not the momentum of a decisive battle at all.
"Sir, I see that the Xiyi people are making our army agitated and are looking for an opportunity to attack together with Zheng Zhilong's fleet.
I am afraid that the Xiyi people will end up placing their treasure on that fire ship."
Li Hu raised his doubts.
"Anping City can't wait any longer, and we can't afford to wait.
After all, Denglai and Jiannu behind us are not stable."
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Zhao Lie got up and walked back and forth in the cabin.
What he was most worried about was Jiannu's movements.
Zhao Lie's plan was to take advantage of Jiannu's next invasion and defeat the main force of the invasion in one fell swoop.
He could not wait for Jiannu to continue to grow.
Now Jiannu's Han Eight Banners were like blowing bubbles.
It swelled, and Zhao Lie couldn't wait any longer.
But the coalition forces caused him this huge trouble, and he still had to solve it as soon as possible before he could return to the north to prepare for war.
"It seems that our army can't do it without making big sacrifices.
Let's act as we agreed starting tomorrow."
Zhao Lie made a decision.
Li Hu and Zhang Gusheng looked at each other and immediately said yes.
They knew that the time had come to stain the sea with blood.
At this moment, the leaders of the coalition forces were also gathered together to discuss.
Sanders, Zheng Zhilong, Van Penny, and Weddle gathered on the San Jose.
"The purpose of the decisive battle between the Ming people and our army is very obvious.
Today I was watching the formation in the central formation, and the Ming people kept attacking our army's formation.
They are very anxious."
Weddell was still very relaxed.
On the first day of the confrontation, although the melee battle was strong, the coalition forces dealt with it well and the losses were not huge, especially since the English only suffered damage to one battleship.
"Yeah, but Akito's cannon is extremely powerful in close combat and is difficult to deal with."
Van Penny changed from his previous arrogance.
"This requires Master Zheng's cooperation, isn't it?
Our warships are facing off against the Ming people.
Master Zheng's fire fleet is taking advantage of the situation to attack.
As long as they are defeated, they can be forced to surrender.
Master Zheng, don't you think so."
Sanders looked at Zheng Zhilong, who had been very silent.
"Today I saw Zhao Lie's warships.
Their ships are very fast.
It is not easy for fire ships to catch them."
Zheng Zhilong shook his head.
"Master Zheng, don't forget that our goals are the same, and don't forget that Zhao Lie will attack your Zheng family sooner or later."
Van Penny was very dissatisfied.
"I will never forget this."
Zheng Zhilong felt helpless.
Living in a different place, he would not let a strong maritime neighbor like the Zheng family exist.
This would be a great threat to Zhao Lie's navy.
Therefore, Zheng Zhilong had to cooperate with these Xiyi people, but after seeing the power of Zhao Lie's warships today, he had mixed feelings in his heart.
Zheng Zhilong was a translator and knew the Xiyi people very well.
They relied on their powerful navy to attack cities and seize land everywhere.
The locals were exterminated if they disobeyed.
Zhao Lie's navy's combat power was still higher than that of the Xiyi people, but he wanted to help the Xiyi people destroy such a powerful navy.
It was really a twist of fate.
"As long as you can entangle Zhao Lie's troops head-on, our Zheng family navy will definitely defeat Zhao Lie's troops with fire attacks and boarding battles."
Zheng Zhilong looked around at several people, "I'm afraid that someone will be unable to withstand the battle and run away, and then the whole army will be defeated.
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How about defeating the enemy with a fire attack."
To be honest, the comrades around him were all pieced together and even had many conflicts with each other.
Zheng Zhilong really didn't trust them.
"Master Zheng, you can rest assured this time.
After seeing the combat power of Zhao Lie's troops today, I don't think anyone will back down anymore,"
Sanders put away his smile and looked at the people.
"If this Akito is given another two years, I think we will have no chance to defeat him.
By then everything here will belong to this Akito, and we will never have the chance to enter this empire.
Do you agree, gentlemen?
” Several people nodded silently.
Although the losses today were not big, four warships were damaged and more than ten were damaged.
This was all because they had to avoid the heavy artillery of Zhao Lie's command.
They had to admit that Zhao Lie was their strong enemy.
If Zhao Lie had time to develop for a few more years, they would definitely lose even if they formed a coalition.
This was their last chance and there would be no future.
At this time, the coalition's fighting spirit became firmer again, and they worked hard to open up the prosperous Ming Dynasty's maritime trade
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