Zheng Cai never expected that the two sides would be entangled in this situation.
He originally thought that the forward warships had penetrated deep into the enemy's formation and began to loosen Akito's fleet.
As a result, haha, the forward warships were still competing in this sea area.
Without saying anything else, Zheng Cai immediately urged the gunboats to move forward and said that he would sink these annoying Ming warships even though there were not many fire ships left.
But even if only a few dozen warships can rush through, it will still be useful.
Zheng Cai had a good idea, but even if his gunboats were included, the book could only show two gunboats against one old Polu army ship.
Moreover, it was impossible to expand it so thoroughly, so it was often one gunboat.
Faced with a Polu army ship.
The problem is that the caliber of the Zheng family's gunboats is too small, and its destructive power against the ship is limited.
Moreover, there are only eight guns in the front and rear of the ship, which means that only three or four guns can hit the opponent at an angle.
Moreover, the cannon on the deck of the Fu ship was greatly affected by the turbulence of the ship.
Its accuracy was two or three levels worse than that of the Galen ship.
It would be good if a salvo could hit once, and it might even be impossible to fire one projectile at a time.
Hits are considered normal.
There was no way around it.
The center of gravity of the Fu ship was higher than that of the Galen ship, and its seaworthiness was worse.
The center of gravity of the artillery was naturally unstable.
To accurately hit the opponent, you had to get closer to two hundred or even a hundred steps.
The result of this is that the Zheng family's gunboats are very busy, constantly chasing and bombarding Mingren's ships, but they either miss or hit the Polu warships, but the destructive power of the projectiles is not enough to basically attack the Polu warships.
The military warships had no impact.
The Polu warships just chased the fireboats and ignored the gunboats.
They hit them casually, but they couldn't be damaged anyway.
The eyes of Zheng Cai, Yang Geng and others were about to burst, and the warships of the Polu Army were also fighting hard.
They were fighting for their lives against the enemy's artillery fire.
After the sails of some Ming people's ships were damaged or their sides were damaged, or the sailors were too injured and lost power, and they withdrew from the battle, Zheng Cai and others found that not even thirty of their two hundred fire ships were left.
By the time Zheng Cai regrouped and rushed westward, the sound of artillery on the battlefield had become much lower, and more than ten warships of the coalition fleet were damaged.
The reason why the coalition forces are coalition forces is because they are connected by interests.
Now if they continue to fight, the whole army will be wiped out, so why fight for the Zheng family?
If there are only twenty warships left in the coalition, let's see if the Zheng family can defeat them.
Even if the Zheng family defeats Zhao Lie's troops, they will put forward extremely harsh conditions.
Therefore, the remaining forty or so warships began to circle with the Polu warships, and they were definitely not fighting head-on with the Polu warships.
As for the Zheng family's troops who had just rushed into the battle formation in the northeast direction, well, they had also arrived.
The Zheng family tried their best.
At this moment, a large number of sea ships appeared on the southeastern sea.
Although each was small in size, there were so many that they almost covered the entire east side.
Even the sea was obscured by them. .
The Zheng family's flag was flying over these ships, and it looked majestic and majestic.
After all, when the fleets of Zhao Lie's command and the coalition forces were scattered, their neat formation was quite mighty.
Their appearance finally made Sanders and Van Penny decide to wait and give it a final try, but they said nothing and took the lead.
At this time, the remaining fleet of the Xiyi coalition forces was just following Zheng Zhilong to fish in troubled waters.
They had suffered enough losses.
Zheng Zhilong did not stay in the rear line, but watched the enemy from the front line.
In the telescope, he found that Zhao Lie's warships had scattered and were scattered all over the sea.
The fire ships were the perfect target for attack.
Great time.
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This was a pleasant surprise, but there was also something extremely puzzling to him: why there weren't many smoking places on the entire sea.
The sea was too clean.
You must know that the show of power of fire ships means that many enemy ships will be burned, so now there are many places where fire and smoke are emitted.
The sea surface is very pure.
Even if there is some smoke and fire, it looks like they are attracted by mutual shelling.
Burning.
What was going on?
What were Zheng Cai and the others doing as they rushed toward the northeast?
They couldn't do such a simple task of charging into the formation.
If Zheng Cai heard this, he would definitely be full of guilt.
It's not that he didn't try his best, it's just that the enemy was too strong and too cunning.
Zheng Zhilong could not care about the situation on Zheng Cai's side at this time.
He immediately ordered the fleet to charge westward and must burn as many Ming warships as possible.
After this battle, whether the Zheng family will dominate the sea area or be forced to move in depends on today's battle.
Prior to this, Zheng Zhilong had already issued a reward.
If he was defeated, each brother would receive a reward of five taels of silver.
If he was beheaded, the reward would be doubled.
If the Ming warship was captured, each brother would receive a reward of ten taels of silver.
Zheng Zhilong believed that a brave man would be rewarded, and his brothers would work hard to kill the enemy.
At the same time, he also wanted to let the arrogant Zhao Lie know that the power of his Zheng family would add weight to future peace talks.
Zheng Zhilong never thought about completely wiping out Zhao Lie's troops.
Not all of these behemoths could be eaten by him.
After all, these were moving warships, not dead objects.
Gao Shuicheng commanded the Sui-class warships, the remaining less than ten Han-class warships, thirty patrol ships, more than forty clipper ships, as well as more than ten captured Japanese warships and twenty Galen merchant ships. , has been traveling in the southeast area for a long time.
They have quite good combat power, but they can only watch other brothers fight to the death.
This is a kind of torture for the brothers in this fleet, especially when some Polu warships were damaged and temporarily withdrawn.
When on the front lines.
But now Gao Shuicheng can only wait here slowly.
He knows the commander's expectations for him.
He, Gao Shuicheng, has average talents, but he has followed the commander's military orders meticulously from the day they met.
Since the commander-in-chief said that what they did as a partial division was related to the outcome of the main force, then he believed what the commander-in-chief said, because the commander-in-chief had never made empty promises until today, and everything he said and did was right.
When the large sail shadow appeared in the southeast, Gao Shuicheng knew that the time for the decisive battle had come, and he finally understood why Master Zhao Lie asked him to wait here.
He estimated that there were hundreds of warships.
If Lord Zhao told Lord Zhao that most of such a huge fleet were fire ships, it would be a huge headache.
He thought of what Mr.
Zhao said, even if he died together with the enemy like last time, he would still have to block most of the fire ship attacks and ensure the comfort of the main fleet.
He took a look and saw that the main battleships had completely gained the upper hand.
Except for some injured ones, the others were chasing the Xiyi people's main battleships.
However, the formation was extremely scattered.
He understood his responsibility at this time, blocking most of the fireships, and at the same time trying his best to buy time for the main battleships to reorganize.
By doing these two, he fulfilled Lord Zhao's trust.
Gao Shuicheng immediately ordered all the warships to join him in the battle.
Although they only had more than a hundred warships, their firepower was much stronger than Zheng Zhilong's warships.
Each had their own strengths.
I believe it would be a fierce battle.
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Gao Shuicheng stood on the deck and watched the warships gather together and form a charging formation.
Gao Shuicheng took the Yangsu and sailed eastward with these warships.
Zhao Feng commanded the Han Qinhu and the flagship Yang Su to move toward the east.
The countless sails in the distance put great pressure on him.
This was the largest fleet he had ever seen.
It was not that he was afraid of his own safety, but that he was a little unsure about fulfilling his second brother's trust.
After all, there were too many enemies.
On the contrary, Zhao Feng was extremely yearning for such exciting and intense battle scenes.
He felt that working under his second brother was much more thrilling than his days in the Weihai Navy.
When I was in the Weihai Navy, I usually patrolled the sea, collected taxes, and fought against water pirates, which was a big battle.
Jiannu's navy could hardly be encountered, and they did not dare to confront the large Ming army navy.
Although the days are leisurely and leisurely, how can a conductor make the young master feel at ease and leisurely, but it makes his balls ache when he is leisurely.
However, after joining the second brother's command, from North Korea to the north, to the Japanese country in the east, and to Xiaoliuqiu in the south, there were shadows of the Polu Army Navy everywhere, and without the Polu Army Navy, the troops could not even reach the enemy's coast.
Now Zhao Feng gets along well with his superiors and colleagues, and at the same time he has accepted the concept of the Great Navy, that is, the Navy is the foundation of the adults.
Just as the second brother said, without the Navy to seize control of the sea, there is no way to seize Jeju, North Korea, etc.
Hua, the achievements of conquering the Japanese pirates one after another.
It can be said that without the navy, the Polu Army would not be in such a prosperous situation.
This has been deeply imprinted in Zhao Feng's heart.
When Zhao Feng met other infantry generals of the Polu Army at home, he also argued endlessly with them, just to make the Navy famous.
Of course, what he did also spread to the Navy, making the captains of the Navy truly accept him.
It means that the second young master is benevolent and righteous.
He speaks to the Lord about everything and dares to quarrel for the navy and the generals.
In short, Zhao Feng is now a member of the Navy and is deeply trusted by other navy soldiers.
Zhao Feng is also proud of being a battleship captain of the Navy.
Even Zhao Haiming sometimes said to him that he should not be too narrow-minded and should not Always talk about the navy and think about the team.
Zhao Feng understands what his father means and should not use his status as a member of the Zhao family and Zhao Lie's younger brother to put pressure on the team.
Zhao Feng knew it, but he still favored the navy.
This could not be changed.
As for the overall situation, there were big brothers and two brothers.
He was not the one to take charge of the overall situation.
Zhao Feng, who prides himself on not being a general, believes that he can only be a general.
Now he is leading a 400-ton warship and other navy generals to fight against the enemy Zheng family fleet with hundreds of warships.
"Captain, the artillery deck is ready and can fire at the enemy at any time."
First mate Liu Xu ran up from the lower deck with sweat on his head.
"Well, very good, Liu Xu, please tell the armor team to be ready.
I feel that there are so many enemy ships, and I'm afraid we will have to fight hard."
Zhao Feng pointed to the forest of sails and oars opposite.
Liu Xu looked at the power of the Zheng family's fleet and couldn't help but nod.
There were too many enemies.
If one of them failed to deal with it, they might be besieged.
Such a boarding battle would probably be unavoidable.
Liu Xu took the order and hurriedly walked toward the back
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