Although there were not many Dutch ships, the intensity of firepower was something that Yu Zhigao had not expected before.

With the rumbling of cannons, a monstrous wave broke off on the moonlit sea, engulfing a small civilian fishing boat in an instant.

More than 30 officers and men of the Fujian Navy Division were swept into the waves, and their screams were only an accompaniment to the frenzied artillery fire of the Dutch.

Yu suddenly realized that he had made a serious mistake.

Such small fishing boats should not be recruited into the naval division at all, and pulled to the surface of the sea to fight, because they have almost no effect, and can only be reduced to fish and meat, and let the Dutch warships slaughter them!

Judging the combat effectiveness of two fleets based on the number of ships and the size of the seafarers alone is the lowest mistake a naval commander can make.

Because he is still the son of a famous general, if this kind of thing is said, he will be laughed off by the rest of the generals.

Yu Zhigao's heart was full of chagrin and remorse, but the Dutch's counterattack would not end, and in the face of dozens of times the Fujian sailors, they were like seeing prey, without the slightest intention of retreating.

"Peng!"

A cannonball fired from the Galen warship landed on the head of Yu Zhigao's flagship without warning.

Several sailors who were loading lead bullets there were suddenly turned into corpses.

The rest of the officers and men of the sailors hurriedly stepped forward and dragged the corpses out of the broken bow of the ship, and everyone was silent when they saw the appearance of these corpses.

These dead officers and soldiers were all in tattered and unkempt clothes, and their faces could no longer be seen clearly, and they all lacked some flesh and blood to varying degrees.

Yu Zhigao waved his hand and motioned for the officers and soldiers to throw the corpses from the boat into the sea.

The Dutchman's counterattack continued, and Yu stood on the flagship, watching the hellish scene on the sea, clenching his fists.

In the face of the Dutch's Galen ships, the Fujian sailors had no choice, and even the heaviest Franc machine guns had far less range.

A Dutch Galen ship rushed into the fleet of the Fujian sailors without fear.

The Dutch commander standing at the bow of the ship let out a roar of rage, and the left side cannon fired, easily sinking a Cangshan warship that was engaged in fire.

At this time, a small fire dragon assault ship rushed violently, and it was filled with more than 80 officers and men of the sailors who were about to take over the ship.

These officers and soldiers are not afraid of life and death, and they will use more than 80 lives to fight the Dutch colonizers in the final battle!

Yu Zhigao's eyes lit up, staring at the fire dragon ship tightly, his wheezing became heavier and heavier, and he let out a low roar:

"Board, board!"

Suddenly, the Dutch Galen warship turned around and aimed its right gun at the dragon ship, and soon another round of fire was fired.

The smell of gunpowder gradually dissipated, the sea level returned to calm, and the fire dragon boat and the more than 80 officers and men of the Fujian Navy Division on it disappeared into the vast sea.

The banner of the Great Ming, shattered by the bombardment, floated on the surface of the sea and was picked up by a Dutchman on a Galen ship.

The Dutchman hung the flag on the tip of his spear, pointed it at it, and laughed sarcastically.

Seeing this, Yu Zhigao was heartbroken, and he no longer had the heart to continue fighting, this is not a battle, this is death!

Although he was not convinced, he made the most correct decision as soon as possible:

"Retreat, retreat—"

In his opinion, if you leave early, you can still lose less.

After this battle, the entire Fujian Navy General will no longer have any contempt for the Dutch and those Western colonists.

Eight warships, of which only three were Galen warships in the true sense, did not suffer the slightest casualties, and they defeated more than 80 Fujian naval warships that attacked at night.

What kind of gap is this in nautical technology, but also in shipborne artillery?

When the news came back to the Central Left Institute, the whole of Fujian was shaken, and for a while, the wind of requesting the imperial court for assistance suddenly rose.

These red-haired fans are not something that Fujian can compete with, so let's send the news back to Beijing and ask Your Majesty to send troops to help!

Such a voice is actually the voice of most officials.

Nan Juyi, the governor of Fujian, was silent when he heard the news, and did not reprimand Yu Zhigao, who commanded the operation.

He sneered and said to those who said that they were asking for the support of the imperial court:

"Just a few red-haired fans, the civil and military generals up and down Fujian, there is nothing they can do?"

"If we don't seek to improve, we are only afraid that we will be like the barbarians in Liaodong, sitting in the well and watching the sky, and constantly falling behind!"

"You don't have to ask Your Majesty, I'm Nanjuyi, even if I gather the strength of the whole province, I have to capture the warships and firearms of Hongmaofan, and see where it is powerful!"

"If you can't get rid of these red-haired fans, I, Nan Juyi, will ask for dismissal and no longer enter the official career!"

"A few red-haired fans, all scared like this??"

When the words landed, everyone looked at each other, and they didn't dare to say a word again.

Some people were really ashamed of Nan Juyi's words, and they planned to be angry, while others were secretly sarcastic.

Since you Nan Juyi have said so, then we naturally have nothing to say, anyway, you will bear all the blame.

When the time comes, the court will blame you, Nan Juyi, what does it have to do with us?

......

Ever since he saw the power of the Dutch warships, Yu Zhigao, the chief soldier of Fujian, has been concentrating on studying and thinking hard about how to break the enemy.

He approached some merchants who were frequent at sea and inquired about the fleet of the Dutch.

Finally, from the mouth of a Fujian merchant named Shen Congshi, he learned the basic information of the Dutch fleet.

Shen Congshi said that this Dutch fleet, which had previously assembled in the Spice Islands, had a total of 15 ships, including seven Galen warships of the Royal Dutch Navy.

The commander-in-chief of this fleet was the Dutch East India Company's Leyer Mountain, and there was also a Royal Navy Admiral named Gao Wenlu under it.

The latter, although a subordinate of Rayshan, did not belong to the East India Company.

In the past, when he was carrying out the order of the blockade of the port of Zhongzuo in Lei Ye Mountain, he attacked the commander of the fleet flying the Zheng flag, which was the Dutch admiral who transliterated Gao Wenlu as Gao Wenlu.

After that, Shen Congshi made a matchmaking and introduced Yu Zhigao to a person who also had a bitter hatred for the Dutch - Zheng Yiguan.

Both Yu Zhigao and Zheng Yiguan had the intention of dealing with the Dutch.

The emperor issued a clear decree that the imperial court was bound to repel or annihilate these Dutch invaders in order not to disgrace the national prestige.

However, with the current ability of the Fujian naval division, it is simply not enough to fight the Dutch head-on, and since they cannot win the battle head-on, they will inevitably have to resort to some small tricks.

As for Zheng Yiguan, he wanted to avenge the sneak attack and cut Gao Wenlu with his own hands to pay tribute to the Zheng brothers.

The Zheng family has not developed very much now, but because it is backed by the banner of Li Dan, the energy in the southeast is not small.

The two have the same interests and the same purpose, and they reached cooperation within three sentences after meeting.

Zheng Yiguan, that is, Zheng Zhilong, the famous pirate leader of later generations, is eighteen years old this year, and has not changed his name to Zheng Zhilong.

Not long ago, Zheng Yiguan was recruited by Cohen, the head of the Dutch East India Company, and became a good friend of him and became a director.

However, because Gao Wenlu attacked the Zheng family's fleet without authorization, Zheng Yiguan suffered many losses, which he has always kept in mind.

When he heard that the Fujian Navy Division had defeated the North, Zheng Yiguan hated that iron could not become steel, but he also had a plan in his mind, planning to fight against the Dutch with the Fujian Navy Division.

However, he has great ambitions, and in addition to taking revenge, he also wants to use the imperial court to contribute to his own development.

Therefore, Zheng Yiguan wanted to ask for the name of official business in the southeast sea for his Zheng family, take off the skin of pirates, and become a high-sounding Ming maritime merchant.

Hearing this request, Yu Zhigao fell into deep thought.