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Under Zheng Cai's mediation, Wang Yilin successfully persuaded this water division to surrender.

But the question is, what should Zheng Cai do.

Wu Zheng gave Wang Yilin the right to dispose of this issue.

Wang Yilin didn't think about this problem at first, in his heart, he never hesitated to kill, and he killed a person who almost killed himself and eleven warships.

But when it really came time for Zheng Cai to successfully persuade this water division to surrender, Wang Yilin hesitated.

Killing Zheng Cai will inevitably cause chaos among the newly returned precipitation divisions, which is not conducive to the internal purge.

It's not how high Zheng Cai's status and weight are in their hearts, but how cold his lips and teeth are!

Under the persuasion of Zhang Mingzhen's Dundun, Wang Yilin finally accepted the reality.

took the initiative to ask Wu Zheng to pardon Zheng Cai, and appointed Zheng Cai as his deputy general and deputy commander-in-chief of the water division.

Wu Zheng did not hesitate and agreed in one bite.

Wang Yilin's generosity and support really made Zheng Cai grateful, he actually had the preparation to be demolished by Wang Yilin across the river in his heart.

But why is Zheng Cai still willing to follow Wang Yilin to persuade him to surrender?

To put it bluntly, it's nothing more than wanting to give it a go.

Because if you don't go, you're dead.

went, and the successful persuasion of surrender could be regarded as meritorious service, and he might be able to live.

It's that simple.

……。

But with such a large-scale naval battle, it is impossible to hide it.

In other words, Wang Yilin's "pirate" career should not be able to be done.

After careful deliberation by the three of them, it was decided to form a third water division under the banner of the General's Mansion - Chen Qian Landscape Division.

This sailor no longer needs to invest too much manpower and material resources, everything is ready-made, mainly for dressing and supporting.

Its main function is to cruise from north to south to protect merchant ships entering and leaving the two ports of Hangzhou and Wusong.

Wu Zheng immediately ordered Wang Yilin to take the surviving warships and personnel under his original command, as well as the newly surrendered sailors, to the Chen Qianshan base for rest and reorganization.

In fact, this is to isolate this naval division from the battlefield.

Because Wu Zheng understood that with such a huge loss, it was impossible for Zheng Chenggong not to react.

What should come, will come.

Looking at the calm sea, Wu Zheng sighed.

But this sigh is not melancholy, but can be heard a kind of relief.

Once you make a choice, whether it's right or wrong, your heart will be relaxed.

Ma Shiying is right, the General's Mansion and the people under his rule need to have a goal during this time period.

People can only move forward if they have a goal in mind, otherwise, they will slack off.

Wu Zheng admits that it is the same.

……。

Zheng Chenggong came with a huge sailor with high morale.

When it reached the sea area of Qixing Island, it was three days later.

Zheng Chenggong did not continue to go north, but after being rewarded by the scout ship and the Zhoushan and Wusong sailors were waiting for a battle thirty miles away, he sent a clipper ship and issued an official battle letter.

This is a confrontation in a dignified manner.

Why not say it was a dignified naval battle?

Because the engagement was so short, so short that it was called a naval battle, I always felt that something was wrong.

Zheng Chenggong arranged his troops and made a detour to the east with a partial division (twelve capital ships and thirty-six medium gunboats), preparing to insert himself behind Wu Zheng.

He led the main force, lined up in a line, more than 200 warships, medium gunboats in the front row two rows, capital ships in the rear, a full three lines, stretching more than 20 miles from east to west, slowly advancing northward.

This kind of formation is a confrontation of strength, and there is no conspiracy to perform.

Zheng Chenggong is jealous, and the other is self-reliance.

If you can crush it, why go around in circles?

……。

Wu Zheng in the north, after learning that Zheng Chenggong had sent a division to the east, immediately gave an order.

Ling Chaoxian led a division of Zhoushan and Shui to block this enemy fleet.

Then they lined up in the same one-line formation, and the remaining warships of the Wusong Naval Division and the Zhoushan Water Division were lined up in two rows, with the medium gunboats in front and the capital ships in the rear.

And stood still, but turned horizontally, facing the south with the side of the ship, waiting for Zheng Chenggong to lead the warship to arrive.

After reviewing the naval battle four days ago with Zhang Mingzhen and Wang Yilin, Wu Zheng also asked Zheng Cai and the generals of the capital ships to understand the combat tactics of the Zheng family's naval division.

Therefore, Wu Zheng is very sure that Zheng Chenggong seems to be menacing, but the result will be the same as the previous naval battle.

Because, the naval guns of Zheng Chenggong's naval division were also not replaced with new artillery.

If there was only Wu Songshuishi, facing Zheng Chenggong's pouring his bags, Wu Zheng might have ordered a retreat long ago.

There is a way that two fists are invincible to four hands, and when they are outnumbered, they will repeat the scene where Wang Yilin's eleven warships were beaten in the paddock by Zheng Cai's order.

But now it is different, the Wusong Naval Division has more than 100 warships of all sizes, plus half of the Zhoushan Naval Division, the number of warships exceeds 200.

With more than 200 against more than 300, it still sounds inferior, but the range of the artillery of the two naval divisions is almost twice that of Zheng Chenggong.

The capital ship's gunwald guns have a maximum range of up to sixteen miles.

The firing range of medium gunboats was also more than twelve miles.

But the artillery of the Zheng Jiashui Division is the farthest, it can only hit eight miles, and it is not much, most of them have a range of six miles.

This makes it possible for Zheng Chenggong to adopt Zheng Cai's tactics and rush over at any cost, then the distance of eight miles is enough for Wu Zheng to shoot more than three rounds of volleys.

This kind of dense salvo of ships connected together, after three rounds, how much power Zheng Chenggong will have to fight back by then, I'm afraid only God knows.

Wu Zheng didn't know that in addition to listening to Zhang Mingzhen and Wang Yilin's descriptions, this was the first time he personally commanded this large-scale naval battle.

However, the heavens do not obey people's wishes.

This naval battle, after all, did not open widely.

Because when Zheng Chenggong's naval division approached 17 or 8 nautical miles, more than 50 of the more than 200 warships on Wu Zheng's side carried out a round of test firing.

The test firing before the shelling is to correct the elements, which is a routine action before the salvo.

Generally, according to the intensity and scale of the battle, one to several guns and one to several ships will be selected for test firing.

Then from the point of landing of the shell, the elevation angle of the muzzle was adjusted.

However, it is precisely because of the large scale of this battle that in order to be more accurate, each ship conducted test firing with the maximum intensity, that is, one gun apart and one ship apart.

Each capital ship has thirty-two guns on one side, divided into two tiers.

That is, more than twenty ships, with sixteen guns per ship, were test-fired.

It is said to be a test firing, but its scale is spectacular, which is equivalent to the roar of three or four hundred artillery pieces in unison.

The problem lies in this round of test firing.

I don't know if it was luck, or the front of the Zheng family's naval division was too dense, and the landing point of the test shells not only formed a straddle shot, but also directly hit three medium-sized warships in the forefront.

The explosion of the cannonball caused the two warships to ignite a raging fire after the explosion.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong, who was commanding in the back, was shocked.

Test firing has this kind of accuracy, so once a salvo is fired, what kind of terrifying consequences will be?