Dozens of warships suddenly appeared in the calm Guangzhou Bay, and the word "Zheng" was written on the banner of the huge warship.

On the deck of one of the largest three-masted warships, a man of about thirty-five years old looked out over the Humen coast, and when he was still twenty nautical miles away, he saw thick smoke billowing from the Humen coast......

Zheng Zhilong, born in a small official family in Shijing, Nan'an, Fujian, at the age of 17, due to the family's difficult livelihood, he and his younger brother went to Macau to mingle with his uncle, went to Manila, Japan and other places, and learned Lusita, Japanese and Portuguese.

With his super ability, Zheng Zhilong has accumulated a lot of wealth and contacts in just a few years, especially after the death of Li Dan, a wealthy businessman he followed, his power has skyrocketed, because Li Dan, who has no wife and children, donated his industry and career in Taiwan to Zheng Zhilong after his death.

In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, there was a severe drought in southern Fujian, and Zheng Zhilong recruited tens of thousands of hungry people from Quanzhou to Taiwan to reclaim land, and at that time, Zheng Zhilong already had 700 ships.

Zheng Zhilong, whose strength has increased greatly, felt that it was necessary to find a big backer, because the Ming Dynasty implemented a sea ban at that time, and it was inconvenient for him to do business.

The imperial court awarded Zheng Zhilong as a guerrilla in coastal defense and served as the "Five Tiger Guerrilla General", so that he still led the original troops to garrison the coastal area of the Ming Dynasty to prevent pirates and the Dutch from attacking, and Xiong Wencan, the governor of Fujian, was also promoted to the governor of Liangguang.

After being appeased, Zheng Zhilong left Taiwan, the maritime base he had operated for many years, and moved to the Minhai Sea, at this time, Zheng Zhilong already had more than 30,000 troops and more than 1,000 ships.

After Zheng Zhilong, who had been chic for several years, received an order from his old boss Xiong Wencan, he rushed to Guangzhou Bay with fifty warships without saying a word.

Zheng Zhilong picked up the binoculars and looked in the direction of Humen, only to see that there were still British ships patrolling outside Humen, and there was smoke on the Yaniang shoe fort, and the fire was no longer visible.

Zheng Zhilong handed the telescope to the guards on the side, and Zheng Hongkui, who was next to Zheng Zhilong at this time, also put down the telescope and said, "Big brother, give the order, kill these Brits!" ”

Zheng Zhilong shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I see that the British warships are not small, and the artillery on them is quite large, not to be underestimated!" ”

Zheng Hongkui smiled: "Big brother, what are you afraid of!" We've all fought the Battle of Liuluo Bay, and the Dutch red-haired devils have more ships than them, haven't we still been defeated? We've got experience! ”

After Zheng Zhilong listened, he didn't repeat anything, and directly ordered: "Give the order, attack the British warships in Humen." ”

The herald immediately raised the flag and ordered all the warships of the Daming Naval Division to prepare for the attack.

At this time, the British patrol ships also discovered the sailors of the Ming army, and immediately turned around and ran back, and at the same time raised flags to warn several other British ships in Guangzhou Bay.

After Commander Weddell received the warning, he was also shocked in his heart, he didn't expect the sailors of the Ming army to come so quickly, he had just gone ashore to grab something, and before he had time to deploy in the fort, the sailors of the Ming army arrived, and the Yaniang shoe fort had been almost destroyed when his ship attacked.

Weddell, worthy of the experienced British admiral, quickly came up with a countermeasure, and he ordered the entire fleet to go to sea to suppress the Daming Naval Division with his ship's artillery superiority.

After Weddell gave the order, the British fleet sailed at full speed outside Guangzhou Bay in two columns, and shelled the Ming naval division with four main warships off the Humen Sea.

More than 100 heavy guns from four British ships fired the first salvo at the Daming Naval Division, and in the first round, several warships of the charging Daming Naval Division were hit, two of the smaller ones were pierced, and the sailors on the ships were also in disarray, busy rescuing the wounded......

Zheng Zhilong, who was holding a telescope to observe the battle situation, was a little surprised, the firepower of the British battleship was too fierce, and the range was very long, far farther than the range of the guns of his own warship, and he couldn't return fire when he watched the other side's shelling.

After the development of the Great Voyage in Europe, the naval strength has become very strong, especially the displacement of the ships and the caliber of the artillery, which has left the Ming Naval Division, which has almost stagnated since the time of Zheng He.

Four of Weddell's six ships had a displacement of 800 tons, each with six or seven eighteen-pounder guns, more than twenty twelve-pounder guns, and a dozen eight-pounder guns, and the remaining two warships with a small displacement had half the firepower, but they should not be underestimated.

The naval division of the Ming army, not only in terms of displacement is far inferior to the British warships, but also far from enough firepower, some of the main warships only have a few pounds of Hongyi cannons, as well as a few large Francolong cannons and Baizi cannons.

Just when Zheng Zhilong was surprised, the British's second salvo came out again, and the nearest cannonball was less than a hundred meters away from his flagship, and the sea water raised by the cannonball had already splashed onto the deck of the warship.

Zheng Zhilong ordered loudly: "Tell the brothers, don't be nervous, take out our strength to clean up Hongyi, and let this group of British Yankees take a look!" ”

Although the displacement of the Ming naval division warships was not as good as that of the British warships, and the caliber of the guns on the warships was even worse, they had a great advantage in numbers.

Dozens of warships of the Ming Army's naval division have rushed to the range of artillery fire and began to counterattack, especially the Centipede boats imitating Portuguese multi-oared boats, sailing at extremely fast speed, feasible against the wind, not afraid of wind and waves, have broken through the blockade of British warships from both wings, and the ship's thousand-pound big Fran cannons and fireball rockets continue to greet the British warships.

The main warship of the Ming Army's naval division, several three-masted gunboats with a hull of up to 20 zhang have also rushed up from the front, and the three-masted gunboats imitate the giant Dutch warships, with a large height, a head and a tail, sailing quickly, and not afraid of wind and waves.

The three-masted gunboat was equipped with eight Hongyi cannons, forty thousand-pound Buddha cannons, as well as iron artillery and Shenji pomegranates, 50 to 100 each, with extremely strong firepower.

After a volley of fire from the Ming army's sailors, Weddell and the British sailors were so shocked that their eyes almost didn't fall out, and several British warships were instantly beaten into a hornet's nest, among which the Hope, which had the lowest displacement, was directly broken through the protection and sank rapidly.

Fortunately, several other warships were highly protected, leaving only a few bullet holes in their hulls, and the damage to the warships was limited, but this result had already made Weddell and many sailors stunned, and they couldn't believe what they were seeing.

The Ming army's wolf pack tactics unsettled them, so that it would not take a few volleys for their fleet to be finished, and Weddell hurriedly ordered the fleet to retreat into the mouth of the Pearl River.

While the Ming navy was in pursuit, two more volleys were fired, and a cannonball hit Weddell's flagship directly, which made the Ming navy sailors cheer and at the same time greatly increase their confidence.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong ordered the troops to be withdrawn, because at this time, the ships had already entered the mouth of the Pearl River, and they relied on the narrow channel of the Pearl River to effectively defend, and the Ming army naval division could not give full play to its numerical advantage to encircle it.

Not only that, if the Ming naval division forcibly entered the Pearl River estuary, it would be attacked by the British army's long-range and large-caliber artillery, which was very unfavorable to the Ming naval division, and in this way, the two sides entered a stalemate.