Chapter 286 really came

As soon as De Sousa's two warships sailed out of the harbor, Silva's fleet followed.

The formation of five battleships was completed, and just as the sails were accelerating, a muffled explosion was heard in the city.

Immediately afterward, there was another burst of heavy gunfire......

"What's going on?"

Silva was shocked and looked blankly at de Sousa's flagship, hoping to see if there was any flag message coming.

There is no information, business as usual.

Because, De Sousa here is also a second monk who is confused, but he quickly figured it out, this should be the Governor Governor who began to encircle and suppress those Chinese Yankees, right?

He knew that once the artillery in the barracks was dispatched, no matter how fierce the Chinese soldiers were, how could that small shop withstand the roar of the cannons.

The Governor was in such a hurry to do so, did he want to clear the city as soon as possible, so that when they returned triumphantly, they could organize a grand celebration?

"Look, my lord, it's ...... over there."

An exclamation from the sailors beside him interrupted de Sousa's reverie.

"Huh? Be...... Two dinghies? ”

De Sousa heard the sound, and in front of the left of the bow, two black dots were moving rapidly along the coastline, heading towards the harbor.

"It's ...... The Chinese Clippers? ”

De Sousa's color changed slightly, he had heard that these Chinese were full of eccentricity, not only did they have large iron boats that could walk without sails, but also the small boats that transported people ashore were also extremely fast.

Now, seeing is believing, it's really fast, and he hasn't seen anyone paddle, which is too unbelievable.

"Yes, my lord, they ...... is constantly sending people to the shore. ”

"What a fast ship......"

De Sousa froze and said in a cruel voice, "No matter, hoist the sails, speed up!" ”

With such a fast dinghy, we can't catch up at all, so it's important that we go down to business.

As long as they kill their big ship, they can cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and win the game in one fell swoop!

After a period of confusion, the two warships set sail, one after the other, and gradually headed for the uninhabited island and reef outside the harbor.

Seeing this, Silva, who was in the rear on the right, did not care about any doubts, and immediately ordered the sails to be hoisted, and the three gunboats lined up in a line to break the waves briskly, and his ship accelerated quickly, and soon could catch up.

……

At this moment, the sky is already bright.

Fang Yuchun, the captain of the "Qinzhou," finally pulled out, climbed to the lookout of the stern tower in one breath, and looked around with a telescope.

After receiving Lin Xiao's instructions, he was busy on the deck all night, personally commanding two speedboats to keep going back and forth, and sending the soldiers of the two companies of the reconnaissance battalion ashore one after another in batches.

Lin Xiao took Li Tao, Zhang Chenfeng, Situ Zheng and other officers away, and all the affairs on the "Qinzhou" were decided by him, the captain.

Fortunately, there is also Chen Qice, the governor of the Ming Navy, who can help a little, and the governor of the light pole who left his fleet volunteered to stay on duty in the stern for him all night.

Seeing the boat transporting the last group of soldiers leave, Fang Yuchun breathed a sigh of relief, after a busy night, there was finally no major mistake.

Now, in addition to the sailors, there are only the fighters of the last company left on the "Qinzhou", and the matter of combat readiness duty will be handed over to the deputy battalion commander.

"Report to the captain, emergency call."

At this moment, the signal corps hurriedly came and handed him the latest telegram sent by Lin Xiao, Lin Xiao's telegram was concise and to the point, only ten words: "Portuguese, ship, have, different, move, hope, early, do, quasi, prepare"

"Order, all in place, anchor, patrol around the island."

After Fang Yuchun gave the order, he couldn't wait to come to the stern.

The two large ships were anchored near an uninhabited island and reef outside the harbor, and because the "Longsheng" was too large, it only raised its fire and did not wander around, and the task of patrolling in circles was handed over to the more flexible and fuel-efficient "Qinzhou."

This time, Lao Chen and his old colleagues sacrificed more than a dozen people at once, and the entire "Longsheng" almost became an empty ship.

Fang Yuchun could only bury his sadness deep in his heart, and in order to cooperate with Lin Xiao's work, he sent all the later generations of mechanics brought on the ship to the "Longsheng" to ensure that the "Longsheng" could start normally.

However, after all, there was no captain over there, so according to Lin Xiao's meaning, he temporarily entrusted the command of the "Longsheng" to He Shouxin, the commander of the young and old guard company.

If the enemy ships attacked, the "Longsheng" must follow the instructions of the "Qinzhou" and coordinate the operation, and the two ships will communicate through the radio or flag, and they will be under the command of the other party, Yuchun.

He estimated that after this battle, Lin Xiao was very likely to let him return to the "Longsheng" to be the captain, after all, he was the second mate who could really command this modern ship calmly.

……

The boat was soon activated, and he looked at the wooden sailboat at his feet with some reluctance.

He had only been the captain of the "Qinzhou" for a month, but he had already fallen in love with it, and his footprints had been left on every deck and every corner of the ship, and he was familiar with every sailor on board......

Although he was only a seaman, Fang Yuchun found that he liked soldiers, and in his bones, he was actually full of blood, and he liked the feeling of chopping waves and flying artillery.

"I don't want to think so much, let's fight this battle and talk about it......"

Fang Yuchun muttered to himself.

Naval warfare is still a new discipline for him, and he has been practicing for so long, but he has not really fought in actual combat.

Fortunately, this is not a real naval battle.

The two big ships basically had no artillery, and once the fight started, they actually had to rely on one company of infantry left behind on each of the two ships, and there were almost no sailors.

The "Qinzhou" can barely be regarded as a warship, after all, Sun Lei installed a rotary gun on the bow and tail decks, and the dozen or so sailors on board have been able to master the technique of firing guns relatively proficiently.

However, the "Longsheng" was completely unarmed, and relied on the "javelins" of the guard company to protect itself.

……

"Sure enough, it came."

As soon as he turned around the island and reef, in Fang Yuchun's field of vision, two columns of Franc machine gunboats appeared.

"Yes...... Five ships, two battle lines. ”

Chen Qice, who was on the side, instinctively blurted out that he was an expert in this kind of thing about battleship formation.

In the past few days, Chen Qice has followed Lin Xiao and them all the way, and has seen too many novelties, especially when he saw the diesel engine in the bilge of the "Qinzhou", he was even more shocked, and admired Lin Xiao and others so much.

He finally understood why Lin Xiao and the others only took a "Qinzhou" and dared to wander around on this vast sea, in front of this ship, the hundreds of ships in his fleet were simply scum!

When he arrived in Macau, after seeing the giant "Dragon Ascend", he didn't dare to talk much except for emotion, too much unheard of!

Sometimes, he kept thinking, if one day he had such a good ship under his command, what kind of Tartar would he be afraid of? What foreigners are you afraid of?

I'm afraid that I can be like the Three Treasures back then, rampant in the West invincible!

"I'm going to lure the enemy deep and divide and annihilate him, what?"

Looking at the two columns, Fang Yuchun squinted his eyes and said in a suppressed voice.

"Lure the enemy deeper?"

Chen Qice was a little puzzled, he was an expert in naval battles, shouldn't he bravely meet it and face it hard?

"Well, it's too close offshore...... I'm afraid they'll run away. ”

Fang Yuchun turned his head and smiled at Chen Qice, pretending to be mysterious.

The Governor of the Navy in front of him doesn't seem to know much about what sea guerrilla warfare is.

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