"Lord Viscount, twenty nautical miles in front of you, there is a fleet of Ming ships."

On the vast sea frontier, more than 50 ships of various sizes galloped, fan-shaped, to search for the fleet forward.

Speaking was the Dutch East India Company, the Far East Auxiliary Fleet, the captain of the twenty-third squad, Edward Cini, who reported to him the Kingdom of the Netherlands, hereditary viscount, Kaosny Linney.

Compared with a few months ago, the Dutch power in the East China Sea has been severely attacked, and it has clamored to annex Chinese territory, to seize the Penghu Islands first, and to attack Fujian and other places based on this.

Although Da Ming is said to be overwhelmed in land warfare, and he was repeatedly rubbed on the ground by Jiannu in the territory of Liaodong, this does not mean that Da Ming is really not good, especially such a red-haired ghost, should you, or kill you!

The Battle of Penghu began under such a premise, led by soldiers and horses from Fujian, and it took ten months to teach Xiaohe a lesson......

During this period of time, the Liaodong Navy placed its main forces on the peninsula, Wajima and other places, and had already achieved immortal results, and Wadao had become a place of purgatory with continuous beacons at this time.

Lin Niwei squinted his eyes and said: "This battle must be resolved quickly, the wealth of the Ming people, we must hold it in our hands, the battle of Penghu has caused us heavy losses!" Since the official army could not win, they should concentrate on fighting the civilian fleet of the Ming State. ”

Silk, tea, porcelain, these are the standard of wealth in Europe, and in the process of overseas expeditions, the enthusiasm for wealth has never weakened.

"Lord Viscount, we ......" Hearing Linney's reply, Sini seemed a little hesitant, with a little hesitation in his words, but finally said: "Should we think long-term?" The ships of the Ming people are not too far away from us. ”

Because he went overseas, he didn't know much about the details of the Ming Dynasty, so he didn't know how to do it internally, but the battle of the Fujian Navy Division really broke Xiaohe's courage, and he still cowered on the treasure island and didn't dare to move forward half a step!

Of course.

After more than two years of conquest, the Liaodong Royal Navy has accumulated, enough ships, enough experience, and enough officers and men, just waiting for the Liaodong Royal Navy to completely occupy the general trend on Wadao Island, and it has become inevitable to go south!

At this stage, the forces of the Penglai Chamber of Commerce continue to infiltrate into the South Seas, and in the process of constantly collecting intelligence, the General Staff Department and the Navy Division continue to build and complete many forces in the South Seas.

"Humph! Cini: Your guts have been broken? Looking at the slightly Vino Sini, Linney's eyes were fierce, although there was anger in his heart, but this did not prevent him from expressing anger: "Once you lose, you don't do anything again? As great pioneers, are we always afraid of the ships of the Ming Kingdom? Although Linny is also terrified in his heart, as the biggest character, he can't show the fear in his heart, although the power of the Ming ship is indeed terrifying!

To say that the loot is so high-sounding, Linny is probably the only one.

If it weren't for the fact that he coveted the wealth of the merchants of the Ming Kingdom and wanted to be able to squander and support his mistress when he returned to the Netherlands to report on his work, he would not have taken such a risk!

"Cut, according to what you say, you're the fastest runner!" Xini, who had experienced the Battle of Penghu, couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart after hearing this.

Of course, Sini can't say this, after all, his title is far from being a hereditary viscount of Linny, who let the family have a good father and come to the Far East, just to gild it.

The talent is not very dripping, but the position can crush everything, otherwise how can there be so much grievance in this world?

Even if there is a lot of reluctance in my heart, the military orders still need to be spoken, and one by one, along with the flags, continue to disperse.

Gallop on the left flank, bypassing the enemy and blitzing the enemy's tail rank.

Mid-wing ......

Right wing......

In the vast sea, if you want to start a naval battle, the necessary speed is indispensable, and there must be no less artillery, such as jumping on enemy ships to fight, which is only done in the later stages of the battle.

At a distance of tens of nautical miles, it is not a problem at all for galloping ships, one by one, and the tactical demands are completed with high standards.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack ......"

At the same time, when the caravan was moving forward, when it was ten nautical miles away, Li Gui, as the leader of the seamen, had already discovered the problem, and the seafarers in charge of guarding kept passing on the actual situation.

"Scattered, scattered......"

Li Gui frowned and raised the telescope in his hand, constantly spreading orders, all the sea ships that came out of the Liaodong Shipyard were equipped with smoothbore cannons cast by the Liaodong Firearms Factory, which was definitely the top existence in Liaodong, Daming, and even the world.

Why does Penglai Chamber of Commerce dare to continue to open up to the south? The most fundamental reason is that the ship on which it is located is equipped with top-level smoothbore guns.

What is the essence of naval warfare at this stage?

It is to see whose artillery is powerful, the projectile shoots far, whether the hull is hard, and whether it can withstand the shelling again and again!

So.

Since the sea boat is broken, don't waste the advantage, open the absolute space advantage, just fuck it!

"Scattered ......"

Accompanied by the roar of Ghost Li, the subordinate herald roared angrily, and at the same time waved the command flag in his hand, and at this moment, there was also the subordinate signal soldier, lit the signal gun and shot angrily into the clear blue sky.

The originally galloping sea ships, according to the set goal, rampant, closed cannon holes opened, one after another smoothbore guns were pushed out, and the gunners who were originally on standby, under the urging of their respective commanders, quickly completed their standard movements.

"Cannon ......"

"Brush the chamber! Brush the chamber! ”

"Filling Projectile ......"

"Preset Gun Position ......"

With a shout, the gunners on alert moved quickly to reload the fully assembled iron projectiles, and before doing so, they cleaned the breeches with a bristle brush and prepared for the next phase of the move.

"OK fill!"

"Closed !!"

"Twisting ...... Fire"

A gunner, according to his pre-trained action skills, quickly and standardly complete their own actions, and finally the gun commander of each gun position waits for the order of the gun commander!

On the deck, Ghost Li held up the telescope and looked into the distance with a frown.

"Mr. Li, the person who came is not good!" Ding Gui changed his original laughter, and said with a serious expression, referring to the system of the East India Company, the Penglai Chamber of Commerce's dispatch in overseas regions has always referred to the supremacy of official positions, and there are no rules!

"Humph!" Hearing Ding Gui's words, Ghost Li first snorted coldly, and then said: "Since some people want to find death, then we must let them know what a real strong army is!" ”

Don't look at the Penglai Chamber of Commerce as a civilian and merchant fleet, but once it is a time of war, all the supervisors must be handed over to the seamen's chief, and if you want to ensure the victory of the war, you must be professionally retired seamen.

The distance is getting shorter, the threat is approaching, and Ghost Li decides to launch a first-strike attack!

"Herald! The ships were divided into two wings, the left flank was on alert, and the right flank was fired in a salvo of three guns!! ”

After listening to Ghost Li's answer, the herald standing quietly beside him quickly waved the command flag in his hand, and kept shouting in his mouth, the sea ship that was originally standing quietly in the sea area started the highest attack speed like this!

"Three artillery salvos on the right flank!"

"Three-gun salvo ......"

"Three artillery alerts!"

"Burning ......"

A roar opened, and a series of orders were issued, which made the originally vigilant sea ship gunners act quickly according to the orders!

"Bang ......"

"Bang bang!"

The closed cabin was filled with a strong, pungent smell of gunpowder, and the gun commanders of each gun position looked intently at the lit fire twist, one second, two seconds, three seconds, and the expected vibration began, but they did not have joy, but quickly issued military orders!

"Smoothbore, wipe the smoothbore ......"

"Cleaning ......"

"Prepare ......"

A gunner quickly filled, and the group of shells of the right flank fleet had already shot away, the range was so far that no one expected, especially the hereditary viscount Linny, who wanted to pretend to be forced, looked up at the projectiles that flew one after another, and was already stupid.

This......

"Avoid! Circumvent! Hurry up and ......"

The frightened Sini roared quickly, waving his hands constantly, in this special period, no one expected to encounter such a situation, although the Penglai Chamber of Commerce has been going south for a long time, but the duel with the Xiaohe force is the first time in the real sense!

What I encountered before was just a small fight, so there weren't so many things, but this time, the fleet to which Ghost Li belonged was transporting the most critical wealth, so it was said to be wary of all threatening enemies.

Since the threat is coming from the right side, this person instinctively wants to avoid it, and since this is the case, it must be avoided from the left side!

In the process of evasion, the next two shells were fired at the maximum speed, and the goal was to attack and kill the ships that were not in place in the follow-up!

More than 50 ships, although they galloped according to the left, center, and right flanks, but as a covering attack, they could be affected to some extent, and in the first round of attack, five of the ships belonging to Sini were knocked out, seven were seriously wounded, and more than 200 seamen were killed or wounded......

"Report! The left flank of the enemy ships ran ......"

Three rounds of artillery salvos made the two sides have different effects, Li Gui's ship watched vigilantly, and Sini's ship moved in a panic, but such a first move gave Li Gui a chance!

As a retired wounded soldier from the Liaodong Royal Navy, that combat experience is absolutely leveraged, especially being the head of the Liaodong Seafarers Organization, which has a great talent in itself.

In addition, every time they return to Liaodong, they will regularly participate in due training, the purpose is to continuously improve their naval combat capabilities, perhaps physically disabled, in the Liaodong Royal Navy can not develop, but to strengthen civilian naval combat talents, it is also very necessary.

What Li Ghost used just now is a very common way of naval warfare, under the premise that the other party does not know his true level, if he wants to play, he will play this raid, since the right-wing has finished playing, then the left-wing attack will be carried out next!

"Left flank salvo, three rounds ......"

"Right wing, free to attack!"

Everything was as expected, the corners of Ghost Li's mouth raised a little smile, but he quickly roared, since the enemy army is looking for death, then don't blame Lao Tzu!

The left flank flotilla, which had long been ready, quickly ignited the first wave of artillery after hearing the military order, followed by the first round, and the second round was being prepared, and at this time, the right flank artillery group also launched an attack, chasing the opposite side's evasive Sini fleet group.

But the opportunity has been lost, if as early as the first round of artillery attacks began, Sini was able to withstand the pressure, quickly let the ships under his command approach and move forward, leaving aside the waste hereditary viscount, maybe he could still play two rounds with Li Gui and them, but the result was not so in place.

In a quarter of an hour, eight rounds of shelling had been carried out, and in this tight eight rounds, the fleet to which Sini belonged fired one.

Who would have thought that the Dutch Navy, which has always been strong, was completely extinguished at this time, even if it fought with the Fujian Naval Division, there was no such suppressive attack, you must know that the Battle of Penghu was fought for as many as ten months!

But such a one-sided situation, which is definitely a rare situation, eight rounds of attacks, and finally let Sini's fleet flee in the desert......

"Mr. Li, how should we do this?" Ding Gui frowned slightly, looking at the enemy fleet that had fled, there were originally more than 50 ships, but in the end there were more than 10 left, and more than half of them were seriously damaged.

Li Ghost said: "Don't forget the priority, this time we carry too much gold and silver, if there is a little difference, we can't afford the responsibility in the middle!" ”

Carrying the Penglai Chamber of Commerce, relying on the advantages of prior commodities, it has earned a huge amount of wealth in the Nanyang region, and the gold and silver will be sent to the Liaodong Mint to be issued as standard gold coins and silver coins, of course, there are many links that need to be experienced.

Although it is said that Zhao Zongwu holds the main shares, there must be rules that should be there, otherwise if the rules and regulations are messed up, the due order will be messed up.

"Humph! Cheap them, if Lao Tzu is still in the Liaodong Royal Navy, with their arrogant energy, they must be killed! !! couldn't help but scold, and Ding Gui's face was angry.

Recalling their pride at the beginning, these are nothing at all, and the recorder who accompanied them this time recorded everything about this battle, as an important basis for enriching foreign operations!

After the end of this battle, the seafarers led by Li Gui will receive a lot of military achievements, and it is precisely because of such a reward and punishment mechanism that more people are constantly stimulated to join the civilian naval battle group.

Little by little, it has forced the general environment of the people, laying a solid foundation for the next stage of naval selection and expansion and the establishment of the Age of Discovery.

If you want to achieve the Age of Discovery, such a situation must be in place, and the Liaodong Royal Navy is serious about naval warfare......