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At this time, the sky had just entered the pre-dawn darkness, and it became more and more difficult to observe. On the surface of the sea, only the Qing army's burning warships were still clearly visible. And when almost everyone's attention was drawn there, the mutation happened.

In the northeast direction of the "supply group" led by Zheng Zhaoji, some centipede boats used by the Qing army to set fire appeared on them, but what was surprising was that there were no firewood, firewood and grass on those warships, but their ships were loaded with a considerable number of logs, and strings of "Kong Ming lanterns" were tied to the logs, which was also the magic method that Zheng Zhilong thought of.

A centipede boat can drag logs up to a mile long, and one after another, they lay down a "wall of light" for more than ten kilometers. It was even brighter in such a night, and the sail shadow on the mast of the "Fury Tide-class" and the huge hull of the "Whale-class" were exposed to the eyes of Zheng Zhilong, who had been leading a large number of warships looking for them.

"Attack!"

With Zheng Zhilong's order, one hundred and twenty-five warships turned their rudder rods at the same time, and the shipwrights on the ship pedaled the waterwheels, and the speed of the warships suddenly increased, rushing towards the "supply group" led by Zheng Zhaoji.

When a series of lanterns appear in the northeast, Cheng realizes that he has encountered a resourceful guy. Perhaps he had already estimated that the Dutch and Qing warships from outside would be discovered, and the battle there would surely attract everyone's attention, and this was a good opportunity for him to sneak attack.

"Ordered the lookouts to observe the west and southwest directions, and the 'supply group' to cover the ships and prepare for battle, and asked the 'whale class' to complete the task as soon as possible and prepare for evacuation...... It is necessary to patrol and lure the enemy group to move closer to the 'supply group' and prepare for battle. ”

With a series of orders from Zheng Zhaoji, the manpower drive systems of the ten "Fury Tide-class" ships of the entire "cover group" were fully operational, the gun doors were opened, and the 60-mm guns and rocket launchers were quickly ready for firing.

"Report, a large group of enemy ships was found...... Towards the southwest, quickly approaching me! ”

The voice of the lookout echoed in the "Fury Tide" war room with the microphone, and the staff officers hurriedly placed a large number of ship models in the southwest direction.

"Order, patrol and lure the enemy group to quickly move closer to the whale class, make every effort to protect it to complete the unloading task, and after the task is completed, advance to the southeast, highlight the Zhoushan Islands and then converge at the first assembly point. The rest of the ships followed the direction of my flagship to meet the enemy, moving at full speed. ”

Zheng Zhaoji looked at the situation on the chart, and his face became more and more serious. As the lookouts in the "microphone" continued to report, the number of enemy ships increased, and the posture Zheng Zhaoji put on became more and more familiar. Zheng Zhaoji couldn't help but exclaim in his heart.

"Could it be...... Could it be that the character commanded by the other party is actually an uncle? ”

Zheng Zhilong didn't know who the other party was commanding, so the pride in his heart naturally didn't need to be mentioned. The enemy warships, which had become clear against the bright background of the "wall of light", had clearly been under surprise attack, and they were turning their bows to meet him.

"Armor-piercing shells, reload!"

These are the "armor-piercing bullets" produced by Shenzhou City, which Bolo captured to deal with chariots when he attacked Suzhou. And Zheng Zhilong, who was very good at naval warfare, immediately thought of using this kind of cannonball to deal with the enemy's warships. Streamlined lead-core projectile with muzzle kinetic energy plus extremely strong inertia. If it is said that the armor of the "Gale-class" destroyers will be a little difficult, then the power of the "Fury Tide-class" is self-evident.

"The fleet obeys my orders, spreads out two battle formations, and meets the enemy!"

As the warships of the two sides approached, because Zheng Zhilong had the "advantage of being the first move" discovered by the enemy, his formation was much better than Zheng Zhaoji's formation.

One hundred and twenty-five warships were divided into twenty-five small plum blossom formations, which in turn formed a large plum blossom formation covering a considerable amount of sea area.

Zheng Zhaoji looked at the more and more enemy warships found on the chart, and finally formed three clusters of front, left and right, and the others were still hidden in the dark, but Zheng Zhaoji had already recognized it, this is the "Hundred Plum Blossom Array" that his uncle Zheng Zhilong is best at, Zheng Zhilong relied on this large array not only to dominate the South China Sea, but even to fight against several powerful bandits in the South Sea, it was also by the power of this large array that he won.

Especially when Zheng Zhilong used this array, the big ship often had a small boat shaped like a dragon boat, and he had already set fire to the enemy or killed, and he was afraid of the strong beams on the sea in the South Seas and the privateer of the red-haired ghost, often called it "soft and hard", but in fact, the Zheng family's name was "hidden in the shield".

How about it, who will everyone think of, haha is naturally the SB of the Nine Ghosts Zhibao, yes, he is one of Zheng Zhilong's unsuccessful students, but he is just an auditor!

Zheng Zhaoji's small ship group is also a copy of the five-point plum blossom array, but the "Fury Tide Class" is more flexible to use this formation because of the light signal.

The naval battles at that time were brutal, not that the battleships sank and there was no place to run. The cruelty of it lies in the fact that naval battles were decided in a split second, when ships were burned or sunk to the bottom of the sea in close proximity. There is little room for anyone to react.

"Order, two battle groups to carry out a piercing attack in the middle of the enemy troops, and the rocket artillery fire is concentrated on the enemy's foremost warship."

Zheng Zhaoji naturally knew very well about his own "big array", they did not have a "rage tide-level" light signal system, so the person who actually commanded the battle took the front ship, in order to have a wide field of vision and facilitate command. At the same time, in order to protect the "master", the flag of the general will not be hoisted, and it will also prevent the enemy from attacking the flagship in wartime.

The method of command, at night, is to use a series of lanterns, and during the day, to use flags of the same color as the sails, so that the changes in the naval battle are only known to the Zheng family's own people, and it is difficult for outsiders to know the mystery.

Zheng Zhilong looked at these battleships that rushed towards him like crazy in the bright background, and suddenly understood why Lemo called them "fast ships" when he opened and closed his mouth, the speed of these battleships was really fast beyond his expectations. Not only was it faster than his battleship, but even the "dragon boats" used to set fire to it couldn't catch up.

Soon they approached the range of the cannon, Zheng Zhilong gave the order to "open the cannon", and the solid "armor-piercing projectile" flew out in a rumbling cannon.

Almost at the same time, Zheng Zhaoji also gave the order for a salvo.

The fiery red trajectory was intertwined into a fire net in the air, Zheng Zhilong was almost stunned by the terrible scream, watching the fire net at the head cover his boat, and in fright, he took three steps and made two steps and plunged into the sea.

At the same time, Zheng Zhaoji, who was dying, also gave the order to abandon the ship.