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Vice Admiral Lemo had a small drum in his heart and kept giving orders to the lookout to keep an eye on him.

"Are these Chinese really crazy, do they want to fight a night battle with those slippery fast ships?"

Of course, it was not Zheng Zhilong's intention to fight at night, what he meant was to attack the enemy army only when it was dark, as long as he entangled them. How did he know that since the Shenzhou Army had a telescope made of optical glass, the observation distance had increased, and it was no longer the distance when he got the news from Lemo, but it was such a small difference that his sneak attack warship was discovered by patrolling and luring enemy groups, and as a result, this one-sided massacre was created.

Fortunately, their Dutch warships did not need to attack the enemy directly, so naturally there were Qing warships transferred from elsewhere to fight against them, and Zheng Zhilong gave them a very simple task, which was to ask them to attack the obvious target of the other party's injury and fire. To put it bluntly, I want them to do things that fall into the ground.

This also shows that Zheng Zhilong is extremely proficient in the use of naval battle tactics, and these Dutchmen have long been frightened by the navy of the Shenzhou Army, and they do not dare to engage in naval battles with the other side at all. However, Zheng Zhilong also knew that the artillery skills of these Dutch were much better than those of the gunners on the Qing warships.

Even so, Lemo still didn't dare to confront the fleet of the Shenzhou Army, but Zheng Zhilong promised him that if he won this battle, he and Huck would each be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold each.

In this way, Lemo had the courage to participate in this operation, not only dragging behind a large number of Qing warships, but also asking his subordinates to keep their eyes open, he didn't want to become a meal on the plate of those slippery fast ships before the war began.

The bright headlights and "flares" that patrolled and lured the enemy group also made it easy for the Qing fleet to find them.

When Zheng Zhaoji gave the order to attack, a naval battle immediately began, and the lights of the patrol and decoy group disappeared without a trace below the surface of the sea as if someone had turned off the switch.

"Lookout!" Lemo tensed up, and he issued orders in a big way. Several of his warships today are also quite different from those of the past, thanks exclusively to those tanks with amphibious capabilities.

During the Tiger Road operation last year, Bolo obtained a number of amphibious combat vehicles from Wu Shengzhao, and officials from the Ministry of Industry made a detailed analysis of the various parts on them and made imitations. Among them was the propeller technology, because when Bolo broke through the "Suzhou Defense Line", his chariot was able to cross the river.

And when he wanted to obtain the Dutch's future attack on Fuzhou City, the secrets on these chariots would not be concealed at all. Although Bolo is sensitive to new technologies, he still does not understand the importance of technical secrecy.

Bolo and Lemo were amazed by such a drive system, and after half their lives on the sea, they certainly understood what such maneuverability meant in naval warfare! Soon the carpenter on his own ship made an enlarged imitation. As a result, several of the Dutch ships were also equipped with a man-powered drive system. It's just that due to the sheer size of their warships, they have limited mobility.

The Qing warship in front of the Dutch warship quickly started a battle with the "Fury Tide-class" frigate of the Shenzhou Army's "patrol and decoy group" that came to the door, and there was no need to ask, this was another almost one-sided naval battle.

When the 10 60-mm guns were fired in a salvo, it was like just one shot, and a large number of projectiles flew towards the Qing army's warships. On the other hand, the Qing army's warships, their lookouts could hardly spot the figure of the "Fury Tide-class" battleship painted in protective color in such a moonlit night, and the only thing that could be identified was the flash of the muzzle of the Fury Tide-class when it opened fire, and this was their only chance to fire.

Originally, Zheng Zhilong wanted them to cast the "Kong Ming Lantern" at the upwind of the enemy army when they were fighting at night, but it was indeed a difficult thing to compete with the "Angry Tide Level".

The artillery fire of the Qing warships and the artillery fire of the "Fury Tide-class" warships, you are not happy to bombard me back and forth. However, in most cases, the Qing army's artillery fire fell on the trail of the tail of the "Fury Tide class", and the Qing warships burned one after another, and it was precisely these burning warships that gave them the opportunity to continue fighting with the "Fury Tide class".

Soon, when more than a dozen warships of the Qing army in front of them were burning, the fires on these ships were like candles, illuminating this sea area, and occasionally making the eyes of the Qing army's lookouts find the low figure of the "angry tide level" when they "came to the gods".

When the Qing warships and the "Fury Tide" began to fire more and more, Vice Admiral Lemo had a fairly good chance to open fire. Of course, it was not the "Fury Tide" that was hit and caught fire, but their projections were exposed in the background of the torch of the burning Qing warship.

However, Lemo did not give the order to shoot, he just held up his binoculars and looked at the battleships carefully. Like a jockey who loves horses, he exclaimed, "What wonderful creatures these little creatures are!" …… Look at their speed, it's as fast as ten knots...... Oh my God, I don't know which crazy head they came from! Such a battleship, if I can get one......! ”

Although he was forced to lead his fleet to sea in the face of the lure of gold, he was not as stupid as he was to fight. He had always thought that fighting such a fast-moving battleship was an act of seeking death, so he was just going to be an "observer" tonight.

As for Zheng Zhilong's request, "Shoot at the battleship exhibition where the enemy is on fire!" He was going to do it, otherwise he was afraid that he would not be able to get the gold, but he didn't do it, but he ordered the withdrawal of the battle after the Angry Tide class drove the Qing warships apart.

Just above the sea, the Qing warships that attacked from behind were slaughtered by the "Fury Tide Class", and the entire fleet quickly collapsed, although their sneak attack was a complete failure, but in a sense they also achieved certain results, which will soon be reflected.

At this time, Zheng Zhaoji received a report from the covering group on the situation of the battle.

"It is reported that the patrol group has broken up the enemy fleet, destroying about thirty enemy ships, and the Dutch battleships have not fired their guns, and have retreated. Please instruct, whether the patrol lure the enemy group to pursue it, or carry out the plan to feint and retreat to Zhoushan? ”

"Huh? What's the plan for these red-haired ghosts? ”

Zheng Zhaoji's brows furrowed together, and for a moment he was completely confused by Lemo's treacherous behavior. However, since the battle was won, the patrol lure enemy group did not rush to Zhoushan, after all, the unloading here was still not completed.

"Order, patrol to lure the enemy group back to the initial position and stand by, and ask the whale class to speed up unloading."