d Just when Zheng Zhilong was hesitating whether to take the Zheng family back to drift at sea, or compromise and hand over the sailor, to be exact, half of it, because the other half would be transferred to his son Zheng Sen, but in this way, he would have to be his titular An Guogong with peace of mind in the future.

An Guogong? Zheng Zhilong smiled bitterly, he understood why the emperor gave him the title of 'An', which was nothing more than to let him keep to himself.

"How willing to call me Zheng Zhilong!" Zheng Zhilong gritted his teeth, he is the overlord of Nanyang, he has been shocking Nanyang for more than 20 years, how can he be willing to be really dull, their Zheng family has not yet reached that point!

Zheng Zhilong was still hesitating, and several ships of the Ming Navy, under the leadership of Shen Jingchao, were gradually approaching the waters of Taiwan.

"Have you ever found any traces of the Dutch?" Shen Jingchao asked the sailor who was watching from the height of the mast.

"Back to my lord! No trace of the Dutch has been found! The sailor replied aloud.

"Keep exploring!" Shen Jingchao said, and he also took out his 'clairvoyance' and looked around, but the sea was vast and endless, although they were searching for a fleet, it was not so easy to find.

"Go over there!" Shen Jingchao pointed in one direction and ordered.

Suddenly, the four ships changed direction and sailed away.

"I heard that the Dutch people are blonde and blue-eyed, like ghosts, I don't know if it's powerful!" A sailor asked another person beside him.

"It doesn't matter if he's powerful or not, we'll bombard them all and blow them all into slag!" The sailor who was questioned happened to be the gunner, and he pouted his lips and said, not taking the so-called blonde and blue-eyed ghost-like 'Dutch ghost' in his eyes.

As a gunner, the sailor was well aware of the power of the cannons they had assembled on board.

"Uh---, that's true, no matter how powerful the ghost is, it will be blasted into slag with one shot!" The sailor was slightly stunned, glanced at the dozens of cannons of various types on both sides of the ship, and smiled awkwardly.

Because I haven't seen the Dutch who have really seen them, and I have heard others always say ghosts, ghosts, the sailor subconsciously thought that the Dutch with the word "ghost" must be very powerful, but he ignored that the so-called "ghost" is still a person after all, and he is still a slag when he is bombarded by a cannon.

Time passed little by little, and Shen Jingchao and others had almost been cruising in Taiwan's waters for most of the circle.

Suddenly, a group of black-pressed boat shadows suddenly appeared in the southeast distance.

"My lord, the Dutch have appeared, over there!" The sailors high up on the mast shouted, pointing in one direction.

Shen Jingchao immediately picked up the 'clairvoyance' in his hand and looked in the direction where the sailors were observing, and sure enough, he saw a group of black-pressed boat shadows.

"Quick, catch up!"

As the two sides got closer and closer, Shen Jingchao was gradually able to see the flag on the other party's ship, which was indeed the same as the Dutch flag in the description.

The Dutch have finally appeared!

The corners of Shen Jingchao's mouth hooked up a bloodthirsty smile, and he continued to observe with clairvoyance.

One, two, three >

There were more than fifty ships in total, of which thirty-three were cargo ships and seventeen were escort ships, and the black holes on them were clearly visible.

The Dutch warships were slightly larger than the warships of the Ming Navy, Shen Jing counted them, and the Dutch had about twenty-eight cannons on each warship!

"Interesting!" Shen Jingchao sneered, although the Dutchman's warships were larger, and the number was absolutely overwhelming the Ming Navy with only four ships, but Shen Jingchao was not afraid at all, but gradually began to boil his blood, and the first battle since the establishment of the Ming Navy will start here!

"Attention, everyone, prepare for battle and start loading shells!" Shen Jingchao gave an order, the herald waved the order flag, and the sailors of the four Ming Navy warships immediately began to load the cannonballs, and aimed the cannons at the Dutch fleet that was getting closer and closer.

Each of the four gunboats of the Ming Dynasty has 32 cannons, including 18 new-style Shenwu cannons of the 2,000-jin class with a firing range of more than 5,000 meters, and 12 field Shenwu cannons of more than 400 jin and a firing range of 1,500 to 2,000 meters.

I had only heard of the Dutch before, and the Ming Navy was preparing to fight with the Dutch for the first time, and the other side had fifty cargo ships together, and the sailors on the four Ming Navy warships couldn't help but start to be a little nervous.

"Oh, what's that? They seem to be coming towards us on purpose! "The Dutch fleet, Leicester, the Dutch Viscount held the 'clairvoyance' and watched in surprise as the four ships of the Ming Navy were slowly heading towards them.

"The cannons on their ships are so strange!" What really surprised Viscount Leicester was the cannons installed on the four ships of the Ming Navy, due to the anti-recoil device, the shape of the Ming Shenwu cannon was a little peculiar compared to other cannons. Moreover, also due to the use of special alloy steel with extremely high strength, the barrel of the Shenwu cannon is much thinner than their cannon, at least thinner than the cannon barrel of the Dutch warship, the two-thousand-pound Shenwu cannon is still the same, and the more than four hundred pound-level field Shenwu cannon is even more, in the eyes of Viscount Lester, there is only a thin layer, and he is even worried about whether this cannon can be fired normally!

"It seems to be the banner of the legendary Ming court, that huge empire!" Said a captain beside Viscount Lester.

"That vast empire!" Viscount Lester also muttered.

For the legendary Ming Empire, Viscount Leicester still has a trace of awe in his heart, after all, the only Zheng family fleet that can compete with their Dutch in the South Seas is also the banner of the Ming Dynasty.

"It doesn't seem to be the Zheng family's ship, UU reading books (k&#) are from the Ming Dynasty!" Viscount Lester said with a frown on his brow after taking a closer look.

Although the Zheng family's fleet was hung with the flag of the Ming Dynasty, it was more of the Zheng family's own flag, and Viscount Lester found that the four warships of the Ming Navy were all under the flag of the Ming Dynasty, and he guessed in an instant that the four warships of the Ming Navy in front of him had nothing to do with the Zheng family.

"They keep coming to us, what do they want to do!" Viscount Leicester couldn't figure it out, and the other Dutch couldn't figure it out either.

The two sides are getting closer and closer, and as the Dutch enter the range of 5,000 meters of the Ming Navy's 2,000-pound Shenwu cannon, the Dutch did not expect that they had unknowingly entered absolute danger, and a naval battle was about to break out!

"Fire!" Shen Jingchao estimated that the Dutch had already entered the firing range, and the color in his eyes flashed, and he ordered blatantly!

The four warships of the "Boom Boom" Navy all opened fire, and the first naval battle between the Ming Navy and the Dutch began, which was a naval battle destined to go down in history!