Chapter 68: The Battle of Penghu VI

The sinking of Chen Ruizao's ship was a node in this naval battle, and it has been fought for more than an hour until now. Not a single one has sunk, and this ship is a precedent.

It's just that Carl wasn't very happy. Because the broken ship was also taken away by Liu Guoxuan.

Now the two sides are a one-to-one draw, if the careful calculation is good, but the Dutch suffered, although the Dutch ship did not fight, but after all, it fell into the hands of Liu Guoxuan, I think Liu Guoxuan only needs to transport the ship to Fujian, but in a few days, this ship can recover its combat effectiveness, even if it is not as good as the combat effectiveness in the hands of the Dutch, but the basic function is okay.

After all, Fujian has enough reserve troops.

As long as you want, you can always be a substitute.

But Karl couldn't, he didn't have the possibility of capturing Chen Rui's ship, but he didn't do it at all, because even if the ship fell into the hands of the Dutch, it would not be possible to transport it to Batavia, and it would be better to sink it.

Karl ordered the ships to spread out in the southern waters of Penghu Lake, wanting to fight Zheng Chenggong again.

In many cases, naval battles are not as opposed to each other as many people imagine. There are also such cases, but more often than not, it is just that the two sides are chasing each other to choose a better angle to insert. It's like now.

Carl and Zheng Chenggong's ships lined up with each other again, as if they were doing a hide, one advancing and one retreating, more than a mile apart. Zheng Chenggong wanted to get closer, but Carl had to keep his distance.

The artillery fire on both sides roared, but there was no such intensity as the mutual fighting.

On the contrary, it is a little dull.

More than a mile, in the eyes of many people, there is only a small piece of the ship left, and if you want to hit, you must aim carefully, so both the Dutch and Zheng Chenggong have slowed down the frequency of firing.

Both sides know that this is only halftime, though.

The big war is still to come.

Zheng Chenggong stood at the bow of the ship, surrounded by countless soldiers and soldiers, some were treating the wounded, some were cleaning the deck, cleaning the blood and water stains on the deck, and some were repairing the side of the ship and the cabins below.

Of course, they knew that the ships that had been temporarily repaired at this time would not be as strong as the original, but it would be better to be able to repair them a little at this time.

"Guogong, it's been decided." Chen Yonghua said beside Zheng Chenggong: "General Chen has gone. ”

Zheng Chenggong's face remained unchanged, as if he didn't hear it, but he sighed slightly in his heart, because he was short of a general, this fleet, up and down, was selected by Zheng Chenggong himself, and Zheng Chenggong personally saw the resume of each general, and he had high hopes for this group of people.

Just after a battle today, Zheng Chenggong couldn't have been touched in his heart, but he had always been resolute. Mood and anger do not move to color.

"Guogong, the fourth master has just sent news, and he has already set off." Chen Yonghua said.

Zheng Chenggong said: "Yonghua, why don't you stop the fourth uncle." As you saw today, in such a war, Fuchuan can't intervene at all. ”

The biggest problem why Fu Chuan can't get involved is the problem of gun positions. The Fubune itself is a very good kind of merchant ship, and he does not have a special gun emplacement on it. If the cannon roars, it is easy to shatter the deck, and even a reinforced ship cannot withstand the power of a dozen guns in unison.

Of course, it is not right to say that the fortune ship is not strong, as an iconic ship of the Ming Dynasty. If it is really not strong, it is impossible to be adopted by countless people, and the unstrong mentioned here is actually not strong under the bombardment of artillery.

The wood used by the Dutch in their shipbuilding was all large logs. It's a whole piece of wood, and the lucky ship naturally won't, and even the lucky ship has good sinking resistance because of the watertight cabin, which means that the requirements for the outermost hull can be reduced a little, anyway, even if the outside is broken a little, it can be repaired.

In navigation, this is sufficient, but in artillery battles, it is not enough.

Even the Dutch only need a few cannons to make the Fufu ship into the water, once it enters the water, it will not sink for a while, but how can they catch up with the speed of the Dutch ship. After entering the water, it is inevitable that the speed will be greatly reduced, so that the Fufu ship will never be able to catch the Dutch ship.

This is the dilemma that Zheng Zhilong faced at the beginning, he could defeat the Dutch, but he couldn't catch it, and it was more than enough to drive away the Dutch, but it was just to drive them away.

"Guogong." Chen Yonghua said: "This victory is very important, not only related to the rise and fall of the Zheng family, but also about the prestige of the national government, no matter what, it must not be defeated. The fourth master is an old minister of the Zheng family, although he is injured at the moment, his prestige is not comparable to others, only if he is in charge, all departments will obey his orders. ”

"Thinking about Guogong's injury, he knows it in his own heart."

Chen Yonghua's voice was low, I am afraid he didn't believe what he said, the reason was very simple. Zheng Hongkui has just been injured, and now he is commanding the battle, which he has seen with his own eyes, Zheng Hongkui is so strong to cheer up his spirits, thinking about it, he will also know the tension of today's situation in the future.

However, Zheng Hongkui will definitely be injured and sick after a day today, and he will linger on the sickbed.

But so what, how can one person's life compare to the overall situation of the Zheng family.

Only if you want the court to show its strength, will the court and the Zheng family maintain a balance and be safe. After the Battle of Nanjing. In fact, the scales are tilted.

Zheng Chenggong also knew the meaning of Chen Yonghua's words, closed his eyes slightly, and remembered all the things that Zheng Hongkui had done to him.

I have to say that Zheng Hongkui still has nothing to say to his nephew, if it were not for Zheng Hongkui's strong support, Zheng Chenggong would not be so easy to succeed in the Zheng family.

It's just that Zheng Chenggong had to do this today, he sighed lightly, and he didn't find out what he did.

It's just that Zheng Chenggong doesn't know what he can do, but Carl can't do it and doesn't know what he does.

After the appearance of a large number of fortune ships, this information was immediately passed to Karl.

Karl looked to the east with a clairvoyant mirror, these lucky boats did not come directly, but came around from the southeast of Penghu Island, covered by Penghu Island, and after the Dutch found out, the distance was already very close.

Carl originally wanted to fight Zheng Chenggong here, but now he found that he couldn't.

To be honest, Karl is more serious about the fleet in Zheng Chenggong's hands, but that's all. He didn't think that he couldn't defeat Zheng Chenggong, but he was only defeated, or without the blessing of an external force, and now an external force has appeared.

Zheng Zhilong left a shadow in the hearts of the Dutch, and this shadow is the fire attack.

Although he had not seen Zheng Zhilong's tactics, he had heard from the old men of the Dutch fleet that the ships that were overwhelming and burning all over the sea crashed into the ships one after another, and then the whole ship was on fire.

This was Zheng Zhilong's tactic to defeat the Dutch.

And the Dutch had never thought about it before, after all, the Dutch traveled thousands of miles, and every ship was important, even if they had a small boat on board, it was impossible to give up easily, although they had also seen indigenous fireships in other places, which was a common tactic.

But where have I seen Zheng Zhilong's such a big hand, I can only say that Zheng Zhilong is rich and capricious.

This was the first thing that Carl thought of when he saw the large number of lucky ships appearing.

Once Zheng Chenggong's subordinates entangled him, and then a large number of fireships appeared, Carl had a chilling feeling when he thought of this. He secretly said in his heart: "I can't fight Zheng Zhilong here anymore." So he immediately gave the order for the fleet to continue southward.

Seeing this, Zheng Chenggong did not hesitate to follow.

Zheng Hongkui also caught up.

Even under the command of Zheng Hongkui, more and more ships came over, and for a time the Dutch were in front, Zheng Chenggong was behind, and there were large and small lucky ships behind. It's almost like covering the sea. In the chase between the two sides, the sun sets little by little towards the west.

There was less and less afterglow left for them, but Carl still didn't have the heart to fight. It seems that this battle will drag on until the night, and it will drag on until tomorrow to decide the winner.

There is still one person who is also waiting for dark, it is Shi Lang, he is already waiting impatiently. Even Shi Daxuan couldn't hold it back.

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