When night fell, a small warship flying the Spanish flag of only 300 stones finally appeared on the sea in front of it, and after confirming the identity of the other party through the light signal, the two large warships immediately approached.

Although the crew of the warship was moving under the red and yellow flags, they all spoke pure Chinese. The crew here are also busy, throwing cables, such actions they have already reached the level of proficiency in continuous drills and operations, and then directly send the two sailors directly to the flagship with small boats.

The weather is sunny and the wind is calm.

Although he was shouldering a heavy responsibility, Gan Tang was still busy and took Grace to chat on the deck near the stern. And, of course, his favorite coffee and canvas folding chairs.

"That's right! We just want to force the Yan fleet to leave the mainland! ”

Since planning this strategy to lure the enemy, López has been obsessed with this brilliant strategy that seems to be able to solve the enemy - this largely depends on the strength of Great Xia to uproot Shuangqi Island and the importance that the Yan people attach to this nail planted in Great Xia.

Although he may have missed the most exciting part of the Penghu naval battle, fortunately, fate gave him the opportunity to make up for this regret, he turned his head and commanded López: "Let the reconnaissance ship expand the search area, maybe we missed the most exciting part, otherwise we can only return to the base empty-handed!" ”

"Yes!" López took the order, and then asked, "Your Royal Highness, do you still think that Great Xia will achieve the final victory in this naval battle?" Our mission is still to block the way for the Yan people to retreat north, and the plan is to search the surrounding waters north of the battlefield. ”

"Hmmm! Execute as planned! Gan Tang didn't need to think much about this request, although he was at a disadvantage in terms of strength and fleet tonnage, but the application of elm artillery and copper cannon on the battlefield for the first time, the advantage of weapons and equipment, Gan Tang still had the confidence to win.

Gan Tang glanced at the sky again, and after a brief consideration, he made a decision: "Send the next group of reconnaissance ships and tell the crew." Unless there is a reef area that is not conducive to ship navigation, carefully search the entire sea surface that can be reconnoitred! ”

The adjutant saluted. Then the order was carried out and went. From the subtle changes in the expression on his face, Gan Tang guessed his opinion: Such a decision may be a bit harsh for the pilot of the reconnaissance plane, but if he misses the excellent fighter plane because of a moment of laxity, it will be too late to regret it -- there is no lack of such precedents in history.

A few minutes later, two dozen smaller ships were sent out to be used as reconnaissance ships and quickly disappeared from view.

This time, Gantang's efforts paid off, and a large fleet was discovered in the southeast ocean at a distance of fifty nautical miles.

Although the Yan fleet was facing an unfavorable situation at this time, Fan Sui was still determined to fight, and his side greatly surpassed the battleships rushing over the opponent in terms of speed and firepower.

In the face of the enemy ships rushing over, the two frigates on the left and right of the Zhendong attacked with all their might, and they still seemed to be in danger in the face of the stormy attack.

Gangoro's decisive assault was unsuccessful, and after the bow waterline was partially penetrated by the frigate, the bow flooded and the speed of the ship was reduced sharply. The ship, which had lost its speed, was broken through in many places on the side and eventually capsized and sank, and Gangoro refused to jump into the sea to escape and sank with the ship.

However, Gangoro's charge was not without any effect, when entangled with Gangoro, the Great Xia fleet, under the command of Li Yu, took advantage of the gap to quickly adjust, and all the warships that could be fought from the new formation, the wounded ships that lost their combat effectiveness, withdrew from the formation, and quickly restored the action ability of the entire fleet, and would not slow down the rhythm of the entire fleet because of the speed of the injured ships.

Just when the Zhendong formation was desperately grabbing the head, Fan Sui almost lost his life. It turned out that after Li Yu sorted out the formation, he quickly rushed to the right front of the fleet to support, and the more than forty warships that stayed on the left outer side of the Yan fleet bore the brunt and became the easiest target to attack.

You can exert the strongest firepower by directly facing the enemy with the bow, but these more than 40 ships are basically ships smaller than 2,000 stones, and the small body with such an advance frequency cannot withstand a single shot.

Moreover, half of the more than 40 warships were wounded, which seriously affected the overall coordination, and the mutual interference was quite severe, and more than a dozen of them were damaged and sunk in a round of fierce fire, and Fan Sui saw that there was no possibility of winning, so he decisively lost his car to protect the commander, and led more than 100 relatively intact warships to evacuate to the northeast.

At this time, there were only more than 70 warships and 100 wounded search ships left in the rear of the Yan State on the battlefield, and in the face of the siege of the Great Xia Fleet on three sides, the remaining warships of the Yan State were in danger, and at this critical moment, the two ships each hit once.

A small warship of Yan Kingdom saw that there was no hope of breaking through to the north, so they chose to evacuate to the south, in the direction of Shuangqi Island in the south of Great Xia, there were only six warships guarding the Bai Qi, and a cannonball smashed on the deck in front of the bridge of the Bai Qi. If this stone bomb had landed more than ten meters back, it would have smashed directly on the bridge. At that time, it is still a question whether the White Horn Tower can be prevented.

The other cannon pierced the side of the hull of the frigate on the right side of the Baiqi, and the grinding stone, the side of the battleship was swirled through a large hole with a diameter of two meters, and a large amount of seawater poured in, and soon the brand-new battleship sank to the bottom of the sea.

These two shells caused the whole team to be in a mess, and in this case, these Yan warships did not love to fight, and withdrew at full speed to the southeast.

The other Great Xia warships were entangled by more than a hundred warships, unable to pursue the fleeing warships, and finally the Great Xia Yangtze River sailors got their wish.

Most of the remaining more than 100 warships raised and lowered their flags when there was no hope of breaking through, and more than a dozen warships that were unwilling to surrender were eventually sunk and sent to the bottom of the sea.

Unexpectedly, dozens of warships of the Yan Division, which successfully broke through, although they escaped the tracking of the Great Xia warships, lost their way in the Pacific Ocean after traveling southeast for two days, and followed the monsoon all the way to the east, and two months later the fleet came to Hawaii, robbed and slaughtered the natives on Hawaii, and replenished food and fresh water, and sailed for another two months under the guidance of an old Hawaiian fisherman, and landed on the west coast of America in May 4326 of the Yellow Emperor's calendar.

At this time, it was getting late, and when he lost half of the battle, Li Yu thought that it was too dangerous to fight at night while Yu Wei, the sailor of Yan State, was still there, and finally decided to withdraw his troops.

In this way, the Battle of Penghu Bay ended.

More than 500 Yanguo naval divisions Zhiyuan and more than 200 warships were sunk, more than 60 were wounded and captured, and 70 were lost, and less than 100 were successfully separated from the battlefield under the leadership of the flagship Zhendong.

More than 100 warships of the Fujian Navy Division of Daxia were sunk, and 40 percent of the more than 200 warships of the Yangtze River Navy Division lost their combat capability, and the rest of the ships were also damaged, but the impact was not great.

However, this is not over, and the doom of the Yan State Water Master is not over.

On the vast surface of the sea, the waves inadvertently gain more power from the wind. The neat and orderly train is quietly filled with restless emotions, and the clumsy "walrus" constantly takes off and lands, which adds to the anxiety in people's hearts.

But the reconnaissance ship that came to visit in the morning had clearly told these Yan sailors that there was a fleet in Daxia that was operating nearby, and the performance of the Daxia warship was no secret in Yan, but they were under the order of the commander, and the capture of the reconnaissance wear was in vain in the face of the other party's astonishing speed, and a new naval battle mode was coming, and a new myth has been quietly born.

For everything that has happened in the past two days, Gan Tang has not had the slightest surprise. From the day he left the mainland, he was mentally prepared for this: since he wanted to cause trouble to the remnants of the Yan people's fleet, he should choose to show his strength at the right time.

A small episode could not change the established plans of the determined Prince, and the sailors of the fleet quickly calmed down, and new orders were given by the command ship in the form of a light signal.

The fleet has increased to eighteen knots, and the ships are ready for battle!

"Determine the distance and number of enemy ships!"

On the bridge of the Yanguo Zhendong. Fan Sui's previous apprehension had been replaced by deep surprise, and his years of military experience and research on naval warfare had made him pessimistic about using his tired body to fight against enemy warships.

Long before the outbreak of the war, the intelligence department of the Yan State was trying to find out the real performance of the large ships of the Xia Kingdom, and the displacement naturally became the focus of their attention.

Despite the meticulous work of the Great Xia Navy in terms of intelligence and counterintelligence, the Yan people eventually obtained some useful information, and they were really surprised by the performance of the new weapons and artillery that Great Xia was equipped with.

I was convinced that I was facing an unprecedented challenge this time.

Just then, another lieutenant from the ship ran in. "Discover the Xia State reconnaissance ship, about five nautical miles to the northwest!"

No one was surprised by this, Fan Sui continued in a calm tone: "I think the Great Xia fleet is already very close to us, I hope they will be afraid of the power of the Shock, they can only be a small fleet, the main force of Great Xia has been left behind by us, they have no extra warships to intercept us in front of us." ”

The overseer shook his head with a big belly, "Let's prepare for the worst!" ”