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In the distance, two Portuguese warships caught up with the Dutch ship, and the rumbling sound of cannon was faintly heard.

"It's fierce enough." Xu Lang handed the telescope to Wang Zhaoxing, "This grape man won't sink the Dutch ship." ”

"Enough." Wang Zhaoxing raised the telescope again, "Don't look at it as two against one, the Dutch ship is 600 tons, the Portuguese ship is up to 400 tons, and the small one is estimated to be 300 tons. ”

"If it's bigger than a ship, it's not simple, let's get a 10,000-ton one, then we can run rampant in Southeast Asia."

"It's a joke when you say that." Wang Zhaoxing said with a smile, "Even after 200 years, the largest sail warship is only 5,000 tons, basically not more than 70 meters long, and there is no such wood as keel." If you really want to make a 10,000-ton one, you will have to fall apart if you can't open Yulin Bay. ”

"I know, that's what I'll say." Xu Lang sighed again, "If only No. 777 could move." ”

"Don't think about this, we don't even have qualified steel now, let alone oil." After Wang Zhaoxing finished speaking, he suddenly asked again, "Xu Lang, you have been in school for so long, how are those physical chemistry teachings?" ”

"Lao Wang." Xu Lang turned his head and asked, "Why do you care so much about education?" ”

"I'm in a hurry, I can't care if I don't care." Wang Zhaoxing said, "Our own lecturers and professors who have crossed over have come up with a top trick in theory, and they really do it, and they can't do anything." It's been 2 years, and I haven't even gotten electricity. ”

"There's no way around it." Xu Lang smiled, "You should travel again, go back to the 21st century to be a minister of education, and set a rule, but all teachers who teach must be able to build machines themselves." ”

"Hahahaha." Wang Zhaoxing said with a smile, "If I really go back, let alone the Minister of Education, I'm afraid I won't even be able to do it as a chief engineer." ”

"Captain, Commissioner Xu. Now that we're at war, you still have the heart to joke. Zhao Dequan didn't know when he was standing behind two people.

"Dequan, it's not time for us to go up, let them fight first." Wang Zhaoxing raised the telescope again as he spoke.

"They've been fighting for almost 2 hours, how are they doing?" Xu Lang asked, "Why do I seem to see a ship smoking?" ”

"A Portuguese ship is on fire." Wang Zhaoxing put down the binoculars, "The other ship has come up, and the two sides are fighting hand-to-hand." ”

"What are we going to do, continue to wait or lean over now?" Xu Lang and Zhao Dequan asked together.

"Don't worry, let me calculate the time." Wang Zhaoxing thought for a while, "Lean over now." It took us nearly an hour, and by that time they were probably done. Zhao Dequan, issued a battle alarm, raised the Mingzi flag, all sails at full speed, turned the rudder 15 degrees, all cannons were loaded with solid shells, and the elevation angle of 5 degrees was prepared, seizing the upwind direction T-head. ”

"Yes, Captain." Zhao Dequan shouted happily, "Finally, it's our turn to make a move." ”

"Wait." Xu Lang called out to Zhao Dequan, "Are we playing the banner of Daming?" Will there be a problem. ”

"It's okay, don't worry, you can't run away."

Fifty minutes later, at noon, the sun hung high overhead. The Guangzhou and Yazhou approached the two Western ships one after the other, and there was no one on the burning Portuguese battleship, and all the crew members either jumped into the sea or desperately crowded into the few lifeboats.

"Lao Wang, what should I do with those Portuguese who fell into the water, do you need to save them first." Xu Lang looked at the Portuguese crew fluttering in the water, and felt a little unbearable.

"You are really a bodhisattva, and you still care about those people at this time." Wang Zhaoxing replied.

"After a while, it's different to save people, let's save it first. Don't run a few more, those 2 ships can't run anyway, we have raised the flag. Xu Lang said.

"You." Wang Zhaoxing was also helpless, "Zhao Dequan, pass my order, suspend the attack, and save people first." ”

"Your Excellency, on behalf of the Royal Portuguese Navy, I thank you for your rescue." A tall Westerner who had been rescued on the ship bowed to Wang Zhaoxing and said in Portuguese.

"Can you understand what he says?" Wang Zhaoxing asked Xu Lang, who was standing aside.

Xu Lang didn't speak, took out a few wooden cards with some letters written on them from the side, pointed to one and asked the Westerner, "This?" ”

The Westerner shook his head.

Xu Lang changed another wooden plank: "This? ”

The Westerner shook his head anyway.

Xu Lang took out the third plank: "This?" ”

The Westerner finally nodded, pointed to the wooden board and learned from Xu Lang and said, "This." ”

Xu Lang pointed to the Westerner with some excitement and asked, "Do you speak English?" ”

The Westerner did not answer Xu Lang's question, but still shouted in Portuguese, "Tom, come here." ”

A soaking wet Westerner with a typical Anglo-Saxon face approached.

"Do you speak English?" Xu Lang asked in English.

"Yes, sir." Tom replied, "I'm Scottish and speak English. ”

"Okay, Xu Lang." Wang Zhaoxing pointed to the wooden sign and asked, "When did you come up with a solution?" ”

"Small." Xu Lang was a little proud, and continued to say to Tom, "What about your captain? ”

"Sir." Tom replied, "Our captain has been killed. After speaking, he pointed to the Westerner next to him, "This is our first mate, Mr. Da Silva, who is now the supreme commander." ”

"Good." Xu Lang asked Da Silva, "Have you rescued the survivors?" ”

"Yes, sir." Da Silva bowed to Xu Lang again, "Including the body of our captain." ”

"Mr. da Silva, can you call out to your compatriots and tell them, don't resist, the fleet of the Ming Empire will guarantee their lives."

After Xu Lang finished speaking, Wang Zhaoxing on the side couldn't help but be happy: "Xu Lang, you can really think that you are so far away, even if you shout, you can't hear it." ”

In the distance, the masts of the Dutch ships had been broken, and it seemed that the Portuguese had won the final victory.

"Your Excellency." Da Silva straightened his chest, "Although I am grateful for your help, I am afraid that I will not be able to make the Royal Portuguese Navy surrender." ”

"Really?" Wang Zhaoxing didn't care that Da Silva couldn't understand Chinese, and said to him, "You can do it right away." ”

"Zhao Dequan, order the starboard gun to test fire, don't hit the ship, and fire the gun at the bow of the ship."

The 12 cannons on the starboard side roared in unison, and the 12 shells flew to the sea more than 1,000 meters away with thick smoke, and fell into the water one after another, stirring up waves several meters high.

Da Silva was dumbfounded, he didn't expect the guns on this ship to hit so far.

"Tom, please ask your first mate." Wang Zhaoxing turned around triumphantly and said in stumbling English, "Ask him if he is willing to persuade his compatriots now." ”

Da Silva rowed to the Portuguese warship in a small boat. An hour later, the white flag was finally raised on the Portuguese battleship.

"They're not going to surrender without firing a shot, are they?" Xu Lang was a little unconvinced that the Portuguese had stopped resisting so easily.

"There shouldn't be any fakes." Wang Zhaoxing analyzed, "They fought with the Dutch for more than 3 hours, even if they want to resist now, I'm afraid there will be no one, let's be prepared, there will be no big problems." ”

The Yazhou received the order to stay in place, blocking the retreat of the Portuguese battleship, and all 24 cannons on the Guangzhou were loaded with solid bullets and slowly approached.

Xu Lang's fearful resistance did not happen, and two Westerners, under the watchful eye of the sailors of the Canton, followed Da Silva to Wang Zhaoxing and Xu Lang.

The two Westerners bowed deeply to Wang Zhaoxing and Xu Lang, and Tom translated on the side: "This is Captain Fernandez of the Imperial Portuguese Navy St. Anthony, and this is Captain Edwin of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. ”

After Wang Zhaoxing simply announced their rights and prisoner status to the two captains of Western ships, he asked all the Western prisoners of war to be taken into custody. Zhao Dequan jumped back to the deck from the Dutch ship: "Captain, Commissioner Xu, things are a little troublesome. ”

"What's wrong?" Wang Zhaoxing asked.

"There was nothing on the Portuguese ship, but the Dutch ship was full of ivory and rhino horn."

"That's a good thing." Xu Lang didn't understand why Zhao Dequan would say that there was trouble, "Isn't the purpose of our coming here is for the cargo on the Dutch ship?" ”

"Of course that's a good thing." Zhao Dequan replied, "But the trouble now is that our own ships can't hold so many things, and the prisoners of war alone are almost full." ”

"What then?" Xu Lang asked, "Don't want anything?" ”

"Are you willing?" Wang Zhaoxing said with a smile, "We've been chasing for 2 days, isn't it just for this little thing, you are generous, don't want it." ”

Xu Lang shrugged: "Then you can make up your mind." ”

"Zhao Dequan." Wang Zhaoxing said, "You first lead people to make a general inventory of the prisoners and goods, I want to think about what to do, be quick, and strive to report to me before dark." ”

"Yes, Captain." Zhao Dequan saluted, turned around and left.

Two hours later, the sun was setting in the west. In Wang Zhaoxing's captain's room, Zhao Dequan was making a report: "In this battle, 2 enemy ships were captured, and the Portuguese ship that was on fire sank. There were 224 prisoners of war, 46 cannons, more than 200 muskets, more than 5,000 taels of silver, more than 1,000 taels of gold, and a boatload of ivory and rhinoceros horn. ”

"A boat?" Xu Lang made Zhao Dequan's words laugh, "How much is a boat?" ”

"No, it's a boat anyway." Zhao Dequan also smiled, "I found a knowledgeable person to estimate it, if it is transported to Guangzhou, it will be worth more than 100,000 taels of silver." But there are two more things. ”

"What else?" Wang Zhaoxing asked.

"The first thing is that the Portuguese demand that their dead captains be buried at sea."

"That's fine, yes, he should be given the treatment he deserves." After Wang Zhaoxing finished speaking, he asked, "What about the other thing?" ”

"Captain, Commissioner Xu, guess who we found?"

"Who?" Xu Lang asked, "Don't sell it, who the hell is it?" ”

"Japanese."

"Japanese?" Zhao Dequan's words made Wang Zhaoxing and Xu Lang feel a little surprised, there were actually Japanese on the Western ship.

"Yes, the Japanese." Zhao Dequan replied, "More than a dozen of the Dutch prisoners of war were Japanese, and some could speak Chinese. ”

"Have you tried it?" Wang Zhaoxing asked.

"Not yet, I didn't have time, I counted and seized." After Zhao Dequan finished speaking, he asked, "Do you need to review it immediately?" ”

"There's no rush ahead of time." Xu Lang said, "What about these ivory, we can't always float here." ”

"It's harder." Wang Zhaoxing stood up and walked around the room twice, "Xu Lang, what good can you do?" ”

"Let's just do it." Xu Lang said, "Let's go back to Da Nang Li Fuqiang first and tow the two Western ships back." There shouldn't be many people going to that island, and I'll discuss with Li Fuqiang and them what to do when I go back. If it really doesn't work, let Li Fuqiang and them stay on the island for a few more days, and it should be a landing exercise, let's get the prisoners of war and goods back to Yulin Bay first. ”

"Will this delay Priango's operation?" Zhao Dequan asked.

"If you delay, you can delay it, and you will not be subject to military orders abroad." Wang Zhaoxing replied, "There is no good way now, the matter has been done, no one is willing to give up this cargo, it is better to do what Xu Lang said, and throwing it to the committee is the best way." Zhao Dequan, you give the order to go down, turn around, return to Da Nang. ”