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"Rush out!!"
Seizing a flaw in the formation of the Dutch fleet, Zheng Zhilong, who was experienced in the escape, let himself strengthen his flagship as the vanguard, and used the ramming angle to tear a rift, and rushed out with the remnants of his eight warships.
After all, the sea was still too vast, and even if the Dutch fleet was so carefully laid out to lure Zheng Zhilong's Wyvern Gang into such a desperate situation, it was still difficult to be as careful as planned.
"Damn it!"
Colonel Lincoln saw that the approaching Franc Combined Fleet was able to form an encirclement with him, but at the most critical time, they still fell short.
Although there was some frustration, Colonel Lincoln still did not panic, Zheng Zhilong and other fleets rushed out of their encirclement net, not without a price, Zheng Zhilong's flagship as a meat shield was still barely floating on the sea, but its tattered sails, the armed armor that was beaten into a spider web, all made people feel its brokenness.
As for the other Flying Dragon Gang warships that rushed out of the encirclement network with them, they were better than Zheng Zhilong's "Flying Dragon" in comparison, but they also carried the scars from the shells, so there were naturally problems with speed and protection.
"Still want to run? That's impossible! ”
Colonel Lincoln gave the order, and the Dutch fleet, which was almost undamaged, was at full throttle, and continued to bite the fleet of the Wyverns, carrying out an endless pursuit.
At this time, the only thing Zheng Zhilong and the others could do was to show off their operations, use their skillful boat handling skills, and under the cover of the night, they passed by the pursuing Dutch fleet again and again, delaying the time to be bitten.
"Haven't you moved yet?"
Zheng Zhilong went into battle in person at this time, and it had been a long time since he had faced the breath of death like now, while calmly taking his henchmen and guards to personally control the battleship, he said to himself with a little anxiety.
It turns out that people are counted, people are also counted Although Zheng Zhilong has heard of this sentence, it has never been just a tailwind, but after experiencing this incident, he must have deeply remembered this sentence and treated it as his motto.
Zheng Zhilong still has the determination to continue fighting at this time, although he knows that the Netherlands and other foreign devils have set up such a big situation, I am afraid that they will wipe out their Flying Dragon Gang, and at the same time, he is also waiting for a backhand they have arranged, although the purpose of this backhand is not to rescue them, but it is also their only hope at this time.
"Boom!! Boom!! ”
Another frequent burst of shelling sounded, and huge columns of water rose into the sky, although the magnificent scene could not be seen in the dark night, but the salty and wet sea water that fell on the body and face like a drifting heavy rain could still make people feel its huge destructive power.
"Ahh
However, soon, Zheng Zhilong felt that this burst of artillery bombardment did not bring the loss of their Flying Dragon Gang, but only chased behind him, and had already converged the main force of the foreign fleet.
"The rescuers are coming!!"
The watchman on the mast belatedly reported that a ghostly fleet was approaching the islands to the north, obscuring the horizon.
At the same time as the light flickered, it was accompanied by a thunderous roar that was higher than a burst, for this huge sound, the two warring sides at this time were already familiar to everyone, it was the most powerful artillery roar of this era.
"Finally showing up? I thought you were going to be a shrunken turtle and watch the Wyvern Gang fleet fall! ”
The sudden appearance of the enemy did not cause much commotion to Colonel Lincoln, except for the number and power of the artillery displayed by the opponent.
From the very beginning, this military operation was aimed at dealing with the Wyvern Gang Zheng Zhilong and their gang, and most likely the group of pirates who had been ravaging Indonesian waters in their disguise.
The earlier suspicion of the Han Chinese of the Wyvern was the key to supporting Colonel Lincoln and Governor Dandell in making peace with other European powers.
In fact, to put it bluntly, Zheng Zhilong and his sisters have always been arranging to provoke contradictions and disputes between European forces, and they have always been planning around this purpose: using the original feud between European forces and their arrogant nature, through the way of discriminatory plunder, arouse suspicion between each other; By spreading rumors and carefully creating survivors, the suspicion between them gradually increases; Finally, by weakening the strongest and most powerful of the European powers at once, the Dutch people, so that they will arouse their desire for profit, and so on.
However, the plan always can't catch up with the changes, such a huge layout, for the layout of the Flying Dragon Gang and many of the Shark Gang, is still a little too reluctant, there is no strong execution like Hongmen, and there is a lack of perfection in many details, and finally when the strongest Dutch people take the initiative to sue for peace and reveal their hearts to other European forces, Zheng Zhilong The lie they built at a huge cost, in the end, in the eyes of the target they want to blind, it is simply full of flaws.
After discovering the flaws, and finally finding out the mastermind behind the scenes based on these flaws, although it is not easy for the European foreigners who are united today, it is not necessarily so difficult.
I can't find an elusive pirate gang, but Zheng Zhilong, a member of the Flying Dragon Gang, who actively participates in it, was suddenly found out by this group of white people in Europe.
The Westerners, who thought they had found the murderer behind the scenes, thought about directly leading a fleet and killing the overtime dog, but after everyone thought about it carefully, they found that this Flying Dragon Gang was really not so easy to deal with.
The strength of the Wyvern Gang on the surface is even inferior to the relatively weak Portuguese fleet among several European forces, but Zheng Zhilong, who has failed several times, scatters the gang in various seas on weekdays, and rarely gathers all the fleets together.
Even if the fleet of European foreigners smashed the lair of the Flying Dragon Gang, it was on the coast not far from Batavia that belonged to Zheng Zhilong, and they were lucky enough to catch Zheng Zhilong. But the best result is only to wipe out at most one-third of the warships docked and resting by the Wyvern Gang, and the remaining warships will become the troublesome pirate ghosts in this Indonesian water, just like the pirate gang that swept away the face of all forces this time.
It is based on this consideration that the various forces of the European Oceans in the Indonesian archipelago finally formulated this drama of inviting the king into the urn, and through the excellent acting skills of Governor Dandell and Colonel Lincoln, Zheng Zhilong thought that he had a plan, and finally led more than eighty percent of the warships of the entire gang of the Flying Dragons to participate in the attack on the so-called Franc Machine Combined Fleet.
(End of chapter)