Zhou Shuguang once said to Ning Zhiwen that their Zhou family's heritage on the sea is deeper than that of Quanzhou Ning's, which is not bragging, and Ning Zhiwen also approves of this matter, but they are indeed not as lucky as Ning's. Because of the giant leg of the Ming Dynasty, the Ning clan has developed rapidly in just a few years, and with the help of an entire country, whether it is in the level of shipbuilding technology, the research and development of shipborne weapons or the recruitment of soldiers, it is no longer comparable to the Zhou clan.

At that time, several encounters between the Ning clan and the Zhou clan on the sea were won by the Ming navy under the command of the Ning clan, which almost cut off the Zhou clan's maritime trade routes, and the warships also suffered a lot of losses. But this is not because the Zhou clan is too bad, at that time, the Ning clan already has the newly built weapons of the Ming Dynasty equipped with thunderbolts, crossbow machines and other long-range and melee combat weapons, which makes the Zhou warships that still rely on the gang to engage in the battle have little power to fight back at all.

The current Daming Naval Division has developed a complete set of maritime combat skills, not to mention the direction of the wind and the direction of the current, just relying on the strike of weapons, they already have a complete set of processes.

On the second deck of each Ming ship, two Thunderbolts are installed on both sides of the front and rear bows, which ensures that the battleship can exert the maximum firepower regardless of which side of the battleship faces the enemy ship, and in the side of the third layer of the battleship's deck, there are a crossbow machine, which is a sharp weapon to deal with the enemy by help.

The battleship of the Daming Navy Division is extremely tall, and the crossbow machine is installed on the third layer, and after joining the enemy, it is condescending, and the intensity of the crossbow machine shooting is a hellish nightmare for the enemy who wants to win with manpower.

After Zhou Shuguang and Ning Zhiwen had a secret meeting in Jinghu, they adopted various means to arrange for the elite of Zhou's naval division in Jinghu to go to the Daming Huludao Military Port one by one.

And the commander of this new warship is Zhou Baozhen, the general of the Zhou family.

Under the leadership of Ning Zeyuan, the main force of the Daming Naval Division made an expedition to Manila to help Luo Yishui and Chen Ci gain a foothold in Manila, and at the same time, where to obtain a military port for the Ming Dynasty and occupy a foothold. Therefore, the main body of this fleet is still composed of the children of the Zhou family. These years of pirate naval warfare experience are far from being comparable to those newly trained sailors on Hulu Island by the Ming Dynasty.

However, the Ming Emperor Qin Feng once again delivered ten new warships to Zhou Baozhen at one time, just as he trusted the Ning clan back then, and this attitude of employing people without suspicion naturally won the loyalty and gratitude of the Zhou clan. It also strengthened their determination to be loyal to Qin Feng. The king chooses the minister, why don't the ministers choose the master?

Zhou Baozhen, who was standing on the flagship at this moment, was really in high spirits, the battleship under his feet was specially named Bozhou, and the other nine warships were originally ordered to be the names of the various counties of the Ming Dynasty, but because these ten warships will fight for a long time along the coast of Qi in the future, the names of the ships painted on the side of the general side have been covered up again.

Although they are still the style of the Ming warships, with the same livery as the Ming warships, sometimes, covering their ears and stealing the bell is also a must.

Zhou Baozhen was extremely shocked by the rapid development of Daming's weapons, the first time he went to Ming, Daming's warships were not what he accepted now. Not much has changed on the outside, but there have been great changes on the inside, especially in terms of power.

The transmission structure of the charging vehicle that was once used in the Ming infantry was adopted by the battleship, and one transmission gear drove the paddle wheel that protruded out of the battleship to drive the battleship forward. This allowed the Ming warships to use less manpower, but the speed of the warships was greatly improved, and this epoch-making change also allowed the warships to organize more personnel on the warships into combat personnel, thus greatly improving the combat capabilities of the warships.

Before Ning Zeyuan left Hulugang for Manila, he had ambitiously submitted the idea of establishing a naval division to the Ming Dynasty, and if this idea was implemented, then the Ming Naval Division would no longer be limited to water combat, but could reach to the mainland.

Of course, it is said that this idea was resisted by the land troops, and now it has been put on hold for the time being, and even the emperor has not spoken out on it, and the emperor's attitude is crucial, perhaps because the emperor does not care about it for the time being. After all, the Ming Empire, which had just conquered the Qin State, is really full of things now, and everything is coming, which makes people overwhelmed, and it is natural that a long-term plan like Ning Zeyuan has been temporarily shelved.

As Zhou Baozhen, who has been fighting on the sea for half his life, he knows the great significance of this matter, in the past, they could only operate along the coast, but if they have a naval division, they can go deep into the mainland, and the naval division has the incomparable transportation convenience of the land troops, can carry a large amount of materials, and can land and fight in any place by surprise.

This matter will be planned as the top priority of the Marine Administration in the future.

Zhou Baozhen stood at the bow of the ship, but what he was thinking about was not the battle in front of him at all, for him, from the moment they appeared, the battle was already over, the captains of those ships were all his old men of the Zhou family, in the past few months in Hulu Harbor, they had already figured out the performance of the battleship, and supported the operation of the battleship, as for the cooperation between each other, there was no problem at all, how to fight, and the subordinates could make their own decisions. In the face of such a group of ineffective guys, there is nothing worth his worry and effort at all.

In fact, it is. The ten battleships that surrounded them from both sides completely disrupted the opponent's otherwise neat formation in the first wave of blows. Half of the six main warships of the Qi State Naval Division spread out in the shape of goose wings were already on fire, and the red-hot iron bullets fired by the thunderbolt had an incomparably huge lethal effect on the wooden battleships. The other three warships, including Cao Gang, were probably more skilled veterans, and after barely avoiding this wave of blows, they turned out to be scattered, and the three ships fled in three different directions, and Cao Gang's flagship actually sailed towards the direction of Peach Blossom Island.

In Cao Gang's view, this is naturally a correct choice.

After the initial shock, the basic judgment of a general had returned to his mind, nothing was fought in this battle, this was not a battle, this was a massacre. But he still has a glimmer of hope, kill to Peach Blossom Island, grab the beach, landing, Peach Blossom Island is Zhou's old nest, there must be a large number of personnel stationed on it, now they are pouring out of the nest, Peach may be empty in defense, abandon the ship to land, if you can cooperate with a large number of people on the island, maybe you can still have a chance to turn the tables, and you can exchange your life for a life.

When it came to saving his life, Cao Gang's mind suddenly became clever.

It's a pity that the entire formation was completely chaotic at this time, and although Cao Gang gave an order, there were not many subordinates who could still obey his orders. The two intact three-masted battleships were desperately fleeing at the moment, and behind them, there were two white battleships chasing them, just looking at the speed comparison between the two sides, Cao Gang knew that they were finished.

Most of the other auxiliary ships were fleeing for their lives towards Peach Blossom Island, not seeing Cao Gang's order, but instinctively running towards the only piece of land in the sea. At sea, the might of the opposing warships was truly terrifying. And they stay on the ship, there is no escape, there is no escape. Maybe if you go ashore, you can still escape a way out.

Several Ming warships rushed into those small ships unscrupulously, without using any weapons, the huge hull was the most powerful blow, where the huge hull crossed, countless Qi auxiliary ships were smashed and overturned, and there was suddenly an extra layer of floating debris and countless undulating human heads on the sea.

"Quick, quick, quick!" Cao Gang jumped to his feet and roared, the chaotic boats behind him bought time for his escape, and at this time, his flagship was getting closer and closer to Peach Blossom Island, looking at the ever-expanding beach in his eyes, Cao Gang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With a loud bang, the huge hull of the ship slammed and then leaned to the side, and they ran aground on the beach.

"Ashore, ashore!" He roared desperately, jumped off the battleship, and just happened to have a small boat running for his life next to him, holding the boat gang with one hand, Cao Gang flew up.

Behind him, more boats rushed towards Peach Blossom Island, and in the shallow water, their superiority was finally revealed.

Cao Gang fled to the beach in a drenched state, and beside him, more and more Qi soldiers were gathered, but the situation was too embarrassing, some of them knew that they were armed, and some of them were empty-handed.

But at this moment, Cao Gang couldn't care about scolding them, because he himself was only holding a waist knife.

"Forward, seize their families, and control all the people on the island." Cao Gang looked around, the houses in the distance were clearly visible, and the soldiers gathered on the beach were nearly 3,000 people, and he felt that it was almost there.

After reluctantly reorganizing the formation, Cao Gang led these remnants of the defeated army to rush towards the depths of the island, and crossed the peach blossom forest in front of them, which were those houses that were stacked one after another.

The chance to stay alive is in front of you. The Qi army ran a little faster than usual.

Then they heard a bugle, a war drum.