This unidentified fleet is indeed a Japanese fleet.

The nest of the pirates was on an island about 300 nautical miles southeast of Weihaiwei.

But they were not the same group of pirates that attacked Weihaiwei last time, but another group of pirates who had a close connection with that pirates.

The pirates in this area are divided into several large groups, which are not subordinate to each other, and sometimes even conflict. So they all have their own turf.

But they all know each other.

The last time they attacked Weihaiwei, the Japanese returned with ease, and the large amount of property and women that they looted seriously irritated the other Japanese invaders.

Today, this group of Japanese robbers planned to come to Qingzhou to loot once.

The success of Weihaiwei last time made these widows taste the sweetness, and there was almost no resistance all the way, allowing them to see that the order of the entire Ming Dynasty was now collapsed, and the strength was empty, and this environment was simply heaven for them.

Although they are Japanese robbers, they have also heard about the current situation in the Ming Dynasty. knows that although the Ming Dynasty is now in civil strife, the world is falling apart. But they also knew that there was a fierce Qin king in Liaodong, and after entering the customs, the Dashun army that had been fighting all the way with the Qin army lost their armor and fled westward.

They know very well that if this situation continues, then maybe it will not take a few years for the entire Ming Dynasty to be reunited. Once that time comes, the situation in the world is stable, ZTE is hopeful, and the armament is strong, and the good days of these Japanese robbers will come to an end.

Therefore, they have to take advantage of the fact that King Qin is now at war with the Dashun army to fish in troubled waters, and they can grab a little more.

And they all know that although the Qin army from Liaodong fought fiercely. But there is no sailor. After all, the sailor doesn't just pull up a group of people to form an army.

That's why they have confidence that they won't be blocked at sea.

And the last attack on Weihaiwei did have a tentative accident in it. And the unusually smooth results made them even more sure that the current Qin army did not pose a threat to them at all.

Stimulated, the gang planned to carry out a surprise attack as well.

The target of this dispatch was Lingshanwei, which was more than a hundred miles south of Weihaiwei.

Like Weihaiwei, Lingshanwei was the station of the Ming Dynasty when it was founded.

Later, with the collapse of the guard system, after more than 200 years of development, it gradually became a small city.

The population of the entire Lingshanwei is about 10,000, which is almost double the population of Weihaiwei.

That's because there is a good salt pan near Lingshanwei. This salt farm led to the prosperity of Lingshanwei, which had a larger population than Weihaiwei, and the city was also more prosperous.

These would-be robbers had already inquired clearly, so this time they came prepared.

And this time it was the second and third leaders of this group of pirates who led the team.

The second leader is actually a Ming pirate, and the third leader is a real widow.

There were about 700 Japanese on board the seven ships this time, and the reason why the number of people on this trip was not so large was that they naturally thought that there was no need to go with so many people, and that the space left for them to be loaded with looted goods and women.

Therefore, the main purpose of their ships was to carry them, and the Japanese did not intend to engage in naval battles with regular sailors, so although they had artillery on board, they were few in number.

The only few cannons on each ship were not so much for defense as for their intended guest appearance as for a cameo appearance as a pirate when they encountered a passing merchant ship at sea.

Therefore, when they saw the sailor detachment coming around, they didn't think about them in the direction of the Daming Sailor at all.

After so many years of crisscrossing the sea, they knew that the Daming Sailors had long been exhausted, and it was impossible for any ships to appear at sea, and they were so far away from the coastline.

They thought that it was more likely that this fleet should be merchant ships or pirates, and they even had the idea of robbing each other.

But these wouldn't have expected that the identity of the other party would be the Great Ming Water Master. When they were puzzled, they finally began to be vigilant.

However, at this time, the Japanese still did not believe that the armed fleet in front of them would be the real Great Ming Naval Division, and they even thought that this fleet was a pirate pretending to be a Great Ming Naval Division, because they had done it before, and used it to rob passing merchant ships.

So the leader of the pirates ordered the head ship to open fire to warn the pirate team posing as a sailor.

According to their estimates, only a few rounds of shells have passed. This team of pirates will retreat.

Because now in this sea. Almost all pirates are not easy to mess with, and the famous pirate Wang Zhi is himself the leader of the pirates.

Therefore, it is generally safe to encounter pirates at sea. It's just that I didn't expect the pirate team I met today to be so ignorant, so I planned to fire a few shots to warn.

Unexpectedly, their warning did not have any effect at all, and the other party's ships actually swarmed up and surrounded them.

The regular sailors had an absolute advantage in the number of modified armed merchant ships against the Japanese invaders.

Although the size of the ships of the Japanese is slightly larger, in order to free up more loading space, they do not have more guns on each ship, so there are no more than ten guns on each ship, but the Qin army has twenty guns on each warship, and there are enough shells, so there is not much suspense in this battle at all.

In less than half an hour, the three ships headed by the Japanese were hit by the Qin army's sailors one after another and caught fire, and then soon began to sink, and the Japanese robbers on it jumped into the water one after another shouting.

At this time, the leader of the Japanese on the big ship behind finally knew that the fleet in front of him was extremely difficult to mess with, and it seemed that he was determined to destroy himself.

So they planned to turn around and flee, and ordered the remaining three ships to stand in front to buy them time.

But they are headwinding, and the larger the boat, the more difficult it is to make a U-turn.

The sailor's boat was sailing with the wind, and it was as agile as a pack of wolves.

Another volley of artillery fired, and the remaining three Japanese ships were quickly destroyed and sank into the water one after another, and the water was full of struggling Japanese boats.

The commander of the first detachment ordered two warships to salvage the overboard, and the rest of the warships surrounded the last remaining large ship.

Seeing that there was no hope of escape, the last big ship reluctantly raised the white flag and demanded surrender.

At this time, the leader of the Japanese on the big ship still didn't think that it was the Ming sailors who destroyed his fleet, or that they were a group of pirates who came out of nowhere.

Therefore, he planned to move out of Wang Zhi's daimyo to negotiate with the other party after surrendering.

Seeing that the other side waved the white flag, the commander of the first detachment ordered all the warships to surround it, ready to open fire at any time.

If you want to capture the opponent's ship, you either use the gangplank to board the opponent's ship to capture the personnel, and then take control of the ship. But this must be based on the fact that the size of the ships on both sides is not much different, so that the springboard can be set up.

Obviously, the ships of the sailors are much smaller than the opponent's ships, and if you want to enter, you can only attack from the back, which is obviously not good for your own side. And the commander took a fancy to the ship, so he chose the second option.

He ordered the bannermen to play the banner and ordered the other party to follow his own side, otherwise they would be sunk immediately.

In order to verify that the commander's order would be carried out decisively, the eight warships surrounding the ship quickly launched a round of shelling around the ship, and the shells fell precisely around the side of the ship, setting off a large wave of water and pouring the faces of the Japanese who were standing on the deck.

The leader of the Japanese had no choice but to raise the flag and agree to follow the sailors' fleet.

The wolverines who had fallen into the water were salvaged one after another, and as soon as they got on the boat, they were immediately tied up and thrown into the bilge.

The naval battle began abruptly and ended quickly, ending in less than an hour with a complete victory for the sailors.

At this time, the sun was about to set at sea level, the light on the sea surface had begun to dim, and the commander gave the order to return.