Next to Yang Changfan stood an old man with a dark complexion and a very short stature, whose height was not as high as Yang Changfan's chest. This person's name is Zhao Fengnian, an old shipwright in Kyushu, and was later elected by Yang Changfan as a supervisor of Dongfan Shipyard.

Seeing the enemy's change of formation, Zhao Fengnian's eyebrows finally became nervous, and he took out his pipe from his mouth: "Ship owner, these ten 'seahorse ships' don't have a single cannon, if Franc Ji launches a formation of artillery bombardment, I am afraid that Admiral Zhao will suffer." ”

The seahorse boat is the name given by Yang Changfan, this kind of galley sailing boat is by no means original to him, in fact, the Ming Dynasty sailors are also equipped, called 'centipede boats', but this is not the original of the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, the first to pass it in is precisely the Portuguese, but their centipede boat is not large, usually less than ten zhang.

In addition, the most used such galleys are not actually the Ming Court, or the sea, so Kyushu also prevails in the craft of the galleys, on this basis, Yang Changfan synthesized the design concept of the Calais racing boat, removed all the gun positions, only specialized in the oars, and finally Zhao Fengnian rushed to build this batch of "seahorse boats".

This kind of seahorse is 15 zhang long, with 20 rows of huge pulp, three-pole sails, and the oars are equipped with handcuff frames and knife holders on both sides, which are convenient for the enemy to carry knives to kill, and the side of the ship is equipped with a thick plate that can be lifted at any time, which is really the best choice for robbing the house.

It stands to reason that the Huiwangfu fleet does not need to rob homes and houses, and it has ten seahorse ships that are not equipped with a single cannon, and it is really difficult to play in a frontal war.

But in Yang Changfan's strategy, there is no frontal war at all.

Whether it is compared with ships or artillery, Huiwangfu has no absolute advantage over Portugal, and the real advantage must be the intelligence network like global satellite monitoring. If, according to Zhao Guangtou, face the decisive battle, such intelligence will be meaningless, guerrilla warfare, picking soft persimmons and pinching is Yang Changfan's real strategy.

Avoid the edge of the main force, constantly cannibalize the opponent's fleet, and consume to the point where the opponent cannot form the main force, so that there will never be a need for a decisive battle.

In this strategy, there is always a troublesome problem, and it is impossible to run. There is no such thing as a dangerous mountain and river at sea, and in the case that the ships cannot establish efficient communications, the encirclement almost depends on fate, which is far more troublesome than land warfare, so in order to effectively choke the soft persimmon, these ten seahorse ships came into being. In Yang Changfan's vision, the role of the seahorse ship should be like a "shepherd dog", constantly running around the sheep to deter, deterring the whole of the sheep, and controlling the direction of the sheep.

Yang Changfan looked at the direction of the seahorse ship and also looked anxious: "If Zhao Guangtou does not obey the order and insists on boarding the ship, no matter whether he wins or loses, I will immediately remove him from his position as admiral." ”

The number of seahorse ships is scarce and there are many sailors, if it is only because Zhao Guangtou insists on going his own way and causes losses, this person will not need it.

Ahead, the Portuguese fleet was in a straight line, with its muzzles open, ready for a salvo at any moment.

Seeing this, Zhao Guangtou immediately waved his flag and ordered to disperse, and the ten battleships were divided into two groups to circle around, and they really formed an encirclement like fast horses.

Yang Changfan was slightly relieved at this time, and ordered the main fleet to approach at full speed and surround it from a safe distance.

Seeing the formation of the fleet of the Hui Palace, the last trace of Canelias' luck of victory or escape also vanished.

This is a long-planned battle of encirclement and annihilation, even if the opponent's capital ships are not close, these ten galleys are enough to meet the side, and the only purpose of the galleys is obviously to reduce losses, and then launch a general attack when the formation has formed an overwhelming advantage.

On the one hand, our own fleet was already in a sideways formation and had lost the advantage of escaping, and on the other hand, the galleys were still out of range and were about to block the rear road.

"Start fighting freely, disperse! Scattered! Canelas urgently ordered, "Escape as much as you can!" Like with the Acehnese!! ”

The six warships abandoned their unified formation and fled in all directions towards the west.

This is a complicated situation, even a modern naval battle equipped with radios cannot make a perfect command and response, and for Yang Changfan, he can only pray that the captains are wise and decisive.

As the Portuguese battleships abandoned their formation, the Huiwangfu fleet also became chaotic in the pursuit, and the ten seahorse ships in front of them were inevitably even more chaotic. Yang Changfan ordered that he should not take the broadside, and he must wait for the main force to arrive, but if he did not take the broadside, he would not be able to bite the opponent's ship, so he could only follow it and let it escape. In addition, chasing is more difficult than running, if you run, you can run in any direction, but if you chase, you must calculate the direction and constantly adjust, which has extremely high requirements for the helm and sail personnel of the whole ship.

In the face of such a complex situation, the Huiwangfu fleet was insufficient, and even Yang Changfan's command flagship was lackluster, and he was accustomed to modern mechanization, so it was difficult for him to issue accurate instructions to each position by shouting, and it was difficult for each position to correctly implement his instructions.

Faced with the chaotic situation, Yang Changfan only sighed secretly, fortunately, it is only a small fleet, if it is facing the enemy's main force, how can such experience and fighting style be decisive battle? ? The Portuguese fought from the Mediterranean to Southeast Asia, and their own side almost never fought a decent battle, it is not an exaggeration to say that one warship of the other side can top three of their own warships.

Seeing that the fleet of the Hui Wangfu was in chaos, Canelas couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Sure enough! It's just that the ship is bigger! It's just the same waste as the Acehnese! ”

With that, he ordered the flag to be displayed: "Prepare to fight back!" Drag artillery annihilation! ”

The Portuguese morale was high, and towing artillery annihilation was the tactic they were most familiar with.

This tactic is very free and simple, just run and fight. In the years of fighting with the Acehnese, they often had to face the fleet of hundreds of Acehnese with a few Galen warships, although the ships of Aceh were small, although they were not equipped with gun bays, but after all, the number and scale were there, and they would always be on the side if they stayed where they were and blindly bombarded.

In one of the most glorious battles, a fleet of 250 navies consisting of seven gallening ships and Caravers annihilated 70 ships of the Acehnese, nearly 5,000 men, at the cost of only 8 of them.

Seeing that the Hui Wangfu fleet was inexperienced, Canelas rekindled his fighting spirit.

The Portuguese fleet again began to ferry, sideways to the seahorse boats, as if in a provocation.

Zhao stood at the bow of the ship, caught in a violent entanglement.

"Damn...... Zhao Guangtou gritted his teeth and scolded angrily, "The main one is to blame when he gets on the boat, but it's all like this, there is no reason not to go!" (To be continued.) )