If you were to watch this naval battle on the shore of Hirado Port, you should have seen the Dutch battleship chasing the schooner first, the fire gate kept roaring like thunder, the cannonballs fell into the sea water and smashed the waves dozens of meters high, one after another the cannonballs flew out, and behind them was the fire that erupted...... Of course, they have experienced such a scene, but there are not so many artillery, sea ships generally only have one or two guns, many pirate ships have small artillery, and the power of shooting and putting it up cannot be compared with such a scene in front of them.

Whether it is maritime merchants or pirates, most of them are mainly Chinese, but there are also a small number of Portuguese and Spaniards, these Europeans do not simply support their own ships like Chinese, their emotions are quite complicated, both the colonizer's hatred and pride of being white, and the gloating mood of hoping that the Dutch will be unlucky, in short, they hope that the Dutch will suffer, but they are also white colonists from Europe, and they are not very willing to see the Dutch who are also white colonizers fail...... This sentiment is quite complicated, but fortunately it is now a chase battle, and Hutchison's warship seems to have no intention of fighting, and is mainly focused on escaping, and it seems that it will be able to leave soon, which makes these Europeans very relieved, and they also mock the Dutch warship with the pirates.

Indeed, the first-mover advantage plus the nearly double number of guns, and three more rounds of artillery fire, the opponent returned fire with one gun, and as a result, some wooden hulls were knocked out, causing some damage to the personnel...... So much for.

Zheng Zhilong didn't pay attention to the cries on the shore, he saw that the Dutch ship also raised anchor and raised its sails, the sails puffed up under the wind, and the hull of the ship began to turn around......

"Fuck it." Zheng Zhilong's boatswain, an old pirate in his thirties who had followed Li Dan for more than ten years, puffed out his eyes and said: "When Li Ye was alive, how could these red-haired Yi dare to straighten their waists and speak in Hirado, now it's okay, chase us like this!" ”

"Don't talk about the old words." He Bin came out again, his expression turned serious, and he said, "We should be able to leave smoothly, right?" ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "There is no problem with leaving. "The distance had been torn apart by another half mile, and at the same time the Dutch boat was eating the wind, but there was no small boat to tow them, and it had taken them a long time to leave the port, and now they were just outside the port, and the distance was getting farther and farther away.

The sound of the cannon has gradually decreased, and the range of the nine-pounder cannon cannot reach the schooners on this side, and it is a waste to fight, so it can only be stopped......

He Bin looked at Zheng Zhilong's face and suddenly said, "Could it be that you want to fight back?" ”

"Well, that's right...... Zheng Zhilong didn't hide it from He Bin, pointing to five or six damaged marks on the ship, and said: "I found that the gunners on the Dutch ship were slow to play and the accuracy was poor, so it can be seen that the gunners on this ship are either newly transferred and not familiar with the environmental artillery, or the standard is not enough, in this case, this battle has a chance to ......."

He Bin also had the same feeling, just now the Dutch battleship fired at least five rounds of salvos, and more than 60 shells hit within two miles, and the result was that most of them entered the sea, although they all passed by the side, but they didn't hit or missed.

Less than ten shells hit the Tianchengwei, and all of them missed the vital point, and the damage was minimal...... It can be determined from the scars in front of him and the fact that no one has been killed so far.

Zheng Zhilong was still hesitating...... It's definitely okay to go directly now, naval battles are like this, it's normal to hit dozens of shells without results, the damage to the Tianchengwei is very small, and you can continue to go to sea if you go to Taiwan to repair it, at most ten days. And no one will blame him, they were originally ordered to send envoys, and after seeing through the tricks of the Dutch, they left decisively, and successfully escaped under the pursuit of the enemy, and there is no problem at all in writing a report like this, not only will they not be held accountable, but they will also be rewarded by the marching division...... Hutchison's warships are all captains, and Zheng Zhilong hopes that he can rise one step in the future and become the captain of a large ship of more than 600 tons, which is equivalent to the regimental command level, well, at least the deputy commander level.

Zhang Xuwen is the deputy director of the marching department, Li Pingzhi is in charge of the industrial and commercial department, and most of the rest are captains, chief officers, or boatswains, and the worst is also the battalion commander. It is also normal for Zheng Zhilong to continue to go up...... There is nothing that people don't want to go up.

Some people may be indifferent, it may be temperament, or they may feel that there is no opportunity, so they simply go with the flow, and there is no one in ten thousand who is really indifferent to ignore fame and fortune.

Zheng Zhilong held the side of the boat with both hands, and one place was damaged by the shell, and his hands were distressed by sharp wooden thorns...... There was no sound around, and everyone was waiting for his judgment...... The battleship is the captain's responsibility system, everything is the captain's decision, Zheng Zhilong can do whatever he wants, and others can only abide by it unless they rebel.

Several Russians also stared, and they were also beaten with ferocity, wishing they could turn back and fight back.

"Turn!" Zheng Zhilong finally made up his mind and scolded: "Lose that mother, Lao Tzu will fight with them." ”

When the boatswain heard this, he was overjoyed and laughed: "Happy, this is like Li Ye's righteous son." ”

"Less nonsense." Zheng Zhilong scolded: "Lao Tzu listens to Lord Zhang's words, and when we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins." This is spirit, and we have an advantage, you don't understand. ”

Without understanding, the boatswain smiled and withdrew, waiting to do what was told.

Zheng Zhilong began to command the Russians in Russian, or Lao Maozi was also fierce, and when he heard that he was returning fire, he didn't say a word, and immediately began to direct the sailors to turn the rudder and turn back.

"We are now in front of the side, now turn the rudder and make a detour to the right and rear, and bombard the enemy ship with the artillery on the left," Zheng Zhilong saw a cannonball falling into the water not far in front of him, the sea water splashed him, he spit out the seawater in his mouth, and said coldly to He Bin: "Brother He wants to know where our advantage is?" ”

He Bin smiled: "I only know that our artillery is accurate now." ”

As soon as the hull of the ship was adjusted, the eight guns on the port side opened fire together, and five of the shells missed, and three fell on the deck and side of the enemy ship......

"The artillery crew is better, it's one thing." Zheng Zhilong smiled and said: "In addition, although our artillery is small, the quality is excellent, the caliber is large, the enemy ship is a galleon, the artillery is more than half of the light caliber eighteen-pounder guns and nine-pounder guns, these artillery can not be far, far away from the power of the artillery is not enough, this is our second advantage, our artillery is mainly eighteen pounder, the range is long and powerful." The third advantage is that our ship is a schooner, our hull is more sensible, we are faster, we turn easily, and it is not worse than the Dutch merchant ships, so this is our third advantage. ”

Zheng Zhilong's eyes were full of confidence: "With these three, even if we can't defeat the enemy ship, at least we can't beat us and turn around and flee is enough time and distance." ”

He Bin laughed: "This can be said to be a failure to win, but a defeat first......"

Zheng Zhilong didn't speak again, at this time the two ships were separated by more than four miles, the Dutch ships were still slowly eating the wind and accelerating, their hull was diagonally forward on the left side, and the Tianchengwei had already begun to lean to the right......

The people on the shore were preceded by the Dutch, and some people on the shore and on the hills on the side of the mountains began to exclaim.

No one could have imagined that this battleship, which had already eaten the wind and puffed up its sails and could speed forward and escape, would actually turn the rudder and return to the battlefield.

"Wonderful!" A pirate on the beach said happily: "Zheng Yiguan, the righteous son that Li Ye received back then, I heard that he is the owner of the ship, and Li Ye has never looked at people!" ”

"Nikolai, a official." A Dutch businessman also said on the side: "The very clever young man who worked as a broker and translator here in the past has only been about three years, and he has become the captain of a ship, and he is still so strong and tenacious. ”

"This is a miracle of God." Another Portuguese who recognized Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but marvel.

Li Guozhu was also watching the naval battle in the port surrounded by a group of subordinates, and he was worried at the beginning of the artillery battle, but later saw that Hutchison's ship was leaving, and he was full of joy for Zheng Zhilong and He Bin. Zheng Zhilong used to be the righteous son recognized by his father Li Dan, Li Dan has too many righteous sons, there are dozens of godgrandchildren, and the righteous son is not a great identity, at least it is a recognition of Li Dan in his ability and loyalty, without further support, the righteous son is just a name.

However, Zheng Zhilong took advantage of this little bit of identity to slowly go up step by step, and now he finally reached the point where Li Guozhu was envious......

"He is indeed ruthless, and I can't do it." Li Guozhu watched the schooner turn at sea, the Dutch ship had already found it, and it was also turning, Li Guozhu looked at the situation in front of him with worry, and said in his heart: "It's just too risky...... In this way, if you lose, the cost is too great. ”

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Sun Jingting did not see the Russians that day, they were training with soldiers at sea, and Mrs. Dezhne was very stubborn, and when he began training, he would never give up training unless a typhoon and the enemy attacked.

The sailing ship was Dezhnev's suggestion, and the most detailed analysis was made, the Europeans understood the Europeans, and later found that the development of things was exactly the same as what the Russians said, the Dutch would never give up the opportunity in front of them, the colonists had a very keen sense of smell, and it was impossible to let Hutchison grow to the point where it could really threaten them at sea, so this battle would not be carried out according to Hutchison's wishes, but would only be carried out according to the Dutch timetable.

Based on the speed at which they deployed warships and assembled merchant ships, Dezhnev estimated that there were still four months to half a year to go, and it was not surprising at that time.