The fleet sailed slowly on the ocean, and in winter, when the extremely bad weather in the South China Sea was rare, the navigation went smoothly, but due to the slow sailing speed of the merchant ships, the entire fleet moved at a speed of 12 nautical miles per hour, day and night, and sailed to Lanfangguo. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, it was the third day after leaving Sanya Port, and there was less than a day's voyage to Lan Fangguo. There have been sporadic fishing boats on the sea, maybe it is the fishing boats of Lan Fangguo and the Malay monkeys, the escort fleet did not pay attention to it, it is normal for fishing boats to appear at this time. Still heading towards the purpose of this trip, the Kuching port of Lan Fang Country.

The biggest crisis lurks in those fishing boats, several of which are reconnaissance ships sent by the Europa fleet, and the scouts on board record the number of the fleet of the Dawen Empire, the speed of sailing, and a series of related data, and after seeing the Dawen Imperial fleet disappear, they drove at full speed and headed for the Natuna Islands, where Europa's fleet was ambushed three days ago.

The Natuna Islands are a must-stop on your way to Kuching Harbour, surrounded by reefs and complex hydrology, making them ideal for setting up an ambush.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, the fleet of the Dawen Empire sailed to the outskirts of the Natuna Islands, and the fleet would regroup and sail into the Natuna waterway. The Natuna waterway is narrow, meandering, with undercurrents and pirates, and the convoy is on guard.

According to common sense, when passing through a narrow waterway, a small reconnaissance ship should pass through first, and the fleet can only enter after confirming the safety of the waterway, but because the navy of the Dawen Empire is the most powerful in this area, and it is used to being the king and hegemon, the navies of the surrounding small countries basically do not pose a threat to the fleet of the Dawen Empire.

Fortunately, the Natuna waterway is not very long, only about twenty kilometers, and if nothing happens, the fleet can pass through it in two hours.

The two destroyers entered the Natuna waterway first, one after the other, followed by troop carriers, and one small escort ship was added for every five troop carriers to prevent piracy.

The soldiers in the troop transport ship also lay on the side of the ship to help the fleet on guard.

The entire fleet gradually sailed into the Natuna waterway in a long snake formation, and at this moment, the fleet of the Dawen Empire did not know that on the other side of the waterway, the fleet of the Europa Empire was already in full array, opening a net of death, waiting for the entry of its prey.

The whole fleet was sailing at a speed of five knots per hour, and the waterway was so narrow and winding that it had to be slowed down, and after an hour had passed, the waterway was halfway through and seven or eight kilometers more than seven or eight kilometers were ready to go out of the waterway.

The fleet of the Europa Empire was lurking behind a small island, and the scouts on the island were monitoring the fleet of the Dawen Empire with binoculars, and when the fleet of the Dawen Empire was halfway through the waterway, the battle order was given.

The engines that had been on standby made a loud roar, the horsepower was at full power, and a huge column of smoke rose into the air, and the fleet sailed away from the island that was originally used for hiding, and appeared in the open water at the exit of the waterway, and at this moment, there was no longer any need to hide. The black pirate flag whirred on the mast, and the white skull seemed to be smiling, and death had descended on the head of the fleet of the Dawen Empire.

The turret began to turn, and the muzzle of the gun was aimed at the fleet of the Dawen Empire in the waterway, and the entire fleet of the Dawen Empire was within the range of the 305 mm naval guns, waiting for the order to fire.

The destroyers of the Dawen Empire also discovered the enemy, the terrible battle alarm has been sounded, the sailors and gunners have been in place, and the muzzles of the guns have been raised, but the enemy ship is out of range, the captain ordered the full horsepower, wanting to rush out of the waterway in the shortest possible time, but the Natuna waterway is too narrow and winding, the speed of the battleship cannot be increased, and the huge roundabout action only makes the battleship sway back and forth, and the sailors on the ship are staggering for a while.

The warships of the Dawen Empire were like fish trapped in a small pond, struggling but to no avail, still trapped in a narrow waterway, desperately waiting for the enemy's artillery attack.

As the flagship's firing flag was lowered, the first salvo of the Europa Imperial fleet was fired, and a huge splash appeared less than a hundred meters in front of the fleet of the Dawen Empire, and the fleet gunners quickly adjusted and shot Zhu Yuan, and twenty seconds later, another round of salvo fires were fired, and the fleet of the Dawen Empire emitted billowing smoke, and some ships of the Dawen Empire's fleet were shot.

The observer immediately reported the results of the battle, and two destroyers of the Dawen Empire were shot at the same time, one in the bow and the other in the bridge. A number of troop carriers and small frigates were also shot, which cannot be counted for the time being.

The destroyers of the Dawen Empire also began to counterattack, but this was a desperate counterattack, an unwilling cry, and there would be no effective attack, and columns of water appeared on the water about two kilometers in front of the entire fleet of Europa, and the destroyers of the Dawen Empire lacked range and could not pose a threat to the fleet at all.

The Europa Empire's fleet attack is not fast, because they are calculating to fight, and they can only cripple the fleet of the Dawen Empire, but not destroy it, especially at this time, when they have the upper hand completely, the control of firepower is particularly important.

The fleet of the Dawen Empire has been completely trapped in the waterways by the enemy, and it is impossible to do a conventional evasion, let alone disperse the fleet, and retreating is even more of a luxury, and the narrow waters cannot turn the bow at all.

The fleet of the Dawen Empire was in a mess, there was no effective command at all, the two main destroyers in front had been shot, one of them was even shot in the bow and lost its firepower, although the other was still working hard and kept shooting, but this was only desperate and useless shooting, and the shells could not hit the enemy's ships at all.

The troop carriers wanted to rush to the small islands not far from the waterway, but there were too many reefs and many of them ran aground, but very few of them rushed to the small islands.

The Jiaer and Jinwu, who insisted on shooting, were shot again, and the bow of the ship was destroyed, and the fleet of the Dawen Empire was no longer able to fight back, and completely became the target of attack.

The enemy's artillery fire began to extend backwards, attacking defenseless troop carriers and merchant ships, but the intensity of the attack was not strong, as if to point this point, and after a few rounds of artillery fire, the enemy stopped firing.

The inexplicable fleet flying the pirate flag retreated, and instead of killing the fleet of the Dawen Empire, it miraculously retreated and disappeared into the vast sea.

A short ambush battle ended with the retreat of the enemy ships, and the whole battle only lasted more than twenty minutes, not even half an hour, but in this short period of more than twenty minutes, it brought almost a ruined result to the navy of the Dawen Empire.

At this time, the waterway was in shambles, the ships that had been shot were billowing smoke, the fires were raging, sailors were putting out the fires with water hoses, and troop carriers and merchant ships that had not been shot were salvaging soldiers or sailors who had fallen overboard.

The scene was miserable, like hell on earth.