The air on the entire sea seemed to have stagnated, so oppressive that all the officers and men could not breathe, and the palms of the helmsman and gunner were already slightly sweaty, and even the upper body was already feeling hot and dry. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

And the pedestrian Cheng Yuqing, a literati, also held the railing nervously, not knowing what to do.

Gu San Mazi couldn't help but take a sip, stepped on the railing, and stood firmly on the rickety deck: "Good guy, this Zheng family has actually dispatched so many, it looks like there are more than eighty ships, and there seem to be more than ten lucky ships alone!" ”

"Gu San Mazi, according to what you say, we can't beat it? No, we're really going to die in the sea here, right? Cheng Yuqing asked with some fear, he has always been timid, let alone fighting, he has never even seen a fight, but now when he heard Gu San Mazi say this, he couldn't help but tremble with fright.

Gu San Mazi wanted to scold it was really useless, but thinking that people were also officials, he endured it and said: "Don't worry, if I Gu San Mazi wants to die, I will die on a woman's belly, how can I die in this ghost place, my body is too stinky, and the Dragon King will not want me, but those Zheng family, today Grandpa Gu, I will take them to worship Mazu!" ”

At the same time as Gu San Mazi spoke, several grassroots Praetorian Navy officers who had been trained by the Daming Naval Academy walked up from the eagle boat: "Report to you, there are a total of eighty-four warships in this pirate, including sixteen large lucky ships, well-equipped and tightly formed, it seems that they came prepared." ”

"This is not nonsense, he came unprepared, he came with so many ships to catch fish, ordered to go down, except for the gun and steerer, as well as the coal and monitoring steam engines, the officers above the other team immediately came to the command room for a meeting, including the commanders of the rest of the warships, since he is coming, we will invite him to enter the urn."

After Gu San Mazi gave the order, he returned to the command room, and in addition to the group of warships guarding the cargo ship, the commanders of the remaining more than thirty warships and the various teams on the Zheng He were soon gathered here, many of them were Gu San Mazi's old brothers, and many of them were from the Nanjing Navy, even if they were not, they were also familiar with a lot of naval warfare knowledge, so they didn't have to worry about the various tactics that Gu San Mazi said, these people would not understand.

"Gu Yishi, now the enemy is strong and I am weak, we can't fight hard, fortunately, we have Zheng He faster than the eagle ship, according to the lower officials, it is better to take Zheng He as the flagship, and the remaining five Fu ships as the left and right wings, rush up directly, catch him off guard, with the speed and artillery intensity of Zheng He, don't worry about beating him Zheng family's water army dumplings (falling into the sea)!"

A more lively commander couldn't help but interject a few words while Gu San Mazi was still pondering, but unexpectedly he was directly kicked by Gu San Mazi: "Don't choose a good place to find death, thanks to the fact that you are now also a third-grade official of the imperial court, you are not afraid to rush forward, but if the Zheng family takes advantage of this detour to return to your back road and directly attack the cargo ship, what should you do, don't forget that our chief military officer is still there." ”

This commander used to be Gu Sanmazi's subordinate, so he was kicked by Gu Sanmazi like this, and it was not easy to say anything, but he was quite disciplined and upright, and replied: "Yes!" ”

"What's that, all the get me close! This time, the Zheng family pirates came to fight with more than 80 warships, and it was clear that they wanted to swallow us, and their appetite was very big, since this is the case, we will give him sweetness first, and first give me five lucky ships and ten Guangzhou ships to meet me quickly, and make a big fight! ”

As soon as Gu San Mazi said this, another commander couldn't help but say: "Your Excellency, what about Zheng He, these five lucky ships and ten Guangzhou ships are the best warships in our first fleet except for Zheng He, if this is made dumplings by the Zheng pirates, we will be alone!" ”

"Shut up Lao Tzu and listen to Lao Tzu! It's okay to talk nonsense, what are you doing with long ears", Gu San Mazi sighed a few words, and then continued: "Five lucky ships, ten Guangzhou ships, can be regarded as a team that should not be underestimated, Zheng pirates will inevitably think that this is our main combat force for this escort, and will definitely attack with all their might, at that time, I, Zheng He, can lead a group of fast eagle ships and sand boats to quickly intersperse behind it and seize the upper hand, I don't believe that his Zheng pirates will resist!" ”

As he spoke, Gu San Mazi immediately ordered: "Heiwazi, Jia Hu, aquatic, flower big feet, crooked neck, you will lead your lucky ship to meet it immediately, remember, be sure to give me a fierce shelling, so that the Zheng pirates can taste your power and realize the power of the imperial court!" In addition, the remaining ten Canton ships must also be fully fired, don't save ammunition for Lao Tzu, be sure to disrupt their formation! ”

"Yes!"

The fifteen commanders responded in unison and retreated.

It didn't take long for fifteen warships to be seen on the entire sea in a formation of two, three, five, five, and five, plowing through thousands of huge waves like plowshares, and quickly facing the Zheng pirates.

And when they were at a distance from the Zheng pirates' fleet to the naked eye, the fifteen warships immediately turned around, turned their direction violently like dolphins diving, and quickly seized the upper hand, aiming at the Zheng warship sideways, the artillery window immediately opened, and the gunner quickly adjusted the firing angle.

These guns are all naval war guns improved by the Joint Ordnance Department of the Royal Academy of Engineering on the basis of the Furlong machine gun and the modern Napoleonic gun, the gun body is made of new alloys, which can effectively prevent deformation, the inner chamber is added with simple rifling, and the ammunition is improved from a ball to a cone, the rate of fire is faster and the firing range is longer, and the accuracy is also greatly improved.

But Zheng Zhihu was not too surprised by this at this time, and he couldn't help but laugh and said: "When did the caliber of the artillery of this imperial court become so small, in this case, can the iron pellets they fire break our camphor planks?" ”

But as he was talking, the North Sea Fleet was already firing artillery in unison, and the burning shells were like glass bottles filled with alcohol falling into the fire, and as soon as they fell on the deck of the Zheng fleet, they directly cracked and exploded, and countless flames splattered everywhere.

However, fortunately, Zheng Zhihu's pirates were all skilled men who had experienced naval battles, so they reacted quickly, and quickly turned around to avoid most of the artillery attacks.

However, this still made Zheng Zhihu feel a little angry, he didn't expect this court's warship to dare to be so bold, and he would start working directly as soon as he came up without asking, did he really think he didn't exist?

Angry, Zheng Zhihu did not show the slightest panic, but said to himself quite indifferently: "Looking at the formation, the one who can open the firepower so fiercely and dare to start a war as soon as he comes up seems to be the main force of the bullshit fleet of the imperial court."

As he spoke, Zheng Zhihu directly ordered: "One-eyed dragon, take your thirty big ships and escort them up, and the rest will detour left and right, once the people of the one-eyed dragon bite the main fleet of these imperial courts, they will rush directly behind them and attack those cargo ships full of silk!" ”

Soon, the Zheng pirates, who were not disrupted by the shelling of Heiwazi and others, also rushed towards Heiwazi and others in a fan, and as the wind intensified, the waves became bigger and bigger, slapping the hull and making a loud noise, and at the same time, the whistling cannonballs and the explosion of the ship's planks were also accompanied by the sound of the originally calm sea, and the originally calm sea suddenly entered a fierce scene.

Zheng Zhihu's fleet was fast, and these pirates used their skillful skills to quickly occupy the upper hand, and aimed their guns at the fleet of Heiwazi and others who had no time to turn around.

The iron bullets that covered the sky and the sun poured towards the black wazi and other fleets like a torrential rain, and the black wazi and other lucky ships were blown up to the ground with sawdust, and the black wazi and others had to immediately turn around and seize the tuyere to avoid being completely annihilated, but Zheng Zhihu's fleet was like a dogskin plaster clinging to the black socks and other fleets, making it difficult for the Heiwazi and other fleets to send countless cannonballs to their pirate wooden ships.

"This black baby of the dog day, why is it so stupid, it's really a shame for Lao Tzu, hurry up and convey it with the flag, let them go out in the small boat first, disrupt its formation, and then turn around and shell the big boat, don't let them be beaten there like two stunned people!"

Gu San Mazi saw that Hei Wazi and the other young commanders were not performing very well, so he couldn't help but stomp his feet anxiously, and after a few words, he continued to order Zheng He to speed up.

And Zheng Zhihu also discovered that Zheng He and a group of warships with seemingly smaller hulls were coming towards him, and also noticed that this seemingly inconspicuous fleet seemed to have another purpose, so he immediately ordered: "Zheng San, take your fleet to meet you, be sure to stop them, don't let them copy our back road, and at the same time spread the flag to tell the one-eyed dragon, don't rush to eat the big fish in front of you, the real big fish is behind!" ”

After Zheng Zhihu's order, Gu San Mazi also found through the telescope that Zheng Zhihu's fleet had changed its formation again, so he hurriedly patted the railing: "The son of a bitch, it won't be Zheng Zhihu's guy himself, this posture is to force people, go and invite the pedestrian from the pedestrian division to Lao Tzu!" ”

Not long after, a soldier came back and reported: "Lord Cheng, he didn't come, saying that he was a little unwell." ”

"Can you move around?" Gu San Mazi asked.

"Yes," the soldier replied with a nod.

"It's good if you can, since you don't invite him to come, then arrest him, anyway, he also came at the behest of His Majesty, if you want to not lose your head at this moment, you have to make some contributions!"

Not long after Gu San Mazi ordered, Cheng Xingren was arrested, and when he saw Gu San Mazi, he was also very angry and shouted: "The surname is Gu, what do you mean, didn't you say let me stay in it well?" ”

"Lord Cheng, don't want to be a rough person with me, this time is different from the past, you see that this Zheng pirates are very rampant, it seems that they really want to annihilate the first fleet of our court, and it seems that they have seen through our bait, now we need a hero like Cheng to stand up, you are the envoy to the Ryukyu Kingdom, and you have a letter of canonization of the King of the Ryukyus in your hand, and Your Majesty also gives you a four-grade official robe, if you go to the center of the ship, with Zheng Zhihu's short-sighted guy, you are definitely the big man who went to the King of the Ryukyus, I will definitely redirect my attention to the fleet of black babies and others! ”

Saying that, Gu San Mazi didn't ask whether the pedestrian Cheng Yuqing agreed or not, so he directly ordered: "Send Master Cheng over quickly, let him stand at the bow of the boat and shout a few words, it is best to show the prestige of my court officials, if he refuses, just push him into the sea to feed the fish, I believe Your Majesty will not investigate how an ordinary pedestrian died." ”

"Gu San Mazi! You! ”

Cheng Yuqing was already timid, but now he wants him to go to the front line with the most fierce battle to pretend to be forced, which makes him even more unbearable, and he was about to scold Gu San Mazi a few words, but who knew that Gu San Mazi directly pulled out the flintlock pistol worn by the officer and pointed it at Cheng Yuqing: "Cheng Xingren, do you want to disturb the morale of the army?" Believe it or not, I'll kill you now! Don't think Lao Tzu doesn't dare! Besides, I just asked you to stand in front for a while and shout a few words, and I didn't let you rush to the front, what are you afraid of! ”

Seeing this, Cheng Yuqing had no other way than to secretly greet Gu Sanmazi's ancestor for the eighteenth generation, so he had to swallow his anger and be sent to the blessing boat of Heiwazi by the soldiers.

Cheng Yuqing had no choice but to walk over, wearing the red-robed official uniform of the fourth grade, standing at the bow of the ship tremblingly, shouting at the raging artillery fire in front of him: "You pirates, listen, this official is Cheng Yuqing, the doctor of the fourth rank of the Ming Dynasty, and it is best to leave quickly, otherwise, as soon as my master arrives, he will kill you without leaving a piece of armor!" ”

Cheng Yuqing was extremely frightened, so he shouted a few words indiscriminately.

But in fact, Zheng Zhihu and other pirates couldn't hear what he was shouting, but they could see him Cheng Yuqing wearing a red official robe and standing on the bow of the ship.

"This official is a man, he was not scared by himself to pee his pants, he gave the order to go down, accelerate the encirclement of the main force of the court, and be sure to capture the official alive, it can be seen that he is the core figure of this fleet, and he must be captured alive!"

While Zheng Zhihu was talking, Zheng San here had already led the fleet to intercept Gu Sanmazi's Zheng He, but Gu Sanmazi shouted directly: "If you collide directly and dare to block the way of my North Sea Fleet, you are looking for death!" ”

Here, when Gu San Mazi's order was just given, Zheng San's fleet was already facing him, and Zheng He's also accelerated at the same time.

"No, why is this ship iron, why is it so fast, it actually hit it directly! Retreat, retreat! ”

Zheng San saw that Zheng He was like a spirit snake and collided head-on with his fleet, so frightened that he immediately turned the bow of the ship, but who knew that as soon as Zheng He's fleet approached Zheng San, it suddenly turned around and swept past Zheng San's fleet at a rapid speed, and when Zheng San reacted, Zheng He had already run far away, and dozens of small boats that followed at the same time also followed.

Because of Cheng Yuqing's lure, Zheng Zhihu concentrated all his naval forces and launched a crazy attack on Heiwazi and other fleets, but Zheng Zhihu didn't realize that there was already a speedy fleet on his flanks facing them after all.

With a bang, a cannonball landed on Zheng Zhihu's flagship, exploded, and quickly burst into a large area of fire.

The explosion was already violently burning, and the artillery shells jointly manufactured by the Ordnance Department and the Royal Academy of Engineering perfectly combined combustion and explosion, and as soon as the explosion opened, a large burst of flames could quickly burst out, forcing Zheng Zhihu to retreat into the cabin.