Penghu has been under the control of the Ming Dynasty, and the residents of the island are all Han Chinese, mainly from Xiamen and Quanzhou in Fujian, who expressed a warm welcome to the arrival of the Ming fleet and are willing to provide all conveniences for the South China Sea Fleet.

Hearing that the front has been arranged, Zheng Zhilong can rest assured, the soldiers will rest well at night, and they will have spirit tomorrow.

In a short time, a bonfire was lit on the sea ahead.

"Commander, that's Ma Harbor, and it's our men leading the way for the South China Sea Fleet."

The soldiers immediately cheered, and after a day of tossing and turning on the sea, they were finally back on land again.

After another half a column of incense, the fleet finally reached the horse harbor, and the well-trained soldiers, instead of fighting to disembark, moored the ships in turn, and then went ashore in an orderly manner, leaving two soldiers on each boat to guard the ships.

In the house on the shore, there were already people and soldiers who arrived in advance, serving hot meals, but there was no distilled spirit, according to the military law of the Ming Dynasty, during the war, no alcohol was allowed, and those who violated the order were severely punished.

While the soldiers were eating, Zheng Zhilong gave an order to the fleet, to cook on the fourth watch tomorrow, eat on the fifth watch, and set off from Magang at the end of the day.

After a day of sitting on a sea boat, the soldiers are very tired, after all, taking a boat is not the same as sitting in a tea shop and drinking tea, the sea is turbulent, making people tired unconsciously, like a baby in a cradle, shaking a few times, they will be drowsy, therefore, the soldiers who have eaten a hot meal, except for those on duty at night, all fell asleep.

At midnight, the sky was already bright, the Guangzhou ship was at the head, the flagship "Nanhai" was in the center of the fleet, and the Fu ship and Cangshan ship were guarding the positions later on both sides.

On the wide sea, the battleships were fully swinged, following the northwest wind, and moving at full speed to the southeast.

In the first naval battle, there were naturally many unknown situations, but the soldiers who had undergone strict training did not show much nervousness. At the mobilization meeting before the war, Zheng Zhilong had already analyzed the enemy situation with them, and the Dutch warships were less than 30% of the Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers were less than 10% of the Ming Dynasty.

Commander Zheng's words were justified by everyone, otherwise, why would the South China Sea Fleet still stay in Xiamen and Guangzhou with so many ships and marines?

The fleet had been sailing on the sea for more than two hours, and a huge island appeared faintly in front of it, and in the direct sunlight, even the grass and trees on the mountains could be seen clearly.

The soldiers suddenly became nervous, the enemy was about to appear, it was impossible to say that they were not nervous at all, Zheng Zhilong was strolling on the deck with a smile, the soldiers were nervous now, and when they saw the Dutch, they had already passed the initial tense period, and they were no longer nervous.

After another half a column of incense, the soldiers had already seen the Dutch ships anchored in the open sea, and they did not know whether they were pure merchant ships or ships, probably because they were too far away, and they looked much smaller than the Cantonese ships.

"Dutch ships, why are they so small? It's about the same as the Fukufu, but it's far worse than the Canton Ship. ”

"No wonder Commander Zheng only brought such a few ships."

"With this kind of turtle shell, you dare to show off your might on the territory of the Ming Dynasty?"

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The soldiers' nervous mood just now was temporarily relaxed.

The Dutch spotted ships on the sea.

A large number of ships, uninvited, must have hidden ulterior motives.

The Dutch soldiers were more nervous than the Ming army, which country's fleet is this? The sun and moon military flags have never been seen on the sea.

But this sea belongs to the Dutch, since the enemy comes uninvited and declares war, the Dutch will definitely not back down, no matter which country's fleet, first overturn and then say, otherwise, how will the Dutch continue to mix in this area in the future?

The Dutch soldiers began to unmole and mount ships, and the fleet headed northwest to catch up, trying to seize the limelight.

In the era of sails, seizing the upper hand, not only has the momentum of swooping downwind, but also increases the speed of the ship, in case of defeat, you can also use the wind to quickly escape from the battlefield.

The Ming Navy came from the upper hand, how could it be easy to give up the upper hand to the Dutch?

The flagship of the "Nanhai" unfurled the flag: 20 Cantonese ships lined up in a line, heading due east, with the goal of blocking the Dutch warships on the downwind coast of Dayuan, the Fuchuan and Cangshan ships on the right side slowed down, followed the Guangchuan, and gave way to the starboard side of the Canton ships, and the Fuchuan and Cangshan ships on the left side accelerated their speed, crossed the Canton ships, and prepared to intercept the Dutch ships.

The Dutch ships had six large ships and eight small and medium-sized ships, which were much fewer than the ships of the Ming Dynasty, and their large ships were still a little smaller than the Cantons, but they were equipped with twenty guns, which was more than the Cantons.

As soon as the Dutch saw that the momentum was not right, they immediately raised their flags, asking why the Ming fleet had invaded their territory, and asking which country's fleet had come.

The flag bearers don't know much about the flag language of the Netherlands, the Ming Navy was formed not long ago, this is the first time to go to sea, and the navy of Xiyi has no formal communication, and now the navy of the world has not yet unified the flag language.

Zheng Zhilong can understand it, he has been traveling the South Seas since he was sixteen years old, shuttling between various forces, and has served on the merchant ships of the Dutch, and he is very familiar with the Dutch who dominate the southeast coast.

After becoming the leader of the pirates, in order to fight for supremacy on the sea, he also fought with the Dutch, but the Dutch East India Company relied on its strong financial resources to build an armed ship far beyond Zheng Zhilong's department, and Zheng Zhilong's battle with the Dutch won less and lost more.

Today is different, Zheng Zhilong has become the commander of the Ming South China Sea Fleet, and with superior ships, Zheng Zhilong has to teach the Dutch a good lesson.

The standard-bearer looked at Zheng Zhilong blankly, and Zheng Zhilong waved his hand: "Ignore them." He doesn't believe that in this case, the flag language can replace the battle and resolve the dispute between the two countries, that is, the Dutch are willing to negotiate peace, and now Zheng Zhilong is not willing to fight the Dutch hard, they will definitely not give up #Taiwan.

Sometimes, war is the only way to solve problems.

Seeing that the Ming fleet did not take care of it, and that the Fuchuan and Cangshan ships had seized the upper hand, the Dutch fleet slowed down, and they formed a battle formation and were forced to fight against the unknown fleet.

The upwind ship had been adjusted, and the starboard gun muzzle was facing the Dutch ship.

Zheng Zhilong once again released the flag and ordered all the ships to concentrate their firepower to attack the Dutch flagship.

At the same time, the Fu ships and Cangshan ships on the left and right sides gradually outflanked them from both sides, and with the addition of the Guangzhou ships, the Ming army formed a three-sided encirclement of the Dutch fleet.

Zheng Zhilong released almost all the ships, and he was going to fight the Dutch.

The Dutch were alarmed to find that they were surrounded on three sides, and that their rear was a land coastline, but they were ready for battle by virtue of their superiority in firepower.

In fact, it is now up to the Dutch to fight or not to fight, unless they are ready to surrender.

Surrender was unthinkable for the Dutch, who were invincible at sea, and even the fleets of Spain and England could only be beaten in front of the Dutch.

But, they forget, it was a real Dutch battleship, not an armed one.

"Boom...... Boom ......"

Guangchuan was the first to open fire, which was the gunners testing the waters, and then adjusted the muzzle according to the landing point of the shells.

The flowering shell landed about a hundred paces away from the Dutch ship.

The artillery battle on the sea is different from that on land, not only the enemy's ships are moving, but also the ships of their own side are constantly moving, coupled with the influence of wind and current, it is extremely difficult to aim, although the Ming army's naval guns are equipped with crosshairs and cover doors, the hit rate is still not very high.

The war is fair, and the same problem exists with the other side's aiming, depending on whose soldiers are of higher quality and whose firearms are more advanced.

"Boom...... Boom ......"

The artillery of the Ming army tested the water again, this time the flowering bomb had fallen within thirty paces of the Dutch ship, and there was a flowering bomb that almost hit the Dutch ship, and the huge splash splashed when the flowering bomb exploded had already pounced on the Dutch ship.

The port side of the Dutch ships also began to test the waters.

After the two sides have tested the waters, the official naval battle is about to begin.

The ten ships in the middle are all aimed at the Dutch flagship, each ship has six starboard guns, and the ten ships are sixty starboard guns, even if there is only half a percent hit rate, there will be three flowering shells falling on the Dutch flagship, if the hit rate reaches one percent, it is six flowering shells.

According to Zheng Zhilong's statistics when he was a pirate before, the gunner participated in the battle for the first time, due to nervousness, fear, lack of experience and other reasons, about only half of the hit rate, if the gunner gradually matured, the hit rate may reach one percent, but the Ming Dynasty's naval guns are now equipped with crosshairs, and the hit rate should be slightly improved.

The Ming army's flowering shells hit the opponent's ships first, not because the level of the Ming gunners was higher than that of the opponent, but because the range of the Ming gunners exceeded that of the Dutch naval guns.

The first to be shot was the Dutch flagship, and the flowering bomb landed on the deck, and the Dutch soldiers near the flowering bomb had just celebrated that they were lucky not to be shot, but they didn't expect the flowering bomb to explode.

The fragments of the flowering bomb and the huge shock wave suddenly blew a two-foot square hole in the deck, and the Dutch soldiers, who were about to celebrate just now, rolled and moaned on the deck in a blink of an eye, and of course, two soldiers went straight to their paradise without even making a groan.

The commander-in-chief of the Dutch fleet, Jensen, heard the explosion on the deck, and thought that the Ming artillery had detonated some explosives on the ship.

"Oh, God, have we met the devil?" Jenson muttered to himself, completely forgetting that he was the commander-in-chief of the fleet, and he was also tasked with directing the fleet's operations.

More and more flowering shells fell on Dutch ships, and every explosion brought casualties.