"How many ships does the other side have, can you see clearly?" Zheng Zhilong asked the observer calmly.

"About forty or fifty, and there are no ships behind them."

Forty or fifty of them? Zheng Zhilong thought to himself, how can we give full play to the numerical superiority of the South China Sea Fleet? He was pacing on the deck while holding his arms, and suddenly thought of Zhu Youzhen's words: Battle line tactics.

Yes, the battle line, so that the numerical superiority of the South China Sea Fleet can be brought into play.

"Herald, waive the flag, let the ships get ready, and the whole fleet is divided into three: forty ships and fifty ships of fortune, and the remaining twenty ships of fortune are a group of cangshan; The first group of fleets fought horizontally and took the upper hand, the second group of fleets lined up in a column, and after a fierce battle between the two sides, marched south from the west to strike at enemy ships within any artillery range, and the third group of Fu ships and Cangshan ships did not need to participate in the battle for the time being, and specialized in chasing and striking the enemy's ships that escaped and were damaged. ”

Move the flag.

When the two sides were twenty miles apart, the South China Sea Fleet began to disperse.

The first group's 40 Cantonese and 50 Fukufunes began to turn to the left, while the second group's 40 Cantonese and 50 Fukufunes began to move to the right.

Seeing that the South China Sea Fleet was beginning to turn around, and knowing that it was hopeless to seize the upper hand, the Combined Fleet also began to turn, with the bow facing west, preparing for a decisive battle with the South China Sea Fleet.

The bow of the South China Sea Fleet is facing east, and the starboard guns are used, and the bow of the Combined Fleet is facing west, and the starboard guns are also facing the enemy.

"Commander, the two sides are ten miles apart."

"Order, first group of ships, artillery preparation." Zheng Zhilong personally commanded the first group of fleets.

When the two sides were six or seven miles apart, Zheng Zhilong issued another order: "The ships in the middle, concentrate their firepower and strike at the enemy's flagship." ”

"Boom...... Long ......"

"Boom...... Long ......"

"Boom...... Long ......"

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The artillery of both sides tested the water almost at the same time, but the shells all fell on the sea, and the waters between the ships of the two sides suddenly set off countless waves.

The soldiers are in real combat mode.

After two rounds of shelling, the water test was completed, and the shells began to effectively hit the opposing ships.

Zheng Zhilong used the decapitation method, the Guangzhou ship in the middle, concentrated on attacking the Dutch flagship, this method was not Zheng Zhilong's invention, almost every fleet will use it, but Zheng Zhilong's number of ships is large, and the effect is more obvious.

The Combined Fleet obviously discovered Zheng Zhilong's tactical intentions, but the sea is different from the land, knowing that it is the target of the other side, but it cannot dodge the other party's attack, unless the flagship gives up command and leaves the battlefield.

Zheng Zhilong saw that the ships on both sides were already in a stalemate, and immediately raised the flag, allowing Zhang Zhuo's second fleet to storm from the right side.

The second group of the fleet had already been adjusted to a column, and seeing the flagships waving the flag, they immediately entered the battlefield from the right side.

On the right side is the direction of the bow of the Combined Fleet, and the port and starboard guns are out of reach, which is almost a blind spot for the guns of the Combined Fleet.

The supreme commander of the combined fleet was the Dutchman Templeke, who was immediately shocked when he saw that the fleet was outflanked by the Ming army from two directions, especially the second group of the South China Sea Fleet on the left, almost in the blind spot of their artillery.

Templek waved the flag and told the left side of the entire fleet, which was the Spanish fleet at the front of them, to immediately turn to the right, with the bow facing north, and use the port side guns to shoot at Zhang Zhuo's second fleet.

He hoped that the Spanish fleet would temporarily resist Zhang Zhuo's second fleet, and that the combined Dutch-Portuguese fleet, after destroying the first group of the South China Sea Fleet, would join forces to besiege the remaining Ming fleet.

Temple's tactics, no one knows the basis of his theory.

With the thirteen ships of Spain, how long can they resist the ninety large and medium-sized ships of the Ming Dynasty? Moreover, the Spanish fleet temporarily turned its rudder and could not fire at the South China Sea Fleet for the time being, they were only the target of the South China Sea Fleet.

Templek commanded the remaining combined fleet, with only thirty-two ships, why could he annihilate or cripple ninety ships of the Ming Dynasty? Maybe he regarded the ships of the Ming Dynasty as the fishing boats of Java or Manchu, yes, the information of this era is not good, but he saw the ships of the Ming Dynasty on the battlefield, and this kind of thought, it is tantamount to suicide.

Zheng Zhilong found that in addition to the Spanish ships, the Dutch and Portuguese ships fired flowering shells, and the range was about the same as that of the Ming Dynasty's naval guns, and the biggest difference was that in terms of tonnage, the artillery on the Dutch ships was denser than that of the Ming Dynasty.

More than 20 Canton ships concentrated their firepower, targeting the Dutch flagship, as well as sporadic Fuku, which would adjust the target to the Dutch flagship as soon as the Dutch flagship came within range of their guns.

"Boom...... Long ......"

"Boom...... Long ......"

I don't know which ship actually hit the Dutch flagship with two flowering shells in a row, and two of its three masts had been blown up, and the sailman on the mast suddenly fell like a stone on the upper deck.

The deck was covered with blood, and the mutilated body and ownerless limbs were as dense as watermelons in a watermelon field.

Templek came to the deck and frowned as he watched the mess.

There is only one mast left of the ship, and the speed must be much slower, if the combined fleet can defeat the Ming fleet, it is fine, in case the combined fleet fails and needs to retreat to the south, the Ming fleet will definitely catch up, the speed of the flagship is too slow, will it ...... He didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Now even if you want to get out of the battlefield, it is also very difficult, there are too many ships on both sides, almost one next to the other, and it is very difficult to change the rudder alone, besides, if the flagship is the first to withdraw from the battlefield, the morale of the combined fleet will be frustrated.

Temple's gaze was on the opposite side of the Ming fleet, two of the Ming ships were also shot, and the eyes were emerging on the deck, as if the Ming soldiers were fighting the fire.

His heart was much better, and the ships of the Ming army were not iron-clad.

After two rounds of shelling, the Dutch flagship had been hit by a number of flowering shells, two port guns and three starboard guns had been completely destroyed, and the combat effectiveness was seriously reduced.

Looking at his crumbling flagship, Templek hesitated again.

But the two sides are fighting fiercely, how can the flagship escape?

It was in this hesitation that Templek missed the opportunity to escape again and again.

"Boom...... Prosperous...... Long ......"

I don't know how many flowering bombs of the Ming army fell on the Dutch flagship one after another, I don't know if the flowering bombs exploded continuously, superimposed with the explosion effect, or the continuous shock waves were at the crest, causing resonance, and the most important ship of the combined fleet suddenly disintegrated.

The sea poured into the ship's cabin as if it had broken through the embankment.

Under the tremendous gravity of the artillery, the wrecked ship slowly sank to the bottom of the sea, leaving only a huge whirlpool and Dutch soldiers struggling in the whirlpool.

Two ships near the flagship rushed to the rescue, but only some soldiers were fished up, and Templek was missing.

Without the flagship, the command of the combined fleet was transferred to the deputy commander of the fleet, but Zheng Zhilong did not know which ship the deputy commander was on, because the huge flag symbolizing the flagship was not hoisted on the ship.

After more than an hour of fierce fighting, two more Dutch ships were sunk, one ship was incapacitated, two Spanish ships lost power and combat capability, floating on the sea like kites with broken strings, and Portugal also had one ship sunk.

The losses of the Ming army themselves were not light, two Canton ships were sunk, and one other Canton ship and one Fu ship completely lost their combat capability and temporarily withdrew from the combat sequence.

The Dutch ships, which had lost their combat capability, could not withdraw from the battlefield for the time being, and the periphery was full of ships of the Ming army.

The first to withdraw from the battlefield were Portuguese ships.

Zhang Zhuo led the second group of the South China Sea Fleet, which had already moved south from the right side, and had the posture of cutting off the retreat of the coalition forces, although the Spanish fleet was ordered to block this Ming fleet, but the Spanish fleet itself was already scarred, except for the two ships that lost power, the guns on the rest of the ships were at least 20% damaged.

The Portuguese, fearing that their retreat would be cut off, had been reluctant to retreat since the Dutch flagship had been sunk, and when the coalition suffered heavy losses, they decisively chose to retreat.

Daming drove the Netherlands and Spain out of #Taiwan Island, and he had no half-dime relationship with the Portuguese, he was only invited and coerced by the Dutch and Spaniards, so he embarked on the road of confrontation with Daming.

There were too many ships of the Ming Dynasty, and the combat effectiveness was so terrifying, that the Portuguese decided to avoid the sharp edge of the Ming Dynasty.

The remaining Portuguese ships, without consulting the Combined Fleet, suddenly turned to the left neatly, and turned their bows to the south, intending to flee back to their home port of Malacca.

Zhang Zhuo's second group of ships, although the bow was also facing south, they were engaged in a struggle with the Xibaya fleet, unable to intercept it alone, and watched the Portuguese ships leave the battlefield.

Zheng Zhilong was furious when he saw the Portuguese ships retreating south, "Damn, Lao Tzu didn't provoke you, you came to the door, now the battle situation is unfavorable, and you still want to escape!" He ordered the fifty ships of Zhang Boil's second group of ships to pursue them with all their might.

The speed of the Fu ship was faster than that of the Guang ship, the bow of the ship was facing south, there was no need to turn, and it was a smooth wind, they immediately increased their speed to the maximum, chased the nine Portuguese ships, and left the main battlefield.

Zhang Zhuo commanded the remaining forty Cantonese ships and continued the naval battle with the Spaniards.

The twenty Fu ships and a large number of Cangshan ships that had been watching the battle from the periphery automatically joined the battlefield, some of the Cangshan ships and Fu ships joined the encirclement and annihilation of the Spanish ships, and some Cangshan ships took advantage of their speed to follow the fifty Fu ships that went south to participate in the pursuit of the Portuguese fleet.

The Portuguese ships withdrew from the battlefield, making the Dutch ships, which were already at a disadvantage, more passive, and now all the artillery of the Ming army will point at them.

After about half an hour of fierce fighting, one Dutch ship was sunk, two Dutch ships were incapacitated, and only fifteen Dutch ships remained in the battle, and all of them were wounded.

The heaviest losses were still the Spanish fleet, their guns fired solid shells, the threat was much smaller than the flowering bombs, the soldiers on the Ming ships did not have to dodge at all, and the speed of the flowering bombs was faster than that of the first group of ships.

While the Dutch suffered heavy losses, they actually lost four ships, one of which was sunk, and three were completely incapacitated.

The Spanish fleet was left with only nine scarred ships, and they were surrounded by the South China Sea Fleet.