Not only that, Zheng Zhilong found that the Xinxiang warship, which had originally set sail and avoided Longmen Island, had detoured from the Longmen Waterway at this time!

The Longmen waterway is divided by more than ten small islands, and it is almost impossible for them to enter the waterway and face the blockade of the forts, but Xinxiang's boat can easily get out and go around to their side as soon as they come!

"Twenty ships!"

Zheng Zhilong sizzled, these twenty warships, if they were hidden under the cover of the fort, were fully capable of isolating them from Longmen Island and preventing them from having a chance to land, but what was the purpose of hiding the ships behind the island?

There is no doubt that the purpose is the current situation, whether it is Zheng Zhilong or the Dutch, the capital invested on the island is too large, and they have to fight with all their might, even if they know that there will be danger, they have to do so!

Zheng Zhilong's heart turned around, now his strength has been cast more than half, and depending on the situation, the defense force on the island is indeed a little insufficient, if he can occupy the fort on the island, and then use the fort cannon to bombard the Xinxiang fleet in the sea, then the possibility of a complete victory today is still very great. On the contrary, if he withdraws his hand, his strength can be retained about one-third, but with only this one-third of his strength, how can he support it in the next revenge of Xinxiang.

What's more, if he escapes, the Dutch will not be able to let him go first!

Since ancient times, this has been the case, those who betray the country and seek glory have always had to go further and further on a road of self-destruction, and later they will fall into the quagmire, and there is no reason to advance or retreat.

"Attack with all your might, surround those ships. Don't let them affect the landing ......"

Zheng Zhilong and Mendy gave the order almost at the same time, but to their surprise, Xinxiang's battleships did not pay attention to the landed coalition forces, but formed a goose-shaped formation and began to break through the coalition warships under the leadership of the first battleship.

It was August and the wind was blowing from the southeast. The coalition forces occupied the upwind direction, and the Xinxiang fleet drilled out from the northeast, which can be regarded as occupying a little wind direction. Fortunately, the Xinxiang fleet was suddenly killed. The coalition forces responded passively, so they caught the Xinxiang fleet off guard. Under the geese-shaped formation, they quickly broke through to the edge of the Zheng fleet in the coalition forces. Then the artillery roared, and the smoke billowed out!

"Damn, why did you beat us?"

Zheng Zhilong thought very sadly and indignantly, although he was an alliance with the Dutch, he still hoped that the Xinxiang fleet could fight to the death with the Dutch, and he was picking up the cheap on the side.

"Well done, that's it, although the Zheng family also copied some gunboats, but because of the structure and the level of casting guns, their ships are not equipped with many guns. The power is also insufficient, it is a soft persimmon! ”

Mao Yuanyi saw this scene on the fort and waved his fist vigorously, extremely satisfied. The same is true of Yu Guozhen, Xun Shilu has always been suppressed by Yu Dahai's scenery. But in fact, this pirate-turned-fleet commander is also extremely capable of doing things, and he is worthy of a person who dares to venture out to the sea at a young age.

And compared with Yu Dahai, who had no family at the beginning, Xun Shilu still has family, especially his nephew. At the beginning, he had high hopes, but now that he has married a wife and has children, his loyalty to Xinxiang has skyrocketed.

"Breakthrough!"

In the midst of the gunfire, two Zheng battleships were damaged, one of which was so badly wounded that it was obviously impossible to salvage, and the sailors on board simply began to try to lower the sampan for life-saving. Their withdrawal from the battle meant that Xun Shilu's fleet broke through the Zheng family's obstruction and went around behind the Zheng family's fleet.

The two sides began to adjust their direction in unison, and in the rumbling sound of artillery, countless water columns rushed up from the sea. Zheng Zhilong saw that the Xinxiang fleet was biting his back, and he was cold, even if it was a small boat, they would not let go, and he immediately became anxious.

He knows the strength of his side, he has never relied on the strength of the ship and the artillery, but on the large number of ships, and he has not been able to catch the Westerners, not to mention the sharp artillery and the agility of the ship is better than the Europeans' Xinxiang fleet!

Especially his subordinates, they are mixed, mostly rabble, and they have suffered a lot of losses so far, and if they continue to lose, they are afraid that they will collapse.

This is also the reason why Xun Shilu grabbed the Zheng family and slammed it, and although the Dutch could come to support the Zheng family, but the two sides were not one after all, at this time, the Netherlands chose to attack the fort with all their might, and the bottom of his heart may still be wishing that the Zheng family lost as much as possible in the battle.

"What are the Dutch doing, don't you know how to defeat the Yu family's fleet first and then attack Longmen Island?" A person beside Zheng Zhilong said urgently.

"The good idea of the Dutch is just to let us take the fire from the fire, but their wishful thinking is too loud, I am afraid that there will be no good results." Zheng Zhilong smiled bitterly: "I can't wait for them to come to help, let's fight against Yu Guozhen's fleet first." ”

"Big brother, this is to give up Longmen Island to the Dutch!"

"The Dutch got Longmen Island, at most they ate the biggest piece of pie, and the interests of our Zheng family can still be protected, but if Nanhai Bo wins, we will all have to sink into the sea!"

Zheng Zhilong's understanding of the situation was more sober at this moment, he gritted his teeth and ordered the whole army to turn to the Xinxiang fleet. But he knows the overall situation, but the people below may not, not to mention the Dutch, seeing that the Zheng family's fleet has turned its course, some Dutch people suddenly thought that the Zheng family was going to escape, and some of them couldn't avoid it, so they simply crashed into one place, and even the soldiers on the ship shot at each other, causing chaos on the sea.

Xun Shilu didn't care about this, his mind was very simple, and the order that Yu Guozhen asked Hua Youzhi to convey was to seize the opponent's periphery and attack fiercely, just like peeling the skin of bamboo shoots, peeling off the shell of the Zheng family's fleet layer by layer. So he commanded the Xinxiang fleet, slowed down with half a sail, and after passing behind the Zheng family's fleet, he turned back, changed sides, and another round of shelling. It's just that at this time, the formation of the Xinxiang fleet has changed from the shape of a goose when it broke through to the current one-word shape.

The zigzag shape can give full play to the advantages of the large number of guns of the Xinxiang fleet, and only one round of bombardment means that hundreds of guns roar, and the damage caused is better than that of the batteries on the shore. Because there were too many ships of the Zheng family, they were originally outside the range of the battery, but since the start of the war, except for the sampan and transport ships that were sunk and more than 20 ships damaged, the main force has not been greatly affected. However, the Xinxiang fleet first broke through, and then peeled bamboo shoots, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten ships were sunk or injured!

"Damn, when did the Xinxiang fleet become so powerful?" Zheng Zhilong was extremely surprised by this situation.

Yu Guozhen's Xinxiang fleet from the establishment to the present, it is only seven or eight years short, this time, even training qualified sailors is difficult, Zheng Zhilong knows that Yu Guozhen has received some remnants of Liu Xianglao's forces, and also knows that he has incorporated some small pirates, but he never thought that with such a number of forces that he looks down on, in such a short period of time, he has trained enough to compete with him in the sea, and in terms of the ability to control the ship and the firing speed and accuracy of the artillery, it is even better than him!

Of course, he didn't know that this was the difference between professional navy and amateur pirates, the training of the fishery bureau navy was more arduous than the training of tiger guards on the shore, and the institutionalized training and drill were like an industrial production process, as long as they were on this process, they could quickly and massively cultivate qualified products. Although there may be limitations in individual ability, on the whole, it is by no means inferior to hand-carved products.

Xun Shilu led the Xinxiang fleet to scrape another layer, sinking and damaging more than 20 ships of the Zheng family, the number of results has exceeded their own number, and the price they paid was only two warships injured and withdrew from the battle. When Xun Shilu turned around again, Zheng Zhilong had finally adjusted, and with more than ten warships of the Zheng family, which were the largest and most powerful in the Zheng family, surrounded by more than thirty large and small ships, they began to pounce head-on.

"See what else you can do!"

Zheng Zhilong had made up his mind, and he was desperate to get rid of the Xinxiang fleet first, and the flagship he was riding on was one of the three large ships of the Zheng family that imitated European warships, with a displacement of more than 500 tons, nearly 600 tons. There are also thirty guns on the ship, which is not much different from Xun Shilu's flagship, and there are many powerful ships, this momentum is violent, which makes Xun Shilu face a dilemma.

If it is evaded, it will not only increase the morale of the other side, but also give up the initiative that has been hard to obtain; for naval operations, whoever has the initiative means faster sailing speed and better attack angles.

If you are facing a battle, it is inevitable that you will fall into a broadside battle, giving up your own firepower advantage and engaging in a broadside battle, which is equivalent to attacking the enemy's strengths with your own shortcomings!

If it were Yu Dahai, he would definitely choose to engage in a broadside battle at this time, because he was convinced that the shortcomings of the Fishery Administration Bureau Navy were also longer than the strengths of the Zheng family. But Xun Shilu was not, he was more cautious and prudent than Yu Dahai, he did not hesitate to give the order, and the whole team turned again.

The other party avoided the battle, which made Zheng Zhilong's heart slightly relieved, and he said sharply: "Chase, bite up, bite up!" ”

As he was talking, the tail of the Falcon in front of the side turned around, facing his ship, a huge cannon on the stern deck spewed thick black smoke towards this side, and a huge cannonball whistled, drawing a parabola in the air, and flew towards Zheng Zhilong's flagship.

The flagship helmsman was preparing to adjust the direction of the gunwale, ready to pursue, this shell smashed on the side baffle very coincidentally, the baffle suddenly sawdust splashed, and the flesh and blood flew on the deck, not only that, Zheng Zhilong was very clear about the position of the battleship, and the place where this shell smashed through the gunplate was the gunpowder warehouse on the ship!

His face changed greatly, he turned around and jumped into the sea, before the person fell into the water, there was a loud bang behind him, and the flagship gunpowder warehouse he was riding in was fully stored with 5,000 catties of gunpowder, although part of it was used up in the fierce battle, but the remaining amount was enough to break the whole ship!

The huge shock wave was wrapped in the fireball, and it caught up with Zheng Zhilong's body as soon as possible, throwing him more than ten meters away, and then falling into the water! (To be continued)