Chapter 1000: Rapid Shooting! Preparation! Put!

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For the lower-level seamen and sailors of the Zheng family's fleet, this battle, before, they had always been bullied by the Dutch fleet, and basically had no chance to fight back. Once encountered, the best outcome is to get out of the way. It's impossible to defeat each other face-to-face. As for the crushing of the Dutch fleet, he did not even dare to think about it. However, the appearance of the Tiger Ben Navy completely subverted their imagination.

Such an artillery battle is simply impossible in the Zheng fleet. All the three-masted gunboats of the Zheng family's fleet were concentrated and could not provide such heavy artillery fire. With the naked eye, the entire sea surface is a continuous fire, and there is no interval at all. Every battleship in the Tiger Navy, like a glowing hedgehog, and the guns on the side of the ship are simply crazy.

Judging by the reaction of the Dutch, it is estimated that they were also shocked. For their own safety, the Dutch fleet is also fighting back with all its might, and the artillery fire is about to shine on half the sky. The rumbling of artillery did not pause for a moment. In the dark night, there was no smoke of gunpowder, but the fire fired from the cannon was becoming more and more blurred, and it was obvious that the smoke of gunpowder was gradually enveloping the battlefield.

During this time, someone kept coughing. This is the smoke of gunpowder from both warring sides, which has drifted to the side of the Zheng family's fleet. Such a fierce shell produced a large amount of thick choking gunpowder smoke, and the smell of gunpowder contained in the gunpowder smoke was simply suffocating. The sea breeze continued to blow, but it could not blow away all the thick gunsmoke.

Many sailors of the Zheng family's fleet are secretly sighing. Who said that the Chinese do not have a strong fleet? Who means that the Chinese people do not have a strong sea power? Who says that Chinese people can't be good sailors? Who says that the Chinese people know nothing about the sea? The formation of the Tiger Ben Navy is not lost to the Dutch fleet at all!

You see that the artillery fire on both sides is completely evenly matched. The original ferocious artillery fire of the Dutch had no advantage at all in front of the Tiger Ben Navy. Even, at some point, the artillery fire of the Dutch was suppressed by the Tiger Navy. All this made everyone in the Zheng family's fleet open their eyes wide, for fear of missing such a good show in front of them.

Even the people who hate the Tiger Army Navy the most, at this time, have to quietly sigh with emotion, the Tiger Army Navy is really too fierce! In the Ming Kingdom, except for the Tiger Ben Army and Navy, there is no one who has such strength and is competing with the powerful Dutch. That's the real callout. The previous battle between the Zheng family fleet and the Dutch could only be said to be passively beaten, and they had no ability to fight back at all.

In an instant, a considerable part of the grassroots sailors of the Zheng family fleet had a kind of ** to participate in the Tiger Ben Navy. The production of this kind of ** is very simple, that is, to defeat those Westerners who came from afar and maintain the dignity of the Ming people. This simple ** easily dispelled the hatred between them and the Tiger Ben Army Navy.

Before they became sailors in the Zheng family's fleet, they were first and foremost Ming people. Each of them has a very simple patriotic feeling. This kind of patriotic feeling may not be manifested in ordinary times. However, in the face of the invasion of foreign enemies, it will be revealed. For those blonde and blue-eyed "monsters" from the West, they instinctively resist. The Zheng family fleet and the Dutch fleet are incompatible, and a big reason is the opposition between the East and the West.

Perhaps, in the upper echelons of the Zheng family's fleet, because of the relationship of interests, they will secretly cooperate with some Western powers, purchase weapons and equipment from them, and conduct maritime trade. For example, the cooperation with the Portuguese. However, this cooperation is definitely not public. It is even more impossible for a foreigner's fleet to easily enter the territorial waters of the Ming Kingdom.

The Dutch, it is this rule that is broken. The purpose of the Dutch is not only to obtain profits and conduct trade, they want to completely eliminate the maritime power of the Ming Kingdom, and turn the territorial waters of the Ming Kingdom into the high seas where they can travel freely. Such an ambition, the Ming Kingdom, will definitely not be able to agree.

All along, the Zheng fleet has been working hard to expel the Dutch and protect the security of the Ming Kingdom's territorial waters. Unfortunately, due to strength, they did not do it. Fortunately, the Zheng family fleet can't do this, and the Tiger Ben Navy may be able to do it. The battle in front of him fully proved that the Huben Navy had surpassed the Zheng family fleet and became the largest maritime force in the Ming Kingdom. In the future, to maintain the maritime security of the Ming Kingdom, the only way to rely on the Huben Navy was to rely on it.

For the vast majority of the sailors of the Zheng family's fleet, as long as they are serving the people of the Ming Kingdom, as long as they are protecting the security of their country's territorial waters, it is not very important whose flag they are fighting under in the end. They believed that the treatment given to them by the Tiger Ben Army Navy would definitely not be worse than the treatment given to them by the Zheng family. In short, they can take refuge in the Huben Navy and continue to fight.

In fact, the top leaders of the Huben Navy, including Yang Guohua, Li Jicheng and others, were all from the Zheng family fleet. In the past, they were just some unknown grassroots officers of the Zheng family's fleet. After taking refuge in the Tiger Ben Navy, they became stars and became the leaders of this era. How can such a story not be desirable?

Similarly, another high-ranking member of the Tiger Ben Navy, Zhang Haibin, was born in the Ming State Navy. Only Zhou Zhengyu has nothing to do with other forces. It can be said that the Tiger Ben Army and Navy have absorbed the strengths of hundreds of schools of thought, integrated the talents of all parties, and developed step by step. In the Tiger Navy, no one is an outsider. If the Tiger Navy is willing to accept them, why should they refuse?

Just think about it, under the banner of the Tiger Ben Army Navy, what a thrilling thing it would be to beat all the monsters from the West to the ground! They have been aggrieved for more than ten years under the oppression of the Dutch. Now, they don't want to continue to be aggrieved. They're going to break out! They're going to explode!

……

"Big brother, do you see if we are ......"

Zheng Zhibao suddenly lowered his voice and said cautiously.

"What do you want to say? What's the matter, be clear! ”

Zheng Zhilong responded coldly, and didn't look at his younger brother.

What Zheng Zhibao meant, Zheng Zhilong understood as soon as he heard it. Zheng Zhibao meant to ask if he could join the Tiger Ben Army. The Zheng family fleet has come to the point where it is now, and if it continues to hold on, it will only be wiped out. Only by taking refuge in the Tiger Ben Army can there be a way to live. As long as the Tiger Ben Army accepts the surrender of the Zheng family fleet, the Zheng family fleet will be temporarily avoided.

However, in Zheng Zhilong's view, the road of taking refuge in the Tiger Ben Army is simply not feasible. The people below the Zheng family's fleet may be able to join the Tiger Ben Army and get a new life. However, this does not mean that several of them can also defect to the Tiger Army. As Zhuge Liang said in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", everyone in Eastern Wu can take refuge in Cao Cao, but Sun Quan cannot. The reason is very simple, what Cao Cao wants is not Sun Quan.

If the Zheng family's fleet is Eastern Wu, then the three brothers are Sun Quan. Zheng Zhilong's own eldest son died in the hands of Zhang Zhun, how could he take refuge in Zhang Zhun? Even if he is willing to take refuge, can Zhang Zhun accept it with confidence? I ran to tell Zhang Zhun that he definitely didn't have the idea of avenging his son, do you think Zhang Zhun would believe it?

Zheng Zhilong could completely conclude that what Zhang Zhun needed was the experienced sailors of the Zheng family's fleet, not them, the direct backbone of the Zheng family. The arrival of the Tiger Ben Navy at this time was obviously to accept the remnants of the Zheng family's fleet and take the opportunity to absorb those excellent sailors. Therefore, the road of Toucheng will definitely not work.

"Then let's ......"

Zheng Zhihu said hesitantly.

He cautiously asked what the Zheng family's fleet would do if the battle really began. It was night, and the artillery battle between the Tiger Navy and the Dutch fleet did not cause substantial damage. The Zheng family fleet is watching the excitement on the side, and it doesn't matter for the time being. However, with the arrival of dawn, the battle between the two sides will definitely enter a white-hot state. When the time comes, where will the Zheng family fleet go?

In fact, the most critical and core issue of all this is whether to help the Tiger Ben Navy fight. It seems to be a matter of course not to help. The Zheng family fleet originally had an enmity with the Tiger Ben Army Navy and the Dutch, but now, the two of them are fighting, and the Zheng family fleet just happens to be watching from the wall and reaping the benefits of the fisherman.

However, the consequences of this are very serious. If the Tiger Navy's navy was defeated, the Dutch would follow and sweep them away. With the current remnants of the Zheng family's fleet, it is absolutely impossible to resist the fate of extinction. Similarly, if the Tiger Ben Navy wins, it will also have the good-looking appearance of the Zheng family's fleet.

If you help the Huben Navy and the Huben Navy wins, the fate of the Zheng family's fleet is also not optimistic. The annexation of the Zheng family fleet by the Tiger Ben Navy has almost become a foregone conclusion. Once it is annexed, several of them will definitely be swept away. With Zhang Zhun's personality, it is impossible to remain a few hidden dangers by his side.

As for helping the Dutch...... It's impossible. Helping no one can help the Dutch. This is a matter of basic principle. Anyway, whether you help or not, it seems to be doomed, and the Zheng family's fleet is going to disappear. In the future, on the sea in the east, things about the Zheng family's fleet will become legends and stories.

"Alas!"

Zheng Zhilong let out a long sigh.

For a sea hero like him, it is indeed too uncomfortable to come to such a point today. If Yan Siqi hadn't died, he would have jumped out of the coffin and accused him of Zheng Zhilong's leadership. However, since the situation has developed to such a result, he is also lacking in skills, so he can only passively accept it.

"If Zhang Zhun agrees and allows us to be a rich man, the Zheng family fleet, just give it to him! The sailors below can join the Tiger Army Navy if they want to! ”

Zheng Zhilong said slowly, with a painful face, word by word.

No one answered.

On the deck, there was only the heavy gasping of the Zheng family's high-level leaders.

Being a rich man may be their only choice. It is estimated that this is also the best treatment they can get. As long as they no longer hold military power, Zhang Zhun should not embarrass them. It's just that their lives were saved, but the Zheng family's fleet is about to disappear from now on. Who would have thought of such a result before?

……

When dawn came, the morning light lifted the darkness on the sea, and the cannon fire of the Tiger Navy and the Dutch Navy gradually stopped. The warships on both sides are nervously adjusting their teams. On the vast sea, nothing can be heard except the sound of rolling waves.

This oppressive silence made many old soldiers and sailors feel very uncomfortable. Because, they are all very clear, the silence is only temporary. The oppressive silence is just for a more violent outburst. After a short silence, the real battle is about to begin. Once the battle begins, it's a life-or-death situation.

"It's about to start ......"

The upper echelons of the Zheng family's fleet were all muttering silently.

At this moment, as bystanders, they all deeply felt the pressure. The atmosphere on the sea is indeed too tense. The tense atmosphere seems to be suffocating. Even the sun, feeling the suffocating tension, has been hiding in the thick clouds, refusing to come out.

"Are you going to start?"

The corners of Bluffhead's mouth wore a grim smile.

I don't know that the Tiger Ben Army and Navy, who don't know how to offend him like this, really don't know how to write dead words. The young rear admiral made up his mind that he must do his best to teach the other party a hard lesson. Even the Spaniards, who were once extremely powerful, were no match for the Dutch fleet, let alone the Tiger Navy?

"Come on!"

Li Jicheng silently encouraged himself in his heart.

This was the first time that the Tiger Navy's navy had a head-on battle with the naval fleets of the Western powers, and it was the Dutch fleet, the most powerful of the Western powers. What he felt was not nervousness, but excitement. An excitement that comes out of the blood. The Tiger Ben Navy has come to this day, and it is finally qualified to challenge the invaders from afar.

It's not easy! It's really not easy! Looking back on the previous days and nights, Li Jicheng felt as if there was a fire burning in his heart. The young Tiger Army Navy has gone through many hardships and obstacles to finally come to this point! In the whole world, how many more countries, with the guts and strength, challenged the fleet of the Dutch?

"Rapid Shot!"

"Ready!"

"Put!"

Li Jicheng roared angrily!

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