In Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste, a raft floated on the sea not far from the shore, and several indigenous people jumped into the sea with a wooden fork and began to pounce on fish.

On the shore beach, an indigenous man shouted a knife in his mouth, held the coconut tree with his bare hands, struggled to climb up, climbed to the top, cut a string of coconuts with a free knife, and then climbed down the tree, happily dragging the coconut home.

In a village not far from the sea, several women are busy chopping firewood, carrying water, farming, and tending to their children.

In a castle not far from the village, Mr. Hoddings gulped a glass of wine, which soaked his clothes and dripped on the ground to form a cloud of water.

At this time, Godins no longer had the high-spirited appearance he had when he first led his ships to East Asia.

His eyes are red, and he is completely like a gambler who has lost everything.

When Hoddings wanted to drink again, he found that there was no more wine in the bottle, and in a fit of rage, he smashed the empty bottle into the corner.

"Could it be that Lao Tzu just stared at the defeat and went back, no, it must not be like this, otherwise I will definitely be sent to the gallows if I go back......"

There are only a dozen of the hundreds of warships left, and it is impossible to cover up such a defeat.

Hoddings racked his brains to find a way to get rid of his mistakes so that he could be relieved of his guilt.

Hoddings pondered for a moment, and suddenly his eyes were relieved, and he hadn't come here until now, and it seemed that he had been captured, and maybe even killed.

Maybe you can push it all onto the damn one.

Well! Let's just say that this damn bastard has betrayed the Motherland, betrayed the king. He knew that your term of office was coming to an end, and in order to continue to hold the position of Governor of Macau, he colluded with Zheng Chenggong.

deceived us and said that Zheng Chenggong had less than a hundred warships.

Moreover, this bastard also secretly revealed the route of the fleet to Zheng Chenggong, and the empire's fleet was betrayed like this. Unsuspectingly, he broke into the trap of the Zheng family's fleet.

I desperately broke through, and I could only bring these battleships out.

Well, just say this to the king!

However, these surviving soldiers need to be touched up and told to stop talking nonsense. More importantly, I should also bribe the queen when I return to China, hoping that she can help me say a few good words.

The wealth you have accumulated over the years is about to be exhausted!

Just as Hoddings was perfecting his excuse for shirking responsibility. A soldier suddenly burst in and said in a panic, "Lord Admiral, no...... Not good...... Oh no, Zheng family...... The fleet is coming! ”

When Hoddings heard that the wine was half awakened, he stood up cleanly and drank: "Quick, drive the boat out!" ”

With the Admiral's order, the whole of East Timor fell into chaos.

The soldiers scrambled and shouted to climb onto the boat. The ordinary Portuguese and maritime merchants in the city hurriedly packed fine silver and begged to catch the ship.

As soon as Hoddings got on board, he got on the boat. immediately ordered the boat to sail, ignoring the soldiers who had not yet uploaded it.

The anchor was rolled up, the sails were pulled up, and a dozen battleships scrambled to sail out of port.

In the distance, Zheng Tai shouted: "Hurry, hurry, we must not let them rush out of the port!" ”

Seeing that the Franc battleship was rushing out, Zheng Tai was annoyed.

It was planned. With the newly obtained charts, I want to block them all in the harbor if the Furlong is unprepared. Catch a turtle in an urn!

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the way, it was seen by a returning Francophone merchant ship and sounded the alarm.

Now he can only hope to annihilate one by one, and Zheng Tai quickly gave an order: "The lock ships rush forward, and the other warships are free to choose their targets!" ”

Chen Ming, the left forward, led three lock boats to rush straight towards the Franc battleship, approaching 400 meters behind. The lockboat turned and made a detour to the right side of the Galen ship.

"Target enemy ship, solid shells, prepare, fire ......"

With Chen Ming's roar one by one. The 10 guns on the left side of the lock ship opened fire one after another.

A thick cloud of smoke rose from it, and two iron balls flew towards the mast of Galen's ship, chained to them.

Even at a distance of 400 meters, the effect of the first salvo was still terrible, and more than 30 shells did not touch the enemy ship with a single shot.

Chen Ming raised the monocular and looked at it, and immediately scolded angrily: "You bunch of rabbit cubs, aim for Lao Tzu!" ”

Without Chen Ming's orders, the gunners were busy reloading, and a minute later, another salvo was fired.

This time, a shell smashed the rear compartment of the Galen ship, killing several soldiers.

When Chen Ming saw it, he shouted happily: "Yes, that's it, give me a hard beating!" ”

The guns on the Galen ship were also desperately firing back, but the firepower on this small Galen ship was insufficient, and at the same time, in order to avoid the artillery fire, desperately steered, making their hit rate worse.

Another round of bombardment, the closer distance, coupled with the calculations of the gunners in the previous rounds, this round of salvo had three shells concentrated on the last Galen, one of which even broke its mainsail, without the drive of the sails, the hapless Galen went slower and slower, and finally stopped, floating in the sea.

When Chen Ming saw it, he shouted: "Don't worry about that enemy ship anymore, go all out to deal with the rest!" ”

"Yes, General!"

The sailors on the stalled Galen ship saw that they could not avoid being captured, and they were afraid that the Zheng family battleship would give them a few more shots, so they were hurriedly lifted up a few pieces of white cloth.

As soon as the sand boat that followed him approached, more than a dozen rattan armor soldiers jumped onto the boat armor, holding their axes tightly and looking at those ghosts vigilantly.

……

Before the afterglow of the setting sun had completely dissipated, the pursuit battle was finally over.

The darkness gave the remnants of the Portuguese army the best cover, and Zheng Tai saw that he could not find the enemy ship under the dark scenes, so he ordered to return.

In this battle, two enemy ships were captured, one was sunk, and they fled.

None of the Zheng family's ships were killed, but one lock ship was destroyed in the front cabin, and two Fu ships were broken with two masts.

Regrouping more than fifty warships and escorting the prisoners, the Zheng family fleet sailed into the port of East Timor.

……

In the port of Dili, Portuguese civilians, maritime merchants, and captured sailors who had been expelled from their homes were gathered in the chapel, cursing with hatred and resentment against the Portuguese fleet.

A few old priests were surrounding their anger at peace. (To be continued.) )