Phuket, the largest island off the coast of Nam Yi, has long been a place of inhabitation. Only merchant ships take shelter from the wind here, so there has been no one living on Phuket for thousands of years, which has greatly protected the natural environment of Phuket and has become a paradise for seagulls and various birds.

On the island, there are all kinds of fruits, and there are even patches of rice, which are probably the rice that was inadvertently scattered by the passing merchant sailors. However, it also shows that Phuket is fertile and suitable for people to live in.

Now that the initial port facilities have been built in a bay facing the open sea in Phuket, the bay is not crowded after all the warships of the Combined Fleet are stationed, and it is really a natural harbor. Tents were erected on the hillside not far from the port, where the temporary headquarters of the Combined Fleet was located.

The Combined Fleet came quickly, but the Hongyi people were not slow to come, and by the time the Combined Fleet arrived in Phuket, there were already dozens of Hongyi warships parked in the bay. It seems that this is the advance detachment of the expeditionary fleet of the Hongyi Kingdom.

When they met on a narrow road, Yan Hui was not polite, and ordered Murong Feng to command this first battle to seize the island. Most of the nearly 200 warships patrolled the open seas to prevent the detachment fleet from escaping and blocking the possible arrival of the Hongyi fleet.

Murong Feng only gave Yang Ligong three Sea Dragon-class and ten Sea-Seal-class warships, and ordered Yang Ligong to wipe out all the detachments in the bay. Yang Ligong smashed it and said: "Use a knife to kill chickens, two Sea Dragon-class and six Seal-class can do." When I smash all the Hongyi warships, you can send someone to the island to arrest the deserters. ”

"How long?"

"An hour."

"Are you sure?"

"A military writ of war."

"Hahahaha, Yang Dudu is mighty, this battle must be prestigious. Go ahead, just hand over your back to Ben Shuai. ”

Murong Feng had already been appointed by Yan Hui as the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, that is, the commander of the Combined Fleet, so it was not too much for Murong Feng to call himself the commander. Yang Ligong gave a military salute and turned back to his ship, the Liaozhou, it is said that Murong Feng gave him not many warships, only thirteen in total, but the Hongyi State Detachment Fleet has almost forty warships, and the ratio of enemy and enemy forces is nearly four to one. If you were someone else, you would have stopped doing it a long time ago, but Yang Ligong took the initiative to reduce it by half, not because Yang Ligong and Murong Feng were angry, but because Yang Ligong knew too much about his strength and was too confident. According to Yang Ligong's calculations, one Sea Dragon-class and four Seal-class are enough. But this must be the first battle, and it is necessary to be cautious.

As the order was delivered, two Sea Dragon-class battleships were in the center, and six SEAL-class battleships were divided into two sides, lined up in a horizontal line and headed towards the bay. The commander of the detachment fleet of the Hongyi Kingdom had already discovered the combined fleet, and had already raised the sails and killed them like a swarm. I have to say that Hongyi attaches great importance to this expedition, and the warships sent are basically the main warships. But these warships that are invincible in the eyes of the Hongyi people, and now facing the eight battleships of the Shenlong Empire's Navy are like a pack of wolves facing eight elephants, not to mention the Sea Dragon class, even compared with the Seal class, the gap is also very large. What's more, the warships of the Hongyi Kingdom are mainly equipped with bows, crossbows, stone throwers, and slapsticks. Naval artillery, hehe, until now they haven't even heard of it.

The commander of the detachment fleet of the Hongyi Kingdom brandished a big sword and shouted to his subordinates: "Warriors of the Hongyi Kingdom, our Hongyi Kingdom is the king of the sea, and if the Yan Kingdom wants to compete with us for hegemony, it is asking for its own death." Don't look at their battleships as big, but they don't even have giant crossbows and stone throwers, which are definitely converted from merchant ships. It can be seen that Yan Kingdom does not have serious warships at all, so there is nothing to be afraid of. I command you to kill all the Yan people and take their boats. The country of Yan is very rich, there are mountains of gold and jewelry, and there are many beautiful women to pick at will, and they have defeated their sailors, and these are all ours. What are you waiting for, go on, kill them all? ”

"Kill."

The sailors of the Hongyi Kingdom, whose adrenaline hormones were multiplied by the commander's words, waved the weapons in their hands and howled towards Yang Ligong's scoring fleet. According to the weapon range of the Hongyi State warship, it will take some time for them to get close to Yang Ligong. But just as they were halfway there, the eight huge warships turned. The commander of the Hongyi Kingdom laughed when he saw it and said, "See, the people of the Yan Kingdom are all cowards, and they are so frightened by us that they are about to run away." Catch up and kill them. ”

Yang Ligong put away his clairvoyance and said: "What kind of war is this, driving sheep in a chaotic manner?" Passing the order from our army, the fleet turned to the left. ”

The eight battleships turned to the left in unison, forming a horizontal line, all the starboard gun baffles had been opened, and the muzzles of the black holes stretched out, aiming at the battleships of the Hongyi Kingdom. The eight battleships have a total of 300 broadside naval guns, which is more than seven times more than the total number of warships in Hongyi Country, and seven naval guns are rich against one Hongyi warship, so it is no wonder that Yang Ligong did not want so many warships.

"Well, I'm bullying people. There's no way, whoever told you to die against us, surrender obediently and offer all the good things, it's over. You have no grievance against the Governor of Pontus, and you order the ships to open fire for accuracy, and if anyone wastes ammunition, the Governor of Pontus will let him go down to the sea and cut through the enemy's warships. ”

Boom, boom, boom, roar, bullet rain. The Imperial Admirals, who had long been holding back their strength, fired a beautiful salvo, and the huge recoil pushed the battleship back some distance. The soldiers watched as a red cannonball flew into the sky above the Hongyi fleet and stabbed down.

The commander of the Red Yi Kingdom looked at the red thing flying above his head suspiciously, not knowing what it was for. But in the blink of an eye he understood what it was. Boom, boom, the explosion was deafening, and the commander of the Hongyi Nation fleet flew up after hearing only a loud bang, and in the air he saw his hands and feet getting farther and farther away from him.

"It turns out that these balls are for this."

These were the last words from the commander of the Red Empire's fleet. With a loud bang, it was as if someone had smashed the fleet of the Red Yi Nation with a hammer. The battleship that rushed to the front turned into pieces of broken wood and scattered with the sound of the explosion, and the sailors of the Hongyi Kingdom on the battleship were blown up in the same place as their commander, and the tragic scene was unbearable to watch.

This round of salvo alone sank more than 20 Hongyi warships, and more than 10 of them were hit by bullets and burst into flames, and the Hongyi State detachment lost most of its troops before it could get close to Yang Ligong. This result was very satisfying to Yang Ligong, and it also made Yan Hui, who was watching the battle in the rear, applaud.

The sailors of the Hongyi Kingdom were still very fierce, and in the face of such heavy casualties, they did not make any confusion when the commanders were all killed, and still rushed towards Yang Ligong's fleet, firing stone projectiles and fiery oil canisters with stone throwers while rushing. However, the gap in range could not be made up by courage, and under the continuous bombardment of naval guns, the remaining 20 or so battleships were sunk one after another. And the stone bullet fired by the Hongyi warship closest to Yang Ligong fell into the sea without even touching the edge of the Liaozhou, smashing up columns of water.

The sound of artillery gradually stopped, and the sea in front of Yang Ligong was full of thick smoke, and more than a dozen battleships that had not yet sunk were burning violently, floating on the sea and struggling. Many sailors of the Hongyi Kingdom who fell into the water struggled to swim to the shore, and I really don't know if they can survive the distance of dozens of miles.

"Well, well fought, the range of the ship's guns was at least twice that of the enemy. Flowering and incendiary bombs work very well. Order the fleet to enter the harbor, and sink it with enemy ships in the way. ”

"All turn around, and the target port advances."

The Liaozhou's command flag waved, and the eight warships turned around and headed for the port. The wreckage of the Hongyi warship encountered along the way was shattered by the huge steel angle of attack, and even the sailors of the Hongyi Kingdom who had no time to dodge were either cut in half by the angle of attack or pressed into the bottom of the sea by the huge body of the battleship. This is the spike with crushing, the absolute strength of crushing.

Woo~~~~, the Wushuang let out a long whistle, and the fleet that stayed in the rear slowly moved, Phuket has arrived, and it is time for the combined fleet to enter the port to rest. Yan Hui led the fleet into the port, while Yue Jingbo led a detachment of troops to continue patrolling the open sea in case reinforcements from the Hongyi Kingdom arrived.

There were about 300 officers and soldiers captured by the advance fleet of the Hongyi Kingdom, and after interrogation, Yan Hui learned that the distance between the Hongyi Expeditionary Fleet and the advance fleet was only one day's journey. Now that the red sun is setting in the west, it seems that the expeditionary fleet of the Red Yi Kingdom will not be able to reach Phuket until tomorrow morning at the earliest. This time is very generous, and Yanhui's combined fleet can be arranged calmly.

In view of today's battle with the Hongyi Nation's detachment fleet, Yan Hui and Murong Feng reassessed the combat strength of the Hongyi Nation's naval division. To be honest, he did overestimate the combat power of the Hongyi Nation's sailors before, because at that time, Yan Hui couldn't be sure if the Hongyi Kingdom also had firearms. Although Murong Feng went to Hongyi Kingdom to spy on intelligence, it was in a hurry after all, and the real important weapon of the country would not be exposed to foreigners in a short period of time. But today's naval battle told Yan Hui and Murong Feng that the Hongyi Naval Division was still in the era of cold weapons, and the gap in the entire era could not be made up in a short period of time, so Yan Hui and the Imperial Navy Combined Fleet under his command were extremely confident in competing for maritime supremacy.

After discussion, the combined fleet was divided into three sub-fleets, with Yue Jingbo, the governor of the first detachment, leading 50 warships on the left, and Yang Ligong, the governor of the second fleet, sitting on the Liaodong, leading 50 warships on the right. The Sea Dragon King became the ship of Yue Jingbo, the first squadron of the Imperial Navy's Combined Fleet.

The fleet admiral Murong Feng and Yan Hui's ships were in the center, as well as the remaining ninety-two warships. At this point, the Combined Fleet has completed its first goal of fighting for sea supremacy, and Phuket, a strategic maritime location, has been controlled by the Shenlong Empire. The Combined Fleet put on the strongest lineup and was ready to annihilate the expeditionary fleet. (To be continued.) )