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Zhang Chu led the fleet to sea very smoothly this time, and the fleet composed of five ships did not encounter an opponent capable of resisting along the coast of Zhejiang, and the fighters became proficient in the mastery of the ship, and the cooperation between the crew members became closer and closer.

Seeing that the fleet had initial combat effectiveness, Zhang Chu ordered an inspection of the ships he encountered to find out the situation of piracy. The islands that may become pirate dens were cleared one by one, and some small groups of pirates were discovered, and these pirates were completely vulnerable in front of the security forces, and often raised the white flag and surrendered after a few cannon shots, and the people and ships were captured back to Liuheng Island to accept the reorganization of the security forces. The pirates' hard-earned wealth became the preserve of the security forces. Zhang Chu put them into the shipyard to build larger warships.

The news of the official army's crackdown on pirates spread out at once, and the other pirates felt the crisis, they didn't know how the officials and soldiers had the spare strength to do the work of suppressing bandits, and they didn't understand where this group of officers and soldiers belonged to, and they couldn't find the temple gate with a pig's head if they wanted to pay bribes. In order to protect themselves, the pirates chose to flee before being found by the security forces, some returned to the beach to become fishermen, and some fled to distant places to join the larger pirates.

The merchant ships felt much safer when they passed along the coast of Zhejiang, and Zhang Chu led the team to cruise on the sea every day, cruising more and more widely, expanding a sphere of influence for himself.

As the ship sailed on the sea, Zhang Chu studied the nautical charts in the cabin to see if he could improve it with modern map knowledge. The crew in charge of the lookout sounded a loud alarm from the top of the mast: "The fleet has spotted the fleet at eleven o'clock. ”

Zhang Chu immediately came to the deck to observe the situation.

"There are eight fortune ships and eight small boats." Observers continued to report.

Hearing the report, Li Fugui also ran over. It doesn't look like a merchant ship.

Zhang Chu ordered all ships to enter a combat state and were on alert.

"The banner of the Ming Dynasty's official army." New news came from the mast.

"Officers and soldiers should be your allies." Li Fugui's heart relaxed, he didn't know much about the complicated situation in Daming.

"The official army is not all friendly troops, for example, Zheng Zhilong has returned to the court, but no one can mobilize him, and he is still doing the business of pirates in the past, and he will still regard us as enemies." Zhang Chu hurriedly explained to Li Fugui the complex internal situation of the Ming Dynasty.

"The incoming ship is rushing in battle formation." The lookout continued to report.

"It seems that the comer is not good, order the fleet to prepare for battle." Zhang Chu gave the order to fight.

"There is Zheng Zhilong's flag on the ship." As we approached, I finally saw the incoming ship and the flag, which was not good news.

The ship that came was really the ship of Zheng Zhilong's pirate group, but there was no Zheng Zhilong himself in the fleet, and only a small pirate leader named Zhou Wang led the team.

Zhou Wang's trip came prepared, and some of the pirates that Zhang Chu drove away from the bandits ran to Zhou Wang. Report to him that a fleet of officers and soldiers is clearing out pirates. Zhou Wang couldn't help but be furious after hearing this, Zheng Zhilong's pirate group is the largest water force on the coast of China, although Zheng Zhilong accepted the court's appeasement, the court only got nominal leadership, Zheng Zhilong's activities at sea have been curtailed, but the pirates still do the same.

Another sea power arose, and Zhou Wang's instinct was not to let it encroach on his sphere of influence, regardless of whether he was an official or someone else.

After learning about the opponent's situation from the pirates who defected, Zhou Wang understood that the other party only had five ships, and four were small ships with little combat effectiveness, which strengthened his confidence in teaching this unknown officer fleet.

He did not report to Zheng Zhilong, thinking that it was not necessary, so he ordered his ships and went out to sea to find Zhang Chu's fleet.

After searching at sea for two days, Zhou Wang's work was not in vain, he found the fleet also under the banner of the Ming army, the fleet has not changed or five ships, and the pirates who defected to Zhou Wang confirmed that it was these ships that took their nest.

Zhou Wang weighed his strength and felt that he could completely eliminate his opponent. The opponent's Western warships are a trouble, those few small fortune ships can defeat the opponent if they want their own ships to get up to the advantage of numbers, not to mention that they have eight No. 2 fortune ships.

After the calculation was clear, Zhou Wang decisively gave an order, and the eight small boats in the fleet rushed to the front, as arsonist ships, rushed towards Zhang Chu's "Caiyun" flagship, preparing to rush to the nearest place to ignite the gunpowder and flammable materials on the ship and burn the enemy ship.

Zhang Chu's mind was also quickly calculating, the enemy had many ships, and there were many large ships, and it was very difficult to win this battle. It seems that we need to deal with it carefully.

Seeing the boat rushing towards him, Zhang Chu discovered the chance to win the battle. Zhou Wang still used the old fireship tactics, and did not fully use the artillery. Zhang Chu decided to give Zhou Wang a lesson in the use of artillery in naval battles. The herald waved the command flag, and the battle orders were conveyed one after another.

The "Caiyun" puffed up its sails and rushed towards Zhou Wang's pirate fleet.

Zhou Wang was secretly happy to see the other party rushing towards him without knowing whether he was alive or dead, as long as one or two fireboats collided with it, the gunpowder and ignition on the ships could burn the opponent's ship, seeing the fireships constantly approaching the enemy ships, Zhou Wang felt that the hope of victory increased greatly.

Zhang Chu stared at the fireboat, watching them keep approaching, calculating the distance in his heart, the fireboat entered the firing range, Zhang Chu decisively ordered the cannonball, the "Caiyun" and the Fu boat followed behind at the same time The cannon sounded, dozens of solid iron balls flew towards the eight fireboats, splashing a flood around the fireboat, and the water splashed down The security army found that the effect of this round of shelling was very bad. Not a single shell hit the fireboat, and the best result was a splash on the fireboat, which continued to rush forward unaffected.

The first round of artillery bombardment of the security army frightened Zhou Wang, the enemy had so many artillery, and even the artillery on the small Fu ship was more than on his own ship. When Zhou Wang saw the landing point of the cannonball, he was relieved, and it was useless to hit no matter how many cannons he couldn't hit accurately.

The gunners of the security army on the "Caiyun" were also full of shame, and they practiced so many times, but they did not hit a single shot in actual combat. The Dutch captive next to him, who was a technical adviser, was already screaming in a hurry.

Naval warfare is different from land warfare, where you can surrender and hide, and on the ship you can't run and hide. Unless the whole ship surrenders, the battle will be defeated, and everyone will only sink to the bottom of the sea together, and no one will care if you are a prisoner or not.

Zhang Chu's improved four-wheel gun carriage worked, the gun was quickly reloaded, the gun position was pulled back, and the Dutch personally went over to aim and ignite. Another round of shells went out. The Dutch gunners, who had been fighting at sea for a long time, turned out to be different from the rookies, and three out of dozens of shells hit the fireship.

There was a cheer from the security forces, and their morale was greatly boosted. Quickly reload and prepare to fire again.

Zhou Wang was a little confused after the second round of shelling, the level of the opponent's artillery improved too quickly, after a round of unreliable total loss, three shells hit the fireboat in the second round, and the landing point of the other shells was not very far away, and what was even more terrifying was that the loading and resetting speed of the opponent's artillery was twice as fast as his own, and this battle was difficult to fight.

When Zhou Wang was thinking about how to respond, the artillery of the security army sounded again, and the more accurate it became, the fireships received more and more shells, and several fireboats had slowed down due to injuries.

Zhou Wang kept urging the crew to speed up on the Daifuku ship, and he wanted to go up to support the fireship. Without waiting for Zhou Wang to go up to support, several cannons on the "Caiyun" had already pointed at them. It turned out that there were several large guns on the "Caiyun" that were much larger than those on Zhou Wang's ship and had a longer firing range. Zhou Wang: They have entered the range of the "Caiyun" gun. Zhang Chu ordered to attack Zhou Wang's ship with large artillery, and the small artillery continued to attack the fireboat that was about to set fire, and most of the fireships were damaged and could only sail slowly at sea, and only two stubbornly rushed to the front of the "Caiyun". Zhou Wang suddenly saw hope, staring at the fireship with good eyes, silently thinking faster and faster, the fireship finally approached the "Caiyun", and the fire on the ship also ignited, at this time something was thrown down from the deck of the "Caiyun", and hit the fireship, and immediately the fireboat was full of fire, and there was a huge explosion sound from the same entry, the fireboat was blown apart, and the security army threw gunpowder bags into the fireship.

At the same time, the "Caiyun" shelling of the Zhouwang pirate ship was still going on, and one after another shells fell around the ship, and finally landed on the ship after a few rounds. The ship was immediately punched several large holes, and the flying sawdust hit the crew members who were operating the ship, and a scream rang out on the ship.

Zhou Wang desperately ordered the crew to speed up and get within range of his ship's guns in order to return fire. The distance between the two sides was closer, and the artillery on Zhou Wang's ship also sounded, and it was Zhang Chu's turn to splash around the fleet.

Seeing that the pirate ship was approaching, Zhang Chu immediately ordered the gunner to change the chain and attack. The cannon sounded, the cannonball flew out of the "Caiyun", suddenly split in half in the air, connected to the iron chain in the middle, spun and flew towards the pirate fleet, tearing several large openings in the sails of the fleet, and one of them hit the mast, breaking the mast from the middle, and the sail fell off at once. The boat lost momentum and slowed down all at once.

Zhang Chu was unforgiving, the shells were shot out round by round, Zhou Wang's fleet was scarred, several sails were broken, Zhou Wang desperately ordered the crew to fight back, their artillery was small in number, the power was small, only left a few big holes in the hull of Zhang Chu's fleet, and it couldn't do much damage.

The two sides got closer and closer, and the large artillery on the "Caiyun" was replaced with shotguns first, and the projectiles the size of broad beans hit Zhou Wang's ship, and the sound of hail falling on the ship sounded, and the crew who controlled the sails were injured a lot, and the ship's movement became even slower. The artillery on the deck also lost its combat effectiveness.

The warships of both sides passed by in the shelling of each other. Zhang Chu did not let Zhou Wang go. The iron boxes on the deck of the security army were opened, and the rockets on the brackets inside were ignited, and the rockets flew with screams to the nearby pirate fleet, and the decks and sails of the pirate fleet immediately burst into flames.

The sails of the pirate fleet turned into giant torches.

The wind blew Zhang Chu's fleet away, and Zhou Wang was able to organize personnel to extinguish the fire, but at this time, the ships of the pirate fleet lost power and could only float slowly on the sea.

Zhang Chu's fleet drew an arc and turned back, constantly attacking the active pirate ships with artillery on the periphery. It seems that Zhang Chu wants to leave all these ships here.

Zhou Wang is very depressed now, the ship is injured and can't move, he can't escape if he wants to, he can't reach the opponent desperately, the range of the artillery is not far away, and he can only be beaten passively. If the enemy rushes up and fights again, he will go to the sea to feed the fish.

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