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A two-masted galleon stood in front of Sima Nan's flagship, and before it could dodge, it was knocked aside by the flagship, spinning and flipping on the sea, and the bow of the ship was smashed into a large piece.

Before the Dinghai soldiers, who had fallen on the deck, came to their senses, several fire canisters were thrown onto the ship, and the flames burst into flames.

Having knocked over a brig, the flagship moved on. On the deck, the musketeers were firing non-stop, and the twenty musketeers fired freely, and the whole deck was filled with gunsmoke.

The sea breeze blew through the smoke and revealed four small trebuchets on deck. The two soldiers operated one by one, put seven or eight catties of oil cans into the net pocket, pulled the lever vigorously with a short arm, and the long arm was raised high, throwing the oil canister into the air and throwing it towards the opponent's ship.

This kind of catapult has a range of more than 20 zhang, but the hit rate is not high. Compared to this, the other method of throwing oil tanks is more accurate.

A soldier carried a rope more than two feet long in his hand, and at the other end of the rope was connected to a small oil can, and shook the rope vigorously, and the oil tank quickly rotated with the rope. When the hand is loosened, the oil tank flies to the target a few feet away with a rope.

In a short period of time, more than a dozen ships of the Dinghai Navy fell from their decks and ignited fires.

Those small canisters of fire oil are easy to say, they don't contain much oil in them, and the burning area is not large, as long as they are covered with soil, they are easy to extinguish.

However, the Dinghai Navy had not fought a naval battle for a long time, and there was no preparation for fire prevention at all. In a hurry, he finally put out the oil of fire, but he didn't care about attacking the other party at all.

Although the sailors of the Daishan Army have not been in the army for a long time, the officers are all old men who have followed Ren Siqi for a long time and have experienced several battles at sea, and the soldiers are also fishermen and former pirates from nearby islands, and they are familiar with the ships as their own kangtou, and have undergone several months of strict training, and their discipline and obedience are far better than those of the Dingshan Navy.

The ship's commanders obeyed the orders of Sima Nan, the commander of the fleet, and the soldiers performed their duties under the orders of the pipes.

The Daishan military fleet was busy but not chaotic, while the navy was chaotic. Although there are many ships in the Dinghai Navy, they are completely unable to give full play to their advantages, because the Dinghai Navy does not give them the opportunity to engage in broadside battles at all. And because of the headwind, the speed of the ship is very low, and it is not easy to find the Daishan army to take over the battle.

The ships of the Dinghai Navy, which were a little further away from the two columns of the Daishan Army, were better, and the ships in the middle were like going to hell.

Since the distance between the two columns was less than 20 zhang, all the sailing ships in the middle of the sea had to be attacked from both sides.

Muskets, oil tanks, Francophone guns, flanked on both sides, few sailing ships can avoid it.

The problem is that there are more than 10 sailing ships in each column of the Daishan Army, which means that each Dinghai sailing ship that is sandwiched in the middle has to withstand more than 10 rounds of attacks, and when the Daishan Army fleet rushes out of the Dinghai Naval Queue, it leaves more than 20 violently burning sailing ships in the rear.

"Bastard, what does Zhang Kui eat? How did you not stop the fleet in Cen Harbor? On the four-masted sailing boat, Wang Zhiren, the chief soldier of Dinghai, jumped like thunder and scolded the striker Zhang Kui.

In a short period of fighting, more than 20 sailing ships under his command were set on fire by the other side, although the flames on most of the sailing ships were not very strong and should be extinguished quickly, but there were also eight or nine sailing ships, the flames were blazing, the flames were rolling, and the soldiers on them were jumping into the sea with a puff, and they were already helpless!

"Turn the rudder, turn the rudder! Catch up with them! Wang Zhiren burst into tears and ordered all the ships to turn the rudder. Being beaten by more than thirty enemy ships made Wang Zhiren feel embarrassed, which made him determined to destroy this hateful fleet. As for Cen Gang, as long as you can defeat Daishan's fleet, Cen Port will be in your pocket sooner or later!

Under Wang Zhiren's order, more than 90 Dinghai sailing ships turned their rudders and turned their bows to chase after the Daishan military fleet.

The Daishan fleet also turned its rudder under Wang Zhiren's order, and the direction of travel was from east to south.

The boat turns, and it needs to make a big detour. By the time the naval fleet turned around, the Daishan fleet had already sailed more than two miles.

Wang Zhiren was furious in his heart, and ordered to bite the other party, and he was determined to wipe out this Daishan fleet in this sea area.

Sima Nan led the fleet and circled Wang Zhiren at sea, went east to south, then turned west, and went west around the coast of Jintang Island. He wanted to go around in a big circle, regain the upper hand, and then drive downwind to give the other party another blow.

Wang Zhiren, as the chief soldier of Dinghai, commanded the largest naval army in the imperial court in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and was naturally familiar with naval warfare, of course, he did not want the other party to seize the upper hand again. As a result, the two fleets became entangled in the waters on the west side of Jintang Island, and this kind of battle was bound to consume a lot of time.

Speaking of Zhang Kui, after deciding to leave Sima Nan's fleet to the main force in the rear, he led the vanguard fleet to move forward quickly, and soon arrived in the sea area of Cen Harbor.

Cen Port is located on the northwest side of Zhoushan Island, the water depth is wide, and one mile away is Lidiaoshan Island, which blocks all the wind and waves from the outside. From south to north, there is a long and narrow waterway between Cen Gang and Lidiao Mountain, and the water level of the channel is deep enough to allow all the big ships of this era to pass through.

The vanguard fleet led by Zhang Kui entered the waterway from north to south and sailed into Cen Harbor.

However, to Zhang Kui's surprise, the water surface of the port was empty, and there was not a big boat. What about the ship? What about the sea vessels that were captured by the Daishan Inspection Division?

Yes, they must have seen the Dinghai Navy attacking, and they transferred the sea ships away! But in such a long time, the ship can sail away, and the property in the port will definitely not be able to be removed in time, Zhang Kui looked at the port with a greedy gaze.

The land of Cen Gang is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is a narrow flat land sandwiched between the mountains in the north and south.

Standing on the bow of the ship and looking out into the harbor, a street running north-west and southeast crosses the flat ground, leading inland from the harbor wharf. There are dozens of buildings on both sides of the street near the port, and they must be the shops of Cen Gang merchants.

For Cen Port, a famous smuggling port, Zhang Kui has been famous for a long time. However, because Cen Gang was in the hands of the gentry, and the shops above were all opened by the gentry in Ningbo, the Dinghai Navy never dared to harass here.

Now, there was finally a fair reason to enter Cen Harbor, which made Zhang Kui excited, and the goods in the port seemed to beckon to him.

The Daishan military fleet guarding Cen Harbor stayed away, and Cen Gang was like a slippery girl, beckoning to herself again!

"Leave half of each ship to watch the ship, and the rest of the ship will disembark and enter the port!" Zhang Kui ordered loudly.

All the soldiers cheered and sailed towards the shore.

"Boom, boom, boom", just as Zhang Kui's soldiers were cheering, the roar of artillery rang out continuously, and huge shells smashed into the fleet of the Dinghai Navy one after another. (To be continued.) )