Chapter 465: The Verge

Less than 20 miles off the coast of Ryukyu Island, two fleets formed a position here, and a major battle was about to break out. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 The tranquility before the info war was even more panicked, and no one on either side dared to underestimate the enemy, whether it was Tang Ming or Sun Dayi. Although Sun Dayi had a large army and his strength was more than 20 times that of the enemy, he lost more than 150 warships in the first two small-scale trials.

This was something that had never been encountered before, given how many countries their fleet had sailed to, and where had they encountered such a blow.

The Ming Dynasty attacked other regions at sea, which also directly affected every surrounding country, whether it was a large or small country, they were very concerned about this battle. It is also because of this that they can take the opportunity to watch the strength of the Daming fleet, as for Tang Ming's strength, they have also understood it recently, it can be said that in addition to Tang Ming's fleet in Asia, that is, the behemoth of Daming is the leader.

Whether others have ulterior motives or really care about themselves, Tang Ming doesn't care, he only knows that if he loses this time, he will fall into a place of no return. After years of hard work, everything will come to naught, and he can't afford to lose, so he must win this battle.

Sun Dayi looked at Tang Ming's fleet with a telescope in his hand for a moment, and then said coldly to Lin Nan beside him: "Tang Ming's fleet seems to be a little less today than yesterday, I don't know what this guy will do in secret?" Therefore, when the attack begins, Lin Nan, you will transfer three hundred warships and fifty treasure ships to be vigilant in the rear at all times to avoid any accidents. ”

Lin Nan is the youngest of the three of them, only eighteen years old, their Lin family is a rising star, and the Lin family began to show its prominence in Suzhou after Zhu Di ascended the throne. The head of the Lin family is now also the prefect of Suzhou, but if he wants to rise in this position, it will be even more difficult.

For this reason, he had to find another way to send the smarter juniors in the family out, in the army, officialdom, and even the more beautiful girls in the family were sent to the palace. The fight is to have a chance, but unfortunately his thoughts are in vain, and the ten people sent out are Lin Nan in Zheng He's fleet, mixing up like a person.

But at sea, there is only Zheng He's fleet, and it is so easy to mix up and stand alone. When Zhu Di was looking for him, the head of the Lin family gave Lin Nan a death order, and he had to agree to it no matter what, so he became the current trio.

In the face of Sun Dayi's command, Lin Nan was not angry at all, although when the three of them came out, Zhu Di meant that the status of the three was equal. But Sun Dayi has always been the backbone of the three, and he used to be the leader, so it will be natural.

After Lin Nan left, Fu Bo said suspiciously: "Big brother, is it necessary to be so careful?" You look at Tang Ming on the other side, there are only a few ships, our strength is twenty times more than him, with such an advantage, what should we be careful with him, it is better for us to give him a charge, we will definitely be able to take it down quickly. ”

Sun Dayi showed a displeased look on his face, pouted and said: "Second brother, you didn't see the battle situation two days ago, although Tang Ming's troops are not many, but he took advantage of this mine to fight down in two battles and let us suffer a big loss." I believe you should feel the power of its artillery, and in the face of such an enemy, you still have nonsense and the whole army rushes forward. ”

Fu Bo's face was disdainful, and he immediately defended: "The day before yesterday, it was their sneak attack, and we only lost more than a hundred warships, although their artillery is more powerful than ours, but there are more ants and can bite elephants to death, not to mention their hundreds of ships." ”

Sun Dayi was obviously angry with Fu Bo, and raised his hand at him with a slight tremor and scolded: "Fart, don't think I don't know what you kid thinks." It's not that your cronies were killed yesterday, and it's understandable to want revenge, but you have to use the right method. Our fleet is indeed invincible, but you have to understand that this is almost the entire existing warship of the Ming Dynasty. If we finish fighting with Tang Ming here and take his head to see the emperor, you think the emperor will let us go. ”

"Even if the emperor lets us go, can we still have soldiers in our hands after that? If you want the emperor to build such a fleet again, how much energy and wealth will it take, do you think it is possible? Without the support of this huge fleet, what do you think we would be of any use to the emperor? ”

A series of questions made Fu Bo completely stupid, and it was only at this moment that he gradually calmed down, and he was just impulsive. He himself is not stupid, Sun Dayi is telling the truth, Fu Bo does not dare to be presumptuous even if he is angry in his heart.

Sun Dayi saw that Fu Bo had calmed down, and he also realized that he was too impulsive, so he slowed down his tone and said: "Go down and prepare for the battle, pull all the merchant ships that were requisitioned yesterday to the front of the fleet, and we will advance steadily according to the method of the previous two days." You lead a hundred treasure ships to the left and right, beware of their harassment. Remember, don't chase the enemy anyway, you know? ”

Fu Bo took a deep breath, nodded fiercely and promised: "Don't worry, eldest brother, second brother knows in his heart, I was too impulsive just now, I hope you don't take it to heart." ”

Sun Dayi chuckled and stretched out his hand to pat him on the shoulder and said, "Well, go ahead, be careful!" ”

When Fu Bo walked away, Sun Dayi shook his head with a wry smile and continued to observe Tang Ming's movements with a telescope.

Tang Ming was also using a telescope to observe the movements on Sun Dayi's side at this moment, and saw that they began to put hundreds of merchant ships in front of the fleet, obviously to start the rhythm of the attack. So far, Tang Ming has not been able to think of a better way to crack Sun Dayi's demining method.

The mine that was built with great difficulty was easily cracked in this way and became a real chicken rib. Now there are no missiles like in later generations, which can attack from a long distance, so in the face of Sun Dayi's seemingly cumbersome demining method, Tang Ming couldn't think of a better way for a while.

But sitting back and waiting for death was definitely not Tang Ming's style, while letting Fei Xin harass Sun Dayi's demining according to the original plan, while hiding in the houseboat and thinking hard about how to apply mines to the battlefield and exert their own power.

In the face of such a disparity in strength, Zheng He is also at a loss at the moment, and in the face of absolute strength, almost any crooked tricks cannot change the facts. Seeing that Tang Ming was so worried, Zheng He also secretly blamed himself for not listening to the advice when he came back, and directly brought the fleet back to Daming without defense, and now it is okay, and Tang Ming was directly forced into a desperate situation. (To be continued.) )