As April 16 drew nearer, Luo Jian and Shi Kefa had already returned to Nanjing, and this time they went to Shanghai to inspect the preparation and training of the Seventh Division and the construction of Shanghai, which made Shi Kefa extremely satisfied.

As the most elite unit of the National Defense Force, the Seventh Division also made Shi Kefa the most assured, and the scene he saw with his own eyes this time moved Shi Kefa very much, even Luo Jian felt that it was extremely rare.

The current warships are not those giant ships of later generations, and their stability and resistance to wind and waves at sea are completely incomparable, which means that if the Seventh Division of the Army wants to participate in the battle against Taiwan, it must first pass the barrier of seasickness.

What Luo Jian and Shi Kefa saw was that none of the soldiers in the Seventh Division gave up participating in this battle because of seasickness, many soldiers ate and vomited, vomited and then ate, and some soldiers took eating as a combat mission to complete, and Shi Kefa's eyes were red when he saw it.

The two-month adaptive training finally paid off, and the Seventh Division was completely transformed from a landlubber unit into a maritime division.

Zheng Zhilong stayed in the fleet, and he had to coordinate and command the entire combat operation against Taiwan, and it would certainly not work if there was no effective general to command the battle at sea.

Luo Jian turned the walkie-talkie out of the warehouse, after the generator ran out of oil, Luo Jian removed the battery of the walkie-talkie, carefully wrapped it in oiled paper, this time it can still be used when charged, which makes him very happy, with this thing, it is much more convenient to contact at sea.

The "Qi Jiguang" has already installed a telegraph on board, and as the command ship of this combat operation, it is still maintaining contact with Nanjing.

"Xinghua, this is a completely bullying style! We are completely modern equipment and equipment, and the Dutch are probably more than 200 years behind us, right? Liu Lan smiled and joked with Luo Jian.

"Yes, we're going to bully people this time, no matter how big wood is doing in Europe. We have beaten the Dutch hard, and in the future, the Europeans will not dare to underestimate us China. Luo Jian said firmly.

"I really want to go and see this war against Taiwan, but unfortunately there are so many things at home, I can't get out of it at all." Liu Lan said regretfully.

"There will be a lot of such naval battles in the future, if you want to see it, I'm afraid there will be no chance?" Luo Jian said with a smile.

At the end of March, the fleet moved to the port of Xiamen, and the fleet came here so early to adapt to the water conditions and climate of the Taiwan Strait.

The fleet and transport ships are also training in the strait. Zheng Zhilong, Wang Qiang, and Shi Lang ordered a large group of officers to carefully deduce the battle plan in the war room of the "Qi Jiguang" command ship.

"Master Wang, do you think this will work?" Zheng Zhilong asked, pointing to the formation of warships and gunboats on the chart.

Wang Qiang frowned, although he had been to the sea twice with Zheng Chenggong, but Wang Qiang was a layman at all about how to set up troops for sea battles, and now when he saw Zheng Zhilong coming to ask for his opinion on everything, he suddenly felt bored.

"Minister Zheng, come out for a moment, I have something to tell you." Wang Qiang called Zheng Zhilong outside the war room.

"Uncle Zheng, Da Mu and I are very good friends. In our words, we are iron buddies, which means that we are like brothers, and you don't have to be so polite to me. Besides, you are the commander-in-chief of this naval operation, and I am only the commander of the operation after landing, so you don't have to ask me about everything, I am also a layman. Wang Qiang said to Zheng Zhilong bluntly.

"Look at what you said. Master Wang, that's the Metropolitan Governor and a few of you can afford to look down on Damu. Daki is a blessed man. Zheng Zhilong said gratefully.

"Uncle Zheng, if you want to do this again, I sent a report to Nanjing, suggesting that Shi Lang command the sea battle." Wang Qiang said half-truthfully, although many people are not to blame, he really can't stand Zheng Zhilong's excessive enthusiasm.

"Xiao Wang. Don't, don't, let's follow the rules of the army, okay? When Zheng Zhilong heard that Wang Qiang was going to suggest that Nanjing replace him, he was immediately anxious.

"Uncle Zheng, that's right. You are the commander-in-chief, and you must have the prestige you deserve. Wang Qiang said with a smile.

Zheng Zhilong, who returned to the war room, no longer had the caution he had just now, and began to carefully deduce the battle plan, and from time to time put forward requirements to the generals of each ship.

In fact, the battle plan this time was very simple and crude, that is, to attack the city of Rezasha and the city of Chichi, and lure the Dutch fleet to a decisive battle in the strait.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, a telegram sent from Nanjing to the "Qi Jiguang" was sent to Zheng Zhilong, "Start combat operations immediately!" ”

"Let's go!" Zheng Zhilong gave the order to set off.

The "Qi Jiguang" left the port first, followed by the "Huo Quai," followed by 10 gunboats, and Wang Qiang followed with more than 90 transport ships of the landing force, and the fleet headed straight for Taiwan.

Before Wang Qiang came out, he watched the whole process of Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Taiwan in another time and space history in Luo Jian's computer, when Zheng Chenggong's fleet had more than 400 warships, which was much larger than the current formation, but the total tonnage of more than 100 warships and transport ships was much larger than that time.

But in that time and space, although Zheng Chenggong recovered the island of Taiwan, he sacrificed 9,000 officers and soldiers for it, and the total number of Dutch troops on the island of Taiwan did not exceed 1,500, which made Wang Qiang, as a soldier, feel very uncomfortable.

The objective reason is that one side is attacking, the other side is relying on the fortified city to defend, and of course, the more important thing is the gap in weapons and equipment.

Zheng Zhilong, who used the walkie-talkie for the first time, kept shouting in the walkie-talkie that each formation must keep up, and finally Wang Qiang reminded him to save the battery, and the intercom stopped.

On the morning of 16 April, when a ray of morning light had just risen above sea level, the fleet had already passed the Penghu Islands, and the sailors standing on the watchtower carefully searched the direction of the island from the telescope.

Zheng Zhilong stood on the main deck of the "Qi Jiguang" with a walkie-talkie in his hand, the sea breeze was blowing on his body, giving people a very refreshing feeling, Zheng Zhilong, who had experienced countless naval battles, felt that there was no time that he could feel so excited this time.

Looking at the soldiers on the watchtower from time to time, Zheng Zhilong has been looking forward to hearing the report of the discovery of the enemy ship, but the lookout has not issued a report of discovery, and Zheng Zhilong has been anxiously looking forward to it.

Nearly an hour had passed from the side of the Penghu Islands, and the Dutch fleet still did not appear in the sight of the lookouts. This made Zheng Zhilong a little strange, it is said that the Dutch have concentrated so many warships in Taiwan, and it is impossible to allow the Wehrmacht landing ship to directly land on the shore and seize the beach.

On the watchtower of the "Huo Quai", the three lookouts also searched in three directions, and Shi Lang stood on the deck of the "Huo Quai" and was also very anxious.

Zheng Zhilong and Shi Lang were both very anxious, but Wang Qiang was lying in the cabin and sleeping soundly at the moment, he knew that the Dutch could not go too far from the shore to fight the Wehrmacht warships. When the Wehrmacht ships were close to the harbor, and the artillery in the harbor could still provide fire support, the Dutch were not stupid enough to have an advantage.

The fleet marched for more than an hour, and the lookout could clearly see the island of Taiwan through the binoculars, when suddenly one of the lookouts began waving the red flag in his hand vigorously.

"Report, an enemy ship was found, 8 nautical miles away, it was a small three-masted ship." The combat staff officer standing next to Zheng Zhilong reported loudly.

"Leave them alone, this is their reconnaissance ship. If it doesn't go back and report it, the Dutch won't be allowed to come out. Zheng Zhilong said.

More than half an hour later, the lookout once again waved a small red flag, and an operational staff officer stood beside him with a folder and kept recording it with a pencil.

"Report, twelve enemy ships have sailed out of the harbor in front of us, the type of enemy ship...", the staff officer reported loudly as he took notes.

In fact, Zheng Zhilong had already seen the mast of the Dutch fleet from the telescope, and according to his experience, the Dutch were still more than 20 miles away from the "Qi Jiguang".

At this moment, Zheng Zhilong's heart calmed down. The battle plan that he had studied for a long time was imprinted into his mind like a picture.

Soon, the soldiers tied to the mast of the transport ship also saw that the Dutch fleet had left the harbor, and the soldiers on the deck quickly ran to the cabin to wake up Wang Qiang.

"Did you fight?" The sleepy-eyed Wang Qiang asked.

"Not yet. Enemy ships have just been spotted. The soldier replied.

"Then what are you calling me for, and then call me when they are done." Wang Qiang said dissatisfied.

The soldier looked at Wang Qiang in surprise, not understanding why the division commander was so relieved.

Zheng Zhilong didn't expect that the Dutch would only send twelve warships, did they think that there were only two warships on their side, and the rest were transport ships?

After traveling for less than half an hour, Zheng Zhilong saw the "Batavia" he was familiar with through the telescope. This is the flagship of the Dutch East India Company, and the length of its whole ship has reached more than 56 meters, Zheng Zhilong didn't think that it would also fight today, which made Zheng Zhilong's blood boil.

When Zheng Zhilong was in Taiwan, it was the powerful firepower on the "Batavia" that caused him heavy losses. In the end, I had to leave Taiwan in humiliation, and when I saw it again today, it was really "an enemy who saw each other, and his eyes were very red." ”

"Order all ships to be combat-ready!" Zheng Zhilong picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted, and the herald began to stand on the top of the ship and convey orders to the ships in flags.

After giving the order, Zheng Zhilong looked back and saw that the main gun on the "Qi Jiguang" had taken off its armor and had been replaced with a 130mm caliber main gun, which did not look as intimidating as the 300mm cannon on the "Yue Fei", but Zheng Zhilong knew that this kind of shell was not at all less powerful than the original 300mm shell.

"The enemy ship is 10 kilometers away." The observer kept reporting the distance of the Dutch battleship.

The caliber of the secondary guns on both sides of the "Qi Jiguang" is 105mm, and the firing range is not as far as the main gun ten kilometers, only seven or eight kilometers, of course, the best firing distance is five to six kilometers.

"Eight kilometers, seven kilometers..." As the observer kept reporting the distance, the "Qi Jiguang" had already turned around and faced the enemy ship with its side, and the main gun fire was also turned to the west by the gunners.

The "Batavia" did not rush to the front, the Dutch battleship rushed to the front was the "Herato", and Zheng Zhilong had clearly seen the sign on the side of the ship from the telescope.

If there were planes at this time, it could be clearly seen that the "Huo Quai" had already circled from the southwest with five gunboats, obviously trying to leave all the twelve Dutch warships behind.

The five gunboats following the "Qi Jiguang" were already ready to shoot, although the guns on the gunboats were 75mm mountain guns, but the range of these mountain guns was also five kilometers away, and what Zheng Zhilong was waiting for now was to put all the Dutch fleet within the range of the gunboats.

"Fire!" Zheng Zhilong finally gave the order to open fire, and the first side gun on the "Qi Jiguang" was the first to fire, and then a gun on several gunboats fired the first shell one after another, which was a test fire from each ship.

After the first shell was fired, the guns of the "Qi Jiguang" and the various gunboats were silent for a moment, and only the commander's command to correct the shooting of Zhu Yuan kept sounding.

Then the twelve guns on the left side of the "Qi Jiguang" opened fire one after another, and the five gunboats were not to be outdone, and in an instant, more than 20 shells flew towards the Dutch fleet.

Zheng Zhilong stood on the main deck and watched the fire from the artillery fire, reflecting the rising sun on the sea, and felt as if the entire strait was burning. (To be continued.) )