At the end of the month, the Eastern Fan Sutra talked about the hot season, and the rare navel was natural... More than 100 miles east of Dongfan Island, the twin crows were filled with gunsmoke, like dark clouds, and the sound of cannons roared, just like thunder and lightning.

Zheng Zhilong personally supervised the battle of the navy, and he had been chattering about the attack for two days and two nights, and used the four characters of heaven and earth Xuanhuang to attack the Pentagon City of Twin Islands in turn, the ferocity of the offensive and the strength of the lineup really pierced people's eyes. However, even such a strong attack only cleared the hidden piles laid out along the coast of the twin islands.

In the face of a large number of anti-landing obstacles on the shore, as well as the tall Pentagon City, every roar of the 5,000-pound Longwei cannon seemed to hit Zheng Zhilong's heart, making him feel discouraged for the first time since his debut.

The continuous attack of two days and two nights has already caused heavy casualties to Zheng Zhilong's army. At night, they landed with a boat division and tried to plant explosives under the Pentagon to blow up the city. Unexpectedly, there was a moat pier ten meters wide under the Pentagon City, and the explosives planted could not hurt the city wall at all. At the same time, the city pier was poured with cement as a whole, with the blasting ability of Zheng Zhilong's men, and the defenders of Pentagon City were very tight. It simply can't explode in a short time.

The sneak attack at night failed, and in the face of the fierce artillery fire of the Pentagon City during the day, the firepower of the battleships and naval guns could not suppress the firepower on the city at all because the elevation angle was insufficient. On the other hand, the artillery fire on the Pentagon City could easily block the sea and prevent Zheng Zhilong's naval army from attacking the city.

But fortunately, Zheng Zhilong didn't play it really. There were only six high-intensity attacks, and more than 1,700 ships were broken, the largest of which was only 7,800 warships, and the main battleships were not damaged at all. More than 3,000 soldiers were killed and more than 6,000 were wounded.

On Zheng Zhilong's flagship, the generals came over every half day to meet their heads.

It was Li Kuiqi's subordinates who had just been defeated, but compared to others, Li Kuiqi no longer worked hard to attack the city because he guessed Zheng Zhilong's true intentions. He didn't take the lead anymore, so his men suffered the least casualties.

Everyone accused Li Kuiqi of not working hard to attack the city. However, seeing that Zheng Zhilong did not blame Li Kuiqi, he immediately understood the key.

"Is there any news from Deng Haonan?"

Zheng Zhilong hid the main force of the sailors near the Twin Islands, opened the big net, and waited for Deng Haonan to drill in. However, his strategy didn't seem to work. The sentry went out for hundreds of miles, but he didn't see the shadow of Deng Haonan's fleet.

"There are no places in Liuliang?"

Zheng Zhilong asked in surprise, Zheng Ting, who was in charge of reconnaissance, shook his head and said, "I haven't seen that Haonan's fleet in any part of the Ryukyus, and our sentry has searched all the way in the direction of Xinguo, and they have intercepted any suspicious people, and the passing ships have never seen it. ”

Zheng Zhilong frowned, the last thing he wanted to see was this result. He really wanted to compete with Na Haonan here, and the provincial was led by Deng Haonan.

Liu Xiang said worriedly: "Zheng Shuai, Deng Haonan doesn't seem to be nearby at all, otherwise he wouldn't look at his old camp and not save it!" ”

Chen Zhongji nodded and said, "Even if Deng Haonan really laid out the layout for us, we didn't get them after we released hundreds of miles of sentinels." I think Deng Haonan is really not here, is Zheng Shuai too careful! ”

Beware of making a ship of ten thousand years! Li Kuiqi changed his words and said: "But we have strengthened the sentry, even if Deng Haonan really comes to attack us, the early warning time of the sentry is enough for us to calmly deploy the formation!" ”

Yang Liu said: "We have been delayed for two days, and the lady and son over there in Hirado can't wait!" ”

Yang Qifu shouted: "That's it! Deng Haonan caught his wife and son! And what we caught was that although it was that Hao Nan's woman, but that woman hadn't laid an egg yet, that Hao Nan might not take it to heart. It's not cost-effective for us to change this way! ”

Zheng Zhilong naturally understands this truth. But he always had a thought that he could take the twin islands.

"Didn't there be any movement on the twin islands last night?"

Zheng Zhilong has asked this many times, and it has already attracted the attention of his generals. Obviously, Zheng Zhilong arranged for some people to infiltrate the twin islands in advance, or to get in touch with the previous subordinates. There should be internal cooperation with the siege.

However, it turned out to be disappointing, and the night was nothing special at all. Except for the shouts of Zheng Zhilong's siege, there was silence in Pentagon City except for the sound of cannons.

Zheng Zhilong sighed, looking very discouraged and unhappy. "Zheng Shuai!" Li Kuiqi said: "You are not a hesitant person, what a word!" If you want to go to Hirado, you should set off immediately, and if you want to take the twin islands, the brothers will desperately attack the city! ”

Zheng Zhilong is really difficult to decide, he always has a feeling that if he doesn't succeed this time, he will become a benevolent. Now that the plan is bankrupt, if Deng Haonan is really no longer nearby, it will be dangerous.

"Let's go!"

After a long time, Zheng Zhilong finally made up his mind.

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Seeing Zheng Zhilong's naval army retreating, Zhang Liang and Cui Xinhui in Pentagon City suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although they knew in their hearts that they were sitting in a fortified city. With powerful artillery as a defense, it is difficult for the enemy to break through the city. But Zheng Zhilong's navy is overwhelming, and the visual impact on them is undoubtedly strong. If you hadn't seen the lineup of the Pacific Fleet, you would have been frightened when you saw the scale of Zheng Zhilong's naval army for the first time.

"Do you want to dismiss the alarm when they retreat?"

Zhang Liang hesitated, shook his head and said, "Let's wait until this war is over!" I think the effect is very good now, anyway, the industrial base has been moved to the Golden State Fortress, and it doesn't matter if we stop working here for a few months! ”

"You're too careful, aren't you?" Cui Xinhui smiled, the excellent defense of Pentagon City gave him great confidence.

"Be careful, no husband is wrong!" Zhang Liang smiled: "What kind of place is Koujiang'er?" If the Golden State Fortress concubine? If the wife and brothers' families are lost, then they will only wipe their necks! ”

"That's right!" Cui Xinhui nodded. said: "Then let's send someone to send a letter to the principal to report safety!" The big guys in the province are worried! ”

"No!" Zhang Liang said: "If I were Zheng Zhilong, I would definitely follow the messenger ship to find the fleet!" ”

"But he's not you!"

"Okay!" Cui Xinhui smiled: "Even if he is you!" Why don't we do a plan? ”

"What's going to happen?"

"How about we order the messenger to send the letter to the kingdom of Wei, what do you think?"

Zhang Liang was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Good idea."

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Sure enough, Zheng Zhilong didn't go far, but just stayed away from the detection range of the twin islands. When he learned that the vigilance of the Twin Islands was still not relaxed, Zheng Zhilong no longer reported the idea of breaking the city. "Scouting report, the twin islands sent a clipper ship to the north at full speed, and our men are following behind!"

Zheng Zhilong smiled: "I guess they will send a messenger to Deng Haonan to report his safety!" The herald ordered the whole army to move out immediately, and we will know the location of the Hao Nan fleet with this clipper! ”

Although Deng Haonan was not lured into the urn, it was beneficial for Zheng Zhilong to know the whereabouts of Di Haonan's fleet.

In this way, Zheng Zhilong does not have to worry about being ambushed by Deng Haonan, and maybe he can also sneak attack Deng Haonan's fleet.

In short, Zheng Zhilong was very happy.

Liu Xiang said: "Zheng Shuai." The other side is a clipper, and our boatman is very slow. Even if you know the location of the Jie Nan fleet, you won't be able to achieve the effect of a surprise attack! ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded and thought for a while. Said: "Shi Daxuan led the boat master to stay and continue to surround the Twin Islands, and the other Heaven and Earth Xuansan armies are advancing rapidly!" ”

Huang Dahai said: "Leave the boat master, then what about our supplies!" ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "The supplies on the ship are enough for us to arrive in Hirado!" As long as we get to Hirado, we are victorious! Because at that time, it became us waiting for the rabbit, and Deng Haonan was far away! ”

That's right! If Zheng Zhilong arrives in Pingdo, then he can supply on the spot, while Deng Haonan will have to spend a lot of expeditionary consumption.

It can be said that if there is a war again at that time. Deng Haonan has no supply advantage!

Zheng Zhilong's calculations are very fine, and the generals feel that it makes sense. They all nodded.

As a result, Shi Daxuan's Huangzi Boat Master stayed behind to continue to surround the Pentagon City of the Twin Islands, while Zheng Zhilong personally mentioned the Tiandi Xuan Sanzi army and quickly marched north.

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In the depths of the Pacific Ocean, in order to avoid being discovered by Zheng Zhilong's reconnaissance ship, Deng Haonan led the Pacific Fleet away from the Ryukyu Islands. Hidden in the depths of the ocean.

The weather was really bad for the past two days, and the Pacific Fleet braved the wind and rain, and drank strong winds and torrential rain in the Pacific Ocean for two days.

However, the harvest is huge. Because of this weather, Zheng Zhilong's reconnaissance ship did not go to the depths of the ocean. Perhaps they didn't think that Deng Haonan would be stupid to run into the dangerous deep sea in this kind of weather, so they just scouted the waters near the Ryukyu Islands.

In this way, the Pacific Fleet evaded Zheng Zhilong's sentry and successfully circled behind Zheng Zhilong's naval army.

When he learned that the twin islands were safe and Zheng Zhilong finally moved forward boldly, Deng Haonan was extremely happy. Because in this way, the first condition for a sneak attack on Zheng Zhilong's naval army was achieved. Later it is all about looking for the best opportunities, and obviously the vast expanse of the sea is everywhere.

Three days later, Zheng Zhilong's naval army entered the Black Water Ocean. And the Pacific Fleet followed, about twenty miles away. At such a close distance, Zheng Zhilong didn't even notice it, which was all due to the backwardness of science and technology, Zheng Zhilong's subordinates ignored their buttocks, focused on monitoring the front and ignored the rear, coupled with the poor state of the weather.

At this time, the lunar calendar enters the end of July and the beginning of August, which belongs to the season of moon shortage, even if it is sunny, the moon cannot be seen. And on the sea, there are few sunny days. Most of the days are cloudy, or windy or rainy. It's summer in the north. Cloudy and rainy. In this way, let alone not seeing it twenty miles away, and not seeing it clearly five miles away. It's just that Deng Haonan was more cautious and still kept a distance of twenty miles.

The weather was very good, but Deng Haonan was not happy. Because this kind of weather really affected the combat effectiveness of early artillery. Although the guns used by the Pacific Fleet have been changed to the rear-loading type, the gunpowder and shells are still separated, which makes the gunpowder inevitably damp and affects the normal firing parameters.

Of course, Zheng Zhilong's side was more affected. Therefore, Deng Haonan is still full of confidence.

Follow the itinerary. Zheng Zhilong's navy was already in the middle of Beigang and Weiguo, and Zheng Zhilong should arrive in Hirado in five or six days. Therefore, Na Haonan also decided to prepare to do it.

Originally, Deng Haonan was going to arrange an encirclement on the front. However, Zheng Zhilong obviously strengthened the frontal investigation, so for the sake of insurance, Deng Haonan chose to start from behind.

It's summer, and southerly winds are blowing over the Black Water Ocean. In accordance with the principle of taking advantage of naval battles from the upper wind, Deng Haonan arranged the Pacific Fleet in the south-west. Although it is not a head-on attack on Zheng Zhilong's Chinese army, it is with the help of full speed. It can allow the Pacific Fleet to rush over in the shortest possible time to achieve the purpose of a surprise attack.

At the same time, in order to be able to fire simultaneously on both sides of the ships of the Pacific Fleet, it was also necessary to use the upwind direction, the wind at full speed. Otherwise, the ship will deviate from the direction of the wind, and the side of the sail will affect the firing range of its side guns.

In the middle of the night, the Pacific Fleet began to approach, and on the moonless sea, the wind was gusting, five

At two o'clock in the morning, the Pacific Fleet was already within two miles of the enemy's sentinel ship. The sea breeze drowned out the slight sound of the fleet approaching, and all the officers and men had finished their meal and entered the battle post. The soldiers who had been sleeping since the afternoon were in good spirits at this time, while most of the other party was asleep.

At three o'clock in the morning, the enemy's sentinel ships were a mile away, and the Pacific Fleet was still quietly advancing, and had not yet launched an attack.

On the Black Pearl, Deng Haonan tensed his nerves and asked, "What time was dawn yesterday?" ”

Shi Jianfei said: "Four fifty-five, but yesterday was a cloudy day, and it should normally be bright at half past three!" ”

Di Haonan nodded, the time used by their pocket watches was still based on the time of the Daming Observatory. On the Ryukyu side, the difference of one hour has not been reversed.

Looking up at the sky, it was so dark that it was cloudy and sunny at all.

"Let's just be cloudy!" Di Haonan said: "As long as it doesn't rain, we will send out a total attack at four o'clock!" ”

The speed of Zheng Zhilong's naval army at night was slow, and coupled with the fast speed of the warships of the Pacific Fleet, the distance of about two miles caught up in about half an hour. Wait until it's time to break in. Around five o'clock. At that time, the sky should be well lit up, and that is when the Pacific Fleet fires.

Di Haonan has been calculating time and speed for the past few days in order to seek the best attack effect.

"It's almost time!" Deng Haonan ordered: "The total attack begins!" ”

The order was given, and the Black Pearl led the 1st Cruiser Squadron to full sail and rush towards the enemy fleet at full speed. On the left is the second and third teams, on the right are the fourth and fifth teams, and the sixth team is relatively slow because it is a Daming Guang ship type, so the sixth team follows the first team. In this way, the Pacific Fleet formed a huge attack arrow and quietly rushed towards Zheng Zhilong's Chinese army.

During the day, Zheng Zhilong's three naval armies advanced in a zigzag formation.

But at night, Zheng Zhilong was very careful, in order not to leave others behind, so the navy armies of various characters gathered together and formed a huge square formation to advance. If Zheng Zhilong still adopts the character formation at night, then Di Haonan will easily cut one of them, the word "mouth", and then surround and annihilate.

In the darkness, Zheng Zhilong's sailor sentry ship had vaguely sensed something. However, the sea was dark and could not be seen clearly, only the wind whipped up the waves, and there was a rumbling sound.

Zheng Zhilong's navy lacks advanced naval warfare concepts, and is still a traditional scare. Therefore, the center of the phalanx was full of lanterns, and it was clear from afar. The Pacific Fleet, on the contrary, hung only an oil lamp in the stern of the battleship. As a navigation light for the rear battleship, at the same time there is a black cloth on the outside of the oil lamp. Signal and command transmission in a way that blocks out the light.

It has to be said that war is one of the driving forces for human progress. In the beginning, the Pacific Fleet was unable to use the command flag to transmit orders at night. So Di Haonan remembered the way the photoelectric signal transmitted the command. However, the light itself cannot be flickering and flashing, so Deng Haonan racked his brains in the past few days and finally came up with a way to use black cloth to wrap the oil lamp to convey the signal.

To this end, Di Haonan also deliberately trained a group of communication troops who specialized in identifying light signals, and used them as a means of contact for commanding surprise attacks at night.

Since the signal light is at the stern of the ship, Zheng Zhilong's people cannot see it and will not expose themselves

Sign.

The Pacific Fleet is getting closer and closer to the sentinel ships. When they were less than a mile away, the sentinels of the opposing side still spotted the huge figure of the Pacific Fleet.

"Enemy attack!"

A rapid sound of gongs, mixed with shouting, was like a ghost crying in the night, which was really piercing. "Discovered!"

On the Black Pearl, Deng Haonan quietly listened to the enemy's warning, but did not give the order to attack the opponent's sentinel ship.

"Don't bother with them! Get close and fire again! ”

Arranged on the left is Liu Xiang's Xuanzi Water Army. The first to bear the brunt was the Xuanzi Left Army, that is, Li Kuiqi's department, with a total of twenty 1,500 warships.

Suddenly hearing the rapid sound of a gong, Li Kuiqi, who was the closest, was the first to wake up.

"What's going on?"

Li Kuiqi didn't care about getting dressed, so he grabbed a minion and asked.

"Enemy ships spotted!"

"Where?"

Seeing that the Minions were so frightened that they couldn't speak. Li Kuiqi followed his gaze and was dumbfounded.

In the darkness, rows of huge shadows approached rapidly, especially the huge sails of the Black Pearl, which were tens of meters high, could already be seen clearly.

No need to ask, this is Deng Haonan's fleet!

"Hurry up and fire!"

The enemy ship was already approaching, and Li Kuiqi hurriedly shouted. However, the sleepy-eyed minions, who had just gotten up, couldn't reach the artillery deck at all. Not to mention firing guns.

"Turn around!"

Li Kuiqi saw the situation clearly, and he found that the Black Pearl was rushing directly to the middle of his ship, and there was only one explanation, that is, people wanted to knock you over directly.

However, the panicked sailors had already begun to jump into the water to flee for their lives, and the other minions who had just climbed out of the cabin were just as stupid as Li Kuiqi craned their necks to watch the ever-growing shadows.

Everyone screamed in horror, and only Li Kuiqi left his last words before his eyes turned black.

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