[Today's first shift, the second shift is a little later]

The Philippine archipelago has a huge bay on the Pacific side, which is López Bay.

In spring and autumn, the sea breezes from the North and South Pacific Ocean meet in this bay, causing the mornings in the López Sea to be filled with dreamy fog.

In the Philippine Islands, where piracy is rife, the fog is the best place for them to get rid of the official army and pursue it.

Of course, there are quite a few islands near the López Sea, so it is only natural that this is also their nest.

The Pacific Fleet passed through the López Sea, and the small pirates around it were already far away, and they did not dare to approach at all.

However, there are no absolutes in anything.

In the first half of the 17th century, near the waters of López, the Philippine archipelago, was home to the largest pirate gang in Southeast Asia, the Kocod.

Kokode is translated as "Divine Punisher" in the old Filipino and "jihadist" in modern times.

Descended from Arab immigrants, this pirate gang has been rampant in the Philippines for more than a century, rising to prominence due to the decline of the Luzon royal family. In the second half of the 16th century, the Spanish invasion made Luzon a Spanish colony. The Corcord pirate gang took advantage of the war between Luzon and the Spaniards to grow further.

In the twenties of the seventeenth century, after the Spanish rule in the Philippines was further consolidated, they began to extort against the Filipino natives, which led to the rapid growth of the Corcord pirate gang.

The Spaniards sent a fleet to encircle and suppress the Cocod pirate gang many times, but because of the countless islands in the Philippines, the Kokod pirate gang survived with geographical advantages.

In fact, until the 21st century, there are still 20,000 islands in the Philippines that have not been surveyed and marked, and it is conceivable that the Philippine Islands 300 years ago were almost primitive. The lazy Spaniards could only control a few major islands, and no other islands could be reached.

It is precisely in this way that the development of the Kokod has made the Kokod pirate gang now have more than 10,000 large and small warships, of which there are seven cruisers, 42 frigates, and hundreds of sloops, and the rest are small boats.

The current leader of the Kokod, Karamolan, is an ambitious fellow, and his senior general Ghassan has brought the Philippine fleet to the ground several times, and is a mythical figure for the Kokod pirate gang.

A day earlier, Ghassan had learned that the Pacific Fleet was going to pass through the waters of López, and Gassan, who had always liked to rob the Ming people, was overjoyed, so he told Karamolan about his plan.

Karamolan didn't intend to provoke the Pacific Fleet at first, but he couldn't stand Gassan's soft grinding.

The Philippine fleet is finished, and now almost the entire Philippine archipelago is in the hands of Kokod. This is Karamolan's happiest thing.

However, Ghassan's warning to Karamolan was that the Philippine fleet was gone, but there was still a nosy Pacific Fleet. If you want to truly dominate the Philippine Islands and become the maritime hegemon here, you must drive the Pacific Fleet back home.

Caramolan was naturally ambitious, he wanted to be the king of Luzon, but now it seemed that the Pacific Fleet had become an obstacle to his advance.

No one believed that the Ming sailors would be better than the Spaniards, at least within Kocod, they thought so.

Karamolan asked Ghassan if he was sure, and the answer was yes. Gasan patted his chest and promised that if he could not destroy the Pacific Fleet, he would at least be able to peel off the skin.

Thinking of the countless things that must be of value on the ship of the Ming people, Karamolan finally had a hot head and nodded in agreement with Gasan's military operation.

Ghassan was well versed in the astronomy and geography of the López Sea, so he set up a net throughout the sea to rob the Pacific Fleet.

There are always some people in the world who are not afraid of heaven and earth, and sometimes it is really difficult to imagine what such people really think, at least Ghassan is a typical example.

The raid on the Pacific Fleet was huge, and the Kokod chieftains planned to go out of their nests, and Karamolan personally commanded seven cruisers and forty-two frigates. And Ghassan took the lead, leading the echelon of sloops as the first wave of sneak attack echelons. The other hundreds of leaders led tens of thousands of minions and launched more than 7,000 small boats to prepare for the second wave of attacks.

The Kokod pirate gang is the master of the López Seas, so they hide on some of the islands in the area, and when the Pacific Fleet enters their pockets, they swarm out.

It can be said that the Kokod pirates occupied the right place and the right place, and in terms of people, they threatened the local people, and it must not be said that there were large pirates in the waters of López. As a result, the Pacific Fleet only received information that there was only frequent fog in this area. Although some pirate ships were seen to spy on them, none of the officers and men of the Pacific Fleet thought that these weak pirates would dare to pull the tiger's beard.

At the same time that the Corcord pirates were preparing to loot the Pacific Fleet, the Dutch East India Fleet was also fighting the idea of the Pacific Fleet.

The Dutch fleet also decided to attack the Pacific Fleet in the foggy waters of López, and they kept their distance at all times in order to avoid being detected by the Pacific Fleet. Rayoz knew that there was a large group of pirates nearby, but he took the initiative to filter out the Cocod, and he never thought that the Cocod pirate gang would run out and intervene.

"The general put it aside, as soon as it was ready, the Pacific Fleet did not find us and was sailing to hell!"

Turner didn't sleep all night because he was so excited that he couldn't sleep. At this moment, although his eyes are red, he is still full of energy.

Rayoz didn't know that Turner was suffering from insomnia, and thought he had been tired all night trying to sneak up on the plan.

"Thank you! After our victory, I will definitely ask the board of directors to give you a raise! ”

"More generals put it down!"

Turner unfolded the chart, marked the positions of the Pacific Fleet and the Dutch fleet, and then explained: "Our sentinel ships took advantage of the fog to finally get close to the Pacific Fleet and found that their formation was in a line of great depth!" ”

Rejoz nodded and said, "I guess it's also this formation!" Moving forward in fog, this formation is optimal to prevent ship collisions and getting lost! ”

Turner continued: "I think we can divide it into two fleets, large and small, and the larger one will have sixty warships in a large formation to directly suppress the Pacific Fleet. The small one arranged forty warships, detoured back to the port side of the Pacific Fleet from the other side, waiting for an opportunity to destroy their formation, and create a Zào fighter for the main fleet! ”

Rejoz agreed with Turner's deployment, and the Dutch East India Fleet attacked the Pacific Fleet from behind, giving it the upper hand advantage and controlling the tide of the war.

The final deployment was completed, and it was already early in the morning..., the Dutch East India Fleet was fully recuperated and quickly entered the combat state, and the whole fleet began to approach the Pacific Fleet.

At five o'clock in the morning, the fog was so thick that they couldn't see each other clearly after three miles apart.

The fog was shrouded in fog, as if it were shuttling through clouds.

The Pacific Fleet marched in a long queue in order not to leave any warship behind. At the same time, it also prevents multiple formations from easily colliding with their own side in the fog and causing unnecessary losses.

The first flagship looked for the gaps between the fog masses as much as possible, and the fog moved from south to north with the sea breeze, and only when the sun was high could the clouds be lifted.

The sixth team in charge of the palace is the sixth team, because the line is very long, the sixth team behind the palace has been shuttling in the clouds and mist, and can only keep an eye on the brother warship in front of it and slowly follow up.

Before the morning training time, except for the officers and men on patrol, the other officers and men of the Pacific Fleet were asleep, unaware that danger was approaching.

On the Dolphin 260, the sailors dozed off while maneuvering the sails and rudder of the battleship, following the Dolphin 259 in front.

Staff officer Huang Haifeng on duty held clairvoyant eyes, leaning against the edge of the ship, his upper eyelids and lower eyelids were fighting, and his head was slowly drooping.

The foggy morning was a little cold, Huang Haifeng couldn't help but feel a stir, with a groan, the clairvoyant eye in his hand fell to the deck, and Huang Haifeng woke up suddenly.

Wiping his face with both hands, Huang Haifeng picked up Claireye. After looking at the table below, it's almost time for the shift change.

Cheering up, Huang Haifeng sorted out some military uniforms, pressed his saber, and then coughed lightly and started the last patrol before the shift change.

When a group of sailors heard the coughing sound of the staff officer on duty, they all cheered up, and those who were lazy and napping quickly restrained their behavior.

The fog is shrouded, and it seems a little confusing in my heart.

Huang Haifeng is a graduate of the second phase of the naval department of the military academy, and he is also one of the few officers who directly serve in the active main fleet after graduation. In addition to his excellent grades in school, more importantly, his brother Huang Chengliang is the new captain of the Dolphin 260, and due to the expansion of the Pacific Fleet, the Naval Fleet Command allows the officers of each ship to select suitable personnel to serve on the ship.

For the navy, a battleship is a family, so most of the recruits are children's soldiers, so that the command of the battle is steadfast and the military is united.

This kind of thinking has continued to modern times, and when the Admiralty's plan was submitted to Deng Haonan for review, Deng Haonan just smiled faintly and did not object.

Huang Haifeng climbed the bridge battlement tower and observed in a circle with a clairvoyant eye, the fog was so thick that he couldn't see anything inside and outside.

Suddenly, a black shadow flashed in his eyes, Huang Haifeng's heart tightened, and he slowly searched back, but found nothing.

Putting down the clairvoyant, Huang Haifeng's brows tightened for a while, and then he picked up the clairmind and looked at the position just now again.

There was only a white mist in the eyes.

Just as Huang Haifeng secretly laughed at his nerves, the picture just now flashed in front of him again.

Huang Haifeng's heart suddenly mentioned in his throat, he had to determine what was in the fog, otherwise he would be punished once the wrong alarm was issued.

Suddenly, someone patted him on the shoulder, Huang Haifeng was suddenly startled, and turned back suddenly, only to see his brother Huang Chengliang occupying behind him at some point.

"Big-big brother!"

Looking at Huang Haifeng's nervous appearance, Huang Chengliang smiled and said, "You are on duty today, so I'll come over to take a look." Fortunately, you're not lazy! ”

Huang Chengliang patted his younger brother's shoulder hard, with great strength, Huang Haifeng's somewhat thin body was suddenly unbearable, but Huang Haifeng could only endure a bright smile.

"Look at the nervous way you just looked, what's wrong?"

Huang Haifeng remembered what was going on, and hurriedly said, "I seem to have seen something like a sail!" But don't know for sure! ”

Huang Chengliang glanced at Huang Haifeng, then took the claireye, followed Huang Haifeng's direction, and looked to the right side of the ship.

As the waves bumped and the fog drifted, Huang Chengliang also vaguely found something, but he was not sure.

"What time is it?"

"A quarter past five!"

There were still 45 minutes before the morning exercise, and the fog filled the sea, which was conducive to the enemy's sneak attack, which had long become a typical example of warfare in the military academy classroom.

There is nothing wrong with being careful, but it is better to be vigilant.

"Shipmaster!"

"Here!"

"Blow the bugle!"

"Yes!"

The sergeant immediately relayed the order downward.

The sound of a loud horn broke the quiet of the morning!

The sound of the trumpet was short and powerful, and there was no lack of sharpness, and the flicking notes suddenly broke into the ears of all the officers and men of the ship. People in their sleep reflexively sat up and quickly dressed and got out of bed.

Dolphin 259, not far ahead, was also awakened by the sound of the horn, and got up with the same reflexive dressing, but when they ran to the deck, they found that the time was still half an hour early, and they complained about the nervousness of the trumpeter on the 260.

In the thick fog, it was the Kokod pirate gang. At this moment, they, led by Ghassan, were preparing to sail the sloop full of ignition to the Pacific Fleet, but before launching an attack, they still needed to coordinate and wait for all the ships to enter the combat position before they could do it.

At this time, Ghassan heard a wake-up call ringing from the opposite side, thinking that their target was exposed.

"What should I do?" His men looked at Ghassan.

The fog affected the Pacific Fleet's reconnaissance sight, but it also affected the progress of the pirate gangs, and Karamoran's main force and the second echelon of the attack had not yet caught up.

Just as Ghassan hesitated, the 260 cruiser on the opposite side had already completed the action of getting up and gathering.

At this time, the minions of several sloops could not bear it anymore, and one of them accidentally touched the crossbar, causing the sailboat to turn and run towards the Pacific Fleet.

The fog flickered, thickened and thinned, revealing the target.

On the opposite cruiser No. 260, more than a dozen officers were using clairvoyance to reconnoiter the situation, and suddenly discovered the pirate ship.

"Enemy ships spotted!"

With a loud shout, all the officers and men of the ship suddenly shook their spirits.

"Ready for battle!"

Huang Chengliang gave an order, and the rapid battle alarm sounded, and the bell sounded quickly and far away, which could spread for several miles.

"Ready for battle! This is not a drill! Repeat, this is not a drill! ”

A group of staff officers ran up and down the battleship with a horn made of iron sheets, warning the lazy soldiers to be careful, and checking whether the battleship's weapon system and battle damage control were ready.

The frequency of combat alarms peculiar to the Pacific Fleet suddenly caused a chain reaction, and the officers and men on the cruiser No. 259 were awakened by the previous wake-up call, and were grumbling, when they suddenly heard the battle alarm bell, they were all excited, and hurriedly rang the bell to warn and spread the situation to the battleships in front.

The Pacific Fleet's unique early warning mechanism made it possible for the entire fleet to quickly become aware of the situation in the rear and quickly enter a combat state.

Vice Admiral Shi Jianfei, the flagship of the fleet and commander of the fleet, walked out while getting dressed, and behind him were orderly soldiers holding his military hat, saber and other items, constantly handing them to Shi Jianfei.

"What's the situation?"

When Shi Jianfei came to the outer deck, all the officers and men of the ship were assembling in a tense and orderly manner, and then entered their respective combat posts under the leadership of their respective commanders.

"Report to the general, the rear team suddenly gave a warning, the specific situation still needs to be verified!"

Shi Jianfei looked nervous, and said sharply: "I want to report specifically, right away!" ”

"Yes!"

The ship's sergeant hurriedly went down to make arrangements, and Shen Yanghao, the chief of staff of the fleet, also walked up at this time, and asked while buttoning the buttons, "What's the matter?" ”

Shi Jianfei looked at the fog not far away with a heavy expression, and sighed: "I'm afraid I'm in trouble!" ”

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"Starboard artillery ready!"

"Singular Shot Warning!"

Outside the starboard side of the No. 260 cruiser, Huang Chengliang had already discovered the enemy situation and judged it to be a pirate. Because the sails used by the opposing sloop are of various colors, it is obviously a ragtag army.

For this reason, Huang Chengliang chose a shooting warning.

"Ready—fire!"

The order was given, and the starboard odd gun emplacements immediately opened fire. Position 1 opened fire first, and as the guns recoiled, the shells burst out with long columns of smoke and whistled into the fog. Then, the odd number of guns, such as the No. 3 gun position, the No. 5, and the No. 7, opened fire in turn.

In an instant, ten hot shells rubbed against the mist in the air to produce ten long arcs, which remained submerged in the fog, and a few seconds later there was the sound of waves rolling and falling.

When the number and identity of the enemy were uncertain, the Pacific Fleet adopted the tactic of alternating odd and even numbers, so that it could be guaranteed that there would be firepower to support it at all times. The purpose at this time was to prevent the sudden attack of the enemy in the dense fog after a salvo, so that the battleship did not have time to prepare the second round of strike artillery. After all, the dense fog is too close, only Rich, and the enemy can easily get close to implement the tactic of jumping to the side.

Sure enough, after a round of tentative shelling, Ghassan who was in the fog could not hold his breath, and immediately shouted loudly, led the sloop to turn to the right, and quickly rushed towards the Pacific Fleet.

As a large number of pirate galleons galloped out of the fog, the ships of the Pacific Fleet opened fire.

Knock knock!

The cannon roared, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air. The Pacific Fleet's starboard firepower fired a salvo, and the waves suddenly rolled on the sea surface for more than ten miles, and columns of water rose into the sky, making it difficult to distinguish between the sea and the sky.

Shells rained down and the sea boiled.

The first contact between the two sides entered the white heat!

Hot shells whistled in, and the fragile schooner was shot through in an instant, and was shattered by the lapping of the waves.

Some of the schooners were rubbed by hot shells, which immediately caused a fire, and the gunpowder and flammable materials accumulated on them instantly became weapons against their own people.

There are huge numbers of corsairs, rushing towards the Pacific Fleet at any cost.

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