Li Hu's flagship Yue Fei chased forward, and less than two miles to the east of him was a Spanish battleship smaller than Yue Fei, and the Spanish battleship that had not grown in the slightest still had the bow compartment standing abruptly in front of it, looking extremely clumsy, and the speed of the ship was much slower. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Of course, this Spanish warship is not small, the Yue Fei is eight hundred tons, and it must have a tonnage of five or six hundred tons if it is one circle smaller than Yue Fei.

Yue Fei slowly leveled with his opponent, and Yue Fei's speed was still faster than that of his opponent.

Boom, boom, the Spanish battleship in the distance seemed to have been ready for a long time, and as soon as the two ships entered the battle position side by side, the Spaniards couldn't wait to open fire.

Some of the projectiles crossed the upper end of the Yue Fei, and some hit the east side of the Yue Fei, stirring up several large water columns.

It did not cause any damage to the Yue Fei.

Yue Fei shook and spewed out a large puff of smoke and dust, and the counterattack began.

The bombardment of the sixteen guns also did not hit a single shot, which made the captain of the Yue Fei a little angry, didn't he see that Lord Zongzhen was on the ship.

More than a dozen artillery pieces did not hit a single shot, even if the opponent was more than a mile away, it was also extremely undesirable.

Boom, boom, the opponent's second salvo began.

With a bang, Yue Fei shook violently.

The shaking hadn't stopped, and there was another loud bang.

Li Hu's body was also swaying from side to side, his face was blushing and he was held steady by the guards, and he glanced at the captain of the Yue Fei fiercely, of course he was extremely dissatisfied.

After a while, the first mate ran up from the lower deck, and he brought a 36-pound projectile into the gun deck and destroyed a 36-pound Thiago gun.

The captain was speechless and asked Cangtian, this situation was the first time he had encountered it, and the special town was still on the ship, it was really an eye medicine.

"Fight back right away, right away." The captain roared.

The first mate hurriedly gave the order and left.

Suddenly, Yue Fei's counterattack began, and in the roaring sound, one projectile after another went away with a whistling sound.

The bow compartment of the Spanish ship suddenly cracked a large hole, and a projectile burst into the deck of the enemy's guns.

The hole was huge, especially visible in the telescope, and then there was fire and smoke in the place of the hole, but it was not too big, but it was still very obvious in the dark hole.

The captain of the Yue Fei wiped a sweat, it was really not easy, if he hadn't hit this time, he, the captain, would really be speechless.

He peeked at Li Hu, and sure enough, Li Hu's face softened a lot, and at least he began to look in other directions, not always staring at the enemy warship opposite.

At this moment, the enemy warship on the opposite side suddenly made a violent explosion, and a large puff of smoke appeared from the gun window in the lower part of it.

Then the side of the ship suddenly cracked, and several large holes appeared, revealing large puffs of black smoke from flames, which became more and more intense as the sea breeze penetrated, and it was simply uncontrollable.

The captain first looked dumbfounded, and then couldn't hide his joy, peat, too face-giving, too lucky, one shot hit the other party's stacked medicine bag.

The sailors on the Yue Fei all cheered, it was really a divine turn, Fang was still aggrieved, and now the whole ship was excited.

The only pity was that the enemy ship suddenly slowed down and got out of the range of the Yue Fei, and the Yue Fei also lost its opponent and was left alone.

Yue Fei continued to move forward, and a patrol ship of the Broken Capture Army on the west side of the front lowered its sails and fluttered, enveloping the warship with flames and thick smoke.

At a glance, it can be seen that the warship was also hit on the gun deck, and now the sail is lowered to reduce the impact of the wind on the fire, and try to save the warship.

It seems that it is not only the Xiyi people who are unlucky, but also the warships of the Broken Army who were seriously injured by the middle shelling.

At this time, a patrol ship has approached and is ready to rescue the ship at any time, after all, once it cannot be saved, all the personnel can only jump into the sea, which is nearly 200 sailors and gunners in armor, not larger warships are unable to accommodate so many sailors.

On the sea with a radius of dozens of miles more than 20 miles away on the west coast of Anping City, the two armies were entangled like two giant dragons.

As the coalition retreated eastward, the Breaker Army pursued eastward, getting closer and closer to the Anping coast.

It was late afternoon, and it was getting a little darker.

Out of suspicion that Zheng Zhilong did not appear and the consideration of the sky, Li Hu announced that he would order the withdrawal of the army.

All the Broken Ships began to turn back to the northwest, returning to their starting positions to converge and regroup their fleets.

This half-day battle can be said to be mainly tentative, and the captives wanted to finish the battle, but the coalition forces did not leave their hands behind, obviously not wanting to fight a battle, but with their own calculations.

Now that their infantry has besieged Anping City for nearly two months, they are not in a hurry, and they are in a hurry to break the captive army.

At night, both fleets came to a halt.

In the dark of night, even if there are pilot lights, the navigation of the fleet is extremely dangerous, often the sails are lowered to slow down and move slowly, and the distance between the ships has to be stretched very large.

Not to mention such a large fleet, it is impossible to sail at night, let alone fight.

The two armies could only strike a truce and wait for the dawn to come.

Soldiers can rest, but generals must not rest.

Li Hu and Zhang Gusheng successively took a small boat to Di Qing, based on the current situation that the coalition forces always avoided war, they had to discuss with Zhao Lie how to fight a decisive battle with the coalition forces as soon as possible.

"My lord, it seems that this coalition army is not in a hurry to fight a decisive battle with our army, but has repeatedly avoided battles, which is a headache."

The sound of the drums was at the forefront, and of course the enemy's movements were extremely clear, and the coalition forces were gone with one blow, which was not the momentum of a decisive battle at all.

"My lord, my subordinates look at the Xiyi people to make my army impetuous, and then look for an opportunity to attack with Zheng Zhilong's fleet, I'm afraid that the Xiyi people will finally put the treasure on the body of that fire ship."

Li Hu raised his doubts.

"Anping City can't wait, and we can't afford to wait, after all, Denglai and Jiannu behind him are unstable."

Zhao Lie got up and walked back and forth in the cabin.

What he is most worried about is Jiannu's movements, Zhao Lie's plan is to take advantage of Jiannu's next entry into the army to defeat its invading main force in one fell swoop, and he can't wait for Jiannu to continue to grow, and now Jiannu's Han Eight Banner is inflated like a bubble, Zhao Lie can't afford to wait.

But the coalition forces have caused him this huge trouble, and he still has to solve these problems as soon as possible before he can return to the north to prepare for war.

"It seems that our army will not be able to make a big sacrifice, so let's act according to what we have agreed from tomorrow."

Zhao Lie made a decision, Li Hu and Zhang Gusheng looked at each other, and immediately said yes, they knew that the time had come for the blood to stain the sea frontier.

At this moment, the leaders of the coalition forces are also gathered to discuss.

Saunders, Zheng, Van Penny, and Weddell converged on the San Jose.

"The purpose of the decisive battle between the Ming people and our army is obvious. Today I am in the middle of the battle to watch the battle, the Ming people continue to impact our army's big array, they are very anxious. ”

Weddell was still very relaxed, and on the first day of the match, although it showed that the men were strong in close combat, the coalition forces coped with it well, and the losses were not large, especially since the English were only damaged by a battleship.

"Well, but Akito's cannon melee combat is extremely powerful, and it's not easy to deal with."

Van Penny has changed his previous hubris.

"This requires the cooperation of Lord Zheng, no, my warship is facing the Ming people. Lord Zheng's fireship fleet took advantage of the situation to attack, and a big defeat could force them to submit, but Lord Zheng said no. ”

Sanders looked at Zheng Zhilong, who had been very silent.

"Today I looked at the warships of Zhao Lie's department, their ships are very fast, and it is not easy for the fireships to catch them."

Zheng Zhilong shook his head.

"Lord Zheng, don't forget that our purpose is the same, and don't forget that this Zhao Lie will do something to your Zheng family sooner or later."

Van Penny was dissatisfied.

"I won't forget that." Zheng Zhilong was helpless in his heart, getting along with each other in a different place, he would not let such a strong maritime neighbor as the Zheng family exist, which would be a great threat to Zhao Lie's sailors.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong had to cooperate with these Xiyi people, but today he saw the majesty of Zhao Lie's warship, and he had mixed feelings in his heart.

Zheng Zhilong was born as a translator and knew a lot about the Xiyi people, who relied on powerful sailors to attack cities and land everywhere, forcibly occupy land, and the local people were exterminated if they disobeyed.

And Zhao Lie's naval strength is still above the Xiyi people, but he wants to help the Xiyi people destroy such a powerful water division of the Ming people, which is really a creation and trickery.

"As long as you can entangle Zhao Lie's department head-on, my Zheng family's sailor will definitely be able to defeat Zhao Lie's department with fire attack and broadside battle."

Zheng Zhilong looked around at a few people,

"I'm afraid that when the time comes, some people won't be able to resist the battle and escape, and then the whole army will be defeated, let alone defeat the enemy with fire."

To be honest, the comrades-in-arms around him are all patchwork together, and there are even many conflicts between each other, Zheng Zhilong really doesn't trust them.

"This time, Lord Zheng can rest assured, when I see the combat power of Zhao Lie's department today, I don't think anyone will back down anymore,"

Sanders put away his smile and looked at a few people,

"If we give this Akito another two years, I don't think we have a chance to beat him again. At that time, everything here belongs to this Ming people, and we will never have a chance to enter this empire again, do you gentlemen agree. ”

Several people nodded silently, although the loss today was not large, but it also damaged four warships, and more than ten were damaged, which was still hiding from the heavy artillery of Zhao Lie's department.

They had to admit that Zhao Lie was their fierce rival, if Zhao Lie had time to develop for a few more years, they would definitely lose even if they formed a coalition, this was the last chance, and there was no future.

At this time, the fighting spirit of the coalition forces was re-strengthened, and they also fought hard in order to open up the rich and Ming Dynasty's sea trade. (To be continued.) )