Starting from Guangzhou, Ming Ruxin's shoulders have been heavy, and before leaving, Zhang Ke gave him a secret message. The man who had been tested by the wind and waves actually shed tears against the will.

Zhang Ke didn't ask them anything, only said one thing, no matter whether they win or lose, people must find a way to get back, even if the ships are all gone, I will rebuild for you! Only one thing is irreversible, the will to go to the ocean is irreversible!

The battles of the sail era are not the same as those of later generations, the experience and skills of the crew and soldiers, as well as the weather and sea conditions have a very big impact, and victory or defeat depends not only on strength, but also on luck.

Especially in the face of a group of super pirates who face the wind and waves all the year round and haunt the world's oceans, Zhang Ke is not completely sure. But one thing is certain, even if he fails once, Zhang Ke will not care, he will bear all the pressure and put more energy into it until he wins.

Facing the edict, Ming Ruxin's fists clenched and jumped, and the more His Majesty supported and generous, the heavier his burden became. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers, more than ten years of hard work, the sea heroes who have been built with great difficulty, must not fail in their own hands, absolutely not!

Since going south, Ming Ruxin has been constantly calculating the method of combat against the sea chart every day, not letting go of the slightest omission, and striving to make the plan perfect.

There is a saying that people are not as good as heaven, and when the fleet passed through the South China Sea, it was hit by a storm, violent winds, thunder and lightning. In an instant, the huge fleet turned into leaves on the surface of the sea, constantly turning up and down, as if it could sink at any moment.

Ming Ruxin was made to sway left and right, and he could only let his subordinates tie him to a pillar in order to command smoothly. I remember that when I attacked the city of Geranza, I also encountered a storm, and it seemed that I had fought a good battle last time, and I was looking forward to the bitterness before the sweetness. Ming Ruxin kept comforting himself.

At dawn the next day, the fleet counted its losses, and two grain ships sank. One ship was missing, with more than two hundred dead and wounded soldiers. The losses were still within the range of bearing, and Ming Ruxin ordered the soldiers to adjust their course and pounce on the sea off Malacca.

After such a toss, Ming Ruxin's speed was more than half a day slower than scheduled, and he anxiously urged everyone to act quickly. Halfway through, a large number of planks suddenly appeared on the sea, which almost scared Ming Ruxin unconscious. He forced his composure and asked his subordinates to check if there was any life.

Not much. actually rescued a person and dragged him to the deck, the man was already unconscious, but he was still holding a wooden plank in his hand, and thanks to this plank, he would have died a long time ago.

Ming Ruxin asked the military doctor to wake him up, and the man woke up, looked around blankly, and suddenly lay on the deck. Kowtow frantically, tears and snot flowing together.

"I finally see the army of the Celestial Empire, we are saved!"

After asking, Ming Ruxin finally knew. This young man was a Han Chinese from Malacca, who could not stand the oppression of the Dutch, stole the boat, and escaped all the way. They are based on vague directions. All the way north, they unfortunately encountered a storm and several ships were shattered by the waves. Except for him, the rest of them are basically dead.

After listening to the narration, Ming Ruxin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, what he was most afraid of was that the Javanese fleet had met the Dutch in advance and was defeated. But listening to him talk about the various methods used by the Dutch to treat the Han people, Ming Ruxin exploded his lungs again.

"Hmph, shameless! Hongmaoyi, I will kill him! ”

Ming Ruxin immediately ordered, the army continued to advance, and finally near dusk, a cruiser sent news that it had found traces of the Dutch fleet.

Calculating the time, Ming Ruxin did not rush to launch an offensive, but asked the fleet to change direction, form two columns, and slowly sail to the southwest.

For a whole night, Ming Ruxin stood silently in the cabin, motionless, like a sculpture.

Tomorrow, just tomorrow, the big battle that will decide life and death will come!

If you really don't want to be defeated, will you have the courage to go back alive? Although it was unlucky to think about this kind of thing before the war, Ming Ruxin couldn't control it, and it wasn't until the east turned white that he smiled bitterly: "The only death is difficult through the ages, but I don't know how many things are more terrible than death!" I'm afraid I won't be able to do His Majesty's request! So - I have to win! ”

"There is an enemy!"

The soldier in charge of the lookout waved the flag, and soon it spread throughout the fleet, and just about three nautical miles ahead, there was a western fleet, which could be seen clearly with the rising sun of birth. The other party also seemed to have spotted them, quickly adjusted their positions, and prepared to face them.

Although the Westerners were fast, the Ming army seized the opportunity, and two huge ships with four decks took the lead, with their sails bulging, like fierce beasts in the wilderness, and pounced on them.

The huge cannon on the side of the ship showed the mouth of the black hole, like the big mouth of a wild beast, hideous and terrifying.

Rumble!

The first cannon sounded, and the ship shook, followed by the rumbling of cannons, and both sides kept firing. Because Ming Ruxin struck first, he seized a favorable position and could concentrate artillery to attack the opponent.

It didn't take long for a Dutch warship to penetrate the bow, revealing a black hole two or three meters wide, with a frantic influx of seawater and a rapid tilt of the hull. The Dutch can be clearly seen exclaiming, one by one, like dumplings, falling into the sea.

The first battle was won, the momentum of the fleet rose, the soldiers screamed, braving the artillery fire and rushed to the enemy, aren't you skilled and experienced, Lao Tzu fights with you with bayonets.

Many soldiers who participated in large-scale naval battles for the first time quickly found the tactics that worked best for them.

The sea was almost covered in gunsmoke, artillery fire was blowing into the sky, and ships were constantly sinking to the bottom of the sea. The fleet of the West had three Dutch warships, the rest were Portuguese and Spanish. Seeing that the Dutch warship had been turned into a hornet's nest, they fled in panic.

But the red-eyed soldiers would not let them go, and the battleship was full of strength, and a large ship of more than 2,000 tons crashed into the middle of the Portuguese warship, only to hear a bang. The iron-clad bow of the ship was like a scalpel, slitting the belly of the other party, and the battleship quickly shattered in half and sank.

Such a violent scene frightened the other warships without the courage to resist, and a wounded warship actually raised a white flag and surrendered.

Ming Ruxin hurriedly ordered to receive it, and brought all the people above to his boat. After some interrogation, when the translator told Ming Ruxin the contents, his blood pressure increased again.

These ships are the realm fleet, and the real main force is fighting the enemy. No need to ask, it must be the fleet of Batavia. Ming Ruxin hurriedly ordered, according to the direction of the prisoner's explanation. Burn the wind.

The fleet rode the wind and waves, and after more than an hour of sailing, finally saw a large number of white sails, black and oppressive, obscuring the sea.

"The workhorse of the Dutch! Finally the fuck found out! ”

Ming Ruxin was extremely excited, and the fleet formed a longitudinal and split battle formation, grabbed the upper hand, and immediately attacked.

At the very moment of their appearance, the Dutch also caught a glimpse of this staggering number of large fleets, as commanders. Arturses was simply shocked.

Based on the experience of the last engagement, he estimated that the size of the Chinese fleet could not exceed that of the Dutch Far East Fleet, not to mention the participation of countries such as Portugal and Spain. With their experience, they can definitely crush the enemy,

It is clear that the intelligence of the Dutch is outdated, or rather, they do not understand the enormity of China at all, nor can they imagine the power of the full mobilization of the Empire.

The Chinese fleet is more than staggering. And there were several huge four-story battleships, the tonnage far exceeded that of the Dutch, and Seth had no choice but to choose to meet them.

His ship, the Queen, and another battleship, the Giant, joined forces to meet the opposing battleship Liaodong. The three warships rushed together like flaming monsters.

The shells flew back and forth, constantly piercing the side of the opposing ship, inflicting heavy casualties. People kept dying, and more soldiers were coming up.

As they began to engage, the two fleets finally went into full-scale war. Each battleship was surrounded by enemy ships, and everyone was caught in a scuffle, only to fire mechanically, either you die or I die.

However, there are some lucky guys, that is, Shi Lang, he was ready to be martyred, and when he discovered Ming Ruxin's large fleet, Shi Lang wept and knelt on the deck excitedly, howling and crying.

Several of their ships were badly wounded, and they hurried out of the battlefield while the Dutch were attracted to it. Seeing the scarred ship, which was worse than a hornet's nest, Shi Lang wanted to cry without tears. He could only stand on the deck, screaming desperately, and though he knew he couldn't hear it, he couldn't stop his enthusiasm, and the craziest curses flowed from his mouth, and he wanted to throw the Dutchman into the sea to feed the turtles.

The battle became more and more fierce, and the "Liaodong" suffered no less than a hundred shells, from top to bottom, scarred, and seawater had already poured into the hull. In contrast, it is fortunate that the middle of the hull of the "Queen", which was taken care of by the "Liaodong", has been shattered, blurred, and a mast has been broken, so it is not miserable.

The "Giant" was unwilling to be damaged by the flagship, and desperately launched an attack to attract firepower, and sure enough, as expected, a rocket pounced on the "Giant", and in an instant, the ship burned into a raging fire, and in a short time, the ship became a lighthouse on the sea, which was particularly conspicuous.

Seth, who was alone, had to abandon the "Queen" and board the battleship "Fight", and by the time he left, the "Queen" had become an empty shell, and the soldiers on board were killed and wounded, and more than 280 people had become ghosts.

Deaths on both sides were creeping up, and by three o'clock in the afternoon the last French battleship on the sidelines joined the battle. The Chinese Navy has a large number, large tonnage, and high morale, and the same opponents have rich combat experience and are desperate, which should not be underestimated.

Fleet Commander Seth has replaced two flagships, and Ming Ruxin has also been forced to abandon the "Liaodong" that caught fire. From time to time, earth-shattering explosions were heard on the sea, and one after another works representing the pinnacle of human shipbuilding technology kept sinking to the bottom of the sea.

The battle lasted more than two hours, and the losses of each side were more than ten ships, and the Chinese fleet had an advantage in numbers and could hold on, but the Dutch lost more than a third of their main battleships, and if the fight continued, the situation would only get worse and worse.

Seth finally relented, and just as he was about to look for an opportunity to break through, two strange black shadows crept around the Dutchman's back.

The two battleships did not have the familiar white sails, but they emitted black smoke and moved extremely fast. In fact, from the beginning of the war, Ming Ruxin was ready to put the ironclad ships into battle. Unfortunately, steam-powered ironclads have all the benefits, but before the war begins, they must first prepare for fire, and it takes more than half an hour for the steam to boil before they can show their skills.

The young captain Li Youfang gave an order, and the first shell hit a Spanish cruiser, hitting the bow of the ship, opening the prelude to the battle of the ironclad ship.

The Spaniards were shocked when they saw two warships of strange shapes. They could not imagine why a warship could move fast without sails. Li Youfang has not given them time to think, as the grandson of the pirate king Li Dan, Li Youfang has long been determined to gallop on the sea, and the opportunity has finally come.

The sound of ironclad guns continued, and within a few blows, the Spanish battleship was smashed and sunk to the bottom of the sea. He didn't stop there, he continued to kill.

Everywhere they went, Western ships were unlucky, either sunk or sunk. The two ships were like monsters on a rampage, and wherever they passed, people turned on their backs, and countless people were killed and wounded.

Two Dutch battleships met them and fired frantically at the two monsters. Finally, a shot hit the bow of the ship, only to hear a thud, the solid iron pellet was blown away, leaving only a small depression in the bow.

What the!

The Dutch are stupid, the shells can't be pierced, and the other side can't be beaten with iron? They were not reconciled, and fired desperately, and from time to time the shells fell on the ironclad ship, although occasionally caused casualties, or made a dent in the hull, but unfortunately, none of them caused fatal injuries.

The ironclad ships were still alive, Li Youfang commanded the ships to shoot at close range, the Dutch battleships kept being torn open, the sea water swarmed in, and the soldiers fell into the sea and quickly lost their lives.

In fact, it may be a good relief for these dead soldiers, who have never encountered such a desperate situation. The other party is like an undead monster, and the battlefield has completely turned into a one-sided slaughter.

There was no point in fighting any longer, and they had no chance of winning.

Li Youfang commanded the sinking of three warships, and the Dutch could no longer muster up the courage, seeing these two ships, their instinctive choice was to run away, and the farther they ran, the better.

Seth is not willing to lose, he is still concentrating his forces, as a tenacious fighter, Seth does not believe in any unsinkable warship. Bang, I don't know where the shell flew from hit the stern of the ironclad ship, the propeller was damaged, and the speed of a warship suddenly stopped.

Seth was overjoyed, and his ship rushed up, along with the other ships, and everyone attacked frantically, cannonballs like hammers, constantly striking each other.

Work harder, work harder, and you'll definitely be able to sink it!

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted in panic: "It's a big deal, the British warships have all run away!" (To be continued......)