When Zheng Zhilong observed Zhao Lie's fleet, Zhao Lie also observed Zheng Zhilong's fleet in the cabin, and was also amazed by the expansion of Zheng Zhilong's power, which couldn't help but make him reverence for this future lord of the sea. Zheng Zhilong's cognition and use of the ocean can be regarded as the first person in China.

Two people who are the farthest away from the world on the sea in the Ming Dynasty meet, they are both determined to dominate the sea, and they will inevitably meet each other in the future, and the sea area in the Far East is still too small to accommodate a strong man.

Van Termel took the Desham and Arnhem to patrol the Strait for four days, since the Houston, Sluden, and Dihan disappeared, there was no trace after several searches, and the Governor of Formosa, Ness, was about to go crazy, you must know that Formosa had only ten Galen ships, of which only six were warships, and three warships disappeared, which made the Dutch people feel bitter, and the Manila Spaniards sent more than ten Galen ships into the northern part of Formosa to build a city, such as chicken coops and Tamsui, and the Governor of Formosa, Fluosa Nartz was both shocked and angry. Convinced that the Spaniards had plundered the three ships or sunk them, he boldly came to seize Formosa.

However, the objective of striking Portuguese and Spanish merchant ships passing through the strait remained unchanged, and the Natz regrouped the fleet, with a warship leading an armed merchant ship to patrol the strait.

Van Temmel looked at the seagulls in the sky distractedly, the days of this kind of patrol are really difficult, the pirates in this area have been too fierce recently, the merchant ships coming and going have been greatly reduced, there is too little oil and water, yes, the income from robbing merchant ships has been greatly reduced, he has little interest in the Portuguese and Spaniards, as far as the current strength is concerned, even if there are their merchant ships passing by, it is difficult for these two ships to rob them, Van Temel is not stupid at sea for a long time, when to avoid the war he is clear.

There was a faint shout from the lookout, "There is a boat, there is a ...... Boat. ”

Van Temel didn't hear clearly, as if he was talking about a strange ship, and the wind was really a bit strong today, Van Temel shook his head.

However, as long as there is a boat, it is a good thing, it is an opportunity. Van Temel still cheered up, and ordered the first mate to come close to the incoming ship to see who it was and whether he could grab it.

At the end of the meal, a low Western-style sailing ship approached the Dutch warship, Van Temmel looked at this ship in disbelief, this was a ship he had never seen in his sailing career, this ship began to move around the two ships when it was still five miles away from them, the speed of the ship was extremely fast due to the tailwind, Van Temel estimated that it was thirteen or fourteen knots, what speed was this, before that, the fastest ship he had seen was no more than ten knots, the purpose of interception was not to say that it was bankrupt, Van Temel looked at it with a telescope and finally disappeared into the sky.

The Spaniards, well, are the Spaniards, there are such Western-style sailing ships on the sea in the Far East, and it should be only the Spaniards who appear here, I didn't expect the Spaniards to have such fast sailing ships, this is big news, this means that the Spaniards can monitor the Dutch ships at any time, grasp the movements of the Dutch, if you want to catch him, sabotage their exploration, but you can't catch them, so helpless.

An hour later, he was astonished to find that the fast sailing ship had returned, and with the same movements, it had made a large arc away from them.

This time, Van Termel ordered it to be bombarded with a cannon on one side, and saw a splash of water around the sailboat, and the sailboat sailed unharmed, and it must be very lucky that the five-mile boundary could hit it, and Van Termel just wanted to vent his frustration, and in a moment, the sailboat disappeared into the horizon.

An hour later, a shout came from the lookout, "Galen ship." Two ships. Vantmel immediately ordered to be on alert, and the gunners were all in position.

More than ten minutes later, what caught his eye was two 200-ton battleships, flying the Portuguese flag, Vantmel originally made up his mind, between the strength of the fleet, if the enemy's strength was objective, he would turn around and leave, but when he saw that the Portuguese were only two small warships, there was no need for his 350-ton Desam to escape, of course, between the battleships had no oil and water, and the battle was also unnecessary. Still, Van Termer decided to take a closer look, and maybe there was a chance that it wouldn't.

As the four ships approached, another shout came from the lookout: "Due south, two Galen, two Galen to the southeast, and two Galen due north." ”

Van Temel found that today he was particularly disgusted by the sound of the lookout, it was really a crow's mouth, and as long as he shouted, there was no good news, all of them were enemy ships. Van Termer realized that this might be a trap, and he hurriedly ordered a U-turn and looked east, and when the two Dutch ships turned around, he found that the two small warships were approaching two miles, and the enemy ships were very fast downwind, and he had no way to get rid of them, and the four closest ones to the south were only five miles away from him, and the north ones were still six or seven miles, and it was said that he could still break away, but this was only according to the theory.

Since joining the battle with the Ming Fujian Navy Division in Penghu three years ago, the Desham has not been well repaired, Formosa has no shipyard, and it is planned to build a castle this year, so the speed of the ship is only six knots even if it is downwind, but the other side has eight knots, so the Dsham and Arnhem are sad, Van Temmel saw the enemy approaching him from three sides to one mile, and the gun window was opened, the muzzle of the black hole was facing him, and the two ships of fifty guns were facing two hundred guns, he did not think that he still had a chance.

"Surrender." Van Termel hung his head and gave the order. He's already thinking about how much of the ransom he's going to lose.

Due to the continuous plundering of the Dutch in the Taiwan Strait, Zhao Lie set this trap, sent flying clippers to find it in advance, and then sent Galen warships to surround it on several sides.

Zhao Lie is infinitely thirsty for the Galen ship, and he does not refuse to come, but now he is also facing a shortage of sailors, when he set off from Shidao, several merchant ships were full of spare sailors and gunners, however, after the battle, the loss of injuries and illness, and the dilution of the captured ten Galen ships, he has long had no spare sailors, in order to solve this problem, he has already let the Dutch and Spanish ordinary sailors work under the swords and guns of the Ming soldiers, but it is necessary to include the Ming sailors in order to prevent them from making trouble. This time, two more Galen ships were recorded, and the deployment of sailors was a headache. Of course, this is definitely a blissful annoyance.

When Van Te Meer was escorted into Zhao Lie's fleet, the Houston, Dihan and other familiar warships, he was surprised to think that they had fallen into the hands of the Portuguese, and at the same time, he was puzzled to see the shadow of the Spanish galleon, when he joined the Dutch and Spanish brothers on the Xingkai Lake, he was surprised to find that he had fallen into the hands of the Ming people. At this time, he actually had a lot of balance in his heart, well, after all, there were so many Dutch and Spanish nobles and captains accompanied, he was not the first to fold in the hands of the Ming people, look at the few Spanish nobles on the ship who were still holding shelves, so his heart was strangely balanced.

After two hours of hectic activity, the fleet once again headed northeast at full speed.

Zhao Lie went back and forth to the waters of Taiwan, captured five Dutch warships, broke the backbone of the Dutch people in Taiwan, and caused the Governor of Formosa to ask for help from Batavia, which was a big loss of face.

Although Zhao Lie has had strict requirements for the food and hygiene of the fleet since he established the fleet, after all, he has been sailing for too long, and in addition, the lower deck of the ship has not seen daylight for a long time, it is damp and dark, bacteria breed, and diseases have begun to appear in the fleet. Manpower is even more clumsy, this is how chaos is inevitable, fortunately, the more north, the better the situation, Zhao Lie is like an arrow at this time, every day with his fingers to survive, only by arriving at Shidao as soon as possible, can the soldiers repair it well, only hard work on this sea.

When the fleet entered the Shandong sea with difficulty, Zhao Lie felt that this long journey was coming to an end.

PS Thank you for the great help of the world of rats, help collect information in the middle of the night, and wish the great cause to be as cool as your laughter.

After the fierce battle at sea, the plot should be soothed, which is inevitable, and I hope that readers can follow along and experience the next story.

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