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After being forced to defect to Yan Siqi a few years ago, Yang Liu became the only fleet leader in the Dayuan Island system who maintained a certain relationship with the Dutch. On the one hand, relying on the big tree of Dayuan Island to shelter from the wind and rain, and on the other hand, using the Dutch line to maintain a close contact with Zheng Zhilong, is what Yang Liu often did in the last two years of Dayuan Island.

Yan Siqi died in the Ryukyus, and there was turmoil within the Yan family, and he was very ambitious, and he was keenly aware of the situation, and it was only a matter of time before all parties in the East China Sea, including Zheng Zhilong, liquidated the Yan family. Yang Liu suddenly found an opportunity, and it was he who secretly contacted Zheng Zhilong, set off a tide of infighting on Dayuan Island, and successfully used Yan Sihai's irascible temper to trigger a purge within the Yan family.

After snatching a large number of Chinese and American military weapons from Tamsui Fort, and also carrying a considerable number of soldiers and horses that had fled from the Yan family's civil strife, Yang Liuyi became the third largest force in the East China Sea after the Yan family and Zheng Zhilong. However, Yang Liu was obviously a little more sober, he did not choose to stand on his own, but instead pulled his younger brother Guo Huaiyi, who fled together, to Zheng Zhilong.

In the midst of bargaining, Zheng Zhilong arranged for him to settle in such a good place as Futou Bay and Caiyu Islands, but he needed to work for Zheng Zhilong, and under Zheng Cai's control, he was responsible for intercepting the Yan family's ships from Dayuan Island to the mainland.

Yang Liu knew that Zheng Zhilong didn't trust him, just because the Yan family didn't have a direct showdown with him, once the matter on Dayuan Island was completely settled, then he might be next. After all, the current location of Futou Bay is already in the hinterland of Zheng Zhilong's forces, whether it is Kinmen or Penghu, Zheng Zhilong can mobilize superior forces at any time to wipe himself out.

Now there are more and more rumors in Nanyang, and there are more and more rumors about Liu Xiang defecting to Huamei, and even Zheng Zhilong can't sit still. This qiē, in Yang Liu's opinion, is very beneficial to himself. As long as the chaos in the East China Sea has not been settled, he will have time to recruit troops and expand his territory.

Yang Liu, who has long been eyeing the Hongyan family and Zheng Zhilongtong guò to make a lot of money by trafficking homeless people, also started a small Jiujiu at this time. Yang Liu also helped the Yan family to engage in the distribution and transportation of the homeless, and he planned to secretly contact the Nanyang Dutch or the Francis in Luzon, and even when he could connect with the Huamei, he also used his own means to sell the homeless piglets.

With this kind of optimistic feeling of taking it for granted, Yang Liu still had a disobedient attitude under the Zheng family's several reminders and reprimands. On the one hand, it stepped up the exploitation of the Daming maritime merchants passing by along the coast, and on the other hand, it was convenient to drag Guo Huaiyi to build construction on the Caiyu Islands. Relying on a batch of Chinese military equipment that was snatched at the beginning, he stepped up to build his own nest foundation.

Now, in the middle of a large number of Daming hard sail warships, on a small Western-style sail warship, Yang Liu was holding a monocular bought from the Dutch and looking at the southern ocean.

"From the south. It's not Zheng Zhilong's soldiers, Brother Guo, which one do you see on the other side? Yang Liu put down his binoculars and turned his head suspiciously to ask the other stout young pirate leader beside him.

"Come prepared, I'm afraid it's ill-intentioned." Guo Huaiyi, who was not yet 30 years old, frowned and touched his chin, his eyes wandering. "If it weren't for Zheng Zhilong from the south, it would only be ......"

As a grassroots anti-Dutch figure in Taiwan in history, Guo Huaiyi was just a farmer recruited by the Yan family to cultivate the land. The Yan family recruited troops among the homeless. Guo Huaiyi dropped his hoe and joined the fleet, and in just two years, he showed his name and became a small leader, and he was also very close to Yang Liu. But now. Guo Huaiyi didn't know that his historical career had changed greatly because of butterfly wings, and he didn't know what his fate would be after that.

"You mean Liu Xiang?" Yang Liu was stunned. Hurriedly raised the binoculars again, and after looking at it for a while, he sneered, "Greased and powdered, all of them are big, the boat is a good ship, and I don't know where Liu Xiang got it...... But with only eight ships, can they fight us? ”

Guo Huai's eyes flashed with a gleam, but after a few seconds, he changed his respectful attitude: "Brother Yang, junior brother will return to the ship, and respect the eldest brother's orders!" ”

"Pull the sails, meet them, if you don't know what to do, kill them all!" Yang Liu glanced at his fleet and the few gorgeous nine-pound cannons around him that he had snatched from Dayuan Island, and pulled out his saber in high spirits.

……

The Huamei expeditionary fleet had already put away its sails, and the main forces of the five light cruisers formed a column and began to turn to the northeast, accelerating to more than 8 knots against the northeast wind, while the transport ships and work ships, which had only one 75-mm naval gun firepower, turned to the outside of the fleet and did not intend to cut into the battle.

Not understanding the opponent's move to collect the sails, Yang Liuda was confused, thinking that the opponent was about to turn, and then fled south with the help of the wind. But in an instant, he found that the speed of the other party's boat had increased instead of decreasing, and he was about to circle to his left side, sandwiching himself between the narrow waterways of the Caiyu Islands.

A trace of bad premonition appeared in his heart, but at this time, Yang Liu had no way to retreat, so he could only give up the upper hand position and began to turn to face the other party, and in this way, the speed of the voyage dropped a lot.

The first artillery contact occurred at 18 o'clock local time, and the two sides were already less than 2,000 meters apart, but the Huamei fleet heading north against the wind had already formed a parallel to Yang Liu's fleet.

The 90-mm port side guns on the light cruiser Bloodstone, which was at the head of the fleet, opened fire first, and one shell smashed headlong into the middle of Yang Liu's fleet with a whistling sound, setting off a towering column of water. Immediately afterwards, the 18 90-mm naval guns of the whole fleet in the port direction began to shell in an orderly manner, mixed with the roar of the 120-mm naval guns of the Republic-class light cruisers.

Within two minutes, nearly 100 shells fell on Yang Liu's fleet. In the undulating columns of water, two hard-sailed warships exploded on the spot, and the wooden ships hit by 90-mm high-explosive shells were instantly wrapped in a cloud of inflated fiery red smoke, and countless stumps and debris were scattered in all directions in the shock wave.

"Rush! Rush up! Bombard them with cannons! Yang Liu's blood-red eyes widened, roaring at his subordinates, while directing the cannon at the bow of the ship to launch a counterattack.

Soon, the Huamei cannon, which was famous in the East China Sea of the Ming Dynasty, opened fire, but in the face of his "biological parents", the effective range of this 12-pounder iron cannon in naval battles could not exceed 500 meters.

The mysterious battleship in the distance appeared a series of shelling spots, and the whistling sound of the cannonballs breaking through the air close at a foot made Guo Huai consciously bury his head. There was a tooth-aching tearing sound, and a large hole appeared in the hard sail behind him.

Look at the sea all around. There were more than 5 of our own warships that exploded and caught fire, and the most serious of them were almost completely scattered in the burning, and they were no longer visible in their original appearance.

"Brother Yang......" glanced at the Western-style sailboat in front of him on the right and was moving frantically under fire, Guo Huaiyi's face twitched a few times, and then turned his head fiercely, "Retreat, quit!" ”

"The ...... in charge" The pirates looked back in amazement, as if they had not heard the command from the bow of the ship.

"The opponent is not Liu Xiang! You can't stay here for long, if you want to live, quit with me! Guo Huai pulled out his saber one by one. Viciously slashed at the stiff sail rope that had been pierced by a cannonball, and the tattered stiff sail stepped down at once.

……

Ten minutes later, the Chinese and American fleets had begun to turn to the northwest direction, and were about to occupy the flank and rear positions of the pirate fleet in a roundabout way, and at this time, the distance between the two sides was less than a kilometer.

"Left full rudder. Cut in from behind their left! Li Fan, the captain of the Bloodstone light cruiser, had already excitedly unbuttoned his military uniform at this time.

Since entering the navy, Li Fan has basically been one of the captains with the least number of actual battles, except for constantly participating in military exercises and occasionally being able to hunt down one or two pirates as a first officer.

"Sir, I haven't received an order from the flagship yet." The young European lieutenant first mate also blushed in the excitement at this time. But he still calmly grabbed Li Fan's raised arm.

"Lieutenant Aven, this is a great battle, the opponent is already in disarray, and we can expand the gains. Will you watch your opponent slip away right under our noses? Li Fan was stunned for a moment, looked back at the 22-year-old top student of the Long Island Naval Academy, and his face, which was slightly red from excitement, began to cool down.

"Yes, sir. But it is stipulated in the combat regulations. As pilot ships, we cannot leave the combat queue without authorization. Otherwise, the whole fleet will be in chaos! Lieutenant Ewen, the former German boy, puffed out his chest at this time and said to his captain one by one.

"Lieutenant Aven is right." Walking in from outside the bridge was another officer, short and fat, it was Ruyter, a classmate of Aven's graduate at the same time, and now the second lieutenant gunnery officer of the light cruiser USS Bloodstone, "Sir, half of the base ammunition has been consumed, and the port side gun is a little overheated." ”

"They are all good students taught by Bai Jun......" Li Fan was silent for a while, and finally put down his arm helplessly, "Reduce the rate of fire, the course remains the same, and pay attention to the flagship command." ”

"Yes, sir!" Evan breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly saluted and conveyed the captain's order, smiling at Ruytel.

Soon, the fleet turning order that Li Fan was looking forward to arrived, and it was clear that the fleet commander, Lieutenant Colonel Sun Yang, was preparing to play a target game around the opponent on the periphery. The basic overall situation has been decided, and Yang Liu's fleet has no way to retreat at this time, it is just a matter of more deaths and fewer deaths.

"Left full rudder! Burn the wind! ”

However, there was always an error in the understanding of orders, and the light cruiser Bloodstone, which received the instructions from the flag, took the lead and began to make a big detour. Unfortunately, due to the premature speed, the course angle was deviated, in order to avoid a pirate ship that was fleeing the battlefield, the Bloodstone did not cut out of the opponent's periphery, but crashed headlong into the rear of the pirate fleet that was in chaos at a speed of 13 knots, and the nearest pirate ship was only 300 yards away, and the Blue Crystal light cruiser that followed closely had to follow suit, so as not to be divided by the opponent.

In the face of the enemy ships on both sides, all the officers and men of the Bloodstone were beaten with chicken blood as the name of the ship, and all kinds of arrogant shouts were made, and the guns of the ships on both sides opened fire in full force, shooting directly at any non-local warships passing by.

"What's wrong with this guy Li Fan, is he too excited? Is he going to take on all the remaining pirates? ”

On the flagship Republic, Sun Yang slapped the bulkhead, staring in amazement at the Bloodstone, which had been disconnected from the main formation, especially the Blue Crystal commanded by Captain Andrew behind, which also had to fall in.

Yan Xianping gave up any remarks from the beginning, just silently watched Sun Yang's operational command from beginning to end, and the man in front of him seemed to be no longer the same person as Sun Yang he knew before.

Turning his head to the outside of the bridge again, the sea covered by the setting sun and dusk had become a mess, and the barrage from his own fleet had not stopped, more than a dozen hard-sailed warships, large and small, disintegrated and sank in the blazing fire and explosion shockwaves, and countless dying sailors were holding pieces of wood of various sizes dangling between the blood-red sea and the water column. The largest Western-style sail corsair ship had caught fire, and a 120-millimeter shell had torn the front half of the ship straight away, and the raging fire was still spreading and licking the rest of the ship.

Gently unhooked the thick earmuffs that had been put on by permission, and the heavy and piercing sound of the cannon was instantly amplified several times, but Yan Xianping was stunned at this dusk where the artillery was fired.

"Sir, we're too fast!" Lieutenant Evan kept reminding the captain, but by this time he realized that his warnings were useless, not only his own captain, but even the second lieutenant gunners Ruytel, who had graduated at the same time as him, had gone into a state of madness.

More than ten seconds later, a series of metallic crashes and screams erupted from a 90-mm naval gun emplacement, located on the starboard side. Just over a hundred meters away from the starboard side of the Bloodstone, a gravel shotgun from a pirate hard-sailed warship that had caught fire finally hit the Bloodstone. The two gunners, who had not noticed that their bodies had been exposed to the large cannon shield, collapsed on the deck with a bloody hole. A splash of rubble even shattered the glass of the bridge command cabin, making Li Fan, who was standing in front of the window and directing the battle, break out in a cold sweat.

At the same time, a cannonball fired from the Bloodstone once again hit the pirate flagship, which could no longer be saved, and the Western-style sailing ship, which had already been disemboweled in the flames, finally had an earth-shattering internal gunpowder explosion. Yang Liu was already unrecognizable at this time, and was pressed against the burning deck by a large section of mast.

"Guo Huaiyi, you dog, you actually ran away by yourself, and you didn't say a word to me......"

Struggling to look up and look around, he could no longer find the shadow of Guo Huaiyi's warship, and Yang Liu suddenly lowered his head as if he had realized it......

The Bloodstone light cruiser made the battle progress faster than expected, and the divided Yang Liu's fleet finally collapsed, and the pirate warships that were still intact gave up the battle, and the sailors jumped into the sea with floating objects one after another. The few small boats that were divided into the periphery had already taken advantage of the opponent's siege and killed their companions, and fled to the Caiyu Islands, where the water conditions were complicated.

By the time night came, the sea east of the Caiyu Islands had become a garbage dump with burning debris, and more than 300 Ming pirates had lost their lives in the one-sided artillery battle, and twice as many as those who jumped into the sea. The leader Yang Liu's bones were lost with the death of the flagship, while the other leader, Guo Huaiyi, fled at the beginning of the war.

The Chinese and US Navy, which had always maintained a record of undamaged combat, finally opened the "meat" at this time, and a gravel shotgun caused the Bloodstone to lose two gunners, one of whom was broken in the head on the spot, and the other was also seriously injured and dying.