The wind suddenly rose on the sea, and the wind was not small, some small warships could only hide behind the large warships, to avoid the attack of strong winds, it is said that in the late spring and early summer season, the sea is mostly stable, and the sea has the most bad weather in summer and winter. The tooth boat sent to reconnoitre, did not get any information, the wind was too strong, the tooth boat could not maintain balance, if it was forced to investigate, it could eventually lead to the tragedy of ship destruction and death.

Hong Xingui stood on the deck of the command ship, let the wind whine, and regardless of the persuasion of the soldiers around him, he was very annoyed, according to the calculation of time, the battle will start early tomorrow morning, but at this time the climate changes, this is not to say that God is deliberately embarrassed.

When the wind blows, the sky is still blue, which makes Hong Xingui reluctantly relieved, if the wind is accompanied by heavy rain, it is the worst climate, in such a climate, it is almost impossible to think of fighting with peace of mind, whether it is the Hongyi cannon or the Furlong machine, it will lose its crosshairs and it will be difficult to hit the opponent.

As it got late, the wind finally stopped.

The tooth boat set off again, went to investigate, the difficulty of night reconnaissance is very great, it is not good to get lost on the sea, that is a dead end, Hong Xingui learned that when the tooth boat went out to reconnoiter at night, he did not stop it, in his opinion, it is more important to grasp the opponent's situation, any battle and killing, there will be losses, if you can exchange the smallest loss for the biggest victory, everything is worth it, at an important juncture, Hong Xingui will not be soft-hearted.

This night, Hong Xingui is destined to be difficult to sleep, and like him, there is also the deputy marshal Zheng Zhilong.

In the middle of the night, the tooth boat returned, bringing back extremely important news.

Looking at the scout's pale face, Hong Xingui didn't say any words of comfort. The face is also very serious.

The fleets of Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch warships, about fifteen nautical miles to the southeast, marched slowly, presumably waiting for dawn.

Took the lead.

After the scout reported the situation detected, this thought popped up in Hong Xingui's mind, and the wind raged. The opponent will definitely not reconnoiter at this time, and there will be no action after dark, and as for the slow speed of the warship fleet, it is because it is not known what the situation is ahead.

The tooth boats of the Daming Navy Division dared to go out to reconnoiter at night, so they obtained excellent information, which can be said to be the key to determining the outcome of the battle.

Hong Xingui quickly issued an order, the first to fifth warship formations all marched in the southeast direction, and must form an ambush circle before dawn, and the first, second, and third battleship formations were responsible for attacking from the front. The 4th and 5th ship formations were responsible for intercepting and preventing the opponent from escaping, and the sequence of the ship formations was that the 3rd ship formation was at the front, the second ship formation was second, the 1st ship formation was the third, and the 4th and 5th ship formations advanced in a roundabout way from the left and right flanks to form an ambush circle.

After the combat order was issued, the speed of the warship formation increased rapidly.

The fifth day of the fifth month of the third year of Ruiyuan. A time that deserves to be remembered forever in history.

When the sky was slightly bright, Hong Xingui passed through the high-powered telescope in his hand. The fleets of Spanish and Portuguese and Dutch warships were discovered.

The third formation of the naval division was less than two nautical miles away from the opposing warship formation.

At this point, everything is impossible to keep secret.

The 3rd and 2nd ship formations opened fire instantly.

The quiet on the sea was broken by the rumbling of cannons.

Perhaps it was completely unprepared, or perhaps it was not prepared, the opponent's warship fleet quickly fell into a panic, several warships that were hit by artillery instantly caught fire, and even exploded, and many sergeants jumped into the sea screaming.

Combat at sea. The side that fires first will definitely have the upper hand.

However, the fleets of Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch warships, with nearly 200 warships, could not be defeated in a short time, just when the first, second, and third warship formations of the Daming Naval Division opened fire. They also fired.

It's a pity that the originator of the invention of the Hongyi cannon, the Netherlands, the Hongyi cannon on its warship, fired solid bullets, these solid bullets in the naval battle formed a lot less damage, even if it hit the opponent, it can not let the opponent's warship sink in a short time, but also has a certain combat resistance ability, but the Hongyi cannon of the Ming Naval Division is different, its shells are flowering shells, the range is very long, once the shells explode, the damage caused is huge, and it is easy to make the opponent's warship catch fire, Firearms, bullets, etc., stored on the ship, will follow the explosion, causing even more damage.

One hundred and twenty warships of the Daming Navy Division fired at the same time, and the Hongyi cannons on the large warships could reach about twenty at most, and a total of more than 1,000 Hongyi cannons roared at the same time, and the power of the formation can be imagined......

The high-powered telescopes in the hands of Hong Xingui and Zheng Zhilong were specially developed by the Huai'an Firearms Bureau, which was specially used for naval operations, and its clarity was very high.

The losses of the Daming Naval Division were very small, after all, the opponent was not fully prepared for battle, and was covered by artillery in an instant, and what was even worse was that the artillery of the Daming Naval Division was too sharp, and it was not at all comparable to their artillery.

At this point in the battle, there was no other way but to escape.

The first to find out that the opponent was going to escape was Zheng Zhilong, who was born as a pirate, he was too familiar with sea battles, and the opponent's warships, except for the more than ten warships in front of him, were still struggling to support, and the rest of the warships began to gradually turn their rudders, which was a sign of escape.

A quarter of an hour later, Hong Xingui also discovered the other party's attempt.

The 4th and 5th formations of warships received orders to attack.

The ships that had begun to withdraw after turning the rudder were again attacked from the left and right flanks and from the rear.

Zheng Zhilong focused the ambush on the left and right sides, such a deployment, at first Hong Xingui was not very clear, according to the habit of fighting on land, the midpoint of the ambush should be placed on the front, but Zheng Zhilong explained in detail, because of the huge size of the warship, the offensive power shows momentum, most of them are concentrated together, and when evacuating, it must be spread out left and right, so that it is convenient to vacate space and evacuate quickly, as long as the focus is on the left and right sides, the opponent's warship fleet cannot be dispersed, In this way, they will not be able to evacuate quickly and will become the target of beating.

The attack of the fourth and fifth warship formations was a devastating blow to the opponent's warship formation, many warships were hit by cannonballs, and they caught fire instantly, and the sergeants on the warships had no choice but to jump into the sea, but unfortunately the sea was not a safe place, and some shells exploded in the sea, so that these sergeants lost their lives before they had time to struggle......

More than four hours have passed.

The number of ships sunk by the fleets of Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch warships has reached dozens, while the warships of the Daming Naval Division have only sunk two, and such a battle cannot continue.

Hong Xingui and Zheng Zhilong saw the white flag raised above the battleship commanded by the other party at the same time.

This is a sign of surrender.

The two of them couldn't believe it, after all, the other party still had more than 100 warships, as long as they persisted and stayed up until dark, they might be able to evacuate some of the warships while it was dark, you must know that the huge warships are not so easy to sink, and the losses have not exceeded thirty percent, so they surrendered easily.

It's no wonder that Hong Xingui and Zheng Zhilong have such thoughts, such a situation is impossible in the Zheng family's army, no matter how cruel the fight is, even if they hold on to the last person, no one will choose to surrender.

Hong Xingui and Zheng Zhilong don't know his opponent.

After Cohen and Henry wrote back, it caused an uproar in Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands, no one noticed the description of Cohen and others, and no one believed that the Ming sailors were so powerful, this most critical place was ignored, so after a long debate, they decided to form a joint fleet and officially conquer the Ming court.

Spain was once known as the overlord of the sea, although it has declined a little over the years, but the arrogance still exists, Portugal is a rising star, the strength has surpassed Spain, the power of its own interests is to hope to conquer the Ming Dynasty, those goods shipped from the Ming Dynasty, let them blush, the Netherlands can be said to be the strongest today, more than Spain and Portugal, through their own efforts just independent of the Netherlands, got rid of the Spanish colonization, it is the need to show strong self-confidence at the moment, Therefore, he did not hesitate to agree to conquer the Ming Dynasty.

The formation of the combined fleet is not short, and a lot of preparations have been made in terms of combat, but in terms of psychological preparation, they are seriously insufficient, the sergeants are almost all mercenaries, fighting for money, once they find that the situation is wrong, they will quickly leave the battlefield, these mercenaries have almost no faith, and there are no strict military regulations and regulations.

The commander of the combined fleet found that the sergeants under his command had lost the courage to resist, and all he thought of was to escape, but the strength of the Daming Naval Division was too strong, and the warships and sergeants under the command of the commander could not escape at all in a short period of time, and they were unable to escape and were unwilling to resist desperately, and the rest was to become a living target and was severely hit by the Daming Naval Division.

Under these circumstances, the commander chose to surrender, which at least saved his life.

The opponent's surrender, Hong Xingui and Zheng Zhilong's attitudes are also different.

Hong Xingui was very happy, less than a day of fighting, let the opponent surrender, this is the biggest victory, Zheng Zhilong's idea is different, he hopes to be able to fight well, he didn't expect the opponent to be so cowardly, he surrendered before he lost his combat effectiveness, you must know that such a battle, the commander is difficult to meet, fight for a long time, there must be a special situation in the middle, so that the sailor can also be exercised, enhance combat effectiveness. (To be continued.) )