Chapter 149: The Battle of the Sea Off Penghu

Although the Yongjun Naval Division urgently recruited sailors from the merchant ships, for a while, it was absolutely impossible to form a combat effectiveness, and now the Yongjun Naval Division could not leave the port. You can only find a place to hide. And not in the port. None of them. None of the ports of Yongguo are now well protected by forts. They can only rely on their familiarity with the nearby hydrology to find a few bays that can be hidden. Hide for the time being.

The ships of the Portuguese came to show off their might. Then he left the officer. Zhu Houhuang sent ships to investigate, some were sunk, and some were forced back. For a while, the officer lost contact with other directions.

Zhu Houhuang could only sit in the city of sorrow. Wait for rescue from outside.

Outside the sea of Penghu.

"Spot enemy ships." I don't know where the alarm is coming from. Francesca immediately jumped out, grabbed the monocular copper telescope, and pulled the barrel apart one by one. The shadow of the sail on the sea. A little bit bigger and bigger in Francesca's eyes.

It was a huge fleet, densely packed with sail shadows, covering the entire sea. However, there are also fly in the ointment. Most of these ships were three-masted ships. And it looks like it's been a little old. This is the main force of the Fujian Naval Division.

"Okay." Francesca was overjoyed. "As long as this fleet is defeated, it will definitely bring Yongguo to its knees. The order was sent down, and the whole army was on alert. Get ready for battle. “

The Portuguese fleet adjusted its sails and moved in the direction of the Fujian Naval Division.

At the same time, the Fujian naval division also discovered the Portuguese fleet.

Mu Youwei put up a pergola and looked into the distance, and asked, "This is the fleet of the Francos?"

"Exactly."

The Portuguese ships were significantly larger than the Ming ones. However, the absolute numerical advantage made Mu Youwei not pay attention to the gap in the performance of the boat.

Mu Youwei is actually not very willing to go to sea, because Mu Youwei is not very proficient in naval warfare. It's just that the main force of the coastal guards was mobilized in a hurry, and Mu Youwei couldn't come up to suppress the formation. There was simply no one who could unite fleets from different guards.

In his opinion, there was enough numerical advantage to seal the victory, and at the sound of the order, the entire fleet was divided into several teams. Zhendongwei, Pinghaiwei, Yongningwei, Zhenhaiwei. The four guards were divided into columns and marched forward.

When Francesca saw this scene, she couldn't help but smile lightly, waved her hand to the entire Portuguese fleet, bypassed to the north, distanced herself from the entire Ming ships, and concentrated her artillery on the Zhendong Guard Division.

Artillery fired in unison, thunder roared. The eight Portuguese warships were as if they were a war knife gently skimming the sea. Under the bombardment of dozens of Franco's cannons. Zhendongwei's sailors couldn't resist it at all.

Since Zheng He's chart was burned, the sailors of the Ming Dynasty have never been strengthened, and they have all eaten the old books of the past, but after decades, this old book has long been eaten cleanly.

Zhengde said that the Jiangnan Guards were eroded, and of course the coastal Guards were also included.

In peacetime, these warships were not stationed in one place as a fleet, but were scattered and stayed in different guard posts. I don't know how many times I haven't practiced together. Even if there were dozens of warships, they were not coordinated well for various reasons, and they were sparse, and they could not concentrate on dealing with the Portuguese at all.

The firepower of the Fujian Navy Division, the firepower of the Yongguo Navy Division. Not much different. It's just that the strength exerted at sea is not as good as the Yongguo Naval Division. The Yongguo Navy Division ship is new and new, although the people are inexperienced, but the outlaws who run to the sea have a taste of not being afraid of death. With Zhu Houhuang's encouragement, when it is time to work hard, he naturally dares to work hard. But the soldiers of the Fuzhou Guards have long been rotten, they are engaged in transportation on weekdays, show off their might, and bully pirates with big ships.

After a few moments of firing with the Portuguese artillery, a large hole was punched in the side of the ship. The iron balls rolled in the cabin, and everywhere they passed, there was a bloody alley. The blood is dripping, and people can't look at it directly.

The Fu ship is very strong, the Fu ship cabin has an independent isolation cabin, even under such a fire attack, there are more than a dozen water seepage, but for a while, the ship can not sink, or at this time, the power of the artillery, it is difficult to sink a good wooden warship.

It's just that the ship can still support it, but the people can't support it anymore.

The Zhendong Guard Sailor didn't know which boat to start from and retreated.

With this retreat, Francesca raised all the sails, and the eight ships approached, even between the ships, several feet apart, and exchanged all the guns for scattered bullets, bombarding them one by one.

Seeing this, Mu Youwei was extremely angry in his heart. He was originally from the Mu family, and he was transferred to another place in order to pacify the southwest of Yi, if he fought on flat land, Mu Youwei would definitely come up with a way. But on the sea, Mu Youwei felt that there was no root under his feet, and he didn't know where to start to save the war.

You can only practice and give orders, urging all ships to fight bravely and kill the enemy, and not to retreat.

The Francophone fleet, from north to south, defeated Zhendongwei, and then followed by Pinghaiwei, Yongningwei, and Zhenhaiwei. Even Mu Youwei's ship was hit several times, even though Mu Youwei was extremely angry and had to open his hair, but in the face of such a situation, he could only tie his hands. Let the fleet rupble and flee.

The sea voyage relied entirely on sails, and I don't know why, but at this time the wind gradually became weaker, and the bulging sails became shriveled.

At this time, Francesca found that in this case, the Chinese's hard sail was a little better than the soft sail, and the distance chased by the two sides did not shorten, but increased.

Francesca made a well-known decision to stop the pursuit. He decided to send someone to Zhu Houhuang again. Let Zhu Houhuang know that his reinforcements have failed, and force Yongguo to accept his terms.

"What should I do?" Mu Youwei was furious. He is above the officialdom, smooth sailing, and has never been so embarrassed by others, with several times the strength of the enemy, he is actually crushed at the touch of a button. And this battle is very important, if in general, don't say one defeat, even if it is ten defeats, he can also circle it on it, and the hidden power of the Mu family in Xungui can never be underestimated. If you can't do it, it's still okay to influence the promotion of a military attaché.

But today is not an ordinary time, and it involves the life and death of a prince, and it is a time that must not be neglected. It was a critical time, and I suffered a defeat. Let him be embarrassed.

"My lord, the Franc machine is very strong, and it is not trivial, but it is not without a chance to win." One of the guards officers stood up sharply and said.

"Who are you?" Mu Youwei said that he didn't know this person. There are probably hundreds of officers of all sizes in Fujian. With so many people, it is impossible for Mu Youwei to know them all. In particular, this person's face was dark, and his clothes were washed white, and there were even a few torn places. At first glance, you can tell that life is not good.

is a junior officer in distress.

"Xiaguan Huang Shilong." This person said sonorously: "It is the official of the hundred households of the Yongning Wei Golden Gate." ”

If Mu Youwei usually wouldn't take care of a small hundred household officials, he asked, "Do you have any way?" ”

As Mu Youwei expected, Huang Shilong is really a small hundred household officials who have sunk into subordinates. If it weren't for the battle just now, Huang Shilong's top boss was killed by a bombardment. Huang Shilong didn't even have the right to have a seat here, and after listening to Mu Youwei's question, he said: "The Yiren ship has its advantages, but it also has its disadvantages. It came from afar, did not learn hydrology, one is also, although the ships are strong, but the number is very small, and the other is also. Designed from here. Lure them into a narrow sea so that they cannot avoid it, and burn them with fireboats, and you can win a great victory. If not, use five plum blossom arrays, with the method of fireboats. Can it also hit people hard? ”

"Five out of the plum blossom array?"

Huang Shilong said in detail the so-called five plum blossom arrays. These five plum blossom formations are derived from the land battle formations, dividing the fleet into five routes and attacking the enemy from five directions, forcing the enemy to the point where they have to engage in close combat. However, it is also a difficult move to suppress it with the strong firepower of the Franc machine man, and to nail the fire ship to the Franc machine ship.