For Zheng Zhilong's praise, Liu Ziguang just smiled faintly and said: "How can the carving insect skill be enough." Our army still has more sharp weapons that we have not yet brought out. "Zhongdu was in an uproar, this kind of weapon that is as powerful as the legendary midnight man-level is actually said to be a small skill of carving insects, so the so-called sharper weapon is not to scare everyone to death, everyone has asked the marshal to take out the sharpest weapon, to see it, Liu Ziguang smiled and did not answer, of course, the most powerful weapon should be used during the battle, not on the occasion of this kind of exercise.

The two missiles greatly deterred the unruly Zheng family's naval army, and a group of generals under Zheng Zhilong's subordinates looked at Liu Ziguang a little differently.

After the end of the review, the marshal in the warship to raise the tent three drums, all the sailor generals to come to Liu Ziguang's flagship station class, this sailor ascended to the 6 rules are the same, after the three drums, it is not to be punished by military law, it is gratifying that whether it is the Zhejiang Navy Division or the Zheng Jiajun, everyone came to the flagship deck on time, Liu Ziguang sat on a high place and looked down at the two rows of generals standing tall below, and ordered majestically: "Seven days later, go to sea to take Penghu first, and then fight Taiwan." "This is a strategy that has been drawn up for a long time, the Penghu Islands are located in the middle of the big 6 and Taiwan, like a string of pearls scattered in the Taiwan Strait, the geographical location is quite important, the control of the Penghu Islands is stuck in the neck of the Taiwan Strait, and it is also an excellent bridgehead to attack Taiwan, all the generals have no objection to this order, but who is the vanguard has caused controversy, although nominally everyone is now the imperial court sailor, but the estrangement formed by years of confrontation is not a word that can be eliminated by changing a set of clothes, in the face of a strong enemy, no one wants to be this bird, Zheng Jiajun is afraid that he will be used as cannon fodder to consume Shi Lang, they are not willing to charge ahead, make wedding clothes for others, Liu Ziguang, the southeast governor is also very goodIt was difficult to reconcile this contradiction of mutual distrust, so he simply did not have to hand over the task of capturing Penghu to his descendant, the Shanghai Naval Division.

Hearing Liu Ziguang's order, Zheng Zhilong and Shi Lang were both surprised that the battle of Penghu would be a difficult naval battle, neither of them expected that Liu Ziguang would actually assign the task of the vanguard to the most inexperienced Shanghai sailors.

This person must have other intentions, Zheng Zhilong thought so. And Shi Lang was very remorseful, and his actions just now seemed to have left a bad impression on Liu Dashuai, how can he be promoted in the future.

Liu Ziguang thought that it was indeed not so complicated, the reason why the Shanghai Navy Division was the vanguard was completely out of public intentions, the combat effectiveness of the Xiyi warship should not be underestimated, the Zheng Jiajun had lost consecutive battles, and the combat belief had collapsed, so the chances of letting them go into battle were not great, and the Zhejiang Navy Division had mostly fought with pirates before, and lacked experience in high-intensity naval warfare, so it was not suitable to be this pioneer.

The first battle of the Southern Expeditionary Fleet against Xiyi must be victorious, in order to stimulate everyone's confidence, in order to fight the later battles, so this battle is still fought by the Shanghai Navy Division equipped with advanced weapons, the so-called Shanghai Navy Division has actually evolved into Liu Ziguang's private fleet, all personnel and equipment are brand new, in addition to the military salary of the imperial court, all the soldiers also receive an allowance from Zhen Wubo, the color of the Shanghai Navy Division's battle uniform is sea blue, so these people also proudly call themselves: the blue shirt sailor echoes each other with the red shirt regiment.

The Penghu Islands are currently occupied by the Spaniards, their warships dominate the sea, and the ironclad infantry is also a master of Deng 6 and Anti-Deng 6 for many years, and the combined forces of England and the Netherlands have failed to capture it twice, which also shows that the Spanish defense is indeed strong.

It was not Liu Ziguang's style to rush out when the enemy's situation was unknown, so he decided to send a small detachment to reconnoiter Penghu during the seven-day preparation period.

Seven days was limited, and the officials of Fujian Province had to prepare grain, fresh water, vegetables, and transport boats, etc., and Zheng Zhilong led his troops back to Xiamen first, and three days later, they divided their troops and marched to Penghu.

The soldiers of the Southern Expeditionary Fleet had to rest well and recuperate their physical strength. The reconnaissance team in Penghu was composed of Yang Nanzhen of the Shanghai Navy Division and Guo Huaiyi of the Zheng Jiajun who led his subordinate athletes respectively, Yang Nanzhen was a master of amphibious operations, Guo Huaiyi grew up in Penghu since he was a child, and such a combination could not be more suitable.

A 2,000-material ship disguised as a cargo ship sailed out of the Quanzhou wharf, rode the wind and waves, and entered Penghu 4oo miles away, since the outbreak of the war, few people dared to drive such a big ship, crossing the Taiwan Strait, and the endless ocean, not a single ship could be seen, and when the ship was still 50 miles away from Penghu, it anchored and berthed, and released the mixed river dragon submarine towed all the way to Penghu, because the submarine could not drive to Penghu on its own, because the submarine's endurance was poor, and the role of this big ship was to respond and support in critical moments.

The submarine carried the scouts led by Yang Nanzhen and Guo Huaiyi, who would board 6 Penghu at night to reconnoiter the number of Spanish warships and troop deployment, and it was best to catch one or two tongues back, this was the standard tactic of the amphibious reconnaissance force in later generations, Liu Ziguang originally wanted to go out in person, but he was still dissuaded by the generals, although everyone knew that he was strong in martial arts, but as the commander-in-chief, he had to have the appearance of a commander, and he had to experience everything himself, which was too unconventional.

So Liu Ziguang stayed in the big boat in the end. The submarine started its internal combustion engine and headed eastward, and when it was within the range of the Penghu defenders, it dived into the sea and continued to move forward with electric power to ensure that it would not be seen.

After the submarine came out, a hot air balloon was raised on the big ship to observe the enemy situation, and the Spanish warship had to be more careful at any time, and the hot-air balloon tied by the rope was two good-eyed soldiers holding the newly developed binoculars and constantly searching the sea, they not only had to look for the traces of the warship, but also to look for other unknown dangers.

"There is a situation!" An observation post on the hot air balloon shouted loudly. The distance was too high, and he was afraid that the people below would not hear it, and he waved the small red flag in his hand violently to warn.

The sailors on the big ship immediately became busy, some urgently anchored, some prepared weapons, some picked up a clairvoyant mirror and followed the direction pointed by the observation post to watch, and after a stick of incense, the silhouette of a warship appeared from the southern sea horizon, and the shape was a Xiyi warship, and as the warship approached, the black skull flag fluttering on its mast could be gradually seen.

"It's a pirate!" The well-informed sailors shouted loudly, this kind of flag was mostly adopted by the Xiyi pirates, and it was a common industry symbol, while the pirates of the Ming and Wa countries mostly used colorful flags with their own names written on them, and the role of the logo was not the same as that of the Xiyi people.

Usually, the Xiyi pirates have privateer licenses issued by their respective imperial courts, and the so-called robbery is a special order to rob the merchant ships of those countries that are enemies of their home country, so as to achieve the purpose of destroying the other party's economy, and the equipment of the pirate ships is generally not worse than the equipment of the regular sailors, and the pirates have higher quality soldiers and more ruthless style, which is a difficult enemy to deal with.

Through the clairvoyant mirror, Liu Ziguang carefully looked at the pirate ship coming against the wind, the ship had dropped its sails, a large chimney was emitting black smoke, and there was no paddle wheel on both sides of the ship, it seemed that it was relying on the underwater propeller to push the hull to refresh the clean clean, the black skull flag tied to the top of the mast was flying against the wind, and there were a few people on the bow holding the clairvoyant mirror looking this way.

"Anchor and retreat north, but the degree is slow, everyone prepare weapons, I want this ship." Liu Ziguang calmly gave the order, and it would play a great role in the study of the enemy to capture an advanced Xiyi pirate ship, which would play a great role in studying the enemy, and his subordinates immediately understood what the marshal meant, pretending to be flustered, and drove the ship to flee north, but because of the headwind, he was unable to escape at all, but because the anchor was put away, the whole ship moved a lot of distance to the south, which was equivalent to sending it to the pirate's mouth.

The hot air balloon was also dragged back, and with the approach of the pirate ship, the atmosphere on Liu Ziguang's boat became more and more tense, everyone shouted in horror, and rushed back and forth, only Liu Ziguang sat on the chair and snickered, these boys knew that they were now under the surveillance of the other party's clairvoyant mirror, so they played the trick of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger like this, just to let the other party relax their vigilance.

When the pirates confirmed that the ship did not have the ability to resist, a majestic baritaka sounded: "From now on, this ship is the captive of the Black Pearl, put down your arms, stop resisting, Captain Duguwen guarantees the safety of your lives." ”

"Ah, it's the Black Pearl!" Several Quanzhou additional sailors were shocked, the Black Pearl was a pirate ship that had recently gained notoriety, and was known for its almost extravagant equipment and elusive movements, and all the targets it targeted, whether cargo ships, passenger ships, or warships, were all taken as ordered.

And it is said that Dugu Wen, the captain of the Black Pearl, is a legendary figure, beautiful and powerful, and has never missed since his debut.