Chapter 775: Battle of the Sea IV

The night is over. The sun had not yet risen, but the whole thing was white.

All eyes from near to far, everything is reflected in the eyes of all people.

Huang Shilong stood on top of the mast, holding the clairvoyant mirror tightly with both hands, eager to squeeze out all the blood in his hands.

For Mr. Wong, it was a gamble. Now it's time to decide.

In the first half of the night, the moonlight was very good, the visibility was very high, and they could see each other's outlines, but in the second half of the night, after the moon set in the western mountains, the fields suddenly dimmed, even if there were stars, they could not reach a moon.

Even so, the sound of artillery was still constant, as if he wanted to deliberately remind his location, Huang Shilong was suspicious at the time, whether this was trying to cover up.

Huang Shilong hesitated for a long time, and he left several ships behind. Sticking to the sound of artillery in the distance, the entire fleet went south.

Why go south?

Because Huang Shilong judged that if he was just a spectacle in front of him, the other party would still divide his troops. Their choice was only to go south, and only to go south could they return to the port, or be picked up by the Aceh navy.

Huang Shilong judged that their current location is on the west side of the Strait of Malacca, which is relatively close to the north shore of the Strait of Malacca.

And to the west. That's an exit from the battlefield. And Huang Shilong didn't think that the Franc machine man would give up so simply, he must want to merge all the fleets and fight again.

If such a choice is made, it will have to go south.

But there are too many speculations, speculations are just speculations, and Huang Shilong is not sure if his guess is right.

If wrong. He completely lost sight of the other party.

"My lord, I found the other party." An lookout shouted.

Huang Shilong immediately looked over, and with the clairvoyant mirror, he saw more clearly, and found that above the sea level, there were large and small shadows. It was the Francophone fleet.

Huang Shilong's judgment was correct.

They sailed in one direction.

Huang Shilong said: "Chased you." ”

Just when Huang Shilong discovered the Franc fleet, the Franc Aircraft also discovered Huang Shilong.

Tomei cursed, "Damn. ”

He knew that he couldn't get rid of the other party, at least for a whole day of pursuit, but Tomei knew that it was not far from Sumatra now, and maybe in a while, he could see the Aceh's Western Fleet. Anyway, this fleet is still under the control of the Franc man.

The commander of the Francophone fleet said: "This decisive battle cannot be avoided. Dong Yong is a very strong opponent. ”

Under such a desperate pursuit of the Dongyong fleet, they made up their minds.

The two fleets of both sides, several miles apart, traveled south. The Dongyong fleet approached westward little by little. However, there is still some time before a battle breaks out between them.

But on the other hand, a battleship with a Franc machine as a bait has left three medium-sized ships that have been surrounded, and their battle has already begun, and the fight is quite fierce.

I have to say that the quality of the Francophone fleet is much stronger than that of the Dongyong fleet, especially in this kind of small-scale engagement.

The Francophone fleet fared even better.

The ship left behind by the Franc fleet was the best in the fleet, from the captain to the sailors, especially in the seafaring, so when it was besieged by three Dongyong warships. The ship was not panicked at all.

Under the effect of the wind, this ship swam back and forth, constantly changing its position, like a warrior gliding on the ice, he has always maintained the opposite of a Dongyong warship. So that the other two ships could not get close at all.

At this time, the almost artistic means of withdrawing the captain of this ship will be brought into play.

Obviously, three warships besieged him together, but under his operation, let him fight against one battleship forever.

And in the sound of artillery, to put it mildly, the Francophone artillery is better than Dongyong's artillery.

After all, it has not been a day or two since the Western firearms left Dongyong, and this kind of catching up is not something that can catch up in a day or two. Moreover, Dongyong, the main fleet, is not too rich in combat experience.

Especially against such battles as artillery bombardment.

After all, the East simply did not have the right to bombard them with their candidates.

It's been a while. The three Dongyong warships did not dare to approach. Every ship was scarred. Quite a few traces of shells were left.

However, no matter how ingenious the combat technology is, there is one thing that cannot be hidden, that is, the strength is inferior to others, and while he brought enough damage to the three ships of antifreeze, he also ate a lot of shells.

Don't dare to fight like this again.

I turned around and went south.

The three Dongyong warships did not dare to pursue, but they did not dare to stay in place, so they immediately chased after this ship and chased after them.

At the same time, there was also a fleet, which also came in this direction, that is, the Western Fleet in Aceh.

This fleet, with the Franco-man as the backbone and the Acehnese as sailors, was bought by the Aceh Sultan, and the agreement between the two sides was that when the Acehnese learned how to steer the ships, they would hand over the ships to the Acehnese side.

The Francophone fleet, facing the Dongyong fleet, did not come back overnight.

The people in the rear, of course, were worried, worried that something would not happen.

The Sultan of Aceh did not want this mixed fleet to take part in the battle, for no other reason, and the Sultan of Aceh did not have any fighting vessels other than ships, which were not entirely under his control.

As an island country, it has to rely on sea transportation.

Without sea transportation, Aceh's plan to unify Sumatra is unlikely to end.

But the Sultan of Aceh also understood that if the fleet of Franc was wiped out, his life would not be easy, so he had to let this fleet come out to find out the situation of the war.

"Reinforcements are coming." Tomei said.

The commander of the Francophone fleet looked at the ships that appeared in the distance, although it was still only an outline, and said with a sneer: "Lean towards the Dongyong fleet." All obey the orders of the flagship, and remain consistent. ”

He made up his mind.

"Report, there are unidentified ships in the south, and it looks like reinforcements from the Franc man." The adjutant beside him said to Huang Shilong.

"The enemy is coming at us." Another lookout said.

Huang Shilong raised the telescope and looked at it for a while, then suddenly put it down and said, "I promised Your Highness that if you don't win this battle, you will die." ”

Originally, one was chasing, the other was fleeing, and those who wanted to flee wanted to fight back, and the two sides collided very quickly.

This time, the Franco-Rang machine man regarded the Dongyong fleet as a mortal enemy.

The Francophone fleet brushed past the side of the Dongyong fleet like a long snake, and all the artillery smashed into the Dongyong fleet.

The formation of the entire fleet of Franc aircraft is very neat, as if it is not a fleet, and the movement seems to be one.

Huang Shilong was secretly a little frustrated when he saw this, and he had to admit that his subordinates couldn't do such an action at all. However, each army has its own style.

This kind of cannon bombardment may be suitable for Westerners, but for the Dongyong sailors who have just come from the old era, they prefer hand-to-hand combat.

There are many tactical actions with high standards and strict requirements, such as the array duel just now, they can't do it, and they don't want to do it.

Huang Shilong immediately commanded, and the battleship crashed into it in a daze.

He came to think that the battle would be drawn into the Dongyong fleet, which was the most suitable for a melee.

The Huang Shilongza ship broke into the fleet of Franc aircraft, and the artillery of both sides was greatly used in an instant.

The Franc fleet is also changing its formation, keeping the distance between the two sides and trying to use artillery to solve each other's problems, while the Dongyong fleet has always wanted to disrupt the formation of the Franc fleet.

But the battle between the two sides seemed to be in a hide-and-seek, and it ended in a short time. Because the Aceh fleet is coming.

As soon as the Aceh fleet came, it completely disrupted the front lines of both sides.

Although the command level of the Aceh fleet is all Francs, the people below are all Acehnese. These Acehnese were all new, and they were inferior to the Dongyong sailors. It was impossible to dodge the Dongyong fleet as easily as the Franc fleet, and the Aceh fleet was in chaos, and the Franc fleet had to be rescued, and this rescue fell into a melee.

However, the Franc machine man is not without a chance of winning. After all, with the Aceh fleet joining, it can offset the numerical advantage of the Dongyong fleet.