Chapter 446: Engagement Five

As Zhu Houhuang's ship, it is quite easy to retreat, and Xu Dong should not dare to put Zhu Houhuang in a dangerous situation, so when this battle is about to end, Zhu Houhuang's ship will not have any chance to face the enemy at all.

In fact, as far as Xu Dong is concerned, he actually likes it very much, Zhu Houhuang came to the battle in person, because it made him feel constrained.

It's just that Zhu Houhuang is unwilling to give up this.

Because when Zhu Houhuang decided to open up the South Seas, he had already decided to dedicate his life to the cause of navigation, so Zhu Houhuang would inevitably deal with the ocean all his life.

Therefore, Zhu Houhuang must exercise his ability to command water warfare, and maintain his influence on the water division, don't look at the current situation, in fact, the level of the Yongjun army is far beyond the water division. However, in terms of future development prospects, the sailors far surpassed the land divisions, and who called it the arrival of the Age of Discovery.

At this moment, there was a fierce battle in front, and the battle flag of the commander behind was quietly retreating to the back. Morale collapsed all at once. The combat effectiveness suddenly plummeted, as if it was enough to maintain a most basic formation, as for the confrontation with the opponent, it was going to be withdrawn anyway, who was so stupid?

Liberate half of the Franco's fleet to the south at once.

Antonio had already received Aberque's order, but he couldn't get out of the meeting for a while, and at this time, the Yongguo sailor let out a breath and broke away from contact with them. Immediately made Antonio feel that the opportunity had come.

He immediately ordered all the fleets to disengage from contact with their opponents and make a circle in the south to rush towards the entire retreating Zhu Houhuang ship.

The so-called capture the thief first captures the king, the Francophone may not know that there is such a sentence, but he will not know this truth.

This shows that the organizational ability has decreased.

The fleet of more than 100 ships, large and small, was actually beyond Xu Dong's command ability, so Xu Dong divided the fleet into groups. Divide into a team, or five or six large ships in a team, and a dozen small boats in a team.

But even so, Xu Dong's command ability is still a little difficult, especially since many ships are crowded together at one time, and they affect each other, which is even more troublesome.

So when Antonio went around in half a circle, the ten battleships were connected end to end, as if they were a sharp arrow, and an arrow stabbed towards the center of the entire Yongjun fleet, that is, Zhu Houhuang's ship.

Seeing this situation, Xu Dong's body tensed suddenly, and then relaxed again.

Zhu Houhuang couldn't help it a little, and said, "Second Brother Xu, what should I do?" ”

"Your Highness, you shouldn't have come here." Xu Dong couldn't help but say: "If Your Highness is not here, the ministers should use themselves as bait to lure the enemy army to attack and achieve the goal of chaotic warfare. ”

Xu Dong couldn't help but chatter.

Zhu Houhuang said: "Second Brother Xu can do it at this moment, Lone already has a son, if Lone dies, he will have his own An'er to inherit the great cause." How can you achieve great things without taking risks? If Lone dies here, it means that Lone has no destiny, and if Lone has a destiny, he will not die here. Second Brother Xu, you can do what you want. ”

Xu Dong opened his mouth, and the others also found that it would not work if they did not do so, if they did not resist the Francophone fleet coming from the south, then Zhu Houhuang had lost too many ships here this time, and the entire Dongyong fleet could be said to be Zhu Houhuang's accumulation of three years to have such a scale, once it was lost here, Zhu Houhuang did not have a year to save another such fleet.

Among them, the ship is still a small thing, anyway, now the Dongyong Shipyard has been built. A year's hard work to build a fleet, although it is a bit exaggerated, but as long as you are willing to spend money, you can still do it, but the only thing that can't be done is people, if most of the fleet is lost here, where will Zhu Houhuang find these sailors, and the officers of the sailors.

Yes, most of these sailors were pirates before, and a small number were fishermen. Most of the officers were pirates, and a few were military households. Compared to the Franc machine man, he is not a qualified sailor member at all. But apart from these people, who can Zhu Houhuang find?

After many years of banning the sea, all industries related to the sea have shrunk, Zhu Houhuang really can't find anyone, and the coastal sailors are actually not much better than Zhu Houhuang's sailors. And it's impossible for Zhu Houhuang to dig up the corner of a certain water master's ancient brain.

This year's reconstruction period is enough for the Francophone to destroy all of Zhu Houhuang's current achievements, after all, Zhu Houhuang's current achievements are based on Shanghai's trade.

So after Xu Dong figured this out, he couldn't care about anything else. Xu Dong said secretly: "Since His Highness has entrusted me with this task, I must achieve one of the two goals, either to save a lot of strength and retreat, or to fight with the Francophone." We won't make it, and neither will they. ”

Xu Dong did not tell Zhu Houhuang his plan, but said, "Please go into the cabin and rest." ”

Zhu Houhuang also knew that if Xu Dong's plan was followed, there would be a big battle here in a while. It's very dangerous on the deck, and it can't be said that a stray bullet can kill Zhu Houhuang, and he still has a lot of things to do. Can't die here.

Zhu Houhuang bowed deeply to Xu Dong and said, "Please leave the matter outside to Second Brother Xu." ”

Xu Dong bowed and saluted back: "The minister will definitely break his bones to repay His Highness's kindness." ”

When Zhu Houhuang entered the special cabin, the other ships were not separated by wood, this cabin was separated by iron, and this iron wall was specially used to block the shells, but all the shells that could hit here had already penetrated several layers of wooden planks outside, although this layer of iron plates was not thick, but it was enough to defend.

Although Zhu Houhuang hid, it did not mean that his ears and eyes were sensitive, and Wu Fengyi and Li Liangqin told Zhu Houhuang about the situation outside.

"Your Highness, the fleet of the Franc Aircraft in the south is here, just outside." Li Liangqin said.

Before he could finish speaking, he heard the sound of cannon roaring, and the sound of shells falling on the ground, and the sound of the shells falling in the sea, and the sound of falling on the side of the ship, and the sound of falling on the deck, and the sound of smashing on people.

Zhu Houhuang seemed to listen to the sound of percussion one after another, which made Zhu Houhuang's ears overwhelmed. Maybe it's the small space in the cabin, these sounds are not easy to disperse inside, and there is always a buzzing echo, so Zhu Houhuang also stopped listening to people report the situation above, because if he listened to it for a long time, it would cause the iron plates around Zhu Houhuang to resonate because of the cannonballs smashing on the ship. made Zhu Houhuang very uncomfortable.

However, Zhu Houhuang was uncomfortable, and Xu Dong was even more uncomfortable.

Xu Dong couldn't hear anything else in his ears except for the sound of explosions. Zhu Houhuang's ship, every one of them is selected, every artillery group has undergone rigorous training, it can be said that the ship with the most powerful combat effectiveness in the entire Dongyong is not other ships, that is, Zhu Houhuang's ship.

At this moment, it is time to verify the strength of Zhu Houhuang's ship.

Under the command of Xu Dong, Zhu Houhuang's ship and the Francophone ship that rushed over were actually on par with each other. No matter how big or low.

Zhu Houhuang's ship has undergone special modifications, although there is no double deck, but Zhu Houhuang's ship has to hit several more guns on the side than other ships, and although these gun crews are not called ace gun crews, they generally shoot outward at a speed a little faster than ordinary people. In the duel between twelve cannons and twenty cannons, both sides were about the same.

The clattering iron balls kept pounding on each other's sides. It's just that Zhu Houhuang's ship is not broken down frequently, and more is catapulted.

It's not because this ship is made of particularly good hardwood, these lucky ships are ordered in batches, so the wood is pretty much the same. The reason why it is so strong is because Zhu Houhuang was greedy for life and afraid of death, and hit a layer of iron plates inside the side of the ship.

Therefore, Zhu Houhuang's ship is not fast, but the wheel is strong, and no one is afraid.

The two sides fought one-on-one into a stalemate, Xu Dong was kicked in the head to go head-to-head with one-on-one, just when the two sides were fighting fiercely, the Yongjun ships on the periphery seemed to be a big scissors, cutting off the Franco fleet.