The flotilla marched sideways, like a moving mountain.

All the big ships are precisely at the same speed, neatly lined up. This is the strength of the Li family's oarsmen, countless people are like one person, trained by the drums to be like machines. It is said that they can paddle even in the face of raging fires. As long as there is no order to abandon ship, they will row until the ship sinks.

Captain Whiteblade and his soldiers in charge of fighting were on standby on the lower deck. They are not needed when the guns bombard each other, and the only task at this time is to take care of themselves. Listening closely, you can hear them sharpening their swords and whispering motivating topics. Since leaving the port of Hangzhou, they have been idle, and their energy has long exploded.

The wind is in the right direction at the moment, so Nan Xiao ordered only half the sail to be lowered. He had already surveyed the currents of the sea, preparing to control the speed and lure the enemy into a turbulent current in the center of the battlefield. The current there is strong and fast, and it is difficult to keep a neat queue. Taking advantage of the confusion of the enemy army, he commanded the fleet to encircle from both sides. The enemy army had nowhere to flee but to be squeezed in the center and eventually annihilated.

The enemy rushed over, and a large galleys that he did not know rushed to the front, leading the first column. It was followed by two large ships of about the same size, each with about two hundred oars. Other 100-oared ships followed farther behind, and there were all kinds of flags. A woman, a swordfish, a wine glass, an octopus, a horn, a trident, and so on.

Each ship is hung with the family crest flag of the island, which means that they obey the orders of the sailors of the island. But this one is not absolute. In the event of an unfavorable war, these ships may lower the island flag at any time and run away.

Behind was the second column of enemy troops. The first of the big ships with 100 oars seems to be the descendants of the island, and the ship type and flag are very uniform. Further back were small and medium-sized sailboats, which were slower and some had no oars. Against the headwind, they faltered. The last to be pressed was Kurishima's own ship, a 400-oared ship towering like a castle. Its hull was nailed to its iron armor and it was swarthy, like a mob with exaggerated muscles.

The enemy sounded their horns and tried to pass in front of Nan Xiao's horizontal line. It can be seen that the other party can see that the Nanxiao fleet is seizing the T-shaped cross-head firing position, and is trying to detour to the east and attack the flank of the horizontal team. However, the wind is not pretty. Against strong winds, many ships turned into a mess.

Fighter!

Passing through the surging waves that were higher than the ship's tower, Nan Xiao saw an opportunity for victory.

"Order the left flank fleet to move forward and bite the enemy tail ship. The right flank fleet paddled in the opposite direction, attracting enemy forces forward. ”

The entire army faithfully carried out his orders, completing a remarkably precise spin. The left wing is diagonally forward, and the right wing is diagonally backward. At the same time, the movements of the sailors on the island were sluggish and chaotic. One ship even broke away from the queue without authorization, trying to counterattack the vanguard of Nanxiao's left flank that was chasing from behind.

"Sink it!"

After the flag was raised, the left flank fleet opened fire. The pirate ship thought it was fast enough to pass diagonally in front of the left flank fleet, and the side guns of ordinary warships had a small turning angle, so they couldn't help him. It is a pity that its captain greatly underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Yugoslav Fleet. What is the artillery below deck, the bed crossbow on the deck is the main force.

A bolt of crossbow shot from the vanguard ship on the left flank, heading straight for the pirate ship that had left the queue. After nailing the deck accurately, the porcelain jar tied to it shattered, and the pitch-black oil spilled out and flowed in all directions. The flames rose, and the sailors on the pirate ship were in disarray. A pirate covered in fire flipped over the side of the ship, broke an oar, and sank to the bottom.

His death kicked off the massacre, and Nan Xiao thought, wondering whose head would end the massacre.

The enemy's vanguard fleet pursued Nan Xiao's right flank and raised the island's family emblem high. The enemy's artillery was noticeably more numerous and opened intensively. Before the war, the intelligence said that the navy had purchased a lot of naval guns from the Dutch, and it was true.

However, in response to this, Nan Xiao had made sufficient preparations in advance. The important parts of the hull were covered with raw cowhide, and the most important parts were covered with iron armor, and the earth, sand and water for fire prevention were sufficiently prepared. The naval strikers on the island desperately broke through and fired countless cannons, but the effect was not so good.

The sound of artillery rang out one after another, but there were very few hits. The fist-sized ball of iron does little damage to the hardwood hull nailed with raw cowhide, and most of the time it only creates a few pits before falling into the water. Only on the very occasional occasion did it hit the deck with a single shot, causing relatively large casualties.

Nanxiao's right-wing fleet counterattacked with ballistae arranged in the bow. Every bolt fired was accompanied by a clay pot filled with Greek fire. Some of the pots were cracked, some were not cracked, some were cracked but fell into the water. In any case, at least half of the Greek fire clay pots fulfilled their mission and ignited.

The enemy's lead ship suffered the most crossbow arrows, and the fire was the most intense. The sailors on the ship were at a loss as soon as they began to extinguish the fire with buckets, but when they splashed it, it burned even more. Gradually, a fire began to rise on the opposite deck. The sailors were burned to the point that they had no way out, screamed and jumped into the water. However, the sea is also burning, and they have nowhere to run.

"The right flank spreads out and completes the encirclement!"

With Nan Xiao's order, the right flank fleet began to spread the array, and the battle entered the middle game.

The right flank fleet, which had completed the horizontal formation, was like an extremely elastic net and launched a counterattack. The bed crossbow was not as loud as the cannon, but when tied to a clay pot full of Greek fire, it was not trivial.

Salvo! The 1st Detachment's 4 medium-sized galleys and 1 large galleys concentrated on attacking the vanguard of the 1st Column of the Inrishima Army, which was at the forefront. For a moment, the Greek fire pot swooped down like a swarm of bees. Some exploded on deck, some nailed to the side side, some crashed into the sea. The fire was blazing, and the flames were like serpents, neighing and enveloping the whole ship. Tongues of fire were churning and burning, and the deck was filled with ghosts and wolves.

A cry of terror rang out: "This fire ...... It can't be extinguished! ”

It is common for water warfare to be attacked with fire, but the fire that cannot be extinguished is completely different. A bucket of water was poured on it, and the fire only got bigger. Slapped with dirt sandbags, but instead sparks were everywhere. This thing burns wherever it splashes, and there is no control at all.

In the blink of an eye, the flames engulfed several ships of the first column of the Inlai Island Army at an unimaginable speed. The burnt people jumped into the water, but the sea was also on fire.

Burning and burning, probably detonating the gunpowder, the vanguard ship of the first column of the island army suddenly exploded. The large galleys that rushed to the top were instantly thrown several feet high, broken in two in the air, and then disappeared into the sea.