On the Daguang boat with the Chen Zi flag on a black background, Chen Shanghai's eyes were split.

He didn't expect that the Ming army in front of him was completely reborn compared to a few months ago. Not only are the ships strong and the guns sharp, but they also show a high level of tactical literacy - ten ships advance and retreat together, forming a whole, like a long snake saying that it sounds like a swarm of bees, but in fact it is a group of scattered pirates back and forth.

While always keeping their distance from their big ships, more than twenty smaller ships have already been sunk!

"We can't go on like this, they're going to eat away at our clippers." Chen Shanghai immediately decided: "Give the order, let the clipper withdraw from the battlefield!" ”

Soon, the whining horn sounded, and the Chen Haikou speedboats, who heard the order, stopped the pursuit and withdrew from the battlefield as if they had been amnestied.

Seeing this, Fang Datong on the other side also understood and ordered his own clipper to withdraw.

As the large and small clippers withdrew from the battlefield, the previously crowded sea suddenly opened up. Only 10 warships of the Ming army remained, and 14 ships of 2,000 pirates were facing each other from afar.

"Up!" It's finally out of the way. With Chen Shanghai's order, the horn of the attack sounded again, and fourteen Haikou ships formed a team, hung up full sails, and launched a charge towards the Ming army.

"Hahaha, they thought we were only going to float and fight? That's a big mistake! Yu Tongyuan saw through Haikou's mind at a glance, drew his sword, pointed at the oncoming Haikou and roared: "Meet the enemy, catch and kill!" ”

Previous battles have proven that long-range shelling is useless against large ships. If you want to destroy them, you have to stick them to your face and output them like you did with those ten big ships before!

Through the flag, the herald passed on the orders of the main general one ship after another, and each ship immediately followed the flagship and adjusted to the bow to meet the enemy.

Seeing the posture of the Ming army, it is obvious that it is about to be head-on. The pirates poured blood into their pupils one by one, and the fourteen warships lined up in a crescent formation, with the two wings in front and the middle trailing behind, without hesitation, head-on.

The two fleets rushing in both directions quickly approached, 100 zhang, 50 zhang, 20 zhang, and 10 zhang...... Until the 'snake head' of the Ming army was fiercely inserted into the center of Haikou's formation!

When the flagships of the two sides were only five feet apart, they still did not dodge, and almost staggered the bow of the ship.

At this time, the sailors on both ships could see each other's nose hairs clearly, and the artillery of the Ming army finally began to roar!

At such a close distance, whether it is a solid bullet or a shotgun, the damage dealt is multiplied. The big and wide ship flying the flag with the black background Chen Zi was riddled with holes and broken wood in an instant, and the pirates on the deck were crawling on the ground, and they could not be spared.

Chen Shanghai was also pierced in the left eyeball by a sharp piece of wood, and his face was covered with blood, looking hideous and terrifying. He didn't care about himself, covered his eyes with one hand, and roared violently with the other: "Release!" ”

His ship was equipped with six return guns, two of which were destroyed by artillery fire, but the other four were intact. The gunners, like their leading brothers, were as fearless as death, braving the fire of the Ming army, and slammed the trigger with the hammer.

The return cannon, which had long been ready to fire, made a terrifying sound of breaking through the air, and threw the bullet bag at the end of the lever into the air!

But this time, the bomb bag of the return cannon was not filled with shells, but with large anchor claws attached to ropes!

The four anchor claws roared over the roof of the Ming flagship, and two of them landed accurately on the ship, smashing into the relatively weak roof of the ship......

~~

In the cabin on the top floor of the flagship, the sixth child was eating yusheng with Wang Dayuan and Luo Guanzhong, speculating about the battle situation outside.

The sixth man was full of confidence, and he was bragging to the two old gentlemen about his new tactics, how invincible he was.

"I tell you, this king has redefined naval warfare. From today onwards, no matter how many ships you have, no matter how big your ship is, if you don't have enough artillery, it's all in vain! Zhu Zhen gestured, spitting blindly and said:

"In the future, the naval battle will be more than whose ship artillery is farther and whose artillery is farther!"

"True or false?" Lieutenant General Luo Guan was suspicious: "When Cao Cao was in the Battle of Chibi, he also felt that he had redefined naval warfare. ”

"He's in the Yangtze River, okay?" Zhu Zhen glanced at him and said, "And what kind of naval warfare does that Cao thief know?" This king is sitting here, and those pirates can't touch me in the slightest......"

Before he could finish speaking, he heard a loud bang overhead, and a large iron claw smashed through the roof of the cabin, and the pieces of wood fell to the table.

Deng Duo behind him dragged the sixth child off the table without saying a word, then kicked him into the corner, and then flew up and pressed His Highness under him. The whole set of movements is smooth, and at first glance, it looks like it has been practiced countless times, and now it is finally used.

The sixth child ate a stomach full of yusheng and almost vomited. At this time, I don't care about scolding my mother. He pulled Deng Duo's arm away, looked up through the gap, and saw that the big iron hook was stuck on the roof of the cabin and did not fall.

"Your Highness is dangerous, don't show your head!" Deng Duo pressed his head under him again.

"Uh......h Woo......"

~~

Outside the cabin, when he saw the big iron anchor landing in the cabin where His Highness was, Yu Tongyuan almost became incontinent. It wasn't until the people below reported that His Highness was safe and sound, and the urine in his bladder turned into cold sweat and flowed out.

Haikou's move was too unexpected, and he had never seen it. But this was not invented by Chen Shanghai.

Launching an anchor hook with a return cannon to grab the opponent's ship, and then pulling it in front of you to jump on board the ship and loot it is a housekeeping move of the Arab pirates. Chen Shanghai lived to learn all the time, and actually used this trick in this battle.

The unexpected effect really stood out from the crowd, and the enemy ship was caught in one fell swoop. But the problem is that Yu Tongyuan's flagship has 4,000 materials, which is a whole circle larger than his flagship. Even if it is a broadside battle, it is his side that suffers. What's more, the pirates on his ship had already suffered heavy losses in the shelling just now.

"Crazy, what a madman!" Yu Tongyuan quickly understood Chen Shanghai's thoughts. The other party is willing to risk his life, and he must also entangle himself.

~~

"As long as this ship is entangled, the Ming army behind will lose its command, and their formation will be broken!" Chen Shanghai suddenly pulled out the broken piece of wood stuck in his eyes, and the pain made him almost faint.

His subordinates hurriedly bandaged him with simple medicine, but Chen Shanghai insisted on not fainting: "I hope they don't waste our sacrifice!" ”

He was referring to the rest of his boats, as well as the seven boats in the square.

On the flagship of the Fang Department, Fang Datong was also shocked, and said in a loud voice: "Chen Shanghai is really a man!" We can't let him look down on him either. ”

As he spoke, he raised his voice and said, "Hang the red flag and let the brothers fight to the end!" ”

~~

The flagship at the front was entangled with the pirate ship and could not move. The Ming warships in the rear were faced with two choices, either to urgently turn out of the battlefield or to stop and maintain formation.

The Ming army was already at a downwind and was very slow, so it was easy to stop.

Of course, it is not difficult to steer, as long as you turn the Chinese sail that is windy on all sides, you can get more wind power and steer with the rudder.

But the nine Ming warships unanimously chose, stopped and maintained their formation, waiting for the warships of the Haikou to outflank them.

The final showdown has arrived.

(End of chapter)