Yu Zhong led the army all the way south.

Although it was not very smooth, their ships were equipped with rigid sails with struts on the awnings. Although the sail is heavier and more laborious to lift, it has a very high wind efficiency and increases the speed of the boat. And the mast is not set up with a fixed crosswder, which adapts to the sudden change of wind and clouds at sea, and the adjustment and turning of the foot are flexible, and can effectively use the multi-faceted wind.

So, with an average speed of more than ten knots (1 knot = 1.852 km/h), they are going south very fast!

After sailing like this for a while, after more than ten days, they arrived in Quanzhou!

However, although he had learned his lesson, there was no need for Yu Zhong to send any more personnel to report to the Fujian Naval Division in Quanzhou Port first. Right in front of their eyes, in the sound of "rumbling" artillery, Quanzhou Port is now in a sea of fire.

"My lord, Quanzhou Port has been attacked! The smoke was so great that the enemy army had about dozens of warships. Eight cross-masts have been seen, and three three-masted schooners have been seen! In addition, there are about more than ten standard warships of the former Fujian Navy Division, and among the rest of the ships, there are dhows and longitudinal sail clippers, the number of which is unknown! The number of artillery pieces is unknown! The total number of enemy troops is unknown! Some of them are foreigners, and they seem to be fighting their own battles! …… There are also artillery guns in Quanzhou Port, and the Fujian Navy Division is fighting back! ”

The lookout of the sea cudivostok sailor master was equipped with a clairvoyant mirror and quickly reported what he saw.

"My lord, a two-masted two-masted ship is about eight zhang long and can carry about 100 sailors and 10 cannons, and a three-masted schooner is about ten zhang long and can carry more than 20 cannons, a large number of rotating cannons and more than 200 sailors! Dhows and galleons can reach speeds of about eleven knots in shallow waters! Most of these ships are pirate equipment! After listening to the report passed down by Wangshou, Drake immediately explained to Zhong.

"How do you think we're going to fight?" Since it is an enemy, of course you have to fight! However, since you have a pirate leader by your side, there's no reason not to refer to it!

"My lord, just rush over! The pirates have always bullied the weak and feared the hard, and we are fast enough, far more firepower than them, and there are many people, as long as we rush over, they will run away immediately! Drake's answer didn't look like he had been educated in Brom's naval tactics at all, and he still looked like a pirate.

"I hope it's as you say!" Pulling this big foreigner aside, Yu Zhong immediately ordered: "Attack!" ”

Eleven warships lined up in battle formation and rushed towards Quanzhou Port! A coastal defense and a sea wolf quietly retreated to the back!

……

Things were a bit unexpected for Drake!

Yes, there were pirate ships that ran away as he said, but more of them rushed towards the eleven warships of the Vladivostok Division.

However, the ships that rushed over were small boats, and they were very scattered!

There doesn't seem to be any formation!

However, this also made it impossible for the Vladivostok division to cover the massive destruction of the enemy with dense artillery.

And the opponent's small boat was actually equipped with artillery, and in the face of the "huge" battleship of the Vladivostok Naval Division, they began to call them by name from afar.

"Bang blah", there are constantly cannonballs hitting the sea, like dumplings, stirring up bursts of water. There are still many that shoot far, and they smash on the board of the boat with a "bang" sound! However, most of these were small buckshot shots, no more than fifty or sixty millimeters (five or six centimeters) in diameter, and they did very little damage to Vladivostok warships (after 1815, the British Navy's 24-pounder guns fired solid shells at a distance of 100 meters could only penetrate 5 inches of oak wood). 5 inches = 12.7 centimeters. ）

"My lord, the enemy seems to be using Eagle Cannons, which are difficult to break through our thick planks. But looking at it like this, it seems that the enemy ships are intent on interspersing into our formation for melee combat! "Drake is doing his job again.

"Know! Let's go our separate ways! Yu Zhong ordered.

"Fighting on their own? My lord, we're the Navy! Drake shouted.

"I know! But their biggest ship is smaller than my smallest, and I can't let the tigers line up to fight the rabbits, can I? After Yu Zhong finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and waved forward, pointing to a three-masted ship that drove in front of him and shouted to the helmsman: "Rush over and sink the big one first!" ”

"Well, whatever you want! However, it is important to remind everyone to be careful when approaching, the enemy army's shotguns, if not careful, will cause huge casualties! Drake said.

"Yes!"

……

"Triton" sped up and rushed out! Two sea wolves are on its heels! …… Although it is said that they are fighting on their own, small-scale cooperation is indispensable.

The enemy obviously did not expect the Vladivostok fleet to suddenly change its formation, and all of a sudden, the small boats that had just been inserted between several warships and had not had time to fire their guns were knocked on their backs by these large battleships!

Then, relying on the large hull and solid hull, the Vladivostok warship still did not choose to fire guns, but used the advantages of the hull: crash, sweep, squeeze! Invite many small boats that are fast and want to penetrate between them for melee combat!

There were also many pirates whose hooks were entangled in the ship, but when they climbed up the rope, they saw muskets that had been concealed! On every Vladivostok ship, there were between a hundred and hundreds of musketeers!

"Boom!"

Ignoring the battle situation in other aspects, the two main guns in the bow of the "Triton" were powerful!

Blasting Bombs!

Right on the foredeck of the three-masted schooner in question! The enemy's large ships have begun to assemble, which is the consequence of its insistence on staying in the middle of the three three-masted ships!

Yu Zhong thought that the other party would rush over in order to enter the range of the artillery, but what he didn't expect was that the enemy who had just assembled, two three-masted galleons suddenly retreated, and at the same time, five longitudinal and long-sail brigs also began to retreat! Only the three-masted ship that had been hit by artillery and the other seven longitudinal and long-sail brigs that were slowly sorting out the formation, as well as more than a dozen warships of the former Fujian Navy Division, were left.

"What's going on?" Yu Zhong also just wanted to gather the whole army, but he didn't expect to encounter such a situation, and he couldn't help but wonder a little!

"What else could it be? Escaped, of course! …… As I said a long time ago, pirates would not dare to fight against the regular army! Drake pouted.

"Why?"

"For robbery!" Drake shrugged, "Pirates are building most of their ships very quickly. Moreover, if you want to rob, you naturally have to attack the ships of the fat sheep. In this way, they had to sacrifice the thickness of the ship's planks and long-range firepower. Therefore, when you encounter a regular navy, most of the time you will only be deflated. ”

"Wouldn't it? I remember your board was quite thick! Yu Zhong said.

"Your Excellency!" Drake straightened his chest and said, "Drake is not only a great pirate, he was also the deputy commander of our Kingdom of Great Britain Navy to defeat the Spanish 'Invincible Armada'. How could I, who followed his example, learn from those ordinary pirates? ”

"My lord, the enemy is fleeing!" The helmsman suddenly screamed.

"Order, let those shrimps go for the time being, gather the whole army, and chase Lao Tzu!" The situation changed, and Yu Zhong stopped talking nonsense with Drake, and immediately ordered.

……

"Speed up Lao Tzu! …… Damn, these untrustworthy foreign devils! Didn't you say you could get through? Why did people run away as soon as they fired the guns? He also said that our artillery is powerful! What the hell are these hawk cannons for? You can't even break someone's deck! On the three-masted ship that was hit by the first shot, Liu Hengji hid in the main cabin and shouted. He was the "Henghai General" of Liu Kezhi, and received Liu Qizhi's order to go to Luzon to buy a "large number" of artillery. However, after he pulled these cannons back, he was immediately attacked by Qin Baoqi and his gang, saying that although the number of these cannons was large, it was not practical at all. Liu Qizhi was also very annoyed by this, if it weren't for the love of the same clan, I am afraid that he would have cut off his head on the spot. As a result, he was also very angry. Although he was greedy for "a little", how could it be so easy to buy guns? The foreigners in Luzon don't sell cannons at all, and if he hadn't paid a high price later, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to buy these cannons! What's more, he also hired a lot of Western pirates with men and ships and cannons, these people have been at sea for a long time, how can the means of naval warfare be weak? Therefore, in order to show that he was not wrong, he took these "sailors" to attack Quanzhou again in a fit of anger! vowed to prove it to Liu Qizhi and Qin Baoqi to see his ability! However, his attack this time was not as easy as the legendary Cai Yin's "burning the company camp", Quanzhou Port was well guarded, and they were counterattacked as soon as they attacked, and the two armies could not hold each other. What's more, what's even more unexpected is that just when he was about to give the order to attack, he suddenly ran out of nowhere with such a perverted "turtle water master", and he couldn't beat it! Moreover, those Western pirates ran away before they could engage in battle!

"General, gentleman's revenge, ten years is not too late! Let's settle accounts with them later! A close confidant next to him said.

"Settle the accounts, we lost millions of taels this time! How can I see King Yongyi when I go back......" Liu Hengji said angrily.

"General, it's coming up from behind!" A cry of terror came in.

"How is that possible? How could they catch up with us when their ship was so big? Liu Hengji was shocked and hurriedly ran out, but saw that the big ship that had just fired him was following behind his warship unhurriedly! A few shots were fired from time to time, and in just a short time, one of his cross-sail brigs had been sunk, and two were damaged and caught fire!

"Fire, fire! Shoot Lao Tzu! Hit them! Seeing such a situation, Liu Hengji hurriedly ordered.

"General, other people's cannons have a longer range than ours! It's just embellished in the back, unhurried and unhurried! If you can hit us, we won't be able to hit anyone at all! ”

"I don't care, fire! Shoot Lao Tzu! ......," Liu Hengji shouted.

“……”

"Boom!" The subordinates had no choice but to set up their cannons and bombarded the "Triton". Unfortunately, although their naval guns had a longer range than the Eagle guns, they still could not compare to the guns of the Vladivostok Division, so the shells fired could only fall into the sea to draw water!

“…… Damn it! Liu Hengji slammed his fist on the bulkhead beside him, but before he could continue to scold, an exclamation came again:

"There is a ship in front of ......"

"Boom!"