On the 11th day of May in the eighth year of Yuanzhuo, the sky was very overcast, and the thick fog shrouded the sea area of Tammeilan, and the huge Qing main fleet cluster was quietly moored on the sea, and it was the time for the Qing army to get up, and the horns on dozens of warships were blown almost at the same time, and the loud horn reverberated on the sea, and the originally silent anchorage suddenly boiled, and the naval officers and men on each ship dressed and folded their quilts nervously and orderly with the sound of the horn, and then rushed to the deck to carry out the daily compulsory flag-raising ceremony and morning exercise training, the sound of the neat trumpet sounded on the ships.

Yongjun Wang Yunyu got up early in the morning, in fact, he has never slept a solid sleep these days, every day is three watches, five watches, for the upcoming battle, Yunyu is actually a little bottomless in his heart - although there are frequent reports of good news everywhere, Johor Bahru, Malacca, Batavia and other important towns have fallen into the hands of the Qing Dynasty one by one, but as long as the English fleet has not been wiped out, all this is just a temporary victory.

Yun Yu has never fought with the English fleet, but after studying the Battle of Heidao and talking with those prisoners of war who were bought by the Qing army, Yun Yu decided that the combat strength of the English fleet is extremely strong, and it is not a simple matter to annihilate the English fleet at sea.

The English fleet is now like a wild bull with shackles, although the shackles are tight, but this brute bull has a lot of strength, and the ability to break the shackles is still there, the key is that this cow plans to toss Yun Yu but is not very sure, looking at the huge combat model in front of him, Yun Yu's brows furrowed into a hill.

"Lord Wang. I woke up so early. Just as Yun Yu was immersed in deep thought, Admiral Liu Yao, commander of the First Fleet, led several combat staff officers to rush in, and greeted Yun Yu with a smile.

"Oh, the little demon is here. Yun Yu raised his head and looked at Liu Yao, nodded, pointed to the combat model and said, "Little demon, in your opinion, what will the British do next?" ”

Liu Yao shrugged his shoulders and said, "Lord Wang, you have asked this question countless times. Hehe, Batavia and Malacca fell into the hands of our army, the British must have known, and now the British have no way to retreat, according to the news from the Shadow Four, the British have limited food stocks, and they can't last long, and they have only two ways to survive: one is to take Malacca and escape back to the poison. The second is to rush into the Java Sea and take Batavia or Kalimantan, and there is no other way. ”

"Hmm. Yun Yu replied expressionlessly, and thought for a moment: "Is it possible for the British to guess the actions of our fleet in Kotarin." Will you send troops to fight Ding and draw a gourd with our army? ”

Liu Yao shook his head and said: "There is this possibility, but it is not very likely, the British attacked Johor Bahru a few days ago." According to the news from the shadows, the British army had only more than 1,000 people left, and they were not up to the task of taking Johor Bahru or Kotarin, so it can be determined that the only way out for the British was to break through the blockade of our army and rush into the Java Sea. ”

"Lord Wang, Lord Liu, Shadow 4 sent back carrier pigeons: the English fleet has all been dispatched!" He Zhen, the head of the shadows, rushed into the war room, shaking a secret letter in his hand. said excitedly.

"Good time!" Yun Yu got up and said loudly: "Order: The whole fleet immediately set anchor and set sail, and send troops to the waters of Badas Island, Lord He, immediately issue a combat order to Liu Ninghai and Xiao Sanlang, let Liu Ninghai lead the British by the nose and retreat to the waters of Badas Island, and order Xiao Sanlang's troops to immediately advance to the Badas Sea, and be sure to block the passage of the British into the Java Sea." The Johor Bahru garrison was ordered to be commanded by Liu Chenghong. Shadow Four. An attack on Shan Ma Xi was launched at night today, and the last retreat of the British must be cut off. With Yun Yu's order given. The main fleet of the Qing Dynasty immediately became busy, and one by one the warships set sail, lined up in two formations on the sea, and headed towards the waters of Badas, while at the same time, several carrier pigeons flew up from the flagship "Wasion", circled several times over the fleet, and flew into the distance......

At three o'clock in the morning, the sea area of Bintan Island was the time when the sun was rising, and the sun had just jumped out of the sea and shot thousands of golden arrows into the sea, dyeing the sea water into a golden yellow. Ten days, I have been in this sea area for ten days, and I have seized and sunk a number of English merchant ships that tried to break through the Qing army blockade, but I have never seen the English fleet attack and retaliate, Liu Ninghai can't help but feel a little restless in his heart - this is very close to Shan Ma Xi, in terms of the speed of the fleet, there is only a short hour of sailing, and there is a full three hours of voyage from the main ambush of the Qing fleet, Liu Ninghai has no bottom in his heart, Once entangled by the English fleet, with the current strength of this decoy fleet, it is no match for the English fleet at all.

"Thirty degrees, the English fleet is spotted ahead!" On the tall mast of the "Weilong", the lookout post sounded a battle alarm.

Here it comes! It's finally here! Liu Ninghai's palms suddenly burst into sweat, his face twitched, he took out the monocular from his arms, and looked at the sea in the distance, but saw a tall mast rising from the sea level, and the Dimi flag hanging on it looked particularly eye-catching in the morning sun, and then rows of tall masts rose from the sea level like a forest, and the huge lineup of the England fleet finally appeared on the ocean.

"Herald: Anchor, Assemble, Prepare for Battle! The supply ship retreats to the waters of Tammillan! Liu Ninghai put down the binoculars and issued a combat order, just as the signal soldiers on the "Weilong" were about to issue the combat order to the ships, a carrier pigeon flew over the "Weilong" and circled and landed in a pigeon cage on the top of the "Weilong" ship's warehouse.

"Bardas Island?" Liu Ninghai looked at the secret order of the place where the flying pigeon was sent to the secret letter book, and thought about the location of Badas Island again. He muttered a sentence in his mouth, and then waved his hand and said: "Order, all ships must not fall in love with war, obey the command of their own ships, seize the downwind line, and prepare for battle!" As soon as the battle order was issued, the Qing fleet immediately took action, and the two supply transport ships set sail and set sail towards the waters of Tamilan. The remaining dozen or so battleships formed a column, and in the formation of two medium-sized battleships separated by a large battleship, they met the British fleet that was rapidly attacking.

A series of actions of the Qing army were naturally not concealed from the observation of Admiral Nadal, who was standing on the flagship of England "New Wales", seeing that the Qing army was moving downwind at high speed, Admiral Nadal laughed, but did not immediately issue a combat order, but the chief of staff next to him, Major General Brown, was a little breathless, and shouted excitedly: "Your Excellency, you can give the order to fight." ”

"Uh-huh. Admiral Nadal shrugged his shoulders and said, "Don't worry. The Qing army's fleet is just a decoy fleet, hehe, put on a hit-and-run posture, it's really interesting, looking at the escape direction of the two supply ships is the sea area of Danmeilan. This proves that the main force of the Qing army is in Tammeilan. Command: The whole fleet turns 60 degrees, towards the Kota Terin Sea, sail with full sails! As the signalmen on the "New Wales" waved the flag, Admiral Nadal's order was handed down. The English fleet, which was originally moving towards the Qing army at high speed, suddenly turned around, ignoring the Qing fleet that was rushing over, and galloped towards the Kota Ding Sea.

"Commander, the enemy fleet is turned sixty degrees in the direction of the Kota Ting Sea. The lookout post on the mast of the "Veyron" was the first to detect the movement of the English fleet and hurriedly raised the alarm.

"What?" When Liu Ninghai heard this, he suddenly became anxious, and he couldn't care about it, so he climbed the tall mast three times and two times. Seeing that the English fleet was moving towards Cotardine at high speed in the distance, his heart suddenly sank - Cota Ding was currently the logistics center of the Qing landing force, and since there was no port there, it was impossible for more than 30 fully loaded large supply ships to send all the supplies ashore in a short time, and the second squadron that provided protection only had two large warships, two medium warships and four small warships, and it was needless to say that in the event of an attack by the British fleet, there was no need to say that there would be heavy casualties.

At that time, the fleet of England had a total of forty-two warships. Eight of them were battleships of the first rank. twenty-one second-class battleships, the rest are third-class battleships, cruisers, and supply ships; The Qing army had only four large warships, eight medium warships, and three small warships. There is a huge difference in the strength of the two sides, even if the artillery of the Qing army has an advantage over the British army, it cannot make up for such a huge gap in numbers, which Liu Ninghai knows in his heart, but he has no choice but to hope that the fleet under his command can advance to the main fleet to help, although the hope is very slim, but Liu Ninghai can only bite the bullet.

"Damn it!" Liu Ninghai looked at the direction of the English fleet, and immediately understood that the English fleet must have guessed the landing location of the Qing army, so he couldn't help but get anxious, and ordered in a loud voice: "Order: The whole fleet immediately sails with full sails, catch up, be sure to intercept the English fleet, and buy time for the transfer of the Cotardine fleet!" Immediately, the flying pigeon sent a message to the marshal and the brother to divide the fleet, asking the marshal to send reinforcements! ”

The distance from the waters of Bintan Island to the waters of Kota Tattain was not too far, that is, the voyage of two or three hours, at this time, both the Qing and British armies were sailing with full sails, and the speed of both sides was very fast, and they rushed towards Kota Ting one after the other. After more than an hour of chasing at sea, the Qing fleet, which consisted entirely of warships, was obviously faster than the English fleet, which still had some supply carriers, and the gap between the two sides was constantly narrowing.

"Commander, the Qing fleet was found ahead, a total of eight ships, two large, two medium and four small. A lookout post on the mast of the New Wales sounded a warning signal.

Admiral Nadal suddenly laughed, looked at Rear Admiral Brown standing beside him and said: "It seems that Rear Admiral Connally's intuition is right, there is indeed a connection between the Qing fleet, well, if I guess correctly, it should be the use of carrier pigeons, so it seems that the main fleet of the Qing army should also get the news, which is very good." Command: The whole fleet lowers its sails, seizes the downwind line, and prepares for battle! ”

"What's going on?" Liu Ninghai stood on the mast of the "Weilong" and suddenly saw the England fleet in front of him drop half a sail, and the whole fleet suddenly began to turn and adjust, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

Seeing that the battleships of the Second Fleet not only did not cover the retreat of the logistics supply ships, but instead attacked the British fleet, Liu Ninghai's heart suddenly sank, for fear that the British fleet would launch an attack first, once it broke through the second fleet's blockade, then the transport and supply ships still in the direction of Kota Ding would face a massacre, Liu Ninghai was so anxious that his eyes were red, and he ordered loudly: "The whole army obeyed the order, turned forty degrees, full sails, and went around at full speed to join the second fleet!" ”

This was a risky decision, if the first squadron wanted to join the second fleet, it was bound to rush through the outer edge of the battle line of the English fleet, due to the problem of sailing angle and ship speed, the first squadron at this time could not fire at all, even if it fired, the accurate head had no spectrum at all, and could only be passively beaten, but if it did not rush over, how could the first squadron be able to hold off for how long?

The First Squadron moved quickly, and the entire fleet drew an arc on the sea and rushed along the battle line that the British had already set up......

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