"Enemy ships, appeared!"

Wuzong Zhu Houzhao's voice sounded in an instant, and everyone's eyes were all looking towards the place ahead in an instant.

I saw that in that moonlight wave, faintly, it can be seen that a large number of ships appeared, and the style and canvas of their ships were the rats of the white-skinned countries in the West.

That's right.

Rumble!

Suddenly, a cannon roared and the light of fire pierced the night.

Immediately afterward, the raindrops of dense artillery fire, from above the Ming fleet, burst wildly towards the approaching western whiteskins.

Only a moment later, above the foreign fleet, there was also artillery fire in return, and this firepower was obviously much better than a few years ago.

All of a sudden.

This land of the strait, under the light of artillery fire, is as if it were day.

"This group of white-skinned people is really shameless!"

Jiajing Immortal's face was about to explode.

Judging from the artillery bombardment of both sides below, it can be seen that the range of the artillery of the Western ships has reached the level of the Ming Dynasty, but if you look closely, there is still a big gap in accuracy and power, and it is not even as good as before.

With limited technology, this is a sacrifice of accuracy and damage in favor of a mere increase in range.

But just the fact that the range was reproduced by the white skin had already made Jiajing Immortal angry.

"It's theft!"

"I've never received royalties from these white-skinned people!"

"That's all my silver!"

"It's me!"

Feeling that he had lost a lot of silver, the Jiajing Immortal lost his temper for a while, and the long beards on his temples were blown away with anger.

"Brother, we had this question before."

"This patent fee is quite difficult to implement."

Lao Zhu, who was beside Ji Boying, took advantage of this opportunity and said in a low voice.

"Hmm."

"I'll talk about this question when this battle is over."

In Ji Boying's opinion.

In fact, it is not difficult to enforce patent fees.

The reason why Lao Zhu and others find it difficult is mainly because the current world order has not been established.

When the global order is established and the whole world operates under the same set of order rules, anyone who does not pay the patent fee to Daming can be directly kicked out of the village, kicked out of the club, and directly exiled to outer space.

"Okay."

Lao Zhu nodded, he also knew that now was not the time to talk about this.

It was also at this time.

In the eyes of everyone, the progress of this strait battlefield is changing rapidly at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.

"This battle situation is wrong."

Lao Zhu's brows furrowed slightly, and he muttered.

Not only Lao Zhu, but also Zhao Da Li and the others, looking at the battle situation below, they all frowned.

From the perspective of the situation, under the crazy bombardment of dozens of rounds of artillery on both sides, the fleet of the Ming Dynasty has begun to gradually retreat.

"Although our warships are not as numerous as these white-skinned people, they have the advantage in the firearms battle, how could they fall into such a disadvantage so quickly."

Lao Zhu spoke, with doubts in his eyes.

And at this very moment.

I saw that the Ming fleet above the strait had already begun to collapse, and even many warships had already turned around and began to retreat to the rear.

At first, one or two ships turned around, then three or five, and soon there were dozens or hundreds of ships, and the entire fleet turned around and began to run quickly.

And the foreign white-skinned fleet, when they found that the Ming ships turned around and ran away, they chased after them with all their might.

At this moment, if you zoom in on the camera on this white-skinned fleet, you can see that the white-skinned people on these Western warships are more and more excited, as if they have been beaten with chicken blood.

In particular, the commander of this white-skinned fleet, a middle-aged white-skinned man with brown hair, was standing on the bow of the main ship's deck, shouting 'Fire!'

"Lao Li, what do you think?"

Zhao Da frowned slightly, looked at the retreating Ming fleet, and continued to ask.

"Does this look like a feint?"

"It's just that if you feint, how can you set up an ambush on this boundless sea."

At least.

At this moment, Zhao Da couldn't think of an ambush strategy.

The sea is not land, and there is no such advantage as condescending, after all, the narrowest part of this strait is sixty miles wide, and the spread of the white-skinned fleet is only twenty miles, and even if you put artillery on the shore, the cannonballs will not hit.

With the current artillery technology of the Ming Dynasty, if the firing range wants to reach twenty or thirty miles, it will take a considerable period of development.

Li Er's eyes condensed slightly, observing the details of the battlefield.

At last.

His eyes were fixed on the moonlight in the sky.

After a moment, there seemed to be an enlightened smile on his face.

"Lao Zhao, have you ever heard a word?"

"The moon is dark and the wind is high at night, when people are killed and set on fire."

Li Er's voice was not loud.

The only people who heard it were Lao Zhu, Zhao Da, Liu Laosan, and Ying Zheng and a few others, although these people were all masters of great talent and strategy, but in fact, no one could compare with Li Er in terms of control and observation of the actual battlefield.

After all, even if it is an old Zhu who started with a bowl.

In the process of starting a business, I only spent the early stage commanding on the battlefield, and after becoming the boss, I spent most of my time in the back to guide the strategic level.

Li Er is different.

Most of the various territories of the Tang Empire were personally led by Li Er with a knife and a gun, even after ascending the throne, it was also a personal expedition, and the experience value of the battlefield was extremely rich.

Hear the words.

Lao Zhu's eyes also lit up, and he quickly glanced around the battlefield again, as if he saw something.

"Brother, look at that place."

Lao Zhu raised his hand and pointed.

Ji Boying looked in the direction pointed by Lao Zhu.

Moment.

In Ji Boying's eyes, the place Lao Zhu was pointing to was as clear as day in an instant.

It is the narrowest part of the Strait of Malacca, only more than 60 miles wide, and at this moment, there are dense boats moored in the shallows on both sides of this narrow place, and a certain amount of TNT is placed on each small boat.

'How is this fried?' ’

Ji Boying couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.

Not only Ji Boying was puzzled, but Lao Zhu and others were also the same.

The matter of transporting explosives in small boats was also done by Lao Zhu in Poyang Lake back then, but this is the sea, and there is an extremely strong wind, how can these small boats rush to the side of the enemy ships?!

Then.

The voice of Wuzong Zhu Houzhao's explanation is also endless.

"Although our army is at a disadvantage, but fortunately, the wind direction has not changed, and it is a long-range artillery, although the range of this white-skinned artillery can be compared with our army, but this accuracy and power are really too inferior, too inferior."

"Although our army has been wounded, the main force is especially there."

"It's just that this defeat is due to a problem with the strategic deployment, or is it deliberately done by our army?"

"I can't figure it out, I can't figure it out!"

"This late night sea, even if it is an ambush, what can be done? How to set up an ambush? ”

The emperors who were not familiar with military affairs, listening to the explanations of Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty, all frowned, and their faces were full of sadness.

The strategy previously developed by the Interim Supreme High Command did not involve maritime aspects.

But.

Not involved does not mean that it is not considered.

The basis of the overall formulation of this strategy is to tacitly assume that the sea will be completely victorious, and completely ignore the enemy's operation of being able to land on the Ming mainland.

After all, under the vigorous development of these years, the Ming Navy has become the strongest type of troops.

"If this strait is opened by enemy forces."

The speaker was Emperor Xuande Zhu Zhanji.

"I am afraid that the land of Guangzhou, Fujian and Zhejiang is in danger."

According to the previously formulated strategic deployment, all the combatable soldiers in the Ming Dynasty have already gone abroad to fight, and the remaining guards, with their combat power and equipment, cannot stop these foreign elites at all.

When the others heard this, their brows furrowed tighter than the other, which was also a problem they were worried about.

………………

The sea breeze, howling like a wolf, blows wildly.

The sound of artillery was deafening.

The Ming fleet, which was retreating in defeat, was above the main ship.

The commander of the fleet, Qi Jiguang, stood on the deck with a calm expression, letting the sea breeze blow his beard that had just grown, this Jiajing Qi Jiguang is no longer a young man in his twenties, after all these years of experience at sea, he has grown into a young man in his thirties.

"Qi Shuai, as you expected."

"As soon as our army showed defeat, these white-skinned people bit up like crazy dogs, lest they could swallow our army in one gulp."

"This group of white-skinned people who don't know the height of the sky and the height of the earth don't look at what kind of goods they are."

"If it weren't for Qi Shuai's special military order to slow down and retreat, with the steam turbines that our warships are now carrying, once they are turned on, these white skins would have been thrown dozens of miles away, and we can't even see the tail side of our army."

Wu Weizhong glanced at the white skin who was following reluctantly behind him, and frantically fired at his own ship while chasing, and snorted coldly.

Steam turbines.

Since Jiajing Daming had the technology of the steam engine, he improved and installed the steam engine on various machines according to the theory of the immortal master.

The old rule is that the first consideration is the military.

It will not be used for civilian use until it has been used in the military for a period of time and has more advanced technology.

But so far.

As the supreme commander of the Ming Navy, Qi Jiguang has never shown a ship equipped with a steam turbine in front of a foreign country, except for occasional exercises to test his performance.

"Hmm."

Qi Jiguang nodded slightly.

"The commander of this advance fleet of Gentiles is the vice-captain of the Spanish Armada, which was routed by us a few years ago, and has experienced that battle."

One word.

It is a thorough analysis of the current mentality of the opposing commander.

was defeated by Qi Jiguang back then, coupled with Qi Jiguang's fame in the world's waters over the years, so when Qi Jiguang's fleet showed defeat, this white-skinned commander had an extremely strong idea and desire for revenge in his heart, that is, to take down Qi Jiguang at all costs, capture Qi Jiguang alive, and be ashamed and famous in a war.

It's like, if there is a hyena, the dog's group was once pressed to the ground by the male lion and rubbed hard, but one day, when the dog became the head of the dogs, when the dog was originally nervous to sneak attack the male lion, after a battle, it was found that he had crippled the male lion with one blow, in this case, what choice would the dog make.

It must be that he has enough strength to take advantage of the situation to chase after him, and he is desperate to completely kill the male lion, so as to make himself famous in the dog world and become a divine dog in the eyes of other dogs.

The current commander of the white-skinned fleet is such a white-skinned dog.

In response to the sentence in the Art of War, a soldier should attack the heart first.

Before the start of this big war, Qi Jiguang had already thoroughly figured out what the mentality of the opposing commanders was, and formulated corresponding strategic deployments according to the mentality of the opposing commanders.

As far as Qi Jiguang is concerned.

The current battle situation, and the pre-war sand table predictions, at present, there is no big way out.

"Qi Shuai, our army's ambush location is almost here."

"However, I haven't seen the letter of Vice Marshal Yu yet."

Wu Weizhong's brows furrowed, and he said in a condensed voice.

The so-called closing the door and beating the dog, naturally there must be a closed door, and Yu Dayou is the one who closes the door.

"Yu Dayou has never made mistakes, you don't have to worry."

"When the order is passed, all the armies act according to the plan, and they all move with the commander's command."

"Taunter, slash."

Qi Jiguang held the saber in his left hand, held the order flag in his right hand, and stared at the front, this place was the burial place he had set up for these white-skinned people in advance.

The Ming fleet, which continued to show a great defeat, retreated with the wind, followed by the white-skinned ships that were chasing after them like madmen, and their guns burst into the sky.

When the whole army passed through the narrowest place, Qi Jiguang's eyes condensed in the sky, where there was a firework, which exploded in the water and sky, and it was extremely bright.

"Qi Shuai, Vice Marshal Yu is in place!"

On Qi Jiguang's side, Wu Weizhong's face was full of joy.

The moment this firework appears, it means that the retreat door of the Strait of Malacca is closed.

"Pass on the commander's order, the whole army will be returned, and all the thieves on the border will be punished."

Under the military order, his voice was very cold, revealing an extremely strong killing intent.

With Qi Jiguang's military order.

Instantly.

The Daming ships, which were originally retreating frantically at full speed, stopped all of them in an instant and began to turn around.

It was also at this time that the foreign white-skinned fleet, which was chasing from the rear, had gradually sailed into a narrow sea area with a width of less than 60 miles and a length of more than 10 miles.

…………

"Turning around at this moment, isn't it a chance to give the enemy a chance to annihilate our army?!"

Wuzong Zhu Houzhao exclaimed in surprise.

When the rest of the people heard this exclamation, their faces changed drastically.

After all, the sea is not land, and it takes a certain amount of time to stop and turn around, and in this case, this turn is tantamount to waiting to be caught up by the other party, and if it is caught up during the U-turn, the probability of ship destruction is extremely high.

And at the same time.

Lao Zhu, Li Er, Zhao Da, Liu Laosan and others, including the eyes of Immortal Master Ji Boying, all fell on both sides of this narrowest place, and landed on those dense boats.

When these dinghys are in action.

Especially Zhao Da Li and the others, their pupils shrank, and there was disbelief in their eyes.

"This..."

"This, how can this be?!"

Even the admiral of Tiance, who has fought countless battles in his life, also issued his own exclamation. (End of chapter)