This is the defect of the times, there are no tweeters, there are no radios, and the only way to distinguish the other is to lean in.

Gonggong Wei estimated that the distance between the two sides should be a few nautical miles, but he didn't know what the distance between the Ming Dynasty army and the sea would be measured, so he casually asked Wang Dali how far the distance between the ships was.

Wang Dali replied that the words of the eye are at least seven or eight miles, and the father-in-law nodded slightly, sure enough, the Western-style concept of the sea does not exist at the moment.

The navy dispatched a total of 46 warships this time, but the fastest ones were not the largest Fu ships and Lou ships, but the copper winch ships and sea boats, but these two ships were too small in size and had fewer guns on board, so they were generally only used for reconnaissance and communication.

Wang Dali and other admirals are all old sailors, and after a big battle, the specific sea command does not need to be dictated by Wei Gonggong.

With the sound of flags and horns, several clippers from the left and right flanks of the flank were driven out of the flotilla, and the rest of the ships circled the unknown ships in a fan-shaped encirclement posture.

The father-in-law's ship, the East Asia, was also called the "No. 1 ship" by the navy, which was not the idea of the father-in-law, but the customary name of the Ming army's sailors.

That is, under normal circumstances, the Ming army would call the largest warship with the most artillery as "No. 1 Ship" ("Ji Xiao Xinshu")

Normally, the standard firepower of the "No. 1 Ship" is two "Invincible Flying Cannons", twelve "Big Wolf Machines", and sixteen "Hundred Guns".

"Invincible Shenfei Cannon" and "Big Wolf Machine" are actually like Lang machine guns, which are divided into heavy and light according to their weight, commonly known as cannons and small cannons, and fire solid bullets.

The "Baizi Gong" is a small copper cannon generally used by the Ming army, similar to the tiger squat cannon used by the infantry, and the main fire is scattered.

Before it became the Admiral's Maritime Minister Wei Gonggong, there were actually only 28 large and small guns on the East Asia, but now it is equipped with 52 as standard.

In addition, according to the requirements of Wei Gonggong, all guns were placed on both sides of the hull, and only light Franc machines were used, and the original two heavy guns were removed, and the rest of the ship could not be used as much as possible to ensure the force and carrying capacity of the hull.

In other words, the transformed Dongya is actually a pure gunboat, and the gun loading is the first of all ships, but Wei Gonggong knows that compared with the dozens of guns on a ship in Western countries, his Dongya's firepower configuration is still very low. For example, the gunboats of the Netherlands, which is now a maritime power, are generally equipped with more than 70 guns as standard. On the premise of the same size of ships, the firepower of the warships of the Ming army was obviously inferior to that of the Western countries.

Fortunately, the firepower configuration of the three three-masted gunboats imitating the Westerners in the fleet is still acceptable, and each ship is equipped with about 40 light and heavy Franc machines.

Together with the rest of the warships, the entire fleet carried more than 500 guns this time, including small and large pole guns.

These guns, whether they are light or heavy, large poles or guns, have been strictly calibrated and maintained, and they do not dare to ensure a 100% fire rate, but 80% of the fire rate can be ensured. For this reason, the father-in-law paid more than 10,000 taels of medicine and maintenance costs.

Such a large number of warships and artillery pieces were more than enough to achieve the strategic goal of Duke Wei winning more than enough and bullying the small with the big.

After all, no matter how strong the navies of the Western countries are, their projection capacity is limited in the seas of East Asia. The real enemy of the imperial army was actually Japan and the Han pirates led by Li Dan.

Just like my father-in-law's earnest teaching to the generals when playing cards - "Our family doesn't understand naval warfare, but our family understands a reason, which is the same as playing cards." As long as there is enough money in the pocket, we can always be a banker, even if we keep losing, but as long as the money in the waist bag can still be paid, our village can always turn over. ”

The silver in the pocket is the same as the navy's belongings, the family is big, it doesn't matter if you lose once, it doesn't matter if you lose twice, because we can afford to lose, and others can't afford to lose.

Of course, this is not to say that my father-in-law's ambition is to become a transport captain.

What the old man said was just a truth.

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As the ship in front of him got closer and closer, my father-in-law was obviously a little excited in his heart.

Because, he felt, it was very likely that this was the first time he had seen real naval warfare in his old man.

Whether it is a civilian ship or a warship, they are all enemies.

From today on, ships that roam the sea without the permission of Grandpa Wei are all hostile forces.

Father-in-law, that's how domineering he is.

The six boats on the opposite side also felt the domineering of Gonggong Wei.

They were not merchant ships, but warships belonging to the Thousand Households of Dinghai.

Dinghai Hou Qianhu is also known as Chuanshan Qianhu, and Dinghai Zhongzhong Qianhu, Dinghai Zhongzuo Qianhu, Dasong Qianhu, Fei (Yuqu) Qianhu together with Dinghaiwei.

That is to say, these six warships belonging to the Thousand Households of the Mountains and the Left Thousand Households of the Dinghai Zhongzhong that the Imperial Army wanted to crusade against were one unit.

After discovering that he was suddenly surrounded, Zhou, who tried thousands of households through the mountains, immediately ordered someone to play the flag to show his identity.

1,000 households are positive five-grade officials, and a thousand households usually have two thousand households, one is positive and one is deputy. It is the actual palm print, and the deputy is the book, also known as the trial of thousands of households.

Under normal circumstances, most of the leading troops are led by thousands of households, and there are 1,120 soldiers in 1,000 households according to the military system, and 1000 households under it.

However, like the land guards, the coastal guards are also seriously empty, and there are less than half of the soldiers in the thousands of households in the mountains, and the hundreds of households and the general flag are not bad, and even more.

If it is said that the Wusongshui battalion guards Baoshan but can't get involved, and can only suffer poverty, but the officers and soldiers in Dinghai are rich and well-off.

Zhou led the team to go out this time to transport a batch of goods to Ryukyu for a maritime merchant. The maritime merchant is very powerful, and some people in the Zhejiang Party are very close, I heard that the former first assistant Shen has always been to the Shi after returning home, this maritime merchant once honored his 100,000 taels.

Zhejiang is the nest of the Zhejiang Party, from the province to the locality, it is the world of the Zhejiang Party. And the Zhejiang Party is the biggest beneficiary of maritime trade, so it is not difficult to understand that the coastal guards, such as Ningbo Wei, Dinghaiwei, Guanhaiwei, Changguowei, Linshanwei, Taizhouwei, Haimenwei and other large and small thirteen guards, are controlled by maritime merchants.

Each coastal guard has its own banner, and the Royal Navy under the command of Duke Wei has identified the identity of the Thousand Households in the Mountains, but the Thousand Households in the Mountains do not know which way the Royal Navy is surrounding them.

Zhou vaguely felt that it seemed to be the ship of Wu Song's water camp that surrounded him, but he didn't find Wu Songwei's flag at a glance, which made Zhou very puzzled, and what made Zhou even more angry was that the other party's flag actually told them to stop the ship immediately and accept the inspection of the Royal Navy.

"Fuck it, why are they inspecting our boat!"

Zhou Mou's heart is weak, his six ships are loaded with goods, no one will be held accountable, if someone really wants to top, privately use a warship to transport goods, it is a violation of the king's law.

Moreover, those who come are not good, and those who are good do not come, and the fleet under the flag of the Royal Navy knows that they are Dinghaiwei, and they still forcibly come up, which is obviously uneasy and kind.

People can have accidents, but goods must never have accidents.

Zhou knew that the goods on his six ships were worth more than 100,000 taels of silver, and if something went wrong, he wouldn't be able to keep his head even if he tried a thousand households.

Therefore, it was impossible for him to stop the ships for the Royal Navy to inspect them, and without hesitation, he ordered the ships to turn at once and rush out from the south side of the Royal Navy, which had not yet been encircled.

Finding that the boat that was going through the mountains and thousands of households was about to turn around and run, Wang Dali immediately asked for orders from Gonggong Wei.

"If you don't do bad things, what are you running?"

The father-in-law ordered the shelling and ordered the navy to take strong measures to stop the six boats. If necessary, all can be sunk. In short, you must not let the people who go through the mountains run away!