The Shark was elected, and as the arrow of the fleet, it rushed to the forefront of the Whale Warship, and led the team to rush towards the Dutch fleet with great momentum!

With such a large-scale deployment and action, if the Dutch could not see what the Hongtang people had in mind, then they would not be a powerful fleet called "sea coachmen" by the Western countries.

At the first time, the commander of the Dutch fleet, Lai Jiechen, already knew Hong Tang's idea, but not only did he not panic, but he looked like he was in the middle of it, and immediately issued the first order to the warships under him: "All warships, full sails, target the fleet to the west." ”

"Fearless warriors, next, let these yellow-skinned barbarians in the Far East know the great strength of our 'sea coachmen', and let them tremble under our spears and artillery!" Standing on the flagship "Amsterdam", the commander of the Dutch fleet, Lai Jiechen, gave his subordinates a morale boost in a righteous manner.

"Hula !!" A group of Dutch sailors, who were tired but full of self-confidence and fighting spirit, burst out with a strong desire to fight, and then, under the command of Lai Jiechen, they fought indomitably towards the menacing Hongtang Whale Fleet.

Contrary to Li Tianyang's expectations, the target of the Dutch fleet was not the relatively weaker fleets in the east and north, but the whale fleet, which was nearly twice as large in number.

As the commander of the Dutch fleet, Lai Jichen can climb to his current position and can be regarded as experienced in a hundred battles, and he is naturally no stranger to naval warfare; Although the Netherlands was founded a new country, as an emerging maritime power, because of the strong self-confidence brought by strong ships and guns and long-term naval victories, the Dutch navy did not look down on any opponent.

In Lai's mind, instead of spending time and energy to eliminate those relatively weaker targets first, it is better to destroy the strongest part of the opponent first, and then destroy the rest of the weaker parts.

Although they didn't expect that this group of pirates in Hongtang would be so powerful, in terms of the current overall battle situation, if they were combined into one, they would also have the strength to compete with their Dutch fleet. However, it is obvious that the commander of Hongtang overestimated the strength of their Hongtang fleet, and the layout of the three-sided encirclement was obviously to give them a huge blow to the Dutch fleet, and the ambition was really not small.

After these two days of competition with the Hongtang fleet, Lai Jiechen has figured out the strength of the Hongtang fleet's artillery fire, as long as the opponent is not given a chance to fight in close combat, with the strength of the artillery fire, the Dutch fleet will definitely beat dozens of warships of the Hongtang fleet.

Don't look at this Hongtang fleet menacing, surrounded on three sides, but in terms of the speed of the battleships, the battleships of their Dutch fleet are obviously higher than their Ming Dynasty warships, so as long as the Dutch fleet is more careful, there will never be a chance to be approached by the opponent's warships and fight shirtless!

Not to mention, the target chosen by Lai Jiechen, a fleet of Hongtang whales, although the number is huge, but they have been in a stalemate with the Dutch fleet for two days, and many of their warships have been damaged, and the soldiers are also fatigued, and their morale is a little weaker than the two Hongtang fleets that suddenly appeared!

Li Tianyang's side has already made full use of the advantages they can use, and the speed of the information channel made Wu Juren and his shark and leopard appear near Jilong Harbor unexpectedly, catching the other party off guard.

The reason why Lai Jichen and their fleet could identify at a glance that the two fleets that suddenly came were Hong Tang's belongings, in addition to a big flag with the word "Hong" flying high on the two fleets, they had actually noticed that Wu Juren and they had been secretly peeking at their Dutch Penghu Magong Island base!

For almost half a year, Wu Juren and they have been carefully cruising around Penghu Island, if the Dutch are not aware, it will be strange! It's just that although the Dutch are aware of Wu Juren's existence, they have not been able to track down Wu Juren's lair, and in the vast sea, if they can't find the other party's lair, it is useless to just chase down a group of pirates who can scatter and flee at any time.

In the face of the Dutch fleet advancing in his own direction, while skillfully changing direction, aiming one side of the artillery at his own fleet, and bombarding the heavy cannonballs in the huge sea area where his own fleet was located, Wu Daofu's face was calm, and he did not hurry to command his sons and daughters to respond calmly.

The distinctive hull and structure of the "Shark" became the biggest target of the Dutch artillery fire, and several warships adjacent to it were also hit by several shells, and the deck, cattle pens and other places were in shambles.

The Dutchman's vision is naturally not bad, and the shape of the "Shark" alone, as well as the speed and agility it shows, all show its important position in the Hongtang fleet.

And in fact, it is not wrong, at this time, Wu Daofu is sitting on the "Crazy Shark", directing the actions between the warships around him. This is the first time that Wu Daofu has manipulated the "Crazy Shark", which was originally Li Tianyang's exclusive ship, although Wu Daofu has also taken the "Crazy Shark" many times in the past, but that is also to follow Li Tianyang to go out to run errands.

Roughly calculated, from the forty-third year of Wanli to the third year of today's Qi, it has been almost eight years since the "Crazy Shark" followed Li Tianyang and them to Dayuan Island. Until now, the "Crazy Shark", as the exclusive vehicle in Li Tianyang's hands, is still the most powerful and combat-effective warship under Hong Tang's command, whether in terms of artillery configuration or the transformation of fortifications.

Although with the gradual growth of Hongtang and the gradual shift of Li Tianyang's focus from the sea to the development of Dayuan Island, in addition to going back and forth to Bengang and Jilong Port, Li Tianyang has rarely had the opportunity to take the "Crazy Shark" to fight in the east and west. However, for the sake of the safety of Li Tianyang, the leader, Hongtang, the craftsman workshop and other institutions still used the best artillery and the most advanced inventions on the "Crazy Shark" to build a sea fortress for Li Tianyang.

Therefore, even if it has now become the primary target of the powerful Dutch fleet, and several cannonballs weighing 30 catties have fallen on the narrow hull of the "Crazy Shark", the damage caused by the "Crazy Shark" is not as great as the several warships that have been affected around it for its strong defensive capabilities.

Due to the bombardment of the cannonballs and the violent drift of the surrounding seawater, the entire hull of the "Shark" was shaking violently, but Wu Daofu was still as steady as Mount Tai at this time, standing outside the battleship's horse face, pointing to the Dutch fleet swaying left and right in front of him, and said in a cold voice: "Order all the warships, don't care about the bombardment of the enemy's guns, and raise the speed of the ship to the highest, as long as we can approach the opponent's body, we will be considered victorious!" ”

(End of chapter)