This was a real salvo of cannons, and the shells flew like raindrops from the Ming army ship formation, falling into the front and rear of the attacking Zheng army.

Countless large splashes of water were sprayed, which were cannonballs falling into the sea, splashing high columns of water, and the fireboats that set fire shook violently in the waves.

From time to time, a fireship would be hit by a cannonball, and it would immediately break in two and sink into the sea at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Although the hit rate of artillery shells on turbulent sea ships was extremely low, it could not withstand the Ming army's artillery. In the past three years, the Dongfan Ordnance Department under Chen Yue has been constantly making cannons, but it still can't fill the gun emplacements on the battleship. Each Galen ship was enough to carry sixty or seventy cannons in red clothes, and now it was only twenty or thirty. However, with more than 20 warships combined, there were as many as four or five hundred red-coated cannons, and such a large number of red-coated cannons exhausted the benefits of the Dongfan sea trade, and Chen Yue, who was interested in the ocean, gritted his teeth and supported it to make the cannon building continue.

And today, the power of a hundred cannons made all the officers and soldiers on the ship dazzled, and even Wang Yin, the governor of the southeast, was also surprised. And Zheng Sen's subordinates, who were under artillery bombardment, were not to mention.

Although the Ming army also used artillery in the previous battles, it did not have such a strong feeling because of the small scale of the battle.

In the eyes of many officers and soldiers of the Zheng family, they are the ones who know the most about naval warfare when they are born on the coast, after all, Zheng Zhilong is the king of pirates in the Ming Dynasty, and they regard themselves as Zheng Zhilong's descendants.

However, now, under the fire of the Ming army's hundred cannons, the fireships sank one after another, that is, a few fireships broke through the rain of bullets and reached the Ming army's ship formation, but the Ming army ignored it, and the tall warships hit straight over, just a light touch, Zheng Jun's fireship was plowed into the seabed.

Without an absolute numerical advantage, it is not easy to win by attacking with fireships!

Looking at the tall and desperate hull of the Ming army not far away, all the officers and soldiers of Zheng felt a deep shock, a desperate shock, and Zheng Sen, as the commander of the first army, was the same.

"General, the brothers can't stand it, they have already lost more than 20 fireships!" Chen Hui, who was in charge of commanding the fireboat, hurriedly drove the boat back to Zheng Sen's big ship and said to Zheng Sen.

In fact, there was no need for him to tell him, Zheng Sen had already seen the defeat of the fire attack, but what could he do?

The offensive of the Ming army continued, employing annoying artillery tactics. forced the Zheng army's fleet to fire artillery from afar, and had no intention of hand-to-hand combat at all, which made the Zheng soldiers who lacked artillery itch their teeth.

Zheng Sen organized a fleet to approach the siege, trying to defeat the Ming army in a broadside battle and seize the ships. However, every time the Zheng ships approached, Wang Yin would order the rudder to turn, and the Ming fleet marched around the sea in a circle, always aiming one side at the Zheng ships.

Although the hit rate of artillery fire at sea was low, Zheng warships were still shot from time to time. The battle, which could only be beaten but could not be repaid, quickly lowered the morale of the Zheng family's army.

"Boom!" A cannonball flew over and smashed on a three-masted battleship in front of Zheng Sen's flagship on the right, and the three-masted battleship, which had been hit by several shells, finally couldn't stand it, and a large hole appeared in the side of the ship, and seawater quickly poured into the hull.

"Allian!" Zheng Hongkui next to Zheng Sen screamed, but Zheng Lian was in the three-masted ship.

"Damu, quickly send a boat to save the UAE!" Zheng Hongkui pleaded with Zheng Sen. Zheng Sen glanced at him coldly and didn't pay attention to it at all. At this time, how could he have time to take care of Zheng Lian's life.

"General, the situation is too unfavorable for us, let's retreat for the time being and make plans." Chen Yonghua on the side said softly.

"Retreat, where to retreat? What about Nan'ao Island? Zheng Sen said angrily.

Chen Yonghua didn't say anything. His meaning is already very clear, South Australia can no longer hold on. If it continues to fight like this, it will have to be wiped out, and without the fleet of sailors, what will be used to defend Nanao Island?

"Can't be withdrawn! There are still your third uncle and nearly 10,000 soldiers on the island? Zheng Hongkui glared at Chen Yonghua and said to Zheng Sen urgently.

Zheng Sen nodded, agreeing with Zheng Hongkui's words, there are still nearly 10,000 soldiers on the island and the families of some soldiers, how can they give it up?

Chen Yonghua sighed, and did not dare to persuade him.

The battle at sea continued, and more and more Zheng warships were sunk by Ming artillery. Zheng Sen ordered the whole army to retreat into the harbor of Nanao, intending to make a final resistance by relying on the narrow terrain of the harbor.

The outlying islands outside Nan'ao Island isolate a wide harbor, but the sea channel in and out of the harbor is very narrow, and it is easy for the fleet to withdraw into the harbor, but it will be very troublesome if it is blocked by Ming ships. But at this time, Zheng Sen couldn't care about so much.

"Order the generals, if the Ming army dares to chase into the harbor, they will fight to the death, and they would rather fight to the death!" Zheng Sen gritted his teeth and handed down the order.

Morale was so low, if the Ming army really pursued into the harbor, it would probably be difficult to defeat, but Zheng Sen had no choice. If, as Chen Yonghua said, he abandoned Nanao Island and fled into the sea, although he could withdraw most of his fleet, it was tantamount to losing the base camp of Nanao Island to the Ming army, and the military and civilian families on the island gave up directly, how could the army have morale in the future?

"Commander, do we want to attack the bay?" Looking at the Zheng family's ships that had withdrawn into the bay, Lu Tai was eager to try.

Wang Yin smiled and shook his head: "Poor Kou Mo Chase, the terrain of this bay is too complicated, the enemy's small ships can easily enter, but our big ships have to be careful." Let's let them go first, and wait for tomorrow to mobilize infantry troops, land from other directions on Nanao Island, and defeat the rebel army to occupy Nanao! “

Lu Tai said: "What if the rebel army escapes at night? “

Wang Yin sneered: "What if you escape? Without the nest of South Australia, where else can they house tens of thousands of troops? Fujian has been completely occupied by us, and they can't go back. There are only two places to go.

Over the years, the army of our Qi King and his family has moved to the north and south of the river, but Liangguang has never set foot in it.

The old man just wants to let them escape to the coastal area of Liangguang, and then they can justifiably send troops to Liangguang, advance with a land and water army, and take advantage of the situation to eliminate the local forces that dare to oppose the king of Qi in Liangguang.

King Gui's family is rooted in Liangguang, and the officials and gentry of Liangguang have many supporters, and now His Majesty is still here, and they dare not move, once His Majesty dies and the princess ascends the throne, he will inevitably take the opportunity to make trouble. Rather than hastily quelling the rebellion then, it is better to nip it in the bud in the first place!

Guangzhou is a good port in the Ming Dynasty, straight to the south of the Nanyang countries, has always been an important place of maritime trade, such an important place, must be controlled in our hands! “

"The Governor is wise!" Lu Tai had to clench his fists and admire.

Wang Yin smiled, with such a powerful force, he didn't put Zheng Sen in his eyes at the beginning. Standing on the bow of the ship and looking at it, Wang Yin seemed to see the countless islands on the other side of the sea!