658 Battle of Dongjiyu

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"Commander, the Zheng family's fleet has been found in front."

Soon, Bruce was soon debriefed by his generals.

"Where? How many warships are there? ”

After hearing this report from his subordinates, Bruce also showed a shocked face, and then rushed out of the cabin, holding his glasses.

"Commander, over there, according to preliminary statistics at this time, there are almost fifty or so ships of the Zheng family, which should be the main force of a detachment of the Zheng family."

Bruce rushed to the deck of the 'Sea Pioneers', held up his glasses and looked out into the sea ahead, followed by a red-haired ghost general, and said to Bruce.

"The enemy has already set up a position, and now it is too late for our fleet to break away, so the herald fleet immediately set up an offensive formation.

Since this is only a Zheng family detachment, and it can't be avoided, then defeat him, and then retreat westward. ”

Bruce was also decisive enough, at this time, if he ordered the fleet to turn around or turn again, it would be too late, so he simply chose to kill it head-on.

At this time, Bruce had forty warships, and when he attacked Magong Port, he lost two warships, but they had more large ships than Shi Daxuan's fleet.

Don't look at the Bruce fleet at this time, there are only forty warships, but in terms of the total tonnage of the fleet, it is more than the fifty-three warships on Shi Daxuan's side.

Both fleets did not flinch, and the decisive battle broke out.

"Fire!"

Thundered!

When the fleets of the two sides rushed close to each other to a distance of about two or three nautical miles, Shi Daxuan's side was the first to order the fleet to open fire.

"Commander, the enemy fleet has opened fire!"

"Immediately return fire and defeat the opponent's fleet as quickly as possible, I estimate that there will be other Zheng family fleets in the surrounding waters, and we must fight quickly, and we must not be blocked by other Zheng family fleets that are rushing in."

Bruce looked resolute and ordered.

"Yes!"

Thundered!

Immediately, the guns of the warships of the Far East Fleet of the red-haired ghost also roared and launched an artillery bombardment on the Zheng family's fleet.

And when Shi Daxuan led his subordinate fleet to start a decisive battle with the red-haired ghost's fleet in Dongjiyu, the two clippers he sent also galloped in the northeast and north directions.

Undoubtedly, this was sent by Shi Daxuan to report to the main forces of the other two detachments of the Zheng family.

As long as the main force of this detachment led by Shi Daxuan can hold back the red-haired ghost's fleet and hold out until the other two Zheng family detachments arrive.

Then, this time, Bruce's Far East Fleet is probably going to be doomed.

At this time, the main force of a detachment led by Zheng Hongkui was still in the middle of the Penghu waterway, while the main force of another detachment led by Zheng Zhibao was in the south of Penghu Island.

At this time, Zheng Zhibao stood on the deck of a three-masted gunboat, looking at Magong Port, which had been burned in front of him, and his face was extremely ugly.

"Damn red-haired ghosts, if Lao Tzu finds you, Lao Tzu will have to blast you all into the sea to feed the sharks!"

"Report, Fourth General, the warship from the south has sent a message that General Shi has sent a clipper to contact us, saying that they have discovered the main force of the red-haired ghost's fleet."

At this time, suddenly a soldier ran behind Zheng Zhibao and said to him.

"What? Where? ”

When Zheng Zhibao heard the news, he immediately became excited and shouted at the soldier.

Immediately, the sailor pointed in the southeast direction, and Zheng Zhibao ran to the southeast deck, and saw a flag bearer waving a flag at a warship in the southeast direction of their detachment.

Zheng Zhibao didn't see the clipper sent by Shi Daxuan, but the warship a few nautical miles away had obviously been discovered, and received the flag from the flagbearer on the clipper, and then notified Zheng Zhibao's side.

Zheng Zhibao also knew the flag language, and he quickly understood the flag of the flag bearer of the warship in the southeast direction, which indeed said that Shi Daxuan was fighting with the red-haired ghost fleet and quickly asked for support.

"The whole fleet is on course, keep up with that clipper, you can't escape this time."

Zheng Zhibao didn't dare to delay, and even couldn't wait, so he ordered the whole fleet to turn around, keep up with the clipper sent by Shi Daxuan in the southeast, and set sail at full speed to support Shi Daxuan.

As the fleet turned to full speed, soon, Zheng Zhibao finally saw the fast ship sent by Shi Daxuan on the sea.

At the same time, it didn't take long for Zheng Hongkui, who was on the Penghu waterway, to be found by another clipper and learned about Shi Daxuan's encounter with the red-haired ghost fleet.

Like Zheng Zhibao's reaction, Zheng Hongkui was also excited, and immediately ordered the whole fleet to rush to the waters of Dongjiyu.

And just when the two Zheng family fleets led by the two brothers Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Zhibao rushed towards the sea area of Dongjiyu.

In this sea area, the fifty-three Zheng family warships led by Shi Daxuan have been fighting fiercely with Bruce's Far East Fleet for nearly an hour.

The naval battle between the two sides was extremely tragic, on the one hand, it was Bruce's order to fight quickly, and on the other hand, Shi Daxuan ordered the whole ship to stick to the end, and it must be dragged until the arrival of the Zheng brothers.

Moreover, the commanders and generals of both sides are all veterans of naval warfare and have rich experience, and they have not made major mistakes for the other side to catch.

This naval battle turned into a collision of the hard power of the two fleets.

It is not only a test of the tonnage of the fleets of both sides and the performance of artillery, but also a test of the tactical quality and determination of the sailors of both sides.

If you want to talk about the tactical quality of the sailors, the sailors of the red-haired ghost are also the sailors of the Zheng family, that is, half a catty and eight taels, and in terms of the determination and will of the soldiers, the soldiers of the Zheng family are better than the red-haired ghosts.

Since ancient times, the elite soldiers of China have been known for their hardships and hard work, courage and fearlessness, and these sailors in the Zheng family fleet are enough to be called the strongest sailors in the Ming Dynasty at this time.

The battle has been going on for nearly an hour, and there are broken wood chips floating everywhere on the sea more than ten nautical miles east of the island of Dongjiyu.

Several warships are on the sea, slowly sinking, and there are many Zheng family sailors floating in the sea, as well as sailors with red-haired ghosts.

In order to prevent the fleet of the red-haired ghost from escaping, Shi Daxuan led the Zheng family fleet to rush directly into the fleet formation of the red-haired ghost.

Thundered!

At this time, the 'Sea Pioneer' warship where Bruce was located was undoubtedly the most terrifying enemy facing the Zheng family's fleet this time.

At this time, the 'Sea Pioneer' rushed between the two Zheng family warships, and the distance between the two warships was only eight or nine meters from each other.

Then, the guns on both sides of the 'Sea Pioneer' opened their bows left and right, firing frantically at the two Zheng family warships on both sides.

Not only the artillery, but also on the deck and building of the 'Sea Pioneer', there were also rows of red-haired ghost musketeers, who held muskets and fired wildly at the warships of the Zheng family on both sides.

"Ahhh

Suddenly, there was a miserable scream on the two Zheng family warships, sawdust flew over, and the cannonballs fired by the guns on the "Sea Pioneer" directly hit the body of the Zheng family warship, causing great damage to the warship.

Of course, the Zheng family's warships also launched a counterattack, and their guns also bombarded the 'Sea Pioneer', but unfortunately the firepower of the two warships was not as good as the 'Sea Pioneer'.

Moreover, because the 'Sea Pioneer' passed through the middle of the two warships, the artillery firepower of their warships was brought into full play.

On the other hand, the two Zheng family warships on both sides only had one cannon that could bombard the 'Sea Pioneer'.

"Fire! Shoot! ”

Thundered!

The speed of the three warships was not very fast, the cannons continued to roar, and the shells of both sides continued to bombard the other party's warships, not only causing great damage to the warships, but also killing and injuring the sailors in the ships.

Almost a stick of incense passed, when the 'Sea Pioneer' slowly sailed out between the two Zheng family warships, the two warships had been completely disabled and were slowly sinking.

The sailors of the two Zheng family warships jumped into the sea one after another, and they were immediately fired upon by the musketeers on the deck of the 'Sea Pioneers'.

The red-haired ghost's 'sea pioneer' has the most fierce firepower, and there is no Zheng family warship that can win with him.

From the beginning of the war to the present, there have been as many as five Zheng family warships that have been sunk or destroyed by the 'Sea Pioneers'.

At this time, the hull of the 'Sea Pioneer' was also bombarded, and the hull was damaged a lot, but after being blocked by the red-haired ghost sailors in the cabin, it was able to continue fighting.

"Damn, that red-haired ghost's flagship firepower is too fierce, our warships are no match for him, we can't let him run rampant like this unscrupulously anymore."

At this time, the three-masted gunboat where Shi Daxuan was had just destroyed a red-haired ghost's warship.

Shi Daxuan saw that the 'Sea Pioneer' had destroyed their two warships of considerable tonnage again, which made Shi Daxuan's face very ugly.

Moreover, because of the strength of the 'Sea Pioneers', at this time, the red-haired ghost's fleet has been suppressing them in the naval battle, and the advantage has gradually fallen to the side of the red-haired devil's fleet.

From the beginning of the war to the present, in an hour's time, the Zheng family still lost more than twenty warships, including sunken and warships that had lost their combat power and were waiting to slowly sink into the sea.

And the loss of the red-haired ghost, although the loss is also fifteen or sixteen, but this result is still difficult for Shi Daxuan to accept.

"As long as you entangle the flagship of the red-haired ghost, the fleet of the red-haired ghost will not be able to escape. Send an order to Zheng Hai and ask him to join us in attacking the flagship of the red-haired ghost. ”

At this time, Shi Daxuan's eyes also flashed with ruthlessness, and he ordered the first mate of the guard beside him.

"General Shi, this is too dangerous."

The first mate behind Shi Daxuan heard that Shi Daxuan wanted his flagship, together with another three-masted gunboat, to flank the 'Sea Pioneer' of the red-haired ghost, and persuaded him.

"At this time, can you still take care of these, now in our fleet, there are only our two three-masted gunboats, which can balance the flagship of the red-haired ghost.

Don't hesitate, go and give the order immediately, this time Lao Tzu is out of the way, even if he dies, Lao Tzu will drag it until the three generals and they lead the fleet to arrive, and the red-haired ghost fleet must not be allowed to escape. ”

Shi Daxuan was out of the way and yelled at the first mate behind him.

"Yes, General!"

The first mate saw that Shi Daxuan had made up his mind, and immediately notified the flag bearer to play the flag and ordered another three-masted gunboat to rush towards the red-haired ghost's 'Sea Pioneer' together.

Immediately, Shi Daxuan let his three-masted gunboat rush towards Bruce's 'Sea Trailblazer', and at the same time the artillery bombarded the opponent.

At the same time, Zheng Hai, the captain of another three-masted gunboat almost two nautical miles away, also received an order from Shi Daxuan to command another three-masted gunboat to rush towards the 'Sea Pioneer'.

"Commander, the enemy's two largest warships are rushing towards us, and one of them is still the enemy's flagship."

On the 'Sea Pioneer', a red-haired ghost general hurriedly shouted to Bruce.

"The enemy is going to make a lone bet, just as I think, this battle has lasted long enough, it should be over, and it will be difficult for us to get out without destroying the two largest ships of the enemy.

Give the order to the 'Maketo' to stop the other enemy ship, and we will meet the enemy's flagship. ”

Bruce's eyes were also flashing with strong fighting intent at this time, and he knew that a strong showdown was about to be ushered in.

Soon, another big ship in the Far East Fleet of the red-haired ghost, and it was also one of the few, one of the main battleships of the red-haired ghost, the 'Makto'.

After receiving Bruce's order, he immediately headed southwest, and Zheng Hai commanded the three-masted gunboat that rushed over to meet it and block it, and a fierce battle broke out between the two ships.

And as the three-masted gunboat piloted by Zheng Hai was entangled by the red-haired ghost's 'Maketo', Bruce also let the 'Sea Pioneer' meet the three-masted gunboat rushed by Shi Daxuan.

The three-masted gunboat built by the Zheng family, in terms of tonnage at this time, is smaller than the 'sea pioneer' of the red-haired ghost, and the guns on the ship are also seven or eight fewer than the other party.

But at this time, Shi Daxuan's three-masted gunboat, which had just joined the battlefield, had just sunk a red-haired ghost's warship, and basically did not suffer much damage.

On the red-haired ghost's side, due to the lack of warships, Bruce's 'Sea Pioneer' is the pillar of the fleet, so he participated in the naval battle early.

And at this time, the record of destroying the five warships of the Zheng family has been completed, and it is also the largest record among all the warships participating in the war on both sides at this time.

However, this also caused the 'Sea Trailblazer' to suffer a lot of shelling in the previous battle, and the hull, including the artillery, suffered a lot of damage, and the crew also suffered some casualties.

It can be said that at this time, the 'Sea Pioneer' faced each other alone, and Shi Daxuan's three-masted gunboat flagship, the two sides went head-to-head, that is, between five and five.

The soldiers on the warships on both sides, up to Shi Daxuan and Bruce, down to ordinary sailors, all held their breath at this time, preparing for the most fierce battle in the future.

The two largest warships on both sides kept accelerating towards each other, but neither fired again.

At this time, Shi Daxuan and Bruce both thought of going together, waiting for the opponent's warship to reach a suitable distance, and then ordering the artillery to give the heaviest blow to the other party.

It's close, it's close!

Both sides were fast and the distance between them was getting closer.

From the first nautical mile distance, to the current two sides rushed to a distance of only a few tens of meters, and the warships of the two sides were about to stagger past.