Although Zheng Zhilong and the Daming Navy Division gathered nearly 1,000 warships, most of the No. 1 and No. 2 Fu ships under his command went to the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to support the migration and transportation work of the Far East Company.

Now he only has a dozen No. 1 and No. 2 fortune ships in his hands, and the rest are grass skimming boats, Haicang ships and Cangshan boats, as well as a large number of small fire boats. The Daming Sailor is not very wealthy, there are more than 20 No. 1 and No. 2 Fu boats, and the rest are all small boats. Coupled with the various sea ships under the command of the maritime merchants on the southeast coast, more than 1,000 warships were put together.

But even the largest No. 1 fortune ship, compared with the British Royal Corsair's Western-style full-sail fast ships, in terms of tonnage, speed, firepower and handling, there is a big gap.

The No. 1 Daifuku ship can only carry 100 people, 1 Dafa Tiger squat cannon in the bow, 6 jack Franc machines on both sides, 3 bowl-mouth guns, 20 thunderbolt guns, 60 spray canisters, 10 Lu Mi guns, 500 crossbow arrows, 10 gunpowder crossbows, 300 rockets, 100 fire bricks, and thousands of cold weapons.

It seems to be quite lively, and there are only thousands of gold long cannons, which can barely compete with British naval guns. But both the range and power are far from the 18-pounder guns of the British clippers.

But Zheng Zhilong and the Daming Sailor were already ready to fight hard, they couldn't catch up with this group of pirates at sea, and now they were blocked in Liaoluo Bay, which can be said to be a golden opportunity.

The governor of Fujian, Zou Wei*lian, Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu, all dressed up in battle, personally commanded his men to sail into Liaoluo Bay, and surrounded more than 100 Yiren pirate ships anchored here.

The first to appear was naturally the fireboats, and hundreds of fireboats flocked to hook and ignite. In the face of the overwhelming number of small fireships, the British royal pirates were almost scared to death, but fortunately, there were a large number of Arbary schooners of the Barbary pirates, relying on these small-tonnage schooners with nimble maneuverability. Desperately blocked most of the fireships.

However, a small number of small fireships piloted by pirate dead men passed through the blockade of the Arabian triangular schooners, braved artillery fire to approach the full-armed cross-sail speedboats of the British Royal Pirates, and burned more than a dozen British pirate ships in less than an hour after the start of the war. Of course, the British Royal Pirates are also tough bones, and the Barbary Pirates are even more ferocious. They tried their best to break through.

Many times, the warships of the two sides were entangled together, the arquebuses and bayonets of the British pirates, the scimitars of the Barbary pirates, the muskets and swords of the Daming sailors, the guns and swords of the Zheng pirates, and all kinds of firearms and cold weapons took turns to fight. The sailors on both sides continued to engage in hand-to-hand combat, with swords and swords, and flesh and blood flying.

Even Zheng Zhihu personally went into battle, wearing the plate armor and steel helmet given to him by the Far Eastern Company, and holding a Japanese sword in his mouth. Climb aboard a large plywood ship with his men and fight the British pirates. But he was unlucky, he was shot by an arquebus from the British, and if it hadn't been for the plate armor of the Far East that saved his life, he would probably have confessed here.

From time to time, a ship on both sides was sunk, and the sailors of the two sides floating on the sea were also fighting each other, and the entire Liaoluo Bay had been turned into a pot of porridge, and the sound of artillery on the sea was shocking, and it could be heard for dozens of miles.

This dozen is two days and two nights. The fighting was extremely fierce. The Ming sailors and Zheng pirates have suffered more than 10,000 casualties, but they still grit their teeth and fight bravely with the pirates of the West. Although the Zheng pirates and the Daming sailors tried their best. The whole army also dared to use their lives, and finally let the British pirates rush out of Liaoluo Bay. But they also threw down most of their ships here, and the losses were extremely heavy.

Out of Liuluo Bay, the British pirates' speedboats finally showed their excellent seaworthiness in the sea, slowly shook off the Daming Sailor and Zheng's pirates, and sailed towards the open sea.

Zheng Zhilong watched the British pirates who were about to go away. He slammed his fist into the side of the ship. There are too few such opportunities, and if you can't keep them this time, it will be difficult to catch them in the future.

Just when he was depressed, a pirate leader next to him suddenly shouted: "Master, look at it......"

Zheng Zhilong picked up the binoculars. Look into the distance. I saw four slender warships with snow-white sails, slowly revealing their tall masts from the distant horizon.

The pirates cheered loudly, of course they knew these ships, this was the Far East Company's flying shear patrol battleship, which belonged to the Tanegashima Coast Guard, and they did not participate in the operation along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The patrol fleet has been patrolling the northern part of the Ryukyu Islands, because the Ryukyu Kingdom was harassed by pirates, they received a telegram from the Admiralty, and they went south day and night to support, destroying two pirate fleets along the way, as the first fleet in the Far East to reach the southeast coast.

Although the patrol fleet faced dozens of pirate ships, the four clippers were undaunted, using their speed to quickly seize the upper hand, like four sharp swords, fiercely plunging into the pirate fleet.

The two 75-millimeter long-barreled mountain guns equipped with each clipper began to fire fiercely, hitting several Arab triangular schooners on the periphery one after another, and how could the schooners of only one or two hundred tons withstand such a ferocious blow, they were disintegrated and caught fire one after another, and a fleet of pirates lost several schooners.

Scared the British so much that they all peed. Nima ...... What kind of ship is this, it's too fast, the royal pirate speedboat, compared to others, the speed is simply incomparable.

The pirate fleet was thrown into disarray by four extremely fast clippers, and the pirate ships were constantly hit and set on fire. They had been fighting for two days and two nights, and they were already tired as if they were something. Now that the other party has sent such a few freaks, the morale of the pirates has suddenly fallen into a trough.

Seeing that the situation was not good, several of the Arabic schooners of the Barbary pirates quickly broke away from the fleet and fled in all directions, relying on their nimble hulls.

Their escape was like a domino pushed into the sea, and the entire fleet of pirates suddenly scattered in an attempt to escape the sea. But at this moment, a few more sail shadows appeared on the horizon in the distance.

Six 150-ton Slupp sloops also arrived in time for the warring waters, and the Slupp sloops in the Far East were designed for speed and agility, with a hull length of about 30 meters, a mast mounted backwards, with one or two sails and a large diagonal truss mainsail, which looked like the dorsal fin of a shark cruising on the water.

Whether crosswind or downwind, this type of boat can achieve a huge sail area to propel the hull forward. Its signature long bow mast is like a sharp sword straight ahead, and the large bow mast sail on it provides excellent steering and headwind performance.

It perfectly illustrates the pirate principle of "outrun me and outrun me, outrun me" pirate principle, and they are also the main warships of the coast guards of the Far Eastern territories.

Each Slupp sloop is in the center of the hull and is equipped with a naval version of the 75mm long-barreled mountain gun, so if they bite it, no matter how much resistance they make, they will not try to escape their poisonous hands.

Looking at the warships that the other side kept coming, and they were all extremely difficult alternative warships, it was the last straw in the hearts of the pirates, and the pirates had no intention of fighting, so they wanted to escape from here. But at this time, the warships of the Zheng pirates and the Daming Navy Division also caught up one after another, and the remaining dozens of pirate ships were once again surrounded by heavy surrounding. (To be continued......)

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