Zheng Zhilong stood on a fortune boat, looking at the hundreds of warships around him, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion. It is not easy for him to save this net worth from scratch, as long as he is given a few more years, he can control the southeast coast.

At that time, even the Dutch and Portuguese will have to look at him in the Ming Dynasty. But now a Far Eastern company has appeared out of thin air, and if the other party gains a foothold in Taiwan, then this will come to naught.

Therefore, he will not hesitate to drive the Far Eastern Company out of Taiwan at any cost, and he cannot let the other side sabotage his plan. Zheng Zhibao next to him laughed and said: "Big brother, you said that if the Far Eastern Company saw so many of our ships, would it be scared to the core, haha......"

Many of the pirates on board laughed when they heard him.

Zheng Zhihu next to him frowned and said, "Big brother, we still have to be cautious, don't go too far." ”

"Second brother, this is not like you, where is my brave and resolute second brother? Now when you hear about the Far Eastern Company, why are you afraid, the formation of our hundreds of ships, it is strange if you don't scare them to death. ”

Zheng Zhihu glared and said: "I've been to Manila, I've seen their military appearance, there are dozens of large plywood ships parked in Manila Port, all of which were captured by them, what kind of strength is this." ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, his heart tightened, and he nodded and said: "Fifth brother, listen to your second brother, let the brothers not go too far, we are not going to fight with the Far East." ”

After listening to the eldest brother's words, Zheng Zhibao nodded reluctantly and left in a huff.

Zheng Zhilong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Second brother, don't worry, no matter how strong they are, they won't be able to break through those two cities." If we just swing outside the Tamsui River, they will be scared away. Then you will prepare a generous gift, go to Manila again, and tell the people of the Far East Company that we are going to help them deal with the Spaniards this time, and if there is any misunderstanding, please bear with them, and if there is anything that needs to be done by our brothers in the future, we cannot shirk it. ”

When Zheng Zhihu heard it, he also felt that this was the case. As soon as he went to Manila and said this, the Far Eastern Company had all the face, could it still take this matter to heart.

At this time, the fleet had arrived near the mouth of the Tamsui River, and Zheng Zhilong gave the order to stop the fleet. Zheng Zhilong took the telescope and looked in the direction of the Tamsui River for a long time, and felt that something was wrong.

Supposedly, you should be able to hear the sound of cannons and shouts of killing, but now it is terrifyingly quiet, and there is no sign of a major battle. Zheng Zhilong turned his head and glanced at Zheng Zhihu, they both felt that this thing was evil.

Suddenly, a pirate rushed up and shouted, "Big boss, there are five big plywood ships in front of you, and you can't see the way." ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he quickly picked up the monocular and looked into the distance. They saw five huge sailboats side by side in front of them, each emitting a thick black smoke.

At a distance of a thousand meters, they turned the rudder and turned the ship sideways. Zheng Zhilong suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, but he couldn't say it for a while, but he knew that these five ships were not simple, maybe these were the five ships of the Far East Company.

"Second brother, these five ships are the ships of the Far East Company, what do they mean?"

Zheng Zhibao next to him didn't wait for Zheng Zhihu to speak, so he sneered: "There are only five big plywood boats, no matter how powerful they are, do they dare to fight with so many of our ships?" ”

As soon as Zheng Zhibao's words fell, several streams of fire erupted from the side of the five ships opposite.

"Boom...... Boom ......"

Immediately after that, five loud noises came, and the five wooden ships on the outermost part of Zheng Zhilong's fleet were shot almost at the same time, and the junk ship of more than 100 tons, which could withstand the destruction of 85-mm shells, was suddenly bombarded to pieces, with stumps and broken arms, and sawdust planks flying into the sky.

"Bang...... Bang ......"

Two twin 23-mm anti-aircraft guns at the bow and tail of five modified sailing ships also joined the attack. Ten chains of fire swept over frantically, and the wooden boats of Zheng Zhilong's fleet were beaten into piles of fragments one after another.

Zheng Zhilong looked at this qi qi dumbfounded, he never expected that the Far East Company only had five ships, and he would dare to challenge their huge fleet of hundreds of ships.

Not only did Zheng Zhilong not react, but the other pirates were also stunned. None of them expected that the five large plywood boats on the opposite side would fire first, which was really unexpected. No matter how powerful the five ships are, they don't dare to challenge their fleet, and hundreds of pirate ships can kill them even if they are piled up.

In the moment when Zheng Zhilong and the pirates were stunned, the fleet had already sunk more than two dozen ships. Zheng Zhilong was immediately furious, and shouted: "Pass the order to go down and attack...... Send fire ships and burn them. ”

The pirates next to them responded violently, they were all enraged, and the five ships dared to stab, this is looking for death.

All the pirate ships received the order, raised their hard sails, and rushed towards the five sails opposite. Dozens of fireships were the fastest and rushed out of the convoy first. These fireships were fast and maneuverable, and once inflicted heavy losses on huge Dutch galleons.

But today, before these fireships could get close to the opponent's battleship at a distance of 500 meters, they were exploded and caught fire by the PK machine guns and 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine guns on five sailing ships.

And five 85-mm anti-tank guns and ten twin 23-mm anti-aircraft guns on five sailing ships are still raging. In the face of the dense Zheng fleet, they were sure to hit almost every shot.

The pirate's wooden ship was to be hit by an 85-mm high-explosive shell, and the ship would be destroyed and killed. If it is swept by a flammed bomb fired by a twin 23-sea-meter anti-aircraft gun, it will also catch fire.

By the time Zheng Zhilong's fleet approached five sailing ships for 500 meters, they had already been sunk by the other party and injured nearly 100 pirate ships. Zheng Zhilong watched as the pirate ships were either smashed or ignited, and his heart was dripping blood.

He was relieved to see that the fleet was already approaching five large plywood ships. At this distance, even the best captains and sailors of Hongyi could not escape from their encirclement, because it was not so easy for the sailing ships of this era to set sail.

The five large plywood boats on the opposite side took the upper hand and were simply unable to flee quickly. But to the surprise of Zheng Zhilong and the pirates, the five sailing ships suddenly emitted puffs of thick black smoke, and the huge hulls slowly sailed away from there.

And the huge hull spun around quickly, and flew away under the surprised gaze of a group of pirates. What made them most angry was that these five large plywood ships drove a distance of nearly a thousand meters, flexibly crossed the hull, and began to attack the Zheng fleet unscrupulously.

Zheng Zhilong and a group of pirates immediately went crazy, Nima ...... That's a. I couldn't catch up with him, I couldn't beat it, so I could only let five large plywood ships smash and sink one pirate ship after another.

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen pirate ships were sunk, which made Zheng Zhilong thunderous, and he said angrily: "Chase after me, burn them, I want them to die......"

But Zheng Zhihu next to him grabbed his eldest brother and persuaded bitterly: "Big brother, withdraw...... No matter how much you fight, there is no result, so you can only let the brothers die in vain. ”

Zheng Zhihu is brave and resolute, excellent in martial arts, assists Zhilong, dominates the sea, and has made many achievements. At that time, the rivers and lakes had the reputation of "dragon wisdom and tiger bravery". But today, the two of them completely fell over, Zheng Zhihu has been very calm, but Zheng Zhilong has become very irritable.

Listening to the words of the second brother, Zheng Zhilong suddenly shook his head, and then shook his head unwillingly, and roared angrily: "Pass the order, let the brothers withdraw......

After he finished speaking, he sat down on the chair behind him, and his heart was filled with endless unwillingness. His current strength is enough to dominate the southeast, but today he didn't even touch the edge of others, and he lost more than a hundred boats, how could he be willing.

Suddenly, there was a huge cannon sound from the north of the fleet, and Zheng Zhilong stood up with a "whew".

There was a loud "boom".

A big fortune ship next to him exploded, the huge hull began to disintegrate and collapse in an instant, and the pirates on the ship jumped desperately into the sea, Zheng Zhilong was stupid at the time, he quickly picked up the binoculars and looked north.

He stared blankly at a huge iron ship in the distance, which was constantly spewing fire, although it was four or five miles away, but there were still large ships being smashed to pieces.

Zheng Zhilong felt a thick bitterness in his heart, he only knew until now that the strength of the Far East Company was not something he could compete with, and he knew that in the future, the southeast coast could only be said by the Far East Company.

No...... It should be said that the entire Nanyang will be people's footbaths in the future, what kind of furlong machine, what Hongyi, in front of them are all vulnerable.

These maritime pirates are not even fart in the eyes of others, and the five warships of the Far East Company can beat hundreds of their ships without the power to fight back, and now there is this huge iron ship, which can fly across the sea without sails and oars.

The artillery on the ship is even more powerful, and one shot can destroy the biggest lucky ship under his command, and today people are waiting for themselves to come. I thought that hundreds of ships could scare people away, but I really don't know what to do.

Two castles in Spain, with such powerful firearms, needless to say, must have been taken down in a day.

"Buzz...... Buzz ......"

At this time, two delta wings also flew over Zheng's fleet, each carrying six 120-mm mortar shells. Ding Weiguo howled loudly, piloting the delta-wing plane, almost grazing the masts of those pirate ships.

Pick a big ship to drop bombs, and every shell that falls can directly blow a big ship to pieces. Because he flew so low, six shells actually achieved five results.

The five sailing ships also pressed up at this time, and all the cannons opened fire at the same time, sinking the pirate ships of Zheng Zhilong's fleet one after another.

Zheng Zhilong looked up to the sky and sighed, and said to Zheng Zhihu, who was also anxious next to him: "Pass the order, let the fleet disperse, everyone try to rush out, don't get together, they have few ships, no matter how powerful they are, they can't sink the remaining hundreds of ships."

The pirates who received Zheng Zhilong's order suddenly gathered together like a pardon, facing such an opponent, that is the rhythm of the annihilation of the whole army, and only by scattering in a hurry can more ships escape.

Zhou Cheng saw that Zheng's fleet suddenly fled frantically in all directions, and immediately scolded: "Run fast, paralyzed, hit me...... Sinking one is one. ”

Song Tao saw the pirates scattering and fleeing, and he also knew that today's battle was over. There are too few of their ships. How could there be so many ships left, so he had to order five sailing ships to sink the opponent's ships as much as possible to strive for the greatest result. R1152