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The surrounding roaring artillery fire has calmed down, and the tide is still rushing in the vast Indian Ocean for thousands of years. The monsoon winds blowing from the distant Antarctic sweep across the vast ocean, but they can't blow through the thick night.

The battleships were cleaving the waves in the night, and the Qin soldiers on the battleships were hurrying to prepare ammunition and clean the gun chambers, because everyone knew that this was only a temporary calm, and the battle would start again at any time.

This is a sea battle that is by no means easy, and it is a heavy battle that will determine who will become the hegemon of the Indian Ocean between Great Qin and the Netherlands, and at the same time affect who will be the future hegemon of the world's oceans.

If Wernardo were to lose, he would not only have to withdraw from the Indian Ocean in its entirety, but could also be devastated and the glory of the coachman at sea eclipsed.

If Ke Chenshu is defeated, Daqin's sharpest sword will be broken, and it is inevitable that he will temporarily withdraw from the Indian Ocean, and the voice of opposition to the vigorous development of the navy in the Nanjing court will be higher than the waves of the vast Indian Ocean.

History has repeatedly proved that the victory or defeat of some wars, although it may not lead to a change of dynasty, often affects a country's fortune and trend.

The night wind crackled on the sails, and on the topmost deck, "searchlights" swept the nearby sea, and the lookouts on the masts stared at the ocean with wide eyes.

It was already three watches at night, and the soldiers were already tired and hungry, so the people in the cooking squad steamed a basket of white steamed buns and sent them to the deck, and the soldiers each got two, and many of them were leaning on the side of the ship and eating it.

Liu Zhuzi swallowed too quickly. choked, hurriedly pulled the kettle next to him, poured a mouthful of water, and "flushed" the steamed bun stuck in his throat, but he kept burping because of it.

Lin Ting, the sailor on the other side, said with a smile: "Lao Liu, you are in a hurry, this is pitch black, the wind and waves are big, even if the enemy appears again, it will not be your turn to mix." Hey! ”

Liu Zhuzi is thin and small, but he is a thorn in the head, with a strong personality, and he has always been unconvinced. Of course, it is not only his thin stature, but the situation of naval aviation is quite special, and those selected are usually people with relatively thin stature, so as to reduce weight and increase the lift of the glider.

Liu Zhuzi was stabbed by Lin Ting. It was like someone stabbing his buttocks with an awl, and the whole person immediately bounced, but instead of going to Lin Ting, he said fiercely: "I'll go to the deputy admiral." You wait. ”

"Stop! Pillar, what do you want to do? Isn't the Admiral busy enough? Liu Zhuzi's captain Wan Qingliu scolded.

Liu Zhu was drunk and said in a wistful voice: "Captain, but we can't just consume it like this?" Everyone is desperate. Let's just be idle, and see what those guys are all about. Look at me and get angry! Captain, if you don't, I'll take the glider and try it, and believe me, I'll be able to take off. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, although they are all rockets, they are used on the deck and in the sky, it doesn't feel like a thing. Captain, why don't we give it a try? ”

"Yes, it's not like we haven't practiced taking off and landing at night, isn't it just windy, maybe it won't work."

"Captain, we are in the sky, if we want to hit the enemy's head, we will hit the enemy's head, and if we want to hit the enemy's buttocks, we will hit the enemy's buttocks, how refreshing! Stay on this deck, if the enemy doesn't come up, we can only suffer shells, but there is nothing we can do with people, we can kill people in a hurry! ”

"That's it, damn it, instead of being bombed to death on this deck, Lao Tzu might as well die in the sky!"

A group of naval aviation troops followed Liu Zhuzi and made noise. In the navy, they are undoubtedly the proudest group, usually envy others, once they take off, they almost abuse the enemy as much as they want, and it feels as cool as drinking ice water on a June day.

But now, everyone can only remove the rockets from the glider and nest on the deck to be shelled. Because the range of rockets is limited, when the enemy and us are in an artillery battle, the rockets often can't reach such a long distance, and they can only stare dryly.

Wan Qingliu's team of aviation troops, totaling 50 people, had eight people killed on the deck in the original battle, but they didn't have the opportunity to launch a few rockets, not to mention how much they felt.

Wan Qingliu himself was not very uncomfortable, seeing that his soldiers were so excited, he simply stood up and said: "Don't shout, I'll go to the command cabin to take a look, you guys stay here honestly, no order, who dares to toss blindly, I peeled his skin!" ”

"Captain, go, go!"

"I wish the captain success this time"

At this moment, there was a sudden emergency drum sound in the distance ahead, Wan Qingliu and the others were very clear about the meaning of the various drums in the Qin army, and when they heard the drums coming from the front, they couldn't help but look around.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? ”

"There don't seem to be any enemy ships ahead, so why do you suddenly stop advancing?"

"Don't shout, there won't be no notice to stop in front of you, get ready to fight."

"Whoa!"

At this time, the "Wuhu," a flying scissor battleship that was walking in the forefront of more than 20 warships, was already in chaos, and the battleship had just hit a reef, and many people had just fallen to the ground in a heavy setback and had just gotten up.

Although Daqin's warships are designed with meltwater tanks, if they crash into the reef and break the keel, the consequences will be very severe.

"Quickly inspect the bow, check the bilge damage, hurry!" Captain Zhou Xingmin strode out of the command cabin and shouted loudly.

The whole battleship was constantly clicking and making strange noises, which made people's hearts beat to hear, and the soldiers shouted, some rushed to the bow, some rushed to the lower cabins.

As soon as the leading Wuhu discovered the information that it had hit the reef, the Qin warships behind it were also busy, and they all adjusted their sails to slow down so as not to continue to collide with them.

On the treasure ship in the middle, an ominous premonition overflowed Ke Chenshu's heart, the Wuhu in front of him was probably not accidental, they came with the Dutch warship, the enemy did not hit the reef, and the Wuhu hit the reef, is this just a coincidence?

The Qin army was not familiar with this sea area, and Ke Chenshu intuitively believed that he was probably introduced to the Jedi by the enemy this time.

"Pass my order, Zhoushan and Weishan are the leaders, explore from both sides, and order all warships to enter the battle state immediately!"

"Whoa!"

Ke Chenshu's order had just been conveyed, and there were lights on the ocean on the east and west sides, and there was no doubt that there was a sudden light on the ocean at this moment, and it must be an enemy ship.

For a while, the snare drums on the Qin warship were all ringing, and all the soldiers rushed to their combat posts with a roar. After receiving Ke Chenshu's order to explore the channel to the east, Zhoushan, the alarm of the stranding soon came.

Ke Chenshu hated it so much, he punched it on the table, and the faces of staff officers Liu Qingshan and others changed sharply, there are reefs in the north and east, but what about the west? Moreover, the Zhoushan had just explored a little, and there was a stranding alarm, which was enough to say how dangerous this sea area was, and it was clearly a dead place, a place of death that the Dutch had carefully chosen and painstakingly lured them in.

"Old Ke, what should I do?" Ren Zhong asked with a solemn face.

Ke Chenshu said: "Don't panic, there are so many reefs here, even if the Dutch are very familiar with this sea area, but if they want to rush over, they will inevitably be hindered by the reefs, and there must not be many channels for them to approach. ”

At this moment, calming the hearts of the military is undoubtedly the most important, but Ke Chenshu's analysis does not seem to be correct, at this time, two miles away, the Dutch warships with lights on are rapidly approaching, and it seems that they are not too affected by the reef.

The night wind on the sea is blowing in gusts, the waves are churning, and the enemy ships are like ghost ships that suddenly appeared, and there are so many of them that it seems that there are more than 50 of them, what is going on? Didn't Wernardo have only more than fifty warships left, how could there suddenly be dozens more? Could it be a Mughal naval battleship?

Countless questions flashed in the minds of the officers and men of the Qin army, but these are destined to have no answers for the time being, the enemy fleet has quickly approached, the lights are in pieces, in the roar of the Qin army, the first thing I saw was that the enemy's side of the ship came out of a tongue of fire, and then there was the roar of the thunder ship:

Rumble! Boom, boom, boom

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