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The stars fill the sky, and the waning moon in the western sky is like a hook, and the light and shadow are dim.

There is no daytime seabird chirping, and only the never-ending sound of the waves echoes on the dark and dreary sea.

On the sea more than ten miles south of Huangyan Reef, an eagle boat in charge of patrolling and guarding, sailing in crosswinds, lightly swept through the faint light sprinkled by the hooked moon.

Ning Xiaobao sat alone on the high mast beam, with a rope tied around his waist, which would ensure that he would not fall off the crossbar due to the violent bumps.

Captain Ye Fei raised his head on the deck and shouted, "Xiaobao, don't be lazy, look at it more." ”

"Captain, the sea is calm, and there is not even a bird."

"Xiaobao, hold on a little longer, there is still a pillar of incense time, I will let Hua Laosan go up and replace you down."

"Captain, I can't hold on"

"Don't be cheating, how long have you been up?"

"No, Captain, you misunderstood, I wanted to pee."

"You" Captain Ye Fei scolded while holding his head, "Damn, Ning Xiaobao, you wait, I'll let Hua Laosan go up to replace you in two hours." ”

"Don't don't don't be captain, I'm holding it, can't I pee anymore?"

Bursts of strange laughter suddenly came from the ship, like a ghost crying wolf, maybe this is the only way to pass the long night.

Seeing the captain rushing into the cabin with his head in his arms, Ning Xiaobao laughed twice, and habitually picked up the telescope hanging on his chest and looked around.

"Huh! The stars are not right, too low. Ning Xiaobao muttered to himself, put down the binoculars and wiped his eyes, and continued to look, and suddenly, he screamed like a pig, "Captain! Captain! There is a case, but the south side does not. There are ships coming from the southeast and southwest."

In Ning Xiaobao's shouting, Ye Fei, who had just rushed into the cabin with his head in his hands, rushed out and shouted: "Xiaobao, this is not a joke, can you see clearly?" ”

"Captain, you can't be wrong, there are indeed ships approaching, about six miles away."

"Six miles? Damn Ning Xiaobao, what were you doing just now, what were you doing eating? Fast. Signal a warning, hurry! Three rounds of red. ”

A Hua Laosan rushed out of the hatch of the ship, holding a torch in one hand and a handful of fireworks in the other, and quickly lit it.

The main force of the South China Sea Fleet anchored around Huangyan Reef suddenly saw three red fireworks exploding in the air more than ten miles to the south, and the blood-red color was extremely dazzling, which was the highest level of warning.

Zheng Sihai: They are still deliberating. They all rushed out of the cabin one after another, and the guard ships on the south side were afraid that the main fleet would not see it, and every once in a while, three red fireworks shot into the air.

"Quick. Immediately return to each ship to respond. Zheng Sihai yelled.

Tong Haifeng, Chen Hui, Lin Youmei, Zhang Yao and others jumped off the dinghy one after another, and the soldiers on the dinghy immediately shook their oars and flew out of their battleship.

"Drumming!"

Above the flagship, the cowhide drum rumbled. The originally silent sea was suddenly broken by heavy drums, and the Qin troops on all the battleships rushed out of the cabin one after another, as they usually trained. Rush to your post.

The helm of the helm, the anchor of the anchor, the sail of the sail, the loading of the ammunition and, above all, the signal men, who must climb the high mast with the utmost agility and keep an eye on the commands coming from the flagship.

In the midst of the chaotic sound, the Qin army quickly raised its sails and anchored at an astonishing speed, and at this time, everyone was waiting for the order issued by the commander-in-chief of the fleet;

At this moment of life and death, an order from Zheng Sihai may wipe out the entire fleet, or it may kill everyone.

For Zheng Sihai, this was a difficult decision, and now except for the highest-level warning letter from the south, the other enemy situation is unknown.

But this decision, he must make immediately, without a moment's hesitation.

"Order, to the south, all the eagle ships and bluffing ships to stop the lights and open the way ahead, and all the gunboats follow the flagship and take the battle line."

The herald quickly conveyed Zheng Sihai's order. All battleships, you can doubt the correctness of this order, and even be dissatisfied, but must, immediately and uncompromisingly.

All the small and medium-sized eagle ships and bluff boats began to disperse slowly, and then the lights on the ships were holographic, and the gunboats behind were brightly lit, this contrast between light and darkness made the small and medium-sized warships in front quickly disappear from the vision;

In the dark night, they rushed south at full speed like a pack of wolves hidden in the dark.

Of course, in order to prevent collisions with each other in the dark, these eagle boats and bluffers turn on their anti-collision lights every few moments, but these anti-collision lights can only be seen from the left, right and rear, and the front is deliberately blocked. This is the experience summed up by the Daqin Royal Navy in peacetime training for night assaults.

At this time, the Dutch battleships to the south were lit up, which was a necessity, and no one could operate the guns in the dark.

Seeing that the large number of lights were rapidly heading south, much to the surprise of the commander-in-chief of the Dutch fleet, Calant, he let the battleships in the south advance first, according to common sense, the Qin army should escape to the north or other directions when the situation is unknown;

But now the Qin army is going the opposite way, and there is an enemy situation in the south, and instead they are rushing to the south, as if they have been waiting for a naval battle for a long time.

Callant had no choice but to order the fleets to the east and west to attack as far as possible.

Ten miles away, the two sides walked in the opposite direction, and it didn't take long to meet, the lights and films on the sea, and the shadowy sails were like the wings of the devil, covering the starry sky.

The two sides had not yet engaged in battle, and the bitter murderous aura had already filled the entire sea.

It's close, it's fast.

"Turn left forty-five degrees!" Cahalft calmly ordered, and the fifteen giant battleships began to turn, and the naval guns on the starboard side slowly turned around, and the muzzles of the black holes were rising little by little.

At this moment, Calante noticed that there was something abnormal, about three hundred yards ahead, and occasionally some faint light flashed, "It's an enemy ship!" Is the enemy ship hiding in the dark, fast, shoot! ”

Callant was not wrong this time, it was indeed a small and medium-sized warship of the Qin army, and it was killing in the dark, and if it was a little careless, it would not be discovered at all.

Rumble! Boom Boom! The Dutch ships opened fire first, and tongues of fire erupted in the night, and the deafening roar was like thunder in an instant.

In the first salvo, a full three hundred shells pierced the night sky and fell like raindrops, so close at a distance, three bluffing boats of the Qin army were immediately hit, bang, bang! The tragic shadow could not be seen in the darkness, but the loud sound of the solid bullet hitting the ship was terrifying.

After one volley, soon a second came again, this time with more loud noises, even screams could be heard, but no matter how many battleships were shot, the bluffs and eagle ships still rushed from the darkness, and kept approaching.

Thinking of the terrible rocket slip of the Qin army, Callant was alarmed and ordered all artillery to be replaced with shotguns, boom! Boom! Fifteen warships, three hundred artillery pieces, a terrifying barrage erupted with the tongue of fire, thousands of marbles were like a downpour, shooting towards the Qin army's battleships, in the darkness, there were bursts of crackling sounds, and bursts of screams echoed.

On the Qin warship, almost none of the sailors who controlled the sails survived under such a dense shotgun bombardment, and in the dark, the bloody wind on the deck was gusting, blood flowed, and even the hard sails on the mast were almost beaten into a sieve.

The dead were gone, and the living had no room to retreat, and a Qin soldier rushed out of the cabin from the darkness to take over the battleship of the sacrificial comrade.

Calculating the time between the enemy's artillery fire, they first hid under the side of the ship, waited for the enemy's second round of artillery to sound, and then rushed out, but the enemy did not fire all the artillery at the same time, but there was a difference in the order, some Qin troops rushed out as soon as the enemy's marbles stopped, and as a result, another round of marbles came in the dark

This shotgun did little damage to the hull, but it caused huge casualties to the soldiers on board.

This is war, there are no immortals in war, and at this time, no matter how big the casualties are, they can only move forward and continue to move forward.

Closer, two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps, in the roar of revenge of the Qin army, one rocket after another with a long tail flame, whistling away.

Rumble! Rumble!

The two giant ships of the Dutch were hit one after another, and the yellow explosives charged with the rockets exploded violently, forming two huge fireballs, and the violent shock wave instantly swept away half of the enemy ship's cabin, and in the light of the fireballs, you could see the corpse of the Dutchman being torn apart by an invisible force in the air and flying like rain.

"Come again! Fuck it! ”

"Quick! Sink them! ”

A roar, a roar, echoing endlessly

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PS: The third watch, there will be a fourth watch later, kneel and beg for a monthly pass!.

(To be continued......)