Ming Zuo

The darkness has passed, and the light has returned to the world, which also makes human killing more calm.

The East China Sea Fleet, which had rested overnight, set off again and rushed towards Zheng Zhibao and Shi Daxuan.

Last night, the two stayed overnight at Cezishan.

Seeing the aggressive approach of the East China Sea Fleet, Zheng Zhibao didn't delay, and quickly ordered to continue fleeing.

At [-] o'clock in the morning, the four main warships of the East China Sea Fleet passed through the strait between Jintang Mountain and Cezi Mountain, and officially entered the inland sea of ​​Zhoushan.

Although the East China Sea Fleet was getting closer, Zheng Zhibao laughed wantonly.

"Zuo Hua has already taken the bait, send a message immediately to let the elder brother prepare early."

A fast boat sailed out of Zheng Zhibao's fleet and quickly disappeared on the water.

The East China Sea Fleet divided its forces on the outskirts of Jintang Mountain.

The four main warships continued to head south, and the rest of the old warships stayed where they were.

Zheng's pirates on Jintang Mountain saw this scene and quickly reported to Zheng Zhilong.

"As long as those four new-style warships come in, it will be considered a success. The rest of the old ships are just turtles in the urn."

At noon, between Yangluo Mountain and Xiaoxie Mountain on Dadao, Zhoushan, Zheng Zhibao and Shi Daxuan rushed in.

It seems that they are in a panic to avoid the East China Sea Fleet, planning to use the many nearby islands and complicated rivers to escape the East China Sea Fleet's pursuit.

Even before that, Zheng Zhibao had deliberately brought the East China Sea Fleet closer, causing the last three warships on his side to be sunk.

"Commander, do you want to chase in? There is Panzhi Island behind. If Zheng Zhilong is really hiding there, it will not be easy for us to turn around."

Zuo Hua held the binoculars all the time and kept observing the surrounding situation.

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get a tiger cub? In order to lure Zheng Zhilong, we have to fight hard."

There was no objection from the top and bottom of the East China Sea Fleet, and they followed his order and bit Zheng Zhibao tightly behind.

"Third master, Xia Jun has taken the bait."

Zheng Zhibao was overjoyed to see the East China Sea Fleet entering the waters near Panzhi Island.

"Send a signal and light the smoke. This time I will use Zuo Hua's head as a jug to comfort Hong Xu's spirit in heaven."

Among the generals of the Zheng family, Zheng Zhibao and Hong Xu have the best relationship.

Hong Xu's whereabouts in Dongying were unknown, Zheng Zhibao only thought that he died at the hands of Xia Jun, and wanted revenge.

There are people from the Zheng family on the nearby islands.

Seeing the signal on the ship, they immediately lit up the beacons.

The sea was flat and the weather was very clear. The straight smoke column could be seen clearly even dozens of miles away.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the smoke ignited on one island after another, and spread infinitely to the left and right.

Finally, even on the big island of Zhoushan, there were several blazes of smoke rising into the sky.

Just the smoke from the war seems to have woven into a huge net, trapping the East China Sea Fleet firmly in it.

In the river behind Daxie Mountain, Zheng Zhilong was already fully armed and recharging his energy.

When he saw the smoke rising, he immediately turned the stillness into movement and rushed to the bow.

"Send the order, the whole army is dispatched!"

More than [-] warships in the river quickly set up their sails and lined up in a long line, sticking to Daxie Mountain all the way to the north.

Apparently Zheng Zhilong planned to go around to the north of Daxie Mountain, and then detour to the back of the East China Sea Fleet, completely blocking Zuo Hua's retreat.

On Panzhi Island, Zheng Zhibao and Shi Daxuan also stopped retreating.

They quickly crossed over and aimed their guns at the East China Sea Fleet.

At the same time, on the surrounding islands, Zheng's pirates also launched hidden artillery one after another, and began to bombard the four battleships.

These islands are very compact, so that the water surface in the middle is not very wide, so Zheng's artillery can hit the East China Sea Fleet.

All of a sudden, the guns rumbled and the water column surged.

The four battleships were shot from time to time, and sawdust flew all over the place.

Fortunately, this kind of battleship is very strong, and it is difficult to be penetrated by solid shells at once.

However, casualties are inevitable.

On the battlefield, Zuo Hua's heart was as hard as a stone, and he began to give orders calmly, regardless of the sacrifices of the soldiers.

"Order the ships to fight back freely, follow the flagship and not leave."

There are new changes on the surface of the water.

Just behind Xiaoshanzui where the East China Sea Fleet had just passed, countless small boats suddenly circled out.

There was only one person paddling on each boat, and they bravely rushed towards the East China Sea Fleet.

The boat was covered with firewood, and it must have been covered with oil.There are sharp spikes on the bow, like a swarm of locusts.

As expected, Mrs. Zheng played fire attack tactics again.

At this moment, as long as the East China Sea Fleet turns around and retreats, it will definitely collide head-on with these fire boats, and it will peel off its skin if it does not die.

The East China Sea Fleet can be said to have a fireboat formation behind and interceptors in front, and it seems to be completely in a desperate situation.

Zuo Hua didn't panic at all, and stretched out his hand to point to the southwest.

"Turn around and go to the big and small Liangmen Mountains."

The helmsman obeyed the order and quickly got busy.

The battleship was originally sailing at full speed, although it deflected at this time, but with the help of strong inertia, the speed still did not decrease.

On Zheng's side, Zheng Hongkui is in command of the fireboat array.

Seeing Xia Guo's warship turn around, he thought that the Xia army wanted to retreat the same way, and immediately shouted: "Use all your strength, if you let the enemy go, they will all beheaded."

When fighting, Zheng's rewards are heavy, but punishments are also heavy.

Under strict orders, the rowing sailor kept shouting while rowing the boat into the air.

In fact, it was July, and the south wind prevailed.

Zheng's fire boat array came from the north, and it was traveling against the wind, so its speed would be greatly affected.

But Zheng Hongkui also has a way.

He didn't let the fire boat go straight to Xia Guo's warship, but headed west.

In this way, the star-studded fireships are tantamount to building a wall to the north.

If the Xia army warship really returned the same way, it would have to rush through the middle of the fire boat formation.

Its effect is exactly the same as that of a fireboat hitting the past.

However, Xia Jun's further actions were beyond the expectations of everyone in the Zheng family.

The East China Sea Fleet did not turn completely, but just turned to the southwest, facing the artillery fire on various islands without slowing down.

"Hmph, Zuo Hua, a coward, only thought of running at this time. Is it too late? He's like a headless chicken, and he'll be killed here if he hits him."

Zheng Zhibao sneered, thinking that the East China Sea Fleet was not familiar with the surrounding terrain and wanted to walk into a dead end by itself.

Regardless of the actions of the East China Sea Fleet, they just ordered everyone to fire desperately to cause damage to Xia Jun's warships as much as possible.

Tier III battleships are faster, larger and stronger.But after all, it was still a wooden sailing boat. I don’t know how many shells it suffered in just half an hour, and many of the boats were riddled with holes.

Fortunately, Zheng's bombardment technology was very poor, and the hit rate was pitifully low, and did not cause fatal damage to the third-tier battleship.

The four warships fought against the dense barrage, fighting back desperately, while breaking through at full speed.

Zheng's warships, as well as the artillery on the shore, were all hit hard.

It wasn't until this time that the gap in the artillery performance of the two sides was fully reflected.

Even if Zheng's is under siege, the damage is still greater than that of the East China Sea Fleet.