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Chapter 1644 Save the Zheng He

Zheng Chenggong got up from the deck and learned that the Zheng He was stranded, and his mind was a little blank.

When fighting at close range, the warship runs aground and loses its combat effectiveness. It is easy to be swarmed by the enemy and occupy the entire ship!
"Are you okay?" Zheng Chenggong first helped Hannah up, then looked at the surrounding ships, and found that the Zheng He they were on was too close to the coast.

"Quickly signal to the flagship and ask the ship to tow us away!" Hannah said quickly.

The stranded Zheng He raised the flag for help.

"My lord, the Zheng He asked us for help, it ran aground!"

Zheng Zhihu was leading a sail frigate with 24 guns to destroy the Turkish ships in the port. An adjutant who was observing the battlefield reported the accident to Zheng Zhihu.

"Zheng He?" Zheng Zhihu looked in the direction of the Zheng He, and the Zheng He rushed to the front, but unluckily ran into a piece of water with rocks and ran aground there.

"Which one of our ships can go to the rescue?" Zheng Zhihu scanned the ships around him, almost all of them were busy attacking the Ottoman ships in the harbor, and the smoke from the burning ships even blocked Zheng Zhihu's sight.

"My lord, the two galleys of the Knights Hospitaller have sent a signal, and their shallow galleys are going to rescue the stranded Zheng He!" said a crew member.

"Then give it to Castella, the Grand Commander of the Knights Hospitaller." Zheng Zhihu turned his mind, and soon understood why the ships of the Knights Hospitaller responded so quickly—the vice-captain of the Zheng He was the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller. Captain Castella's younger sister.

"They are so adventurous!" Castella specially boarded a galley with a shallow draft and led the knights of the Hospitaller to carry out this rescue.

Two galleys of the Knights Hospitaller approached the Zheng He under fire.

The Ottoman defenders on Chios Island also spotted the stranded Zheng He.

Even though the Zheng He was stranded, its artillery was still roaring, constantly killing and wounding the Ottoman ships in the harbor.

The stranded Zheng He became the easiest target for the defenders of Chios Island. Hundreds of defenders attacked the Zheng He in rowboats, and the gunners on the Turkish warships and galleys in the harbor also tried to Bombard the Zheng He as much as possible, trying to teach the enemy from outside the sea a painful lesson.

Zheng Chenggong, Hannah, and the same group of naval officers came to the edge of the deck with muskets and shot at the small boats approaching the Zheng He, trying to prevent the small boats of the Ottoman Empire from approaching the Zheng He.

"Fire!" Zheng Chenggong waited until he could see the Turkish soldiers wearing turbans, and finally gave the order to fire.

A row of muskets flashed and smoke filled the air, and the Turkish soldiers on the approaching boat fell down.

The Turkish soldiers on the small boat also used matchlock guns or even bows and arrows to shoot at the Zheng He. One or two naval cadets were shot by stray bullets and died on the spot!

One of the classmates who was hit by the stray bullet was beside Zheng Chenggong, and a drop of blood splashed on Zheng Chenggong's face, making him realize how cruel the battle between life and death is.

The Turkish soldiers suffered more losses, and some small boats were unable to move due to the loss of a large number of oarsmen due to the condescending and violent salvo of the Zheng He.

Even so, the Zheng He, which had lost its mobility, became very dangerous. Once the Turkish soldiers approaching by rowing boats attacked the deck, the Zheng He might fall.

"If nothing can be done, we will abandon the ship and flee." Zheng Chenggong made a difficult decision.

As a captain, it is undoubtedly a shameful thing to abandon the ship and escape during the battle, but the Zheng He is a student of the naval lecture hall trained by the Admiralty for several years. If he becomes a captive of the Turks, then things will be bad up.

boom!boom!
The Zheng He was hit by solid shells one after another, and the hull shook violently, and two more naval cadets died in the pouring of shells!
The coastal defense battery on Chios Island has noticed the stranded Zheng He, and the immobile Zheng He has become a good living target.

Just when the Zheng He was in danger, two Maltese galleys led by Castella, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, arrived in time, and they dispersed more than a dozen Turkish boats trying to surround the Zheng He.

"Are you all right?!" Castella yelled at everyone on the Zheng He deck.

"Brother, use the rope to drag our boat away from here!" Hannah quickly waved to Castella.

Seeing that her sister was fine, Castella couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "We are going to drag the Zheng He out of the shallows!"

The sound of cannons and muskets became more dense and louder. The sea area was intertwined with solid bullets and lead bullets flying randomly, and people were hit by stray bullets from time to time.

The two Maltese galleys worked together to slowly drag the Zheng He out of the dangerous place. The oarsmen rowed in unison, and the Zheng He left the hidden shoal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The defenders of Chios Island were still unwilling to be reconciled to the Zheng He, which was stranded, and was rescued under their noses. They launched another attack on the Zheng He in a small boat, which made the Zheng He dangerous.

"These annoying guys!" Zheng Chenggong found himself angry because of the Ottoman defenders, and he kept using Dreiser rifles to shoot at the defenders on the boat.

The crew of Zheng He also used muskets to stop the enemy.Although most of the bullets fell on the sea and caused a small splash, they still caused a lot of casualties to the defenders of Chios Island.

Finally, the two Maltese galleys with all their strength took the Zheng He out of the danger at the fastest speed, and the Zheng He could once again use its own mobility to avoid the artillery of the fort and continue to participate in the battle.

"Now I owe your brother a favor." Zheng Chenggong knew that the Maltese galley was so desperately braved the artillery on the fort to attack and rescue the stranded Zheng He. It doesn't matter.

"Should we still seize the enemy's galleon?" Hannah asked Zheng Chenggong, the captain, for instructions.

"Of course, they actually wanted to occupy our ships when we ran aground, so we will also occupy their ships and cause them the greatest loss. Just try to avoid that dark beach!" Zheng Chenggong will not give up revenge Opportunity!

The Zheng He rejoined the battle, like a wild wolf that had recovered its freedom from a cage, looking for suitable prey again.

Finally, the Zheng He used artillery to destroy another Turkish galleon. After the two ships approached, Hanna boarded the Turkish galleon with 30 naval cadets and settled the battle with muskets, leaving only 10 soldiers behind. One person controls the galleon.

(End of this chapter)