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Chapter 519 Arriving at Rili Haikou Battlefield
Ruan Fuxi, the general of the Ruan family navy, was worried at this time.The Ruan family navy led by him had a head-on battle with the Zheng family navy near Rili Haikou a few days ago. Originally, the Ruan family navy could overwhelm the Zheng family navy. Three warships appeared on the battlefield and quickly reversed the situation. The Ruan family navy also suffered heavy losses under the attack of the East India Company.

In the next few days, the Ruan family's navy tried their best to avoid confrontation with the Zheng family's navy, but instead turned into continuous harassment to interrupt the Zheng family's navy's access to the sea road behind the Changde base defense line.Such a tactic is undoubtedly relatively successful, but it angered the Zheng Family Navy and the East India Company. The result was that they temporarily gave up transporting troops and turned into chasing and killing the Ruan Family Navy on the sea. The two sides have been dealing with each other in the offshore area for two days up.

"General, our fleet is in a hurry to go into battle, and the ammunition on board is already stretched. If this happens, we won't even have the ability to fight back in the afternoon." The sailors on the ship were equally worried.

"We fled to the south by the direction of the ocean current, and we were able to keep a certain distance from the enemy. But once we retreated to the south of the port, it was equivalent to handing over the sea area near Rili Haikou to the enemy. In this way, they We only need to send a part of our troops to capture our ports, and then we can transport our troops without any scruples."

"But apart from retreating to the south along the coastline, can we escape to the depths of the sea? We are small boats near the sea. Once we encounter a storm on the ocean, we will easily capsize! And when we reach the depths of the sea, our single The galleons are not as fast as the three-masted galleons of the Westerners!"

On the main battleship of the Ruan family's navy, some captains of the navy were at loggerheads, which aggravated Ruan Fuxi's irritability.

"General! We found a fleet ahead!" The sailor who was watching suddenly shouted.

"How could there be a fleet other than us in this sea area?!" Ruan Fuxi hurried from the stern to the bow.

Sure enough, on the horizon where the sea and the sky meet, there is a fleet of four formations approaching the Ruan family navy.And this fleet, although there is still a certain distance from them, but Ruan Fuxi can judge with his own eyesight that this fleet seems to be a big ship...

"What can we do, General, we are being flanked! I didn't expect the so-called East India Company to be so powerful. Apart from three large warships, there is such a powerful fleet hidden. This time, we are flanking back and forth. You can't escape!" A naval captain said in despair, his throat felt dry.

"Don't panic, this is not necessarily the fleet of the East India Company..." Ruan Fuxi said uncertainly, "We can only make a big gamble with our lives now. Go forward at full speed. If the opponent is not an enemy, we will start from Avoid on both sides. If it is the enemy, we will always have ships that can break through the blockade of their fleet by taking advantage of the wind direction and ocean currents."

"Yes!" All the officers and men of the Ruan family's navy realized the seriousness of the matter, and at this moment they could only do their best and obey the destiny!
The Ruan family's navy pumped up their sails and headed towards the unknown fleet. The fleet that appeared in the south also found the Ruan family's navy. Their speed gradually slowed down, and flags were hoisted on their thick masts.

"Using the semaphore of our navy?!" An anxious Ruan Fuxi kept staring at the unknown fleet that determined their fate, and when he found that this fleet raised the semaphore of their navy, he almost jumped up excitedly!
No matter why this unknown and powerful fleet sent the semaphore of their Ruan family navy, since the other party took the time to send out such a signal, it shows that they are not the enemy!

"General, the opponent's ship means to let us go around from both sides, so as not to disturb their formation. They are ready to fight." Said a navy captain who understands semaphore.

"I don't need you to tell me. I can understand it. Send the order to let the ships sail to the left and right respectively, and avoid the fleet coming!" Ruan Fuxi immediately issued the military order.

"Turn the bow!" After receiving the military order, the ships of the Ruan Family Navy began to avoid the fleet coming from the opposite side.

This powerful fleet is the main force of the Nanyang Fleet, and the commander of this fleet is Deng Qianlong, the commander of the Nanyang Fleet!
"It seems that the other party understood our message." Deng Qianlong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

I am not afraid that the Ruan family's navy is incapable, but most afraid that they will become pig teammates. If the Ruan family's navy broke up the formation of the Nanyang Fleet in a panic, it would be a joke instead.

This time, although Deng Qianlong disliked the slow speed of the ships of the Ruan Family Navy docked near Hoi An Port, he did not take them northward, but he brought some soldiers of the Ruan Family Navy on board, and brought their flags to distinguish friends from enemies. .

"My lord general of the Celestial Dynasty, our navy on the opposite side sent us a warning message through semaphore. The main force of the enemy's navy is chasing and killing them." The soldiers of the Ruan family navy who stayed on the deck of the Daqin sailing battleship said to Deng Qianlong.

"Well, I've seen the enemy." Through the binoculars, Deng Qianlong could already see the enemy ships trailing behind the Ruan family's navy. "Order all formations to advance at full speed to meet the enemy!"

The sails of the three-masted galleons were fully drawn, and the speed of the [-] warships of the Nanyang Fleet suddenly accelerated, quickly forming a cone to meet the enemy head-on!
Ruan Fuxi led a small ship around the right side of the Nanyang Fleet. When he looked up at the huge hull of the sailing battleship condescendingly, he was frightened out of his wits, especially the [-] heavy guns equipped on one side. The cold muzzle made him I feel hairy.Fortunately, this is a friendly army, otherwise the Ruan family navy led by him would have suffered heavy casualties if they wanted to break through such a group of artillery fortresses.

"It's strange, why did a fleet suddenly appear, and they didn't fight against the Ruan family's navy, could it be their reinforcements?" The Dutch officer also spotted the Nanyang fleet arriving on the battlefield, but he didn't know for a while. Where is the sacred.

"Could this be the Western fleet they invited? It's like our Zheng family hired your East India Company's warships?" The general of the Zheng family's navy looked at the Dutch officer in puzzlement.

"The entire Western fleet in the Far East, except for our East India Company, is the only Spanish fleet that can survive, but they are afraid that our East India will seize the Strait of Malacca, so they have been hiding there. I don't believe they have the courage to put the fleet into this war. Naval battle." General Netherland looked at the speeding Nanyang Fleet, and felt a little familiar, as if thinking of something, his face turned pale, "No, this is probably the fleet of the Kyushu Army, retreat quickly!"

(End of this chapter)