Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 387 Contest
The ships of the Ming Dynasty were technologically advanced, fast, and their artillery had a long range and high accuracy.

On the other hand, the Zheng's Pirate Group had larger ships, more ships, more artillery, and more experienced pirate members who were familiar with naval warfare.

It can be said that both sides have their own advantages and disadvantages. Generally speaking, no one is better than the other.

The three steam-powered ships "Zheng He", "Yu Qian" and the newly commissioned "Xu Da" are inconspicuous on the sea where large ships gather. With excellent results.

But for Zheng Zhilong, who has rich experience in naval battles, such ships with fast speed, fast artillery, long range and quick response may play a key role in small-scale naval battles. A powerful ship cannot decide the outcome of a battle.

This is like in a land war involving more than [-] large-scale battles, the bravery of a single general can hardly affect the outcome of the battle.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong was not too afraid of these steam-powered ships because of this. He even prepared a death ship for this purpose, that is, a death squad composed of small and medium-sized ships that are not afraid of death, and entangled these three special ships in a way of killing each other in combat.

But in fact, Zheng Zhilong ignored the fact that perhaps his current combat method for naval battles was still limited to observing the direction of the wind, but he ignored the fact that the fleet of the Ming Dynasty had already been organized in a systematic way.

That is, each fleet (now there are only three fleets) is composed of steam-powered ships as the core to form a combat unit, and the various functional ships it is equipped with are equipped with various functions such as offense, defense, cover, supply, and escort. , It can be said that it is seamless, a combat unit can adapt to various changes in the battle situation at any time.

Zheng Zhilong may think that the failure of the previous two naval battles was due to the fact that he dispatched too few ships and did not form an absolute advantage over the imperial court, which led to the imperial court's steam-powered ships being able to exert all their combat power, while ignoring the fact that the Ming court The reason why you can win is not only because of the advanced ships and artillery, but also because of the more advanced combat concepts and combat formations.

Zheng Zhilong's second brother, Zheng Zhihu, was also standing on the "Zheng He" at this time. He is now an ordinary handyman in charge of carrying ammunition, but the only difference is that he is still wearing shackles.

Unlike Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhihu has a detailed understanding of the naval strength of the Ming court after staying in the Beihai Fleet for a year and a half. , Zheng Zhihu had to admit that the current Daming Fleet was in many ways beyond what he, an experienced pirate, could think of, but after thinking about it carefully, he had to be surprised at the power of these battle concepts.

Zheng Zhihu really wanted to write a letter to his brother, persuading Zheng Zhilong not to fight the court to the end, and he even expressed this idea to Qin Botong.

Zhu Youxiao also agreed that he could exchange letters with Zheng Zhilong, of course, the content of the letters must be reviewed by Jin Yiwei and the Ministry of War.

However, Zheng Zhilong was not persuaded by Zheng Zhihu's letters. He even began to express his dissatisfaction with his second brother. In his opinion, his second brother had obviously started to vote for the court. For this reason, Zheng Zhilong was still replying to the letter Sternly reprimanded Zheng Zhihu not to believe in the words of the faint king, if he lobbyed for Zhu Youxiao again, Zheng Zhilong would even sever the brotherhood directly.

Zheng Zhihu couldn't persuade him anymore, but at this moment, when he saw his elder brother Zheng Zhilong dispatching all the ships to fight the imperial court as proudly as he did back then, his mood was also very complicated.

Both sides were vying for the upper air, so they didn't fire their guns. The fleets of the two sides swam regularly on the sea like a giant dragon, desperately changing directions under various flags and commands.

Zheng Zhilong really wants to break this deadlock. His ships rely on manpower to turn and change their speed. Once this stalemate continues for a long time, his ships will become more sluggish.

For this reason, Zheng Zhilong ordered Zheng Zhibao to lead a team of death-death fleets to attack the "Zheng He" to force the "Zheng He" to turn around. Then, at this time, the main fleet on his side will immediately turn around. Seize the upper air and disrupt the Ming army's formation with intensive artillery fire.

Seeing this, Gu Sanmazi couldn't help but adjust the telescope farther, and said with a smile: "Zheng's ship can't stand it anymore, and is eager to fire the first shot."

"Pass my order, the Zheng He will do what he can, and retreat quickly. When the enemy ships start firing at the Zheng He, the Yu Qian and Xu Da immediately cut into the waist of Zheng He's group, and then aim at one side and hit hard. Here, the Zheng He was moving rapidly towards the southeast at [-] degrees. When the Yuqian and the Xu Da were shelling the more favorable side, the Zheng He immediately blocked the other side of the Zheng Group to prevent it from attacking the Yuqian. Two-sided attack with the Xu Da!"

Gu Sanmazi and Zheng Zhilong's command methods are different. Zheng Zhilong arranges them to complete combat missions for the unit with his cronies, while Gu Sanmazi directly arranges combat tactics based on the core ships. Generally, a certain flagship is mentioned. That is, the entire combat unit with this flagship as the core has to operate accordingly, and how to operate is the direct responsibility of the commander of the flagship. Gu Sanmazi doesn't have to worry about it, he only cares about the result.

The Zheng He is the steam-powered ship that has served the Ming Dynasty for the longest time. The technicians and naval fighters on this ship are also the most familiar with the operation of this new type of power ship, so let them alone to resist the Zheng He. Gu Sanmazi is at ease with the strength of a pirate group.

But now, the retreater Zheng He was accelerating, driven by a large amount of steam power, the movement of the propeller behind the hull made the Zheng He retreat to the designated position easily.

The Zheng's death-defying ship that came risking its death was still directly pasted on it, trying to die with the Zheng He. At the same time, Zheng Zhibao also brought dozens of large ships to press down on the Zheng He from above.

Zheng Zhibao held his breath at this time, he really wanted to teach the navy of the Ming court a lesson, so that he could show such a bad breath, so when he pressed towards the Zheng He, his speed was still very fast, and he did not lose his temper because of the previous defeat. He who was lured by Gu Sanmazi was too deep and had a long memory.

In other words, it is easy to change the nature of the country and hard to change. When Zheng Zhibao was about to enter the range of himself and the Zheng He and Zheng Zhibao had ordered his own ships to attack the Zheng He immediately with the upper air outlet, the Zheng He suddenly fled here. Like a gust of wind, it chose almost 150 degrees, and then disappeared in the sea.

Seeing this, Zheng Zhibao hurriedly ordered his boats to chase after him, but he didn't expect that the ten Fuzhou boats behind the Zheng He immediately changed direction, and quickly opened their gun doors, aiming at the Zheng's small boats that were rushing after them.

Moreover, Zheng He's speed was too fast and he disappeared after a while, but when Zheng Zhilong was stunned, his right wing was suddenly attacked by fierce artillery fire.

(End of this chapter)