Chapter 1522 (·￣︶￣·) Great Victory in Nanyang

After more than an hour of chasing and artillery battles (unilaterally), at this time, nearly half of the armed merchant ships in Preyla's fleet were sunk or damaged by the Li family's fleet, and they began to stay or fall behind in twos and threes On the surface of the sea, busy with self-serving repairs or saving the crew and sailors who fell into the water because the hull was burned, blown up or sank.

Afterwards, after half of the ships were sunk and injured by the distant "kite" bombardment of the Li family's fleet, the armed merchant fleet, which is currently only a little over half, had to subconsciously slow down their ships. Speed ​​up and try to stay away from the five devil-like ships of the Li family to avoid those terrible shells falling on their heads.

Because during the sea battle (being beaten) for more than an hour, they had already discovered in despair that with their large and medium-sized two-masted jibs and three-masted square-sailed merchant ships in the North Sea, they would definitely not be able to catch up with that ship. Five giant battleships with slender lines and many masts and sails!

Even if you continue to forcefully chase, it will only increase the casualties in vain?

So, they started to slow down, and continued to chase after them with a bit of a slap in the face, and gradually opened up the distance and spread out, no longer maintaining a tight formation, but watching the seven ships in front of them have already caught up , The distance has been chased to the battleship of about seven or eight hundred yards.

So now the situation becomes:

Five second-class North Sea three-masted battleships led by Malay Governor Preyla and two ships of the same second-class battleships led by Admiral Hedram of the Swedish Navy headed towards the Li family in two different directions. The fleet pinched away, and was about to catch up and get into a suitable range for bombardment.

According to the performance of the cannons of the seven battleships, as long as they get within 600 yards, they can fire back. Although the hit rate and power of the shells cannot be guaranteed, at least they can get rid of the situation of being passively beaten but unable to fight back just now.

And once they get close to 400 yards, the shells of the seven battleships will definitely damage the five huge battleships of the Li family and cause considerable damage!

And when they get close to two hundred yards, it will be the last moment of the decisive victory!

At that time, once the Li family's fleet is held back by the seven battleships of its own side, the remaining thirty or so armed merchant ships behind them can swarm up and completely surround the enemy ships by taking advantage of the large number of ships. Whether it is siege and shelling or jumping gangs, they are absolutely sure that they can easily win!

Yes, that's what they think, whether it's the Malay governor Preyla, the Swedish navy admiral Hedram, or the captains of the armed merchant ships behind, they all think so tacitly Yes, after all, that was their only chance to win.

"Eh?"

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When the enemy's captains or governors all hope that a certain battle plan will be successful,

On the flagship of the Li family's fleet, the admiral, a bad little girl, of course also discovered some silly plots of the enemy.

"Look!"

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"The big fleet behind them seems to have slowed down, now only the seven warships dare to catch up!"

o(▽｀)o

What Annie saw with the binoculars, behind the left side, at a distance of more than 800 yards, were the two poor second-tier battleships, and the commander on them seemed to be the one she snatched in Giadin. The white-haired uncle of the first-tier battleship?

And a little closer behind the right side, maybe only more than 700 yards away, are five other warships. As for the commander above, she said that she didn't know any of them!

"Annie..."

"They are getting closer, and there are more artillery on them. What should we do?"

Song Yifeng also saw it through the telescope.

At this time, those warships that escaped from the large fleet and pursued them all began to open their gun doors and launched those dark artillery. If it weren't for the lack of distance, and now the three parties are all moving in the northeast direction and using the crosswind, If they couldn't turn around, the other party might use the cannon on the side to bombard them.

"Great Admiral!"

"It seems that they want to pinch us, do they need to speed up?"

Of course the first officer standing behind Annie and Song Yifeng also understood the enemy's plot, so he asked directly.

Just now, because they needed to keep a distance and shelled the large fleet of armed merchant ships, they didn't turn the sails to an optimal angle for a ride. The current speed of the ship is not the fastest time, but if necessary, they can still Continue to accelerate and let the chasing warships behind can only watch in despair as the distance between them is getting farther and farther.

Anyway, the first officer felt that they could speed up and get farther away, then turn around and fire at the opponent for a round of salvo, and then continue to accelerate and turn to fire. Sink the few enemy ships that try to rush up to intercept and bombard them.

"Well……"

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"There's no need to be so troublesome!"

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"Let's turn directly to the southeast, use the cannon on the starboard side to destroy the five warships first, then turn around and deal with the other two ships, and finally the group of armed merchant ships slowing down at the end!"

(ψ`▽′)o

Just thinking about it for a while, maybe less than two seconds, Anne quickly made up her mind.

"ah?"

"But, Admiral, in that case, the enemy ships will also have a chance to open fire on us!"

The first officer seemed a little hesitant, because after a little calculation in his mind, he realized that if they didn't increase the distance and speed up before turning, after they finished the first round of bombardment, they sailing southeast would definitely enter the enemy's path. At that time, two to three hundred shells may bombard their Li family's fleet at a distance of about four hundred to five hundred yards!

Although he doesn't know how accurate the enemy's shelling is, in his opinion, they have few ships and big targets, and it would be very, very disadvantageous and stupid to simply compete with the enemy for consumption. It's better to continue to rely on The speed is far away to catch the enemy, to destroy the enemy's vitality little by little until the enemy collapses!

"Don't worry, they have no chance!"

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"Because this time, I will personally direct the shelling!"

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After saying that, after giving the order, Little Annie cheered and left the command post, ran directly to the artillery position on the uppermost deck, and then began to shout at the artillerymen, asking them to follow her order to adjust the height of the muzzle.

"..."

"Send the admiral's order!"

"Turn! Southeast!"

"Full speed ahead!!"

It would definitely be a little risky to turn and shell before the distance was reached, but the first officer couldn't care less at the moment, so he could only bite the bullet and give Anne's order.

However, at the same time, he also took a chance and gave an order to advance at full speed. Even if they were bombarded by the enemy ship for a round later, they could quickly use the speed much faster than the enemy to get rid of the enemy ship dexterously.

"All ships obey orders!"

"Turn southeast and prepare for shelling!"

"Turn to the southeast and prepare for shelling!!"

The order was conveyed layer by layer, and then, as the command flag was hoisted, under the guidance of the flagship 'Xiangfeihu', the five warships changed from crosswind to tailwind, and then rowed across the sea. A long white arc was drawn, and at the same time, their starboard gun muzzles gradually aimed towards the five enemy ships on the right that wanted to pinch them.

"Raise the muzzle twice!"

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"I don't know how much it is twice?"

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"Just raise it up a little bit, a little bit more, that's right, that's it, hold on, and prepare to listen to other people's passwords!"

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"Over there!"

☆(o*ω)

"The muzzle of your guns is a little bit to the right, just a little bit... OK! Just don't move like this!"

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Behind the row of artillery on the deck, a certain nasty little girl, the admiral, left her post and ran directly to the position of the artillery commander on this floor, directing the gunners to operate.

After she finished adjusting, she grabbed the command flag of the artillery commander, stood directly on a gunpowder barrel, and began to wait for the enemy ships to appear on the artillery line of their side.

"preparation……"

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"Fire!!"

o(*｀ー)o

Annie calculated the amount of advance, including the speed, angle, wind direction of her warship and the speed of the five enemy ships. Finally, after a certain point, she gave the order brazenly. The gunners who were ready with the iron stick stabbed the guy in their hands into the medicine nest.

boom! boom!

boom! boom! boom!

There was a deafening bombardment rumble, and after bursts of black smoke, flames, and sparks erupted, the shells dragged black trails and slammed towards the enemy's ships one after another.

"!!"

"this……"

At this time, on the podium, the first officer who was still a little hesitant and Song Yifeng who had been worried all the time saw in astonishment that those shells, except that the gunners on the two floors below were a little scattered and inaccurate, The shells of nearly fifty guns on the uppermost deck were all aimed at the five enemy ships with precision?

Soon, they also saw that under the cover of shells, clusters of flames, thick smoke, and faint screams came from the enemy's ships.

The first ship suffered the most shells, and the waterline of the front right bow was directly hit by a shell, and then the speed slowed down, while the main mast of the other ship was blown off. up.

However, this is not the end.

Because, the remaining four ships following their flagship also began to fire one after another, making the first round of 600 shells continuously bombard the enemy ship one by one, completely enveloping the opponent in the overwhelming shells in the rain.

"..."

At this time, Admiral Hedram of the Swedish Navy, who was chasing on the left side of the Li family fleet, of course also saw the catastrophe that Preyla's battle fleet was suffering through the binoculars, and saw the dense shells around the friendly fleet. A spray of water was smashed or a burst of fire and splashed wood debris were simply burst on the deck or hull.

"this!"

"The distance should be less than seven hundred yards. At this distance, their shelling seems to have become more accurate and powerful..."

"It's over!"

"There is absolutely no chance of winning..."

"Is that the true strength of the Ming Empire's navy? Even if their empire is about to fall, their navy will still be able to crush us Westerners?"

Hedram sighed sadly, and began to think of the legendary Zheng family fleet (Zheng He) in his mind.

It is said that as early as more than 200 years ago, before the Westerners started their great voyages, the Zheng family of the Ming Empire organized more than a thousand ships and tens of thousands of people to carry out a mighty voyage. voyage, and sailed all the way to the east coast of Africa?

But now, more than two hundred years have passed, and Ming's fleet is still so strong...

No, even stronger!

Hedram saw it with his own eyes. In just one round of bombardment, Preyla's battle fleet was almost destroyed, and the leading flagship had already begun to flood and tilt. It was obviously hopeless. , and the four battleships behind also suffered heavy losses and were in a mess. One of them directly hoisted the white flag, and then began to flee against the wind to the north, dragging flames and smoke in embarrassment.

Therefore, it seems that there is really no need to continue this battle.

"Order!"

"Turn, let's retreat!"

Since there was no hope of victory, Admiral Hedram had no choice but to close his eyes in pain, then hesitated again and again, and had to give his first officer an order to retreat.

As for the large fleet organized by the Portuguese and Malay Governor Preyla and those behind Preyla who are in danger, he can't take care of it for the time being.

boom! boom!

boom! boom! boom!

When Admiral Hedram of the Swedish Navy ordered their two battleships to turn around and prepare to flee, the battle fleet of Governor Preyla was still under heavy bombardment from the enemy, and the shells, smoke and flames would be left behind immediately. The four ships below were shrouded in it.

...

After half a day.

The largest sea battle in Southeast Asia that took place between Brunei and Malacca in the sea area of ​​north latitude 3 east longitude 111, which lasted for more than four hours, gradually came to an end.

As for the victors, it is obviously not the sixty-seven ships led by the Portuguese Malay Governor Dole Artes Lopez de Preyla, consisting of a small number of battleships and a large number of large and medium-sized North Sea three-masted square sails and multi-masted deltas. The mixed fleet of armed merchant ships refitted from sailing ships is the Li family's super battleship fleet with only five pitiful battleships!

Moreover, what is frightening is that the Li family's fleet won the final victory in the sea battle with an unscathed posture and an absolute crushing posture?

In short, after the Li family's fleet sank more than ten ships and damaged more than 30 ships, the rest simply fled away, and those who were damaged due to damage to the hull, water leakage or broken mast Those who were unable to run away with their sails burned had no choice but to hoist the white flag after the Li family's fleet turned around and caught up, declaring unconditional surrender.

In this battle, according to the last statistics of the Li family's fleet, 18 enemy ships were sunk (including 5 battleships and 13 armed merchant ships), 22 ships (including 2 battleships) were captured, and the rest Twenty-seven ships fled and disappeared without a trace, but our own side was not damaged at all. Only a few sailors were scalded by the hot gun barrels. The epic victory!

Admiral Hedram of the Swedish Navy did not escape, and the captured two nearly intact second-tier battleships belonged to him. After discovering that their speed was no match for the Li family fleet that was chasing up at full speed, they only Can be aggrieved and surrender without a fight, sending the entire battle fleet into the hands of the Li family.

Before dusk fell, after capturing all the people and ships that could be captured, it was found that there were too few ships to pursue the enemy's Li family fleet, so they had no choice but to escort those who had been captured not far or near. The ships that were twice as large as them returned to the port of Brunei leisurely.

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However, when the battle broke out here in Nanyang, Li Huamei's fleet of Li Jiazhu, which consisted of three large Fuchuan and four or five medium Fuchuan, slowly sailed away from the wharf of Basra Port after resupply. Out along the channel, ready to go to Africa.

"Admiral!"

"The Woodin Chamber of Commerce invited us to fight against Nagpur. This is a great opportunity to open up the situation. Are we really leaving like this?"

Standing in front of the bow, looking at the huge Arabian ships docked in the distant port, James Rudway asked somewhat unwillingly.

"..."

"James, this is impossible!"

"We only have these few ships, and Wooding himself doesn't have much advantage. It's not a good idea to intervene in the dispute between them and consume our strength."

"In short, let's go to Africa first!"

Contemplating, looking at the huge ships belonging to Wu Ding's family in the pier, Li Huamei seemed to be a little tempted, but in the end she shook her head regretfully, just like she rejected Abraham Yiwen before. ·Woodin's invitation is the same as what she thought, and the strong fleet of Woodin's family is by no means the reason for her to stay and participate in it.

That Nagpur is a big businessman who rules and dominates the Indian Ocean area. She is also a local lord with advantages on land. In addition, she has some connections with the Dutch and Portuguese. Therefore, it is best not to get involved easily , was used as a weapon.

"All right!"

"However, Africa is also difficult. It has been carved up by European countries long ago. We have no way to gain a foothold there, and you don't want to do hard trade, Admiral. Our goods can't be sold at a good price there."

James Ludway still felt a little regretful, but he couldn't persuade the admiral Li Huamei too much.

"No problem!"

"Even if there is no chance, let's treat it as an expansion of the route. It is always right to go for a walk!"

With a chuckle and brushing her hair around her ears, Li Huamei didn't take James' concerns to heart, because she also knew that Africa was a barren land, and there were hardly any civilized countries on it, and those The Kunlun slave is also basically useless, and she won't stay there for too long.

"When we get to Europe, we can buy a few more big ships, and then go to the New World to see!"

"In this way, while doing business while sailing, when we return to Daming, there may already be a dozen or even twenty medium-sized and large sea-going ships. It shouldn't be a big deal to wipe out the Laidao family and those Japanese pirates. question."

"With the boat and the elimination of Lai Dao, with our home court advantage in East Asia, those Dutch and Portuguese will definitely not be able to compete with us!"

"At that time, we will have the capital to negotiate with them and ask for Nanyang's market share!"

Facing the warm sea breeze of the Persian Gulf, Li Huamei spoke out her grand plan confidently.

The Ming Dynasty court and those officials were ignorant and ignorant, and they restricted, targeted and suppressed their Li family everywhere, not wanting her Li family to develop and grow, but now, she jumped out of the cage that bound her and started to travel around the world.

According to the current speed, it could be as fast as a year and a half, and as slow as three or four years later, when she returns to Daming, those people will find that they can't restrain her no matter what!

"The admiral is wise!"

"Then do it!"

"Seconded!"

"Then hurry up, I can't wait!"

"Set off!"

Seeing Li Huamei's high-spirited, high-spirited, and heroic appearance, Yang Xi'en, Charlie De Huisen, James Ludwig, Xingjiu Shiraki, Yian Dukov and other followers cheered loudly stand up.

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