Chapter 1113 Tit for Tat

"This time, let the Westerners have a taste of the power of the ironclad. Gong Ying retracted his gaze towards the ironclad and showed the seafood in the wooden barrel. "Before we deal with the Westerners, let's eat to our heart's content."

"Of course." Zhou Yi also showed the seafood in his wooden barrel.

Since they learned that there are so many things to eat in the ocean.

They really feel that the vast ocean is an extremely huge treasure.

And their navy is the guard of these treasures..

While talking, the two returned to the shore.

That night, there were bonfires everywhere on the coast, like stars.

The navy officers and soldiers sat around the bonfire, and the iron barrels were full of seafood.

Mixed with a faint salty and fragrant smell, it drifted far, far away.

A leisurely night was spent like this.

The next day, the Dasong navy officers and soldiers stationed in Malacca all went to They were busy.

They moved the food, coal, and ammunition from the warehouse on the shore to the cabin, and replenished fresh water.

In addition, they also checked the steam engines and boilers of each warship to ensure that the warships could operate normally.

They were busy for three whole days.

On the morning of the fourth day, the Dasong Fleet, which was mainly composed of twelve ironclad ships, supplemented by forty-eight sailing warships and forty-eight steamships, passed through Malacca and headed for the Indian Sea.

The Dasong Navy had sixty steamships and sailing warships.

The other twelve ironclad ships and steamships were still deployed on the Ryukyu front to protect the trade routes and guard against Sam Pirate-style attack on the warships of the United States.

Because, although the warships of the United States suffered heavy losses under the attack of the Great Song Navy.

But the people of the United States are worthy of the true teachings of the Ansa pirates.

In order to attack merchant ships, they simply don't care about their lives.

According to the confession of the captured soldiers of the United States, before they set out, not only the Western countries, but also the United States issued a war bounty decree.

The decree stipulates that any seizures they made on the battlefield will be repurchased by all countries at 80% of the original price.

This means that if they robbed a warship worth 300,000 pounds, they would get a reward of 240,000 pounds.

Such a high reward may make them worry-free for life, and even make them rich.

It is precisely because of such a huge temptation that the soldiers of the United States still choose to linger in the East Sea despite knowing the disparity in strength.

In fact, during this period, in addition to the United States, the supporting Western Fleet also joined the ranks of official pirates.

But in front of the island chain defense line built by the Dasong Navy, except for several illegal smuggling merchant ships being attacked, the navy did not suffer any losses.

On the contrary, the warships of the Western Alliance were silent one after another in the East Sea.

At the same time, Because of the disgusting tactics of the Western Land Navy, the generals of the Dasong Navy have long been eager to seek a decisive battle with its main force and destroy Tianzhu, the largest supply point of the Western Land country in the East.

Without Tianzhu as a fulcrum, the Western Land Navy will definitely be much quieter in the future.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yi sneered.

At this moment, he was on the Jinling ironclad ship.

After the ironclad ship was launched, this warship became his flagship.

Patting the metal side of the ship in front of him, Zhou Yi felt very at ease.

The number of warships supported by the Western Land this time was huge, and the total number was about eight times that of theirs.

But for him, no matter how many warships the Western Land had, it would be useless.

In front of the ironclad ships, they were just a mob.

Their ironclad ships were not only strong and powerful, but also had rotating turrets that could shoot from all directions, and the triple expansion steam engine provided a powerful power for the ironclad ships.

Even their own steamships could not outrun the ironclad ships sailing at full speed.

Therefore, once the war started, their ironclad ships would surely be like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and start a killing spree.

After half an hour of sailing, the fleet passed through the long strait.

At this time, the fleet's formation had changed.

There were twelve ironclad ships inside, and forty-eight steamships and sailing warships on the outside, hiding the ironclad ships.

The sea outside the strait was wide, and there were often Western steamships for reconnaissance.

Sure enough, not long after they sailed out of the strait, they found the Western reconnaissance steamships.

Seeing this, Zhou Yi did not order a pursuit, but deliberately let these reconnaissance ships leave.

He just wanted to swagger towards Tianzhu and lure the Western fleet to a decisive battle with the Dasong Navy in the Tianzhu waters.

With nearly eight times the force facing the Dasong fleet that was alone and deep in the sea, he believed that it would be difficult for the opposing naval commanders to remain calm.

Just as Zhou Yi thought.

Five days later.

The intelligence brought back by the Western reconnaissance steamships shocked the entire coalition navy.

"How far are they from Calcutta?" Malfoy stared at the captain of the reconnaissance ship, not wanting to miss a word.

"Report to the Admiral, their sailing speed is not very fast, slower than ours. We came back first, and there is another reconnaissance ship watching them, but the most optimistic estimate is that they will arrive around noon tomorrow at the latest." The captain replied.

Malfoy looked at the setting sun, which meant that there was more than one night to prepare.

"Admiral, order all warships to enter the inland river. The Dasong Navy is more cunning than a fox and is best at launching sneak attacks at dawn. We can't suffer this old loss." A naval general suggested.

Malfoy's eyes flickered, and he shook his head, "No, if we enter the inland river, we will be easily blocked by them in the inland river. This time we have to set a trap for them. Leave 50 warships, and assemble the rest of the warships on the sea 50 miles away. Then mobilize a large number of fishing boats to enter the port, let the fishing boats and warships light oil lamps, and burn wet branches on the boats to create thick smoke."

Other naval officers heard what Malfoy meant.

The port covered by thick smoke, the Dasong Navy will mistakenly think that the lights in the smoke are all emitted by their warships, and thus think that their warships are all in the port.

In this way, they will launch a sneak attack.

At this time, they can take advantage of the situation to kill from behind the Dasong Navy and wipe out the Dasong Navy.

"Even if the plan fails, it doesn't matter. The number of our warships is eight times that of the Dasong Navy fleet. No matter how strong the elephant is, it can't stop the bite of the lion group." After receiving a large number of warships, he regained his confidence.

In the letter for help, he promised the queen that he would use the second support warships to destroy the Dasong Navy.

During this period, he gathered warships from various countries in the Tianzhu Sea for exercises, while looking for opportunities to fight with the Dasong Navy.

But the Dasong Navy was determined to hide in the east of Malacca, relying on the protection of the artillery on both sides of the strait.

At the same time, because they lost all their colonies near Malacca.

It is impossible for a large-scale fleet to bypass the sea distance of more than 8,000 miles, pass between Australia and Java, and fight with the Dasong Navy.

Therefore, they can only hope that the Dasong Navy will misjudge and enter the Tianzhu Sea to fight with them.

Now, they have finally waited for this opportunity.

After all, as he expected, the number of warships of the Dasong Navy could not explode in such a short time.

The reconnaissance of the reconnaissance ship confirmed his conjecture.

The number of warships of the Dasong fleet that came this time is still small.

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