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    Pure text online reading of this website domain name mobile phone synchronization reading please visit m On the sixth day of September in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Yue Yang led all the warships of the Weihai Navy and all the main warships of the Zheng family led by Zheng Zhilong, three miles east of Zhoushan Island in the East China Sea.  They met more than a hundred miles away, and a big battle began.  At this time, the balance of strength between the two sides was very different. In terms of numbers, the Weihaiwei Navy had only one first-level battleship, eight three-pole battleships, twenty-five fourth-level battleships, thirty-eight fifth-level battleships, and 27 third-level battleships.  A Yan-shaped ship, the total number of warships is only ninety-nine, and this is all the warships Yueyang can piece together.  On the other hand, Zheng Zhilong was different. The fleet led by Zheng Zhilong had various types of ships, including Fu ships, Cangshan ships, Eagle ships, etc., and even more than ten Galen ships, with a total number of 361 ships.  Judging from the number alone, the Zheng family fleet undoubtedly has an absolute advantage. The advantage of 3.6 to 1 and the newly purchased hundreds of twenty-four-pound artillery have made many Zheng family leaders feel confident, but these people  But Zheng Sen was not included in it.  One night before the departure of the Zheng family's fleet, Zheng Sen specifically found Zheng Zhilong and talked with him in detail for a night. No one knew the outcome except the person involved, but the consequence of the detailed discussion was that when Zheng Zhilong set off, Zheng Sen did not follow him.  The fleet set out together, but stayed in Quanzhou to guard their lair.  It was sunny and windy at 8 noon in early September. This was a very good weather. The weather was clear and the visibility was very good.  Yue Yang was sitting in a room of the newly launched first-class battleship, slowly tasting fragrant tea. A faint fragrance of tea continued to fill the room. With Yue Yang's current status, it was natural that he was not drinking ordinary tea, but  Dahongpao comes from three mother trees in Wuyi Mountain.  This Dahongpao tea can be said to be the most expensive tea in the world. The annual output is only about seven or eight yuan. It is the best tea. It has been paid tribute to the royal family in all dynasties, and even ordinary princes and ministers cannot drink it.  And Yueyang was able to drink it thanks to his daughter-in-law Zhu Ainao. After marrying Yueyang, this little girl knew that her husband liked to drink tea. In order to please her husband, when she left Beijing last year, she stopped by the palace to pick up Comrade Xiao Zhu¡¯s treasured Dahongpao Shun.  More than a kilogram was gone. When Comrade Xiao Zhu found out later, he was so angry that he beat his chest and shouted that the female university was not allowed to stay, and even dared to accept his own father's things.  But after all, the things had been taken away by his daughter, and Comrade Xiao Zhu was too embarrassed to come back. In the end, he could only ask Wang Chengen to quickly hide the last remaining bit of Dahongpao.  The fragrant tea cheered up Yue Yang's sluggish spirit after being on the boat for several days. He took a sip of the tea, and a sweet and bitter taste flowed into his heart and lungs through his tongue coating, and then another fragrant and sweet taste emerged.  After I came out, my whole person's spirit seemed to be much better.  Putting down the tea cup, Yue Yang sighed softly: "It is indeed the most expensive tea. If it is sold to future generations, I am afraid that the big bag of tea that I can treasure can be exchanged for a house in the city center of Mingzhu.  " Thinking of this, Yue Yang suddenly realized that he had not returned to modern times for a while. The two people in Yulongwan Villa didn't know how to scold him. It seems that having more women is not necessarily a good thing.  Just when Yue Yang was thinking wildly, he suddenly heard a sharp whistle coming from outside, and then the door was pushed open. Guo Jingxian walked in and said loudly to him: "Master Qi, Yan Xing, who is investigating in front."  The ship has found traces of the Zheng family fleet. They are still more than ten miles away from us. They are expected to meet us in a quarter of an hour! " "Are you finally here?" Yue Yang murmured to himself, and then just said  He felt a numbness start to spread from the top of his head. This usually happened after he was excited to a certain extent.  He picked up the cup on the table and drank it in one gulp. Then he placed the cup heavily on the table and said to Guo Jingxian: "Let's go meet this Zheng Zhilong!" After saying that, Yue Yang straightened his clothes and strode out of the room  When Yue Yang came to the base board, there were already sharp whistles one after another. All the warships had begun to send out battle formations. The sailors were raising all the sails that were only half raised.  All the boards were opened, and Yue Yang could still faintly hear the shouts and curses of the gunners in each gun warehouse.  Soon, faint black spots began to appear in Yueyang's telescope. Then these black spots increased rapidly, and then became densely packed in the telescope.  "Hey they are finally here!" Yue Yang took a deep breath, and he felt that his scalp was starting to feel numb again and his legs became a little stiff, but he understood that this was not a sign of fear.  This is the last fleet in China that can challenge him. As long as this fleet is defeated, the Nanyang area will become his back garden in the next few decades. Who dares to quarrel with him among the natives on the islands?  He can teach them how to behave in minutes.    Taking a deep breath, he turned to Guo Jingxian and said: "General Guo, I don't understand naval battles. The rest of the matter will be left to you. There is no retreat in this battle, and no defeat is allowed. Do you understand?"  Guo Jingxian's expression was also unprecedentedly serious. He saluted Yueyang solemnly and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, Lord Marquis. If you lose this battle, I will kill myself in front of Lord Marquis!" Yueyang picked up a trumpet that had been prepared long ago.  He said loudly: "Brothers of the Navy, today is the most difficult pass since the establishment of our Weihai Navy. The Zheng family pirate gang headed by Zheng Zhilong has been committing murder and robbery for more than ten years. In the past few days, it has openly violated the imperial court.  He refused to surrender his weapons according to the order, and now he is so mad that he wants to go against the imperial court and openly rebel. As the saying goes, it takes a thousand days to build an army, but it has been more than two years since the Weihai Guard Navy was established. Now it is time for us to serve the imperial court. Today, I, my father-in-law.  Just stay with the brothers and watch them kill the enemy! Get rid of the kings!" At this time, Guo Jingxian also pulled out the sword from his waist and raised it high, shouting at Yue Yang's side: "Brother.  Everyone, the Marquis¡¯s military order In today¡¯s battle, if you advance without retreating, fight bravely to kill the enemy!¡± ¡°If you advance without retreating, fight with bravery and fight the enemy!¡± When the mast of the first-class battleship Yue Yang was riding raised the blood-red battle flag, which represented immortality.  , the warships surrounding it also silently raised the same flag. In the tradition of the Ming Navy, whenever this flag is raised, it means that in this battle, as long as there is a ship that is not silent, it will fight to the death.  In the end, either you die or I live, so this flag is also called the death battle flag.  Soon, the two oncoming fleets met.  Zheng Zhilong stood on a Dafu ship and took a deep breath when he looked at the oncoming Weihai Guard Navy. Although he did not know that his biggest enemy Yue Yang was in this fleet, this did not hinder him.  With his eyes wide open, when he saw the oncoming fleet raising the battle flag of death, his eyes also emitted a frightening light.  "Fight to the death? Huh I want to see what kind of "fight to the death" method you want?" Zheng Zhilong snorted coldly and shouted to a leader standing next to him: "Tell the second brother that we will fight later.  Then let him lead his men around to the other side of the Weihai Guard Navy and surround them. We must completely wipe out this navy in this battle!" "Yes!" Just as the leader was about to take the order, he  Seeing him pointing forward and stammering: "Master, look!" "What are you looking at? It's not fast" Zheng Zhilong's voice that was about to curse stopped abruptly, because even he was attracted by what appeared in front of him.  I was shocked.  Because he saw a huge ship that he had never seen before.  He could swear that even in his more than ten years of traveling across Southeast Asia, he had never seen such a huge battleship. This huge battleship was three stories high and seventy or eighty meters long. There were eight guards guarding it next to it.  There is a warship that is a little smaller than it, but even those warships that are one size smaller are much taller than the warship that I am riding on.  "Is this the opponent we are going to fight today?" Zheng Zhilong did not notice that his voice was trembling. He turned to the leader next to him with an extremely solemn expression: "Tell the second master that we must fight to the death."  Stay on that behemoth, otherwise we will be in danger in today's battle!" "You know, villain!" The leader also felt that today's battle was a bit uncertain, and his original confidence was somewhat shaken.  Just when the Zheng family fleet began to divide its forces, Zheng Zhilong led a fleet of more than 70 warships to leave the main force and go around behind the Weihaiwei Navy. The Weihaiwei Navy also began to seize the "T", and the entire fleet also moved  They formed a line formation and rushed towards the Zheng family fleet. When they were still more than 500 meters away from the Zheng family fleet, the 32-pound cannon on the first-class battleship Yue Yang was riding began to fire.  Black projectiles were fired rapidly towards the Zheng family's fleet.  "Boom, boom, boom" The rumble of cannons sounded, which also meant that the largest naval battle in recent years had begun.  "Ohare these people fools?" When Zheng Zhilong saw that the other party was actually firing at this distance, his first reaction was that the other party's commander must have had a brain cramp. He was trying to catch fish at this distance.  What?  But this idea was immediately thrown out of his mind, because he immediately remembered what Zheng Zhibao and the leaders who had fought with the Weihaiwei Navy had said. The artillery of the Weihaiwei Navy was very sharp, and their effective range reached  A terrifying six hundred steps.  Before Zheng Zhilong had time to be surprised, the first round of projectiles had already flown towards them like an arrow from a string, and the first few lucky ships were instantly swamped by the projectiles.  A total of 122 artillery pieces were equipped on the first-class battleships, with the caliber of the artillery ranging from 16-pounder to 12-pounder.?There are thirty-two pounds. Of course, in battle, only the artillery on the side facing the enemy ship can be fired, and not all the artillery can fire. But even so, more than thirty artillery pieces still start firing.  After the sound of gunfire stopped, Zheng Zhilong discovered that the lucky ship at the front had been shot. The two holes in the sky the size of washbasins on its hull were so eye-catching.  "How is this possible?" Zheng Zhilong couldn't believe his eyes. These days' artillery is generally not very accurate. During battles, warships often have to get closer to two to three hundred meters before firing. Beyond this distance, the range of the artillery is difficult.  Not to mention reaching it, even if they barely fired based on the accuracy of the smoothbore cannon, it would only be a waste of ammunition, but now they not only fired, but they also fired so accurately.  Although Zheng Zhilong had heard people talk about the power of the Weihaiwei Navy many times before this battle, hearing it was one thing and experiencing it personally was another matter. When he saw those warships that had been shot, they  When there were screams and the panicked figures of the sailors, Zheng Zhilong panicked a little.  "We can't go on like this!" Zheng Zhilong, who had been a pirate for most of his life, immediately realized that something was wrong. He immediately issued another order: "Order, move forward at full speed with full sail, and get closer to the opponent!" Just when Zheng Zhilong ordered the fleet to move forward at full speed  At that time, the third, fourth and fifth level battleships of the Weihai Guard Navy also began to fire. For a while, no other sound could be heard on the sea. The only sound left in everyone's ears was the sound of intensive artillery, which was everywhere on the sea.  The atmosphere was tense, as if even the air was trembling, and the strong and pungent smell of gunpowder smoke filled the nostrils.  "You idiots, speed up, I won't spare you if you make me lose weight!" In the gun bay of a three-pole battleship, Boss Hai was holding a loudspeaker and scolding the gunners in the gun bay.  Seeing that the gunners had reloaded the artillery, the voice of "fire" came out of Haibo's throat.  I saw the twenty-four-pound cannons shaking violently, and the cannons retreated one after another. Then the gunners nearby rushed over to reset the cannons, then cleaned the barrels, cleaned the barrels, and loaded the gunpowder bags.  After loading the gunpowder package, a loader held the heavy projectile and inserted it into the gun barrel. After another gunner checked the baffle and cork under the gun wheel to make sure they were in place, a gunner holding a torch lit the fuse.  Soon the loud noise was heard again.  The training of the Weihai Guard Navy is very strict. The interval between firing two artillery shells must not exceed one and a half minutes. If this time is exceeded, the gunner will definitely be severely punished after the war. The fine of military pay and salary is only a trivial matter. If it is serious, the gunner will be severely punished.  You will be beaten with a military stick. Even if you are beaten with a military stick, even an iron-clad man will turn into a puddle of mud.  Yue Yang stood on the deck. Although he had a pair of earplugs in his ears, he could still feel the violent vibrations in the air. Seeing the projectiles flying towards the enemy ships like raindrops, he felt a surge of excitement.  Emotions stirred in my heart.  Yue Yang looked at the watch on his wrist. Five minutes had passed since the first round of gunfire. His fleet had fired three rounds of salvos. This result was qualified. He was also very satisfied because he had seen the attack on the enemy.  Six of the dozen or so blessing ships at the front were hit by too many bullets and tilted severely, and were about to go silent.  "Continue to fire, we must not let them get close to us so comfortably!" Yue Yang gave the order.  r1152 The fastest update, please read.  
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