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    Greer is a senior sailor. He arrived in the Far East more than ten years ago. At first, as a sailor, he traveled between Malacca and Ming Dynasty.  basket.  color.  Book.  Ba, this is a rich shipping route. Every time a ship of exquisite silk and delicate porcelain is safely transported to Malacca, countless Western merchants will come.  For Westerners, these things have an indescribable attraction. Silk is gorgeous and colorful, just like a woman's skin, smooth and shiny, and is simply a god-given clothing material.  Those elegant ladies are all proud of owning Oriental silks. During festivals, women will wear the most beautiful clothes and compete for beauty.  The winners want to continue winning, while the losers want to regain their face. Without exception, they all desire more exquisite silk, and they do not hesitate to spend thousands of dollars without feeling any distress.  ¡°Compared to superficial ladies, porcelain drives Western aristocrats crazy. It is as white as jade, light and translucent, and painted with lifelike patterns. Each porcelain is an unparalleled work of art.  ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­  Because of this, they became more and more eager to obtain Eastern porcelain.  The West is like a bottomless pit of greed, devouring all commodities from the East, but there are some sober people who have discovered the problem.  Westerners worked hard to mine silver and gold from the New World and traveled across the ocean. Who knows how many people died before they came to the East, exchanged them for goods, and transported them back to the West.  In the entire trade, the most dangerous, laborious, and dirty things are all done by Westerners.  They worked hard but could never stop the outflow of gold and silver.  Every year, tens of millions of taels of silver flow into the East. They just earn some hard money.  Especially after the Municipal Shipping Department was established in Songjiang, maritime trade became more standardized, piracy and smuggling disappeared, Western merchant ships were able to register at the Municipal Shipping Department, and every transaction had to be completed through banks.  Commodities are from the East, finance is from the East, and law is from the East.  Everything is according to Eastern rules.  The proud sea coachman is just a wage earner.  The imbalance of trade makes Westerners feel like they are in trouble.  If the outflow of gold and silver can be compensated by grabbing colonies, then Zhang Ke will focus on Nanyang.  Recovering Taiwan and snatching Java would violate the lifeblood of the Dutch.  The East not only wants to seize the most profitable trade, but also steal their colonies.  How huge is the east, like a meadow with a group of hares and sheep, and suddenly an elephant comes.  The shock can be imagined. China must be driven out of Nanyang, and the coachman will not hesitate to fight for this. Maybe the Netherlands cannot make porcelain and silk, but don¡¯t forget that the Dutch navy, which has experienced countless battles, will not be afraid of anyone.  We use the navy to decide the outcome. Before going to war, Governor Seth has promised everyone that as long as the naval battle is won and the Chinese fleet is eliminated, the waters of the Far East will be the world of sea coachmen.  Each of them could get a boatload of silk and porcelain.  As long as you own a boatload of silk, when you go to the West and walk on the street, countless women will rush towards you, wanting to marry you crazily.  There was a confused look in Greer's eyes. Countless young girls seemed to appear on the empty sea, rushing towards them as if they were free of money. A long stream of saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth.  "Idiot, cheer up" The captain gave Greer a kick and kicked the guy awake.  "Sir, what are your orders?" "My young man, tell me what you are thinking about," the captain suddenly said with a smile.  "I, I want to get married." "Good idea. Do you have a goal?" "Of course, my neighbor is a businessman, and his daughter is an angel, but hell, he only recognizes gold coins. But if I can go back with a boatload of silk  "Don't talk about his daughter. Even his wife is willing to give it to me." "Hahaha, I wish you success." The captain left with a smile. Greer cheered up. He must perform well for the sake of his future wife.  It was his turn to be on duty, and his pair of deep eyes kept looking at the sea, not missing the slightest abnormality.  Suddenly, several small white dots appeared in the southeast, and Greer's heart suddenly rose to his throat.  ¡°There is an enemy situation, there is an enemy situation¡± With the roar, the soldiers on the ship took quick action. Everyone rushed to their respective combat posts. The captain also rushed to the deck and looked carefully.  Sure enough, the white sails on the sea are getting bigger and bigger. From the shape of the sails, it is easy to identify them as ships of the Eastern Navy.  "They are finally here." The captain waved his fist excitedly and shouted loudly: "Send a signal to the ships behind. Everyone is ready to fight and fight immediately."  The battleship Greer was on was the vanguard of the Western United Fleet. As an experienced naval admiral, Seth made detailed deployments and made careful plans in order to compete with the Eastern navy.  He knows very well that the East has a favorable geographical location, a huge manufacturing base and an almost unlimited population. Once it is consumed, the consequences will be disastrous.  We must win, and win quickly.  To this end, Seth sent five battleships and five cruisers as vanguards, which were also baits thrown out. As long as the Eastern Fleet was fooled and pounced, he would immediately command the main force to outflank the enemy from behind, divide and surround the enemy, and eat them one bite at a time.  What a perfect plan, Seth even dreamed of becoming famous in one fell swoop and going down in history.  God seemed to be helping him. The opposing fleet did appear, and after discovering the decoy fleet, they pounced decisively.  The opponent has already issued a flag, and the decisive battle will come to an end. How can the Dutch fall behind? According to the captain's order, the Dutch ships quickly formed two columns and successfully seized the upper hand. The sails were full, like an arrow leaving the string.  , rushed towards the opponent.  The two fleets approached quickly and soon entered within one nautical mile. The Dutch fleet raised its flag high. At the same time, drums sounded and soldiers fired warning shots. This was the signal for the start of the war.  The fleet on the opposite side did not make these fancy moves and rushed directly towards them.  "Hmph, you despicable barbarian, not a gentleman at all," Greer muttered and cursed. The fleet was getting closer and closer, and he could almost see the opponent's face clearly.  Almost at the same time, earth-shattering gunfire sounded, and a huge solid projectile streaked across the sky and landed in the sea.  With a bang, a water column of more than ten meters splashed up.  It happened to splash onto Greer's body.  "Damn yellow-skinned monkey, fire, fire." The battle between the two sides began. The Dutch flagship rushed into the middle of the two Oriental warships.  The Dutch fired from left and right, making loud roaring noises.  The artillery shells fell into the seawater and splashed water columns. The artillerymen nervously adjusted their artillery, trying to seize the opportunity.  A Dutch cannonball hit the side of the enemy's ship.  The solid projectile blasted a large hole more than half a meter wide, and the black hole was filled with gunpowder smoke, as if the gates of hell were open. Fortunately, no casualties were caused.  Before the Dutch could be happy for long, their ship suddenly shook.  A shell exploded near the waterline, and seawater poured into the ship.  Dutch sailors rushed up frantically to block the gap.  Fortunately, the shooting angle was slightly higher, otherwise this warship would be in trouble.  The battle became intense from the beginning, with ships on both sides constantly being shot and soldiers constantly sacrificing their lives.  But no one was willing to take a step back, and they all kept fighting.  An Eastern warship has been hit by an unknown amount of ammunition. It is like a hornet's nest. Its firepower is getting weaker and weaker. One of its masts has been broken. A large amount of sea water has poured in, and it seems that it will sink in the next second.  But he held on tightly, unwilling to sink.  The captain of the Netherlands was shaking with anger. He was eager to get rid of the entanglement. He was on the left front.  Two Eastern warships were besieging a Dutch warship. The situation was very critical, but he could not take action.  "Hit them, sink them." An explosion sounded.  The middle part of the Dongfang ship was shot, and the wood made a cracking sound. Finally, a warship of more than a thousand tons sank into the sea.  This is the first silent warship since the war began.  Captain Holland just breathed a sigh of relief and was about to rush to the rescue of his companions when suddenly the deck beneath his feet shook violently.  Immediately afterwards, a ball of flames rose into the sky from the bow of the ship, and thick smoke and flames engulfed almost half of the ship.  The deck was in a mess, and the captain's uniform, eyebrows and hair were all on fire. He was lying on the deck, rolling in pain, and fell directly into the sea without paying attention.  It turned out that a cannonball hit the Dutch ammunition depot, causing an explosion. Ten minutes later, a Dutch ship sank.  The person responsible for commanding the Eastern Fleet is the young general Shi Lang. He is from Fujian and became a pirate when he was seventeen years old.  Unfortunately, Zhang Ke had just become a pirate and killed Chongzhen and became the true ruler of the world.  The navy and land forces worked together to eliminate the stubborn piracy problem in one fell swoop. Although Shi Lang had been a pirate for a short time, he was extremely ferocious and had robbed many times. After being arrested, he was directly included on the death penalty list.  If nothing else happens, he will end up with his head in a different place and end up as a headless man.  But unexpectedly, when the death penalty list was reported, Shi Lang's name was erased.  This confused the monk Shi Langzhanger. Later, he gradually realized that it was His Majesty the Emperor who had personally removed his name.  Shi Lang was grateful. After joining the navy, he trained hard, had a good cultural foundation, and dared to fight hard. In more than three years, he managed to reach the rank of general.Of course, this is also because the navy has expanded too fast and lacks talents.  Of course, Shi Lang's abilities should not be underestimated.  This time he was also tasked with luring the enemy. Behind Shi Lang was the entire Java fleet, with fifteen battleships, fifteen hundred cannons, and more than thirteen thousand soldiers.  These capabilities are far behind those of the Western coalition forces. Not only are they insufficient in number, but more importantly, their sailors lack combat experience.  Their hope of victory lies in the large fleet of Navy Commander Ming Ruxin. As long as they can hold back the Dutch, wait for the arrival of the main force, and concentrate all their efforts, they can win in one fell swoop. Perhaps it is a coincidence. Both fleets used tactics to lure the enemy, which are just bait.  Just different sizes.  Shi Lang was a desperate man. Taking advantage of the size of his ship and its many cannons, he approached the Dutch ship at all costs and fired wildly at a distance of two to three hundred meters.  The cannons roared and the smoke filled the air, blurring the vision. The ships on both sides were hit by cannonballs, big holes appeared, and soldiers fell into the water one after another.  Shi Lang only had Dutch ships in his eyes. No matter how high the price was, it didn't matter, as long as the Dutch were allowed to die. "Rockets, launch." Twenty rockets were shot out together in a sudden attack. Most of them fell on the other side's ships, and there was a sudden burst of flames.  Soaring into the sky, even the sails of the ship were on fire. He Lanbing ran back and forth in the fire, roaring crazily, as shrill as an evil ghost.  "The red-haired barbarian deserves it," Shi Lang laughed arrogantly: "Hit him, beat him hard." Not long after, another Dutch warship sank to the bottom of the sea.  Shi Lang wiped his sweat and looked around suddenly, his heart suddenly faltered.  Navy soldiers are not without their best efforts, but their combat experience and psychological quality are not as good as those of the Dutch, who have experienced many enemies.  Shi Lang brought a total of twelve ships, five of which had sunk to the bottom of the sea, and three more were seriously injured. His ship was among them.  The Dutch only sank two ships and seriously damaged two more.  The contrast on the battlefield became increasingly unfavorable. Not only did the main force of the Light Army not come, but even the ships of the Java Fleet did not catch up.  The sea was completely shrouded in gunpowder smoke, and the water was filled with shipwrecks and corpses. It was so miserable.  "General, something bad is going to happen," the soldier in charge of the lookout hurriedly shouted, with great fear in his voice.  Shi Lang hurriedly picked up the telescope and looked at the sea to the west.  One, two, three, four more and more white dots appeared, it was the Western Fleet. Shi Lang's heart almost jumped out of his mouth. He wished he could give himself a slap in the face. He didn't expect reinforcements to come, but he did hope they would.  The king of hell urged him to die.  It seems that the opponent's fleet only has twenty or thirty battleships, and there is simply no way for anyone to survive. "Admiral, there are too many red-haired Japs. Let's hurry up." "Hurry up?" Shi Lang glared and suddenly  Draw the saber.  "Listen, I, Shi Lang, am a fucking pirate. I have been favored by Your Majesty and have saved my life. Now it is time to return my life to Your Majesty. Send the order. The whole army will fight to the death. No one is allowed to retreat."  When the storm arrived, Seth's fleet arrived much later, fearing that he would miss the good show. When he saw that the two sides were still fighting fiercely, he was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered his fleet to rush forward. ? Two three-story battleships started, followed closely behind. The long two rows of ships were like sharp swords, breaking the balance on the battlefield.  Boom boom boom The new force concentrated its firepower and bombarded the exhausted Ming army. One ship sank to the bottom of the sea, and then another one sank as well.  Shi Lang only had five seriously injured warships left. This time he couldn't run away even if he wanted to. "Why don't you fire the cannon?" "Sir, the ammunition room is flooded." "Wow!" Shi Lang yelled: "Fire the rockets."  , shoot, don¡¯t stop anyway.¡± Another shot happened to hit the ship¡¯s position and penetrated both decks. The ship immediately burst into flames, with thick smoke billowing and flames flying.  "Sir, what should we do?" The soldier almost cried.  "Give me all the sails, hit, knock down the red-haired Japanese. Even if I'm dead, I'll have to help you," Shi Lang yelled crazily.  To be continued.  ~Search the basket color to read the following chapters in full
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