Chapter 169 Chickens peck each other
According to the combat plan, the four fleets of Jiangnan Group, the coast guard fleet, the Chen Huaixiu fleet, the Lin Feng fleet and the Ryukyu fleet should try to move around Nanao Island as the center. There are no special circumstances and the distance from the port should not exceed one hundred miles. In order to avoid losing contact and facilitate the fleet's supply.
For this purpose, the headquarters each equipped Lin Feng and the Ryukyu fleet with a "Beidou" team, responsible for navigation, communication and ship reconnaissance tasks. The coast guard fleet and Chen Huaixiu fleet have undergone professional training, so Zhao Hao doesn't have to worry about it.
Each Beidou team is fully equipped. They even carry a hot air balloon. After taking off, with the blessing of a telescope, as long as the weather is good, they can see fleets dozens of miles away.
Four fleets, four Beidou teams, four hot air balloons, and the reconnaissance range can basically cover the entire combat area.
So as soon as the sky was dawn, Lin Feng's fleet and Ryukyu fleet discovered it and attacked the pirate fleet in Qing'ao Bay.
Although they were shocked by the elusiveness of pirates, according to the regulations of soldiers to soldiers and generals, they only need to keep an eye on their own objects, and do not care about others without orders.
Zheng Hui was a little unable to accept this inhumane command.
Through the telescope, he saw that the Lin Feng fleet ten miles away had sailed towards Qing'ao Bay, so he asked the captain of the Beidou team whether we would also return to help.
The young police officer with two black five-pointed stars embroidered in his training uniform, with the firmness and ability carved out of a mold, replied simply: "Resolutely implement the plan!"
"But Lin Feng's fleet has returned to the rescue?" Zheng Hui pointed to the fleet consisting of thirty medium-sized black-tailed ships.
"Adults don't have to be influenced by others, and don't have to worry about others. Just make the judgment that is most beneficial to our fleet." The young police officer paused and said: "The staff officer only gives advice, and the decision-making power lies with the adults."
"Well..." Zheng Hui, Gao Daxiongjian, was also a decisive person, quickly put his position in the right place. He calmed down, thought for a moment, and remembered the agreement Lin Feng had with him before setting off.
‘When you see me move, you can follow me and keep a distance of about ten miles. It will definitely be beneficial.’
Then he ordered decisively: "Follow the Linfeng fleet and keep a certain distance."
"Yes!" The young police officer simply responded without saying a word of nonsense.
Zheng Xi's twenty sailboats, each with forty oars, and his short-term speed naturally had an advantage. Seeing the main general's warship accelerated to the southwest, the other warships also turned and fell far behind the Linfeng fleet.
The pirates' combat plan was very simple. He once fought a vanguard to attack Qing'ao Bay, while the rest of the fleet was ambushed at the wind vents outside the sea. Once the Jiangnan Group fleet returned to the rescue, they would come out from behind and eat it with the advantages of wind direction and posture.
Therefore, after seeing a fleet of ships rushing to Qing'ao Bay, the sea owners were very excited and immediately greeted the young men to hang their sails and kick the butt of the Jiangnan fleet.
That was Lin Feng's fleet.
After getting on the boat, Lin Feng didn't have to seduce the master anymore, so he tied up his hair and wore a black hat and helmet. Otherwise, the wind on the sea would be blown into a crazy woman.
She was wearing long cowhide boots, a black police robe without a police rank badge, a wide cowhide brass belt tied around her waist, and a short horse whip given by her master. Although she was neither a cavalry nor could drive, she didn't know what the master did for this thing, but it was easy to pull people.
At this time, she stepped on the railing with one foot, and the whip with her right hand was unconsciously whipping her right hand wearing white gloves, looking at the pirate fleet that was coming with a sneer on her face.
"Liu Hongyan, Big Horse Monkey, Pepper Old..." Xiao Heimei carefully distinguished the fleet's banner and said: "It's really a gathering of heroes. I haven't been so neat in many years."
"What a bunny, it's almost the same for a meeting." Lin Feng snorted disdainfully and ordered: "Switch the rudder!"
With her order, the fleet that was originally heading towards Qing'ao Bay turned to sail south. The sailing speed suddenly accelerated, and the pirate ship, which was about to enter the range, opened the distance again.
"Hey, why don't you go into the bay? No matter what the old nest?" The sea lords in the distance couldn't help but be stunned. This was different from what they expected.
This is a hodgepodge composed of more than a dozen fleets. Some sea owners continued to chase after the rudder, some sea owners wanted to stop and see the situation, and some sea owners wanted to continue to sail into Qing'ao Bay to see if there were any cheap picks. As soon as they had more ideas, more than two hundred ships gradually became messy.
At this time, Zheng Xi led twenty gallops to arrive, just facing the pirates' butts.
However, it was a total of two hundred sailboats of various sizes, forming a huge lineup of ten miles in radius. In front of them, the Ryukyu fleet was like an ants shaking an elephant, making it difficult not to be afraid.
"Fuck, is this what the girl said?" Zheng Hui looked at the huge fleet in the south in a tangled way.
Although the number of both sides is 10 to 1, the posture is so comfortable that it makes people unable to hold back the kick.
After thinking for a while, he decided to try to do it according to the new tactics formulated by the Staff Office.
"Continue to move forward, prepare artillery!" Zheng Hui gritted his teeth and ordered.
Seeing the flagship continue to move forward, the Ryukyu warship, which was about to stop, had to bite the bullet and follow.
The pirates had many eyes, so naturally they discovered an unknown fleet of ships at the stern.
But the panic quickly calmed down because they saw clearly that the number of ships coming was not only small, but also a fleet of galleys.
China has never developed a sailboat. The Portuguese had some similar Calais warships, but they have basically been eliminated over the years. So the sea lords could see at a glance that this was the Ryukyu people's ship.
In the cold weapon era, the side with a high advantage usually had the upper hand. Therefore, for a long time before, the idea of building ships in the East and West was to be larger and higher, the better. Not only should the freeboard be higher, but the forecastle and stern tower were added, making the boat sigh.
In Macau, the Portuguese used such a Carac sailboat as a castle and counterattacked the Zeng Yiben fleet. Zeng Yiben's largest wide ship at that time was more than one meter lower than the other's side, let alone the forecastle and stern tower. The result was like a siege, and it was siege on the floating sea, so it was understandable that it could not be captured for a long time.
It was also after that that time that Zeng Yiben made up his mind to spend a lot of money to build the 10,000-hu black-tailed ship. Unexpectedly, the official army had copied the nest before it was used, and Mr. Zhao was given a free price...
The side of the galley was very short, and the stern was less than half the height of the pirate ship's side, so the pirates didn't take them seriously at all.
And these Ryukyu people should be coerced. I guess a few shots will cause birds and beasts to scatter...
But unexpectedly, it was the Ryukyu galley that fired the first one...
The roaring cannons shocked the sea lords. When did the Ryukyu people start to load cannons on the ship?
They watched a cannonball roar through a sailboat, and flew several feet away, smashing the other boat's side in a hole before bounced back into the sea...
Before the sea lords could come back to their senses, more densely sounded cannons, and this time more than a dozen shells were flying.
The pirates' warship hedgehogs gather together, and it is harder to shoot than to shoot directly.
The gunners on the galley are all coast guards who have been trained. Naturally, every shell will not fall out, and they are aiming at the key parts of the pirate ship.
The only regret is that only three cannons were installed on each galley, one Hongwu cannon on the bow, two Yongle cannons on the stern, and several near-defense Dafolang machines, making it difficult for them to cause great damage.
This is not because Mr. Zhao is different from closeness and is reluctant to arm them. It is because the structure of the sailboat is determined. It is because the cannon cannot be installed on the side, and only one main cannon can be installed on the bow. In fact, even if there is a place to install it, Zhao Hao dared not install it for them. The structure and wood of these ships are very crude, and several cannons will probably fall apart when they are fired in a row.
Only these twenty Hongwu cannons made the pirates feel like they were stung by bees. Although they were not fatal, they were very uncomfortable. The sailboats in the north turned their bows and aimed at the sailboats that were getting closer and closer. As soon as they entered the range, they would shoot them hard!
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the leading sailboat turned around and rowed desperately together. The right one was rowing in the opposite direction. It took only ten seconds to complete the steering...
The other Ryukyu ships immediately followed suit, turned around and then rowed to the north desperately, quickly leaving the battlefield.
"Fuck, let's slip..." Seeing this, the gunners of the pirate ship helped to insert the torch into the bucket beside them.
Unexpectedly, the sailing fleet reloaded in the distance, turned back and quickly sailed back to the battlefield with the sails. They rushed far away with the cannons and shot at the pirates again.
There was the irritable captain, immediately ordered to lean on it and not let them escape again!
But there is a nearly constant northeastern wind in late autumn, and a cold current along the coast below. The pirate ship sailing alone is moving forward against the wind and against the current. I am afraid that it has not been faster.
They could only watch each other slobbers swaying countless oars and leaving the battlefield again.
The pirates were in a dilemma of not being able to catch up and not being able to fight. They lost several ships in vain, but they could only jump there and scold their mother to get angry.
Now their actions became even more chaotic. The sea lords took their own fleets to sail in all directions with their respective purposes.
Among them, the Guangdong ship owner named Hu Jiao Lao chose to sail east in order to avoid a ship collision.
This will avoid those pirate ships like headless flies, ensure their safety, and wait until they understand.
Although everyone comes to the war to find a way out, there are so many sea owners, it doesn’t matter if they are a little sloppy, and preserving their strength is the most important thing.
Mr. Hu was glad for his wise decision, and suddenly a terrified shout came from the mast!
"The head of the family, some people smash the kiln!"
"What?" Mr. Hu Jiao quickly ran to the side and saw that thirty black-tailed boats were racing towards the northeast.
It was the Jiangnan fleet that fled south under their pursuit!
Taking advantage of the in and out of the Ryukyu fleet, which made the pirate fleet uneasy, Lin Feng led the team to a circle and headed to the northeast, taking the upper hand and slanted into the slanting direction!
Chapter completed!