Two flowers bloom, each with one branch.

Back to the sea.

At five o'clock in the morning, the Goa Duke, which was guarding outside Shenzhen and Australia, was still brightly lit.

In the high-end officers' restaurant on the stern building, Commander Domingo received a reward from the front, and all the troops landed successfully, and were not blocked by the Jiangnan Group. He couldn't help but feel relieved and smiled at Lin Hongzhong and the sea masters on the side, saying, "It seems that the Jiangnan Group is indeed as I expected, good at naval battles and poor at land battles."

"Of course!" Lin Hongzhong also smiled happily: "Although the Ming Dynasty court does not care who is causing trouble at sea, who dares to support his troops on land, it is not far from killing the nine clans."

"No," the sea masters echoed: "Does that boy named Zhao know what the army looks like?"

"Okay, everyone will go back and rest first." Domingo looked at the high-end restaurant that was messed up and was full of garbage, and couldn't help feeling distressed. He didn't want to see these rude and vulgar guys again for a moment.

However, Lin Daogan was the only one. This handsome and handsome man was a real gentleman.

The sea owners also had enough food and drink, and they all followed his cigars and several bottles of wine, and then stood up and said goodbye with satisfaction.

Their fleet was still parked in the San Ao Bay. At this time, the tide was receding and the water level dropped sharply. The sea owners were all pointed boats with deep drafts, and they would be stranded if they were not careful.

So you have to take the barge first. When the tide rises, the tide will naturally send their boats out. Anyway, there are two large sailboats guarding the entrance of the bay, and the bay is very safe.

The sea lords' ships were like this. At this moment, the two Western sailing ships, Oriental Beauty and Pena, who were in the bay, were even more afraid to move around, and they all got anchored and waited for the rising tide.

Therefore, at this time, in the huge entrance of Shen'ao Bay, except for a few small sampans responsible for keeping watch, there were only two Carac sailing boats, the Duke of Goa and the Regales.

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In that room, the coast guard fleet set its anchor at three points and slowly sailed towards the Sanao Bay 10 kilometers away with the help of the ocean current.

There is no wind in heavy fog, and the sailing sails are of no use, so you can only count on two oars - for the main battleship of six or seven hundred tons, even if the two oars are rowed, it will not provide much power.

Therefore, the fleet speed is outrageously slow, and it only drives 5 kilometers in an hour.

It was only five o'clock in the morning that we arrived near Lieyu outside Shenao Bay.

After counting points, it was found that due to heavy fog, there were two medium-sized ships, the 207th Sun and the 210 Mo Diao, who were missing.

There are four other small ships, and the two speedboats are temporarily lost. This is a normal thing. It is difficult to sail at night, and there is still heavy fog on the sea surface, so there is no reference. You can only rely on a compass and a speedometer to calculate the approximate position on the chart using a ruler.

Usually, when the coast guard fleet sails at night, the front ship must hang two-tail lights or four-tail lights to guide the rear ship. However, in order to make full use of the concealment of the heavy fog and prevent being discovered by the Portuguese patrol ship in advance, Wang Rulong implemented strict light controls and even navigation lights were not allowed to be hung. Therefore, most ships can reach the assembly point because the captains and navigators are skilled and have good luck.

The investigators who arrived close to the reconnaissance in advance had been waiting there. After merging with the fleet, they immediately went to the Zhenwu Shi and reported on the reconnaissance.

I heard that the Red-haired Ghost's sailing ship was finally separated from the pirate ship. Moreover, two of the four sailing ships were in the bay, and the two were in the bay and were not together.

Wang Rulong slapped Ma Yinglong's shoulder excitedly, and couldn't help but say excitedly: "What a god-given opportunity!"

"Yes, you waited for a while, wasn't it just this moment?" Ma Yinglong grinned and said, "But we didn't seem to have thought that the four boats would separate, right?"

"Yes." Wang Rulong nodded and said, "I really didn't expect that the red-haired ghost who had always been cautious would be so arrogant!"

"It's not that they are entrusting themselves, it's that you are too crazy." Ma Yinglong smiled bitterly and said, "This is a foggy day without seeing your fingers. Only madmen will take the night flight, let alone fight."

"I'm not a lunatic." Wang Rulong corrected seriously: "The fleet has been training in Nan'ao Island for a month and a half, and even with his eyes closed, he knows how to get out. Those idiots who fell behind, look back at how I deal with them!"

"Let's talk about the serious matter first. How do you plan to fight and which plan do you use?" Ma Yinglong asked in a different way. In fact, according to the regulations, the rewards and punishments for officers and soldiers should be decided by the police cadres, and decided and implemented by the police department. Of course, now is not the time to care about this.

"Geng Plan!" Wang Rulong thought for a moment and made a decisive decision: "We divide the troops. I will take four main battleships to deal with the two outside. You will take the rest of the ships in and block the ships inside. Don't let them come out to make trouble!"

"It's okay to say that other ships are the two large sailboats in the bay, and they may not be able to stop them for long." Ma Yinglong said with some concern: "Once the tide starts to rise, they can't be blocked."

"It doesn't matter, there are still two hours before the high tide, which is enough." Wang Rulong said decisively.

At this time, the captains of each ship also gathered on the flagship and received the final combat order.

After Wang Rulong announced the implementation of the Geng plan, Ma Yinglong and the other captains left first.

Wang Rulong called out to the captains of the four main battleships, Xiang Xuehai, Haierdi, Rong Sheng and Xin Fei. After Rong Sheng sent Zheng Hui south, he refused to go back to Naba and insisted on fighting back to the 103 ship to fight this battle. Wang Rulong also considered that his experience was richer than that of the intern captain, so he pleaded with Zhao Hao. Mr. Zhao, who was good at doing good, nodded in agreement.

"Brothers, you four are the protagonists in this first show." Wang Rulong said in a deep voice.

"Look, okay." Xiang Xuehai and others were ready to go. They were all old brothers for many years, so there was no need to say more nonsense.

"How do we fight?" Haierdi asked impatiently.

"What I think is to enter the position with a side-by-side column. When I see the enemy ship, I adopt a double-ship tactic and attack left and right!" Wang Rulong had a long time ago. After saying that, he looked at the four captains with a little provocative attitude and said, "How about it, do you dare?"

"Dare, it's so daring!" Rong Sheng grinned.

"It's now, what's there to dare!" Xin Fei also smiled indifferently.

"Then go." Wang Rulong saluted the four of them solemnly: "The yellow sand has hundreds of battles wearing golden armor!"

"I will never return until I won't defeat Loulan!" The four of them also saluted him solemnly, and quickly returned to their respective battleships.

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The helmsman turned the rudder, and the paddlers rowed desperately. The warships of the coast guard fleet were divided into two teams at a very slow speed. One team followed Ma Yinglong to the south and inserted into Shen'ao Bay. The other team followed Wang Rulong to sail west in a row side by side.

In the naval battles of the Age of Discovery, maintaining a formation is crucial. The better-working side can better exert the power of artillery, and warships can support each other better, so the hope of victory will naturally be greater.

Therefore, since the formation of the Coast Guard Fleet, the most important training subject is to sail in various formations and switch formations during navigation.

Because the ideal tactic is to connect the enemy with the "T-shaped" shape, usually when the fleet enters the position, it will adopt a one-line horizontal line, that is, sailing from the end to the end.

Wang Rulong’s so-called “side-side column” requires all warships to line up side by side in a column and enter the position in parallel. This can solve the problem of the flagship being concentrated in a horizontal line, and there is no defect that once the vanguard warship cannot move, it will hinder the movement of the warships in the rear.

However, what Wang Rulong values ​​is that this formation has a large search range and can discover enemy ships at the first time, rather than relying on flagships to find enemies, just like a single lineup, you can only rely on flagships to find enemies. In such a foggy night, you will easily pass by the enemy.

However, the arrangement of this formation is very difficult because all warships must maintain the same speed. Once a speed difference occurs, the formation will be messed up. There is a lack of communication tools during silent navigation, and the visibility is extremely poor. It is even more difficult to maintain this formation.

Fortunately, the four captains have been working with the old style for many years. They can maintain a good formation by relying on their tacit understanding without deliberately observing and adjusting.

All the lookout hands went up to the lookout table, widened their eyes, and carefully searched for the enemy ships in the thick fog.

More than 300 officers and soldiers on the four warships were all in their place, staring at the front without blinking.

While looking for the enemy, try to hide yourself as much as possible and not let the enemy discover it.

So more than 300 people didn't even dare to cough, and the paddlers stopped paddling and slowly sent the warships to the west silently with the currents.

The speed was outrageously slow, and it took more than one kilometer to travel forty minutes.

Suddenly, a dark shadow like a hill appeared in the milky white fog in front of him!

Almost all the lookouts discovered the enemy at the first time! They immediately slipped down from the mast, reported to the commander first, and then quickly passed the message to the officers and soldiers of the ship.

The four warships immediately transitioned from side to side by side to the tactical tactics of the two ships. After the warships entered the position, they lined up in two rows and attacked the enemy fleet in the middle from left to right. In this way, the two ships faced an enemy ship, and could achieve two-on-one! Fully leverage their own firepower advantages.

Usually this tactic is usually only used to bully the weak because it has great flaws - Western sailing ships have two rows of gun positions on both sides. Are you attacking people from both sides, so don’t you give them the chance to open fire?

But the reason why famous generals are famous generals is because what they see is different from others! Wang Rulong firmly believes that his choice is correct!

Because there are only four warships, it is not difficult to transition from side-by-side columns to double-ship tactics. You only need to slow down the speed of the two ships on the outermost side, and then turn the rudder and follow behind the front hull after the position is staggered.

For some reason, when the formation was adjusted, the enemy still did not notice them.

In fact, it was a coincidence that Domingo was about to send the sea lords off the ship. In order to send the plague gods away, the Portuguese summoned all the patrol boats around to the flagship. The drunk sea lords shouted on the deck of the Duke of Goa. The noisy scene made the Portuguese look at each other and involuntarily neglected the warning to the surroundings.

It was not until the 102 ship had appeared dozens of meters away to the left of the Duke of Goa that the Portuguese sailors on the boat exclaimed.

“Ataque!”
Chapter completed!