Then, Zheng Zhilong had a dream while sleeping.

In the dream, the sky and sea had been rendered bright red by blood and fire. Thousands of cannons were roaring crazily. The thick smoke and flames emitted from the muzzles caused the warships to shake violently, as if a volcano had erupted.

The hill-like warships with flying black flags were lined up in two rows, like a copper wall and iron wall standing in front of them. No matter how hard they charged, they could not break through. And every time they fired, one or two or even several warships would be set on fire.

, frontal impact has almost become synonymous with suicide.

A row of cannonballs hit them head-on and face-to-face, and most of them missed, turning into a ball of blazing fire with a loud noise. Sharp shrapnel rained down, beating many sailors until their blood was splashed everywhere, and their bones and flesh were reduced to ashes.

…

"ah……"

Zheng Zhilong screamed, but the dozen Spanish beauties around him were frightened.

Seeing these dozen Spanish beauties discovering his gaffe, Zheng Zhilong shouted coldly: "Come here!"

"What are your orders, Lord Admiral!"

"Throw them into the sea and drown them!"

Zheng Zhilong's personal guards were a little regretful. It was a pity that Zheng Zhilong looked down on these Western barbarians. They didn't mind, but the problem was that they did not dare to disobey Zheng Zhilong's orders.

…

Cheng Shijie, who was in Chongming, did not know the news about the Subic naval battle, but he received further news from Luzon. After Mao Youjun, the survivor, was rescued by Liang Zhiqi, Liang Zhiqi was ecstatic.

This was a good opportunity to hug his thighs. For this reason, he directly ordered the fleet to turn around and head for Tamsui. After arriving at Tamsui Port, Mao Youjun reported the news about Luzon to Chen Dayong.

Chen Dayong knew the news and had to report it to Cheng Shijie immediately. In order to avoid another accident with Mao Youjun, the Fifth Squadron, which had not yet formed a battle, went directly to Chongming Island.

On June 19, the seventh year of Chongzhen, which was the fifty-fifth day after the Ning Navy attacked Manila Port and the fourth day of the Subic naval battle, Cheng Shijie received the Luzon intelligence reported by Mao Youjun.

Cheng Shijie was not a native of the Ming Dynasty, and he was not afraid of Spain, the empire on which the sun never sets, because the Thirty Years' War successfully brought the Spanish Empire down from its pedestal.

As early as the thirty-seventh year of Wanli, which was the year when the Spanish colonial authorities massacred the Chinese for the second time in Luzon, the Spanish Empire, which had no strength to fight the Netherlands and had no strength to fight the Netherlands, signed a twelve-year treaty with the Netherlands due to the decline in national strength.

The truce actually recognized the independence of the Republic.

However, at the beginning of the first year of the Apocalypse, the truce agreement between the Netherlands and the Spanish Empire ended, and the Netherlands began the war of independence from Spain. Now a new small power known as the Netherlands, known as the horsemen of the sea, is rising, and the Spanish Empire is already in a situation where everyone is pushing against it.

No matter how unwilling Philip IV was, he could not undo the situation in which Luzon changed hands. The most he could do was call on the Netherlands and Portugal under Spanish management to put pressure on the Ning Navy.

But Cheng Shijie knew very well that at this time, the Netherlands and Portugal were trying to get rid of Spanish rule. Especially the Dutch, they had clearly realized that the Ming Dynasty was not a small country, and it was not a native they could bully at will. Even if the Ming Dynasty was full of wars,

Even Zheng Zhilong, the admiral of the Fujian Navy, could manipulate them.

What's more, Ning Haijun is more powerful than Zheng Zhilong?

In this case, the only variable is Zheng Zhilong. If Zheng Zhilong defeats the main fleet of the Ning Navy led by Li Zhixiang and then attacks Luzon, then Zheng Zhilong's strength will expand again.

In fact, it was not that Zheng Zhilong did not have the strength to capture the entire Luzon, but that he did not realize the importance of Luzon. Because Ning Haijun captured Manila, he captured Luzon in the name of defeating Ning Haijun. I am afraid that Ning Haijun captured Luzon.

The struggle between the navy and the Zheng family will last longer, which is very detrimental to the development of the Ning navy.

Cheng Shijie looked at Li Fang and said, "Do you dare to go south with me to meet Zheng Zhilong?"

Li Fang was slightly startled: "Just rely on our Fifth Squadron?"

"Of course more than that!"

Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "I have not been idle on Chongming Island. I also had more than 600 warships built!"

When Li Fang heard that there were more than 600 warships, he was overjoyed and said: "How dare you disobey me!"

However, when Li Fang saw the more than 600 warships Cheng Shijie said, he was speechless.

How should I put it? These are just over 600 small boats that will fall apart when the wind blows. They are not even comparable to small fishing boats.

Li Fang swallowed hard: "Commander, this boat... is too small. It can barely sail on the river, but on the sea, I'm afraid it will capsize with just one wave!"

"I have already thought of this problem, don't worry, I have other plans!"

Cheng Shijie's plan is that the small boats will be placed in parallel like wooden rafts, and directly connected front and back with iron locks, just like a small train, towed by the main battleship.

When you encounter Zheng's fleet, set fire to the ship.

Shen Boyun was frightened when he heard that Cheng Shijie was going to the South China Sea to fight Zheng Zhilong.

The Shen family finally got into Cheng Shijie's lap, not to mention that their base, Chongming Island, has now become Zhu Weiti's fiefdom.

The Shen family and their Shachuan Gang had only had enough to eat for a few days with Cheng Shijie. Now that they heard that their meal tickets were going south, Shen Boyun became anxious: "Commander, a gentleman will not stand behind a dangerous wall..."

Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "I am not a gentleman, I am a general. As the commander-in-chief of Ning Haijun, I believe that Ning Haijun will protect their commander!"

Li Fang directly sang the opposite tune to Cheng Shijie: "Commander, naval warfare is not the same as land war. On land, all of our Ning navy officers are confident in protecting the commander, even in the face of heavy siege, even if we are surrounded by enemies.

Widow!"

"Ning Haijun, could it be Ning Haijun?"

"The Navy is naturally a member of Ning Haijun, but the Fifth Squadron is all new recruits!"

At this time, Li Fang wanted to cry. Although the Fifth Squadron he was leading now had strong strength, these strengths were only on paper. There were twelve Sea Shark-class battleships and four Giant Shark-class ships.

The problem is that due to the rapid expansion of the Ning Navy Navy, the original foundation of the Dongjiang Navy Navy and Denglai Navy has been basically exhausted.

Now, although these sailors and gunners are not new recruits, they have never fought in a battle. They can only barely control the ship. They have never fought in a real naval battle. Although they are not new recruits, they are almost like new recruits. They have never seen blood.

Li Fang also had no confidence in the officers and soldiers of this squadron.

"I understand your worries. Well, veterans are all new recruits!"

Cheng Shijie said: "You are also a veteran who is following me. When we were in Dengzhou, all the Ninghai navy were new recruits. Were you afraid at that time? You are only more than 500 people, and you have surrendered more than 8,000 Denglai naval forces.

Aren’t you just as brave?”

"The last general is as brave as he is now!"

Li Fangdao: "Commander, the general can lead the Fifth Squadron south. The commander will wait for the good news about the general on Chongming Island!"

"Okay, this is not a discussion with you, but an order. You have forgotten Ning Haijun's military regulations!"

"I will never forget it!"

"Excuting an order!"

"yes!"

Seeing Cheng Shijie's resolute attitude, Shen Boyun had no choice but to seek help from Zhu Weiti, but the problem was that Zhu Weiti did not persuade Cheng Shijie.

However, what Cheng Shijie didn't know was that Mao Youjun, the survivor, was not the only survivor of the Gaizhou and Fuzhou. Another sailor with a fateful life was named Gao Zongsheng.

Gao Zongsheng was captured by the patrol fleet of the Ning Navy. From the Liaodong Peninsula, to the Korean Peninsula and then to the Xiaoli Sea, these were the default range of the Ning Navy. When the Zheng fleet attacked the Ning Navy's commercial fleet,

, Ning Haijun actually wanted to retaliate.

Of course, those old gunboats could not defeat the Zheng fleet. Under the leadership of Chen Shi, they trained sailors and entered the Xiaori Sea to attack cargo ships trading to Xiaori.

When Gao Zongsheng was rescued, the news was immediately sent back to the Liaodong Ning Navy General Staff and the Liaodong Management Committee. Song Xiance could see Luzon's strategic position and value at a glance, and he also knew that Cheng Shijie had eaten it.

I absolutely don't want to spit out the contents inside.

He did not think that Zheng's fleet would capture Luzon, but was worried that the Spanish would capture Luzon. He suggested to Chief of General Staff Zhou Ning to send additional army troops to Luzon. Zhou Ning accepted this suggestion.

The Sixth Squadron, which was originally planned to take half a month to conduct sea trials, went to sea eight days ahead of schedule. Even the paint on all the battleships of the Sixth Squadron was not completely dry.

Also accompanying the Sixth Squadron to sea were Ning Haijun, Liu Qingsong, and more than 9,600 army officers. This made these army officers suffer.

Those Ning Navy officers who came from Liaodong and Dengzhou were better off, but the officers who came from Guan Ning Army were all landlubbers. Those Ning Navy officers who didn't know how to do it had suffered eighteen lifetimes of bad luck, and each of them vomited twice.

Eyes straight...

It was so uncomfortable! Even the fierce veterans turned pale, but these veterans were more ruthless and would swallow it back even if the gastric juice surged into their throats.

After Sun Chengzong learned that Cheng Shijie's Ning Haijun had seized a large island covering a large area from the Spanish, he asked his grandson Sun Zhiwan to follow Cheng Shijie.

Sun Zhiman looked at the undulating wave peaks on the sea, and said with a slight fear: "Human beings are too insignificant in front of the moody sea. A storm can kill a hundred thousand troops in the belly of a fish, so...

No wonder Meng Yuan’s two attacks on Xiaoli ended in disastrous defeat!”

Chen sometimes smiled faintly and said: "That's because they don't have large battleships like ours. If you ask me, I don't actually understand how the Meng Yuan Navy failed. I have been to Xiaorihai countless times. Although the wind and waves are

Big point, we had no problem destroying the ship with 400 materials, how did they annihilate an entire army of 100,000 people?"

On June 25, the seventh year of Chongzhen, just as Cheng Shijie was preparing to set off from Chongming Island, Catherine told Cheng Shijie a shocking news.

"What do you mean we, Ning Haijun, won?"

"yes!"

Catherine smiled and said: "Congratulations to Your Excellency the Duke, you won a great naval battle! I think your victory is completely comparable to the glory of Britain's defeat of the Spanish Armada!"

Cheng Shijie also knew that what Catherine knew was only hearsay, and it would take some time for detailed information to arrive.

He changed the subject and asked: "By the way, you mentioned that Britain defeated the Spanish Armada. So, how is the British navy doing now?"

"What else can we do? We were disbanded after defeating the Armada."

"Disbanded?"

"That's right!"

Catherine curled her lips and said: "Six thousand to eight thousand sailors who fought bloody battles with the Spanish Armada and fought desperately to protect Britain died of illness and starvation in extreme poverty. Now the British Navy almost no longer exists."
To be continued...