Facing the dawn of the South China Sea, Lanfang Company's special envoy Li Bingkun walked onto the deck from the cabin. The dazzling sunset on the sea coated the huge rustling sail wall with a layer of gold. On the swaying deck, looking at the golden sail mounds dotted with the flying shadows of seagulls, involuntarily, make people feel insignificant.

He lowered his head and looked at the sea surface at the foot of the big ship crushing the waves deep in the stern of the boat. The sea was no longer boundless. The golden sails of countless transport ships on the sea surface behind him were as if gold was scattered on the beach. The 6 steamer soaring black smoke in the middle seemed to frame the magnificent scroll. In front of him, a huge warship like monsters in the sea followed one after another, the French flag, the Spanish flag, and the Song Dynasty flag were rushing, as if even the ocean was about to be crushed. In an instant, this envoy who was used to the bumpy sea was a little dizzy.

Li Bingkun was the special envoy invited by Emperor Zhao Kuo to watch the battle, but the significance was obvious: to show off his strength in front of the countries in the South China Sea.

There were few cross-sea expeditions in Chinese history, but this emperor did it and became friends with the French. Not only did he hire a special envoy from Lanfang, but he also hired a Dutch consul. Although this gentleman was not very energetic since he got on board.

"Mr. Li, did you sleep well last night?" Li Bingkun was still pondering his advice to the leader. A greeting came from behind. He turned his head and saw that it was the special envoy of Annan of the Song Dynasty, a young man with pockmarks.

"Hello, Brother Qin Liansheng, I'll be at the mouth of Xiangjiang today?" Li Bingkun used well-known facts to find the topic. He called him a brother because he was once a member of the Tiandihui Society, but he still had calluses on his hands, and his words and behaviors were marked by the lower class. He heard from him himself. He had worked as a firearm factory not long ago, but because he understood Annan dialect, he had just been promoted to the special envoy by the front line. This also shows that the Song Dynasty was not as strong as a powerful general and a strategist. Annan envoy actually wanted a lower-class person to serve. And of course, if the title of special envoy took effect, it would be that the Faspis and Song gangs defeated Annan.

"Yes, maybe we can watch a big battle today." Qin Liansheng said with a smile and pointed to the ocean.

Not long after, several small boats were put down from the largest "Da Songhai" in front and participated in the combat conference. Luo Qianjie and Ding Yuzhan on a small boat sat in the middle of the ship and returned to the "Chinese Dragon" with their 30 guns.

"Dear gentlemen, get off the ship and go to the steamer behind. Our warships may start war against the Annan fleet at the mouth of Xiangjiang River tomorrow." One-eyed Long Luo Qianjie climbed onto his own ship and smiled at Li Bingkun and Qin Liansheng.

"Okay, General Luo, I'll work for Annan tomorrow." Qin Liansheng's flattering smile revealed that he was not yet immersed in his new identity.

"No problem, go to the back to watch the show, buddy." Luo Qianjie just smiled, and Ding Yuzhan, who was open-minded, yelled at him, and then shouted loudly about his rattan soldier.

Soon the huge jihad fleet was divided into two pieces. The transport ships, steamers and small gunboats stopped anchoring. The 14 strongest warships acted as escort sites continued to sail forward. They prepared to fight with the Annan Navy at the Xiangjiangkou. They could defeat the enemy navy and gain sea control rights. Only then could they continue to attack the Shun'an Fortress Group near the Xiangjiangkoukou.

The warship group broke down at the mouth of Xiangjiang River and suddenly made the Annan defenders on the shore go into chaos.

In the afternoon, the Annan Navy sailed out of the port and wanted to be the same as these invaders.

In the battleship group, the "Chinese Dragon" was lighter and sailed out. The eight Great Song warships flew the Song Dynasty national flag and followed it in a row to point to the Xiangjiangkou of Hue, Annan. Admiral Dajinya Davidson's flagship was also the largest Song Dynasty fleet, the "Da Song Sea" sailed in the middle of the team. The "Da Song Sea" and "Chinese Dragon" each led three battleships, forming two training-line combat columns.

The six warships in France and Spain followed the French Admiral's flagship in parallel. The Jihad Navy formed two columns and attacked the Annan Navy fleet from the mouth of the Xiangjiang River.

This tactic is caused by the different concepts of both sides. Davidson led the Song Dynasty navy to the British concept. The British have always wanted to seize the upper hand. The ships under the upper hand will be blown by the sea breeze and the hull will be tilted towards the enemy's direction. At this time, the hull can naturally fall to the gun on the side of the enemy's shooting ground. The ballistics of the shells on the ground are lower. It is more likely to hit the hull of the enemy's ship and cause fatal damage such as shipwrecks--that is, the British tactics are based on destroying enemy ships as the starting point;

The naval philosophy of France and Spain is to seize the downwind of the enemy ship. At this time, the ship at the downwind will be blown by the sea breeze and fall away from the enemy ship. At that time, the hump on the side of the land where the enemy ship can be shot is raised upwards. The ballistics will be higher, and it is more likely to destroy the enemy's sail masts. The enemy's masts will lose their mobility. The French naval philosophy is to eliminate the mobility of the enemy ship as the starting point.

Big Gold Fang may not be a British Royal Navy captain, and now he is a nationality of the Song Dynasty. But facing the French, especially a guy with a high official title, his sense of pride in Britain was stimulated again in front of British observers. Big Gold Fang did not like being ordered by the other party. He insisted on using the British tactics, but the French major general did not insist, not only because the Song Dynasty was the main force of the dispatch of troops this time, but there was no need for such friction.

There were 14 sailing warships used in the sea battlefield, and nearly 300 guns were carried. According to information, the Annan Navy, which defended the Hue portal, had about 20 copper ships. This kind of ship could have been used for commercial use, but it was equipped with 12 guns and became a weapon of the navy. It was no different from the warships of the Manqing Navy. This is a characteristic of the Far Eastern countries and does not have the special sailing warships like the West.

In this way, 300 guns were used against 240 ship-borne guns, which not only had the advantage in quantity, but also the quality and power of Western guns and the old guns that had been used in the Far East for hundreds of years were not of the same quality.

The only thing that interested the commanders is that Annan may have a French-built warship. This ship carried forty guns. It was purchased from France when Annan hugged France's thigh thirty years ago. It is now called the "Shunwei". If it comes out, it will be Annan's flagship, and the commanders of the naval forces of various countries hope to completely destroy it.

In a word, this is an annihilation battle!

"For the wife of the deputy general, the children are cheering me up!" Ding Yuzhan yelled, yelling from his little birdie on the deck, beside the gunner on the deck--the emperor said that when he made meritorious service, he considered Luo Qianjie's marriage to Sai Jinhua.

Luo Qianjie held up his telescope and looked at the front line of enemy ships appearing in the distance. He turned his head and shouted, "Stay on the course! Go up!"

The warfare of the Song Dynasty was not simply a row battle. They were divided into two columns. Due to speed issues, taking the 50-bite gun, the largest warship of the Song Dynasty, "Da Songhai", as an example, it is very powerful, but it has many cannons and is slow in speed, so it acts as the flagship of the second column to be used as firepower output. The enemy ships passing by their column will probably not have good results.

Luo Qianjie's ship "China Dragon" is light and fast because it is light. It carries three light warships including the "God Knight" to act as a high-speed maneuvering column to disperse the formation of the Annan fleet, or complete the tail tactics, and use the head and tail connection of four ships to isolate the enemy's retreat. Moreover, the one-shaped shape in the tail tactic can maximize the firepower on one side, and the enemy ship closest to this one-shaped shape will suffer a devastating blow.

This tactic of high-speed closure and retreat is most skilled in the Song Dynasty Navy, because facing the South China Sea pirates is not a problem of combat, but a problem of blocking their escape route. Otherwise, no one would want to fight against these well-trained and bloodthirsty Song Gouzi at the sea without blinking.

The copper ship in Annan ahead sailed out of the Shun'an Fortress at the entrance of Xiangjiang River and lined up in a line toward two columns on the sea. The huge "Shunwei" indeed appeared, but it actually lined up at the tail of the fleet!

"Look! The flag language of the decisive battle!" Ding Yuzhan pointed to the flag language that hung from one ship after another behind. It was issued from the flagship "Da Song Sea" and was adapted from the famous flag language of Lord Nelson, the soul of the British Navy, in the Battle of Tragar: "The Great Song Dynasty hopes that every officer and soldier will perform their duties!"

Suddenly, cheers were passed from the Song Dynasty toward the warships on both sides. The ocean was boiling. Luo Qianjie, who was rushing at the front of the two columns, issued a combat order. The "Chinese Dragon" quietly passed by the first copper ship. Suddenly, the warship, which was blown by the sea breeze, spit out the flames of the warship, which was blown by the sea, spit out the flames of the enemy ship, as if a fire dragon ran away from the front of the ship towards the back of the ship. After reaching out the cannon window, roared and quickly pushed the iron muzzle of the hull by the recoil. It was like a licking Satan's tongue of death. In the roar, the smoke on the sea surface rose like a cloud, and solid shells roared at the enemy ship with the square sails.

The smoke of the first overseas war in the Song Dynasty was lit by the "China Dragon"!

But after a while, with the sound of cannons, Li Bingkun, who was standing in the gap between the bulletproof board of the steamer, saw black clouds rising one after another in the direction of the Xiangjiang River estuary. It seemed that dozens of dragons were fighting somewhere. A person stood beside him and murmured: "It's a fight, I don't want to take a sea boat anymore."

Li Bingkun turned his head and saw that it was Liu Dingqiang, a battalion commander of the Ruimao regiment. He was holding an open Bible in his hand and stood beside him staring at the dark clouds of war in the distance.

"You still read the Bible?" Li Bingkun asked with a smile.

"Yes, literacy. My word is learned from the Bible, but it's too thick." Liu Dingqiang smiled bitterly. At this time, he suddenly turned around and pointed at a soldier dressed in a man and shouted: "Damn it. Just spit it out of the boat. Don't spit it on the deck! This is the hired boat!"

The naval battle was in full swing there, and the Song army and the French-French coalition lined up the Annan copper fleet in the middle. Both sides fired wildly, but Annan's shells rarely hit the enemy's ships, but they just landed in the sea. Their ships faced the side facing the Song army. The wood chips on the ship flew across the board, just like dead wood under the beak of the woodpecker. One big hole after another was chiseled, causing their masts to fly around. The attacks on the sails all came from the French army on the other side.

"Fight and fight! It's enough!" Ding Yuzhan stood on the deck, holding his favorite big knife under his arm. While ordering the Sharps gunmen to snipe the Annan soldiers with a long range, he took out a cigar from his trouser pocket and squeezed it in his hand. Now their "Chinese Dragon" has reached the middle section of the Annan Navy. More than 10 Annan warships passing by behind him have been shrouded in the dark clouds on both sides. However, under the influence of the wind, they are also getting closer and closer to the long Annan fleet. Moreover, the Chinese "Dragon Route" has opened a big gap with the slower "Da Songhai" Route behind him, but no one is worried.

No tactics can be fully implemented, especially in the ever-changing battlefield and the navy that relies on ship-operating skills. The army is a man playing with guns, and they are a gun (ship) playing with people. Moving forward in constant combat, who can guarantee a perfect queue and formation?

Just as Ding Yuzhan took out the match with his other hand, the gunner who was operating the "murderer" Xiaomu cannon shooting at the enemy ship suddenly turned his head and shouted at him: "The regiment commander is small

Ding Yuzhan raised his head, and a sharp whistling sound came from his ears. He twisted his head a little in the direction of the sound. A black shadow swept past him with a strong wind, followed by a muffled sound.

Ding Yuzhan turned his head toward the hull and saw a pit on the deck on his side. On the side of the pit, a shell was slowly bounced up and jumped out of the side of the ship and fell into the sea.

That was the shells fired by the Annan people!

Ding Yuzhan shivered for a moment, took a step back in panic, and looked down to see if there were any missing parts.

After watching for a long time, it was still fine. Ding Yuzhan relaxed and suddenly found that the cigar he had held in his left hand was gone. He opened his mouth and looked at it, cursing: "Damn Annan! Malegebi, knocked my cigar away!!"

However, Luo Qianjie, who was commanding, discovered the unusual behavior of the Annan fleet in the second half. They were messing around on the deck and adjusting the sail ropes.

"They want to turn around and run!" Luo Qianjie shook off the telescope in his hand and shouted: "Turn to 90! Pull in the column!"

The flag slogan immediately rose, and the four warships in the high-speed column headed by the "Sea of ​​China" turned ninety degrees and lined up in a row again in the movement. The sailboats were filled with wind and cut into the Annan fleet like a sharp knife. All the gun doors on both sides of the four warships opened wide, and all the artillery fired frantically at the enemy ships on both sides!
Chapter completed!