Telescopes are still very valuable among the navy. Only officers with more than a hundred households of the navy have telescopes. Each warship and patrol ship is under the command of a thousand households, and there are three hundred households on it. They are all equipped with telescopes. In addition, there are some officers responsible for assisting in command and contact, and they are also equipped with telescopes. On each warship or patrol ship, there are no more than ten people with telescopes. As for the Haicang ship, the commander is the hundred households. With the contact personnel, the telescopes owned only three to four telescopes.

Only when long-distance artillery attacks can it be seen clearly through a telescope, and it can be seen clearly. Ordinary sergeants can only watch through the naked eye, and they are vague and do not know the accurate battle situation ahead.

Liu Wenxiu was holding a telescope and trembled all over excitedly. The suggestions of him, Ai Nengqi and Li Dingguo were adopted, and the three of them participated in the direct attack. Although this attack was a bit tickling with the shoe, it was far less pleasant than fighting on the battlefield, but as the artillery continued to destroy the warships on the opposite side, this sense of pride was still very strong.

The artillery owned by Jiangning Camp once made Liu Wenxiu unbelievable. Could it be that there are such sharp artillery? He had seen artillery before. They were solid bullets. After being fired, they rely on huge impact to attack the opponent. This kind of artillery is not very different from a catapult, but it is much more powerful. When Ma Xianglin attacked the headquarters of the Blood Killing Alliance, despite the arrangements of the three of them, these arrangements were vulnerable to the attack of the artillery. This is also the headquarters of the Blood Killing Alliance. Although it is highly vigilant, it was quickly completely violated by the soldiers of the Jiangning Camp. After all, manpower cannot compete with the artillery.

The Yantai warship formation has a very obvious effect on attacking small warships. Almost all small warships without artillery attacks were sunk, and the successive artillery made these small warships have no room for escape. Moreover, these small warships, at the front of the team, happened to become the targets for movement.

What made Liu Wenxiu feel a little regretful was that his opponent soon became timid and began to retreat. The Haicang ship in the middle of the warship had almost no effect. As for whether to pursue, he had to wait for orders.

The order to pursue was issued soon.

The warship and Cang Haicang drove at full speed and rushed forward. The patrol ship was a little behind. Among the ten patrol ships, two of them were left to rescue the sergeants landing in the sea. The sergeants who could hold on were already amazing. In such cold weather, many people were not drowned or frozen to death.

Zheng Hongkui, who was retreating, did not forget to maintain his formation. At this time, he must not be confused. Once he lost command and began to escape, it would mean a complete failure and a fate of being annihilated. The other side was a giant warship with strong firepower. In this case, the lonely warship had no chance of survival in the vast sea.

What Zheng Hongkui could not have imagined was that the other party began to pursue, and the artillery was still firing continuously, which made Zheng Hongkui feel a little confused. Everyone knows that the launch of the artillery cannot last for a long time. Once the barrel of the gun heats up, it will stop and cool down. Although the opponent's warship, although the artillery is sharp, must also stop. Can it be fired continuously?

Zheng Hongkui, who was upset by the rumbling cannons and the heavy losses, did not notice that the intensity of the cannon fire could not be compared with the beginning.

Although the artillery in Jiangning Camp was sharp, the heat of the gun barrel was still there. Because it was the first time to participate in a naval battle, many naval officers and soldiers were a little excited and forgot to fire one after another. All the artillery fired at the same time. When the gun barrel was hot, everyone discovered that they were exhausted in the future.

There is also the largest red-clothed cannon on the warship, with a range of about two nautical miles and its power is also huge. However, the above commands are not allowed to use the largest red-clothed cannon for the time being, so as not to accidentally hit one of his own warships, because they are besieged from three sides, and the cannons are not controlled by manpower.

Zheng Hongkui, who was retreating, finally felt that although the warship was still under the pursuit of the opponent, the artillery fire was obviously weaker. Zheng Hongkui, who was overjoyed, issued an order to retreat with all his might. The warship must break away from this encirclement as quickly as possible. As long as it can protect some of the warships, it is victory. Facing the opponent's giant warships, there is no chance of winning in this naval battle. Don't think about attacking the Weihaiwei Wharf now. Go back to Quanzhou quickly and inform your elder brother Zheng Zhilong of the situation here. The Zheng family's navy should quickly adjust the deployment and make all preparations.

The ship was not fast when sailing against the wind, but the sergeant who was determined to leave the encirclement burst out huge energy and rowed the warship desperately. During this process, Zheng Hongkui held a telescope and carefully observed the other party's giant warship, including the Haicang ship he was familiar with. What made him breathe was that the other party's giant warship was huge in size. Such warships were not driven by human power, but were driven by the wind from the sea. They were all blowing north wind today. Why were these giant warships still able to chase after them? Some small warships that were behind were unfortunately caught up and were directly hit by the giant warships, and there was no room for resistance.

Zheng Hongkui was in great pain. He realized that the existence of such a giant warship would probably crush the Zheng family's hegemony on the sea. If such a giant warship directly attacked the South China Sea, the Zheng family's fleet would not be able to compete.

After leaving the waters of Pingshan Island and entering the waters of Dashan Island, Zheng Hongkui breathed a sigh of relief as he saw the chasing warships were no longer fast and were thrown away for a distance.

"Sir, look ahead."

Zheng Hongkui turned around suddenly, held a telescope and looked forward.

While he was observing the front, the rumbling cannon sounded again. This time the cannon sound was very dense.

The large warships around the main warship began to be hit by shells. The large warships that were hit quickly caught fire. The wooden pieces on the deck were scattered on the sea. Some sergeants who were blown up fell into the sea and sank directly without moving.

Zheng Hongkui's body was unstable. The warship ahead was as big as a scattered person and was lined up. This time he saw more clearly. On both sides of the warship, dark muzzles were exposed, and sparks continued to emerge from the muzzles. Every time the sparks flashed, it meant that a shell was fired.

The formation of warships could not be maintained, especially when several large warships were hit by artillery one after another, and two of them slowly sank to the bottom of the sea, the rest of the warships were in chaos and began to flee in all directions.

Zheng Hongkui ordered the flag bearer of the central army to constantly issue orders for concentrated impact, but few warships carried out this order.

Most of the crew members of the Zheng family fleet were from pirates. They were brave on the sea, but they also had fatal flaws. That is, when they were in danger of their lives, they instinctively thought of escaping. This situation was greatly reversed in Zheng Chenggong's hands. Zheng Chenggong activated a large number of newcomers and took command.

At this time, the defects are revealed.

The soldiers had long discovered giant warships and knew that the warships they had were unmatched. After the first round of attacks, many people felt that only escaping was the best choice. Once they escaped from the encirclement, the soldiers' fighting spirit was basically lost. Who knew that at this time, when they entered the encirclement again, who was still thinking about fighting, and the only thing they had to do was to escape quickly. As for the direction of escape, don't worry about it for the time being. There is always a path to escape on such a large sea surface.

The large warship was hit by artillery, which was equivalent to cutting off Zheng Hongkui's heart. The large warships have always been treasures of the Zheng family's navy. They are usually very caring for them. Unexpectedly, this time they came out, before they launched an attack, they were destroyed and sunk one by one.

Although shells were constantly falling around the main warship, the warships were not concentrated.

Zheng Hongkui already understood that it was not that he could not concentrate on the main warship he was riding on, but that he did not think about attacking the main warship at all. He saw the chasing warships in front and on both sides of the left and right before, and he had slowed down. He thought he was about to escape from the encirclement, but he didn't expect that this was arranged by others long ago.

The warships that fled everywhere soon encountered a devastating blow. Some giant warships forced them up directly without firing artillery, smashing these warships to pieces. The huge vortex around the warships ruthlessly sucked the soldiers who fell into the water into the sea. The escaping warships soon found that there was no way out to disperse, so they turned around and began to move closer to the main warships, which was their only choice.

The remaining Zheng family's warships soon gathered together, and the warships slowly moved closer.

At this time, if the other party launches a new cannon attack, the Zheng family's warships will have no room for escape. The giant warships can use artillery and impact to completely wipe out the Zheng family's warships.

The attack of the artillery stopped, and the giant warships on the front, back, left and right sides, and the medium Haicang ship slowly moved closer, surrounding the remaining Zheng family warships in the middle.

Zheng Hongkui's face turned pale. He once thought about committing suicide, but was stopped by the people around him.

He had never experienced such a crushing defeat. After so many years, the Zheng family's navy dominated the sea and had never encountered an enemy. But this time, they did not have time to resist, and even fired a cannon, and were completely wiped out by the other side, and no warship escaped.

A huge flag began to rise above a giant warship. On the flag, the five golden Tartars of the Jiangning Navy were so conspicuous.

Seeing this battle flag, Zheng Hongkui suddenly broke out.
Chapter completed!