Chapter 417： Decisive battle at sea

With the supplies in hand, the Southern Army began its operations.

The navy set out first, and they were responsible for defeating Zheng Zhilong's main navy force.

This was the largest battle in the history of the Navy, and Wu Yi personally led the team to sea.

This time out to sea, there are a total of 120 large sailing ships, 30 steam ships, and more than 150 other functional boats.

The total force is 30,000, of which about 20,000 are the main battles, and the other 10,000 are sailors who are responsible for burning fire and cooking, carrying ammunition, adding coal and water, and rowing boats.

These people have no formal establishment, they are auxiliary soldiers, and some are even temporarily recruited fishermen.

Such a navy, looking at the world, its strength is also of the first-class level.

Decades ago, Britain and Spain had the largest naval battle in order to fight for maritime supremacy, and its Spanish navy was only this number.

As for the British army, there are fewer ships and fewer soldiers.

In terms of scale, China has never lost.

Zheng Zhilong felt the hatred in his heart after learning that Dahua's navy was dispatched.

These naval forces are his roots, and he doesn't want to touch them if he is not a last resort.

However, he never expected that Dahua's determination would be so firm that he would really stop wooing him and directly fight decisively.

In desperation, Zheng Zhilong could only send Zheng Zhihu to take people out to fight.

It is more dangerous to hide in the port, and it is easy to be blocked by the enemy's shelling.

"Brother, don't worry. According to the information obtained by the spies, Dahua’s navy has only 300 ships and less than 30,000 people. We are more than twice as powerful as theirs. If we can beat them at sea this time, , I’m afraid there is no need for the third brother to take action, Dahua has to come to win over us."

Zheng Zhihu is very optimistic. In his opinion, since the purpose is to hurt Dahua, it is better to choose sea fighting.

After all, the strength of their navy is much stronger than that of the army.

On the sea, in this sea area, they have been dominating for more than 20 years, and they have not yet encountered an opponent.

"Since Dahua has no one in the eyes, don't blame me for leaving no room for it. You can beat them, the more painful they are, the better. It's best to wipe them out and **** those steamships."

Zheng Zhilong said that he is also full of great interest in steam ships that can sail on their own without sails.

The Zheng's naval forces also went out to sea, and their scale was even larger.

There are about two hundred large-scale blessing boats and boats, and on average, each one can carry more than two hundred people.

There are more miscellaneous boats, some are fire boats, some are brisk and flexible, specially used for assaults, and there are boats used to salvage and rescue people.

The number of these non-main battle ships totals more than 500 ships.

Their total strength reached more than 65,000 men, among which the soldiers used for direct combat accounted for 45,000 men.

The others are all auxiliary soldiers.

Hundreds of ships went out to sea mightily. Judging from their momentum, they are very prestigious.

Dahua's navy set off from Songjiang, and after stopping in Ningbo to rest, set off again.

Eventually, they met with Daming's navy in the waters near Nanlu Island, which is more than a hundred miles east of Cangnan County.

At this time, the northeast wind was blowing in the sea, which gave Zheng Zhihu a little bit of advantage to Zheng Zhihu, who was moving from south to north.

However, the wind is not strong at this time, and the impact is actually relatively limited.

Moreover, Dahua’s navy would not be so stupid, just staying in the enemy's leeward zone and letting them burn with fireboats.

When they found out the direction of the wind, they changed their course and stayed as far as possible to the northwest of the Ming army.

At the same time, their steam fleet broke away from the main force, ready to attack the weak points of the Ming army.

Steamships are faster and more maneuverable, and they will not be able to give play to their speed advantage if they stay in a large army.

It is better to let them move freely and find the right time to cut into the battlefield.

Both sides have discovered each other. The Ming Army's navy idea is relatively simple. They just want to get close to the Chinese Army and then use their strength to fight on the side.

Dahua's navy is seizing the T prefix.

The so-called "T" head means aiming at the enemy with the hull instead of aiming at the enemy with the bow of the ship.

After all, the cannons on the ship are all mounted on the hull of the ship. If the hull is aimed at the enemy, the more artillery that can hit the enemy at the same time, this will give full play to the firepower.

If only the bow of the ship is aimed at the enemy, then the cannon on the ship will be installed for nothing.

Unlike the artillery of the army, the artillery on the ship can be turned around.

The Dahua Navy wanted to seize the T prefix, and Daming's navy was naturally unhappy.

They are at an absolute disadvantage in artillery, and they don't want to fight with Dahua's navy, nor do they want to be snatched by Dahua's navy to beat themselves by the T-head.

They are also adjusting their course, trying to maintain a small intersection angle while approaching the enemy.

In this way, we can avoid receiving more firepower.

Although the two sides had discovered each other early, they did not fight for a long time and were adjusting their fleets.

In the era when the power is mainly provided by sails, this kind of adjustment is actually very difficult and requires high operating skills.

In this regard, Daming's navy has a slight advantage, after all, they are all veteran pirates and they are very experienced.

However, with the passage of time, the distance between the two parties is getting closer and closer, until both parties have no room for adjustment and can only maintain the current course.

At this time, the angle between the two sides was about 30 degrees, and less than one-fifth of the artillery of the Dahua Navy could be aimed at the enemy.

The distance continued to approach, and then Dahua’s artillery sounded first, among them a group of cannons with a relatively long range.

At this moment, a Dutch merchant fleet was passing by this sea area not far away and saw this scene.

They didn't choose to escape from the gun, because if the other party really wanted to chase them, they couldn't escape either.

They guessed that this was the fighting between the two Dahua forces. At this time, they would definitely not care about others, and they could pass with peace of mind.

But people are curious, and so are these Dutch people.

In the telescope, they saw the battle of nearly a thousand ships. This kind of scene is so spectacular.

At least, there is no such large-scale maritime battle on the waters of Western Europe.

Seeing this scene, these people didn't want to leave, they all wanted to see with their own eyes and witness this epic naval battle.

Even the information about the war that I left behind was invaluable.

Information is also a commodity. At least those countries in Western Europe that have ideas about maritime hegemony will be very, very interested in the details of this battle.

Through such a battle, they can evaluate the strength of the masters in this land of the East, and then decide whether to do business honestly or colonize by force.

"It's started, it's started, don't blink. This is an epic battle, my god, it turned out to be just a civil war in a country. The scale is too big."

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