Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 725

A fleet of sailing battleships sailed on the mighty sea, and the sails took advantage of the wind to move very fast.

This fleet is exactly the fleet jointly sent by Zheng Zhibao and Mao Chengzuo.

Because it was not a decisive battle, Zheng Zhibao and Mao Chengzuo did not take out the treasure ship in their hands.

In fact, the power in the hands of Mao Chengzuo and Zheng Zhibao can completely defeat Hongyi, but Zhao Wen doesn't want to do this.Because the domestic war is not over yet, and the overseas land is not land, it will take a lot of time to completely occupy it, and there are many things to do.

In addition, Zhao Wen already has a large territory in Southeast Asia, so Zhao Wen wants to wait until the domestic war is over before starting.

Treasure ships loaded with weapons pose a great threat to other ships on the sea. Even Hongyi, who is known as a sea coachman, is unmatched.

This fleet has a total of [-] ships. When it was [-] kilometers away from the port of Batavia, it was divided into two small formations.

One of these two formations headed for Ceylon Island, and the other headed for Luzon.

Although Luzon did not attack merchant ships, the Frangji on Luzon have not been very stable recently.

Because of the rise of Zhao Wen, Frangji and Hong Yi came together accordingly, and they planned to resist Zhao Wen together.

Luzon is not too far away from Java. In the past, the Frangbots on Luzon Island were relatively stable, but recently, with the arrival of the Hongyi reinforcements, the Frangroids on Luzon Island began to feel uneasy. Taken together, although there were no attacks on merchant ships, incidents of harassment at the border also occurred from time to time.

The ship is sailing on the vast expanse of sea.The sea breeze blows the sails, and all of them are inflated.

The two formations headed for their respective sea areas.The distance to Luzon is relatively short, but the distance to Ceylon is relatively far.

The main purpose this time is just harassment and demonstrations, not a real war.Therefore, the number of weapons carried on the ship is relatively small, and the supplies are also relatively small.

On the sea controlled by Hongyi on Ceylon Island, Hongyi ships have been patrolling the sea since the reinforcements arrived.

Although Hong Yi also wanted to take revenge and take Java back, they would not do so easily until they figured out the true strength of Zhao Wen's fleet.

Of course, they were also afraid that Mao Chengzuo and Zheng Zhibao would attack them, so when Hongyi's reinforcements arrived at Ceylon Island, they kept guarding the sea.

When the ships of Zheng Zhibao and Mao Chengzuo had just entered the sea to the east of Ceylon Island, they were discovered by the Hongyi Fleet patrolling this sea.

These Hongyi fleet hurriedly passed the news to Ceylon Island.

To a certain extent, in fact, Mao Chengzuo and Zheng Zhibao did not intend to conduct a sneak attack quietly, they just wanted to swagger and tell Hongyi on Ceylon Island with great fanfare that I am here, and I am here to mess with you.

Only in this way can Hongyi's prestige be better thwarted.

The sail battleships in the hands of Mao Chengzuo and Zheng Zhibao are actually not that different from Hongyi's sail battleships. The sail battleships in the hands of Mao Chengzuo and Zheng Zhibao were also improved by Zhao Wen based on the sail battleships captured by Cohen's fleet. The two have nothing in appearance Too big a gap, only the inner weapons are somewhat different.

It has to be said that these Westerners have already achieved very high attainments in wooden battleships, and these sailing battleships are also very mature, so Zhao Wen does not need to redesign a sailing battleship, after all, it would take a lot of time to redesign.

In Zhao Wen's plan, it won't be long before he starts building ironclad ships, so the current sail battleships only serve a transitional role and don't need to be redesigned.

Mao Chengzuo and Zheng Zhibao didn't have to worry that the fleet in their hands was not Hongyi's opponent, because the weapons on their ships were all provided by Zhao Wen, and these weapons were simply not something Hongyi of this era could resist.

Although there are ten ships going to the waters near Ceylon Island, if they face each other face to face, these ten ships can completely challenge ships several times their size.

If Hong Yi adopts the siege tactics, then these ten warships can completely retreat, there is no need to worry at all, even if Hong Yi pursues, they may not be able to catch up.

When these ten ships came to the waters near Ceylon Island, the Hongyi ships cruising in the waters near Ceylon Island found them all at once.

When the news came back to Ceylon and reached the ears of Ceylon Governor Anthony, Anthony panicked for a moment.

He thought that these people were coming to attack them, and when he really found out that there were only ten ships coming, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Too much deception, this is simply too much deception, only ten ships dare to come to me to act wildly, these yellow-skinned monkeys really don't take me seriously, I must let them know what it is A real naval battle."

While grumbling, Anthony walked out of the office and came to the square outside. He looked at the signal soldier following him and shouted loudly: "Order all the ships docked in the port, let the first-class warships and twenty second-class ships Class battleships remain in port.

As for the remaining ships, let them all assemble and head for the target sea area after two hours. "

When Anthony's order was passed on, all the ships docked at the port outside Ceylon Island moved.

There are almost 60 ships docked outside Ceylon Island.

Of course, it doesn't mean that these more than 60 warships are all very tall warships. In Hongyi's naval battle sequence, the warships are divided into first-tier warships, second-tier warships, and third-tier warships.

Among them, the first-tier warships have the largest volume and the most artillery, followed by the second-tier warships, and then the third-tier warships.

Hongyi is now fighting in the west, so the number of first-class battleships mobilized here is not many, only four or five.

The number of second-tier warships is not the largest, accounting for about 30% of all warships, and the rest are basically some third-tier warships and armed merchant ships.

Most of the warships docked in the port outside Ceylon today are second-tier warships, third-tier warships and armed merchant ships.

Because the Hongyi on Ceylon Island had to guard against the attacks of Zheng Zhibao and Mao Chengzuo at all times, they moved very quickly, and they were assembled within a short time.

When Anthony arrived on Ceylon Island, he led a total of more than 200 ships of various types, but now not all of these ships are on Ceylon Island, and some are stationed in other places.

After Anthony's order was passed on, the ships on the port moved according to Anthony's order and set off towards the destination sea area.

There are almost 20 ships left in the port outside Ceylon Island.

At this time, the sky had gradually darkened, and the moon had risen into the night sky. The moonlight sprinkled on the sea surface, sparkling, and a gust of cold wind blew, and the moisture fell on the sailors of the battleship.

Naval battles are not land battles, and ships traveling at night are not as good as infantry traveling on the ground.

Now that there is no high-tech direction, it is easy to get lost on the sea at night.

So whether it was Anthony's fleet or the ships sent by Mao Chengzuo and Zheng Zhibao, they all slowed down, for fear that they would lose their way.

The ten ships sent by Mao Chengzuo and Zheng Zhibao sailed quietly on the sea, and they had already spotted the ships cruising around them.

These ten ships lined up two by two, led by an officer named Wen Xingran.

Wen Xingran stood on the front ship, he held up the binoculars and looked at the pitch-black sea with a calm expression on his face.

Wen Xingran didn't think Hong Yi was so powerful. From Wen Xingran's point of view, even if he couldn't do much harm to Hong Yi, Hong Yi couldn't catch him easily.

"If it wasn't dark, I really wanted to give you a shot!" Wen Xingran put down the binoculars in his hand and said viciously.

When Wen Xingran led the fleet to the waters outside Ceylon Island, he discovered the Red Barbarian warships cruising around.

At the beginning, Wen Xingran also wanted to attack these ships, and fired a few more shots, but after thinking about it, he felt that the distance was too far, and the artillery hit rate on the sea was very poor, so he gave up. this idea.

But with the deepening and the cover of the night, these Hongyi ships are getting closer and closer to the fleet led by Wen Xingran.

Although Wen Xingran couldn't see Hongyi's fleet in the dark night, but relying on his feeling, Wen Xingran felt that Hongyi's fleet was not very far away from them.

Anthony was sitting on a second-tier warship. Because there were very few first-tier ships, Anthony did not bring the first-tier warship with him.

In Anthony's view, the warships he led could completely swallow all ten ships.

Wen Xingran came to the deck when the first ray of sunlight shone on the sea.

He shouted loudly to the messenger behind him: "Let all the soldiers take their positions, let all the artillerymen take their places, and at the same time order all the ships to line up, cross over, expose the sides of the warships, and prepare to meet the enemy."

In the era of wooden ships, the warships were lined up with the sides exposed to maximize the firepower of the warships.

At this time, the fleet led by Anthony had not yet arrived here.

However, the ships cruising nearby also spontaneously gathered together and lay in front of Wen Xingran.

After about half an hour, Wen Xingran finally completed the turn.

Wen Xingran held up his binoculars and looked at the Hongyi ships not far from his fleet, his face was full of viciousness.

"Dare to attack our merchant ship, it's really a life-and-death thing." After Wen Xingran said, he turned around and looked at the orderly behind him.

"Give me an order to let all the ships land and get them ready to attack. This time, let's make a big fight here and let these red barbarians know what the fate of offending us is. .” Wen Xingran shouted at the messenger again.

The messenger hurriedly ran down with Wen Xingran's order.

When Wen Xingran's order spread to all the ships, the gunners on these ships began to make final plans.

The artillery installed on these ships led by Wen Xingran is 107 rocket launchers, mortars and some 40 fire.

As for the 152mm cannon howitzer, it is not installed. The caliber of the cannon howitzer is too large, its power is too great, and its recoil is too great.The wooden warships of this era may not be able to withstand such a huge recoil.

Besides, there are 107 rocket launchers, mortars, and some 40 fires, which are completely enough to deal with Hongyi.

The soldiers on all the ships were busy, and the rockets were loaded into the launchers one by one.

Hongyi's fleet didn't seem to be aware of the danger coming.

The fleets that fought against Zhao Wen's subordinates were Zeelandia City's fleet and Cohen's fleet, but these fleets, without exception, were almost wiped out.

Today, these ships cruising in the waters outside Ceylon Island have never fought against Zhao Wen's fleet, so they don't know how powerful Zhao Wen's fleet is.

These Hongyi ships were slowly approaching Wen Xingran, and among them, the ship of Wells was inside.

Wells stood on the deck, looking at Wen Xingran's fleet ahead, with a warlike and fanatical expression on his face.

Although Wells used to deal with Zheng Yiguan often, but when Zhao Wen launched an attack on Batavia, Wells was not in Batavia, so Wells only knew that Zhao Wen's fleet was powerful, and did not personally experienced.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer. Because it was not land, Wen Xingran did not launch an attack immediately.

When the distance between the two sides was only about three miles, Wen Xingran put down the binoculars in his hand, waved his hand, and shouted angrily: "Fire, blow them up for me!"

Wen Xingran gave an order, and the roar appeared instantly.

"Chi la chi la chi la!"

The shrill cry kept ringing out, like a night owl in the dark winter night, it was shocking.

The Hongyi soldiers on the Hongyi fleet were frightened by the sudden sound for a moment.

They looked in the direction of the sound, and saw curtains with orange flames flying towards them.

The distance of three miles was too close, so close that before they could react, the shells fell.

"Boom boom boom!"

All of a sudden, there were explosions, and flames instantly enveloped them.

The accuracy of the 107 rockets is not accurate, but there are a lot of them.Under the overwhelming attack, even if the accuracy is not high, it is enough to scare these Hongyi.

"Oh!"

A rocket landed on the deck of a Hongyi ship, and the explosion instantly enveloped the deck.

The explosion blew a huge hole in the deck, and the flames ignited the deck at the same time.

The fire spread on the ship, and now it is summer soon, and the wind has increased, and the fire is taking advantage of the wind to spread everywhere on the ship.

The surviving soldiers on the ship wanted to extinguish the flames on the ship, but all of this was in vain. The flames had already burned, and it was not so easy to extinguish them.

The ship was gradually engulfed in flames, and then began to sink. The sailors on it were ignited by the flames and jumped into the sea screaming.

　I haven't been feeling well for the past few days. Yesterday's chapter will be added this weekend. Please forgive me! ! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)