Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 367
As the son of Zheng Zhilong, the Asian maritime overlord, Zheng Chenggong has a high level of maritime combat experience and level.

When the fleet withdrew from Macau, he knew that he would definitely be retaliated by the Portuguese, but he was not worried about retaliation, and he was afraid that they would not come.

Now he is not only the son of the former pirate chieftain, but also the commanding officer of the navy in the Ming Dynasty, with an army of 10,000+.

There is not only the support of the Zheng family, but also the powerful Ming Dynasty as the backer, who is he afraid of.

No major movement in this sea area can escape Zheng Chenggong's intelligence network. He can obtain surrounding maritime information through caravans and fishing boats at any time. It can be said that the intelligence network is very developed.

Not long after the Portuguese fleet left the port in Dawang, India, Zheng Chenggong received the news. He was not worried, and all of this was expected.

Looking at the generals under his command, Zheng Chenggong smiled slightly:
"Soldiers, you all said that daily training is boring, did you enjoy the battle yesterday?"

Zhang Huangyan cupped his hands and said with a smile:

"Captain, to be honest, it's not fun, but it's better than firing cannons every day. In fact, I didn't fire a few shots yesterday. I wanted to sink the enemy ship, but you let us hit it directly. I missed such a good opportunity to practice, haha... ..."

Zhang Huangyan was not only joking, but also speaking the truth, which made Huang Fei and Shi Lang laugh out loud, they were all looking forward to who they would fight next.

"Captain, we want to know if the Holy Majesty's next target is Taiwan?"

"Oh, why do you have such an idea?"

Zheng Chenggong deliberately pretended to be puzzled by what they said, Zhang Huangyan stood up and cupped his fists in the direction of the capital and said:

"Your Majesty is the wise king of the world. He not only wiped out the rogue bandits and Mongolia, but also exterminated the powerful Eastern Tartars. It is inevitable to expand the territory. Not to mention that Taiwan has been my Chinese territory since ancient times. How can we let the red-haired barbarians Rampant in my Ming territory."

"Well, that's right, the deputy commander is right, and we think so too, otherwise His Majesty wouldn't attach so much importance to our navy."

Huang Fei Shi Lang also nodded in agreement. In the past, the civil official group oppressed the generals so much that they couldn't raise their heads, but now they can finally feel proud.

Zheng Chenggong got up and cupped his fists in the direction of the capital and said:

"Your Majesty, Ming, I want to recover Taiwan. This governor can tell you clearly that as long as the soldiers work together and swear allegiance to Ming, in the near future, all the rivers and rivers illuminated by the sun and the moon will be planted with our dragon flag."

"We are willing to expand the territory for Daming, swear allegiance to Daming, and swear allegiance to the Holy Majesty."

"The sun and the moon shine, and the rivers and rivers are all Han soil!"

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

Zheng Chenggong's words made all the soldiers in the hall excited.

They all shouted that they would swear to die as the Holy One and be loyal to Daming. They could not wait to board the battleship and plant the Daming dragon flag on every piece of land immediately.

"Okay, Zhang Huangyan, Shi Lang, Huangfei and others listen to the order. Now the Portuguese fleet is approaching Macau, and the Daming Dragon flagship team will attack immediately."

"Decree"

Zheng Chenggong gave an order, and the six armored warships of Ming Dynasty left the port immediately.

This time, I did not bring a single sail warship, and all used iron-clad warships.

They want to turn the sea area around Daming into a nightmare for the Portuguese, so that they will never dare to step into this sea area.

A fleet on the sea is approaching Macau at full speed, saying that the fleet is too high for them, but in fact it is only three sailing warships.

Now Portugal has fallen a bit, and the limelight is completely covered by the red-haired barbarians.

The Ming army sank five warships before, and now three more. These eight warships are already their main force in Asia.

"Captain, Macau is only five nautical miles ahead, why can't you hear any gunfire? Has the Ming people not started attacking yet?"

Lysons raised his binoculars to the sea in the direction of Macau, and observed for a while, except for some merchant ships, he did not find any warships.

"I don't know. You will know what's going on when you arrive in Macau. Go ahead at full speed."

Another sail was raised, and the speed of the Portuguese warship immediately increased.

Soon Macau appeared in the telescope, but they did not see the five Portuguese warships moored in the military port.

Lysons turned the camera to Macau Island again, and his face suddenly became pale.

He found that the Portuguese flag, which usually flutters in the wind, was gone.

Instead, it was a Daming dragon flag fluttering in the wind.

"No, Macau has been lost. Where did our fleet go? It is absolutely impossible that none of them can escape."

So he looked at the surrounding sea with the binoculars again, wanting to search for his own warships, only then did he find two fast-moving strange ships appearing in the front, back, left, and right directions of them.

The hulls of these strange ships are huge, twice as big as their warships, and they are all black in color.

Not only are there no sails, but even the sailors and oars who are drawing prizes cannot be seen.

Just about to take a closer look at those monsters, suddenly several shells bombarded the waters near them, Lysons turned pale with fright, and hurriedly sent an order:

"Quick, quickly load the shells and prepare for battle."

"Boom..."

Before Lysons finished speaking, two solid bullets bombarded the deck of the battleship.

Bounced forward all the way, killing several soldiers blocking the way before stopping.

Fortunately, the decks of their battleships were covered with iron plates, so the decks were not penetrated by shells.

"Fire, fire quickly..."

Lysons had seen the shell fired by the strange ship at this time, and immediately sent an order to fire the shell.

But the gunner didn't have binoculars, so he couldn't find the target at all. Could it be that bombing the merchant ship was impossible.

Seeing that the artillerymen were a little confused, Leslie shouted angrily:
"Hurry up and shoot those strange ships, they are warships of the Ming army..."

Under the order of Lysons, the Portuguese warship immediately fired back.

But as soon as they fired a few shots, the battleship was covered by the opponent's shells, and the sawdust was immediately bombarded.

Many shells penetrated the side of the battleship, killing dozens of gunners who were firing.

Two warships in each of the three directions fired fiercely at the Portuguese warships, which made them dizzy and soon caused hundreds of casualties.

The cabin of one of the battleships has been flooded and the hull is slowly tilting.

Zheng Chenggong has been holding a telescope, observing the Portuguese warship.

Seeing that a battleship was being damaged and slowly sinking, a sneer appeared on his face.

"Continue to bombard with solid ammunition, trying to sink them all."

"Rumble..."

If it is said that the Ming army was deliberately playing with the Portuguese just now, in order to achieve the effect of military training.

Now the six armored warships of the Ming army are fully fired, and hundreds of solid shells are overwhelmingly smashing into the Portuguese sailing warships.

"Boom bang..."

"Crack..."

The shells bombarded the battleship, and immediately there was a sound of wood splintering.

How could wooden warships compete with ironclad warships? The sides of their warships were blasted with countless large holes by Ming army shells.

It didn't take long for Portugal's second warship to be sunk by the Ming army.

"Quick...quick retreat"

Lysons was completely desperate, he didn't even touch Macau, two warships had been sunk by the Ming army, so he hurriedly sent an order to retreat.

But as soon as they turned the rudder, the Hongwu quickly rushed from the sea on the left at high speed, and the retreat of the last Portuguese warship was blocked.

(End of this chapter)