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Chapter 1415 The Second Day

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    At night, there is a bright moon on the sea, and the sky is full of stars.

    A small sampan painted black quietly sailed into Zhuqi Bay in the north of Qing'ao Bay.

    Zhuqi Bay is separated from Qing'ao Bay by Qing'ao Mountain, and it is also a good natural harbor.  In the past, fishermen on the island would stop at Zhuqi Bay to avoid southerly winds in spring and summer, and then move to Qing'ao Bay to avoid northerly winds in autumn and winter.

    With the faint moonlight, the small sampan rushed to the only small beach at the foot of Qing'ao Mountain.

    Two figures in black shorts jumped out of the boat.  After they got to the beach, one of them took out a piece of mud and screamed, blowing three long and two short blows.

    As if in the sound of eternal tide, the sound of birds suddenly sounded, and it was weird at night.

    However, in the forest on the opposite side, there were also birds chirping soon, as if the same kind of birds had been awakened.

    The two of them crawled forward in search of the sound. After a while, one entered the dense forest, while the other hid outside.

    The person who entered corrected the password again, and then he saw a figure wearing a ghillie suit coming out from behind a big tree and handing him the latest instructions and a pigeon cage.

    The visitor didn¡¯t say much, took the things and left. Together with his companions, he pushed the boat into the sea and rowed back to the sea with the help of the low tide.

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    The daily battle results of each fleet can be sent back to the base using carrier pigeons.  However, homing pigeons cannot fly back to a moving ship, so they still have to send someone back regularly to contact them.  The time difference between the arrival of the carrier pigeon and the messenger is just enough for the base to make decisions and give the summarized intelligence and latest orders to each fleet.

    So Zhao Hao had already learned the results of today¡¯s battle two hours ago.  In fact, we can get a general idea from the reconnaissance balloon on the island, but the homing pigeons only bring more accurate details.

    Today¡¯s victory naturally makes him happy, but only a little happy.  Because of the lack of training and equipment, the pirates were originally scum with only a combat power of five in front of his armed squadron.

    And the Portuguese and Japanese fleets did not participate in the battle, so no matter what the result is today, the victory is not satisfactory.

    The lights in the war room were brightly lit. Zhao Hao held his hands on the edge of the blue sand table and stared at the two fleets with the Portuguese flag and the Wuyang flag in the northeast of Nan'ao Island in trance.

    According to the report, they have been cruising upwind today. Even if Lin Feng's fleet approached once, it did not cause any reaction from them.

    The coast guard fleet with the sun and moon flag was located in the north of Nan'ao Island, twenty miles away from the Portuguese fleet, and there was no movement all day.

    "The commanders on both sides want to wait for the other side to join the battlefield first." Jin Ke stood opposite him, staring at the sand table and said in a deep voice.

    "They are not in a hurry, and we should not be in a hurry. After all, we are the underdogs." Zhao Hao sighed. Apart from the two of them and Secretary Ma, there were only a few staff officers on duty in the war room. There was no need to brag anymore.

    Whether it is the naval battle experience taught by Pintuo or the naval battle knowledge accumulated in Zhao Hao's mind, they all point to the same point - in a naval battle, it is the battleship that determines the outcome.  The larger and stronger the battleship, the greater the advantage.  With the current level of weapons, even if you only have one battleship, you can't take it down with any number of small ships.

    Just two years ago, it was at the same time that Zeng Yiben¡¯s fleet failed in Macau.  Another Portuguese carrack was besieged by 200 large and small ships of the Aceh Sultanate in the Strait of Malacca. The two sides fought fiercely for three days. The battle ended with the Acehnese's forty warships being destroyed and having to retreat.

    This is the fundamental reason why Mr. Zhao doesn¡¯t value today¡¯s victory.  As long as Portugal's four battleships remain intact, the outcome is uncertain!

    What is not good is that the four main ships of the coast guard fleet are one large black-tailed ship and three half-size Galen ships modeled after the Oriental Beauty.  The size difference between the four large sailing ships in Portugal is like that of a primary school student and an adult.

    And the materials of the three new warships are also very ordinary.  Because the construction period was too urgent, the oak wood cut from Ezo had not yet been dried in the shade, so Yang Fan could only use what he could.  Except for the keel and key parts, which are made of hardwood, a large amount of ordinary wood is used in the rest of the parts.  It is also unknown whether he can withstand attacks as well as his opponent.

    To compensate, Yang Fan set up watertight cabins under the lower decks of the three ships.  But without actual combat testing, no one knows how useful that cute little compartment can be.

    The only thing the Coast Guard fleet relies on is artillery. The Hongwu Cannon and Yongle Cannon, which were ahead of their time, have a range that exceeds that of the other side.  Moreover, the Hongwu cannon and half of the Yongle cannon used the flintlock gun machine developed by the eldest nephew. It can be said that except for the caliber, they are ahead of the Portuguese artillery in all aspects.

    Make an inappropriate analogy, such asThe bombardment started!

    At this distance and at such a fast speed, firing a cannon is just a splash

    Nearly all missed.

    But Lin Feng¡¯s target was not the Portuguese sailing ship at all, because her fleet used this action to form a 50-degree angle with the pirate fleet.

    Her starboard guns were pointed completely towards the port side of the pirate fleet.

    And the artillery of pirate ships has always been installed on the bow.  It's not just them, all the warships of the Ming Dynasty, except for the coast guard fleet, have never been equipped with firepower on the sides After all, this is so contrary to human intuition.

    So now, it¡¯s like the pirates showed their soft white bellies and faced the whip in Lin Feng¡¯s handoh no, a sharp knife!

    Why are you so polite?

    Volley and bombardment!

    ps. Naval battles are easy to write, but too difficult to conceive.  Because we must be worthy of this long-prepared decisive battle.  I thought about it for a day before I figured out how to play.  Post it first, revise it later, and then write the next chapter.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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