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Chapter 1424: Fire at the Duke of Goa!

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    There are two flowers in bloom, one on each side.

    Talk about going back to the sea.

    At five o'clock in the morning, the lights on the Duke of Goa, which was on guard outside Shen'ao Bay, were still bright.

    In the senior officer¡¯s restaurant on the stern, Commander Domingo received a report from the front. All troops successfully landed without being blocked by the Jiangnan Group.  He couldn't help but feel relieved, and smiled at Lin Hongzhong and the sea masters on the side: "It seems that the Jiangnan Group is indeed as I expected, good at naval battles but poor at land battles."

    "Of course!" Lin Hongzhong also smiled happily: "Although the Ming Dynasty does not care who makes trouble at sea, but whoever dares to support his troops on land will be close to killing the Nine Tribes."

    "That's right." All the sea masters agreed: "That boy named Zhao, does he know what an army looks like?"

    "Okay, everyone, please go back and rest first." Domingo couldn't help but feel distressed when he took a look at the high-end restaurant that was in a mess and full of garbage.  He didn't want to see these rude and vulgar people again for a moment.

    Except for Lin Daoqian.  This handsome and handsome man is a true gentleman.

    The sea masters also had enough to eat and drink, and each of them bought him many cigars and bottles of wine, and then stood up and left with satisfaction.

    Their fleet is still parked in Shen'ao Bay.  At this time, the tide is out, and the water level has dropped sharply. The sea owners all have sharp-bottomed boats with deep drafts, and they will run aground if they are not careful.

    So they have to take a barge back first, and when the tide rises, the tide will naturally send their boat out.  Anyway, there are two large sailing ships guarding the mouth of the bay, so the bay is very safe.

    Although the ships of the sea owners were like this, the two large Western sailing ships sitting in the bay at the moment, the Oriental Beauty and the Pena, did not dare to move around. They also anchored and waited for the rising tide.

    So at this time, at the mouth of the huge Shen'ao Bay, apart from a few small sampans cruising around for sentry duty, there were only two Karak sailing ships, the Duke of Goa and the Regales.

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    In the meantime, the Coast Guard fleet pulled anchor at three points and slowly sailed to Shen'ao Bay 10 kilometers away with the help of ocean currents.

    There is no wind in a foggy day, and the sail of the sailboat is of no use. All we can count on are two oars. For a six- to seven-hundred-ton capital ship, even if the two oars are broken, it won't provide much.  power.

    Therefore, the speed of the fleet is so slow that it can only travel 5 kilometers in an hour.

    At five o'clock in the morning, we arrived near Lieyu Island outside Shen'ao Bay.

    After counting the points, it was discovered that two medium-sized ships, the 207 Qiangri and the 210 Mo Diao, were missing, probably due to the heavy fog.

    There are four other small ships and two speedboats that have also temporarily lost contact.  This is a normal thing. Sailing at night is inherently difficult, and the sea is still foggy, so there is no reference.  You can only rely on a compass and speedometer, and use a ruler to calculate the approximate position on the chart.

    Usually when the coast guard fleet sails at night, the front ship must hang double or four tail lights to guide the rear ship. However, in order to make full use of the concealment of the fog and prevent it from being discovered in advance by the Portuguese patrol boats, Wang Rulong implemented strict lighting  Control, even navigation lights are not allowed.  Therefore, the fact that most ships can reach the assembly point is the result of the excellent skills of the captains and navigators and good luck.

    The investigators who arrived early for reconnaissance were already waiting there.  After rendezvousing with the fleet, he immediately went to the Zhenwa and reported the detected situation.

    I heard that the red-haired ghost's sailboat finally separated from the pirate ship.  Moreover, two of the four large sailing ships were in the bay and two were in the bay, not together.

    Wang Rulong excitedly patted Ma Yinglong on the shoulder and said with uncontrollable excitement, "What a God-given opportunity!"

    "Yes, you have been waiting for this moment for a long time, right?" Ma Yinglong bared his teeth and said with a smile: "But we didn't seem to have thought that their four ships would separate, right?"

    "Yeah." Wang Rulong nodded and said, "I really didn't expect that the red-haired ghost who has always been cautious would be so trusting!"

    "It's not because of others, it's because you're too crazy." Ma Yinglong said with a bitter smile: "In this foggy day where you can't even see your fingers, only a madman would take the risk of flying at night, let alone fight."

    "I'm not a lunatic." Wang Rulong corrected him seriously: "The fleet has been training on Nan'ao Island for a month and a half, and they know how to go with their eyes closed. Those fools who are lagging behind, look back and see how I deal with them!"

    "Let's get down to business first. How are you going to fight and which plan will you use?" Ma Yinglong asked, changing the subject.  In fact, according to regulations, rewards and punishments for officers and soldiers should be initiated by police cadres and decided and implemented by the police department.  Of course now is not the time to worry about this.

    "Geng Plan!" Wang Rulong thought for a moment and then made a decisive decision: "Let's divide our forces. I will lead four battleships to deal with the two outside, and you will lead the rest."Any chance of reaching full strength?

    But the reason why a famous general is a famous general is because he sees things differently from others!  Wang Rulong firmly believes that his choice is correct!

    Since there are only four warships, it is not difficult to transition from a side-by-side column to a two-ship tactic. You only need to slow down the outermost two ships, wait for their positions to be staggered, then turn the rudder inward, and follow behind the front ship.  Can.

    For some reason, after the formation adjustment was completed, the enemy still did not notice their presence.

    In fact, it is a coincidence that Domingo was about to send the sea owners off the boat at this time.  In order to send these plague gods away quickly, the Portuguese summoned all the patrolling boats around to the flagship.  The drunken sea masters were shouting and yelling on the deck of the Duke of Goa. The noisy scene made the Portuguese look sideways and involuntarily neglected to pay attention to the surroundings.

    It wasn¡¯t until Ship 102 appeared dozens of meters away on the left side of the Duke of Goa that the Portuguese sailors on the small boats screamed in surprise.

    "Ataque!"

    That exclamation was like an order, and the two rows of artillery on the starboard front of the 102 fleet roared at the same time!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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