The sun was setting in the west, and it was already midnight. Li Dayin looked at the pirate fleet seven or eight miles ahead, thought for a moment, and said: "Sea map!"
The navigator in charge of navigation laid the chart on the wooden box, pressed it with a paperweight, and said to Li Dayin: "We should be here now." He poked a point heavily with his finger.
This is more than 500 miles southeast of Qianli Rock. It is also a water area that the inspection fleet has never been to. If it were not for the preparations in the past year, this chart would not include this water area at all.
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Li Dayin hesitated. Although the distance was only seven or eight miles, if he really wanted to catch up with Zhang Zheng, he would have to travel at least fifty to one hundred miles. That was the legendary Sea of ??Hell, a restricted area for sea voyagers. Perhaps, Zhang Zheng also wanted to take the risk and hide on the edge of the demonic hell sea to avoid his pursuit.
Li Dayin reported the pursuit situation to Zhao Ran Fei Fu, which made Zhao Ran very embarrassed. If we continue to chase, it is very likely that this naval battle will start on the edge of the Demonic Hell Sea. The danger is very high. Now it is night, and the Infinite Rosette needs to land. Without aerial detection methods, the safety of the fleet cannot be guaranteed.
"But if we don't pursue them and let such a fleet of pirates plunder all over the northern coast, it will make Ming very uncomfortable. No one can say what kind of heavy losses it will cause."
After repeated tangles and weighings, Zhao Ranfei and Fu Li Dayin said: "It is recommended to stop the pursuit. The fleet will deviate thirty miles south from its original position and anchor. The flying magic weapon will be released after dawn tomorrow, and the course will be decided based on the observation results."
This suggestion is actually equivalent to giving up the pursuit. In the past night, wherever the pirates would go, it was impossible for Infinite Rosette to discover them. Of course, the joint meeting had long ago agreed that suggestions from the rear would be suggestions, and it was Li Dayin as the commander-in-chief who really decided the fleet's actions.
Li Dayin thought about it for a long time and kept staring at the escaping pirate fleet ahead. Time passed like this little by little. At the end of Youshi, when the distance between the two sides narrowed to the last five miles, the setting sun shed a string of rays behind him, and Li Dayin issued an order: "The fleet will sail due south, deflect thirty minutes. The infinite rosette will return to the ship."
The senior officers surrounding Li Dayin, such as the chief of staff, the chief of chores, the boat division, the subordinates, and the chief helmsman, all sighed heavily. Everyone felt very sorry for this. After a hard day's work, anyone found that If the fish runs away, it will be difficult to accept.
But orders are orders, no one can disobey orders, and everyone knows that this is to protect the precious inspection fleet. This fleet is too important and cannot be cherished too much.
The inspection fleet's actions of slowing down and changing direction were quickly noticed by the experienced pirates at sea. The boat master said to Zhang Zheng: "Master, the Daomen have given up and they are not pursuing us anymore!"
The ordinary sailors were cheering for joy, thankful that they had escaped the pursuit of the Daomen fleet. Only a few people on board the ships, including Tsunasa, knew the inside story, and they flew to Zhang Zheng one after another to ask how to deal with it.
Zhang Zheng was very nervous. He didn¡¯t want to let the Wutong leader¡¯s ambush fail after being chased for a day. After thinking about it, he ordered to stop using the flying talisman, and asked the brothers to get down from the cabin, stretch out the oars and row. He told everyone that the flying talisman was used up and if you want to escape, just row hard.
The oar windows of the four pirate ships were all opened, and the long wooden oars stuck out of the windows, and they began to paddle row by row.
Zhou Keli and Ling Congyun were controlling the infinite rosette to land. When it was halfway down, the old craftsman suddenly pointed at the pirate fleet in the distance and shouted loudly: "Two immortal masters, the thieves are rowing, they have no magic power." Got it!"
Zhou Keli and Ling Congyun quickly looked over and saw four pirate ships, like giant centipedes, "climbing" forward on the sea relying on the power of their oars.
The two looked at each other and were overjoyed, and quickly flew to Fu Li Dayin: "The thieves have slowed down. They are rowing with oars. Visual inspection shows that the sail rope is drooping. There is no wind in the sail, and there is no wind in the sail!"
Li Dayin also saw this scene, but he was too far away to see it clearly. After getting the report from Zhou Keli in the air, he was refreshed and went back to the watchtower on the top of the mast to confirm it in person. After observing for a while, he finally confirmed it.
Li Dayin laughed and clapped his hands, and the lookout who was huddled behind him was hit in the face by an elbow. He immediately covered his nose, feeling his face full of sadness and tears streaming down his face.
Li Dayin looked back and saw it, smiled and reassured: "Don't be excited, this is just an opportunity, it's not too late to shed tears after you win."
Jumping down from the mast, Li Dayin loudly ordered: "The pirates have no wind talisman anymore, everyone should catch up and destroy this imperial food!"
The morale of the inspection fleet was greatly boosted. In addition to continuing to increase the wind power of the wind talisman, they also imitated the pirates and the sailors came down.Go to the bilge, open the oar compartment, and paddle with wooden oars to increase the speed.
When it got completely dark, the distance between the two sides was only two miles.
The infinite lotus seat landed on the last ship to avoid the upcoming crossbow fire.
After chasing for another ten miles, the distance between the two sides shortened to 200 feet. The wind here began to increase, setting off waves four or five feet high, hitting the ship, rocking the ship back and forth, and making it more bumpy. sharp.
A bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, thunder boomed, and suddenly heavy rain poured down, soaking everyone's clothes.
Amidst the sound of thunder and rain, the boat master reported to Li Dayin: "We can't go any further. We are already on the edge of the Demonic Hell Sea. Commander, look at this heavy rain. It is a sign that God will prevent us from entering!"
Amidst the thunder and lightning, the other party's ship was lingering not far away, and they also did not dare to go any further, but sailed towards the south.
Li Dayin's flying talisman ships were required to accompany and shoot on the west side of the pirate ships, and they were not allowed to go forward and collide without authorization.
With his order, the French crossbow heavy cannons of each ship in the inspection fleet were fired, starting the first round of salvo.
Because the sea conditions were very bad, French crossbow heavy artillery salvoes were not effective. It was not until the third round, when they were approaching a distance of 80 feet, that two heavy crossbows hit the enemy ship. However, neither of the two heavy crossbows hit the critical point. They hit the ship wall at the deck line and shattered several ship planks, but failed to injure anyone.
Under the command of the gunner, the porters loaded the heavy French crossbow onto the crossbow string, and the stringer shook the crossbow string desperately to equip the French crossbow. The gunner adjusted the muzzle, felt the opportunity in the ups and downs of the ship, and shouted: "Let go!"
The gunner swung his stick and struck down hard. The stick hit the machine. The machine fired the spiritual power in the spirit-gathering talisman and sent it towards the crossbow string. The huge magic crossbow was ejected with a whoosh, and passed several times in the blink of an eye. Ten feet away from the sea, plunge into the pirate's ship, break through all defenses, and sweep through all obstacles!
When they were fifty feet apart, Zhang Zheng's pirate fleet began to use French crossbows to fight back. In the heavy rain, the gunners on both sides were firing with all their might, firing huge French crossbows at the other side's warships. The fight continued from ten feet to twenty feet, and the battle was very fierce.
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