Ning Zeyuan held a monocular telescope in his hand and stared at the sky. Finally, a large black spot appeared in front of him. He smiled and put down the telescope, made several gestures. The fleet led by the Ethereum suddenly accelerated and drove forward. At this distance, he could see the other party, but the other party could not see him.

Of course, he did not sail towards the opponent's huge fleet face to face. The Ming ship is powerful because of firepower. It requires distance to effectively give the opponent a devastating blow. If the opponent really relies on the opponent to fight, although there are powerful warriors on the Ming ship, no matter how fierce the tiger is, it cannot withstand too many wolves. There are more than 100 large and small warships in Pattaya, and at least the size of nearly 20,000 people.

Chen Ci also discovered the Pattaya fleet from the telescope. He turned to look in the direction of the Taiping, but it was the side of this huge fleet.

Just by looking at the speed of the Ming army fleet, Chen Ci understood in his heart that no matter what the final result of this war was, the Ming army would have the upper hand at the beginning of the war.

When Beke saw the extremely majestic battleship of the Ming army, he was shocked to find that they were on the left side of his huge fleet.

It is difficult for such a large fleet to turn. Even if Bike is an experienced maritime general, he can't help but get a little messy in the entire fleet. What's more, the members of this fleet are extremely complex.

Bieke tried his best to adjust the direction of the entire fleet. He still didn't understand why the Ming army fleet appeared in this direction, so he could only attribute it to the luck of the Ming army.

But what made him desperate was that when he finally changed the entire fleet through hardships, the Ming army's fleet had already sailed away from its original position, and it was still his left rib to resist.

At this time, he could clearly see the speed of the Ming ship. The warships without sails were slid into huge waves at the tail, and even when they were walking against the wind, they were still extremely fast.

In his shock, Beke quickly organized more than a dozen main warships to leave the large army and accelerate towards the Ming ship. In his current situation, only by entangling the opponent first can he have time to complete the adjustment of the fleet again. Even if these fleets that left the team suffered losses, they would inevitably suffer.

Beke's reaction is worthy of his reputation as a famous maritime general, but this time his opponent is something he has never seen before. The new steam warship and powerful firepower are something that Beke has not only never seen in his life, but even never thought about it.

Ning Zeyuan didn't even look at the battleships that formed a formation and rushed towards him. After judging the distance, he ordered coldly.

"The main gun on the head of the ship, fire the gun."

At this time, the distance between the warships of the two sides was still five miles apart. This distance could not be attacked by any scattered aircraft, but it was a breeze for the main gun on the Taiping.

The giant cannon on the bow made a deafening sound, and a thick smoke rose from the bow of the boat. The entire Taiping sat back slightly at this time. After seeing the huge fleet of Beke, the kings of the island countries sitting on the top of the Taiping were already a little panicked and stood up one after another. At this time, the warship suddenly sat back. The people suddenly stood unsteadily and staggered back, and some even sat on the ground.

The loud noise at the bow of the ship was too horrifying. These people sat on the deck and forgot to stand up. They were all dumb.

Chen Ci stood steadily on the side of the ship. The loud noise also shocked him, but he still stared at the fireball flying in the air. When he first came out of the bore, Chen Ci only saw a ball of fire rising up with smoke. Then, he saw the flame flying in the air.

Across five miles apart, the fireball fell in the middle of the huge fleet. Bichou, who was busy adjusting the formation, never expected that the Ming army could actually strike him at such a distance. Even if it was five miles apart, he heard the loud noise. Then he raised his head and saw the fireball coming across the sea.

The fireball swept past his flagship and landed on a battleship behind him.

A loud bang like thunder sounded in Beke's ears, trembling his ears, and his eyes were filled with flying fireballs, wooden boards, and even human bodies.

With a snap, something fell in front of him. When Beke looked down, it turned out to be half of a person's body, and the upper half had long disappeared.

After the explosion, the smoke gradually dissipated. Becko rushed to the side of the ship, and the scene in front of him made him unable to make a sound.

A huge hole appeared in the middle of the battleship that was hit, and sea water was pouring out from the hole, and there was almost no living person on the entire deck. What's even more terrifying is that the battleship was making an ugly sound of Titicaca, and cracks were rapidly expanding and extending from the big hole that was hit.

Beke knew that the warship could not hold on anymore, and the power of the sea water would quickly break the warship in the next time. This attack from the Ming army accidentally broke the keel of the warship.

A warship without a broken keel can survive.

He suddenly lifted up and looked at the battleship in disbelief.

At this time, the distance between the two sides had reached about four miles, and loud noises continued to come. Five more fire balls appeared in the sky.

"Be careful, General!" The guards beside him rushed forward with their duty and tried to cover Bike with their shields, but Bike suddenly pushed them away. If it was the same weapon as the one that had just sunk the warship, then what's the use of holding a shield? What can it be like to sank a warship with one blow? It's not a thin shield that blocks it.

He wants to see clearly what that is.

Five fireballs fell into the fleet, and the explosion continued to sound. Even though Beke opened his eyes wide, he didn't see clearly what was wrapped in the fire. He only saw his fleet in an instant fall into chaos.

Fires, smoke, explosions, screams filled Beko's eyes and ears at this time.

"Scatter the formation and quickly approach the opponent." After a moment of loss of consciousness, Beke's characteristics as a famous general were still shown. Almost in an instant, he understood that if the opponent was allowed to attack him at this distance, he would be a result of being beaten but unable to fight back at all. What would happen is self-evident.

This is the reason why you can lean on it, surround it, take advantage of the number of ships, use the number of soldiers who are much more than the opponent, kill the opponent and kill the master.

He understood this truth, and Ning Zeyuan naturally understood it better.

The main gun on the bow of the ship was too slow. At this time, he could only shoot one shot at a distance of two miles, and then the side cannon was powerful. Two miles was the minimum distance between his fleets on both sides in this naval battle. At this distance, Pattaya's trenchers or powerful crossbows could not touch his side at all.

What he wants is not just a victory, but also an unscathed victory for him to shock the enemies he is about to face. Manila is obviously more difficult to deal with than Pattaya.

The disadvantages of the Pattaya fleet that was temporarily pieced together are undoubtedly revealed at this time. Don’t hide your core fleet in the middle of those miscellaneous characters when arranging the shapes. But at this time, the trouble is huge. The elite soldiers in Pattaya want to disperse and accelerate to approach the Ming army warships, but in front, behind, left and right, there are all panicked miscellaneous units. These people were originally coming with speculative intentions, but at this time they were attacked by the unpredictable ghosts of the Ming army, and they were almost broken. In the panic, they could not care about any military orders. They were basically all their own. In the panic, some ships even collided with themselves.

Just when Beicho was angry but had no choice but to do anything, the loud noise that made him frightened again came, and six balls of fireballs hit him again with an incomparable power.

The Ming army did not aim at it at all, because on the sea, hundreds of warships gathered in such a small range, and the target was too big, which was much easier than the target ships they were training. Just fired into the middle of this target. What happened to be the most elite ship in Pattaya was in the middle of the fleet. At this time, they could only get beaten and could not fight back.

After two rounds of attacks from the main gun at the head of the ship, Ning Zeyuan then set his sights on the more than ten Pattaya warships that were rushing towards him. He fired his bow and did not turn back. Even though these ships were frightened now, they could only rush forward with courage. Just like the idea of ​​Boke, approached a little closer, and then fought on the side. However, looking at the towering warship of the Taiping in the distance, a sense of powerlessness came to his heart again.

Their awkwardness did not last long. On the sea surface, with the Ethereum as the middle point, six warships wrapped the rushing warships in a half-arc shape in the middle, turning their bodies to expose the sideways.

Chen Ci, on the Taiping, had his hair standing upside down at this moment, because at his position, he could see all the situation of the Ming army warship. On the side gang of the Ming ship, piece of wooden boards suddenly slid down, and the black muzzles of the doors were exposed from these gun doors, exactly the same as the main gun on the head of the ship, except that they were much smaller.

"Flagship chain bullets, the rest of the ships, bloom bullets!" Ning Zeyuan's face showed a hideous smile and issued an order loudly. The signal flag bearer around him danced the flag desperately. With a slight tilt, the sound of the whistle that changed extremely brightly also sounded.

The next moment, Chen Ci saw a scene that he would never forget.

More than 70 artillery guns on the side of the Taiping ship rang out one after another, and there was a constant sound of rumbling, and Chen Ci finally understood what a chain bullet was.

Two iron balls flew out of the muzzle, and an iron chain was led between the two iron balls. The chain bounces in Ning Zeyuan's mouth were spinning in the air, flying towards the more than ten warships that were pounced on.

Next, Chen Ci saw the masts of those Pattaya warships, and the sails were wiped out under the attack of these chain bombs.

The artillery of the other five warships rang out immediately, and the warships that had lost their masts and sails were in chaos at this time, and nearly two hundred shells landed accurately in this area.

Fires soared into the sky, smoke filled the sea, and huge water surged one after another. Chen Ci could no longer see the figures of those ships in front of him.
Chapter completed!