Chapter 860 The power of crushing

Using the "Enterprise" to lead the battle against these small boats with a displacement of less than a hundred tons is really a bit overkill. Even without ship-based artillery attack, the metal attack angle of the bow alone is enough to easily tear these small boats apart.

It is not a problem to break the hull and even the keel of the ship. However, compared with the simple and crude attack method of collision, the visual and auditory impact caused by artillery shooting is obviously greater. For those who want to join the gang to fight

For pirates with this idea, it is simply a sure blow - in the face of such intensive artillery fire, the possibility of rushing to the side of the "Enterprise" and carrying out gang-hopping operations is extremely slim. Unless the attacking ship can have three or four more ships

times, relying on the numerical advantage to forcefully attack the cannonballs. Of course, having said that, the Haisha Gang cannot afford the heavy price of this method of fighting.

Following closely behind the "Enterprise" were two expedition-class warships that were installed with steam propulsion devices just before setting off from Sanya. Their original mission was to guard the side and rear of the "Enterprise"'s blind spot on the battlefield, but in

Under the current one-sided fighting situation, the two ships have automatically changed from escort mode to last-hit mode, and launched a second strike against the enemy ship that was damaged by bullets at the front.

Just as the coalition command predicted before the war, the sudden attack left the Haisha Gang at a loss. Although their vigilance and reaction speed were commendable, they launched ships out of the harbor to resist as soon as the enemy attacked.

Since they were not aware of the identity of their opponents, and it was difficult to form an organized resistance in the rush of the incident, this move to charge outside the harbor was more like putting themselves under the muzzle of the Haihan warship and becoming a living target.

Some of the ships that were not moving so fast immediately began to turn around after discovering that the leading troops had suffered heavy losses. They had never seen a warship with such powerful firepower in their lives. They were frightened and only thought about how to avoid these evil stars on the sea.

, and now the outlet channel of the harbor has been tightly blocked by pirate ships and coalition fleets that have capsized due to flooding, and the only escape route is the Liuheng Island behind.

Ma Ling lay on the side of the ship and shivered under his feet. This was the first time he had encountered this kind of artillery battle at sea. While being frightened by the power of the artillery fire, he was secretly glad that he had chosen to join the Haihan people's camp.

Seeing such a fighting method in front of him, he can be sure that even if the naval forces stationed in Nanjing and Hangzhou come to the East China Sea, it will be difficult to get a good deal in front of such a fleet. As for the pirates on Liuheng Island

Well, unless God can set off huge waves in the East China Sea and sweep away the Haihan fleet, their outcome will probably be as determined in the Haihan battle plan, and they will not even have a chance to struggle.

Twenty minutes after the war started, more than ten ships were damaged, capsized, and sank in the channels entering and exiting the three harbors, and even more ships returned to the harbor after being damaged. Although a few ships managed to escape through the gaps.

They have entered the port, but this does not mean that they can escape. Within the two sea miles outside, there are dozens of warships waiting to pick up these fish that have slipped through the net. They want to make friends from these eager predators.

To escape from the big net, in addition to excellent luck, you also need a speed of more than ten knots and a hull that is at least three times stronger than the current one, and these are obviously impossible to achieve.

The battle in the waters between the east side of Liuheng Island and Wonsan Island was even more one-sided. Since most of the Haisha Gang's armed ships and combatants were concentrated in the southern harbor, most of the docked here were fishing boats and

The damaged ships that need to be repaired have almost zero resistance. However, some fishing boats operating in this area immediately fled north after discovering that the coalition fleet was coming. Although according to the pre-war arrangements, in that direction

There should be ships from the Sanlin Gang to help block the escaping ships, but it is hard to say whether they can do so without leaks. The main task of the warships assigned to this direction is to control the coastline in this area, so there is no way to

A few small shrimps continued to chase north.

The Haisha Gang has concentrated most of its armed sailing ships in the westernmost small harbor among the three harbors in the southern part of Liuheng Island. What they consider is that in the event of an emergency, the island's commanders can assemble their troops in the shortest possible time.

The surface forces resisted the invaders. However, precisely because of this, this small harbor suffered the strongest attack among the three harbors at this time.

The "Enterprise" cut horizontally from the east side, and after conducting indiscriminate bombardments on ships sailing out of two commercial ports all the way to the west, it took the last small harbor exclusive to the Haisha Gang as its final target. Cooperate with it

The battle was a temporary formation composed of two expedition-class warships and more than ten exploration-class warships. These warships were divided into two layers, inside and outside, and tightly sealed the access channel of the small harbor. If there are two other harbors to the east,

If there is enough space for a small fishing boat to escape, the blockade here will be so strong that even if you want to swim out, it will be impossible.

Ma Ling, Xu Ke and Lin Xing watched silently as the Haihan fleet bombarded the harbor. They could no longer comment on the Haihan people's combat performance. This combat method had gone beyond what they had learned about naval battles in the past.

With their understanding, as a leading party, they really don’t have much role to play. They only need to quietly watch the coalition fleet crush the Haisha Gang’s helpless struggle. At this time, the three of them all doubted the value of their existence.

, the Haihan people are so powerful, do they really need the guidance party to assist them in order to complete these combat plans?

Of course, there was another group of people who were in a gloomier mood than the three of them at this time, and that was the Haisha Gang members who were trapped in the harbor. In fact, when Lin Xing went to Shipu Port and took the initiative to ask for a meeting with the Haihan people, the Haisha Gang also

Received news about the change of ownership of Shipu Port. But sadly, neither the first boss Li Luotou nor the second boss Motegi Shinobu paid enough attention to the news. They believed that the Haihan people had not communicated with the army and local government in Fuguang for many years.

Having openly opposed it, there is no reason to go all the way to Zhejiang to attack an irrelevant garrison. Besides, although Shipu Port has good geographical conditions, because it is far away from the center of Ningbo Prefecture, there is nothing in the area that is worthy of the Haihan people.

Necessary conditions for suppressing the border. To put it bluntly, even if the Haihan people come to rob, the area is almost entirely fishing villages and there are no targets worth plundering.

Therefore, they believed that the Haihan people might have arrived at Shipu Port with a fleet, or even had friction with the local Ming army out of some misunderstanding. But to say that the Haihan people attacked Shipu Suo City, occupied and blocked the local

Harbor Pier, but they refused to believe it because they really couldn't imagine the motive of the Haihan people to do such a thing.

It wasn't until the third boss, Gomez, came back from Zhoushan yesterday morning to do some work. After hearing the news, he shouted that something was wrong and quickly summoned Li Luotou and Motegi Shinobu to discuss countermeasures.

Speaking of this matter, we have to start with the immigration policy currently implemented by the Portuguese in the Far East. Since Haihan has extremely strict controls on Western immigrants stationed in Hainan Island, except for businessmen who have paid a deposit and those who have obtained the Goa Governor's Palace or the Macau Council

Authorized representative, it is difficult for other Portuguese to be allowed to settle on Hainan Island for a long time or to rent land or purchase real estate. Therefore, immigrants sent to the Far East often can only stay in Sanya for a while. If they do not choose to naturalize as Hainan Danggui citizens,

Then they must leave the country within fifteen days. And a small number of these Portuguese immigrants who transited through Sanya will make their way to the coast of Zhejiang. Among them, there are many people who work under Gomez because of their sense of identity.

In addition, there are also some Portuguese businessmen who realize indirect trade with various countries in Northeast Asia through Gomez's Haisha Gang.

Because of his Portuguese identity, Gomez obtained much more information about Haihan through Portuguese immigrants than these two masters, even more than most smugglers in the East China Sea. The main trends of Haihan in recent years are:

Gomez generally knows everything, so there is a very important piece of information he has that the other two people don't know - after the Haihan people solved the Shibazhi in the Fujian Strait last year, their attention has gradually turned to

north.

Gomez noticed that the Haihan people's indirect influence was not only in Zhejiang, but had even crossed Zhejiang and moved further north to Jiangsu, Shandong and other places. More and more Fujian merchant ships were constantly transporting back one ship after another from the north.

War refugees, and it is said that the destinations of these refugees are the colonies developed by the Haihan people in the past two years, including the Penghu Islands that changed hands last year and the newly opened Kaohsiung Port in Taiwan.

Most of Gomez's people come from distant countries, and he naturally knows how difficult this long-distance sea migration journey is. If he were the person in charge of this task, he would definitely find a way to build something halfway.

An immigration transfer station to ensure that these people can better adapt to destinations with greatly changed climate and environmental conditions. If conditions are suitable, this kind of transfer station can be expanded into a new colony, just like the Haihan people did in Panyu, Guangdong

That way.

Zhoushan Islands is undoubtedly an excellent choice. It is almost the midpoint of the route from Fujian to the Shandong Peninsula in the north. It is also a wilderness that is difficult for the government to truly control. The islands here are basically occupied by large and small civilian armed forces.

It is only natural for the Haihan people to get involved here. Gomez even considered that if the Haihan people plan to do this one day, then he must go to the Haihan people to discuss cooperation matters as soon as possible. In his opinion

Many of the Portuguese businessmen I know have done business with the Haihan people, and I can introduce them to them at that time to build relationships.

However, Gomez's idea was still in his mind before he had time to put it into practice. The Haihan people had already attacked his door. He had different ideas from the other two leaders. In his opinion, the military action taken by the Haihan people at Shipu Port was

This is a sign of big moves along the coast of Zhejiang. Indeed, there is no record of the Haihan people attacking the Ming Dynasty’s army garrison in Fujian and Guangzhou provinces. However, Gomez knows very well that the Haihan people’s method of snatching Hainan Island from the Ming Dynasty was not so upright.

, someone told him that the Haihan people also used force to achieve this goal, and then passed all the responsibilities onto a group of pirates that did not exist. The Guangdong government was afraid of the Haihan people's force, so they collected a lot of money.

benefits, so I have always turned a blind eye to this matter.

Gomez believes that the Haihan people can completely repeat this almost hegemonic operating mode in Zhejiang. As long as they deal with all the people in Shipu Guard Station, they can blame this on an unlucky force in the East China Sea. At that time,

The Haihan people can once again invade the East China Sea in the name of assisting the government in suppressing bandits, and then rely on strong force to occupy an area here as a base.

Gomez told Li Luotou and Motegi Shinobu about his guess, but the two of them still had doubts about his opinion. After all, Gomez's speculation did not have any real evidence, and the suggestions he gave actually

They asked the Haisha Gang to take refuge with the Haihan people as soon as possible, which was simply unacceptable to the two of them.

Although the Haisha Gang is not yet the strongest armed force in the East China Sea other than the Ming Dynasty's official army, it is at least ranked high. Throughout the entire East China Sea, no one dares to point fingers at the Haisha Gang. Fujian

Before Shibazhi left Penghu, he came to Zhejiang to purchase food and supplies, and he politely asked for help from the Haisha Gang. Even Zheng Zhilong's brother visited Liuheng Island and never asked for help from the Haisha Gang.

Topics such as the Sha Clan's allegiance to Shiba Zhi. Although the Haihan people have a great reputation in the south, they don't seem to be powerful enough to make the Haisha Clan surrender.

Gomez himself was actually not sure of the Haihan people's true intentions. He could only hope that the Haihan people did not take Liuheng Island and the Haisha Gang seriously. But just in case, he still suggested that the other two leaders should stay here.

During this period, they should strengthen the early warning range and defense of their own territory. This is not to resist possible attacks by the Haihan people, but if such a situation really happens, they can rely on these means to delay the time so that they can

Evacuate Liuheng Island and escape.

Although Li Luotou and Motegi Shinobi felt that Gomez's plan was too exaggerated and believed that the Haihan people would not come to the door, they had also heard various rumors about the Haihan armed fleet. They were not afraid of ten thousand, just in case.

We still need to be more defensive, so Gomez made some adjustments to the island's defense deployment. However, the effect of these temporary measures was naturally extremely limited. Gomez was not able to do anything until yesterday.

It was easy to convince the other two people, but before they could implement the various remedial measures they had in mind, the Haihan fleet had already arrived.

Although Gomez has never seen the Haihan fleet, he has heard Portuguese immigrants describe the appearance of the Haihan warship, especially the red and blue Haihan flag flying on the top of the mast, which can be seen from a long distance away.

The true identity of this fleet has been identified.
Chapter completed!