Chapter 185 Battle of the Bay of Bengal.

The Ming fleet was several nautical miles away.

More than a dozen large and small warships were besieging the two warships in the middle with clear Chinese flags.

The dozen or so warships on the periphery were still using the oldest attack methods.

Weapons such as crossbow beds, bows and arrows, and kerosene.

The two ships in the middle responded with artillery fire, accompanied by bursts of gunfire from time to time.

But for unknown reasons, the firepower of the artillery and muskets became weaker and weaker. In the end, each battleship only had two or three guns firing.

"Lao Qi, do you have any gunpowder over there?"

On one of the two battleships, a naval officer with a broken hand was waving his only hand to give orders while turning his head to look at a man who was holding a knife and leading the soldiers to prepare for close combat.

Army officer.

"No more. The last bit of inventory was all used up just now. Lao Qu, prepare to fight hard. We brothers may have to leave it here."

"I'm sorry for you, I'll work hard in my next life to repay your debt!"

"Hahaha…"

The naval officer laughed.

"What do you say you owe or don't owe? If I hadn't been greedy, would such a thing have happened?"

These two warships were exactly the squad that Zhu Zhangui sent out.

Following the route they had taken with Zheng He when they went to sea, they traveled all the way to Ceylon Island where Zheng He's fleet once docked.

When they first arrived, the people on the island were wary. Later they learned that they were from the Ming Dynasty and came here for friendly exchanges, so they relaxed their vigilance and allowed them to dock.

Qu Guang, the captain of the navy squadron, and Qi Yuan, the captain of the Shenji battalion, naturally did not come here for friendly exchanges.

As soon as they arrived at the place, they used various excuses to inquire about the current situation of Asan Kingdom in order to lay the foundation for the next comprehensive attack.

After their inquiries, they found out that the Tughluq dynasty, the third dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, as mentioned by His Highness the Grand Sun, had been destroyed.

The current country is ruled by a dynasty called Said. The king seems to be named Hazir Khan, who claims to be a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.

The whole country is divided into two parts. This one is called the Sayyid Dynasty, which is located in the south.

In the far north, there is another invading country that has occupied a lot of territory.

After inquiring about the basic situation, the two of them did not wait for Zhu Zhangui's arrival.

After some discussion, the two decided to set up the boat and circle around the coastline of Asan Kingdom to draw a map of the sea area in order to prepare for future attacks.

After staying on the Island of Ceylon for a while, the two got to know the situation here, spent money to buy a piece of land, and left hundreds of soldiers to guard it before setting off to explore the terrain and draw a sea map.

They first followed Zheng He's route, walking west around the coastline, then turned back when they reached the Indian border, and then walked east again, reaching Bangladesh before turning back.

But unexpectedly something went wrong on the eastward route.

When a group of them arrived in Madras, Qi Yuan, the commanding officer of the Shenji Battalion, felt a little tired of eating seafood every day, so he discussed with Di Guang and wanted to go ashore to buy some meat.

Di Guang didn't care at the time. He happened to be a little greedy, so he stopped the boat directly in Madras and asked Qi Yuan to go buy meat.

Qi Yuan took the people out for a whole day.

Di Guang, who was waiting at the pier, was full of curses in his heart.

I complained in my heart, I am afraid this is not just greedy.

It was not until dark that Qi Yuan ran back in embarrassment, covered in blood, followed by thousands of people chasing after him.

Di Guang was shocked at that time. Seeing his friend being chased, he naturally couldn't just watch.

Without saying a word, he led the people off the boat and confronted the other party.

But unfortunately.

Qi Yuan went out for shopping and took the translator with him, but he was the only one who came back. Obviously, the translator and several soldiers he brought out were killed.

There was a language barrier between the two parties, and the situation was tense.

Under the confrontation, someone on the other side shot an arrow and killed a soldier, and the battle broke out instantly.

Most of the troops from the Shenji Battalion who came to Asan Kingdom came from the escort battalion.

These people followed Zhu Zhangui and roamed the seas invincibly, burning and killing countless people. In addition, they were brainwashed by Zhu Zhangui's words of supremacy in the Ming Empire, and they sincerely looked down on these overseas barbarians.

The people on my side were killed, and everyone was extremely angry.

And Qi Yuan, who had been hunted for so long, was filled with anger.

Accidents were easy to happen, so he pulled out his knife and ordered to fire.

The battle broke out instantly.

The Shenji Battalion fired one round and directly knocked down a large area of ​​the opponent.

When Di Guang saw that the army was opening fire, he realized that he could no longer hold back, so he directly ordered the artillery on the ship to fire.

In an instant, the Madras docks were filled with the sounds of gunfire and fighting.

The two sides fought from dusk until midnight, and did not stop until the people from Asan Kingdom were driven back.

After the battle, the two simply cleaned up the battlefield and the bodies of the fallen soldiers, and then decided to return to Ceylon first and take it there as a stepping stone for future attacks on land.

But when they returned to Ceylon, they found that their temporary camp was in ruins.

All the hundreds of soldiers who stayed behind were killed, and their bodies were stripped naked and nailed to pillars.

The battle broke out immediately.

The two men relied on their strong ships, sharp cannons, and sharp muskets to start a battle with Asan Kingdom.

At the beginning, they were sure to win almost every battle. Everywhere they went, the enemy was routed.

But there are too many enemies.

With the consumption of gunpowder and non-local operations, we were attacked day and night.

The soldiers' mental strength almost reached its limit.

It seems that if this continues, there is a possibility of defeat.

Qu Guang and Qi Yuan decided to retreat first and return to a designated supply island in the Bay of Bengal to wait for Zhu Zhangui's arrival.

But on the day they were about to withdraw, the maritime troops of Asan Kingdom surrounded them.

There were about 30 enemy warships, and they looked like they were going to devour them as soon as they came up.

They fought a naval battle with the enemy in the waters of Ceylon.

Because they fought too hard back on Ceylon, the gunpowder was quickly consumed. When the enemy navy arrived, their gunpowder storage was less than 1/10.

As soon as the two sides came into contact, the naval squadron showed great power and directly sank three of the opponent's warships.

Then he turned around and ran away.

There was no choice but to run away, the gunpowder was almost exhausted.

They decided to use their speed to get rid of each other, and when they turned back to rendezvous with the main force, they would come back to beat these Asans.

But for some reason, these Asans seemed to have their eyes on them. They had no intention of pursuing them, and they chased them desperately.

During the journey, they kept using clippers to harass the battleships of the squadron.

House seemingly endless rain.

I don’t know if it was bad luck or what happened, but the two warships at the back of the squadron entered the reef area while fighting the enemy’s small boat. One of them hit the reef directly, causing a big hole in the ship.

The sea water is pouring in like crazy.

Another ship was also trapped in it, and was later surrounded by Asan Kingdom's small fleet, and engaged in a boarding battle.

Two battleships were lost in one fell swoop, which made Diopter tremble with pain.

Di Guang felt depressed and aggrieved in his heart. If the supply ship hadn't encountered a storm and sank unexpectedly when it came back, and he had enough supplies, how could he have put all these rags in his eyes.

Not wanting to watch the brothers in the two ships fall into the sea, Di Guang decided to rush in and rescue the brothers in the two ships.

The gunpowder on the ship is still enough for a battle. When the time comes to rescue the people, with the advantage of large numbers of people and strength, we should be able to get rid of the opponent quickly.

Just do it if you think of it.

Di Guang immediately ordered the battleship to turn around and charged directly into the enemy's formation.

After sinking two of the opponent's warships, he fired desperately regardless of the consumption of gunpowder, and successfully rescued the people on the two ships.

But the enemy didn't want to let them go.

In the end, they directly used a desperate method and surrounded them regardless of casualties, intending to use a boarding battle to capture the two warships.

The reason why Asans are so crazy is because they are interested in the artillery on the ship.

After seeing the power of the artillery, naval commander Ah San drooled with envy.

Thinking that if he had such a weapon, he might be able to ascend the throne.
To be continued...