Zhou Shuguang once told Ning Zhiwen that their Zhou family's background on the sea is deeper than that of the Ning family in Quanzhou. This is not a bragging thing, and Ning Zhiwen also recognized this matter, but they were indeed not as lucky as Ning. Ning's family developed rapidly in just a few years because they embraced the Ming Dynasty and had the help of a whole country. Whether it was in the level of shipbuilding technology, the research and development of ship-borne weapons or the recruitment of soldiers, they were no longer comparable to Zhou's family.

At that time, the Ning clan and Zhou clan had several confrontations on the sea. The Ming navy, led by the Ning clan, won the Ming Dynasty's naval line, which almost cut off the Zhou clan's maritime trade route and lost a lot of warships. But this was not because the Zhou clan was too bad. At that time, the Ning clan had already owned the Ming Dynasty's newly built weapons equipped with thunder fire, crossbows and other long and close combat weapons, which made the Zhou clan warship, which still relied on the gang to fight, had no power to fight back.

The current Ming navy has developed a complete set of maritime combat skills, including wind direction and water flow direction. They have already had a complete set of processes just by relying on weapons to strike.

First, we opened the distance and used the thunderbolt fire for long-range strikes. On the second deck of each Ming ship, two thunderbolt fires were installed on both sides of the front and rear bows of the ship, which ensured that the warship could exert the maximum firepower when facing the enemy ship on the side. In the side of the deck of the third warship, there was a crossbow machine, which was a powerful tool to deal with the enemy's fight with gangs.

The Ming Navy warship was extremely tall. The crossbow was installed on the third floor. After joining the enemy, it was condescending. The intensity of shooting with the crossbow was a hellish nightmare for enemies who wanted to win with manpower.

After Zhou Shuguang and Ning Zhiwen met in Jinghu, they took various measures to arrange the elite Zhou naval troops in Jinghu to go to the Huludao Military Port of Daming by Ning Zhiwen. Where, these naval officers and soldiers were dispersed and mixed with the newly trained naval officers and soldiers of the Ming army, and then received new warships.

The commander of this new battleship is Zhou Baozhen.

The main force of the Ming Navy, led by Ning Zeyuan, went to Manila to expedition to Manila, helping Luo Yishui and Chen Ci gain a foothold in Manila, and at the same time, they can also gain a military port for the Ming Dynasty and occupy a foothold. Therefore, the main body of this fleet is still composed of the Zhou family's children. These years of experience in pirate naval battles are far from comparable to those newly trained sailors on Huludao.

But the Ming Emperor Qin Feng once trusted Ning, once again delivered ten new warships to Zhou Baozhen. This unquestionable attitude naturally won the loyalty and gratitude of Zhou. It also strengthened their determination to be loyal to Qin Feng. The king chose his ministers, but the ministers also chose their masters?

Zhou Baozhen, who was standing on the flagship at this moment, was really energetic. The warship under his feet was specially named Bozhou, and the other nine warships were originally ordered to be the county names of various county governments of the Ming Dynasty. However, because these ten warships would have to fight for a long time on the coast of Qi in the future, the ship name that was painted on the side of the country was covered up again.

Although they are still in the style of the Ming Dynasty warship and are painted the same as the Ming Dynasty warships, sometimes the thing of stealing the bell is also necessary.

Zhou Baozhen was extremely shocked by the rapid development of the Ming Dynasty's weapons. When he went to Ming Kingdom for the first time, the Ming Dynasty's warship was not what he accepted now. There was not much change on the outside, but there were great changes inside, especially in terms of power.

The transmission structure in the rushing vehicle that was once used in the Ming infantry was adopted by warships. The transmission gears drove the paddle wheels that protruded the battleships to drive the warships forward. This allowed the Ming warships to use less manpower, but the speed of the warships was greatly improved. This epoch-making change also allowed the warships to assign more personnel on the warships into combat personnel, thus greatly improving the combat capabilities of the warships.

Before leaving Hulu Port for Manila, Ning Zeyuan had ambitiously submitted the idea of ​​establishing a naval marine army to the Ming Dynasty. If this idea was implemented, then the Ming Navy would no longer be limited to water combat, but could explore the tentacles onto the mainland.

Of course, it is said that this idea was resisted by the land forces and has been temporarily stranded, so even the emperor did not speak out based on it. The emperor's attitude is critical, perhaps because the emperor still doesn't care about this for the time being. After all, the Ming Empire, which had just captured the Qin State, is really full of things now, and everything is coming in, which makes people overwhelmed. It is natural that a long-term plan like Ning Zeyuan is temporarily shelved.

As Zhou Baozhen, who has been fighting on the sea for half his life, knows the great significance of this matter. In the past, they could only operate along the coast, but if they had a naval marine, they could go deep into the mainland. Moreover, the navy has unparalleled transportation convenience as landing troops, can carry a large amount of supplies with them, and can unexpectedly land and fight in any place.

This matter will be the top priority of the Maritime Administration in the future.

Zhou Baozhen stood at the bow of the ship, but he was thinking about the battle in front of him at all. For him, the battle was over from the moment they appeared. The captains of each ship were all his old men from Zhou. In the few months in Hulu Port, they had already figured out the performance of the warships and controlled the operation of the warships. As for their cooperation, there was no problem at all. How to fight, their subordinates could make their own decisions. Faced with such a group of guys with no combat effectiveness, there was nothing worth his labor.

In fact, this is true. In the first wave of attacks, the ten warships surrounded on both sides completely disrupted the opponent's already neat formation. Half of the six main warships spread out in the shape of geese-winged wings of the Qi State Navy had already set off a raging fire. The red iron bombs fired by the Thunderbolt Fire had extremely huge lethality on the wooden warships. Wherever they passed, the ships were ignited, and several of them turned the hit warships into hell on earth. The other three warships, including Cao Gang, were probably more skilled veterans. After trying to avoid this wave of attacks, they actually scattered birds and beasts. The three ships fled in three different directions. Cao Gang's flagship actually rushed towards Taohua Island with no chance.

In Cao Gang's opinion, this is naturally the right choice.

After the initial shock, as a general, the basic judgment of the general had returned to his mind. There was nothing in this battle. It was not a battle, it was a massacre. But he still had a glimmer of hope, and rushed to Taohua Island, grabbed the beach, and landed. Taohua Island was the old nest of Zhou, and there must be a large number of personnel stationed on it. Now they are in full swing. The defense on Tao may be empty and abandoned the ship to land. If he can support a large number of island personnel, he may have a chance to turn the tables. Even if he is not good, he can get his life back.

Speaking of saving his life, Cao Gang's mind suddenly became clever.

Unfortunately, the entire formation was completely in chaos at this time. Although Cao Gang issued an order, there were not many subordinates who could still obey his orders. Two intact three-masted warships were fleeing desperately at this moment. Behind him were two white warships chasing them. Just looking at the speed comparison between the two sides, Cao Gang knew that they were finished.

Most of the other auxiliary ships were escaping towards Taohua Island. They did not see Cao Gang's order, but ran towards the only land in the sea under the instinctive trend. On the sea, the power shown by the opponent's warships was really terrible. And they were on the boat, and they had no choice but to escape. Perhaps they could escape a way out after they got ashore.

Several Ming warships rushed into the small boats unscrupulously, without any weapons. The huge ship was the most powerful blow. As the huge ship passed, countless Qi auxiliary ships were smashed and overturned, and a layer of floating residue and countless ups and downs of human heads suddenly appeared on the sea surface.

"Accelerate, fast, accelerate!" Cao Gang yelled with his feet. The chaotic boats behind him could earn time for his escape. At this time, his flagship was getting closer and closer to Taohua Island. Looking at the beach that was expanding in his eyes, Cao Gang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With a loud bang, the huge ship was suddenly paused and then leaned toward the side, and they were stranded on the beach.

"Go ashore, get ashore!" He roared desperately, jumped down from the warship, and happened to be a small escape boat rushing by his side. He grabbed the boat gang with one hand, and Cao Gang flew up.

Behind him, more small boats rushed towards Peach Blossom Island desperately, and in the shallow water, their advantages were finally revealed.

Cao Gang fled to the beach in a mess all over, and there were more and more soldiers gathering around him, but the situation was too embarrassing. Some knew that they were carrying weapons, and some people were empty-handed.

But at this moment, Cao Gang no longer cared about criticizing them, because he was just holding a knife.

"Come forward, grab their families and control all the people on the island." Cao Gang looked around, and the buildings in the distance were clearly visible, and there were nearly 3,000 soldiers gathered on the beach, and he felt that it was almost done.

After struggling to rectify the formation, Cao Gang led these defeated generals to rush into the depths of the island, and passed the peach blossom forest in front of him, and were the houses with a few scattered numbers.

The chance to survive is right in front of you. Qi Jun ran faster than usual.
Chapter completed!