The next day, Portugal, Spain and Zheng Zhilong mixed fleets, with a total of about 300 warships, nearly a thousand transport ships of various types and armed merchant ships, approaching the sea of ​​Hong Kong.

Du Chen carefully observed the top of Taiping Mountain in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, Taiping Mountain is lush and green, and it is difficult to capture the exact location of the cannons with the naked eye. So he turned around and said, "The mountain in front is more than 2,000 feet high. If a cannon is installed on the mountain, it can cover a very wide sea surface. I think the bandits should have cannons on the top of the mountain, but the number is unknown. Whether we will first capture this mountain."

"No, no!"

Leo waved his hands repeatedly: "It's completely meaningless. We should rush into the inland river as soon as possible and enter Guangzhou. The regent of the Ming Dynasty will defeat itself. Will it still be a threat? I suggest that Zheng Zhilong's fleet can be driven on the inside and we lean outside with the Spaniards."

“Your advice is wonderful!”

Du Chen smiled.

The flag bearer of Leo lives with his flag.

Zheng Zhilong was in a state of mind and couldn't figure it out. He was sailing on the sea. Zheng Sen had no chance of any news coming. He could only believe his judgment on Li Xin.

“Go ahead at full speed!”

Zheng Zhilong shouted loudly.

The fleet accelerated and passed from the coast of Hong Kong.

"Bang bang~~"

There was a dull sound of cannons not far away from Taiping Mountain. More than ten black dots were scattered at Zheng Zhilong's fleet, but none of them hit the target, but only a column of water was raised.

"Just like that?"

Du Chen couldn't believe it.

Leo also found it incredible. He just deployed more than a dozen cannons on Taiping Mountain. If this is the case, it would be better not to arrange any one.

"Look at it again!"

The commander of the Spanish Navy fleet, Furdomingyi, brought a banner.

Zheng Zhilong breathed a sigh of relief.

It is impossible for Li Xin to only deploy a dozen artillery guns on the top of the mountain. It is obvious that it is just a few symbolic shots, which means that Zheng Sen has reached an agreement with Li Xin.

Sure enough, after a moment, more than a dozen shells came, and this time two shells hit the merchant ship, which was injustice.

"Ha ha!"

Leo laughed, waved his furry arm and shouted: "Run over at full speed!"

He noticed that the second round of shells was almost the same as the first round of launches, which shows that the bandits were likely to have only deployed these artillery, so what else did he worry about.

You should know that the naval gun is installed on the side and cannot attack the top of the mountain with a high elevation angle, so it can only be passively beaten. Such a favorable terrain is not fully utilized, which means that his guns are limited in number, or have a short range, and cannot hit that far.

The Zheng family fleet was at the innermost side, the Portuguese and the Spaniards were at the outer side, and three fleets passed through Hong Kong at an extremely fast speed and poured into the Pearl River Estuary.

Marine Corps Captain Chen Yongfu stood out from the fortifications on the top of Taiping Mountain, looking at the sail shadows gradually fading away, and a playful smile appeared in his mouth.

The order he received last night was that if a fleet passes from Hong Kong, he only needs to fire a few symbolic shots.

The fleet passed through Hong Kong in the early morning, and in the afternoon, the Humen Fort was in sight.

Humen Fort was built on Wushan and Dahushan on both sides of the Pearl River. Li Xin did not like to give the forts such as Weiyuan and Zhenwei as in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. He used numbers to number the forts according to modern people's habits. For example, 01 refers to the Dajiao and Shajiao Forts, and the cannon position is also represented by numbers. 01001 represents the first cannon position, the cross-bar island cannon number 02, and the Dahushan cannon number 03.

It is worth mentioning that the Humen Fort has few 163 shore defense cannons, mainly rapid-fire 117 field cannons. Influenced by the modern war system, Li Xin does not completely pursue strong firepower. He is more interested in mobility and rapid-fire ability. The width of the Pearl River is limited, and 117 is enough to block the river surface.

Looking at the cannon positions hidden among the mountains, a little bit, there were dozens of them. Du Chen showed a solemn look and said in a deep voice: "It seems that the bandits have put their main force here. The cannon positions along the river must be destroyed, otherwise it will cause us a lot of losses. I will send an order to let Zheng Zhilong fire the cannon first."

The flag bearer waved the flag. When Zheng Zhilong saw it, he smiled coldly and said, "Let your brothers not fight too accurately, try to fight in the mountains."

The Zheng fleet immediately opened fire, and the smoke rolled on the hill, and the forts on the hill also began to fight back. Water columns were raised in the river, accompanied by loud thunderous sounds, and the battle was fierce.

Before he knew it, the Zheng fleet passed through the Humen Fort.

Zheng Sen, who came with Li Xin overnight, put down his telescope and sighed softly.

Li Xin smiled slightly: "Your father is a sensible person. After the war, I want to meet him and have a good talk. No problem?"

Zheng Sen hurriedly said, "I will prepare a book for the Regent and invite my father to come and worship him."

"Hiss~~"

The commander of the Spanish fleet, Fu Domingyi, took a deep breath and frowned slightly. He always felt something was wrong. Zheng Zhilong's fleet passed too fast, and the two sides seemed to be very fierce in firing, but in fact, most of them were empty.

But thousands of boats sailed into the Pearl River in a mighty manner. Not to mention turning around, it was not easy to stop.

"Let Zheng Zhilong dock and attack the fort in a circle!"

Seeing his fleet passing through the fort, Furdomingyi ordered to the left and right.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang~~"

Just as these words came to an end, the Humen Fort suddenly made a loud noise and hundreds of black dots flew out.

"This...what's going on?"

"No, Zheng Zhilong has been betrayed!"

"It's him, he's led us into the trap, damn guy!"

"Breaking back, fight back!"

In an instant, the Portuguese and the Spaniards changed drastically, and a deep chill surged in their hearts!

The side of each ship began to fire violently, and fires spewed out from the side of the ship.

There is still a big difference between shore guns and naval guns. The shore guns are affected by the shaking of the hull and the small space of the hull, and the resetting is even more difficult. The hit rate is much lower than that of the shore guns. Although each ship has two to three layers of artillery distribution on the side of the side, there are not many people who actually hit the mountain, and the mountain is condescending. In previous exercises, the river surface has long been divided into areas and marked in the form of coordinates. When firing, it is possible to fire according to the parameters. Therefore, shore guns have a considerable advantage in firing.

"Oh God!"

A terrifying scream suddenly came from the ship.

I saw some trees in the woodland and the mountainous areas being removed, revealing the black gun barrels, densely packed and difficult to count. This was clearly because the bandits were prepared and transferred the artillery from other places.

The river surface was boiling, and countless dense columns of water soared into the sky, mixed with a bunch of fire.

"Oh, God, the artillery fire of the bandits is too fierce. Look over there, a Garen ship in Spain has been sunk!"

"My God, our ship is almost too, half of it was knocked out and swirled in the water!"

Thousands of cannons were distributed on both sides of the Pearl River. The loud noise of the fire was deafening. More than ten ships were sunk on the spot. Nearly half of the ships were shot, the sails were torn to pieces, and some ammunition was hit and exploded. Balls of fire rose into the sky, the hull exploded into pieces, and the crew jumped into the river one after another!

"Go back quickly, go back quickly!"

"Damn Zheng Zhilong!"

Du Chen, Leo and Furdomingyi and other middle and senior members of the fleet roared loudly with their necks. They all realized that they had been trapped, and they didn't have to give instructions. The crew instinctively turned the rudder back, but it was not that easy to turn the rudder in the river?

"Boom boom boom!"

Although the naval guns were also fighting back, more of them were sparks blooming on the ship, and corpses flew away and fell into the water.

"Oh God, look, look behind!"

Suddenly, the Spanish pointed behind him in horror.

I saw a film of sails on the Pearl River in the rear. This was clearly an encirclement of the navy of the bandits from behind!

Du Chen trembled all over. He knew it was over. The Portuguese Expeditionary Force would be buried here today. In this battle, Portugal sent twenty Galen sailboats and nearly a hundred armed merchant ships and cargo ships. The number seemed not too large. However, the Portuguese small country was weak. His way of survival was to never compete with the European powers on the sea, and to preserve and possess vitality as much as possible to bully the vast people of the Asian, African and Latin American colonies.

Today, I often walk by the river and finally have wet hands. If this fleet is destroyed and Portugal is unable to make up for it in a short period of time, the situation in Goa will become very difficult. If Goa is lost, then Duchen will be the sinner of Portugal.

"Go forward and rush forward. Zheng Zhilong harmed us, and we died with him!"

Du Chen pulled out his sword and shouted loudly.

The ships no longer tried to retreat and moved forward quickly. Zheng Zhilong also knew that it was impossible not to participate in the war at all. Besides, the foreigners were at the end of their strength. If they could not even win like this, they might be afraid that Li Xin would destroy himself, so he ordered: "The rear ship slowed down and prepared to fight with the sidelines!"
Chapter completed!