In the sea breeze, the slow-paced drum beats never stopped. The drum sounds were like the beating of the heart in the body, and people could feel it anywhere, as if it was everywhere. It was the effect formed by the Ming army's many warships beating the drums together.

General Zhenla had already discovered the arrogance of the Ming army. The Ming army broke into the coalition's formation with two columns connected by head and tail. Such a slender column was easily siege by the coalition's warships on several sides. However, the Ming army seemed to be indifferent to this.

The sound of cannons in the distance came one after another, mixed with the sound of waves, forming a continuous and huge noise.

The general's ship had turned southwest. He stood on the deck and watched the gradual changes in the situation coldly. He did not have many solutions at this time. The pace of naval battles was slower, but he was slower in tactical arrangements and preparations. There were not many things he could do now.

Both columns of the Ming army were turning. They first came towards the southwest by the wind; after entering the coalition army's formation, the Ming army turned and was sailing southward.

"Get close to the starboard enemy ship!" Suddenly someone shouted.

The general had long seen the direction of the enemy's long column, and such a report was not sudden. He quickly walked to the side of the ship and immediately saw a huge warship slowly sailing towards this side.

Such a huge warship was of course the Ming people's warship. The general's eyes moved up and looked at the gray-white and powerful sails of the Ming people. His eyes stayed on a flag with a blue background and yellow picture for a long time.

He watched for a while before turning his head and said, "Order, starboard will prepare for battle!"

The generals beside him immediately shouted loudly, repeatedly shouting the general's military orders.

People watched on the deck for a long time, and the giant ship that led the Ming army was getting closer and closer. Neither side launched an attack. The Ming army's artillery seemed to want to get closer to firing, while the Zhen La army's long-range relied on bows and crossbows, and the enemy ships were still outside the range.

The enemy ship approached from the starboard side of the Zhenla people and headed south. The general looked up at the wind mark. The wind at this time was still the northeast wind.

The Ming army's warships were roughly in the upper wind position.

A short horn sound came from there. After a while, the distance between the two sides was only more than a hundred steps away. The general heard the opponent hitting the drum quickly. The "dongdongdongdongdong" sound was not loud, but the rhythm was very detailed.

There was also a noisy on the boat of the Zhenla people, and the leather drums played a generous and brisk rhythm. Some were shouting "Archer lighted the oil cloth", while others were shouting to boost morale.

The general's ship was a big soft sail ship, and the soldiers were also the king's most elite team. His morale was well maintained and there was no sign of retreating.

"Boom boom boom..." The huge dense cannon sounded finally, and a row of fire lights flashed under the side of the Ming army. The general felt the shock of the deck and heard the sound of the iron ball breaking through the wooden board.

Then there was a scream of crying, daddy shouting, mother's screaming, the damage on the deck was not great, but instead a sneering howl of ghosts and wolves came from the cabin below.

Today's sea breeze is gentle and the water waves are very small. The heavy enemy ships in such a climate are not very bumpy. Relying on the fact that the Zhen La Army did not have artillery, the enemy's artillery distance was very close, so most of the shells hit the target. The calm battlefield is of great benefit to the Ming people.

After a while, a general reported: "The iron ball broke through the starboard side and collapsed back and forth in the cabin, and our army suffered heavy casualties!"

The general responded with a pale face and said, "Emergency repairs and damages to prevent sea water from pouring back." After he said that, he still looked at the direction of starboard.

After the Ming army fired several artillery guns, the roar stopped, but the thick white smoke filled the upper wind, and the general could not see anything for a moment.

The real lavender started fighting back from the deck, and used arrows that lit the oil cloth to shoot into the depths of the smoke. The sound of the strings on the deck was "thunderbolt" sounded.

At this moment, the many small firelights in the smoke shone densely like fireflies, and a sharp scream came from the air. Countless rockets sprayed and burning flames of gunpowder flew over like locusts.

Among the dense rockets, there were some crow-like wooden birds flying from the air in the smoke burning gunpowder. There was a brilliant light on the sea, like many fireworks were set off.

Several of the wooden crows were ignited in the air, and some fell on the deck and started to burn. Two of them happened to fly to the canvas and burst, and the sails ignited a raging fire. There were shouting on the deck, and people shouting to climb up to put out the fire.

A general stepped forward and whispered: "The sails are destroyed, we can't get out of here for a while. General, let's go first."

The general did not say anything, but he agreed with the general's statement that the ship had temporarily become a living target that was difficult to move and control.

The smoke of gunpowder began to drift quickly in the wind. The enemy ship just now left from the front right, but a long line of giant ships from the column behind were sailing towards this side along that route.

In the critical time, the general, who had always been calm, finally murmured: "What a shame, I would rather not fight this battle."

Because the sails burned out, the Zhenla ship slowed down. The second enemy ship easily approached the starboard side.

The enemy used the same trick again and only started shooting with heavy artillery at more than a hundred steps. But this round was different from the moment before. The iron balls fired by the Ming army were burning red!

The burning iron ball failed to penetrate the hull of the real lavender (in order to avoid the high-temperature iron ball igniting the gunpowder by mistake, a layer of soil was placed inside. For the same reason, the iron ball was slightly smaller than the gun barrel and had worse airtightness), but when the iron ball hit the deck, the rolling and dark red iron quickly ignited the wooden board.

The smoke was rolling on the deck and the fire became increasingly strong. People panicked and drove the wooden barrels to put out the fire everywhere. The choking ash and steam spread on the deck, and the ship was in chaos.

At this time, the envoy of the Full Spike had already called on his followers and put a small boat into the sea from the port side. The envoy was climbing down, ready to escape.

Several small Zhen La army warships nearby finally completed their turn and came to reinforce here, surrounded by a giant Ming army ship from several directions.

A small boat sailed in front of the enemy ship, and the two ships were about to collide. Many real wax people were holding on the railings and staring at the suffocation scene on the starboard side. Sure enough, a huge impact sounded in the wind and the "crack" sound of wood breaking.

The Zhenla Army's boat was hit by the direction, and the hull seemed to have begun to leak. However, the enemy ship was not affected at all, and even the course did not change.

There was a huge roar of cannons on the starboard side of the enemy ship, and a dense sound of guns like fried beans were constantly attacking the small Zhenla warship on the other side. The smoke was filled with smoke. General Zhenla could not see clearly what the ship was going on in the distance, but he had guessed the danger from the scene.

Several small boats of the Zhenla army besieged the enemy ships, like rats climbing onto an elephant and not resisting the enemy ships. The Zhenla people wanted to board the enemy's side and fight from the side of the enemy, but they couldn't do it. They were half-sinked by muskets and cannons as soon as they got closer.

If we continue to organize the siege and jump ship at this time, we may succeed because the Ming army's artillery was very slow to load. But the general had already lost control of the fleet and could not organize specific tactics in time... because they did not prepare this in advance. How could they discuss such tactics when they were going to attack the surprise attack?

"Boom boom boom..." The huge enemy ship approached the starboard side of the general and immediately fired with heavy artillery. The deck of the Zhenla ship was once again covered by gunpowder smoke from the wind.

What's worse was that in the cabin under the deck, some solid iron balls had an appropriate impact angle, and directly broke through the cracked hull hardwood. The force of the shells was mostly eliminated, but they did not stop. They flew into the narrow cabin and bounced back and forth on the wooden boards on all sides. A soldier fell to the ground, his skull was smashed, and the red and white were flowing all over the floor on the wooden boards.

The crowd was like seeing a ghost, and everyone cried heartbrokenly.

The soldiers of Zhenla ran around, as if instinctively trying to escape the repeatedly bounced iron ball; some people were running and stomped on the ground with wet blood, slipped and fell and thumped, and they all struggled and shouted in a pool of blood.

The air was filled with a strong fishy smell, a foul smell, a mess, and it was like hell.

"Fixed it and broke..." Suddenly, a man above stretched out his head and shouted, but his expression changed immediately. He was stunned without finishing a word.

The hull on the right side is damaged in many places, but most places are not a big problem. Only when the hull is bumping left and right can sea water pour into the hole. But there is a hole that seems to be very close to the waterline, and sea water is constantly pouring into the cabin.

The man above finally found the hole, pointed at the other side again and shouted, "Clut up with the wooden board!"

However, no one listened to him, and the carpenter and the soldiers fled to the deck. The shouting man had to rush into the cabin. He searched everywhere and finally found a wooden board, and then pressed his hands on the hole. But without a hammer or iron nail, he continued to shout.

At this time, a dark man covered in blood crawled over and said, "General, hurry up and order to throw out the things under the bilge! The more water the boat becomes, the heavier the ship, and the more leaking it will be, the more it will be.

"Come and press!" the general said. Then he rolled and crawled away from here.

However, nothing could save the flagship of the head coach of the Zhenla Army. After the sail was burned, the fire was not stopped in time. The mast was burned by the fire crow. The huge hull had already slowed down and was repeatedly subjected to heavy artillery fires from the Ming army column. The flagship had begun to roll, and the sea water in the cabin below was increasing.

Zhenla soldiers climbed up from the cabin one after another, and the entire warship completely lost control.
Chapter completed!