Chapter 972 Zhang Zhun, let’s take a look!

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"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

The Dragon God Ship poured a large number of chain bombs and grape bombs on the unlucky armed merchant ship. The sailors and sailors on the armed merchant ship were almost wiped out. The mast in the middle also made a squeaking sound.

Others on the armed merchant ship discovered something was wrong and dived into the water to escape. As a result, after a moment of effort, the mast broke and smashed it down hard, smashing the armed merchant ship into chaos, and a large amount of debris was swept directly into the sea.

The sailors who jumped into the sea secretly thanked that they had avoided this disaster. However, they soon couldn't be grateful. Because they suddenly discovered that a large number of sharks appeared in the wartime waters. These fierce sharks were rushing around in the sea water, looking for prey that could be attacked.

Sharks are typical bloodthirsty animals. You can smell the bloody smell in the water far away. The Hu Ben Navy and the Zheng Fleet fought for six days in this sea area, and I don’t know how much blood has poured into the sea. It must be no surprise that a large number of sharks rushed over. After winter, the water surface was cold and the sharks needed more food.

"Help!"

"Help!"

"Help!"

When they found themselves surrounded by sharks, the sailors of the Zheng family fleet who were entering the water all started roaring desperately. Some were lucky to be pulled up by their companions, some were pulled up by the Hu Ben Navy, and some were escaping and were torn to pieces by the sharks.

For a time, the sea water between the warships became brighter red. The waves kept surging, and the waves that stirred up were almost all bright red. The water marks left behind by the Dragon God Ship were also red. The solid bullet fell into the water, and the splashed water column was also pink, looking very strange.

The sharks running around in the water often collided with warships. The impact energy of these sharks is quite large. Some damaged warships are hit by sharks, and the situation is even worse. Some people have to abandon the ship because of this. However, more sharks knock themselves out of the way during the collision with warships.

"So many sharks!"

Dang Xinkun frowned and said to Zhou Zhengyu.

"Try to save those who go into the water."

"The sailors of the Zheng family fleet are also rescued."

Zhou Zhengyu said with a serious expression.

For the soldiers of the Hu Ben Navy, no one thought there was anything wrong with Zhou Zhengyu's order. Although the Zheng family fleet was an enemy of the Hu Ben Navy and was fighting for life and death just now, the enemy had lost their combat effectiveness after taking action. In other words, after they were launched, they were disarmed.

Under the siege of sharks, everyone in the water was in danger of life at all times. They still had to rescue them in the best of their ability. This is probably the basic morality of the navy. Fortunately, with Zhou Zhengyu's order and the understanding of the vast number of soldiers of the Tiger Army, a large number of sailors of the Zheng family fleet survived by chance.

Of course, in addition to saving people within your ability, the battle is still the mainstream. The sharks running around in the sea are at most a little seasoning for this battle, which is of no use except to adjust the atmosphere on the battlefield. What everyone cares most about is to defeat the other party as much as possible, end the battle, and win.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

Wu Yiyi's Dragon God Ship is very fierce in artillery fire.

After destroying an armed merchant ship from the Zheng family fleet, followed by a series of shellings. Another armed merchant ship lost its mast and had to withdraw from the battle. One after another, Wu Yiyi's Dragon God Ship killed four armed merchant ships in a row, which was a huge success and impressive achievement.

Most of the armed merchant ships of the Zheng family fleet were injured in the previous battle. Their masts and sails were already on the verge of collapse. The morale of the sailors was quite low. The shadow of failure that had never been before was firmly shrouded in their hearts. It seems that the Zheng family fleet had never had such a crushing defeat.

Once the Dragon God Ship was fired, the damaged masts of the armed merchant ship could no longer bear it. The torn sails completely lost their function. The sea breeze kept passing by, but the sails could no longer absorb enough wind. Without enough wind, the ship could only helplessly keep the sea water surging and drifting with the flow. Simply put, they could only wait to die helplessly.

In fact, the fighting spirit of most of the sailors in the Zheng family fleet is quite commendable. After all, they are old ministers who have followed Zheng Zhilong for many years, have rich combat experience, and have enough confidence in Zheng Zhilong. Well, to be precise, they can be said to be blindly following. Even to this point, they still believe that Zheng Zhilong has the opportunity to turn the tide and not fall, and the Zheng family fleet still has the opportunity to turn defeat into victory.

Unfortunately, Zheng Zhilong failed their expectations. By this time, Zheng Zhilong was completely desperate. After asking his warships to re-enter the battle, Zheng Zhilong never issued any orders. He wanted to issue some orders to turn the tide, but unfortunately, he didn't know how to reverse the predicament in front of him.

Of course, he knew that his subordinates had the courage and perseverance, and would not retreat easily. However, on this sea, in the face of giant warships and brutal artillery fire, human abilities were indeed too small. After the arrival of the Third Fleet of the Hu Ben Army Navy, the Zheng family fleet was completely in a situation of being beaten and had no chance to change.

The various warships of the Hu Ben Navy were like a group of fierce wild wolves, breaking into the flock of sheep and firing desperately. Compared with the Dutch warships, the artillery fire of the Hu Ben Navy was even more rapid and hotter. It felt like the gunners of the Hu Ben Army were all a group of madmen, and they poured out the shells for no time.

The warships of the Zheng family fleet were constantly damaged in such artillery fire. Speaking of artillery battles, Zheng Zhilong had to painfully admit that the Zheng family fleet was really no match for the Hu Ben Navy. If the remaining warships wanted to survive, they could only quickly disperse and avoid the edge of the Hu Ben Navy. They even retreated directly to the south and fled back to their old nest in Fujian.

"Bang bang bang!"

“Cruff!”

“Cruff!”

Similar sounds kept coming.

These are the heart-wrenching sounds made when the mast is hit by a chain blast and is about to break. Sailors with rich combat experience will quickly run away when they hear such a sound to avoid being hit by the fallen mast. In fact, at this time, the safest way is to dive and escape.

Of course, we cannot dive easily now. There are too many sharks active around the battleship. It is estimated that there may be more than a thousand. In front of so many sharks, once they fall into the water, they will be torn to pieces, and there is no chance of reaction at all. However, it is still necessary to avoid the direction where the mast is about to fall down as much as possible.

"jump!"

If a very harsh sound comes, it means that the mast has been broken.

The broken masts usually fall to both sides of the ship, and the sea water in the slant. The masts of large ships are usually made of the best wood and have a very powerful length. Once they fall, the consequences will be very serious.

The mast is hard in the water. No matter what it touches, it will only be crushed. If it hits a person's forehead, the man will become meat sauce on the spot. If it hits a shark, the shark will also be crushed on the spot. No matter how cruel the shark is, it will only be killed on the spot when he gets hit by the mast.

In fact, in a series of battles, there are quite a few sharks hit by the fallen masts. Sometimes, a fallen mast can kill four or five sharks at the same time. After a loud rumbling sound, several unlucky sharks slowly floated on the sea surface, and the scene was indeed amazing.

When it comes to the momentum of the mast falling down, of course, the most powerful ones are the three-masted gunships. The main masts of these three-masted gunships are basically above twenty meters high. In the past, the height of twenty meters was already very high. Once the main masts of the three-masted gunships were interrupted, the scene would be very spectacular and even attracted the attention of the entire battlefield.

When Dang Xinkun held up a thousand-mile mirror and observed the situation on the battlefield, he happened to witness the entire process of the main mast of a three-masted gunship breaking. The three-masted gunship was besieged by two Tiger and Ben Army Navy Dragon God Ships. In a short while, the main mast was broken. The main mast, which was more than 20 meters high, fell down together with the heavy sails.

"Boom!"

"Crazy!"

"Splitting!

...

Various sounds mixed together.

The heavy mast hit hard into the sea water next to it, directly smashing the sea water into a deep ditch. In the ditch, Dang Xinkun could clearly see that at least two sharks were killed by death. The mast was cut directly from their bodies and cut them into two halves. Perhaps, it was because of its movements that were too fast, and neither of these two sharks had yet to gush out blood.

Then, the sails dragged by the mast covered the water surface, covering the water area of ​​ten meters, completely covering everything Dang Xinkun saw. However, the movements under the sails were still very fierce. There were constantly east-west heading east, which should be those covered sharks. Sure enough, not long after, several sharks broke the sails and jumped out of the sea.

Sharks have no spirituality and no wisdom. They only know how to run around in conditioned reflexes. Affected by the masts, the nearby sharks were frightened and rushed forward desperately. As a result, the solid bullets of the Tiger Army Navy kept falling down and directly smashing them to death. If the chain bullets passed by, they would tear them into two halves.

War is originally extremely bloody, both for humans and animals. These crazy sharks try to devour humans falling into the water on the battlefield. However, a large number of shells falling into the sea water are also devouring their lives. On such a chaotic battlefield, among the 100 shells fired out, less than ten of those who can hit the target, and the rest are all in the sea water.

It would be better if the sharks were slightly deeper at the bottom of the sea. After the shells were cut off by the sea water, their lethality was not so strong. However, in order to seize the sailors who fell into the water, the sharks basically moved on the sea surface. As a result, the shells fell on them, and they had to be unlucky. But the more sharks were killed, the more bloody the sea water was. The bloody the sea water, it attracted more sharks to come.

"Oh shit!"

Even though Dang Xinkun, who was knowledgeable, found that there were either groups of sharks, densely floating shark bodies or fragments next to his flagship, he couldn't help feeling a little troublesome in scalp. Thousands of sharks gathered on the battlefield, such a scene could make some people with poor tolerance faint on the spot.

...

Zheng Zhilong also felt a little numb from his scalp. However, the reason for his scalp was not because of the rampant sharks. In fact, Zheng Zhilong no longer paid any attention to the sharks in the sea. His thoughts are all about how to preserve the strength of the Zheng family fleet as much as possible and how to quickly evacuate this damn battlefield.

Less than an hour after the battle began, the remaining five three-masted gunships of the Zheng family fleet were besieged and destroyed by the Hu Ben Army. There was no way, who told them to be so eye-catching? Even if they tried to hide their figures, they would be discovered soon. The Hu Ben Army Navy had long focused on the five three-masted gunships of the Zheng family fleet.

Zheng Zhilong was anxious, angry, and a little frightened. In the battle in front of him, the Zheng family fleet was at a disadvantage. If he had no countermeasures, he would probably be bad. He was originally going to save his son, but he didn't expect that he would even fill in himself. If he talked about such a thing, he would be crying without tears!

If we had known that the Hu Ben Navy would desperately reinforce the Yangtze River Estuary, Zheng Zhilong should have made up his mind to bear all the consequences and should not come to rescue Zheng Chenggong. Without a son, it would be better than losing a fleet. If we really want to rescue Zheng Chenggong, we should also dispatch all the fleets of the Zheng family fleet, rather than just two.

If all five fleets of the Zheng family fleet converge near the Yangtze River estuary, they can still deal with the Hu Ben Navy. The Hu Ben Navy has only three fleets, and in terms of strength, they are not as good as the Zheng family fleet that has emerged from all over the place. No matter how badly they are, they will not fail like in front of them.

Of course, these are all Zheng Zhilong's own hindsight, and they can even be said to be fantasy. Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao's fleets are all in the Southeast and Guangdong areas. If they are drawn to go north, it will take half a month even if they gather at the fastest speed. After half a month, Zheng Chenggong's corpse may have been digested by sharks.

These boring fantasies are useless now. Zheng Zhilong forced himself to calm down slowly and think about countermeasures to solve the current difficulties. However, what countermeasures does Zheng Zhilong have? After thinking about it, Zheng Zhilong never thought of a better way. He deceived the world? He attacked the world? He replaced the pillars? Using the way to attack Guo? The beauty trick... Zheng Zhilong thought of many of them, but none of them were useful.

From Fujian, Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao are transferred? Not to mention whether the two of them can be drawn out. Even if they can be drawn out quickly, the distance from Fujian to the estuary of the Yangtze River will be as fast as four or five days in the face of the wind. In four or five days, Zheng Zhilong estimated that his corpse would be eaten by groups of sharks.

Since we cannot get new reinforcements, the only way is to retreat quickly. In short, we should not let Zheng Chenggong go, regardless of Zheng Chenggong's life or death, and turn around and leave. Of course, before leaving, we must notify Zheng Dafu. The Zheng family fleet cannot also damage Zheng Dafu's fleet after it has damaged Zheng Chenggong's fleet.

However, in this way, Zheng Chenggong is really finished. Without reinforcements, he will definitely fall into the hands of the Hu Ben Navy. With Zhang Zhun's personality, it is indeed impossible to estimate how he will deal with Zheng Chenggong. If Zhang Zhun uses Zheng Chenggong to make a big fuss, Zheng Zhilong will have a headache. If Zhang Zhun kills Zheng Chenggong with one knife, it would be fine.

While hesitating, someone suddenly came to report that a large number of ships suddenly came out of the estuary of the Yangtze River. Some of the warships of the Hu Ben Navy were quickly moving towards the estuary of the Yangtze River, and should have been to pick up those ships.

"Walk!"

"Go to the estuary of the Yangtze River!"

Zheng Zhilong hurriedly ordered that as long as the warships that could withdraw from would retreat in the direction of the Yangtze River estuary. He had a premonition that the ships coming out of the Yangtze River estuary should be from the Zheng Dafu fleet, or even from the Zheng Chenggong fleet. As long as he met with them, he might have a strong chance to turn the tide and turn defeat into victory.

As long as the three fleets of the Zheng family fleet gather together, the three fleets of the Hu Ben Army will not be so terrible. If Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Dafu are safe and sound, it means that the Hu Ben Army Navy has already had a fleet that has almost been wiped out. Otherwise, Zheng Chenggong would not have been rescued.

With the three fleets of the Zheng family fleet, the chance of winning against the two fleets of the Hu Ben Navy is quite high. Even if there is no chance of winning, at least there should be no problem with a safe retreat. The key is that the one that comes out of the Yangtze River must be the warship of the Zheng family fleet.

"It's our warship!"

"It's our Zheng family's warship!"

"It's really our Zheng family's warship!"

Someone beside Zheng Zhilong was yelling in surprise.

That's right, the warships coming out of the Yangtze River estuary were indeed from the Zheng family fleet. At the front were several huge three-masted gunships. Behind the three-masted gunships were a large number of armed merchant ships. At the top of the masts, black flags representing the Zheng family fleet were hung.

Dozens of warships emerged from the Yangtze River in a mighty manner, and the scene was indeed very spectacular. Even the sharks near the estuary of the Yangtze River hurriedly avoided them to avoid being hit and killed by the high-speed warships. At this time, the northwest wind was blowing, and the warships emerged from the estuary of the Yangtze River were sailing down the wind, and the speed was indeed very fast.

"It's indeed a great blessing!"

Zheng Zhilong was immediately delighted.

That damn Zheng Dafu finally rescued Zheng Chenggong. Well, the three fleets of the Zheng family fleet gathered together and just launched a counterattack against the Hu Ben Navy. Damn, Zheng Zhilong's feelings were indeed not good.

On the ocean in the east, Zheng Zhilong has the nickname of the Dragon King of the Sea, which means that on land, the emperor is the largest, and on the ocean, he is Zheng Zhilong the largest. Zheng Zhilong has never suffered such a big loss yet? The Zheng family fleet has never suffered such heavy losses. How can he bear such a battle result? As long as he has the opportunity to take revenge, he will never let it go. Zheng Zhilong is definitely unwilling to let Zhang Zhun see his strength.

However, Zheng Zhilong soon discovered something was wrong. The warships that came out of the Yangtze River estuary belonged to Zheng Dafu's fleet, but why did they look like they didn't have the attitude of a winner? Judging from their appearance, they didn't look like they were triumphant, but they seemed to be rushing to escape. Yes, they were just running for life. After the distance was closer, Zheng Zhilong became more sure of this.

The warships of the Zheng family fleet that ran out all have one common feature, which is that they are covered in scars and look very embarrassed. Some even had their masts broken, relying entirely on the strong northwest wind to push the warships out of the Yangtze River Estuary. What's more, behind these warships, there are also warships of the Hu Ben Army Navy chasing them.
To be continued...