Chapter 1000: Rapid shooting! Prepare! Release!

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[Today's third update is here! Chapter 1000, an unprecedented record! This book has really exhausted my efforts until now! I want to vent~~~ There are some ***s, give me a few pictures, and continue to encourage me to spread~~~~]

For the lower-level seamen and sailors of the Zheng family fleet, this battle opened their eyes. In the past, they were always bullied by the Dutch fleet and basically had no chance to fight back. Once they encountered it, the best result would be to escape unscathed. It was impossible to defeat the other side face to face. As for the fleet that defeated the Dutch, they couldn't even think about it. However, the emergence of the Hu Ben Navy completely overturned their imagination.

Such artillery battles are simply impossible in the Zheng family fleet. All the three-masted gunships of the Zheng family fleet are concentrated and cannot provide such fierce artillery fire. To see with the naked eye, the entire sea surface is full of continuous fire, and there is no gap at all. Every warship of the Hu Ben Navy seems to be a glowing hedgehog, and the cannons on the side of the ship are simply crazy.

Judging from the reactions of the Dutch, they were probably shocked. For their own safety, the Dutch fleet was also fighting back with all their might, and the artillery fire was about to shine red in half of the sky. The rumbling sound of cannons did not stop for a moment. In the dark night, there was no smoke of gunpowder, but the fire of cannons was getting blurry. Obviously, gunpowder was gradually covering the battlefield.

During this period, people kept coughing. This was the smoke from both sides of the war, which had already floated to the Zheng family fleet. Such fierce shells produced a large amount of rich and choking smoke. The smell of gunpowder contained in the smoke could be suffocating. The sea breeze kept blowing, but it could not blow away the rich smoke.

Many sailors of the Zheng family fleet were secretly sighing. Who said that the Chinese people did not have a powerful fleet? Who said that the Chinese people did not have a strong maritime power? Who said that the Chinese people could not become excellent sailors? Who said that the Chinese people had any understanding of the sea? The formations set up by the Tiger and Ben Army Navy were not inferior to the Dutch fleet at all!

Look at the artillery fire of both sides, it is completely evenly matched. The originally brutal artillery fire of the Dutch had no advantage in front of the Hu Ben Navy. Even at some point, the Dutch artillery fire was suppressed by the Hu Ben Navy. All of this made everyone in the Zheng family fleet open their eyes wide, for fear of missing such a good show in front of them.

Even those who hated the Hu Ben Navy the most had to quietly sigh at this time, the Hu Ben Navy was really too fierce! In the Ming Dynasty, there was no one else with such strength to challenge the powerful Dutch. This was the real challenge. The previous battle between the Zheng family fleet and the Dutch was only said to be passively beaten and had no ability to fight back.

In an instant, a considerable number of grassroots sailors in the Zheng family fleet had a desire to join the Hu Ben Army Navy. The emergence of this desire was very simple, which was to defeat those Westerners from afar and maintain the dignity of the Ming people. This simple desire easily dispelled the hatred between them and the Hu Ben Army Navy.

Before they became sailors of the Zheng family fleet, they were first of all Ming people. Each of them had a very simple patriotic feeling. This patriotism may not be expressed in normal times. However, when facing the invasion of foreign enemies, it will be revealed. They instinctively resisted the "monsters" from the West. The Zheng family fleet and the Dutch fleet are incompatible. The big reason is the opposition between the East and the West.

Perhaps, due to interests, the senior management of the Zheng family fleet would secretly cooperate with certain Western powers, purchase weapons and equipment from them, and conduct maritime trade. For example, cooperation with the Portuguese. However, this kind of cooperation is definitely not open. The fleet of foreigners is even more unlikely to easily enter the Ming Dynasty's territorial waters.

The Dutch people broke such rules. The purpose of the Dutch people is no longer just to obtain benefits and trade. They want to completely eliminate the maritime power of the Ming Kingdom and turn the territorial seas of the Ming Kingdom into the high seas where they can freely communicate. Such ambition will definitely not be agreed to by the Ming Kingdom.

The Zheng family fleet has been working hard to expel the Dutch and protect the territorial waters of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, due to their strength, they did not do it. Fortunately, the Zheng family fleet could not do this, and the Hu Ben Navy might be able to do it. The battle in front of us fully proves that the Hu Ben Navy has surpassed the Zheng family fleet and became the largest maritime force of the Ming Dynasty. In the future, the only way to maintain the maritime security of the Ming Dynasty was to rely on the Hu Ben Navy.

For most of the Zheng family's fleet sailors, as long as they serve the Ming people and protect the security of their own country's territorial waters, it is not very important to fight under whose banner. They believe that the treatment given to them by the Hu Ben Navy will definitely not be worse than that given to them by the Zheng family. In short, they can completely surrender to the Hu Ben Navy and continue to fight.

In fact, the senior leaders of the Hu Ben Navy, including Yang Guohua, Li Jicheng and others, were all from the Zheng family fleet. In the past, they were just some unknown grassroots officers of the Zheng family fleet. After surrendering to the Hu Ben Navy, they became celebrities and the best of this era. Why is such a story not desirable?

Similarly, Zhang Haibin, another senior leader of the Hu Ben Navy, was born in the Ming Dynasty Navy. Only Zhou Zhengyu was considered to have nothing to do with other forces. It can be said that the Hu Ben Navy absorbed the strengths of a hundred schools of thought and integrated talents from all sides, and developed step by step. In the Hu Ben Navy, no one is an outsider. If the Hu Ben Navy is willing to accept them, why would they refuse?

Just think about it, under the leadership of the Hu Ben Navy, how happy it would be to beat the monsters from the West to the point of falling into pieces! They have been depressed for more than ten years under the oppression of the Dutch. Now, they no longer want to continue to depressed. They want to explode! They want to explode fiercely!

...

"Brother, see if we are..."

Zheng Zhibao suddenly lowered his voice and said carefully.

"What do you want to say? What do you have to say clearly!"

Zheng Zhilong responded coldly, and didn't even look at his younger brother.

Zheng Zhilong understood what Zheng Zhilong meant. Zheng Zhibao meant. Zheng Zhibao meant to ask whether he could surrender to the Hu Ben Army. The Zheng family fleet reached this point and continued to hold on. Only by surrendering to the entire army was wiped out. Only by seeking against the Hu Ben Army can one have a way out. As long as the Hu Ben Army accepts the surrender of the Zheng family fleet, the Zheng family fleet will temporarily avoid this disaster.

However, in Zheng Zhilong's opinion, the road to surrender to the Hu Ben Army was simply not feasible. People under the Zheng family fleet might be able to surrender to the Hu Ben Army and gain a new life. However, this does not mean that a few of them could surrender to the Hu Ben Army. As Zhuge Liang said in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", everyone in the Eastern Wu could surrender to Cao Cao, but Sun Quan could not. The reason is very simple. What Cao Cao wanted was not Sun Quan.

If the Zheng family fleet is Dongwu, then the three brothers are Sun Quan. Zheng Zhilong’s eldest son is all dead at the hands of Zhang Zhun. How could he surrender to Zhang Zhun? Even if he is willing to surrender, can Zhang Zhun accept it with confidence? He ran to Zhang Zhun and told Zhang Zhun that he had absolutely no intention of avenging his son. Do you think Zhang Zhun would believe it?

Zheng Zhilong could completely conclude that what Zhang Zhun needed was the experienced sailors of the Zheng family fleet, not the direct backbone of the Zheng family. The Hu Ben Army Navy arrived at this time obviously to accept the remnants of the Zheng family fleet and take the opportunity to absorb those excellent sailors. Therefore, the path of surrender is definitely not feasible.

"Then we..."

Zheng Zhihu said hesitantly.

He asked carefully, what would the Zheng family fleet do if the battle really started. It was dark now, and the artillery battle between the Hu Ben Navy and the Dutch fleet did not cause any substantial damage. The Zheng family fleet was watching the fun, and it didn't matter for the time being. However, with the arrival of dawn, the battle between the two sides would definitely enter a white-hot state. At that time, where would the Zheng family fleet go?

In fact, all of this is the most critical and core issue, whether to help the Hu Ben Navy fight. It seems natural not to help. The Zheng family fleet had a grudge against the Hu Ben Navy and the Dutch. Now, when they are fighting, the Zheng family fleet is just on the wall to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

However, the consequences of doing so are very serious. If the Hu Ben Navy is defeated, the Dutch will sweep them. With the current remnants of the Zheng family fleet, it is absolutely impossible to resist the fate of destruction. Similarly, if the Hu Ben Navy wins, the Zheng family fleet will still look good.

If the Hu Ben Navy is helped and the Hu Ben Navy wins, the outcome of the Zheng family fleet will not be optimistic. The Hu Ben Navy's navy has almost become a foregone conclusion. Once it is merged, they will definitely be swept out. With Zhang Zhun's personality, it is impossible for him to leave a few hidden dangers by his side.

As for helping the Dutch... this is impossible. No one can help the Dutch. This is a basic principle. Anyway, whether to help or not, it seems that it is destined to disappear. In the future, on the sea in the east, things about the Zheng family fleet will become legends and stories.

"well!"

Zheng Zhilong sighed deeply.

For a maritime hero like him, it is indeed too uncomfortable to reach this point today. If Yan Siqi was not dead, he would definitely jump out of the coffin and accused him of being incompetent in leadership of Zheng Zhilong. However, since the situation has developed to such a result, he is still unable to turn things around and can only passively accept it.

"If Zhang Zhun agrees and allows us to be a rich man, the Zheng family fleet will give it to him! The sailors below can join the Tiger Ben Army Navy as long as they are willing!"

Zheng Zhilong said slowly, with a painful expression on his face.

No one answered.

On the deck, only the senior executives of the Zheng family were breathing heavily.

Being a rich man may be their only choice. It is probably the best treatment they can win. As long as they no longer have military power, Zhang Zhun should not make things difficult for them. However, their lives were saved, and the Zheng family fleet would disappear from now on. Who could have thought of such a result before?

...

When dawn came, the morning light opened the darkness on the sea, and the sound of artillery from the Hu Ben Navy and the Dutch Navy gradually stopped. The warships on both sides were nervously adjusting their teams. On the vast sea, except for the sound of waves rolling, there were no other sounds.

This suppressed silence made many old soldiers and sailors feel very uncomfortable. Because they all know that silence is only temporary. The suppressed silence is just for a more sharp burst. After a brief silence, the real battle will begin. Once the battle begins, it will be a life-and-death situation.

"It's about to start..."

The senior executives of the Zheng family fleet were muttering silently.

At this moment, as bystanders, they all deeply felt the pressure. The atmosphere on the sea was indeed too tense. The tense atmosphere seemed to suffocate. Even the sun felt the suffocate tension, hiding in the thick clouds, and refused to come out.

"Are you going to start?"

Bluffhead's mouth was filled with a cold smile.

The Hu Ben Navy, who was not sure that the sky and earth were so strong, dared to offend him like this. I really don’t know how to write the word “death”. The young admiral made up his mind to do his best to teach the other party a lesson. Even the Spanish, who was once extremely powerful, were not the opponent of the Dutch fleet, let alone the Hu Ben Navy?

"bring it on!"

Li Jicheng silently encouraged himself in his heart.

This was the first time that the Hu Ben Navy fought with the naval fleet of the Western powers head-on, and the Dutch fleet that encountered the most powerful among the Western powers. What he felt was not nervousness, but excitement. An excitement that emerged from the blood. The Hu Ben Navy has finally been qualified to challenge the invaders from afar.

Not easy! It's really not easy! Looking back on the days and nights before, Li Jicheng felt that there was a fire burning in his heart. The young Tiger Army Navy had experienced so many difficulties and obstacles to finally reaching the point today! In the world, how many countries have the courage and strength to challenge the Dutch fleet?

"Rapid fire!"

"preparation!"

"put!"

Li Jicheng roared angrily!

【beg***!】
Chapter completed!