"There is no chance of winning in this way..."

"Is that the real strength of the Ming Empire's navy? Even if their empire is about to fall, their navy can still crush us Westerners?"

Hedram sighed in grief and began to think of the legendary Ming Zheng family fleet (Zheng He) in the Ming Dynasty.

It is said that, more than two hundred years ago, before the Westerners began to sail, the Zheng family of the Ming Empire organized more than 1,000 ships of all sizes and sizes and tens of thousands of people to conduct a huge voyage, and sailed all the way to the east coast of Africa?

And now, more than two hundred years have passed, the Ming Dynasty's fleet is still so strong...

No, it's even stronger!

What Hedram saw with his own eyes that in just one round of bombardment, the battleship of Preyra almost suffered a catastrophe. The flagship in the lead had begun to enter the water and tilt, which was obviously unsuccessful. The four battleships behind him also suffered heavy losses and were in chaos. One of them even hung up the white flag and then began to flee against the wind, dragging the fire and smoke to the north.

Therefore, this battle seems to be no longer necessary to continue.

"Order!"

"Turn, let's retreat!"

Since he could not see the hope of victory, he had no choice but to close his eyes in pain, and then hesitate for a while, and had to give his first mate the order to retreat.

As for the Portuguese Malay Governor Preyra who was in danger and the large fleet organized by Preyra behind him, he was not at ease now.

Boom! Boom!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

When the Swedish Navy Admiral Hedram ordered their two battleships to turn and prepare to escape, Governor Preyra's battleship was still under heavy bombardment from the enemy, and shells, smoke and fire directly enveloped the remaining four ships.

...

Half a day later.

The largest sea battle in the South Ocean, which took place between Brunei and Malacca, so far, came to an end after more than four hours.

As for the winner, it is obviously not the fleet of sixty-seven armed merchant ships led by Portugal's Malay Governor Doyle Ropez Di Preira, mixed with a small number of battleships and a large and medium-sized North Sea three-masted square sails and multi-masted triceps. Instead, it is the Li family super battleship fleet with only a few pitiful five battleships!

Moreover, what makes people feel scared is that the Li family fleet actually won the final victory of the naval battle with an absolute crushing attitude?

In short, after the Li family fleet sunk more than ten ships and injured more than 30 ships, the rest simply fled in a mess. Those who could not escape due to damage and tilt of the hull, leaking water or breaking masts, and burning sails had to hang up the white flag after the Li family fleet turned around and chased after it, and announced unconditional surrender.

In this battle, the Li family fleet's last statistics actually obtained the epic victory of sinking eighteen enemy ships (five battleships and thirteen armed merchant ships), capturing twenty-two ships (two battleships), and the remaining twenty-seven ships fled and disappeared, but their side was not damaged at all. Only a few sailors were burned by the hot gun barrels and their palms and arms!

Swedish Navy Admiral Hedram was unable to escape. The two almost intact second-class battleships captured were his. After discovering that their speed was completely inferior to the Li family fleet that was chasing at full speed, they could only surrender without fighting and sent the entire battleship fleet to the Li family.

Before dusk, after capturing all the people and ships who could be captured, they found that there were too few ships and they could not pursue the enemy's Li family fleet, so they had to escort the captured ships that had been several times more captive, and returned to Brunei Port leisurely.

...

When the war broke out here in Nanyang, Li Huamei's Li family's fleet, a fleet of three large lucky ships and four or five medium lucky ships, slowly sailed away from the dock of Basra Port after supply was completed, and went out along the strait to prepare to go to Africa.

"Admiral!"

"The Woodin Chamber of Commerce invites us to fight Nagopur together. This is a great opportunity to open up the situation. We really left like this?"

Standing in front of the bow and looking at the giant Arab ships docked in the harbor in the distance, James Rudway asked unwillingly.

“…”

"James, there's nothing we can do about it!"

"We only have these few ships, and Woodin himself does not have much advantage. It is not a good idea to rashly intervene in the dispute between them and consume our strength."

"Anyway, let's go to Africa first!"

While pondering, looking at the giant ships belonging to the Wuding family in the dock, Li Huamei seemed to be slightly moved, but she finally made up her mind to shake her head regretfully. This was the same as what she thought when she rejected the invitation from Abraham Yiwen Woodin. The Wuding family's fleet was very strong and was definitely not the reason for her to stay and participate.

That Nagopur was a big merchant who ruled and dominated the Indian Ocean. He was also a local lord. He had land advantages and had certain connections with the Dutch and the Portuguese, so it was best not to participate easily and be used as a gun.

"All right!"

"But Africa is also difficult. It has been divided up by European countries for a long time. We cannot gain a foothold there. And you don't want to trade hard, so our goods cannot be sold at a good price there."

James Rudwi still felt a little regretful, but he couldn't persuade Li Huamei too much.

"It's okay!"

"Even if there is no chance, we should just take it as an expansion of the route. It's always right to go there!"

With a chuckling, Li Huamei did not take James' concerns to heart, because she also knew that Africa was a wild land with almost no civilized country on it, and those Kunlun slaves were basically useless, and she would not stay there for too long.

"When we arrive in Europe, we can buy a few more big ships and go to the New World to take a look!"

"If we do business and sail, we may have more than a dozen or even twenty medium and large sea ships. At that time, we will eliminate the Laidao family and the Japanese pirates."

"With the ship, I will destroy Lai Island. With our home advantage in East Asia, the Dutch and the Portuguese will definitely not compete with us!"

"At that time, we will have the capital to negotiate with them and demand the Nanyang market share!"

Facing the warm sea breeze of the Persian Gulf, Li Huamei confidently spoke out her grand plan.

The Ming Dynasty and the officials were ignorant and restricted them everywhere, targeting and suppressing their Li family, and did not want her to grow and grow. But now, she jumped out of the cage that bound her and began to travel around the world.

At the current speed, as fast as a year or two, and as slow as three or four years later, when she returns to the Ming Dynasty, those people will find that they cannot limit her no matter what!

"The Admiral is wise!"

"Then do it!"

"Address!"

"Then let's go quickly, I can't wait!"

"Set off!"

Seeing Li Huamei's spirited, full of fighting spirit and heroic appearance, followers such as Yang Xien, Charles Huisen, James Rudwi, Shiraki Shiramu and Yian Dukov all cheered loudly.

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Chapter completed!