A day ago,

A three-masted warship was sailing on the ocean.

Behind the ship, a three-masted bird boat was closely following each other, and behind it was another similar-shaped warship that appeared in the contours of the rising sun.

"According to time, the long-sea merchant fleet should arrive." On the deck, a navy general was looking at the distant skyline with a serious face.

"Will it be that I met a pirate halfway through and delayed the trip?" a deputy general spoke.

"It's possible, but with the firepower configuration of the Chinese merchant fleet, ordinary pirates can't do anything to them." Navy general Qin Yu shook his head.

"This place is still too far from Luzon. We can only learn about many situations through the East India Company's merchants. Not to mention the news lags, we don't understand many situations in the South China Sea. We can only explore slowly by ourselves." The deputy general sighed.

"Report, our investigation ship is back." A co-founder came over and reported.

"Oh, the big bird ship of Xunhua Merchant Fleet is back." Qin Yu's face was happy.

This is good news. It has been twenty days since the Chinese Merchant Fleet and the Fuyang Town Navy split.

Soon a navy officer boarded the main ship and came to the deck.

"How is it? Have you found the Chinese merchant fleet?" asked the deputy general Ge.

"I have not found a long-sea merchant fleet, but we have encountered pirates in the waters about thirty miles away." said the navy officer.

"Oh, pirate?"

"How many people are there and how the firearm is configured." Deputy General Ge Lu asked hurriedly.

"There are about eight large ships and dozens of fast ships, as if they are heading northwest. During this period, we also found us waiting, but we only sent two fast ships to chase us, and we have been thrown away by my warship." The bird boat officer said.

"Eight big ships, more than ten pirate clutches." Qin Yu browed and looked at the sea in the distance with some anxiety.

This is already a strong pirate force. If it is outside Luzon, the Ming army will even gather a town of naval troops to encircle and suppress it.

"The navy of Fuyang Town gathered and chased after him immediately." The town general Qin Yu ordered.

"I will understand it."

Soon, the navy fleet chased in the direction where the Big Bird Boat arrived.

The Navy of Fuyang Town is the latest water town established by the Ming Dynasty in Luzon. It is a new town specially formed for the Ming Dynasty to go to the expedition to the far sea.

Before, the Ming court had always suffered from the lack of new warships and heavy artillery, so the Ming army's naval town and the Fubo town formed were both offshore naval divisions. As the Ming army set out to fight in Dongpu and the Sihai Chamber of Commerce, merchant ships sailed across the South China Seas, and the new equipment was in service, the Ming court formed the Fuyang Town, which was specially used for long-distance combat.

However, the current Fuyang Town has just been established, and the launch time of the Hu Ben ship is too short, so only two Hu Ben warships are in service.

To this end, the Ming army navy specially transferred several lucky ships and ten large bird ships from Fubohou Town and the shipyard.

In terms of artillery configuration, the Ming army also racked their brains, not only brought the amazingly powerful Zhennan General Cannon to the artillery deck, but also brought the improved and simplified version of the ten-pound tiger-be heavy cannon to the Big Bird Boat.

This time, it appeared in the waters near Batavia, mainly because it was connected to the long-sea merchant fleet.

In addition to sea trade, the most important thing was to go to Batavia on behalf of the Luzon Ming court to send an envoy to Batavia and request trade.

In order to avoid the re-enactment of the last time when land and sea went to Guangnan and protect the far-sea merchant fleet, the Ming court specially sent the newly formed Fuyang Town Navy to Nanyang.

"Bang bang bang." A muffled cannon sounded on the sea.

The Pirate Clippers who had just approached the Far Sea Fu Ship were named one by one.

The Folang machine cannons configured on the far-sea ship were originally loaded with a high accuracy, and under the operation of mercenaries, the pirates on the Clippers were extremely miserable.

It seems impossible to board the ship directly.

The pirate ships cruising outside began to bombard the far sea blessed ships.

For a moment, thick smoke rolled on the sea surface, and bursts of shelling roared one after another.

The number of pirate ships is obviously more than that of long-sea blessed ships, and there are also many large three-masted ships.

Most importantly, many of these pirates were mercenaries who retreated from Spanish merchant ships, and the sailors were even originally affiliated with the Spanish Navy.

Therefore, both artillery skills and combat literacy are far superior to the traditional South Asian pirates.

This made the gunners on Yuanhaifu ship feel tremendous pressure.

"Why are their guns so accurate?" A gunman waved the thick black smoke beside him and looked at the pirate ship not far away.

"It wasn't that difficult to fight the Luzon pirates," a gunner muttered.

Just now, a chain bullet hit the side sail of the ship directly. The white sail was torn apart, and the speed of the ship significantly decreased.

Not only this lucky ship, the sails of three lucky ships were hit by chain bombs, and some even had the masts wiped by lead bombs.

It is obvious that the Chinese merchant fleet is at a disadvantage. The stone cannons and falcon cannons on the ship fired one stone bullet after another and lead bullet hit the lucky ship in the distant sea.

The gunners on the Fu Ship were not to be outdone and fired guns back.

But most of the ships equipped with small-pound Flang machine cannons, and only a few six-pound falcon cannons.

And they all retreated from the Ming Navy.

Previously, Liu Yu allowed the Sihai Chamber of Commerce to purchase firearms and armed merchant fleets. At that time, the production capacity of the Firearms Department was limited and it was necessary to give priority to supply the Ming army naval divisions, so he sold a batch of artillery that had been returned to the factory for maintenance to the Chinese merchants.

Therefore, the quality of the falcon cannons prepared by the Chinese merchant fleet is not as good as that of the Ming Navy's artillery, and they are particularly at a disadvantage in such naval battles.

The Ming people sailors were not passively beaten, but were still bombarding the pirate ships on the distant sea with the falcon cannons on the Fu Ship.

Even several pirate Clippers who were trying to rush over to attack were directly sunk by gunners with Folang machine guns.

"I didn't expect that this Mingren's merchant ship was a tough bone to crack." Aha, who was watching the battle not far away, looked at the artillery battle in front of him with a serious expression.

It has been rampant in this sea area for more than ten years, but it has robbed the Ming people's merchant ships. Compared with the indigenous people such as Bandan, these Ming people's caravans have always been known for being weak and bullied.

However, the Chinese merchant fleet in front of him injured several pirate ships in succession.

I guess I can't get these businessmen in a short time.

"Master Aha, a warship appeared behind him." Suddenly, a leader ran over anxiously and shouted loudly.

"What?" Aha was shocked and quickly looked back.

I saw warships appearing in front of Aha at the sea and sky communication.

"Ship owner Zhao, look." On the ship, a sailor pointed at the fleet in the distance with an excited expression.

"I finally caught up." Looking at the far-sea merchant ship in front of me, Qin Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

"The whole army attacks to rescue the long-sea merchant fleet." Qin Yu pulled out the Han sword and pointed it straight at the fleet in front.

Soon, big bird boats sailed forward and began to drive out the pirates and clutches cruising around the far-sea merchant fleet.

Qin Yu's two Tiger Warships and several lucky ships directly met Aha's pirate ship.
Chapter completed!