561 Zheng brothers

First, Zheng Zhihu, who was very excited and howling strangely, was sent to his elder brother's side. Pang Yu also boarded the Xuefeng and joined the others. Although everyone was a little surprised by his sudden joining, in view of Pang Yu's

Yu, who had long played a role in the team, was immediately appointed to the position of "field staff".

However, Pang Yu is very self-aware - Wen Desi and Wang Haiyang have already formulated their tactics, and there is no room for any changes before the battle, so it is better to just be a bystander. Anyway, according to Wen Desi's plan,

The five fast sailing ships of the Qiong Navy were not grouped together with the main force of the Zheng family, and would not participate in the melee. Instead, they were organized into a separate group and cruised far away from the fleets of both sides. He could easily observe the entire naval battle.

process without worrying about being involved in the flames of war.

However, this does not mean that the Qiong Navy will not participate in the battle. In fact, this battle will be started by the Qiong Navy - according to the agreement with the Zheng family, the Qiong Navy's fast sailing ships will give full play to their high speed and firepower advantages.

Before the Zheng family's fleet rushed towards the enemy, it first passed by the Dutch military formation and used rockets with incendiary warheads to attack the opponent, forcing the opponent to disperse the originally dense fleet, thus disrupting the opponent's formation so that the Zheng family's ships could

The team took advantage of the chaos and rushed in.

——This is the only request of the Allied Commander Zheng Zhilong to the Allied Forces. It is up to them to fight as they please. After all, the Allies can only borrow their power. The protagonists of this war are still and can only be their Zheng family.——This point,

Zheng Zhilong knew it very well.

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At this moment, on the flagship of the tallest building ship in the Zheng family fleet, the 29-year-old helmsman of the Zheng family was quietly observing with a pair of binoculars made in Qiongzhou.

Enemy formations in the distance. The lenses of this kind of military telescope are equipped with detailed scales. As long as you learn how to use it, you can not only see distant things clearly, but also accurately judge the distance, which is far better than ordinary Western telescopes.

Currently, the fleets of both sides have lined up at the mouth of the Tamsui River, but the Dutch are the defensive side after all, occupying the advantageous terrain of the inner river mouth, and they have more large ships, more than ten large gunboats divided into several groups, plus forty or fifty

A Chinese ship, Liu Xiang's pirate gang, has tightly blocked the not-so-wide river mouth harbor. There are also several artillery forts on the shore for support. It will be very difficult to attack by force.

Although the Zheng family far outnumbered their opponents, with a total of 1,560 boats, most of them were small rowing boats, piled with dry firewood, straw, and splashed with grease—

- A fire boat prepared for arson. There are sixteen strong men on each fire boat. After the war begins, they will rush into the enemy's formation at all costs and choose a suitable time to light the fire, regardless of whether it can be burned or not.

The opponent is about to dive into the water to escape.

There are only about forty ships on the Zheng family's side that can actually carry elite soldiers and generals for fighting, but not as many as the other side. In particular, there are even fewer large gunboats that imitate Western plywood ships. Together with the flagship at Zheng Zhilong's feet, the total number is

There are only three or five ships, less than half of the opponent's number - every time he thinks of this, Zheng Zhilong will feel a sharp heartache. If he hadn't been suddenly attacked by these damn red-haired ghosts, it would have resulted in nearly two years of hard work.

After being destroyed, the Zheng family would soon have two giant ships that are no less inferior to the "Princess" and "Earl" of the Qiong Navy.

If it weren't for another group of people who were willing to provide help, the Zheng family really had no confidence in winning this battle... When he thought of this, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but focus on the other side of the sea level, where there was a faint

Only a few shadows of sails can be seen.

How could these shorthairs hide so far away? They will launch the first wave of offensive later... Is Admiral Wen going to renege on his promise?

But such an idea only flashed through Zheng Zhilong's mind, and was immediately denied by himself. If the other party did not want to get involved in this muddy water, they would have just not joined before. The red-haired man did not dare to provoke them anyway. He Qiong Haijun

After dealing with each other for so long, Zheng Zhilong felt that maybe it was because of his strong self-control. In many places, short-haired men appeared to be reckless and strong, and sometimes even arrogant. However, in any case, breach of trust had never appeared in Qiong Haijun.

Pass.

Let's see how they perform... Zheng Zhilong has long admired the exquisiteness of Qiong Haijun's weapons and equipment. Since the opponent has arranged the battle position so far away, they must have their own considerations. As long as Short Hair can help,

Destroy the opponent's ship formation and let your own arson ship rush in. It doesn't matter what tactics they adopt.

While he was meditating, there was a burst of heavy footsteps and the sound of laughter and laughter coming from behind, but it was the two brothers Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao who came over. Among the four brothers of the Zheng family, Zheng Zhifeng was good at strategy and rarely took the lead in battles.

And he likes to strategize in the rear and act as a military advisor - in history, after he was selected as a martial arts scholar, he simply changed his name to Zheng Hongkui, so as not to mix with any gangsters.

As the leader of the group, Zheng Zhilong certainly cannot rush to the front and fight for his life. But the remaining two tigers and leopards are typical fierce brothers. When fighting, they always rush to the center of the enemy's formation desperately. In the past, their power was weak.

It was impossible to do this when there was a shortage of soldiers. It was a bit inappropriate to do it now - Zheng Zhilong tried to persuade them several times, but the two brothers were unwilling to listen, and he was not in the mood to say more. After all, his family always bravely moved forward

It is better than being timid and timid.

"Boss"

"Brother, do you have any other instructions?"

The two brothers walked up to him and saluted in unison. Zheng Zhilong looked at them. They were covered in water-soaked shark skin, with water thorns tied to the outside of their thighs, and dagger sheaths tied to their ankles - this was a typical preparation.

Sneak under the water and seize the enemy ship's clothing.

In this battle, the Zheng family's plan is to launch the arson ship into the enemy's position, then immediately press all the troop transport warships on board, and try to engage in a side battle with the opponent instead of fighting with the red-haired people's artillery - in the artillery

They will definitely suffer a loss. Moreover, the advantage of engaging in a boarding battle is that you can seize the opponent's ships. It is best to seize a few plywood gunboats from the Red Haired Man to make up for your own previous losses.

Of course, the casualties in the boarding battle were the most tragic. As the backbone of the family, the two younger brothers really needed them to take the lead and rush to the front to encourage people... But Zheng Zhilong's eyes turned to his second brother Zheng Zhihu.

After making a circle, he shook his head and said:

"Ahu, go and change into a suit of heavy armor."

"Change to heavy armor? Brother, I didn't rush back here all night just to sit back and watch a show."

Zheng Zhihu suddenly became anxious. Everyone thought that there was no need for heavy armor in sea battles. In fact, heavy armor was still very useful in naval battles - it was used for defense during boarding battles. The sailors who rushed up must have been lightly armored civilians.

, most of them are even shirtless. At this time, if there is a fierce man in front who is wearing heavy armor and cannot shoot arrows and projectiles, it can immediately play a decisive role in preventing ten thousand people from opening the door.

However, if you are wearing heavy armor, you will definitely not be able to leave the ship. Even if you are connected to the enemy ship with a springboard, you will not be able to leave - if you fall into the water, it will be like a weight and you cannot fish it up. You can only stay on your own ship and defend it with peace of mind.

Of course Zheng Zhihu refused to do this work, and immediately flexed his neck and started to argue.

But Zheng Zhilong knew his brother's character very well and made him obey orders with just one sentence:

"Listen Ahu, this battle is very important, and we have too few big ships... My ship will probably rush in too." Zheng Zhilong clapped his hands on the side of the ship and said slowly, "So I hope you can stay.

On this ship, I will protect my brother to prevent any accidents."

"Ah? Don't worry, big brother. As long as I am here, no one can get close to you."

When Zheng Zhihu heard this, he immediately obeyed and turned around to change his armor. Zheng Zhihu looked at his back with a slight smile on his face - of course he suddenly made this request not because of fear, he missed Zheng Feihuang himself.

In fact, his martial arts skills are not inferior to those of the two brothers. After all these years of traveling across the East China Sea, when did he become afraid of fighting face to face with others? He wanted to keep Zheng Zhihu at this time, but it was because when Short Hair sent someone to send his second brother over, that

Military Advisor Pang even asked someone to bring him a message.

——It is said that we originally did not want your brother to participate in this battle, because some people on our side have speculated that your brother has not been conducive to the battle recently. If you force yourself to join the battle, I am afraid it will be dangerous. Even if you join the battle now, when the time comes

Please also ask General Feihuang to dissuade him and not let Mr. Mang rush too far.

The words were very vague, and they didn't say how they were "calculated", but the unclear and vague words made Zheng Zhilong even more convinced that the people who traveled by sea were already a bit superstitious.

, and those short-haired people keep saying that they do not believe in God or Buddhism, but they really have the ability to "predict the unknown" in certain matters - from the overall situation of the world to the strange people and anecdotes, they can always predict it in advance and prepare it in advance.

Get the benefits. Zheng Zhilong has been working with them for so many years, and he has felt this weirdness several times - many things seemed inexplicable when Shorthair started doing them, but after a while, he discovered that they all had a purpose. As for

What's the mystery in it? I can't figure it out.

Nowadays, it is rare for someone to specifically remind him that Military Advisor Pang is unlikely to find anything to entertain people, so he must treat it with caution. It is about the life of his own brother, Zheng Zhilong has decided that even if this battle is over,
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