"Your Excellency General, according to the time, they should have reached the predetermined position." The adjutant said to Tadashimazu.

"Yaxi!" said Tadashi Shimazu; "It seems that they have successfully approached the enemy ships using the night color and ordered the drums to fight."

"Hayi!" The adjutant immediately passed the order: "Beat the drum..."

The sound of war drums "dong, dong, dong..." began to sound one after another from Tadashimazu's flagship. Soon the entire Japanese Shimazu Navy fleet sounded the sound of war drums, and the sound was as loud as thunder.

Zhou Hai, who was sleeping, was awakened by the sound of war drums and murmured: "What's the sound?"

Zhou Hai quickly woke up and realized that something was wrong. Zhou Hai immediately rushed out of the cabin and happened to meet the deputy who was coming to report. Zhou Hai said to the deputy: "Don't panic, and order the ships to prepare to face the enemy."

The deputy said to Zhou Hai as he walked: "Chief, the situation is unclear now, and our army's long-range weapons cannot play a role at all. How should our army face the enemy?"

Zhou Hai was also a little panicked at this time. He had never encountered such a situation before. Zhou Hai thought for a while and ordered: "I ordered each ship to immediately turn off the lights and break through from different directions. He could not become a prisoner of the Japanese in any case."

"Yes, leader..."

The enemy situation is unclear now, and scattered breakthrough is the best choice for Zhou Hai. If you stay here, you can only be beaten passively. After Zhou Hai's military order was issued, the ships extinguished all the lights and began to scattered breakthroughs. However, Zhou Hai was not willing to accept this. This was the first time Zhou Hai led his troops alone. If he messed up the first mission, it would be a very bad start for Zhou Hai. What's more, Zhou Hai has now known Li Qing's true identity and has a bright future with Li Qing, but if he does not have the ability, he will not be reused.

Zhou Hai, who was standing on the deck, ordered: "Transmission, catapults, and fire crossbows to prepare."

"Chief, didn't you just order the fire to be turned off?" asked the deputy; "If the torch lights up at this time, it will definitely be besieged by the enemy."

"The situation is urgent and cannot be controlled so much." Zhou Hai said: "Execute the order!"

"It's the leader..."

After all the preparations were completed, the deputy asked Zhou Hai: "Captain? Where can we attack this vast ocean?"

Zhou Hai said a week after his sharp eyes: "From the east direction, launch all the harsh turbulent oil and fire crossbows."

"Swoosh, swosh, swosh..." After Zhou Hai's order, more than a dozen fire-filling and rockets shot out aimlessly. The first wave of attacks Zhou Hai achieved a comprehensive failure, and all the attacks did not hit the point, but they were still useful. Although the fire crossbow was extinguished in the sea water, the fire-filling was different. At the moment of collision with the sea, the fire-filling was instantly broken. Since fish oil was lighter than sea water, the fish oil kept floating on the sea surface. With a little bit of Mars, the sea water burned.

The burning sea water illuminated part of the sea area, allowing Zhou Hai to accurately locate the Japanese ships. Then a group of bombarded and beaten up. After several rounds of attacks, Zhou Hai ordered again: "Shut off the engine and break through at full speed."

"Yes, leader..."

The next morning, the sky gradually became brighter, and the entire sea was in chaos and was filled with debris of ships. The deputy general walked to Tadate Shimazu and said, "God General, our army sank three enemy ships in the battle yesterday, and four of them sank."

"Have you caught a prisoner?" Tadashi Shimazu asked anxiously.

"There is no general, so some of them either died in battle or were drowned by the sea."

"Baga!" Tadashi Shimazu said with a slap in his face; "Waste, a big drop of waste."

"Hayi!"

Zhou Hai, who rushed out of the encirclement on the other side, now only had the ship under his command, and the rest were separated. Zhou Hai was furious at this time! But there was no way. The battle situation was settled, but Zhou Hai did not want to go back like this. After all, Zhou Hai had not completed the task assigned by Li Qing! If he went back like this, there would definitely be some punishment.

So Zhou Hai ordered: "Send an order to launch an attack on the Japanese fleet. Even if we have one of our ships left, we will have to complete the tasks assigned by the prince."

"Yes, leader." said the deputy; "But the leader has suffered serious losses now. If he rushed over at this time, he would definitely not go back again! Otherwise, we would still want the prince to ask for help! Report the enemy here to the prince, let the prince send troops to him and wipe him out in one fell swoop."

Under the persuasion of his deputy, Zhou Hai finally agreed to withdraw his troops. Zhou Hai's withdrawal means that Li Qing's combat plan has expired. The Japanese navy did not enter the ambush circle specially set up by Li Qing, which is not a good result for Li Qing. At this time, Li Qing was still anxiously waiting for news from Zhou Hai.

"Report, report, report... Report to the prince, Zhou Hai is back."

"Hurry, let him in." Li Qing said anxiously.

"I am not good at Zhou Hai paying homage to the prince." Zhou Hai came to Li Qing and knelt down and bowed.

Looking at Zhou Hai's appearance, Li Qing asked, "Zhou Hai, what's wrong with you? Why did you make it like this? What about the Japanese navy? Has it attracted?"

"Report to the prince, he is incompetent and has not led the Japanese navy here." Zhou Hai said with great ashamed.

After hearing this, Li Qing frowned and said, "What's going on? Explain this king why the Japanese Shimazu Navy was not attracted."

"Report to the prince, everything went very smoothly, but at night, Bei Yi was afraid that Shimazu Navy would be lost, so it made the entire fleet light. But who would have thought that the Japanese actually launched a night attack. It was too late to wait until Bei Yi reacted, so Bei Yi immediately ordered a breakout in all directions, so it was like this." Zhou Hai knelt on the ground and reported to Li Qinghui.

"In other words, you are the only one ship of people back now, and the whereabouts of the rest are unknown now, right?" Li Qing asked angrily.

"Yes, Prince..."

Li Qing kicked Zhou Hai over and said, "Baby, I really want to cut you with one knife..."

Zheng Baolin immediately stopped Li Qing and said, "Prince, now things are like this. It is useless to punish Zhou Hai. The key now is to think about what to do next? Zhou Hai is not happy to say how many warships the Japanese navy has and which sea route is it?"

After kneeling down, Zhou Hai said, "The Shimazu fleet has more than 100 sea ships, searching and sailing north along the coastline."

"This is what you should say." Li Qing said; "The temptation of the enemy failed. The original plan of the Japanese may have known it. They can't use it anymore. They immediately change the combat plan and send all ships back to Hangcang Island immediately. Zheng Baolin immediately sent three sea ships to monitor the Shimazu Navy's every move."

"Yes, Prince..." Zheng Baolin received the military order and said, "Prince, what should we do next?"

"You all go out! Let me be alone and think about it carefully." Li Qing said.

The first sea battle ended in failure before it even began. It was a heavy blow to Li Qing. More than 100 warships also brought great pressure to Li Qing. Li Qing looked at the chart and was thinking about how to play his next move. After all, the Beihai Gang has not lost its strength and still has a chance to turn the tables.

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