"I can't sleep, I can wipe the knife. I have to rely on the old guy to fight tomorrow." Song Wumian wiped the knife shinyly and continued with another side.

"As the commander of the navy, it is perfect if you can't use close combat tomorrow." With a super long-distance weapon like cannon, of course, you should keep a distance and use the range of cannons to kill the opponent. If you fight in close combat, the advantage of this cannon will be gone.

"If there were twice as many warships, there would be some possibility. Now, hand-to-hand combat is inevitable." Song Wumian had long thought about it. With these forty-two artillery alone, it would be difficult to completely block the pirates played by Wu Chao Navy, especially some relatively small clutch ships, which were much faster than merchant ships that transport goods.

"So, if we do it again in two years, it will be much easier." Chen He felt a little too hasty before. If the warships and artillery were twice as many as the number of warships and artillery, it would be much easier.

"Deputy Weir Chen, do you know how many things will happen in two years? The cannons that the Marquis equipped us will hide and rust like treasures? Not to mention the cannons, even if they don't, we will kill them." Song Wumian had much greater ambitions, and he wanted to turn this Nanyang into the back garden of his navy and monopolize the benefits of maritime trade.

"Then do it!" Chen He took a bite of the fish. Song Wumian was right. As long as he fought this roadblock, Nanyang would let them gallop.

Before dawn the next day, Song Wumian and Chen He came to the deck. The Wu Chao Navy's ship was getting closer and closer in the distance. In order to prevent the ships from colliding, the ships had hung lanterns at the end of the ship, so you can tell at a glance.

"In another half an hour, it should be dawn. Are all the ships ready?" Song Wumian's voice was a little low, and he was already nervous. This was his first battle as a navy captain. And compared with Chen He, who had been through the battlefield for a long time, he had much less experience in battle formations.

"Don't worry, all the gunners of each ship are in place, and the rest of the ships are also busy preparing, so they will not be in a hurry." Compared to Song Wumian, Chen He was much calmer. The scene of this naval battle is still much smaller than the previous Quanzhou battle.

When the first ray of sunlight on the horizon spread on the sea, the distance between the fleets of both sides was only ten miles away. Song Wumian and Chen He could easily see each other's movements through the telescope.

The dozen smaller-sized clutch ships in the opponent's fleet gradually distanced themselves from the Navy's troops and rushed up with speed, intending to interfere with Song Wumian and his party and reduce their sailing speed.

"Tell me, the merchant ship continues to move forward at full speed, and the warships are sailing down." Song Wumian said to Chen He on the side.

The opponent's dozens of speedboats were only about a thousand materials, and the seven battleships with him of more than five thousand materials were like giants against babies. As long as the opponent was not stupid, he would definitely cross the battleship and head straight for the merchant ship.

This is what Song Wumian wants. As long as he takes more than a dozen of the opponent's clutches away from the battlefield, he can deal with his big ships with speed and range. Moreover, he has so many merchant ships, and there are thousands of good players on it. Compared with these dozen clutches, the other party must have no choice.

"The warships line up horizontally!"

Song Wumian watched the opponent's Clippers pass by, and was too lazy to even use two symbolic crossbow arrows to do it. He focused on staring at the main force of the Wu Chao navy behind him, not caring about these trivialities.

Battleship artillery

They are all on both sides of the hull, and you must turn your waistline toward the other party before you can launch an attack.

With the advantage of soft sails, in less than a quarter of an hour, the seven warships were arranged in unison, like a lying dragon, crawling on the sea, cutting off the way forward of the main force of the Wu Chao navy.

"Are they crazy?" Li Yuanlong looked puzzled. The craftsman's posture not only greatly reduced its speed, but also if it is hit head-on by their fleet, it is very easy to break.

The most powerful warships are usually the bow and stern, especially large warships. Usually, they install the collision angle at the bow of the ship, so as to be able to sink the other ship. Now the other party has exposed the waistline before the bow of the ship without reservation, which is too blind and arrogant.

"General, why did the other party's behavior behave like a dog in his subordinate's family? When he encounters a fierce person, he will fall to the ground and expose his belly. Do you want to surrender like this?" The aide also felt incredible. He had seen the other party's leader back then. Although he was young and energetic, he was definitely not a fool. Why did he expose his weaknesses like this?

"Don't worry, speed up and install it first, and you must not miss the opportunity." Li Yuanlong couldn't care about so many opportunities, and the opportunity was right in front of him. As long as you hit these seven warships, it didn't matter. When you pulled them back to the dock for repair, it would be enough to improve his navy's combat power to a higher level.

The entire Wu Chao navy was like a chicken blood, pulling the sail to the extreme, constantly adjusting the direction and accelerating, and crashing towards the giant ship in front of him.

"It's five miles!" Chen He estimated that the other party's distance had already reached the range of the cannon.

"Wait a little longer." Song Wumian licked his chapped lips. Although he had already entered the range of the artillery, the accuracy of this distance was not close, and it was basically based on luck. So I should put some in. The first round of guns was the one that the other party was most unprepared, especially now that they were all crowded together, so I had to give them some ruthlessness first.

"It's four and a half miles." Chen He continued to remind.

"Open the door!" Song Wumian was shocked, almost done.

Chen He ordered the flag bearer on the top of the ship, and the flag bearer immediately blew the flag words. Seven warships and twenty-one gun doors opened, and the dark muzzle slowly extended out of the battleship.

"Aim at the opponent's flagship!" Song Wumian ordered calmly that through the telescope, he could already see the opponent's chief general Li Yuanlong, wearing dazzling light armor. If he was hit by a shell, he would not know what kind of scene it would be.

The gunners of each ship quickly adjusted the muzzle. Because of the waves, they could only aim roughly. As for whether they could hit the target, no one knew.

As Li Yuanlong was getting closer and closer, he could see the muzzle on the other side's warship with his naked eyes, but unfortunately he had no idea what it was. Li Yuanlong excitedly stroked the hilt of the knife, and in just two quarters of an hour, he could hit it. The battle was completed.

"Four miles!"

"Three and a half miles!"

Chen He kept reporting distance, and Song Wumian refused to order. Chen He began to admire him a little. This patience is still rare.

"Three miles!" Chen He continued to report. He could see the opponent's movements on the deck clearly. Even the small catapult was ready to go, and the strong crossbow had been turned on.

"Ignite!" Song Wumian immediately ordered that the three-mile land was the maximum flat firing distance that can ensure accuracy. If it was farther, it would basically have to be fired upward, and it would not be accurate.

As the flag bearer's order was passed, twenty-one cannons were ignited one after another. As the fuse was burning, the gunner continued to adjust the direction of the muzzle through the shaking handle, striving to be higher in a straightforward direction.

"Bang~"

"Bang~bang~"

......

Flashes of black smoke rose, and twenty-one huge shells roared out, crossing the water and smashing into the opponent's navy.

"Quick, turn around, immediately!" Song Wumian didn't have time to check the results of the battle, so he had to continue firing cannons, otherwise the other party would really rush up, and that would be over.

After receiving the order, each ship immediately turned around and quickly turned around with the cooperation of the sails.

"aim!"

"ignition!"

Song Wumian gave the order calmly. Until this moment, he had the time to look at the other fleet with a telescope. The other party was obviously in panic. The original momentum of moving forward was interrupted. Although he was still rushing forward, he obviously set a distance between them.

Li Yuanlong looked embarrassed and used a knife to cut a big hole in the sail and drilled it out. Just then, a shell hit the flagship mast. The mast fell directly to the sail, covering the entire deck.

Just now, Li Yuanlong's flagship was the one who was taken care of. He was hit by six shells. Fortunately, the position was relatively high, so there was no need to worry about sinking. However, without the mast, the ship lost its power and could only float with the waves.

"General, pull me." The staff member was hit by the broken mast, his head was bleeding, and his legs were still under the mast.

Li Yuanlong walked over and just stretched out his hand when he heard the thunder just now. Knowing that something was wrong, he immediately jumped and lay on the deck. A cannonball whistled past his head and hit the cabin behind him, and wood chips flew everywhere.

"Ah~" The leg that was originally pressed was painful. Li Yuanlong had armor and no less than 200 kilograms. The leap hit him and the staff felt that his legs were helpless.

Song Wumian, who was watching all this through the telescope, shook his head helplessly, just a little bit. Li Yuanlong reacted so quickly.

"Go forward at full speed, keep a distance, and quickly load ammunition!" Song Wumian glanced at the other party's distance. The fastest ship had entered a range of two miles. The cannon loading speed was very slow. It took a lot of effort to clean the cannon chamber. I could only open the distance first.

Leaving his aides, Li Yuanlong signaled a warship next to him to come, and he stepped over directly. Although he didn't know what the opponent's attack was, the interval must be very long, otherwise there would be no need to place it on both sides of the hull, and he had to turn the bow of the hull to attack again.

After getting on board, Li Yuanlong beat the drum himself to speed up all ships. As long as he enters a mile, he will have a chance to fight back.

As he got closer, he was closer. Just as Li Yuanlong looked hopeful, the seven warships turned around, and the sails were full, and they accelerated to leave, and the speed was actually a little faster than most of the ships on his side.

"How is that possible?" Li Yuanlong slapped the railing with his palm. He was all empty ships. He had nothing except the combatants' supplies, but he had space to carry spoils. Why couldn't he run away from the other party? As long as he looked at the waterline of the opponent's warship, it would be much heavier than himself.
Chapter completed!