When Shi Shipiao asked about the specific situation of the Luzon fleet, a group of generals turned their attention to He Jun, the general of Kinmen. He Jun pondered for a moment before bowing to report: "Report to the military gate, the Guangdong Navy has not received any official war reports, but the Qianhu, a new member of the Macau Coastal Defense Tongzhi, witnessed the battle of the Wanshan Islands with his own eyes and wrote a private message to remind him that he had not been promoted, so as not to repeat the same mistakes. The subordinates know very well.

In the battle of Wanshan Islands, the Guangdong Navy was defeated tragically. Their warships were large and large, trying to get close, and jump to the side to fight. However, the Great Luzon fleet was densely packed with artillery and bombarded the guns at a distance of hundreds of feet. Within a distance of hundreds of feet, the bullets were like rain, and the large and small artillery shells were flying everywhere, and there was no way to dodge. The Guangdong Navy warships could not approach the Great Luzon fleet at all. Most of them were sunk fifty feet away, and few could enter within fifty feet. [.]

The Guangdong Navy attacked both in front and behind, both of which were like this. Most of the warships were sunk and destroyed. Countless naval soldiers fell into the water, all of which were shot and killed by musketeers on the Great Luzon warship. The Great Luzon fleet seemed to be stranded unintentionally and took advantage of the opportunity to cover up and kill to Lantau Island. Seeing a fort, they turned around and headed north.

In this battle, the Guangdong Navy lost at least 60% of its warships, and the soldiers suffered about 2,000 casualties. Although they were brave in combat, they did not even lean on the side of the Great Luzon fleet, which was a crushing defeat.

The Great Luzon fleet had a total of six large warships of more than 3,000 materials, twelve warships of more than 2,000 materials, and seventeen warships of about 1,000 materials. The large and small artillery cannons are at least 1,500."

Although he was mentally prepared, Shi Shipiao was still heartbroken when he heard it. Many soldiers and generals of the Guangdong Navy were promoted by him. Unexpectedly, they were defeated so miserably. The size and number of artillery of the Great Luzon fleet also made him feel disappointed. More than 1,500 artillery pieces seemed to have no chance of winning in the head-on battle and still could not escape the situation of one side.

Soon, Shi Shipiao calmed down and asked, "Speed, how fast is the Great Luzon fleet?"

Kinmen General He Jun bowed and replied: "The opponent's warships with a thousand-number warships are extremely fast. The warships are a little slower, but they are also much faster than the navy's rushing ships, double-sacred ships and bluffing ships, and can be compared with the whistle ships."

Shi Shipiao nodded. This battle was head-on and head-on. In the past few days, he had been thinking about ways to deal with it. He had already thought about ways to deal with the situations that might arise. He pondered slightly and said in a deep voice: "The Luzon fleet has huge warships, dense artillery, and fast ship speed. In contrast, our navy has small ships and few cannons, and the speed of the ship is slow. It is very unwise. Once it is defeated, it will face the tragic situation of the destruction of the entire army.

Since the Great Luzon fleet wants to occupy Taiwan, it will definitely be a fight to our Fujian Navy and will not show mercy as we do to the Guangdong Navy, but will kill them to eliminate future troubles. This battle can be said to be a battle between our Fujian Navy and our Fujian Navy and our life! I hope everyone can work together and fight to the death.

This battle! The only way is to attack fire, and it also requires a surprise attack. It is best to attack at night to take effect. Otherwise, the opponent's artillery is dense and the fire ships cannot get close. At present, Penghu has suffered four or five days of attack, and the situation is critical. However, the Luzon fleet gathers together in Penghu, which is also an excellent fighter.

There is no time to prepare a fire boat, but fire attack may not necessarily require a fire boat. Condemns the soldiers who are good at swimming carry bamboo tubes filled with tinder oil, and swimming at night can also achieve the effect. Do you have any objections?”

When everyone heard this method, they were very impressed. The method suffered the least loss and the greatest result. They swam and set fire to enemy ships at night, not only hidden, but also unpredictable. At that moment, the generals in the hall immediately stood up, bowed and bowed, saying, "Please give orders from the military gate!"

Shi Shipiao stood up and said, "There are two possibilities at present, one is that Penghu is lost, and the other is that Penghu is still persisting. No matter what the possibility, the Great Luzon fleet should be gathered at Magong Port.

This governor ordered: Near Xiamen, the Fujian Navy's towns, bidding camps, association camps, and joint camps, and the defense camps were divided into 10 to 20 soldiers in Shanyong, and each of them must carry a bamboo tube filled with tinder oil.

Wang Yang, the general of Tongshan, led his troops from the inner chasm of the west bank to Niuxin Bay.

General Jin Shan He Jun led his troops from the east bank to Jilong Island and Sijiao Mountain,

This governor led Haitan Town, and Zhangzhou Town's headquarters went straight into the middle.

It is March now, not only is it good wind, but it is also strong. All soldiers and generals, all the clutch boats must arrive at designated locations in Penghu tomorrow at dark, and take action on time at midnight."

"The last general is honored!" The generals took the order with a loud bang.

Shi Shipiao said again: "In addition, let me tell you a good news. The 14th Prince and the 13th Prince have led 25 new warships of the Navy to help the war. They will arrive in Xiamen tomorrow. The mission of pursuing the remaining enemies will be left to the Navy to do it."

When the navy heard that twenty-five new warships came to assist in the war, the generals were immediately excited. Most of the navy's Western warships had seen them with their own eyes, and their speed and artillery configuration were no less than the small warships of the Great Luzon Fleet. With the navy's restraint, they at least had no worries.

As soon as the meeting was dispersed, the generals were busy going back to make arrangements, but Shi Shipiao called He Jun, the general of Kinmen, and said: Tomorrow morning, let your deputy general bring a few clutch ships familiar with the terrain of Penghu to greet Master Shi, and take them directly from the north to Penghu. Their ship is fast, let them harass the Great Luzon fleet first and restrain the troops of the Great Luzon fleet."

He Jun said worriedly: "Aren't the military gate worried about their safety?"

Shi Shipiao smiled and said, "Their ship is fast and they can't win, so they can run away naturally. Besides, this merit must be left to the two masters. The navy comes to help with the war, so they must give them the chance to make meritorious contributions. Once the fire attacks at night, where can there be a chance for the navy?"

"That's right." He Jun nodded, but asked again: "Military Sect, how did the Great Luzon fleet know that they would attack Penghu as soon as they came? They are not Dutch?"

"This is not surprising." Shi Shipiao smiled and said, "The Great Luzon fleet was Spanish. As early as the Ming Dynasty, Spain had occupied the eastern and northern Taiwan. It was driven away by the Dutch more than 20 years later. They naturally knew the importance of Penghu's strategic impulse. Fortunately, they didn't know how to fight Dog Port, otherwise they would have been on stage long ago.

Penghu, outside Magong Port.

Early in the morning, Angel led a fleet to Mazuao Port to check the terrain and used a telescope to check it out for a while. He couldn't help but sigh that the defense of Magong Port is excellent. There are turrets on both sides of the port. Low walls and other defense facilities are built where small boats can land. The defense is scattered. In addition, the port is not open and there are no few warships in parallel, which is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

After pondering for a while, Angel ordered: "Send two warships to test firepower, and let the six main warships suppress and clear the turrets on both sides."

When the two auxiliary ships carefully entered the harbor, the turret built by the Dutch at the tail of the wind gutter sounded the first sound of cannons. At the same time, the Mazu Island turret also sounded the cannons, and the fierce artillery battle kicked off.

Hearing the continuous roar of cannons, Angel couldn't help but jump in his heart. He raised his telescope and looked in detail for a while, and couldn't help but mutter, "Damn Dutchman!" The turret converted from the Dutch castle alone had more than 20 artillery pieces. There were also many artillery positions in the Mazu Island turret.

Two auxiliary ships that tested firepower were quickly hit and retreated in a panic. Dozens of heavy artillery on the Spanish main warship immediately launched a counterattack. For a moment, the cannons at the Magong port were sounding, and huge cannon shells with naked eyes roared in the air. The two sides of the turrets and the harbor fleet were immediately bombarded like rain.

Because the distance is a little far, the accuracy of the artillery on both sides is very poor, but under the cluster attack, shells still hit the turret from time to time, and several Spanish main battleships were also damaged to varying degrees.

Angel observed for a while and found that the left bank's artillery position was obviously less, so he ordered again, "Concentrate all heavy artillery to clear the left bank's artillery with all efforts, destroy all the low walls along the left bank, and then send a small boat to land from the left bank."

In Magong Port, Deputy General Zhang Jin held a telescope and watched closely the Spanish fleet's every move. Seeing that they shifted their focus to the Mazu Island Fort, he couldn't help but curse, "Say your mother, these Western thieves." After cursing, he ordered loudly: "Tang Tianjun, take your Zuoying to reinforce Mazu Island for me. Those foreign devils want to go ashore from Mazu Island. Even if they fight the Zuoying, they can't let the foreign devils get ashore from there!"

The naval fleet led by Yinzhen rushed day and night, and met Chang Fugui, the deputy general sent by the Kinmen General, outside the sea of ​​Kinmen Island. When he heard that Shi Shipiao had planned to use his soldiers to swim at night to carry out fire attacks, Yinzhen couldn't help but secretly praise him. This method was really good, but the navy had to practice first.

Yinzhen was ignorant of the terrain of Penghu, but he also knew that the terrain of Penghu was dangerous. It was extremely unwise for his navy to fight against the Spanish fleet in a narrow place. Besides, these students on the warships were all the seeds of the future navy, so he was reluctant to use them as cannon fodder.

After pondering for a moment, he asked: "Naval combat requires open seas and enough roundabout space. Since you are familiar with the terrain of Penghu, let's talk about which road to take? Don't pay attention to Shi Junmen's orders."

Chang Fugui naturally understood who was bigger and who was smaller, and immediately smiled and said, "It was naturally coming in from the south, and the waterway was much wider."

Yinzhen nodded and said, "Then you will lead the way, from south to Penghu, you will assign sailors familiar with the terrain to the naval warships in front, and we will drive you to the gate."

After continuing to set sail, Yinzhen continued to ask: "How far is this place from Penghu?"

"It's not far, only a hundred and fifty miles away. The Clippers can arrive in one day." Chang Fugui replied with a hurried smile: "The prince's warship is faster than the Clippers. He will definitely arrive before dark."

"You can only arrive before dark?" Yinxiang frowned and couldn't help but say, "The Fujian Navy will launch fire attacks at night. Wouldn't we just go for nothing? You can't expect the navy to fight at night, right?"
Chapter completed!