Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 490
On the [-]th day of the fifth month in the eighth year of Yuanzhuo, the sky was very cloudy, and thick fog shrouded the Tamilan sea area. The huge main fleet of the Qing Dynasty was moored quietly on the sea. At this time, the Qing army got up The horns on dozens of warships were blown almost at the same time, and the loud horns echoed endlessly on the sea. They dressed and folded their quilts in an orderly manner, and then rushed to the deck for the daily compulsory flag-raising ceremony and morning exercise training. The sound of neat chant rang out on all ships.

King Yunti of Yongjun got up early in the morning. In fact, he has never had a solid sleep these days. He sleeps at three o'clock every day and gets up at five o'clock. Some things are bottomless—although there are frequent reports of good news from all over the world, Johor Bahru, Malacca, Batavia and other important towns have all fallen into the hands of the Qing Dynasty, but as long as the English fleet has not been wiped out, all these are just temporary victories That's all.

Yunti had never fought against the English fleet, but after studying the Black Island naval battle and talking with those prisoners of war who were bought by the Qing army, Yunti believed that the combat strength of the English fleet was extremely strong. It is not a simple matter, if one accidentally let the English fleet bite back or let the English fleet slip away, Yinzuo's anger after returning to China is too much for him to bear, so when the war is about to start, Yunyu The mood became more and more anxious.

The English fleet is now like a bull in shackles. Although the shackles are tight, this bull is not weak. It still has the ability to break the shackles. Looking at the huge combat model in front of him, Yunyu frowned into a hill.

"My lord, I woke up so early." Just as Yunti was deep in thought, Admiral Liu Yao, the commander of the First Fleet, walked in with several combat staff officers, and greeted Yunti with a smile.

"Oh, the little demon is here." Yunyu raised his head to look at Liu Yao, nodded, pointed at the combat model and said, "Little demon, what do you think the British will do next?"

Liu Yao shrugged his shoulders and said: "My lord, you have asked this question countless times, hehe, the British must have known about the fact that Batavia and Malacca fell into the hands of our army, and now the British have no way out. , according to the news from Shadow [-], the British guys' food reserves are very limited, and they can't last long at all. There are only two ways for them to survive: one is to take down Malacca and escape back to the poison, and the other is to rush into the Java Sea, take Batavia or Kalimantan, there is no other way.”

"Yeah." Yunyu replied blankly, and thought for a while: "Is it possible for the British to guess the actions of our fleet in Kota Ting, and whether they will send troops to Kota Ting, just like my army?" Do you want to draw a gourd?"

Liu Yao shook his head and said, "It's possible, but it's not very likely. The British attacked Johor Bahru a few days ago, with heavy casualties but nothing. According to the news from the shadow, there are only a thousand soldiers left in the British army. Unable to take the important task of taking Johor Bahru or Kota Ding, it can be concluded that the only way out for the British is to break through our army's blockade and rush into the Java Sea."

"My lord, Lord Liu, Shadow [-] has sent back the carrier pigeon: the entire English fleet is dispatched!" He Zhen, the person in charge of the Shadow, rushed into the war room, shaking a secret letter in his hand, and said excitedly.

"Good time!" Yunyu jumped up and said loudly: "Order: The whole fleet immediately anchors and sails, and sends troops to the waters of Badas Island. Sir He, immediately issue combat orders to Liu Ninghai and Xiao Sanlang, and let Liu Ninghai lead the battle." With the nose of the British, they retreated to the waters of Badass Island, and ordered Xiao Sanlang's troops to immediately advance to the waters of Badass, so as to block the passage of the British into the Java Sea. Ordered the Johor Bahru garrison to be commanded by Liu Chenghong, and the Shadow No. [-] Cooperate, launch an attack on Shanmaxi at nightfall today, and make sure to cut off the last retreat of the British." Following the order from Yunti, the main fleet of the Qing Dynasty immediately became busy, and warships set sail one after another, sailing on the sea. They lined up in two formations and headed towards the Badass sea area. At the same time, several homing pigeons flew up from the flagship "Wei Sheng", circled several times over the fleet, and flew towards the distance...

At three o'clock in the morning, the sun was just rising in the waters of Bintan Island. The sun that had just jumped out of the sea shot a golden arrow at the sea, dyeing the sea a golden color. At this moment, Liu Ninghai stood calmly on the first On the front deck of the flagship of the First Squadron "Veyron", overlooking the direction of Dan Maxi.It has been ten days, and I have been in this sea area for ten days. I have successively detained and sunk many English merchant ships trying to break through the Qing army's blockade, but I have never seen the English fleet attack and retaliate. Anxiety—this place is very close to Danmasek, considering the speed of the fleet, it is only a short one-hour voyage, but it is a full three-hour voyage from the Temeran sea area where the main force of the Qing fleet is ambushing. Can you Guaranteed to lead the English fleet to the Temeran Sea, Liu Ninghai has no idea. Once the English fleet is entangled, the current strength of the decoy fleet is no match for the English fleet at all.

"Thirty degrees, the English fleet is found ahead!" On the tall mast of the "Veyron", the lookout sent out a battle siren.

coming!finally come!Sweat gushed out of Liu Ninghai's palms, and his face twitched. He took out the binoculars from his arms and looked at the sea in the distance. He saw a tall mast rising from the sea level. The Union Jack flag was particularly eye-catching in the morning sun, and then rows of tall masts rose from the sea level like a forest, and the huge lineup of the English fleet finally appeared on the ocean.

"Order: Anchor, set up the team, and prepare for the battle! The supply ship retreats to the Temeran Sea!" Liu Ninghai put down the binoculars and issued a combat order, just as the signalmen on the "Vailong" were about to issue combat orders to all ships. At that time, a homing pigeon flew over the "Great Dragon", circled and landed in a pigeon cage on the roof of the "Grand Dragon", several naval officers and soldiers who had already made preparations rushed forward immediately, After the pigeon cage was closed, he carried the cage and rushed to Liu Ninghai who was already waiting on the deck.

"Badass Island?" Liu Ninghai carefully read the secret order sent by Feige in the secret letter, and then thought about the location of Badass Island, muttering something in his mouth, and then He waved his hand and said: "Order, all ships must not love to fight, all obey the command of this ship, seize the downwind line, and prepare for battle!" Following the order of combat, the Qing fleet immediately moved into action, and the two supply transport ships set sail Heading towards the waters of Temeran, the other dozen warships formed a single column, with a large warship separated by two medium-sized warships, facing the British fleet that was rushing towards them.

The series of actions of the Qing army could not be concealed from the observation of Admiral Nadal, who was standing on the British flagship "New Wales". Seeing that the Qing army was driving downwind at high speed, Admiral Nadal laughed, However, he did not immediately issue a combat order. On the contrary, Major General Brown, the chief of staff beside him, lost his composure and shouted excitedly, "Your Excellency, you can order the battle."

"Hmm." Admiral Nadal shrugged his shoulders and said, "Don't worry, this fleet of the Qing army is just a decoy fleet, hehe, it's really interesting to put on a hit-and-run posture, Seeing that the escape direction of the two supply ships is the Temeran sea area, this proves that the main force of the Qing army is in the Temeran sea area. Order: The whole fleet turns to [-] degrees, heading towards the Kota Ting sea area, sailing with full sail!" The signal soldiers on the "New Wales" waved their flags and gave Admiral Nadal's order. The English fleet, which was driving towards the Qing army at high speed, suddenly turned around, ignoring the Qing army fleet that was rushing over. Galloped towards the waters of Kota Ting.

"Commander, the enemy fleet turned [-] degrees, heading towards the waters of Kota Ting." The lookout post on the mast of the "Vailong" was the first to discover the actions of the English fleet, and hastily issued an alarm.

"What?" Liu Ninghai became anxious when he heard it, and he didn't care too much. He climbed up the tall mast and watched the English fleet in the distance heading towards Kota Ting at high speed. His heart sank—— Kota Ding is currently the logistics center of the Qing army's landing force. Since there is no port there, it is impossible for more than 30 fully loaded large supply ships to send all the supplies ashore in a short period of time. The fleet only had two large warships, two medium-sized warships, and four small warships. It goes without saying that once they were attacked by the British fleet, they would suffer heavy casualties.

At that time, the English fleet had a total of 42 warships, including eight first-tier battleships, 21 second-tier battleships, and the rest were third-tier battleships, cruisers, and supply ships; while the Qing army only had four large battleships and eight medium-sized battleships Compared with the three small battleships, the strength of the two sides is very different. Even if the artillery of the Qing army has an advantage over the British army, it cannot make up for such a huge gap in numbers. Liu Ninghai knows this, but he has no choice but to hope that his men will Although the hope of this fleet being able to get the main fleet to help is very slim, Liu Ninghai can only bite the bullet.

"Damn it!" Liu Ninghai looked at the direction of the English fleet, and immediately understood that the English fleet must have guessed the landing place of the Qing army, so he couldn't help becoming anxious, and ordered loudly: "Command: the whole fleet Immediately sail with full sail, catch up, and be sure to intercept the English fleet to buy time for the transfer of the Kota Ding fleet! Immediately fly a pigeon to the commander and the Kota Ding fleet, requesting the commander to send troops for reinforcements!"

The distance from the waters of Bintan Island to the waters of Kota Ting is not too far, that is, a voyage of two or three hours. At this time, both the Qing army and the British army are sailing at full sail, and the speed of both sides is very fast. One after the other rushed towards Kota Ding.After more than an hour of chasing at sea, the Qing fleet composed entirely of battleships was obviously faster than the English fleet including some supply transport ships, and the gap between the two sides was constantly narrowing.

"Commander, a Qing army fleet has been spotted ahead, a total of eight ships, two large, two medium and four small." The lookout post on the mast of the "New Wales" issued a warning.

Admiral Nadal suddenly laughed, looked at Major General Brown standing beside him and said, "It seems that Major General Connery's intuition is right, there is indeed a connection between the Qing fleet, well, if my guess is right , then it should be using carrier pigeons. From this point of view, the main fleet of the Qing army should have also received the news, which is very good. Order: The whole fleet lowers half sail, seizes the leeward line, and prepares for battle!"

"What's going on?" Liu Ninghai was standing on the mast of the "Veyron" and suddenly saw the English fleet in front of him half-sailed, and the entire fleet suddenly started to adjust the steering, and he couldn't help being stunned. What's going on, I saw the warships of the Kota Ding Squadron bravely heading towards the English fleet.

Seeing that the warships of the Second Squadron not only failed to cover the retreat of the logistics supply ships, but instead charged towards the British fleet, Liu Ninghai's heart sank. He was afraid that the British fleet would launch an attack first. , then the transport and supply ship still at Kota Ding will face a massacre. Liu Ninghai was so anxious that his eyes were red, and he ordered loudly: "The whole army obeys the order, turn to forty degrees, full sail, Go around at full speed and join the second squadron! "

This is a risky decision. If the First Squadron wants to rendezvous with the Second Squadron, it must rush past the outer edge of the battle line of the English fleet. There is no way to fire, even if it fires, the accuracy is not accurate at all, and it can only be passively beaten, but if it doesn't rush over, how can the little troops of the First Squadron hold it for a long time?
The First Squadron moved quickly, and the entire fleet drew an arc on the sea, rushing along the battle line that the British army had already set up.
(End of this chapter)