Ma Zhendong felt unlucky.

A sudden sea storm yesterday made him lose contact with the other two warships. The huge warship that usually looks majestic still looks extremely small in the face of the power of nature. Even the three-layer warship under his seat is as unrestrained as toys in the wild sea storm. After a night of storm, the weather clears again, but under the blue sky, the shadow of the companion can be seen.

Ma Zhendong was very worried about the safety of the other two warships. He had encountered a sea storm before, but it was the first time that it was as dangerous as yesterday. Every time he was held in the sky by the sea and was pressed into the trough last night, he felt that there was a danger of overturning at any time. The moans made him worry that he might fall apart at any time. If the ship was really destroyed, the people on the warship would definitely not survive in such a storm.

After a night of fighting, the warship was finally saved, but everyone was extremely tired. On the deck, exhausted soldiers and sailors were everywhere.

Ma Zhendong couldn't rest yet because he had to fully understand the losses of the warship.

"General, four watertight cabins, two of them were seriously damaged, and one was slightly injured. They are under emergency repairs."

"General, the mainmast is damaged and the mainsail is gone."

"General, four thunderbolt fires, two of them were gone, and they fell into the sea, and now there are only two left on the port side."

"General, eight sailors on the ship disappeared, all of them who were working on the main deck in the storm yesterday."

"General, all the fresh water on the ship is gone. The food is soaked in water."

A soldier rushed to Ma Zhendong and reported the losses to him. Ma Zhendong couldn't help but sighed. His warship was basically equivalent to losing its combat effectiveness.

"Rien the wolf smoke and see if you can find the Zhongmin and Yongping." Ma Zhendong ordered, looking up at the sun in the sky. Fortunately, there is still solar energy to let him distinguish the direction. If there is another cloudy day, there is no sun during the day and stars at night, and not arguing on this endless sea, it would be really bad." Drive north to see if you can find islands or land so that we can replenish fresh water."

On the sea, you can still find ways to catch fish and cover your belly when you lose food, but if you don’t have fresh water, it would be really fatal. The entire warship has more than 300 people, and lack of water is a big problem.

Above the warship, a ray of smoke rose straight up and soared into the sky. While summoning his companions, the Fuyuan was struggling northward on the sea. The only thing Ma Zhendong was glad that the power of the warship was not damaged much, otherwise it would be miserable. The Ming Dynasty's warship power system is too complicated. There are indeed fewer people operating, and the speed of the ship has increased too much compared to before. However, once it is damaged, it is extremely troublesome to repair it. Ma Zhendong actually doesn't like it very much, because in his opinion, the more precise things are, the more likely it is to have problems. Although there were more people in the past and the speed of the ship was slower, as long as there were people, they were not afraid of him having problems.

On Changsheng Island, the Qi army navy Fan Xin stood on a rock at the highest point on the island, looking at the straight up wolf smoke rising from the distant sky, and the excitement on his face was beyond words.

It must be something wrong with the three Ming ships that passed by here some time ago. Ten days ago, three Ming warships passed by Changsheng Island. At that time, he hid in Changsheng Island with a group of Qi naval warships. They came to the sea to find opportunities to attack the Ming ships, but the premise was to attack the single warships, and three warships like this would never be provoked. If they were discovered and surrounded, they would basically end up with death without life.

So he watched the three warships go away with his eyes. At that time, he kept praying that these three warships would not think about leaning on the Island of Changsheng. As soon as they approached, they would definitely be killed, and that would be done.

Fortunately, nothing happened.

The three warships were heading towards Laizhou. Now Laizhou has become the focus of Ming ships to take care of. There are often groups of Ming people's warships. The Ming Dynasty navy did not return, and Fan Xin naturally did not dare to leave Changsheng Island. He was very patient and wanted to wait until these three Ming ships returned before he could return.

A night of storm last night left him unsure. If his fleet was still on the sea last night, it would probably have become a wooden board now.

When a lonely Ming** ship saw a lonely Ming warship appearing above the distant sea level, Fan Xin was so happy. He couldn't afford to offend the three warships, but one was different. The young master sent him out, just to train troops? It doesn't matter how many people died. The important thing is that these sailors were allowed to go through the battle, and the people who returned alive were what the young master needed.

The sailors were all rookies, but Fan Xin was an old veteran on the sea. After the eldest son was in trouble, people like them were naturally affected by the fish in the pond and were not killed by the second son. He was already grateful to the gods and Buddhas in the sky. He really didn't expect that there would be a day to turn around. Now the eldest son is in the Qi State and controls the navy with one hand. The former capable subordinates of a group of young masters like him are naturally all at ease.

"Notify everyone, get on the boat and prepare for the battle." He jumped up excitedly and ran towards the bay.

Thirty small warships and nearly five hundred sailors are the resources he has now. Fan Xin looked at these small warships and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. These ships were almost all disposable things, and the materials for shipbuilding were almost waste or undried wood. They could last for a year at sea and would fall apart without the enemy's attack, but they were used to refine troops.

Ten ships went to the left of the island to ambush, ten ships went to the right of the island to ambush, and the other ten, under his leadership, would face the Ming ship.

The Ming Dynasty warship looked severely damaged. The entire ship tilted slightly to one side. The main sail did not rise, and the speed did not seem very fast. More importantly, they were sailing towards Changsheng Island. Fan Xin, who had been making a living on the sea for a long time, naturally knew what they were doing when they came to Changsheng Island. Yesterday's big storm must have caused them serious damage. When they saw a large island, they naturally had to rely on it to replenish it, especially Qingshui.

When Ma Zhendong saw Changsheng Island, he was very happy. The appearance of Changsheng Island not only means that he did not deviate from the route, but more importantly, he knew that Changsheng Island had the Danshui he urgently needed. He was very familiar with this route, because since Qi set up a naval base in Laizhou, Laizhou has been the object of monitoring by the Ming Navy. The Ming Navy has already detected this route clearly.

The speed of the warship slowly decreased. Ma Zhendong ordered the four small boats on the warship to be put down. A huge warship like the Fuyuan could not be reached.

When the four small boats were placed halfway with ropes, Ma Zhendong saw more than ten warships rushing out of Changsheng Island, and his face changed drastically.

"The wolf pack is the wolf pack, ready to fight, ready to fight!" He jumped up suddenly and shouted loudly: "Don't throw the boat."

It was too late to take back the boat. In the past few months, the Ming Dynasty's warships have frequently competed with the Qi Navy's warships at sea. The small boats are extremely fast and flexible. It is easy to turn around if the boat is small. More importantly, they can indeed cause damage to the Ming Dynasty warships.

The previous contests ended with the victory of the Ming Navy, but those victories were not fought alone, and at least two warships cooperated with each other. Although they could defeat the opponent each other, many enemy warships fled back. From the captives' mouths, the Ming Navy also knew Ning Zefeng's tactics.

"Wolf Pack Tactics."

After hearing Ma Zhendong's order, the sailors waved their knives without hesitation and cut off the rope hanging on the boat. Several boats fell into the water, splashing water all over the sky.

The Fuyuan slowly retreated, and while retreating, he pushed the huge ship across. The long-range strike weapon on the ship now only had two on starboard, which greatly reduced their firepower.

Fan Xin stood at the bow of the ship, and when he clearly saw the Fuyuan, he laughed happily. He clearly saw that the port side of the Fuyuan was empty.

"Roar up, approach them, and prepare for the crossbow." He gave an order, and if he could sink a Ming warship this time, he would definitely have a heavy reward when he returned, because this was the first time that Qi State had sunk the Ming naval warship on the sea.

With a loud bang, the Fuyuan finally aimed the starboard side at the warships coming ahead. Two thunderbolt fires were fired at the same time, and dozens of stone bombs flew into the sky and landed towards the approaching Qi warship.

Like some frightened birds, ten Qi Guo warships suddenly scattered, stone bombs fell into the water, and water columns soared into the sky. The warships swayed left and right in the huge waves, but were still approaching the Fuyuan tenaciously.

Ma Zhendong's face looked a little serious. He couldn't run now. Even when his warship was intact, it wouldn't be faster than these small boats.

"Raise three wolf smokes." He whispered: "We are in trouble."

When Ma Zhendong was issuing this order, he saw more than ten small boats in both directions, one left and one right, each facing him.

"Accelerate forward to the front right. The Thunderbolt Fire is launching with all its strength." Since he can't escape, Ma Zhendong decided to move forward. The enemy wants to get closer to him, so he will take the initiative to meet him.

Fan Xin laughed loudly. The warship was already his meal. Even if it was just now, a warship was hit by the Thunderbolt Fire and broke into two pieces, he did not curl his smile.

"Start!" he roared.
Chapter completed!