"Put down the clutch and go back to Changxing Island to report the news immediately. A large number of Ming army warships are coming." When he saw the fleet with the sun and moon flags flying suddenly jumping out of the sky, Yi Shengfa immediately issued an order.

A clutch was hung from the warship into the water. More than a dozen sailors controlled the clutch and flew towards Changxing Island.

After a major battle with the Ming armed merchant ships, Yi Sheng escaped by chance. In that battle, he lost his warship formation. After punishing him for carrying stones for a period of time, Fan Xin asked him to drive his own warship to patrol the coast, as the eyes and ears of Changxing Island.

The scale of the Ming ship in the distance made Yi Shengfa feel a little trembling. It was a large fleet with dozens of main warships. What made him even more desperate was that among the queues of these fleets, there was a warship of obviously different styles. It had no sails, but had a high chimney, and was spewing out the rolling black smoke.

It is precisely because of the existence of this black smoke that Yi Shengfa discovered the existence of the Ming army warship in advance, allowing him to put down the clutch and go to Changxing Island to warn him.

Seeing the clutch gradually disappearing from sight, Yi Sheng punched the ship gang hard and directed the warship to sail out from behind an island where he was hiding.

What he can do now is to suppress this fleet and buy a little time for his comrades in Changxing Island. The Qi army of this warship also knew that at the last moment, they all gathered up all their strength and desperately drove the warship to escape to the distance. Because it was a good wind, the main sail and the deputy sail on the warship were all full of wind power, and they were really as fast as galloping horses on the sea.

A loud whistle sound came from the fleet in the distance. The fleets lined up in two rows of sea quickly turned into a geese feather formation. The steam warship located in the middle came out and chased towards Yi Shengfa's warship.

This Ming army fleet was led by Zhou Yangfan. At this moment, in this sea area, more than a hundred warships were heading for the four fleets, commanded by Ning Zeyuan, were advancing towards the estimated suspicious destination. When Zhou Yangfan discovered this Qi people warship, it also meant that the previous general direction was not wrong. The hiding place of the Qi people naval commander was nearby.

"Increase the yardage, catch up and kill him." Zhou Yangfan said excitedly. This is the first actual combat of the steam artillery warship under his command. If it can sink a main battleship of Qi State, it would be wonderful.

The Fuyuan let out a series of dull roars, the deck trembled slightly, and its speed increased up again, getting closer and closer to the enemy ship in front.

"The main gun on the head of the ship is ready to launch chain bombs!" Zhou Yangfan shouted loudly.

Yi Shengfa knew that he could not escape, and the distance between the two sides was constantly getting closer. When his subordinates were exhausted, they could only let the other party slaughter.

Since he couldn't run, he wouldn't run. Yi Shengfa was ruthless in his heart and directed the warship to deflect the angle to the left. With the adjustment of the sails, the warship's speed did not decrease much.

He was about to go around a big circle and fight the enemy ship he was catching up with.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and had already entered the range of the main gun of the head of the ship. With a muffled sound, a chain bomb flew out of the cannon chamber. The two iron balls were connected by an iron chain and quickly rotated and flew towards the Qi warship in the air. The chain bombs were always used to destroy the masts and sails of the sail warships at sea. If they were touched by them, there was basically no chance of being spared.

Under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, the enemy ship on the opposite side made a turn on the sea lightly, avoiding the chain bullet. With this time of dodging, they actually got a little closer to the Fuyuan from the side.

"Do you want to play sea jobs with me?" Zhou Yangfan laughed, "The grandpa will play with you, signal soldiers, and send other ships to avoid getting close. Let's see how I deal with this ignorant guy."

Under the gaze of countless upper eyes, the two warships began to compete with each other at sea, and both sides kept using their superb ship-handling skills to gain advantageous positions.

Whether it is Zhou Yangfan's steam warship or Yi Shengfa's sail warship, their main attack methods are actually installed on the sides of both sides, but Zhou Yangfan's ship is equipped with artillery, while Yi Shengfa's warship is equipped with thunder cannons.

Although the threat of artillery is greater, and the high-speed cannons can easily penetrate the hull of wooden warships, the imitation of Qi's thunderbolt cannons also burned iron bombs red. Although the force is much smaller, it is enough to fall on the deck.

Both sides circled around the sea and wanted the warship to face the other side with their sideways after entering the range, but the other party had not completely turned around.

It is obvious that Zhou Yangfan has better control over the battleship, and the steam battleship is also faster. When the two sides finally approached each other's range, Zhou Yangfan's Fuyuan happened to aim at Yi Shengfa's warship with dozens of artillery on the side, and Yi Shengfa's warship was only half turned around at this time.

"Fire!" With the roar of the officers, dozens of artillery fired almost at the same time. At the smoke rose, shells flew towards the Qi ship in the distance. When the Qi ship had just straightened the side of the side, dozens of shells had hit the Qi ship with a sharp whistling sound.

The wooden boards cracked, thick smoke rose everywhere, and flames rose from the Qi ship. The thunder cannon installed on the side was broken, and countless residues flew into the air. Among the residues falling like rain, there were even a large number of Qi soldiers.

Zhou Yangfan laughed loudly, the Fuyuan ship surrounded a circle, aimed the other side of the ship at the opposite ship again, and with a command, the artillery fired again.

The Qi ship was hit by two rounds of volleys of Fuyuan in a row, and the Qi ship was almost gone. The superstructure was destroyed and the fire became larger and larger. Not only did the sails be destroyed, but the mast had also fallen down. More importantly, his tail rudder had also been shattered. The Qi ship, which had lost the sails and the tail rudder, had completely lost the ability to move at this moment, and was floating above the sea waves, fighting on the Fuyuan ship. Looking at the Qi soldiers running and shouting in the fireworks, Zhou Yangfan's face flashed with fierceness.

"The main gun aims, shoots continuously, and sinks him to me." He shouted loudly.

With the continuous loud noises, the shells fired from the main gun hit the waterline of Qi Shi's ship continuously, and large dark holes appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and the sea water quickly poured inward.

The Qi ship slowly sank into the sea. The last thing Zhou Yangfan saw was the Qi general standing in the ruins with a long knife in his hand, slowly sank into the sea with the warship.

On Changxing Island, the alarm bell rang. In the harbor, all the ships had gathered together, sailed up and prepared to sail to sea. When the clutch sent by Yi Shengfa returned to Changxing Island, Fan Xin knew that he had reached a critical moment of life and death. The Ming army warships seen opposite Yi Shengfa alone had dozens of main warships. This force alone was already stronger than him. But does the Ming army only have this little force? Of course it is impossible. At this time, there may be more Ming fleets approaching him.

At this time, Fan Xin had already come back to the sensation that the large-sized sail warship would only come from one place, that is Manila.

"General Fan, take us with you!" A general from the Navy Marine Corps said loudly.

Fan Xin shook his head: "The enemy is powerful, and you can't change the situation even if you bring you with you. This time I want to do is to escape, not fight. You, stationed on Changxing Island, have a greater chance of survival. The Ming Navy fleet is powerful, but their warships cannot be driven to the island. Moreover, after our arrangements over the past few months, the island has the power of fighting. I will try my best to defend Changxing Island. If I can escape, I will find an opportunity to pick you up. Since Changxing Island has been exposed, I will never be able to stay for a long time."

Seeing the Qi Navy plucking up the sails and sailing towards the distant sea, the naval marine general who stayed at Changxing Island sighed, carried a knife, and strode towards the highest point of Changxing Island. Fan Xin had taken away all the sailors, and now more than 3,000 naval marines are left on the island, hoping that he can defend Changxing Island.

If Fan Xin can escape, he may have a chance, but if Fan Xin cannot escape, he will probably end up being caught by the enemy.

Fan Xin thought that this time he was only a fleet. The fleet described by the sailors sent back from Yi Shengfa had about forty main warships, and this force alone was already stronger than him. After Ning Zefeng took more than ten warships to the Liaodong Peninsula, he now only had more than twenty main warships.

But what he never expected was that in less than half a day he was walking in the direction of Zhou Yangfan's fleet, the shadow of a huge fleet appeared in front of him.

There is no need for too much decisiveness. The extremely huge body of Taiping on the opposite side is enough to make Fan Xin retreat.

He immediately ordered the fleet to turn in another direction, but he was secretly complaining in his heart. At this time, the Ming army warships he knew had already risen by eighty. Not to mention that the other party had steam artillery warships, even if they were all sail warships on the other side, he didn't think he could win.

Ning Zeyuan was not in a hurry to fight with the Qi army, but instead commanded the warships to chase the Qi fleet on the sea. In his opinion, this was the best time to hone the fleet under his command.
Chapter completed!