"Sir, Mrs. Liu said that their gunpowder and shells were almost used up, and they were afraid they would not be able to fight again after this battle." Early that morning, Liu Wenxiu hurried to find Wan Lei.

"What? They used up so quickly, and they haven't fired many cannons." Wan Lei frowned.

"My subordinates think that they are intentionally hiding their own personalities." Liu Wenxiu said in a low voice.

"Are you interested in hiding your own private interests?" Wan Lei shook his head and said, "I had known that they had bad intentions, I didn't expect them to work together. But now the war is imminent, so I don't have to pay attention to them first. After this battle, let them stay on Penglai Island as a supporter. Anyway, our warships are the main battle from beginning to end, and they are the supporter."

"They just said that they would like to give them some gunpowder. This is obviously trying to pick gunpowder from our hands. What kind of gunpowder is our gunpowder? Can their little iron cannons be used? I really don't know what it means." Liu Wenxiu said unhappily.

"Okay, don't complain anymore. We have few warships, so someone has to help you do errands. This time, just think it's just spending some money to buy some errands. When the Ming Dynasty naval commander is eliminated, the sea will be our world. The little profit you lose will be able to get back soon."

"I just don't like them. These guys don't care when fighting, and just want to get benefits. That's true." Liu Wenxiu cursed a few more times, and she was too lazy to say more. However, no matter how he talked about it, he was still very sensible in dealing with people. This mature and steady mentality was also one of the reasons why he had become the commander of the army.

"How much ammunition do we have?" Wan Lei asked again.

"We have a lot of ammunition. After fighting these two games, we only used less than one-fifth of it. But our gunpowder is so precious and it hurts to use it." Liu Wenxiu was right. The launching medicine used by the navy is made of a mixture of smokeless gunpowder and black gunpowder in a certain proportion. Smokeless gunpowder is very rare. It has been produced for more than a year, and there are only a few tons of inventory in the army, and most of it is equipped to the navy.

"After a cannon fire, there will be tens of thousands of taels of gold, this is absolutely true." Wan Lei said to himself. Although he defeated the enemy in two consecutive battles, the construction of warships, the casting of artillery and the production of gunpowder are all money-burning businesses. I really can't afford to play without money. Fortunately, I seized some military rations and lucky ships, otherwise I would have suffered a big loss.

"It seems that we must open the maritime trade route as soon as possible to earn the money back." Wan Lei made up his mind secretly.

At this time, a sentry hurriedly reported: "Commander, the Sea Eagle responded that the enemy ship had already sailed forty miles away, and we should prepare early."

"We'll be here so soon, okay, it's a good thing. Now Commander Liu has somewhere to vent his anger." Wan Lei smiled slightly and signaled that Liu Wenxiu would do what he should do, no need to ask for instructions.

"Haha, the one who knows me is sir." Liu Wenxiu laughed and bowed down.

After two actual battles, Liu Wenxiu was familiar with the naval battle, and Wan Lei dared to let him do it. Moreover, his commander grew up, and the navy would have someone to be entrusted in the future, and Wan Lei would no longer have to be a military supervisor on the ship.

Of course, the Jingzhong Guard of the Secret Supervisor still has to stay. After all, the navy often walks on the vast sea, and it is beyond the reach. Wan Lei has to keep some secret tricks to prevent these naval commanders or generals from kidnapping warships and seizing the sea to become One Piece.

The Beiping Army actively made complete preparations, but the Ming Navy's Wang Ning army, which came to support from the east, was still moving forward and knew nothing about the crisis it was about to face. Since the northwest wind was still blowing at this time and the wind was still strong, the Wang Ning army was still coming very quickly. The Yanxing Formation composed of a hundred warships looked spectacular.

In the center of the ship formation, a huge lucky ship was on a large black flag with the word "Wang". Needless to say, this is Wang Ning's flagship. As the son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty, this guy is quite handsome, but his life at sea for many days made his face very haggard. The pain of bumps at the sea is really not something that a playboy like him can bear.

"Mr. Prince Consort, forty miles ahead is the place where the rear army camp is. We should slow down the ship and send the vanguard to investigate the situation of the war." A staff member sitting beside him suggested.

"Don't those thieves have more than a dozen gunships? It's no big deal. We have a hundred big ships that can be crushed and sunk them even if they press them directly." Wang Ning said indifferently, and then said unhappily: "That Chen Hui and fifty warships cannot deal with those little thieves. It's such a wine bag, which has caused us to run this trip."

"The prince-consort is right. There is no one in the court surnamed Chen and he is ungrateful. The prince-consort comes to help the war in person, but he doesn't see anyone sending him to welcome him. It's really hateful."

"After this battle, he has no credit for it. Go back and find another imperial envoy to participate in his book and let him go home to farm." As the son-in-law of the family, Wang Ning is also a second-rank official. He also takes charge of the governor's office of the rear army. He has several ranks higher than Chen Hun, and has a wide identity and connections. Of course, he has the capital to be proud, but in short, he looks down on Chen Hun.

Wang Ning didn't expect that Chen Hun would be finished without him being punished. As a prisoner of the Peking Army, Chen Hun might not be able to make a comeback in his life. What Wang Ning didn't expect was that he was following Chen Hun's footsteps and stepped into the trap of death.

Soon, the fleet led by Wang Ning advanced for more than twenty miles, with the destination in sight. At this time, a formation of more than twenty broken ships finally appeared on the sea, lined up, just blocking Wang Ning's troops' way, and it seemed to be coming to welcome. However, this welcome method made Wang Ning feel insulted.

"Please give me the order!" The ship was still several hundred meters away from Wang Ning's fleet, and someone on the ship shouted loudly.

"Command?!" Wang Ning became even more angry when he heard this. He came to support him from all over the world. These guys were so ignorant that they asked him to say something. How could he not be angry?

"Your dog eyes are blind. Didn't you see this is the prince's warship?" Wang Ning's confidant scolded.

"I can't say the order, it's just a pirate. You can't even trick me." The people on the boat were still stubborn and refused to give way to the other party.

"Pirates? A bunch of unobstructed things! This is the prince's fleet. Why don't you get out of here? Otherwise, you will look good." Wang Ning's staff members were also angry and shouted at the top of their voices. However, the people on the fleet opposite seemed to be dead and no one responded. These staff members wanted to shout again, but they saw smoke starting from the warships, as if they were on fire.

"Huh?!" Seeing the warship opposite, Wang Ning was a little stunned, not knowing what he was doing again. And just as they were stunned, a sharp alarm sounded from the ship building, and the sentry shouted loudly: "No, warships appeared on the west and north, and were rushing towards this side.

"No, I am ambushed!" Wang Ning suddenly woke up and shouted, "Hurry, leave here quickly."

However, it was too late at this time. The two fleets of ships that were pressing from behind had already begun to bombard the shells. The rumbling sound of artillery fire rang through the sky. The dozens of kilograms of shot put flew over like a fee, hitting the ship formation heavily.

Since Wang Ning's troops had 100 ships and formed a large formation, the density of the ships was high. After this round of cannon fire, many warships were in the cannons. When many captains saw that the situation was not good, they wanted to squeeze out the formation. Dozens of warships squeezed and collided with each other on the narrow sea surface, and immediately became a mess.

"Hurry, hurry out of here." Wang Ning screamed wildly, and rushed forward with his flagship and several frigates beside him, hoping to rush through the fire ship array opposite. But as soon as they rushed halfway, they saw the warships that were already brisk and blazing suddenly "boomed" and opened fire. The fired ship boards flew around, and a "fire line" dozens of meters wide formed on the sea surface. Want to rush over? It is probably impossible.

The road ahead was blocked by the fire line. Wang Ning was so anxious that his eyes turned red. He immediately ordered the warship to turn and bypass the fire line. However, just as the warship turned, the sound of cannons that had been stopped for about two minutes came again. Hundreds of large shots were smashed overwhelmed and fell onto the dense ship formation. After a volley, more than a dozen warships were "gloriously" injured.

"Distract, disperse quickly!" Wang Ning also saw that the denser the ships, the more likely they were to be bombarded by the whole family. It would be better to disperse them to reduce the damage to the war. However, his order was too late. Many warships were injured and could not move at sea. Some uninjured warships lacked unified command and could only collide between a bunch of broken ships. Few rushed out, and even less could form a powerful counterattack.

Just when Wang Ning had no choice but to escape, the two attacking fleets had already scattered and formed a crescent-shaped encirclement on the sea surface. At this time, these gunships no longer fired volleys, but aimed at the outer lucky ships and bombarded the ship one-on-one.

The lucky ships used by the Ming army navy had a watertight compartment, which could resist sinking, but could not resist artillery attacks. Many lucky ships were hit by two or three guns, and were hit by a beating, and they were stranded on the sea surface and were unable to move. The gunship positions seemed to have seen this point, and they had to take several guns for each lucky ship, and ignored them when they hit by a beating, and continued to look for the next target.

He was bombarded like a living target. Seeing that there was no way out, Wang Ning was angry and afraid. He immediately adopted the advice of his staff and sent a water boat to use the method of ants gathering the boat, hoping to get back to the battle situation.

Wang Ning also wanted to use cannons to fight against those hateful pirates, but the cannons on his ship are small, short in range, and are only installed at the bow and stern, making it difficult to aim. Even if the cannon is fired, he can only hear a sound without any practical effect. Now he can only rely on the brave sea boys to fight with those hateful pirates and fight to seize the enemy ship.

Soon, hundreds of small boats were put down, rushed out of the ship formation like ants, and rushed towards the enemy formation. However, when they rushed to the vicinity of the enemy formation, they found that these warships began to form formations, and huge sails were pulled up. With the strong northwest wind, the huge warships crushed them directly...
Chapter completed!