Chapter seven hundred and twentieth five: blow me up
A fleet of sail battleships sailed on the vast sea, and the sails took advantage of the wind and were very fast.
This fleet is the fleet sent by Zheng Zhibao and Mao Chengzuo.
Because it was not a decisive battle, Zheng Zhibao and Mao Chengzuo did not take out the treasure ship in their hands.
In fact, the power in Mao Chengzuo and Zheng Zhibao can completely defeat the Red Barbarians, but Zhao Wen does not want to do so. Because the domestic war is not over yet, and overseas land is not land. It takes a lot of time to completely occupy it, and there are still many things.
In addition, Zhao Wen in Southeast Asia already has a considerable territory, so Zhao Wen wanted to wait until the domestic war was over before starting to take action.
The treasure ship full of weapons poses a great threat to other ships on the sea surface, and even the Red Barbarians, known as the sea coachman, are incomparable.
The fleet had a total of twenty ships. When they left the Batavia port twenty kilometers and divided into two small formations.
One of these two formations went to Ceylon Island and the other went to Luzon.
Although Luzon did not attack merchant ships, the Flangji people on Luzon have not been very stable recently.
Because of Zhao Wen's rise, the Franji people and the Red and Yi came together, and they planned to resist Zhao Wen together.
Luzon is not too far from Java. In the past, the Flangers on the top were relatively stable. However, in recent times, with the arrival of the Red Barbarian reinforcements, the Flangers on the Luzon Island have also begun to become restless. Although there has not been any attack on merchant ships, harassment of the border also happens from time to time.
The ships sailed on the vast sea. The sea breeze blew the sails, all of which blew up.
These two formations are heading towards their respective seas. The distance to Luzon is relatively close, but the distance to Ceylon is relatively far.
The main purpose of this time is harassment and demonstrations, not a real war. Therefore, the number of weapons carried on ships is relatively small, and there are relatively few supplies.
On the sea controlled by the Red Barbarians in Ceylon Island, since the reinforcements arrived, red barbarians' ships have been patrolling the sea.
Although Hongyi also wanted to take revenge and take Java back, they would not do it easily before they could figure out the true strength of Zhao Wen's fleet.
Of course, they were also afraid that Mao Chengzuo and Zheng Zhibao would attack them, so when the reinforcements of the Red Barbarians arrived at Ceylon Island, they kept guarding the sea.
When Zheng Zhibao and Mao Chengzuo's ships just entered the waters east of Ceylon Island, they were discovered by the Red Barbarian Fleet patrolling this sea area.
These Red Barbarian fleets hurriedly passed the news to Ceylon Island.
To a certain extent, Mao Chengzuo and Zheng Zhibao didn’t plan to launch a sneak attack quietly? They just wanted to swagger and tell the red barbarians on Ceylon Island with great fanfare that I’m here? I just wanted to come and mess with you.
Only in this way can we better defeat the majesty of the Red Barbarians.
The sail battleships in Mao Chengzuo and Zheng Zhibao's hands are actually not much different from those in Hongyi's sail battleships? The sail battleships in Mao Chengzuo and Zheng Zhibao's hands were also improved by Zhao Wen based on the sail battleships seized by the Cohen fleet. There is not much difference in appearance between the two? Only the inner weapons are somewhat different.
It has to be said that these Westerners have already had very high attainments in wooden warships, and these sail battleships are also very mature. Zhao Wen does not need to redesign a sail battleship. After all, it will take a lot of time to redesign.
In Zhao Wen's plan, it won't take long to start building the ironclad ship? Therefore, the current sail battleship only plays a transitional role and does not require redesign.
Mao Chengzuo and Zheng Zhibao didn't have to worry that the fleet they were in their hands was not a match for the Red Barbarians, because the weapons equipped on their ships were all provided by Zhao Wen, and these weapons were not something that the Red Barbarians of this era could resist.
Although there are only ten ships heading to the waters near Ceylon Island, if face-to-face bombing is needed, these ten ships can completely challenge ships that are several times more than themselves.
If the Red Barbarians adopt the tactic of siege, then these ten warships can escape unscathed. There is no need to worry at all. Even if the Red Clothes pursue, they may not be able to catch up.
When these ten ships arrived at the waters near Ceylon Island, they discovered them all at once.
When the news came back to Ceylon Island and reached the ears of Ceylon Island commander Anthony, Anthony was panicked for a moment.
He thought these people were here to attack them, and when he really found out that there were only ten ships coming, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's just too much to deceive people. Only ten ships dare to run to me to play wildly. These yellow-skinned monkeys really don't take me seriously. I must let them understand what the real naval battle is."
Anthony muttered, walked out of the office and came to the square outside. He looked at the communications soldiers following him and shouted loudly: "Send all ships docked in the port to leave the first-class warships and twenty second-class warships at the port.
As for the remaining ships, let them all gather to head towards the destination waters in two hours."
After Anthony's order was passed, all the ships docked at the port outside Ceylon Island moved.
There are almost 60 ships docked outside Ceylon Island.
Of course, it is not that these more than 60 warships are very tall warships. In the naval combat sequence of the Red Barbarians, warships are divided into first-class warships, second-class warships and third-class warships.
Among them, the first-class warship has the largest volume and the most artillery guns, followed by the second-class warship, and then the third-class warship.
Nowadays, the Red Barbarians are fighting in the West, so there are not many first-class warships mobilized here, only four or five.
The number of second-level warships is not the largest, accounting for about 30% of all warships. The rest are basically some third-level warships and armed merchant ships.
Most of the warships docked in the ports outside Ceylon Island are second-class warships and third-class warships and armed merchant ships.
Because the red barbarians on Ceylon Island had to always be on guard against the attacks of Zheng Zhibao and Mao Chengzuo, their movements were very fast and they had already gathered in a short while.
When Anthony arrived at Ceylon, he led more than 200 ships of various types, but now these ships are not all on Ceylon, and some are stationed in other places.
After Anthony's order was passed on, the ships at the port moved according to Anthony's order and set out towards the destination sea area.
Almost twenty ships were left on the port outside Ceylon Island.
At this time, the sky was gradually darkening, the moon rose to the night sky, the moonlight shone on the sea, the waves were sparkling, and a cold wind blew, and the tide hit the sailors of the warship.
Naval warfare is not land warfare, and ships are not as good as infantry rushing on the ground at night.
In the present without high-tech indication, the sea surface at night is easily lost.
So whether it was Anthony's fleet, Mao Chengzuo and Zheng Zhibao's ships, the speed slowed down, for fear that they would lose their way.
Ten ships sent by Mao Chengzuo and Zheng Zhibao were sailing quietly on the sea, and they had discovered the ships cruising around them.
The ten ships were side by side and led by an officer named Wen Xingran.
Wen Xingran stood on the ship in front, holding up his telescope and looking at the dark sea, with a calm face.
Wen Xingran didn't think the Red Wizards were so powerful. In Wen Xingran's opinion, even if he did not cause much harm to the Red Wizards, the Red Wizards would not easily catch him.
"If it wasn't dark, I really wanted to give you a shot!" Wen Xingran put down the telescope in his hand and said viciously.
Wen Xingran led the fleet to the waters outside Ceylon Island, and discovered the Red Barbarian Warships cruising around.
At the beginning, Wen Xingran also wanted to launch an attack on these ships and fired a few more shots. However, after thinking about it, he felt that the distance was too far, and the shooting rate of artillery on Shanghai was very poor, so he gave up this idea.
However, as they continued to deepen and the cover of the darkness, these red and barbarian ships were getting closer and closer to the fleet led by Wen Xingran.
Although Wen Xingran could not see the fleet of the Red Wizards in the dark night, based on his feelings, Wen Xingran felt that the fleet of the Red Wizards was not very far away from them.
Anthony sat on a second-class warship. Because the number of first-class ships was small, Anthony did not bring the first-class warships.
In Anthony's opinion, the warships he led could swallow all these ten ships.
When the first ray of sunlight shone on the sea, Wen Xingran came to the deck.
He shouted loudly at the messenger behind him: "Let all soldiers take their place, let all artillery take their place, and at the same time, all ships are sent out in a row and cross over, exposing the side of the warship, ready to face the enemy."
In the era of wooden ships, warships were lined up in a row and exposed sideways could maximize the firepower of warships.
At this time, the fleet led by Anthony had not yet arrived here.
However, the ships cruising nearby also spontaneously gathered together and stood in front of Wen Xingran.
After almost half an hour, Wen Xingran finally completed the turn.
Wen Xingran held up a telescope and looked at the red and barbarian ship not far from his fleet, with a ruthless face on his face.
"It's really a matter of ignorance to attack our merchant ships." Wen Xingran said, then turned around and looked at the messenger who was following him.
"Tell me the order to let all ships be relegated and prepare for attack. This time, let's have a big deal here and let these red barbarians know what the consequences of offending us will be." Wen Xingran shouted at the messenger again.
The messenger hurriedly ran away with Wen Xingran's order.
When Wen Xingran's order spread to all the ships, the gunners on these ships began to make final plans.
The artillery installed on these ships led by Wen Xingran were 107 rocket launchers, mortars and some 40 fires.
As for the 152mm Canon howitzer is not installed, the canon howitzer has too large a caliber, too powerful, and too large a recoil. The wooden warships of this era are likely to be unable to withstand such huge recoil.
Besides, there are 107 rocket launchers, mortars and some 40 fires, which are completely enough to deal with the Red Barbarians.
All the soldiers on the ships were busy, and rockets were loaded into the launch frame one by one.
The Red Barbarian fleet seemed to have not noticed the arrival of danger.
The fleets that fought with Zhao Wen were the fleet of Gerlandzha City and Cohen's fleet, but these fleets, without exception, were almost wiped out.
Nowadays, the ships cruising outside Ceylon Island have not fought with Zhao Wen's fleet, so I don't know how powerful Zhao Wen's fleet is.
These red and barbarian ships slowly rushed towards Wen Xingran, among which the Wheels' ship was inside.
Wheels stood on the deck, looking at Wen Xingran's fleet ahead, with a belligerent and fanatical expression on his face.
Although Wheels used to deal with Zheng Yiguan, when Zhao Wen launched an attack on Batavia, Wheels was not in Batavia, so Wheels only knew that Zhao Wen's fleet was powerful and had not experienced it personally.
The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer. Because it was not on land, Wen Xingran did not launch an attack immediately.
When the distance between the two sides was only about three miles away, Wen Xingran put down the telescope in his hand, waved his hand, and shouted angrily: "Let's fire and blow them hard!"
Wen Xingran ordered, and a roar instantly appeared.
"Swish!"
The shrill screams kept ringing, just like the night owl in the dark winter, which was shocking.
The Red Barbarian soldiers on the Red Barbarian Fleet were shocked by the sudden sound.
They looked in the direction where the sound came, and saw curtains with orange flames flying towards this side.
The distance between Sanli was so close that they hadn't reacted yet, the shells fell down.
"Boom boom boom!"
For a moment, explosions erupted and flames instantly enveloped them.
The 107 rocket's accurate head is not accurate, but the number is large. Even under the overwhelming attack, even if the accuracy is not high, it is enough to scare these red barbarians.
"Bang!"
A rocket landed on the deck of a red barbarian ship, and the explosion instantly covered the deck.
The explosion blew a huge hole into the deck, and the flames ignited the deck at the same time.
The fire spread on the ships, and now it is summer soon, and the wind is increasing. The fire takes advantage of the wind and continues to spread to the ships.
The surviving soldiers on the ship wanted to extinguish the flames on the ship, but all this was futile. The flames were already burning, and it was not that easy to extinguish them.
The ship was gradually engulfed by the flames and then began to sink. The sailors above were ignited by the flames and jumped into the sea with screams.
Chapter completed!