Setting off with the main fleet were five logistics fleets with hard sails.

The configuration of the logistics fleet adheres to the consistent style of the fleet: a "new lock ship" equipped with electronic instruments serves as the flagship and leads the other ships to sail.

The "new lock ships" that are still very rare at the moment are the Taijiang Shipyard version of the hybrid old lock ships mentioned earlier. This type of ship is huge, with a length of 45 meters, a width of 85 meters, a draft of 53 meters, and a rated displacement of 400 tons.

In the eyes of Ming Dynasty, this is a big ship with a capacity of 1,500 tons. You must know that the 400-ton ship, which is the most common ship on the ocean, has an actual displacement of less than 100 tons.

Since it adopts a Western-style "" shaped bottom, multiple side guns can be installed on the deck of the new lock ship. Of course, this kind of armament is actually meaningless. Their main function is to transport supplies. Usually, the bow only

You only need to install a Napoleon 6-pounder cannon for self-defense.

As the main force on the surface of this battle: the hand-to-hand musketeer brigade composed of 30 Fu boats is still staying in the Maweishui camp for training and did not go out with the team immediately.

As soon as the slow transport fleet left the mouth of the Minjiang River, it was far behind the main fleet. It was the south wind season, so the fleet traveling south from Fuzhou was sailing against the wind.

Without the help of turbines, the speed of the two Youguang-class destroyers is actually not very high, only 8 knots, and this is with a favorable wind. Therefore, as soon as the fleet left the Minjiang Estuary in the early morning, the two destroyers started compensatingly.

Part of the turbine kept the ship's speed at about 10 knots.

10 knots is 18 kilometers per hour. And what is the sea route from Fuzhou to Xiamen? 200 kilometers. So when 12 hours passed, at 6:30 pm, the fleet had arrived at the sea 20 kilometers east of Kinmen.

After reducing the ship's speed to only 3 knots, the fleet began to circle on the sea, passing through the people waiting for the coming of night, and making preparations for the war.

The first preparation is food. Since this mission is an offshore operation with supplies, the ship has sufficient reserves of fresh ingredients: dinner is a classy Yangzhou fried rice.

Fried rice is very suitable for this situation, because the rice can be steamed in advance, and the peas and diced radish can also be processed in advance. When it is time to eat, the chef only needs to throw the vegetable oil, eggs, peas and diced vegetables into a large pot and stir-fry.

Of course, the most important diced salted pork, commonly known as ham, is indispensable.

Fried rice, heavy in oil and salt, with a lot of egg drops and bacon cubes, is the favorite of the soldiers. After eating the rice in the iron rice vat, each person will be given a spoonful of sugary black tea. The soldiers will

Gently shake the rice jar, then drink the black tea and the oil and water at the bottom of the jar together.

After finishing the meal, the deck department began to clean and bundle all items that would hinder the battle in accordance with combat regulations. Key departments including the gun crew and engine were also making their own pre-war preparations.

After all the preparations were completed, it was already dusk as the sun set. At this moment, the distant fire clouds filled the sky, as if to indicate that there would be a flame rising on the sea tonight.

When the fleet arrived at the east coast of Kinmen at low speed, the sky was already dark.

The night is a friend who travels through time. The fleet with various electronic devices was a god-like existence in the dark night of the 17th century.

There are currently three pirate forces gathering in Zhangzhou Bay.

The largest number of people is naturally Li Kuiqi's gang. Li Kuiqi's group, which is based in Xiamen Zhongzuo, has been recruiting scattered stocks and integrating teams these days, so its strength is currently expanding: there are already more than 500 warships in the gang that can go into battle.

ships and a force of more than 20,000 people.

The pirate vanguard group stationed in the West Bay of Kinmen is composed of Zhong Bin, who was recently separated from the big gang, and several outside shopkeepers.

Zhong Bin's troops were recently transferred to Kinmen. As Li Kuiqi's strongest ally, Zhong Bin stationed his troops here. The first level was to monitor the Zheng family's fleet in Weitou Bay in the north, and the second level was to monitor the Zheng family fleet in Weitou Bay in the north.

The intention is to serve as a vanguard in the upcoming robbery operation and drink the soup. This is also a hidden benefit Li Kuiqi gave to several allies.

The third force in Zhangzhou Bay is the Zheng family troops currently entrenched in Weitou Bay. The Zheng family, who were driven back to their home base, are now weak and confused. After losing their leader, they no longer pose a threat to other forces.

So the Travelers plan to finally deal with this bunch of people.

In this way, the main target tonight is very clear: the Jinmen Zhongbin Group, which is stationed at the outermost position.

The shape of Kinmen Island is a horizontal dumbbell shape with two large ends and a thin middle, with a piece missing on the left side. The location where Zhong Bin's fleet is currently stationed is on the left side of Kinmen, in the gaped bay opposite Lieyu Island.

When the crossing fleet arrived at the sea area 5 kilometers away from Kinmen, the originally silent ships began to lower their sails, and the fleet completely switched to propeller power mode. The upcoming battle is likely to require large maneuvers on the sea at night, and follow

Without the frequency of wind direction changes, the sail equipment that increases the complexity of maneuvering has become a burden.

After lowering the sails, the fleet began to use a low-speed propulsion method with less noise. When the pointer on the watch pointed to 8 o'clock at night, the fleet had quietly arrived at a place only 2 kilometers away from the enemy. By this time, large areas of the bay were covered with water.

The fishing fire has clearly caught the eyes of the sailors.

At this moment, in the middle island of the flagship Youguang, the time travelers who had just finished detecting the number of enemy ships through radar and night vision devices were discussing the battle plan.

In front of the travelers were nearly 200 ships stationed in the bay.

A little closer to the south, there are 50 elite ships arranged in two columns. These ships are the core strength of Zhong Bin and outside shopkeepers like Chen Zhongji, and they are all elites from various companies.

The remaining 150 miscellaneous boats were tightly packed together next to the large fleet, forming a square formation of four rows.

A large number of pirates on the ship are currently living their night life in the cabin with oil lamps lit: some are gambling, some are standing on the bow of the ship singing at the top of their lungs, and some are drunk and visiting houses with bottles of wine. In addition,

There were many people picking up soap in the dark cabin. In short, there was a lot of noise in the Pirate Bay.

"It feels like there aren't many enemies here? How about going directly to Xiamen?" Wang Xiaohui, the chubby chief of staff of the fleet, raised his head and said after reading the information.

"Isn't that much? No wonder you are fat. You have a really good appetite." Sha Zhengming on the side pointed at the radar screen: "There are at least 200 ships, and one-third of Li Kuiqi's strength is here. Isn't that too few?

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"If we go to the Zhongzuo Institute, we won't be able to get two-thirds of it done?"

"Not necessarily. The pier in Zhongzuo is oriented east-west, and the wind is blowing from the south now, so our ultimate move is not effective." When Sha Zhengming said this, he swiped his finger from top to bottom on the screen and said with a smile.

: "The boat here is running north-south, just right."

Although he acknowledged Sha Zhengming's analysis, Wang Xiaohui still smacked his lips: "Oh, I'm always a little unwilling."

"Come on, hurry up and give the order."

The next moment, a frigate at the end of the fleet slowly raised its position.

The "big move" that Sha Zhengming and others have been talking about for a long time is indeed true: this 150-ton Taijiang-class frigate named "Relang" is a hidden big move that can cross the fleet.

At the stern of the Heat Wave, there is a multi-stage high-pressure oil pump spray gun system from Siemens. This system can inject the gasoline stored in the stern to a distance of 150 meters at a pressure of 14 p.

In the distant Miasu, most of the barrels of black crude oil carried down the mountain by savages, and the first batch of 2 tons of gasoline refined were used here. In order to slaughter the same kind of people, human beings will do anything to kill the same kind of people. It is horrifying to think about it.

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Wang Bo, the captain of the ship "Relang", started to take action after confirming the order with Sha Zhengming via walkie-talkie. Under the watchful eyes of everyone on the seven sister ships, the ship "Helang" began to slowly start the engine and sail towards the north at a low speed.

The departure point of the Heat Wave was in the south of Pirate Bay. The ship's route was a far circle from the left side of Pirate Bay, through the strait between Kinmen and Lieyu, and around to the north of Pirate Bay.

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The reason for going around at a low speed is because we don’t want the pirates to be alerted by the high-frequency noise. The reason for launching the attack from the north is because the wind is southerly, and the sea breeze blowing in the head will blow the gasoline sprayed from the stern of the Heat Wave behind us, instead of making it funny.

Scratch it on yourself.

It took 40 minutes for the Heat Wave to slowly move to 1 kilometer north of Pirate Bay. After confirming the order with the walkie-talkie for the last time, it launched the attack.

As the screeching engine sound continued to increase, the Heat Wave, with all flammable parts covered with ceramic fireproof cloth, began to rush towards the enemy formation while increasing speed.

In just a few minutes, the charging knight increased the ship's speed to 12 knots. At the same time, the engine noise became increasingly louder in the silent night wind.

The pirates reacted quickly. After all, not everyone was drinking in the hustle and bustle: it is August, the hottest month of the year, and there are also a lot of people coming out to cool off on the large sea ships, so many people are starting to drink at this moment.

The bow of the boat stood up and looked towards the north where the strange noise was coming from.

Then they saw the sun.

The Heat Wave, which had already reached a position 200 meters north of the ship formation, had no scruples at this moment and immediately turned on the searchlight on the bow.

As a bright white light beam passed through the night sky, the position of the ship array composed of more than 100 Chinese-style ships was clearly illuminated at this moment. And those unlucky ones who were looking north were all dazzled by the bright light beam.

They were dizzy, covering their faces, jumping to their feet and shouting.

It's too late, but it's fast. For a frigate with a speed of up to 12 knots, the 200-meter distance is only a few seconds. The next moment, according to the enemy's position illuminated by the searchlight, Wang Bo, who personally steered the ship,

He guided the ship to slide steadily past the position 100 meters in front of the enemy ship.

At the same time, when Wang Bo saw that the stern of the boat was already parallel to the opponent's ship, a smile finally appeared on his thin face: "I order, launch!".

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