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Roar after roar, roar after roar, echoing endlessly in the Huangyan Reef sea area, the night is like this, and the fire is like a tide.
Under the continuous bombardment of the Qin army's rockets, the three giant Dutch ships turned into three huge fireballs, lighting up the night sky red.
On the enemy ship, the Dutch soldiers were all on fire and rushed out of the cabin screaming. Some fell directly on the deck and were burned black by the raging fire. Some screamed and jumped into the sea, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.
Kalante once again saw the power of the Qin army's rockets, and his scalp became numb.
He ordered to continue bombarding them with all their strength. On the remaining twelve Dutch warships, countless tongues of flames sputtered wildly, spraying out terrifying barrages.
The Qin army's eagle ships and bluff ships advanced amidst the overwhelming rain of bullets. People were shot and fell to the ground at every moment. Some soldiers had just rushed out of the cabin, and half of their heads were cut off by violent bullets, leaving them covered in blood. A heroic sacrifice.
The fierce firepower of the enemy made the Qin army pay a huge price for its breakout operation.
On the fourteen gunboats behind, all the gunners were red-eyed, their hands were burned, and they were full of water cannons. You Zai kept stuffing ammunition into the guns.
boom! Boom boom boom! Solid bombs flew over the small and medium-sized battleships in front, pouring out towards the enemy ships with endless fury. With a loud bang, wooden planks flew from the enemy ships, piercing the side of the ship, and screams continued. .
The Qin army's fighting style of going forward one after another and risking life and death made Kalant unbearable.
The entire fleet of the Qin Army has been destroyed, as well as the East China Sea Fleet and the North Sea Fleet, and a steady stream of warships are being launched from various large shipyards.
And all their warships in the Far East are concentrated here, and one less ship will be damaged in the battle. Calante can't afford it.
After losing three large warships in succession, he retreated and ordered the warships to move northwest with the wind to avoid the front. At the same time, he ordered the ant-like small boats of the Sulu Sultanate to climb up and try to entangle the Qin army.
The waves on the sea are furious, and the night wind is whimpering. It was bleak.
Some of the Sulu people's boats were on fire, and some were completely black. They came up like a swarm of ants. Large swaths of fire formed into the sea, and countless rockets rose into the sky. They were as brilliant as the Milky Way pouring down, and shot towards the Qin army's warships. .
The decks and sails of the Qin army were constantly set alight by rockets. Some soldiers fought against the rain of arrows to extinguish the fire, and more often fired volleys at the enemy ships with Type 68 rifles;
Boom boom boom! Intense gunshots came one after another, and raindrops of bullets hit the enemy ship. The Sulu people screamed and howled like ghosts crying and wolves howling.
"Order, all warships turn to the southeast and rush out!"
Zheng Sihai's head was throbbing with veins. The casualties during this breakout were so heavy, but he had no way out and could only continue to charge. The Great Qin Royal Navy, like a newborn calf, could only die in battle but not surrender!
All the gunboats turned with Zheng Sihai and lowered their muzzles. He put on shotgun shells and fired shot after shot at the approaching Sulu boats. The barrage roared away, knocking the enemy boats adrift on the sea. His condition is so miserable that there are no words to describe it.
If you get closer, a series of thunderbolts will be thrown towards you. Directly blow the enemy ship and the enemies on board to pieces.
What's more, they plowed over directly with gunboats, plowing the short enemy ships into pieces of wood with a bang-bang sound. It can be said that God will kill God if he blocks it, and Buddha will kill Buddha if he blocks Buddha. There are enemies but no self.
There were fires everywhere on the sea, screams everywhere, and blood everywhere.
Countless corpses were beaten by the waves, sinking and floating.
After Kalant completed the turn and was about to cross over from the right rear, before other enemy ships surrounding the Huangyan Reef could catch up, the Qin army charged regardless of casualties, cut through the waves, fought a bloody path, and headed southeast against the wind. .
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In the Battle of Huangyan Reef, Zheng Sihai's main force of 4,000 suffered nearly a quarter of the casualties. It was the battle with the heaviest casualties since the Qin Navy was established.
However, Zheng Sihai made a quick decision and forced a breakout to the south against the wind, which also caught Kalante off guard and avoided the fate of the main force of the South China Sea Fleet being annihilated.
At the same time, it severely damaged the Dutch and Sulu coalition forces, destroying three Dutch giant ships, more than 60 Sulu small ships, and annihilating more than 600 enemies.
In the next more than a month, the Dutch and Sulu coalition went to attack Baguio. After the land battle was frustrated, they fought more than ten battles with Hai Rufeng and others, causing casualties on each other.
But in general, the South China Sea Fleet is no longer enough to fight against the powerful Dutch-Sulu Combined Fleet, and the South China Sea has become the domain of the Dutch. Seeing this situation, Boni State of Borneo sent a hundred warships to join the battle.
Immediately afterwards, eight British armed merchant ships anchored in the Malacca area joined the Dutch fleet, and even warships were urgently mobilized from India to join the war.
At this time, the Zheng family in Cochin also contacted the Dutch. When they attacked the Ruan family in the south a few years ago, they had transactions with the Dutch and received a batch of artillery from the Dutch.
At this time, seeing that the Dutch had the upper hand, the Zheng family also sent hundreds of small and medium-sized warships to participate in the battle, and together they pressed against the southeastern coast of Daqin.
The five-nation joint fleets of the Netherlands, Britain, Bali, Sulu, and Cochin Zhengshi have a total of 53 large warships and more than 480 small warships, with a total strength of more than 20,000.
Without seeing it in person, it would be difficult to imagine that such a maritime force could form an alliance in Nanyang to fight against the Qin Dynasty together.
This combined fleet first headed for the Pearl River Estuary, and fought a bloody battle with the Qin Army's East China Sea Fleet and North Sea Fleet off the Pearl River Estuary. There were casualties on each side, and the outcome was still undecided. Calante sent a small boat to Omen to threaten and induce Portugal. People, hope that the Portuguese people will join their combined fleet.
The enemy at sea has approached the southeast coast, and their war sails cover the sky.
It happened that at this time, the Dongwu Kingdom and the Zheng Zhi Zheng clan hit it off. The two countries joined forces to attack the Ruan clan to the south and the Mo clan to the north.
In Sien Prefecture in Guangxi, the local magistrate Cen Yin, instigated by Cai Xu and Gu Xiancheng, brazenly raised troops and captured Hechi Prefecture and Yishan County in Qingyuan Prefecture to the north. The chieftains formed an alliance and attacked Nanning Mansion eastward. Gu Xiancheng was also sent to western Hunan to incite the prisoners of war who were building roads to rebel.
In Monan, the 30,000 troops of Norbu and Qitat defeated Teng Jitai of the Sunit tribe, defeated Fengzhou in succession, Guihua (Hohhot) city, and destroyed the Tumote Baimeng tribe in Qingzhong of Huihe River.
A month ago, when Meng Ke, the former military commander, received news of Norbu's 30,000-strong army invading Monan, he actually sent Qiabai and Niu Wanchuan with 5,000 cavalry (including 2,000 from Horqin's tribe) to attack Mobei via Hulunbuir. He only organized seven coalition forces with a total of 10,000 troops to guard the east of Mount Ab.
Meng Ke's move was tantamount to leaving the task of pursuing Norbu to Ma Yongzhen, the commander-in-chief of the left army.
Ma Yongzhen was in charge of Xuanda, with 40,000 troops under his command, including 20,000 cavalry.
After uniting with the Chahar tribe, the remnant Sunit tribe, and the Tumote Yilan tribe outside the border wall, a total of 30,000 cavalry were launched to kill the Guihua city that had been captured by Norbu. A bloody battle between the two sides was about to begin.
In Guazhou and Shazhou at the western end of the Hexi Corridor, the war situation also fell into an unfavorable situation for a time. Li Dingguo, the commander-in-chief of the rear army, abandoned the westernmost Shazhou and retreated to Guazhou. After that, Shazhou was occupied by the Sengge.
Li Dingguo gave up Shazhou because of the unpredictable appearance and unpredictable invasion of Sengge. And Shazhou was full of barbarians, making it difficult for me to use it, so I deliberately abandoned Shazhou and tricked the monks into entering Shazhou. Then I sent out all the soldiers and horses from Suzhou and Guazhou to surround and annihilate the monks in Shazhou City.
This strategy of playing hard to catch and asking the king to enter the urn cannot be said to be unskilled. Li Dingguo even concealed it from Guo Ning, the governor, in order to perform the trick flawlessly, and Seng Ge did indeed fall into the urn.
But fate is not as good as man. Just when Li Dingguo urgently mobilized his troops and prepared to besiege Shazhou, an overwhelming sandstorm blew from the direction of Puchanghai, blowing down Li Dingguo's flag, and the army had to retreat to Guazhou.
This incident greatly damaged the morale of the Qin army. Everyone thought it was God's will. Rumors spread like wildfire in private. When they were about to send troops again the next day, they encountered heavy rain again, which made the soldiers even more panicked.
Li Dingguo knew that if he sent troops forcefully under such circumstances, he would suffer a disastrous defeat, so he had to endure it for the time being.
But with this delay, Batur of Yarkand City had sent tens of thousands of troops to support the Sengge, causing Li Dingguo to lose the best opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Sengge in Shazhou City.
After Batur Khan left his second son to garrison Yarkand City, he also marched eastward with an army of 50,000, preparing to attack the Hexi Corridor with all his strength.
The Heshuo Special Division on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau finally launched an attack. Forty thousand troops rushed down. Before Qin Zuoming reached Lanzhou, they broke through the Qin Army's first line of defense, Nianbo Station, and directed their troops towards Lanzhou.
The entire land and sea border of Da Qin was filled with smoke and war, and urgent reports were flying towards Nanjing like a snowflake...
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ps: Here comes the fourth update. I barely looked up all day long, working hard on typing. Although due to the needs of the plot, I couldn't make everyone happy immediately, but there will be times when I am happy.
I really tried my best, but my back was sore and my eyes were dazzled when I stood up. I had to fight for my life to keep the eighth place in the category.
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.(To be continued...)
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