I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

The one responsible for leading the team to take the initiative to attack the Dahua steam fleet is Zheng Zhilong's son, Zheng Cai.

His fleet consisted of more than 70 large ships and some other auxiliary boats, and the strength was about three times that of the steam fleet.

From this number, it can be seen that Daming is afraid of this steam fleet.

A large number of ships rushed towards the steam fleet, but Bai Bainian, the captain of the steam fleet and the number two character of the Dahua Navy, did not panic at all. He kept the fleet at an angle with the enemy, and then shelled the fleets that were chasing him.

A large number of artillery shells fell into Zheng Cai's fleet, causing it to suffer huge losses.

But Zheng Cai had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to rush forward.

They are constantly shortening the distance from the Chinese army, but the closer the distance is, the more damage the Chinese army's artillery bombardment will cause them.

Zheng Cai can only grit her teeth and comfort herself, this is the price to bear before victory.

However, when they were about to catch up with the Huajun steam fleet, a scene that made him vomit blood happened.

Dahua's steam fleet was accelerating, and then, relying on its superior speed, it maintained a very close but absolutely safe distance from them.

Then, at this distance, shoot at them.

"Ah, shameless, too deceiving."

Zheng Cai jumped on the boat in a hurry, really jumping up and stomping the deck. He was so anxious that he lost his sense of proportion and forgot to take care of his image.

His mentality has been collapsed by Hua Jun's incomprehensible tactics.

Because he knew that as long as Hua Jun kept flying kites like this, he would have nothing to do with him.

This is not a situation that can be changed by the will to fight and the courage to fight to the death. The speed of the ship just can't catch up. This is an objective reality and cannot be changed by human will.

Unless God suddenly blows a tailwind now, he can still raise his sails to catch up. Otherwise, they can only be beaten like this, and there is no chance for them to escape.

Because once they turn around and escape, the Chinese army will definitely keep a suitable speed to catch up.

Not only Zheng Cai saw this big trouble, but other generals and even some ordinary soldiers saw it.

"This goddamn bastard, no one can catch up."

"Where are we chasing people, we are chasing cannonballs, chasing to be hit by cannonballs."

The soldier's words were heartbreaking, and the other soldiers almost burst into tears when they heard the words.

Image, too damn image.

Where is he chasing people, like a fool who is chasing after a cannonball.

"beng"

Another shell fell on the deck and exploded, and the scattered shrapnel knocked down the unprotected soldiers.

Those soldiers hiding behind the planks depended on luck. If they were lucky, they escaped, but if they were unlucky, the shrapnel would pass through the gap or shoot through the plank and hit them.

Those wounded soldiers who didn't die immediately rolled on the deck in pain, and the shrapnel shot out of the explosion was very hot, and stabbed in the flesh.

Some soldiers who couldn't bear it in their hearts have quietly gone to find a boat for escape, ready to take the opportunity to escape.

These are still a bit sensible people. Some people who were scared by the shells and lost their minds jumped into the sea to escape.

However, they don't have anything like life buoys, and unless someone saves them in the sea, they will die.

"My lord, we can't go on like this. Let's divide our troops into two lanes, and keep the other lane at forty-five degrees with them heading towards them. This way they can't face us with the side of the boat, otherwise they will be overtaken by the other lane."

A general persuaded Zheng Caidao.

This person may have some knowledge of geometry, or may be experienced enough to make this judgment intuitively.

Moreover, his judgment was correct.

Driving at different angles, the distance it needs to travel to reach the enemy is different.

Zheng Cai's mind couldn't turn around and couldn't understand.

However, at this time, he had no choice but to prepare to accept it.

However, another commander put forward an objection: "General, let's leave a few ships behind, and the large army should retreat. The losses of the army are already too heavy, and if we continue to chase, even if we can catch up with the enemy, I'm afraid our soldiers have collapsed too."

His words are not unreasonable, any army has a limit to bear casualties.

The ability of the Army to take casualties is generally low because they are easy to escape.

It is more difficult for the navy to escape, so even if it is very dangerous, they will stay on the ship with a fluke.

It seems that they have not collapsed, but in fact, these people have no will to fight.

Once they get close to the Chinese army, they enter the battle of landing, and if they have the opportunity to surrender, they may even surrender directly.

At this time, their casualty rate has actually reached 30%, and on average, one out of three people is killed or injured.

And these are all caused by cannons, so terrifying.

Now they should not be thinking about how to approach the enemy, but to prevent them from being approached.

"Yeah, the general, let's withdraw, the brothers can't stand it for a long time, what kind of ghost battle is this, we have never been so aggrieved."

Another minister also persuaded to withdraw.

Zheng Cai, who has no opinion, thinks it makes sense after listening to it.

"Alas, this battle is not our fault, but the enemy's artillery is too fierce

Fierce, the ship is too fast, I can't wait for it. "

Zheng Cai let out a long sigh, and then ordered the main force to turn around and retreat.

If no one breaks the back, they can't escape even if they want to escape. Hua Jun can play them to death by relying on the speed of the ship.

The several ships that were asked to stay were stunned. Why should others escape, but I had to stay and die.

In their eyes, staying is not the same as dying.

Not to mention that the Huajun's artillery has never been stopped, even if the Huajun stopped the artillery to take over the battle, they would definitely lose.

"Damn, let's run too. Those who are tired of living will stay behind."

One of the captains cursed.

"However, if we fled back, we also disobeyed the military order, and we couldn't survive."

His subordinates persuaded and said that the meaning of these words was very clear.

Since staying is dead, and returning is also dead, then there is only surrender.

Everyone exchanged glances with each other, and they all saw panic in each other's eyes.

"Lower all the other military flags, raise the white flag, and surrender."

Said the captain, that he had decided to surrender.

The tradition of raising the white flag equals surrender actually existed as early as the Qin and Han dynasties, but it was not common and did not become a customary rule.

However, as long as they make such a move, the other party can generally understand what they mean.

Especially at sea, all kinds of command rely on semaphore. Different flags represent different commands.

The navy raising the white flag has a more obvious meaning than the army raising the white flag.