However, at this moment, a mother ship collided with the approaching Ming army artillery ship.
The mother ship also contained a lot of fire oil and gunpowder.
The sailors on the Ming munitions ship saw a mother ship of the Tiger Flag coming across, and looked at the big ship they were about to hit soon, with disappointment on their faces.
Knowing that things were impossible, he had no chance to get close to the ship.
He immediately jumped onto the small boat and ignited the fire line on the boat. As for whether he could burn the big ship in the end, he no longer cared about it.
The boat started to leave in the other direction under the rowing of him and a few sailors.
At this time, the fire ship was ignited by the fire line, and the fierce fire oil and gunpowder on the ship quickly burned, and the entire ship became a huge source of fire.
At this moment, a nearby mother ship of similar size loaded onto the fire ship and changed the direction of the fire ship.
The sailors of the mother ship also jumped onto the daughter ship, allowing the two ships to collide and burn together.
In the end, the more than ten fireships of the Ming Navy had no chance to get close to the big ships of the Tiger Flag fleet, and only burned a few small boats of the Tiger Flag fleet.
"Damn! Where did they get so many sailboats?" Yu Zigao slapped the side of the ship hard.
In his opinion, if there were not those fast and agile sailing ships, their fire ships would definitely be able to burn down the big ships of the Tiger Flag.
Even if only two or three Galen ships are burned, the battle for the Navy will be easy to fight.
The galenic ships in the Tiger Flag fleet were too great a threat to the navy's warships, and each ship's cannon had exceeded his knowledge of ship cannons.
In the past, he had only seen these cannons on the red-haired barbarian warships, but today he saw them again on the Han people's own ships.
"Commander!" Cao Huajun called Yu Zigao in a low tone.
More than a dozen fireships were lost, and the sailors on these dozen fireships were also lost with them.
The Navy is not like the Guards and the Border Army, as long as they are human beings, every sailor in the Navy is hard-earned and needs to be trained and qualified before they can board the ship.
And he saw with his own eyes that none of the sailors on the fire ships came back.
Almost all of them were intercepted by sailing ships carrying the tiger flag, and the ships they were on were destroyed and fell into the sea.
Once a sailor falls into the sea, if he is not rescued in time, he is likely to be buried at the bottom of the sea.
Naturally, the sailors of the Ming Navy would not rescue the ships carrying the Tiger Flag.
Yu Zigao had a gloomy face and ordered: "Send out all the serial boats. I don't believe that we can't destroy their big boats."
He didn't even look at Cao Huajun.
He was also distressed by the loss of the navy, but he also knew that if the fleet of the Tiger Flag was not eradicated, the Ming Dynasty would be more dangerous, and the loss of naval ships, troops and horses would only be more.
Seven or eight serial boats separated from the Ming navy warships.
These chain boats are similar to fire ships.
However, the only use of the fire ship is to burn down the big ship, while the serial ship can be used as an ordinary warship. After getting close to the enemy ship, the bow can also be detached from the hull, ram the enemy warship, and use fire to attack the enemy ship, and ignite the enemy ship. The sailors on the ship would leave on the back half of the ship.
Even without the front end, sailors on the serial boat can still use weapons to fight.
"No, the Tiger Flag actually has a big ship."
Cao Huajun, who could not stop Yu Zigao, could only focus on those serial boats, but at this moment, he discovered that two Galen ships and some sailboats were approaching the navy in the distance.
Only the Barbarians and Tiger Banners on the sea have Galen ships with such many guns.
And he saw the tiger flag on the newly arrived Galen ship.
After he shouted this, Yu Zigao also saw two newly joined Galen ships that had entered the battlefield.
"Damn it, they actually still have some strength left." Yu Zigao slapped the side of the ship angrily.
The Galen ship was too great a threat to the navy's warships. This battle allowed him to once again realize the advantages of ship cannons in naval warfare.
Now Tiger Flag has sent two more galenic ships, which makes him understand that even if the serial boats sent out can destroy one or two large ships on Tiger Flag's side, it will not help.
"Commander, please retreat. If we continue to fight, all the ships that the navy has accumulated over the years will be lost in the sea." Cao Huajun begged.
There is no hope of victory anymore, and now he just wants to save a few more navy warships.
Every sailor is a treasure to the navy, but warships are even more precious to the navy.
The imperial court's lack of attention to the navy has meant that the navy has not built new ships for many years, and has mostly made modifications based on old ships.
Once the navy he brought was buried here, even if he returned alive, he would only be beheaded by the court.
"Retreat, retreat!" Yu Zigao let out a long sigh.
He knew that he had no choice but to retreat. If he continued to fight, there would be no hope of victory. He would only lose the court's troops, horses and warships in vain.
"Quick, quick, send the order and retreat." Cao Huajun shouted urgently to the people around him, "There are still those serial boats, let them come back quickly."
Just for a moment, he had already seen a chain boat destroyed by a sailboat from the Tiger Flag side.
The order to retreat was quickly conveyed.
But the retreat of warships on the sea is far less convenient than on land.
Just as the navy was retreating, several more navy warships were sunk by ship guns.
Seeing this, Cao Huajun felt very distressed.
After abandoning several warships, the Ming Navy finally retreated and began to retreat out of the sea area where the battle was taking place.
"Commander, the Ming Navy has withdrawn."
The lookout on the main ship of the Tiger Flag Fleet reported what he saw to Zheng Tie.
The sea is unlike land. Unless there are islands around, there is no cover or blockage. You can clearly see whether the troops are retreating or not, and there is no possibility of an ambush at all.
Zheng Tie himself looked at it with a monocular telescope and confirmed that the Ming navy had indeed retreated, so he ordered: "Order the fleet to stop the pursuit, leave a group of sailboats to monitor, and the rest of the ships return to port."
The target of one of the fire ships was the main ship on which Zheng Tie was riding.
The sailors on the fireboat had a cheerful smile on their faces.
As long as the fire ship approaches the main ship and ignites it, the main ship will most likely burn together and eventually sink to the bottom of the sea.
Of course, the sailor was not sure that he was rushing towards the main ship of the Tiger Flag fleet.
But in the Tiger Flag fleet, the warship he was eyeing was the largest one. Even if it was not the main ship, it should still be very important. As long as this largest warship was burned, it would definitely give the Tiger Flag fleet Cause heavy damage.
Zheng Tie, who was standing on the deck, could clearly see the direction of the fire ship's movement, and he also knew that it was heading towards the ship at his feet.
