Chapter 252: Besiege and attack the reinforcements? We have already played this game to death!
“The rebels have already reached Quanzhou Prefecture?”

Jia Cong frowned slightly.

“Reporting to the Marshal, according to the information we received yesterday, the messenger said that Quanzhou Prefecture has been under siege for five days, including today.”

“My navy’s food and fodder supplies have been cut off for nearly half a month.”

“But the Ministry of Revenue has mobilized a lot of laborers to send us here, so we can still sustain it for another half a month!”

“I’d better lead the Marquis’ fleet back to Quanzhou Port first!”

Luo Dali knelt on one knee to report.

“Return to Quanzhou Port?”

“Alright!”

Jia Cong chuckled, then his face became serious. He turned to Song Kaijiang, the commander of the South China Sea First Fleet, and gave orders.

“Song Kaijiang, pass on my orders!”

“All warships weigh anchor and advance in batches. The flagship Nanhai will lead 30 warships in the front.”

“The rest of the warships will set off at intervals of ten nautical miles!”

“This… is it, I obey your command!”

Song Kaijiang was slightly stunned.

However, Jia Cong’s long-standing prestige made him react immediately.

He hurried down to issue the order.

Following the herald’s flag signal.

The 120 warships of the South China Sea First Fleet were directly divided into two parts.

Jia Cong’s flagship, the Nanhai, led thirty warships ahead.

It was not until they were more than ten nautical miles away that the follow-up warships received orders and began to move towards Quanzhou Port.

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Eighty nautical miles

“Sir Antonio, they are coming!”

A fleet of more than 300 large and small Western warships was parked on the sea level.

A blue water curtain enveloped the fleet, and from a distance it looked like an ocean.

Even under the sunlight, there was no trace of Western warships.

On the huge flagship.

A “lookout eye” that is three times larger than the one on Colonel Welsh’s ship stands quietly on the watchtower.

In the command cabin, a crystal ball connected to the Lookout Eye showed the movement of Jia Cong’s fleet.

In another quarter of an hour, it will be within the range of the artillery on the Western warships.

William Brooks, the legendary knight of glory of the Kingdom of England, showed a dissatisfied smile on his face.

“I have to say, this is a pretty brilliant battle plan.”

“Use twenty warships to paralyze the enemy!”

“Force them to return to their own ports at the earliest opportunity.”

“We can ambush them halfway…”

“Well, Lord Brooks, I know you are unhappy with me using the warships of the Kingdom of England as sacrifices.”

“But I hope you won’t forget.”

“We made this agreement when the Combined Fleet was first established.”

“All spoils are divided according to their respective contributions.”

“Those boys won’t die in vain!”

Antonio could see the dissatisfaction in the heart of this legendary knight of glory.

Without waiting for the other person to finish the rest of his words, he began to comfort him.

After saying that, he turned and looked at the admiral of the Spanish Kingdom standing behind them. The man had a resolute face and slightly graying temples.

“Admiral Howell, you are the supreme commander of the combined fleet!”

“I think it would be most appropriate for you to command the battle next.”

“It’s my pleasure, Mr. Antonio!”

Admiral Howell bowed slightly and performed impeccable aristocratic etiquette.

Then he took over command.

Before the first order was given.

However, the fleet not far away suddenly stopped where it was and turned sideways on the spot.

Windows opened one by one on the hull, revealing the dark muzzles of guns inside.

“not good!”

“We’ve been discovered!”

“Quick, everyone, fight back!”

“Damn it!” “Fight back!”

Howell’s expression changed. The opponent’s attacking posture was too obvious.

The words just fell.

“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!”

The artillery on the warships of the South China Sea Fleet, which was still out of the range of the Western Fleet’s artillery, opened fire first.

Each of the Zhenyuan-class warships designed and built by Gongshujia was more powerful than the Western resident warships.

This is specifically reflected in the ship’s attack methods, artillery range, and artillery power.

There is also the speed of the warship.

There were twenty guns on each side.

Thirty warships add up to six hundred ships!
This does not include Jia Cong’s flagship, the Nanhai.

Six hundred shells were fired simultaneously.

It directly broke through the water curtain formed by the expensive alchemical item “Bi Hai Tian Hua” on the Western fleet.

It fell on the unprepared Western warship inside.

“Boom!”

“Boom!”

In order to hide all the warships in the water curtain, the 300 warships of the Western fleet, large and small, were crowded together.

There is not much room to move or dodge.

In this salvo alone, hundreds of warships suffered varying degrees of damage.

The dense formation suddenly fell into chaos.

“Disperse quickly!”

“Fight back!”

“Damn it, how did they find out!”

“This is impossible!”

Just as Admiral Howell was giving orders loudly, something worse happened!

The second round of salvos from the South China Sea Fleet’s thirty warships also arrived.

“Ugh!”

Seeing that the combined fleet was about to suffer even greater losses, the leader Antonio sighed quietly while holding his staff.

The sea level in front of the fleet suddenly rose more than twenty feet, forming a water curtain.

Intercept the remaining artillery fire.

“Everyone, no matter how the other side discovered our plan!”

“I think it’s time for us to contribute.”

……

On the South China Sea
“Sure enough, my guess was correct…”

Jia Cong stood on the deck, looking at the Western fleet appearing in the distance.

“Brother Cong, how did you find them?”

Even at this point, Daiyu still looked confused.

“Make a feint to the east and attack in the west, surround the point and attack the reinforcements!”

“The techniques used by the Westerners are just the ones that we have worn out.”

“The armaments of the various garrisons in Fujian have long been rotten to the core. Only the Fujian Navy can still be considered a combat-ready force.”

“If they dare to start a rebellion at this time, they must have enough trump cards. How can a mere Quanzhou city resist a five-day attack by 100,000 rebels?”

“Brother Cong, you said they deliberately created the illusion that Quanzhou Prefecture was in imminent danger in order to get you to rescue it as soon as possible?”

“And then they ambushed us?”

Daiyu has been smart since she was young, and after a little guidance from Jia Cong, she immediately understood the Westerners’ plans.

“Not only that, the small Western fleet just now should also be a bait thrown by them.”

“They want to lure us into the encirclement they have formed at sea.”

“But they didn’t expect that they would run into the Fujian Navy’s fleet by accident and be completely wiped out by us.”

Ever since he heard that Quanzhou City had held out for five days, Jia Cong realized that something was wrong.

The three main forces of Daqian in Fujian.

Not to mention the various garrisons in Fujian.

The main force of the Daqian Navy was also gathered at Quanzhou Port.

In comparison, the South China Sea First Fleet led by Jia Cong is considered the weakest force by outsiders.

The warships were newly built, and the naval officers and soldiers who operated the warships were also newly trained and temporarily integrated.

If he puts himself in the other party’s shoes, Jia Cong would choose to squeeze the weak one first!
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