After the inspection fleet occupied Luoye Island, the pirate alliance's attacks suddenly began.
On September 16, Yin Zhanlong's flag suddenly appeared in the waters near Linbo Island. When they advanced to 30 miles away from the island, the fleet consisting of more than a hundred pirate ships was spotted by the infinite rosette patrolling the sea.
Discover.
Zhou Keli and Ling Congyun drove the infinite rosette to harass the sky while flying to report the squadron stationed on Linbo Island.
Linbo Island is just a small island, and the inspection fleet only placed a dozen ships here. There are no big ships, so they can't go to war. So all the nearby ships rushed into the harbor to take shelter, relying on the 500 defenders and 30 monks on the shore to stand ready.
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Yin Shunlong's large ships were also unable to enter the harbor. He sent a large number of small boats to besiege the inspection fleet ships in the harbor. The battle was fierce.
The next morning, the nearest inspection fleet with more than 60 large and small warships rushed to Linbo Island. The two sides fought a battle and each lost seven or eight ships. Yin Shunlong led the pirate fleet to evacuate.
The inspection fleet followed Yin Zhanlong for fifty miles until the end of Shenshi. In order to prevent an ambush, they broke away from contact before dark and returned to Linbo Island.
On September 24, more than 200 ships of the Pirates Alliance boarded the container fleet departing from Daleishan Island. Due to the large scale of the escorting inspection fleet, which included many double-deck warships made of thousands of materials, the Pirates Alliance did not dare to
Attacking rashly, the two sides were more than ten miles apart and accompanied each other for two days.
When they were about to approach Linbo Island, both sides received reinforcements. The pirate Zhang Zheng led his ships to join in, with more than 300 large and small ships and an escort fleet of more than 160 ships.
Yin Shunlong and Zhang Zheng judged that their side had the advantage, so they ordered an attack.
This naval battle was very large-scale and fierce. The pirates once again used fire attack ships to attack the container fleet, burning four ships and achieving considerable results.
However, in the duel between warships, the pirate ships with the numerical advantage encountered a tough opponent. They were beaten horribly by the thousand-material double-deck warships and the five-hundred-material warships in the escort fleet. More than ten ships were sunk on the spot.
Eight ships were injured, only four sailors of the convoy were sunk, and three patrol ships were damaged and withdrawn from the battle.
Realizing the disparity in combat power between the two warships, Yin Shunlong and Zhang Zheng immediately ordered a retreat. The escort fleet gave up the pursuit after driving them ten miles away, and turned back to continue to cover the container fleet heading to Luoye Island.
It is worth mentioning that the two flying magic weapons present played a key role. They used thunder and lightning magic weapons in the naval battle, sinking and damaging one pirate ship each.
Luo Zhiqing created a new method of warfare in the chaos. He fell onto a pirate ship with the help of a long rope, and unexpectedly decapitated the two yellow-crowned monks on board with one sword. He then climbed back to Qingyu Baoying along the long rope.
In the ensuing battle, the pirate ship was also destroyed and sank to the bottom of the sea.
After this battle, when the pirates encountered a convoy escorted by a fleet, they became cautious and did not dare to attack easily.
On October 5, the two sides had another fierce battle off the coast of Songmao Island. The cause was the pirates' night attack on Songmao Island. Night battles are the most prone to chaos, so the pirates achieved a good battle-loss ratio in the battle with the inspection fleet.
, both sides sank six ships each, which was almost equal to victory for the pirates.
The reason why I say almost is that they retreated too late and were caught by the reinforcement ships of the inspection fleet that arrived. The battle started again the next afternoon. This time, the pirate ships lost more than ten ships, and the inspection fleet was only injured.
Four ships.
However, the pirates also gained something. On October 15, a storm broke out at sea. The storm lasted for a day and night, causing six container ships to lose their way and separate from the group. On the afternoon of the third day, they were 230 meters east of Songmao Island.
We encountered pirates in the sea more than ten miles away and were surrounded by swarming pirate ships. Two ships were sunk and four were captured, resulting in considerable losses.
Generally speaking, the naval battles in the past two months have been in a stalemate. The pirates mainly attacked transportation lines and proactively pursued night battles, while the inspection fleet focused on consolidating the occupied islands and at the same time sought to consume as much sea power as possible during escort.
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In short, on both sides, you fight your side and I fight mine, each claiming to have achieved significant results.
In the joint meeting, Zhao Ran was also explaining to everyone the war that took place during this period. He said: "The current war situation is changing towards the way we expected. What the inspection fleet is least afraid of is a war of attrition. The more such battles are fought, the more
The situation becomes more advantageous."
Tang Yaozu asked: "When can the blockade be truly established and the western front where the pirates seek help be cut off?"
Zhao Ran said: "Ships, a lot of warships! Therefore, Longqing's four-year shipbuilding plan is very important. While ensuring ten three-deck battleships with two thousand materials and fifty two-deck warships with one thousand materials as the main force, we also
We need two hundred 500-material warships and the same number of patrol ships, and even more fast ships. Our bottom line is to completely trap the pirates and seize Ling'ao Island by the middle of next year, and regain the East China Sea. So we
I hope you will mobilize all your efforts to successfully complete the issuance of the third Jinghai Pingkou bond."
Just when Zhao Ran was paying close attention to a series of battles in the East China Sea and going all out to ensure that Chen Shandao had ships to fight, soldiers to maneuver, food to eat, and magical tools and talismans to use, he received an invitation.
The invitation was sent from Chongde Hall, Sinan Prefecture, Guizhou, inviting Zhao Ran to attend the double cultivation ceremony in Zhiyuan.
Yu Zhiyuan is getting married. The other party is a female cultivator from Luo Xin Cave of Sinan Prefecture. She is also a Taoist priest. She is slightly younger than Yu Zhiyuan, forty-eight. It is said that she is the daughter of the master of Luo Xin Cave. She has always dreamed of it in her early years.
Achieve the golden elixir, but it's a pity that I didn't even reach the Huangguan realm.
At this age, I saw it clearly and decided to find a couple to live a good life and experience what it was like to get married and have children.
After receiving the invitation, Zhao Ran breathed a sigh of relief and was happy for Yu Zhiyuan. He hoped that this marriage would turn his attention to a normal life path and not be so decadent and over-the-top.
As for the Double Cultivation Ceremony, Zhao Ran definitely wasn't in the mood or had the time to go. If he went, it would make Yu Zhiyuan unhappy, so why bother?
Besides, when Elder Yu sent the invitation, he didn't ask him to go, but just told himself that he had taken care of the matter.
Zhao Ranren won't go, but the gift cannot be spared. Let's just regard the friendship between him and Yu Zhiyuan as an end.
One mid-level magic weapon, two low-level magic weapons, one fourth-level earth flame golden light talisman, ten low-level talismans, eighty-eight taels of gold, eight hundred and eighty-eight taels of silver, and one Dadong Pearl.
This congratulatory gift is quite valuable for a Taoist monk. Zhao Ranfei and Fu Qufenghe asked him to send his disciples from Dajun Mountain to Sinan Mansion to congratulate him. It was close there and it would be convenient and trouble-free to get there.
After Qu Fenghe received the flying talisman, he thought for a while and called Feng Tang over: "You can't neglect your junior uncle's affairs. You can go there."