Did Shi Lang's Zhoushan Master have so many fireboats?

No.

These fireships came from Zheng Sen's "generous gift".

When a sea fight broke out between the two sides of Qixing Island before, the capital ship of the fleet led by Zheng Zhiguan was forced to turn north, so his supply fleet was captured by the Zhoushan Water Division, which is why there are so many "fire ships".

When the dense "fire ships" approached the area of the capital ships with broken sails, Nabul, who had woken up, finally gave the third correct order, he ordered the small and medium-sized warships in front of the capital ships to intercept and sink these "fire ships", and ordered the capital ships to continue shelling the six ships of the naval division that were no longer able to sail.

There is nothing strange or wrong about this command.

But the problem is that the enemy's capital ship was loaded with chain shells before, and changing shells at this time is not as simple as in later generations.

Of course, this time is not long, and with the interception of small and medium-sized warships in front, it is not yet a threat to the head of the capital ship, so it stands to reason that time is enough.

That's why Nabul can be at ease, calmly "surprised" and wake up.

Nabul was dismissive, that was what he really thought at this time, and in his opinion, the next moment, the sea would be a piece of sawdust.

However, he underestimated these "fire ships" and Shi Lang.

Can Shi Lang be so stupid? Stupid enough to take seven capital ships for a suicidal attack?

No!

The reason why Shi Lang dared to resist the order was that he was at least six or seven percent sure of this battle.

If it weren't for that, Shi Lang wouldn't dare to resist the order, especially when Wu Zheng was already angry.

What exactly is Shi Lang hiding?

Or maybe something surprising?

……。

This so-called "fireboat" is actually a mixture of various small boats, such as edged boats, clippers, and flat-bottomed boats.

Against medium and large ships, they do not have the ability to threaten the opponent.

A ship full of seven or eight people, at best larger than the lifeboats on the capital ships of the enemy at that time, had no artillery on them, and even the sails were single sails, and its driving force was a mixture of sail and oar power, that is, the sailors on board, not only were responsible for the battle, but also ...... Rowing.

But there is a good saying, "the boat is small and good to turn around".

It is precisely because the load is not much, so the speed is fast and the adaptability is strong.

The enemy has already anchored and stopped the ship, and even a medium-sized warship will have to set sail for a while, and as far as the effort is concerned, for a "fireship" that is close to ten miles and sailing at full speed, that is the distance between the snap of a finger.

The enemy's medium-sized warships immediately fired a salvo of gunwales, and indeed sank many "fireships", but the size of the "fireships" was too small, and when they were fired from gunwales, it was obvious that some of the cannons were as uncomfortable as mosquitoes, and the proportion of sunk numbers was too small for the total number of more than 200 ships.

In this moment of tense volley, they even forgot that they were headwind, and the "fireship" was downwind, in the frontal rapid approach.

In the "T" shaped strategy, the most disgusting thing is that the target is facing head-on, because the target cross-section at this time is the smallest.

This is like when a cavalry charges head-on, in fact, the area threatened by arrows is the least, which is a reason.

However, in naval warfare in this era, it was also rare to take the bow of the ship to face the enemy, because although this reduced the probability of being hit, it also lost the opportunity to defeat the enemy, because the bow gun was at most three, and most of them were only one.

Can a "fireship" without any artillery really threaten the existence of a giant ship?

What happened next confirmed that the rat swallowed the elephant. As long as the conditions are right, ants can gnaw on elephants.

In the blink of an eye, the "fireship" approached the forefront of the enemy's formation, which was the area of the enemy's capital ship's "sword guard" medium-sized warship, and it was precisely because it was too close that the medium-sized warship had lost its ability to shell, and there was no angle.

The commander of the "Knife Guard" couldn't wait for Nabul's order, and he gave a nervous, panicked, but fierce order, "Stick to it, stop these yellow-skinned monkeys...... Damn Nabul, he shouldn't have given the order to drop anchor ....... ”

Glued on?

How easy is it to say?

If ten miles away, with preparation, the big ship artillery could indeed crush these small ships, but now ...... No!

"Broadside ......!" The commander of the "guard with a knife" reacted quickly, and immediately thought of this tactic, which had been useless for a long time and had almost disappeared in the European theater, "Quick, drop anchor hooks on them......!" ”

This order is obviously the most correct, in fact, the "fire ships" really have to be hooked by the anchor hooks of these big ships, and they do not need to engage in broadside battles, they are already in pieces.

How can a wooden boat withstand a lump of iron of this weight?

But the problem is, how can such a weight of iron lumps be so easy to hit a fast-moving boat, it is nothing more than a psychological deterrent.

It was too late, but it was fast, and more than 200 small boats approached the area of the enemy's medium-sized warships, and in an instant the center blossomed and dispersed.

It is really like a flower blooming, and the waves of the "fire boat" are like petals, which is especially beautiful at this time.

What do these "fireships" want to do?

Not only did the commander of the "Guard with Knife" think so, but Nabul also thinks so when he sees this scene through his binoculars.

Is it to invite into a carnival, a feast?

Apparently not!

Suddenly Nabul exclaimed, "Mine...... Damn the yellow-skinned monkeys, they're throwing mines ......! ”

The "fire boats" who have been suffocated and beaten have finally revealed their hidden fangs at this moment.

After it had blossomed and spread out in the center, two or three people began to work together to push the black whirring iron bumps carried by the ship off the side of the ship.

There is no goal, there is no need for a target, that is, in the course of the march, in the heart of the enemy, push down one by one.

The mine splashed, sank down, and then floated upward, half of which was still above the water.

A ship is loaded with almost no less than ten, this area, at least in the short time of the ocean currents, is a place cursed by death, no warship can be spared, this kind of mine may not be of the slightest use to the steel warships of later generations, but against the current wooden sailing ships, it is a nirvana.

The "fireships", which had polished the goods hidden in their bellies, then sailed away in all directions, and the panicked enemy ships almost watched them leave, and the naval guns fired at just the right angle, as if they were firing the heads of a chicken.

At this time, more than a dozen warships that had been ordered by the commander of the "sword guard" to stick to and anchor finally ran into trouble.

Strike a thunderbolt!

Whether it was the warship accidentally crashing into it on its own initiative, or the ocean current driving the mine to meet it, the result was the same, it exploded.

Sudden bursts of smoke and flames, flying wood chips, and the faint wails and cries for help of enemy sailors.

Let this battlefield be like hell.