But after a short period of tranquility, the officers and soldiers of the Zheng family realized that they were wrong, and they were very wrong! The nightmare has just begun!

When the sea water began to smash back into the water around the flagship, the huge surge generated knocked Zheng Sen, a battleship with a displacement of more than 1,200 tons, to the ground.

Waves crashed against the flagship's port hull, and splashes from teak planks purchased from Siam formed a wall of water several meters high. The sailors of the Zheng family, who were still firmly grasping the side of the ship just now, were drenched and slammed into the port side deck.

The guy on the port deck who didn't have time to grasp anything was swept up by the waves and smashed into the hard bulkhead behind him, spitting blood. However, they were lucky, and a few of the unlucky ones were simply swept up by the waves and let out a long series of wails and swept into the sea, becoming sacrifices to the dragon king and the water tribe.

From the first shell falling into the sea water next to the battleship until the flagship stabilized the hull, it only lasted for half a minute, but this half minute left a huge shadow in the hearts of the officers and men of the Zheng Jiashui Division who used to boast of crisscrossing the seas, and this feeling was several times more uncomfortable than facing a strong typhoon at sea! The huge force of the cannonball's accomplice pulling the sea water pressed the flagship from the port side to the starboard side, and the hull let out a groan of pain and a scream of fear in the huge torsional deformation, and the battleship swayed back and forth in the crests and valleys of the waves, and the sound of the tooth-aching hull twisting echoed over the entire battleship.

The distortion sound was lowered slightly by a few decibels. Zheng Sen got rid of the frightened, his eyes were bloodshot, "Fire!" Fire! Beat me these wrecked ships into the sea! The voice was hoarse like a broken gong, the voice of an old man in his forties and fifties who had overdosed on cigarettes and alcohol, not at all like the voice of a weak-crowned teenager.

After finishing the gunboats, the four Kronners were taking advantage of the agility and speed of the brigs to shuttle beautifully back and forth among several red-haired ships, ready to pass through the gaps in the fleet and complete the secondary loading of the Kron's guns on the periphery of the fleet!

"Big young marshal! Hold your horses! ”

Shi Lang's forehead was cut by something, and red blood slashed across his face from the top of his head. It looked bewitching and weird on Shi Lang's face.

"This is the Crone Cannon of the Nanyue Army! Siege and naval battles are all sharp weapons! The power of more than sixty pounds of cannonballs can open mountains and crack rocks! But. Slow reloading! We'll wait for him to get close to our ship and give him a hard blow with the guns on the bow! ”

Shi Lang's words are good, it can be said that in a word, the Cron gunboat follows the design idea of Shouhan. It smells like a torpedo boat. But. The weakness of the torpedo boats was also copied by the Cron gunboats. The slow reloading speed is the biggest weakness of the Cron gunboats.

In order to compensate for this weakness, Shouhan had to grit his teeth and sacrifice the speed of part of the Cron gunboats. It was fitted with a twelve-pounder cannon and an eight-pounder gun. As an auxiliary fire self-defense arm for the Cron gunboats.

"It's up to you!"

Zheng Sen also saw the situation on the Cron gunboat through the lens of the telescope with red eyes, and agreed to Shi Lang's suggestion without hesitation.

"Attention guns! Load! Get ready to fire! ”

The gunners on the red-haired ships gritted their teeth and stared at the four Cron gunboats that were trying to sail away, damn, you want to pat your ass and leave? How can there be such a cheap thing in the world?!

"Reload! Load! ”

"Prepare to fire!"

On the bow deck there was the shouting of the gunners, and the muffled sound of the whip whipping on the men and on the deck.

When the gunners finished preparing the guns on the gun emplacement, the four Cron gunboats, which almost turned Zheng Sen's flagship into a pile of wood, also happened to draw a semi-circular arc to adjust their direction, preparing to rush out of the Zheng family's fleet side, reload in the open sea, and then carry out the valuable work of dismantling the ship.

"Closest!" All the people on the red-haired boat had this vicious thought in their hearts.

"Attention guns! Fire! ”

Zheng Sen's flagship was the first to fire. At a distance of less than a hundred meters, the trajectory of the shells was already almost horizontal. To be precise, the gunners of the Zheng Jiashui Division carried out direct horizontal shooting, and the target was the one with the command flag hanging on the mast of the Cron artillery fleet! It was it that fired huge cannonballs at Zheng Sen's flagship at the earliest!

Zheng Zhibao's ship followed the flagship's fierce fire, and the target was also the poor command ship. It is better to cut off one finger than to hurt ten fingers, this is the rule of naval combat. No matter how many ships are wounded, it is not as good as sinking a ship! In an instant, the hull of the command ship caught fire in front of the officers and men of the Zheng Jiashui Division, and this guy who had just brought great fear and shame to the Zhengjia Navy Division turned into a huge fireball that was burning vigorously on the sea, and it could be clearly seen from the porthole of the flagship's gun emplacement, that the gunpowder on the ship had exploded because of the burning, and with the smoke and flames produced by the explosion, the command ship threw huge fragments of the ship's planks with green smoke and flames and things suspected to be part of the bodies of the officers and men of the Nanyue Army Marine Division to the surrounding sea.

The effect of the first round of concentrated artillery fire and flat fire of the Zheng Jiashui Division was amazing, and the command ship suffered an unbearable heavy blow in this round of attack.

Its hull was completely destroyed.

Three shells hit the gun deck of the Crane Cannon, and the gunpowder piled up near the gun emplacements lifted the heavy Crane Cannon into the air, and then smashed into the sea, splashing up a crystal pillar that was several times taller than before! Then the raging sea water fell wildly, smashing the already twisted and burning hull of the ship and quickly disintegrating.

The gun deck and rudder were blown up by gunpowder without a trace, the cabin of the lower floor was torn in half, and countless items and equipment were thrown into the sea.

This round of artillery fire sank a Kelon gunboat, which immediately caused a burst of frantic shouts and cheers among the Zheng family's sailors.

"Shi Lang! You're right! I got closer! Can't let them reload shells! ”

Zheng Sen excitedly shook Shi Lang's hand and shouted loudly in his ear.

"Big young marshal! Signal to the boats on the left and right wings. To Uncle Zhibao! Let them divide and surround these boats! Don't let them run! Kill them one by one! ”

Shi Lang also shouted a little excitedly, and ordered the soldiers beside him to quickly convey the order, so that the gunboats of the Fujian Navy Division could quickly kill these Kron gunboats, and then concentrate on dealing with Li Huamei's main ships. Compared with the guns and ships of the Fujian Naval Division, the Nanyue Army was somewhat lacking in both quantity and speed, and the only advantage was the quality and number of sailors.

These can only be used to offset the technical superiority of the Nanyue Army!

However, in the blink of an eye, the remaining three Kelon gunboats of the Nanyue Army used twelve-pound shells to teach these Zheng family sailors who were cheering and cleaning their chambers and loading their medicine bags a lesson, telling them what it means to come and not be rude!

Three Cron gunboats on the left flank. With the twelve-pounder cannon in the bow, he tirelessly launched the voluntary labor of digging holes in the planks of the nearby Zheng family ships!

With a loud bang. A scorching cannonball burst through the gun window on the side of the ship, and the uninvited guest immediately turned the gun emplacement into a hell full of steel shards and scorching flames, destroying human limbs with gunpowder and the smell of burnt human flesh in the cramped cabin!

Before the gunners could scream, they were charred corpses with many holes.

"Fire! Give Lao Tzu a hard beating! ”

The sailors of the Fujian Naval Division poured heavy artillery fire around the three brigs. Large and small shells. Countless large and small water columns were blown up. These brigs took advantage of their speed and maneuvering advantages in the encirclement of six or seven red-haired boats to begin to maneuver and evade, and flexibly shuttled through the artillery fire of the Fujian Naval Division, which made the Fujian Naval Division even more angry. While constantly making evasive maneuvers, the three Kronners continued to return fire with several twelve-pounder and eight-pounder guns mounted on the bow and stern of their ships, trying to carve large holes in the red-haired ship with solid shells, and raining bullets on the deck with shrapnel shells, killing and injuring the sailors on this deck.

Zheng Sen and Shi Lang waved their swords and flags at the bow of the ship, directing the gunners of each cannon to pour steel and gunpowder on the three Cron gunboats, which were already delicious food, while on the other side, Zheng Zhibao was also commanding more than a dozen big green heads to fight hard to block the four Klong gunboats with artillery, making their efforts to break through the encirclement composed of big green heads and red-haired boats and rescue their brothers from the encirclement again and again.

"Big young marshal!! Rocket ship! The rocket ships of the Nanyue Army are rushing towards us! ”

The captain, who was observing the entire battlefield from the lookout on the top of the mainmast, suddenly roared wildly.

"North! There is also it in the east! Rocket ship! 123 ...... Hachijo! Pony Eminem! I can't count! The captain continued to roar from the watchtower, his voice beginning to reveal a hint of fear.

"Where!"

Zheng Sen and Shi Lang raised their binoculars on their chests almost at the same time, searching for those damn rocket ships on the sea full of smoke and gunsmoke, and now the gunboats of the Fujian Navy Division are trying to encircle and annihilate the seven Kelon gunboats, preparing to send these dying ships to the sea to honor the Dragon King! Zheng Zhibao has even arranged for sailors to mark the location of the sinking ship of Fang Cai's Crane Cannon, and is ready to arrange for someone to salvage the beloved and feared cannon and load it on his own ship!

But now, all of this has the potential to come to naught!

On the sea, less than 500 meters away from Zheng Sen's flagship, more than a dozen rocket ships were lined up, struggling to come against the north wind. The rockets that had just made Master Zheng realize what a professional arsonist was, their rounded heads and snow-white tails were shining like diamonds in the scorching midday sun. Moreover, next to all the rocket launchers, there was a guy with a malicious face who was holding a torch and looking in the direction of the huge hulls of the red-haired ships of the Zheng family's sailors.

Zheng Sen could even see the smell in the eyes of those launchers from the binoculars, just like the deliberately open kimono chests of those drunken ronin peeping geisha on the streets of Japan, full of obscene and obscene taste!

"Spread out! Disperse! ”

Ignoring Zheng Sen's instructions, Shi Lang waved the command flag in his hand and ordered the ships not to gather in one place, so as not to become someone else's rocket target! Transform yourself into a model of selfless play of light and heat on the winter sea!

"Whoosh! Whoosh! ”

A series of high-pitched, piercing screams came from far and near. The boats were forced to adjust the angle of the sails and pull the rudder levers, and the huge torque jerked the ship's side to one side.

Dozens of rockets flew over the flotilla and around the ships, and a few ships were unfortunately hit by rockets, and the sails and rigging on the ships' sides, decks, and masts suddenly burst into flames. The people on the ship hurriedly began to extinguish the fire with all kinds of tools, and the vats of seawater were splashed on the flames, but the flames spread rapidly and burned everywhere on the deck.

Taking advantage of the enthusiasm of the red-haired boats and the big blueheads who were scrambling to avoid the rockets, the three Cron gunboats surrounded by the red-haired boats took a chance and rushed out of the two red-haired boats with smoke and fire.

The three Cron gunboats that escaped were smashed by the cannons, despite the fact that their sails had been smashed by the cannons. There was a slight pause. Several sailors struggled to stuff huge shells and eight-pound gunpowder bags into the chambers, and one of the gunners glanced at the range of the Cron cannon and shouted, "Good! "Actually. You don't have to aim either. The distance is less than two hundred steps. On the trajectory of the Cron gun, which has an effective range of up to a thousand paces, this distance is basically a straight line.

Sixty-eight-pound shells from the three Cron gunboats let out a low roar from the Cron cannon almost simultaneously. It's as if he wants to be chased and beaten in just a few minutes, and the anger of suppressing the beating will be vented out one by one! The huge cannonball was fired from the muzzle of the cannon at a five-degree angle by gunpowder, and went straight for the two red-haired ships that had just broken through!

"Pull the sails! Remove! ”

This shelling was entirely a counterattack before retreating, in order to create chaos on the other side, to buy more time for himself to escape in the chaos of the other side, no, to retreat.

It is clear that the purpose of the three Cron gunboats has been fully achieved, and it is overfulfilled!

After two shells punched a huge hole in the side of a red-haired ship, the strong castration did not diminish at all, and the entire hull was pierced in half, and the opposite scene could be faintly seen from the broken planks.

Another cannonball fell very aggrievedly on the aft deck of a red-haired ship, from the deck to the bottom cabin, the sound of the wooden planks breaking and breaking, and the screams and wails of people came up from the cabins on all floors.

Seeing the flags of the rocket ships in front of her, Li Huamei smiled, the bright beauty of this smile was completely incompatible with the tragedy on the entire sea, "Eight Kelon gunboats broke through, lost one command ship, and each ship was injured to varying degrees, but it was still a battle!" ”

"Signal! The Cron gunboat went to the rear to rest and be on guard! The main forces of our guerrilla fleet are all pressed! ”

Before the smile completely disappeared from her face, Li Huamei's cherry lips issued a cold command. Before the surrounding sailors could react, they were stunned by this order.

"Our eldest lady is getting too fast! It's still sunny! It's a storm in the blink of an eye! ”

"That's it! Such a girl, I don't know what kind of unlucky person she will be in the future, her ancestors don't accumulate virtue, and she will marry her home! The two sailors muttered quietly, but they did not dare to slack off in their hands, and worked hard to adjust the angle of the sails, and with the Aomei as the arrow, the fleet of the Nanyue Army swooped towards the formation of the Zheng family's sailors.

The naval battle was in full swing, the warships of both sides were frantically firing shells of various calibers at their opponents, the air echoed like rolling thunder, and forests of large and small water columns were erected on the sea, and the sea was now half icy water, and the other half was scorching flames floating on the sea.

With the smoke of the unburned propellant in the breech, the battleship was shrouded in smoke from the muzzle, and at this time, the Nanyue fleet, which was headwinding against the north wind, highlighted its superiority, and the strong north wind wantonly tore the thin veil shrouded in the battleship, quickly recovering the battleship's vision.

The billowing smoke gushing out of the various breaches of the battleship after it was hit, the shining cannon flames from the muzzles of various caliber guns, the gunpowder smoke coming out of the guns after firing, and the various command flags waving on the masts were mixed together, presenting a gorgeous and magnificent picture in front of the people, full of that formidable majestic momentum, and with a kind of evil, primitive, seductive blood, death, and violence.

The Aomei took a zigzag route in the formation of the Fujian Navy Division very beautifully, took four frigates to cut five red-haired boats and big green heads out of the formation of the Fujian Navy Division, and fired fiercely at these five ships with dozens of large and small guns on the three-layer gun deck on one side of the ship. Suddenly, looking from Zheng Sen's direction, the five ships surrounded by the Nanyue army were shrouded in the huge smoke formed after the gunpowder was burned and disappeared in an instant.

"Big young marshal! Can't fight anymore! Withdraw! Uncle Zhibao also called a signal and suggested that we retreat! ”

Shi Lang jumped in front of Zheng Sen and pointed to the thick fog of fireworks more than a thousand steps away, and roared loudly.

"Withdraw? Aren't you afraid that Li Huamei will catch up? Sink us one by one?! Beat! Wait until it's dark! ”

"Zheng Sen! You and Uncle Zhibao withdraw! Take the red-haired boat and the lucky boat away! I took the big green head to stay and resist! Let's go to Dongshan Island to meet the handsome! ”

"This?!"

Shi Lang's loyalty and courage moved Zheng Sen a lot, and everyone knew that under such fierce artillery fire from the Nanyue Army, the one who left cover was basically dead.

Zheng Sen handed over his father's sword seal to Shi Lang, and watched him jump onto his own Daqingtou warship, commanding twenty Daqingtou to take advantage of the advantages brought by hard sails and headwinds, and stirring up with the sailors of the Nanyue Army who had to take the zigzag route to avoid the weakness of the soft sails. (To be continued......)

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