Chapter 494 Looks Good

can be annoyed and annoyed, the matter has come to this point, and Shi Lang can't be allowed to retreat anymore.

"Pay attention to the distance between the boats!"

He commanded loudly, "The burning ship abandons the ship quickly!" ”

……

Finally, the fireworks began to disperse, and the "Qinzhou" took the lead and rushed out of the fireworks array.

Zhang Chenfeng pulled down the strip of cloth on his face and gasped heavily.

Looking at the faces of the soldiers around him, they were already black, and he didn't think he was much better.

Turning his head to look behind him, the river was littered with planks and dead bodies, as well as small and scattered fires.

Among the planks and fires, there were many heads of people who had fallen into the water to escape, and were fighting the rapids and swimming to the banks of the river.

There is still a task in the body, and Zhang Chenfeng has no intention of rescuing these sailors, so let them resign themselves to fate.

His gaze looked at the main fleet that was lagging behind, and it seemed that they were generally safe and sound, except for the loss of two troop carriers, but they were all blackened by smoke and fire, and they looked very embarrassed.

On some ships, the signal flag and the military flag have been burned to the ground by Mars......

Zhang Chenfeng frowned slightly, turned his head and raised the telescope, in front of him was the Cloud Ladder Pass, and the nearest earthen city from the shore could see the figure at the head of the city.

"Alright, the Tartar is done, it's our turn to sing,"

Zhang Chenfeng's face sank, and he shouted, "Speed three knots, forward!" The front main gun is ready to shoot! ”

……

At the head of the Yunti Pass, the thin-looking Qing Army's Naval Division Battalion Qianfan Shizai put down the monoculars in a dejected manner, and his hands trembled slightly.

The fire attack fleet was exhausted, and in less than a meal, more than 100 fireships were all wrecked.

The first enemy ship has already arrived in the city, and there is no need to think about it, the bluffing flowering bomb will soon hit his head......

On his own few small Tucheng buildings, there are less than 300 soldiers in total, and he wants to block the river and block the landing of Ming thieves, which is simply a fool's dream.

Although there is still Niu Erpu's receiving fleet upstream, the fire attack ships are gone, and he still responds to a ghost.

At this time, this kid may have left the boat early, and he didn't know where to go.

Even if this kid is very conscious and determined to face the battle, judging from the firepower of the enemy ships, the dozen or so small broken ships that completely rely on jumping gangs to fight are too cold to stuff people's teeth......

"Could it be that today is Lao Tzu's limit?"

Fan Shizai's scalp was numb, his legs and stomach were a little disobedient, and on a hot day, there were bursts of chills in his abdomen.

Knowing that he hit a stone with an egg, Fan Shizai didn't dare to abandon the city and flee at all.

The reason is very simple, including himself, the wives and children of several main leaders are all in Huai'an City......

Left and right is a death, for the sake of the family, there is only a hard way to fight!

Seeing that the enemy ship at the head was less than three miles away, the soldiers reminded in a low voice: "Master, without further ado......

"Use your verbosity, Lao Tzu is not blind!"

Fan Shizai glared at him impatiently, then raised his head and shouted in his throat, "Pass the Lao Tzu order, the red-clothed cannon ......"

Before the words fell, I could only hear a loud roar on the river!

The main gun of the "Qinzhou" spewed a puff of smoke into the sky, and a solid cannonball rose into the air, smashing down on Tucheng with a bluffing sound......

Zhang Chenfeng held the binoculars and stared at the city.

The bombardment of the naval artillery was only a warning feint, with the purpose of luring the Qing army's defending artillery to expose its position.

The number and approximate location of the red-coated cannons at the head of the city, the scouts had already found out yesterday.

It is said that the guns are all facing the river, and they have a swivel base, which can be blocked from downstream to upstream.

Zhang Chenfeng no longer holds on to the big - he has ventured through the fireship formation, and now if there are any losses, then he is not worthy of standing in the command position.

He was ready to use mortars again, cleanly deal with the shore artillery, and then send troops to land and quickly capture Yunti Pass.

According to Lin Xiao's plan, in order to ensure the safety of the Yellow River channel and create a posture of waving his army north at any time, several strongholds should be captured on the north bank.

Among them, Yuntiguan, Andong County, and Qinghe County at the mouth of Hongze Lake must be seized and firmly controlled.

Only in this way did the Qing army not dare to cross the river to counterattack, and the main force of Zhang Chenfeng's cavalry regiment could rest assured that it would go south along the canal and attack Yangzhou Mansion.

……

"Whew!"

The huge iron ball roared, and quickly passed over the not-so-tall city tower, "Peng! There was a loud bang in the middle of a barracks under the wall.

The city wall shook for a while, Fan Shizai swallowed his dry throat, raised his half-lying body, and hurriedly looked back.

A bucket-sized hole had been smashed into the roof of the barracks, and it looked like the beams had been broken several times, and half of them had collapsed in one fell swoop.

A few soldiers came out of the room with their heads in their hands, screaming and scurrying around.

"Boom!"

There was another loud bang, and a second cannon was coming......

"Mommy!"

Fan Shizai hurriedly bowed down and shouted hoarsely, "Red-clothed cannon!" Fast! Fire! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Several clouds of smoke rose from the clouds, and the three red-coated cannons finally roared one after another, spewing tongues of fire into the river......

Looking at the situation, the gunners under Fan Shizai are calmer than him, although they are a little hurried, but their movements are quite neat.

In fact, it was not easy to look forward to this kind of god-like Hongyi cannon, and the gunners who operated them were naturally carefully selected, in addition to their good artillery skills, they were all stunned people who didn't know how to be afraid.

Because, the veteran oilers all know that this kind of giant cannon weighing thousands of catties looks majestic, but it is actually made by the craftsmen of Yangzhou, and compared with the red-clothed cannon used by the Manchurians, it is a good thing.

There are a lot of sand holes in the gun body, and the charge is too large, and the explosion rate of this kind of gun is very high, and once it self-detonates, none of the gunners who are close at hand can escape.

Therefore, those scheming soldiers are unwilling to operate artillery in every possible way to prevaricate......

"Ahem! Cough! Cough! ”

As soon as the cannon was fired, several gunners pushed the frame with all hands and feet, resetting the cannon, and in the choking smoke, some people coughed violently, while holding the push rod into the barrel of the cannon, brushing back and forth vigorously......

On either side of them, there were seven or eight other light guns, but none of them moved, and the gunners in a heap, carrying gunpowder bags in their hands, could only stare blankly at the river.

The enemy ships were cunning, and began to fire artillery bombardment two miles downstream, except for the three red-coated cannons, the light guns not only could not turn around, but the range was far from enough, and it was pointless to fire rashly at the risk of exploding......

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

"...... Uproar"

Three projectiles fell into the river one after another, stirring up a column of water several meters high.

Zhang Chenfeng put down the binoculars, squinted, and the corners of his mouth hooked contemptuously.

It seems that the level of these Tartars is very good, worse than Kong Youde's gang.

The huge cannon weighing thousands of pounds not only had a much shorter range than expected, but also had no score on the head.

The three shells were scattered very widely, and all of them landed in front of the "Qinzhou", not close to the river.

Not only that, but it can be seen that the quality of their gunpowder is even worse, not to mention that the muzzle flame can be seen very clearly, and the thick black smoke coming out of the muzzle has become a very obvious target.

"Mortar, prepare!"

Zhang Chenfeng looked back at the deck and shouted coldly, "One test shot, fire!" ”

"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”

In a moment, there were several rapid sounds of ejection from the deck.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

At the head of the city, several white lights flashed, followed by several loud noises......

(End of chapter)