The oil altar is a weapon of water warfare, which originated very early.

has watched John Woo's version of "Red Cliff", although the whole film is full of Japanese flavor and Hollywood characteristics, for example, Gan Ning is basically the general under a big name, so he almost rode alone. Not to mention all kinds of slots and golden sentences, but there are also some details in it that are preferable, such as the weapons of the oil altar, everyone should have seen the production of this thing.

According to the records of Wujing and other books, the production of oil jars is to use duck eggs or eggs, preferably a larger goose egg, open an opening at one end, take out the egg yolk, leave the egg white to act as a viscous agent, and then pour tung oil and seal it with cotton paper; Put it into a magnetic altar or a pottery altar, ten or eight are not informal, and it is still sealed with a lid; Then use a string to wrap around the altar. Basically, this thing is basically the same as the principle of making Molotov incendiary bottles, the difference is in the technical level and raw materials.

It is similar to the Molotov cocktail, which is thrown at the enemy target after getting close. As a sharp weapon of water warfare, the arson of the oil altar, of course, is also thrown over when the ships of the enemy and us meet, and the tung oil overflows when it is broken, and the people on the other ship are unstable and slip under the turbulent storm; It is not conducive to the use of weapons, and the ship's planks are stained with oil, which is easy to ignite, and it is also convenient for our side to set fire to the ship.

The fast crab fleet commanded by Ehri threw this thing at Li Huamei's fleet. Behind the fleet of the Qing army, there were hundreds of arsonist ships, loaded with reeds, firewood, sulfur, fish oil and other materials, and they wanted to replicate the classic battle of burning warships on the Yangtze River. I don't know if the poison of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is too deep.

"Even if we can't set the boat of Li Huamei, a crazy woman, on fire, let's pour oil on it, and it will be easier for the arson boat behind to set it on fire!" Ehri had already made up his mind, and he offered a reward.

"Throw an oil jar to the Nanban ship, ten silver dollars! Throw a torch and shoot a rocket, the same is ten! Lighting the Nanban ship, the general will ask the master for credit for you, don't dare to say anything else, a future, let's go to the general and the regent master to beg with this face! ”

Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men. What's more, the Qing army has never broken its promise in rewarding and honoring it. I won't say that all kinds of sweet words are flying all over the sky when you sell your life, and when the task is completed, the reward will be withdrawn, not to mention, even taking pictures You can only act as a background board.

More than a dozen fast crab boats were stimulated by the heavy reward like sharks that smelled blood, and rushed towards Li Huamei's ship frantically. There have long been rumors within the Qing army that the regent has hung out the reward, killing or capturing Li Shouhan, Li Huamei, Li Huabao and other fathers, sons, sisters and brothers, and will be crowned the king of the county! Three generations of descendants! The reason why this version of the rumor appeared was that Li Huamei could enjoy the same treatment as her father and younger brother as a woman, and the Qing army naturally had a bright heart, "This scarlet-winged tiger almost killed the prince regent!" If it weren't for Cao Zhenyan's slave who broke her handsome flag with a shit, it wouldn't have been who would be sitting on the dragon chair in Beijing! It's no wonder that the regent doesn't hate her! ”

There are even some Eight Banner generals who hate Dolgon, the Two White Flags and the Tashan system, and they discussed in private, saying that Dolgon had been so frightened by Li Huamei that he couldn't be humane in the battle of Tashan that day, otherwise, why did so many women in his mansion see a brother now? Only one daughter?

"Think about it, what else makes him hate Li Huamei more than this?"

The fast crab boat rushed to the Aomei as if it was crazy in the wind and waves, braving the cannons constantly fired from the gun window on the side of the ship, as close as possible to the Aomei, and the oarsman kept snorting, and the turban on his head was instantly dyed with blood and brain, and plunged into the Yangtze River. There were also sailors who were hit by cannons, and the cannons took away half of their arms. He held his elbow on the board and wept incessantly, and was stabbed in the chest with a short knife by the officer who accompanied him, so that he would not suffer.

The soldiers with swords and axes in their hands measured the distance with their eyes, and weighed whether they could pick up the oil jar and throw it at the warships of the Nanban, fifty steps, thirty steps, okay! Wealth has been sought in danger since ancient times! Seven or eight fast crab boats surrounded Li Huamei's Aomei, and dozens of sailors of the Qing army who were ready to jump picked up the oil altar and threw it like a chain ball to the Aomei that was like a hill pressing on top of their heads.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Oil jars flew over the side of the ship and landed on the deck, shattering, the egg liquid mixed with tung oil, and the viscous liquid made the deck wet and slimy. There are also a lot of oil altars by the ups and downs of the wind and waves, on the side of the ship on the collision and crushing, tung oil splashed everywhere, a lot of wind blown back to the Qing army ship, but people don't care about that much, just keep throwing the oil altar up.

There were also some bad luck, and the oil jar in his hand had just been thrown, and the half-pounder gun on the side of the ship fired. The disemboweling cannon and the oil altar met in mid-air, just like the marriage that had been cultivated for thousands of years, just because at that moment, it hooked the heavens and the earth.

"Boom!" With a muffled sound, a huge spark bloomed in the air, and the flying fire ignited the flammable materials on the surrounding ships. The sails, rigging, and the unlucky ones who were splashed with tung oil screamed and tried to extinguish the flames on their bodies, but where was the viscous tung oil mixed with egg liquid?

Seeing that his ships were gradually engulfed by the flames, and people kept jumping into the water, trying to win a glimmer of life in the fire and the river, Eheri gritted his back molars, "Rush! Rush up! Jump Gang! Arson! Lao Tzu didn't believe that his Nanban ships were made of iron! ”

Hundreds of Qing army sailors roared and shouted, each holding short knives, crescent axes and other melee hand-to-hand combat weapons, climbing rope nets, and climbed towards the ships of the Hongwu army sailors. For a time, on the sides of each boat, the Qing army ants attached to it.

"Hit! Hit the old lady hard! ”

The preferred target is naturally the Aomei, the flagship of the Hongwu fleet, which bears the brunt of the attack and has become a shortcut to the sky in the eyes of the Qing army's sailors. One or two hundred Qing sailors climbed on both sides of the ship, constantly throwing axes and torches into the ship, killing and injuring the Hongwu sailors and igniting the flammable materials on the ship.

The fat-headed fish jumped to his feet and shouted and cursed, and kept throwing grenades, and there were Qing sailors on both sides of the boat who were hit by grenade shrapnel and fell into the river with a scream.

There were also fierce sailors, seeing the tightness of the blockade and defense on the side of the ship, they clinged to the gun hole and tried to get into the cabin from the gun emplacement! Hit by several gunners with a gun, the body was blocked on the muzzle of the gun, and it could not be cleaned up for a while. The follow-up sailors used the corpses of their comrades as stepping stones and continued to climb upwards!

Finally, on the left side of the ship, near the tail mast, a Qing sailor jumped up and became the first Qing sailor to board the Aomei! He had a short knife in his mouth, a crescent axe pinned to his waist, and a torch in his left hand, and his face was covered with rust.

"The first achievement, at least two futures!" He was still thinking in his heart, but he didn't dare to slack off in his hand, and the torch in his left hand was swept wildly, forcing the Hongwu army sailors who were trying to get close to him back, and with a short knife in his right hand, he slashed and stabbed at the people. He was the only Qing army on this ship at this time, surrounded by enemies, no matter whose body the knife entered, it was all killing. He just has to hold this position for a while, let the follow-up people board the ship, open the breakthrough, and hold the breakthrough, that is a great achievement.

However, his life was only a breath.

Several sailors had already gathered around with their spurs. Seeing that the situation was not good, this Qing sailor threw the torch in his hand far away, pulled out the sharp axe at his waist, and prepared for hand-to-hand combat. The few sailors around him shouted loudly, and one of them advanced and stabbed at him. The Qing soldier tried to pull away with the sharp axe in his left hand, but unexpectedly, this action was just a feint to lure the enemy, and after the sharp axe in his hand was swung out, and he could no longer change his moves, the sailor smiled and pulled the trigger in his hand, and a puff of gray-white smoke rose up, and with a loud bang, a projectile shot out of the gun, and at such a distance, the projectile immediately pierced his body, and he didn't know where it flew.

At the same time, several spurs on the left and right were also stabbed out with all their might, all of them were stabbed on the body of this Qing soldier, and one spur pierced under the left rib and emerged from under the right rib. A spur stabbed the face from the right side, passed through the skull, and stabbed above the left ear. Two other were pierced in his chest and abdomen.

This Qing soldier held a knife in one hand and a half-moon short axe in the other, watching the stab in his body leak out, but he was powerless, he could only die against the side of the ship, his eyes were round, as if he was dead, but a smile faintly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The torch he threw just now had already caused a fire on the ship!

Blessings and disasters do not go alone. On deck, the sailors of the Aomei fought with the Qing sailors, drove them off the ship, and extinguished the fire. At this moment, there was a loud bang on the side of the ship, and the entire hull was shaken.

But it turned out to be a Qing army sailor, stepping on the corpse of a comrade to climb onto the side of the ship, relying on his thin body, got into a cannon hole, and was besieged by several gunners. Seeing that he was about to be captured, this guy came up with a savage breath and lit the medicine bag on the gun position!

One cannon was whipped up by a huge blast wave and rampage across the gun deck, smashing several other gun emplacements into disarray, blood flying everywhere along with wood fragments.

The flames, the smoke, the explosions, the fighting on the deck, these scenes that happened on the Aomei and the fleet of the Hongwu Army Naval Division, were all clearly seen by the Qing Army's naval divisions. For a time, the morale of the Qing army was greatly boosted!

The gunmen on the fast crab ship braved grenades, cannons, and projectiles flying overhead from time to time, and struggled to load, lift, and shoot, providing fire cover for the sword and shield soldiers who pounced on the bow of the ship, and trying to suppress and limit the counterattack of the Hongwu army on the ship.

On the large boat, the telescope in Ehri's hand was already in his hands. The firelight and explosion all show the fierceness of the battle, and also prove that Li Huamei is not invincible on the water, and my Da Qingshui Jian'er still has the ability to fight with her! Now it's up to you to expand your gains!

"Arsonist ship, speed up and pounce! The whole army will speed up to Ben! ”

In fact, the entire Qing army fleet saw the battle that took place on the Gaochang Miao River section, and with a dozen fast crab boats besieging it, we could achieve such a result, so many of our ships swarmed up, can't we defeat her Li Huamei?! Suddenly, everyone rushed to be the first to move the ship as fast as possible.

Seeing the thousands of ships of the Qing army going down the river, Lei Wanchun, the first mate on the bridge of the Aomei, looked up at the pennant on the mast again, and the wind direction had changed. Now it's a northwesterly wind.

"Commander! The wind has turned! The Qing army is now having a smooth ride! Lei Wanchun's face was calm, as if he had already expected all this.

Li Huamei heard clearly, but she didn't speak, just stared at the Qing army's fleet of sailors on the river, which was coming with a fierce momentum, as if it wanted to swallow her and her fleet in one gulp. After a while, he spoke: "In other words, they are now smooth sailing, and they can't go if they want to stop, and they can't turn the bow of the boat around, right?!" ”

"Exactly!"

"Herald! Turn the rudder! Collect the sails! Let's go to the wide place of Wusong Pass and wait for them! Today's pickled breath must be well out! Li Huamei's face was full of murder.

In order to be able to destroy the Qing army and sailors today, she lost all her ships. Not to mention a large hole in the side of the ship, the deck was burned to the ground. It's fine, but who wants to see all of this?

According to the predetermined plan, the Hongwu Army Naval Division engaged the Qing Army Naval Division in the Huangpu River, and after a round, waited for the Qing Army's ships to press on and could not retreat, turned the bow of the ship and went down the river to lure the Qing Army into pursuit. Lure them to the mouth of Wusongkou, at the mouth of the Huangpu River, where the sea is wide and the hydrological conditions are also suitable for the ships of the Hongwu Army Naval Division to give full play to their advantages, and they can use the speed advantage of the ships to give full play to the lethality of the artillery, and by the way, they can also use the rockets equipped on their own ships to turn the Qing army's arsonist boats into torches at the junction of the river and the sea.

After cleaning up the main gunboats of the Qing army, those small boats used to strengthen their momentum and fill the façade were basically a problem of not being able to catch prisoners.

Now, since the Qing army's sailors have happily rushed into this trap, the dense ships have covered the narrow river. So why bother with them any more? Turn around and wait for them on our home turf!

The signal flag waved and the brass trumpet sounded loudly. More than a dozen ships of the Hongwu Army Naval Division, led by the Aomei, turned their rudders and sails, turned their bows and pulled up their sails, and rushed towards the mouth of the Huangpu River with the same tailwind.

Want to run?! This is the judgment of all the sailors of the Qing army! Where to run?! You sank our ship, burned our ship, killed a lot of us, and wanted to run away when the momentum was not good, how could it be so cheap?!

Led by Ling Jiayun, he commanded the remnants of several fast crab boats as the vanguard, followed by the gunboat fleet led by Ekhri, followed by hundreds of fast-moving sand boats, and then hundreds of sand boats with deep draft and slow speed, and more boats, fishing boats, and passenger ships were strong at the tail of the fleet.

From the Gaochang Temple River section to the east, not far away is the Xiangxiang Port, and the other side of the river is the Gaoqiao Bridge in Pudong. A little forward, it went out of the river section of Shanghai County and entered the boundary of Baoshan. Drive for a while at the boundary of Baoshan, pass the old stork's mouth, and it is not far from Wusongkou.

Looking at the stone steps made of granite stones paved with stones on the wharf of the Salt Transportation Division in order to prevent the invasion of the tide, Li Huamei, who is familiar with the terrain and features in this area, knows that after this stone wharf, it is not far from Wusongkou.

According to the record of the third volume of "Jiangnan Jinglu" "Wusongkou Soldiers' and Ships", "Jiading coastal places are seventy miles in total, and the Wusong River Estuary is a moderate place!" In other words, there are thirty-five miles of coastline on each side of the Wusong River. Now, of course, there are no more here. With the diversion of the Yangtze River estuary, a large area of land has become an ocean.

After the old stork's mouth, there are only more than 20 miles to Wusongkou at most, and the fleet in the river is smooth sailing, that is, a cup of tea can reach Haikou.

"Command the whole army! Get ready for battle, and after you go to sea, everyone will let go and fight! ”

From her command position, Li Huamei looked at the trees, villages, and farmland on both sides of the Huangpu River, which seemed to be flying backwards, and she was full of spirit. After this battle, this picturesque Jiangnan has since laid the mark of her Li family. Whether it is surnamed Zhu, surnamed Tong, or surnamed Aixin Jueluo, they don't want to take it away from her Li family!

The fleet rushed down the river like galloping horses, the sailors and gunners were busy arranging their weapons, clearing the gun emplacements, and boxes of rockets were moved from the bilges to the deck for installation and commissioning. Bags of gunpowder and boxes of shells were lined up near the gun emplacements, and people were ready to welcome the Qing fleet with shells and rockets.

"Arin!" Ehri had a vague feeling of something strange in his tugboat, but he couldn't think of anything wrong. He summoned his own clothed soldier leader, Alin.

"Do you think the Southern Barbarians were defeated and fled, or was there a deception?"

"Master! It stands to reason that with the temper of the eldest lady of the Li family, if she can still fight, she will definitely fight to the end. But you see, we all saw it just now, the ship was set on fire by us, the gun emplacements were blown up again, you see, her ship is still smoking! It is clear that the morale of the soldiers is already lacking, and the morale of the army is in chaos! ”

Ehri nodded at what his minions had said, which was actually what he was thinking. However, this reason could not convince him.

"The art of war is cloudy, the poor don't chase it, and the teacher can't hide it. If you continue to chase after this, beware of fraud. ”

Ehri intended to order the brigade to stop the pursuit, but the current Qing fleet could not do this! The fast crab fleet in the front was chasing closely as if it was crazy, and the gunboat fleet behind was afraid that they would be left behind, and all the departments were full of sails and ran wildly.

"Master, at this time, I'm afraid that the whole army can't contain it! The river is narrow, and there are many shoals and reefs, so we can only wait for the sea to go out and the wide place, and then find a way to slowly form the team. Ah Lin saw that his fast crab fleet had followed Li Huamei's fleet out of the sea, and sighed helplessly.

A large fleet of ships rushed out of the sea, from the narrow river to the vast sea, watching the sea and the sky meet, people can't help but feel refreshed.

"Boom! Knock knock! ”

Dense artillery sounds rang out on the sea, and rockets fell overhead.

Li Huamei's fleet turned the bow of the ship, rushed over from the left and right flanks, and blocked the Qing fleet at the sea!