Chapter 19 Dongting Lake Water Battle III

Zhou Fuchen's wishful thinking is very good.

But it's not that easy to start.

Huang Chaoxuan is not stupid, and although Xia Jun's execution ability is good, this kind of tactical turn is not something that everyone can do.

After all, war is not a computer game, just a mouse is all it takes.

Any tactical action must be broken down into small steps, which are completed by a famous sailor.

There are all sorts of surprises. It can even be said that it is normal for accidents to occur in this situation, there are no accidents at all, but abnormal situations.

Therefore, although most of the ships carried out Zhou Fuchen's orders, more than a dozen warships were surrounded by Ming ships.

Ropes with iron hooks were thrown across a space of several feet. Hooked on the Xia army's ships at once. Several Ming ships fixed the ship at once.

I can't even run away.

However, Xia Jun's ability to engage in broadside battles is actually not bad.

If there had not been that heavy rain in the first battle of Chenglingji, the Xia army's sailors would not have suffered so many casualties.

At this moment, Xia Jun's advantage was revealed.

First of all, the side of the Xia army's warships was relatively high. At the time of construction, such a situation was thought of, and the side of the ship was thickened and raised. It is at least half a foot higher than that of ordinary ships.

Although it was not very high, the height difference alone gave the Xia ships a great advantage.

"Boom." A bang.

The skill of a Ming boat is very good, and it is directly with this one ship. Dozens of jumping helpers, biting sharp knives and pulling ropes, were about to rush up.

But all kinds of small cannons shot out an unknown number of shots.

With a "boom", countless iron nails and stones, as if the goddess scattered flowers, hit everywhere, and several cannons were fired together, and they immediately had the ability to clear the field.

I don't know how many people have been beaten into a hornet's nest head-on.

It's okay to die, but if you're half-dead, you're living to suffer.

The damage is mutual, though.

When the Xia army exerts firearms to the extreme, it also shows that the army can also give full play to the power of firearms. After all, the Ming army had few firearms, but it was not none.

Countless messes came over, like cannonballs or something, and it was normal. What poisonous smoke fireballs, what fire dragons come out of the water, can be used or not, effective or not, all the ancient brains are used.

Zhang Xuan has always despised the kind of smoking firearm, as if it were a poisonous smoke fireball. In Zhang Xuan's view, it is the right way for firearms to use their explosive ability to hurt people, and if a firearm is shot, it will only smoke, which is a crooked way.

But it's still useful to have some crooked ways.

Zhang Xuan didn't expect this.

These poisonous smoke fireballs looked like a big grass ball, and I didn't know what they contained

What ingredients, anyway, after ignition, it doesn't burn violently, it's just a strong smoke.

In this smoke, there are many pungent smells, which people can't stand when they smell it. I couldn't help coughing violently.

And the Ming army also took the opportunity to cover their mouth and nose with a damp cloth and rushed forward.

In an instant, it was in the middle of a fight.

Although the poisonous smoke fireball was powerful, it was not enough to break the Xia army's resistance ability, after all, they were just poisonous smoke, not poison gas bombs.

But how uncomfortable it was, these Xia soldiers were still desperately supporting themselves, fighting in formation, crackling out, and the Ming soldiers who had just rushed up instantly fell to the ground.

And some hands - grenades.

The grenade-bullet was a weapon that Zhang Xuan popularized in the army very early. Zhou Fuchen, as a soldier under Zhang Xuan, was also familiar with this kind of firearm, so he naturally brought it into the sailor.

When the distance is too close, firearms cannot be used, and hand-to-hand combat begins.

Anyway, Xia Jun is also formally trained.

The first to join was already the fishermen in the Huai River area of Runing, and it has been several years since they joined the water army. Although hand-to-hand combat is not fought often, it is definitely not impossible to fight.

Xia Jun doesn't seem to be very good at hand-to-hand combat, because they are too good at firearms, and compared to firearms, hand-to-hand combat can't be used.

And the Ming army looked very good in hand-to-hand combat. That's just that they can only show their hands in hand-to-hand combat.

Generally speaking, besieging a Xia warship to take it. At least three or even four times as many casualties will be paid.

Even such a large number of casualties may not succeed.

Because Zhou Fuchen is not a fool, and the generals at all levels of the Xia army are not stupid, once a ship is trapped in the Ming army's fleet, someone will immediately come to the rescue.

If you're lucky, you'll be able to save it soon.

If you're unlucky, a whole ten ships are trapped.

But besieging one ship, as well as besieging ten, are two completely different concepts.

Ten ships covered each other's fire and supported each other. It was difficult to give full play to the numerical superiority of the Ming army during the siege, and this fleet of ships was like a fish bone, stuck in the throat, swallowed, and could not be swallowed. Spit out, can't spit it out.

Moreover, although the Ming army had some numerical superiority over the Xia army, this numerical advantage was not obvious.

When the Ming army surrounded the Xia ships with the vast majority of them, the Xia ships had a numerical advantage on the periphery.

The Ming army seemed to be chasing after it violently, but it was just a wave of recklessness. But after surrounding many Xia army ships, the momentum could not go on.

Seeing that the Ming army could not catch up, Zhou Fuchen gave an order and began a counterattack.

More than 100 warships were on the periphery, as if they were peeling skins, and countless artillery shelled the ships on the periphery.

One by one, he sank him.

Several warships besieged one ship, and more than a dozen fires were fired

Cannon, can drop a dozen shells in one breath, and more than a hundred shells in just a few rounds.

Few ships can only eat more than a hundred shells and remain indifferent. Even if it is unsinkable, it has become a floating object on the surface of the water, and it has completely lost its ability to maneuver.

even took out the fresh gadgets that Zhang Xuan made in Xiangyang, and hit rockets one by one.

However, at this time, the rocket was not filled with explosives. After all, the quality of gunpowder in this era, a dozen catties of gunpowder may not do much damage to the ship.

Instead, it is loaded with ignition and hit the ship with a fire head.

However, the problem of the difficulty of maneuvering rockets already exists.

When the artillery is fired, there is an approximate range, but when the rocket is launched, it can only be left to fate. There was even a rocket that hit a very long range, passed through the entire battlefield, and then fell into the water.

The only thing that can be fortunate is that at least this rocket will not turn around and hit its own people.

This kind of war lasted for more than an hour, and there were changes on the battlefield, and the Ming army had a ship desperately running eastward, because it was not far to the east, which was the east shore of Dongting Lake, and after going ashore, not far to the north, was Yueyang City.

Seeing this situation, Huang Chao couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "The big thing is gone." ”

By this time the war had been fought, Huang Chaoxuan had already lost control of the situation.

Huang Chaoxuan was a layman in the water war itself.

He was able to lead the fleet and give general command, which was already quite good.

Because at any time to command an army, you need not just a general, but an officer corps. Even though Huang Chaoxuan was gifted and quickly learned how to command battles, his brothers were not so talented.

As for commanding the fleet.

I'm sorry, Zhou Fuchen can't do it, there are very few Shui Jun generals in the world who can do this, even if there are a few, most of them are among the Zheng family's water masters.

If Zhou Fuchen could do it, there would not be dozens of ships surrounded.

We have to admit one thing, and that is that there are some things in the world that we can't do. Huang Chaoxuan has done the best he can.

But not enough, far from enough.

At this moment, the Ming army sailors also revealed their shortcomings, that is, they were formed in a hurry, and many sailors were fishermen, sailors, and even some people who did business without capital in Dongting Lake half a year ago.

It's okay to let them fight with the wind, but with the headwind, they don't have enough tenacity.

And the Xia army has been formed for a long time anyway, and the backbone of the officers has long been in line with the interests of the Xia Dynasty, and many people want to be knighted, even if they can't be crowned a duke, but getting a lowliest viscount, baron, is enough to glorify their ancestors.

They have this spirit in their hearts, and they can hold on better than the Ming army.

So when the first ship escaped, the collapse of the big picture was inevitable.

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