Chapter Four: The Great Water War on the Yangtze River is open to the public

Seeing so many warships of the Dashun army, the general sent by the imperial court sweated a little, and said to the captain with a telescope: "Ship, captain, there are too many thief ships!" Let's stay out of the way! "They weren't too embarrassed to say run.

The captain ignored him and shouted to Yangtze River No. 2 on the radio: "No. 2, No. 2!" It's time to serve, let's have a feast! ”

"Good! Follow what you have done before, and keep a distance of 1,000 meters from them. Number Two replied.

The sweaty general was a little puzzled, whether these kiln men were crazy, there were a large number of warships on the other side, and they were not afraid at all, but were very happy. No matter how good their guns are, they can't stand the wolves.

One thing he was right. This time, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance wanted to use wolf pack tactics to deal with the Yaogang warship.

As soon as the Yaogang warship left the wharf, the Dashun army's dispatch at the wharf went back and reported the news to Li Zicheng's camp by means of flying pigeons. Li Zicheng, Song Xiance, and Niu Jinxing didn't expect that the Yaogang people would send warships at this time. They judged that the Yaogang warship must have come out to help the officers and soldiers in the war.

When it came to the warships of the Yaogang people, the Dashun army was a little apprehensive. However, on the Yangtze River, if the warships of Yaogang are not defeated, there will be no days of cessation in the future. Now the Yaogang people only have two warships, and if they don't deal with it, they won't be able to deal with it if they come too much.

Song Xiance suggested that all the warships should be concentrated and adopt the tactics of siege against the two warships in Yaogang.

Song Xiance analyzed that our boat went down the river, and there was an advantage in the upper position, and large and small ships could accelerate and pounce on it. Even if they sink a few ships, the other ships do not stop and hold on until they sink them.

This bloody battle between the two sides is destined to start on the Yangtze River.

The tactics of the Yaogang people are even more clear, that is, to take advantage of the long range and high accuracy of their guns, and the advantage of the strong maneuverability of the warships, they will retreat when they encounter a large number of enemy ships, keep a distance from the enemy ships, and kill and injure the enemy ships with artillery fire, so that the enemy ships cannot hit themselves.

After the two warships of Yaogang coordinated, they crossed the Yangtze River side by side, and the first thing they had to deal with was those lucky ships. Obviously, these ships are all from the original Ming Dynasty naval army, and they are of the same level as the two warships in Yaogang in terms of tonnage, but the warships in Yaogang have been converted into steam-powered warships. Mobility is no longer the same.

Generally, when warships fire at each other, they are all about four or five hundred meters, and the hit rate of long-range guns is too low. Even then, it is a matter of the probability of firing to hit the target. However, the 130 guns of Yaogang were within a distance of one thousand meters, and on the river with little wind and waves, hitting the warships of the Dashun army was almost like pointing at the head and firing a gun.

The general on the Yangtze River **, full of sweat, nervously looked at the Dashun army warship that was getting closer and closer, and suddenly there was a cannon sound on the side of the Yangtze River No. 2, which startled him. Then a Dashun warship in front of it was torn apart and blown into a pile of garbage.

The Yangtze River ** here did not show weakness, and it also hit a Dashun army warship with one shot. Although two warships were blown up in a row, the warships of the Dashun army behind were unmoved, and still accelerated and rushed over, hoping to rush close to the warships in Yaogang as soon as possible, and when they reached a distance where they could shoot, they could fire together.

At this time, the two warships of Yaogang drove down the river at the same time, always keeping a distance from them. As long as the gunners of the kiln gang aim at one ship, they will not hesitate to open fire. At such a distance, almost the shots hit, and occasionally a few shots missed, which would attract a lot of laughter.

Seeing that the kiln people were fighting like a game, the general of the Ming Dynasty was also relaxed. He had long since stopped looking through his binoculars, because his arms had long since become weak. Now he felt that the sound of the cannon fire was not as shocking as it had been at the beginning. I also chatted with the captain who had nothing to do for a long time.

"Oops! If our Daming Navy can have half of your combat power, we will not be bullied like this by thieves. The general said with some compliments.

"What does the Ming Dynasty Navy do every day? What do we do every day. The captain said, "You see, our gunners, the fire hits." But you don't know how hard they train every day. Now they are more skilled at playing with cannons than with chopsticks. In this way, you can use it freely when you are fighting. Besides, can the cannon of the Ming Navy compare with ours? Our artillery scopes look at the warships of the Dashun Army from such a distance, and even the eyes and noses of the people on board can see clearly, is it still difficult to beat them? ”

"Oops! It really can't be compared! The general said, "Your shells are too powerful, and such a big lucky ship will fall apart in one shot." That's amazing! ”

"Huh! What is this? The captain smiled and said, "Our steel-hulled warships haven't come out yet." On each of their ships, there are now two 130 cannons of our kind in the front and rear, as well as a 203 caliber main gun. That kind of main gun is powerful. ”

"More powerful than your cannon?" The general stared in disbelief.

"Let me tell you this, our 130 shells and ten rounds are not as effective as the 203 rounds." The captain explained that "with just one shot of 203 shells, a few battles wide of the city wall can blow up a big hole." So when fighting, attacking the city, he went over and fired a cannon, and the infantry could enter the city along the gap in the wall. To hit such a wooden ship in front, 203 cannons are not needed at all. To be honest, the use of 130 guns is overkill. ”

After listening to the captain's words, the general was a little bit of a brain for a while. It took him a while before he reacted, but fortunately the captain's attention was ahead of him and he didn't notice his gaffe.

After the two warships of Yaogang defeated five or six large ships of the Dashun army respectively, there were not many large ships left in the Dashun army. At this time, the Dashun army also understood that it could not continue to fight like this. Because if you fight like this, you can only be beaten, and you can't beat your opponent. Regardless of the distance, the Dashun army began to blindly fire together. However, the range of the red-coated cannon far exceeded the distance between the two fleets, and for a while, it was like boiling the river. However, it had no effect on the Yaogang warship.

As the warships of the Dashun army continued to bloom one by one, no matter how tenacious the will to fight was, there was a time when the commander of the Dashun army was forced to give the order to retreat. The Yaogang warship saw that the Dashun warship was no longer chasing, and it was estimated that they wanted to escape. The Dashun army can attack along the current, and it can also take advantage of the water flow, but it can only use the power of the sail to drive against the current. However, the warships of Yaogang can not only use sails, but also have steam power, which is incomparable to the Dashun army.

The Yangtze River ** and the Yangtze River No. 2 were coordinated by one phone, and the two warships each put down two speedboats. Two speedboats followed the north bank of the Yangtze River, and two speedboats accelerated forward along the south bank of the Yangtze River. At first, the Dashun warship did not see a speedboat chasing after it. The speedboat approached, and the "beep" sound made by the speedboat was too loud, which attracted the attention of the Dashun army. However, they found that the speedboat was fast, but it was too small, and they felt that it was not easy to hit the gun. Just when they hesitated and didn't know what to do, the speedboat approached, and the gunboats did not hesitate, each speedboat was equipped with a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, and a 7.92 caliber heavy machine gun, and the 12.7 large caliber heavy machine gun fired below the waterline of the approaching Dashun warship, making a series of holes in the bottom of the ship. 7.92 mm heavy machine gun, firing at targets on deck. As they passed each ship, they strafed all the way through. The warship that was finished by them soon leaked at the bottom of the ship, and there were too many leaks to be blocked. The deck was even more beaten, all the rigging and sails were messed up, and the sailors who were hiding on the deck were beaten with flesh and blood. Such a ship is essentially scrapped. However, the warships of the Dashun army did not know how to deal with this ghost, and they sailed past the speedboat as fast as the ghost. Even if the ship is unsinkable, it will leave a large number of holes.

After the two warships of Yaogang caught up, the general of the Ming Dynasty shouted excitedly: "Open the cannon!" Hurry up! Sink them all! ”

The captain said slowly: "It's all over, won't Li Zicheng have no navy?" ”

"Yes, yes! Just don't let them have a navy," the general heard it, and what the captain said tasted wrong, "Aren't you going to defeat the Dashun army?" ”

The captain did not speak, and at this time, the gunners of the main guns on the ship were resting. The infantry artillery began to fire "knock knock". But this time they didn't hit ***, but ***. The current *** is much more powerful than the previous fierce fire oil bomb. No matter which part of the Dashun warship is hit, the ship will soon be burned into a large torch. The general of the imperial court was stunned by the scene in front of him again, and forgot that the captain said a word of yes and no. The two warships of Yaogang chased and fought for a while. The four speedboats are back. The Yangtze River ** talked to No. 2 and No. 1 and decided to withdraw the troops. Because Fan Chengkun told them in a secret report that Li Zicheng's army was absolutely not allowed to be destroyed. Let's just beat them to the side. So they decided to withdraw their troops.

At this time, the general of the imperial court quit and shouted: "You can't collect the troops!" Can't be retracted! Now is the time to completely annihilate the Dashun army, and with a little more effort, you can wipe them out. ”

The captain said, "General, don't you understand the truth of the poor Kou Mo Chasing? ”

"You, you're deliberately letting go of the thief ship, you're trying to rebel!" Watching the remnants of Li Zicheng's Dashun army gradually move away, this general was really unwilling.

"What do you mean by rebellion?" The captain said, "We are following your orders to stop the pursuit, and we are to cooperate with the officers and soldiers on land. ”

"You, you!" The general is hard to argue.

"Come on!" The captain said, "We had a fight today, and it was not our task. We cannot afford to delay the work of cooperating with the officers and troops on land. ”

Yangtze River ** and No. 2 counted, and the captain of the Yangtze River ** drafted a battle report to Fan Chengkun, the commander of the naval army, and Fan Chengkun immediately reported the results to the Yaogang Command Center.

In this encounter, thirteen large warships of the Dashun Army were sunk, and more than 30 other large and small warships were sunk.

After Zhang Zhimu saw the battle report, he immediately asked the radio station to broadcast it immediately. Yaogang Radio Station, once again stopped other programs, inserted this important news.

Li Zicheng was in Xiangyang, and there was no news of the battle situation ahead, but the broadcast from Yaogang arrived first. After listening to the broadcast, Li Zicheng's heart tightened and a cold sweat broke out. He hoped that this was propaganda from the Yaogang people, and it was false news. But he also knew that Yaogang never did this. However, Li Zicheng didn't understand why the people of Yaogang had to get along with him.

Li Zicheng got up and turned around for a while, wondering if our eastward attack would threaten the interests of the Yaogang people, or if our navy was too strong and would threaten the water trade routes of the Yaogang people.

When the battle situation came from the front, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance both thought that the Yaogang people were afraid that we would cut off their trade routes. Otherwise, they have the ability to annihilate our warships, and in the end they suddenly give up. If the kiln gang people fight down, we will only be beaten with our hands. But the kiln gang inexplicably stopped. This can only show that the kiln gang people are warning us that they are deliberately not rushing to kill everything, leaving us with some spare life, so that we should not attack their merchant ships.

Niu Xin said: "This kiln gang man is simply too ruthless. ”

"If we annihilate our navy, won't it be even more ruthless!" Li Zicheng said angrily that at this time, Li Zicheng suddenly felt very powerless.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard the broadcast, he jumped up with joy and said, "The people of Yaogang are too powerful!" I didn't expect them to go into battle so quickly, it's amazing. ”

In fact, many ministers of the imperial court had radios at home, and many of them heard the news. But they were not happy, for they felt more and more that the kiln people were too terrible. I am afraid that in the future, when the kiln people want the world, no one will object. At that time, the ministers who ate mixed rice themselves, I was afraid that the guys who ate would not be able to keep it.

Zuo Liangyu and Zhang Xianzhong also gasped when they heard the news. The Yaogang people have sent two warships, and their most powerful steel-hulled ship has not yet arrived. Luckily, they now have a very good relationship with Yaogang. But in the future, if the kiln people dominate the world, will they keep themselves? None of them counted in their hearts.

In the Yaogang command center, Ouyang He said to Zhang Zhimu: "In the next step, Li Zicheng's navy will be more restrained, and it is estimated that it will not attack the tugboats that come and go with us." If they dare to attack our tugboat. We sent steel-hulled warships into the Han River to bombard their nest in Xiangfan and teach them a lesson. ”

After the two warships left the battlefield, they sailed slowly along the north bank of the Yangtze River, and found that there were Dashun troops within the range of artillery fire, so they immediately stopped their ships and fired. For a period of time, the officers and soldiers of Dashun stayed away from the banks of the Yangtze River. The defeat of the Dashun army on the Yangtze River obviously dealt a heavy blow to the Dashun army. Their attack on the central capital of Fengyang also stopped, and the army retreated far in stride.

The warships of Yaogang also returned to Zhenjiang for rest. For a time, the morale of the Ming Dynasty officials and soldiers also soared. It's been a long time since they've won a big win like this.

Emperor Chongzhen and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty certainly knew that without the help of the Yaogang people, it would be difficult for them to achieve this great victory in defending the central capital. The emperor will not say this at this time, he needs the officers and soldiers to boost their morale. However, the emperor still wrote a letter to Zhang Zhimu in private, praising the Yaogang people for helping the battle.

This incident made Zhang Zhimu a little depressed, originally he hoped that Li Zicheng could defeat the Central Capital, and even Ying Tianfu. But he didn't expect Li Zicheng to be defeated on the Yangtze River, and the land offensive stopped.

When he came to the command center to talk about this, Ouyang He comforted him and said, "Mr. Zhang, we don't lose either." Now, at least let the imperial court and Li Zicheng not dare to underestimate our existence on the Yangtze River. The small one is that no one dares to move our merchant ships, and the big one is that we can pass freely on the Yangtze River and even the Han River in the future. The battle worked out like this. ”

Chen Yufeng asked Zhang Zhimu: "I don't know, how are those families from Hexi doing?" It was immediately civilized, and those officers of the Dashun Army who had just come over had to come to the kiln post for training. Be sure to arrange their families. ”

"Don't worry about these things! A few years ago, Huang Yukun and Sister-in-law Xu visited each of their homes and sent New Year's goods. The children's school is arranged. Some family members wanted to work, and Huang Yukun also contacted them. Zhang Zhimu replied.

"Good! If this is done well, they will have no worries and will be stable. Chen Yufeng said, "Let's train them well, and we can use them boldly if we have the ability." ”

"Liu Yun also left Xi'an and headed north along the Qinzhi Road, and he also brought back some of the officers of the Dashun Army that he picked out this time, and it is estimated that they are all useful people." Ouyang He said.

"Alright!" Zhang Zhimu said, "You can look at these things, I want to solve the problem of autodialing." ”

"Mr. Zhang, what do you want to get new things? Let's talk about it first. Ouyang He asked.

"You may also feel what Huang Yukun said at the last meeting, but now there are too many phone calls, and they often can't get through. Answering the phone manually is too strenuous. Zhang Zhimu said, "I'm going to ask Yangchang to make a kind of dial-up phone." Let's say we assign a unique number to each call. I want to call that number, just dial that number. No manual transfer is required. In this way, it is much more convenient to use the phone. ”

"If I call Xi'an, I can also dial the number like this?" Ouyang He asked with great interest.

"Absolutely." Zhang Zhimu said, "But the phone is not the most important thing, the key is the exchange." It's the machine that replaces the manual transfer. ”

"Then let's get this thing out of here!" Ouyang He said, "Our phone transfer is better, but it is difficult to transfer outside calls." ”

"Okay! I'm going to spend some time researching this thing. Zhang Zhimu said, "By the way, I have arranged for Li Yunhe to let them produce military kettles, lunch boxes, and cups from aluminum." Something made of aluminum, light and easy to use. After they took out the samples, Uncle Chen and Mr. Ouyang also took a look at them, and let them produce them if there was no problem. ”

"Now the things that are used as soldiers are getting better and better." Chen Yufeng said.

"It's early," Zhang Zhimu said, "and if I have time, I'll redevelop a new type of carrying tool." It will be lighter to use aluminum as a stand. ”

"Zhimu! Aluminum is new. Didn't you say that it was used instead of copper to make wires? Chen Yufeng asked.

"As long as there is electricity, aluminum can be produced in large quantities. Aluminum ore is too widely distributed, much more than copper. Aluminum is a very cheap thing. Zhang Zhimu said, "In the future, we will use aluminum to make kettles, cooking pots, and pots and bowls." Many daily necessities can be made of aluminum. ”

Originally, Zhang Zhimu made an appointment, and the next day he talked to Yangchang about the automatic exchange. But Li Yunhe's phone call made Zhang Zhimu have to cancel this agreement.

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Mt. Fuji erupted, Japan was earthquaked. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".