Seeing countless small boats rushing out of both sides of the strait, Zhu Hongsan scolded himself for being a crow's mouth, which is really a good spirit but not a bad spirit.

At this time, Zhu Hongyi, who was standing beside him, pulled out two horizontal knives behind him, called a guard company of 100 people, lined up three layers in front of Zhu Hongsan, and then said: "Your Majesty rest assured, the minister will definitely protect Your Majesty's safety, even if the ship sinks, the minister's water is good, and he can take His Majesty out of danger!" ”

Zhu Hongsan was relieved when he heard Zhu Hongsan say this, Zhu Hongyi was born in Wuchang, and the children on the side of the Yangtze River did not know water, and when he was young, Zhu Hongyi could dive into the bottom of the river to eat fish and shrimp raw, Zhu Hongsan was relieved when he heard Zhu Hongyi say this, and began to see how Zhang Liang commanded the battle.

Zhang Liang's ambush this time was also an accident, he had never fought in inland water battles, he used to fight with the Spaniards on the ocean, and it was his forte to line up to bombard, and it was really not suitable for this kind of small boat to fight in inland rivers.

Tian Xiong on the shore was frightened enough at first when he saw the big ship of the Guangdong Naval Division, but he didn't expect the Ming army to have such a huge ship. But then seeing the head ship run aground, Tian Xiong was overjoyed, and the opportunity came!

Tian Xiong shouted: "Brothers, the opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune has come, kill a Ming army and reward five taels of silver, and catch ten taels of an official!" At his instigation, all the Qing troops began to scream.

Tian Xiong then ordered the letter cannon to be lit, because his fleet was ambushed on both sides, and it was only by killing on both sides that the Ming army could be taken by surprise.

The first wave of sorties after the letter cannon was fired was thirty Mengchong, that is, small boats rocked by two people, which were filled with oil and gunpowder, and three one-foot-long iron nails were nailed to the bow of the boats, and when they were close to the Ming Dynasty sailors, they ignited the fire oil on the small boats and used them to ignite the enemy ships. Before these people set off, they all received a settling-in allowance of 50 taels per person from Tian Xiong, and told them that if they died in battle, they would add 50 taels for each Ming Dynasty sailor ship that was ignited. Under such a heavy reward, these outlaws fought bravely to be the first and rushed to their deaths.

Tian Xiong's second wave of attack was the one hundred and fifty big ships he led, and it was relative to say that it was a big ship. Tian Xiong's big ships were fishing boats, each with 50 to 30 people on board, and these people would take the opportunity to jump on the boat and fight hand-to-hand after the enemy ships were in chaos, Tian Xiong believed that as long as his elite was on board, those officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty sailors were not his opponents at all.

Tian Xiong's tactics are considered to be the classic tactics of the ancient sailors, and in history, he also relied on these points to defeat King Lu's sailors many times, but today he encountered a different fleet.

Zhu Hongsan's Nanyang Navy has been cultivated by the Spaniards in actual combat, coupled with the professional knowledge imparted by the Spanish instructors, and is no less than any navy on the planet, and it is even more invincible in Asia. As the commander of the detachment, Zhang Quan had incomparably rich combat experience, and when he saw countless small boats rushing out from both sides, he immediately ordered the flagships to raise the flags, and ordered all ships to form a battle line headed by the flagships, and opened fire on both sides with the guns fully open.

When the captains of the other nineteen warships saw the order, they steered the ships in a line. At the same time, under the orders of the boatswain, all the arms of the ship opened the gun doors, pushed the guns out of the muzzles, and waited for the order to fire. And the lower ammunition depot began to lift powder packs and shells to the gun deck with cranes, and then sailors transported them to the gun emplacements. At the same time, there were sailors who sprinkled fine sand on the deck, which was taught by Spanish instructors, because at the beginning of the battle someone had to be wounded, and when the blood that came out would allow others to slip, the fine sand played a role in preventing slipping.

Of course, Zhu Hongsan's navy learned more than this from the Spanish instructors, and there are many others, and it is this kind of institutionalized management that makes Zhu Hongsan's navy no longer an ancient sailor, but a modern navy. And the water battle with the Manchu Shimizu Division has already been divided into winners and losers at the beginning.

When the Manchu Qing Division fireship was one mile away from the fleet, the Qing army on the ship began to ignite the fire oil, and the timid began to jump into the water to escape, so that the boat used inertia to get close to the Ming Dynasty sailors, and some of the bold ones simply shook directly to speed up and crashed into the Ming Dynasty sailors.

Each of the 500-ton warships of the Guangdong Navy is equipped with 48 guns, 24 on one side, and the gun deck is divided into three layers, the upper two layers are 18 18-pounder naval guns, and the bottom layer is the heavy gun deck, here are six 22-pounder guns. If it weren't for the navy's expense, the number of guns on this 500-ton warship would have caught up with that of an artillery regiment of the army, not to mention the kind of thousand-ton warship equipped with these 76 guns.

When the captains of the ships saw that the Manchu Qingshui Division had entered the firing range, they ordered the heavy artillery with the farthest range to fire first, and for a while, the cannon on the Qiantang River rumbled, the white smoke was faint, and a loud explosion immediately sounded on the river. Of course, this was not the shells of the Cantonese navy that would explode, but the explosion of the Manchu attack ship that was sunk and the fire on board ignited the gunpowder.

Tian Xiong saw that thirty fireships were sunk in the blink of an eye, and he sighed in his heart at the power of the artillery of the Ming army's naval division, but he was not too afraid, because just now the Guangdong Navy only fired the lowest heavy artillery, and it was all solid shells. Tian Xiong counted that there were no dozens of guns in the Ming army's naval division, and the firing speed was still slow, far less fast than the Franc machine gun, so Tian Xiong was ready to use his numerical advantage to rush up and stir up with them, so that the Ming army's artillery would not be effective.

Tian Xiong made up his mind to send out the letter cannon again, ordering the second wave to attack. When the second wave was a mile away from the Ming fleet, the heavy artillery fired first, and the Qing army began to suffer casualties, Tian Xiong looked at his side, which was sunk less than ten ships, which was completely within the bearable range. The order was to raise the banner and leave the wounded soldiers in the water alone, lean forward at full speed, and mix with the Ming army.

But Tian Xiong thought very well, and when he entered the Ming convoy for 500 meters, all the artillery opened fire, and it was replaced with a melee weapon, shotgun.

Because of the caliber problem of the army, the submunitions of the shotgun are only the size of quail eggs. However, in the navy, it is not a problem of tonnage caliber, and the shrapnel ammunition used by the navy in order to maintain kinetic energy is the size of a ping-pong ball, by the way, there is no ping-pong ball in this era, and it is the size of a duck's egg yolk. At a range of 500 meters, this ammunition can penetrate an inch-thick plank, let alone a human body.

Now the Qing army sailors are facing this problem, in order to prepare for the jump, all the Qing soldiers stand on the bow of the boat, wait until they come into contact with the enemy ship to jump, and then the shotgun has become a live target.

The Guangdong Navy has 20 warships, 720 18-pounder guns, 240 22-pounder guns, 36 submunitions for 18-pounder gun shotguns, and 56 submunitions for 22-pounder gun shotguns. And these dozens of ship superstructures were swept away by shotguns and turned into canoes.

Tian Xiong, who was in the rear of the Qing army, was already stupid when he saw the blow like a storm just now. It is, of course, as an ancient man there has seen the brutality of modern warfare. Just when Tian Xiong was stunned, the second wave of shotguns came, and dozens of ships turned into canoes.

Tian Xiong reacted at this time, he couldn't fight anymore, in less than a stick of incense, his fleet had lost half, Tian Xiong hurriedly ordered to retreat under the banner. But at this moment, the third wave of shotguns came, Tian Xiong was so good that he happened to encounter a heavy artillery shot, and fifty-six ammunition swept through Tian Xiong's ship like a storm.

The rest of the Manchu ships saw that the boss was dead and naturally scattered and fled, and Zhang Liang, the commander of the Guangdong Navy, saw that the Manchu Qing division had fled, and was just about to issue an order to pursue, only to find that half of the ships on his side were stranded, and angrily jumped to his feet and scolded the Manchu generals for being cunning.

Zhu Hongsan hid behind the guard company at first and did not show his head, but after realizing that he was not in any danger, he poked his head out to watch the battle, and just in time to see the second and third waves of shotguns sweeping across the Shimizu Division. Zhu Hongsan had led the army in a blocking war before and knew the power of shotguns, but it was the first time the navy had seen a shotgun fired, which was much more interesting than the army.

Zhu Hongsan pulled Zhu Hongyi over and said, "Big brother, have you seen it, our naval firepower is powerful!" ”

Zhu Hongyi didn't care about killing people and setting fires before, but it was killing one by one, and it was the first time he had seen this kind of killing thousands of people with firearms. Now when he heard Zhu Hongsan ask, he quickly replied: "Your Majesty, it's the first time that the minister has seen naval artillery powerful!" ”

Seeing that the navy he formed has great firepower, Zhu Hongsan is like a rich man in the countryside, he always likes to let people see how much money he has. Now when I heard Zhu Hongyi say this, I couldn't help laughing and said: "Big brother, do you think we have such a strong army, can we succeed in the Northern Expedition?" ”

Zhu Hongyi hurriedly knelt down on one knee and shouted: "Your Majesty is wise and martial, and you will definitely be able to succeed in the Northern Expedition and restore the Ming Dynasty!" After Zhu Hongyi finished speaking, all the officers and soldiers around him shouted together: "Be wise and martial, and restore the Ming Dynasty!" ”

The sailors on the other ships didn't know that Zhu Hongsan was on the flagship, after all, it was Zhu Hongsan's temporary idea to get on the warship, and now when they heard the flagship shouting, they all knew that the emperor had just fought with him, and they also shouted: "Be wise and martial, rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Zhu Hongsan was naturally very happy to see that he was supported by the soldiers, and stood on the bridge and shouted: "Brothers, wait until we are in the Ming Dynasty, and everyone will drink wine, eat meat and play women together!" ”

Zhu Hongsan's words really said that the heart of the soldier went to the heart, and all the soldiers applauded: "Listen to the emperor, Zhongxing Daming, drink wine, eat meat and play with women!" ”

Zhu Hongsan was originally very happy, but at this time, there was no interest in stirring up the situation, and the commander of the fleet, Zhang Liang, came over and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, what should I do if half of the ships are stranded now?" ”

The original good mood was disturbed by Zhang Liang, and Zhu Hongsan scolded in a low voice: "Waste, let you study is not learning, why do you ask me now?" Let the supply ships in the back come up and unload half of the artillery! ”