The 500-material big war ship was originally the main force of the fleet, but it became a lag in the retreat, clumsy sailing at the end, and gradually outflanked by the Qing army's agile medium-sized warships, although there were many of their own long boats and fast crabs around to protect it, the huge hull was still inevitably exposed to the guns of the Qing warships, becoming the target of attack, from time to time being hit by artillery, sawdust flying. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The main warships of the Ming army and the longboats around them, the fast crabs fought back with firearms and artillery, but they were much weaker than the firepower of the Qing warships. Some small and medium-sized warships were about to be hit by the artillery of the Qing army, which was basically the end of the ship's destruction and death.

The fleet of the Qing army was like a pack of wolves, and the 500 warships of the Ming army became a deer at this time, and was bitten all over the body by the wolves.

"Bang!"

A cannonball passed through the deck and drilled into the cabin of the main warship of the Ming army, and the flesh and blood flew everywhere it passed, and the hull was seriously damaged, the operation was ineffective, and the speed of movement became slower and slower. Gradually, he was overtaken by the warships of the Qing army.

Hong Xishan quickly ordered the sergeant to jump to the gang, and Gao Lixun took a dry sailor to resist desperately, in line with the belief that killing one will not pay and killing two to earn one, he has always insisted on brutal hand-to-hand combat with the Qing army who jumped up.

The difference between life and death is often a thought.

At the critical moment when the Ming soldiers under his command fell one by one and the flames on the ship became more and more intense, the Chinese fleet of Zhu Youlang and Yu Long arrived immediately.

When he arrived at the place, he took a closer look at the fact that the former army had been surrounded by others, so in order to rescue the former army as soon as possible, Zhu Youlang immediately made a decision and ordered Yu Long to lead the warship to rush in a wave.

Although the vanguard fleet of the Qing army was a little panicked by the sudden appearance of Ming reinforcements, under the command of Hong Xishan, who was very proficient in naval battle tactics, the Qing army also quickly calmed down and began to organize a defensive attack formation, waiting for the Chinese army to join forces to face the enemy.

The front army of the Ming army successfully got rid of the bite of the Qing army, and successfully merged with the reinforcements, the losses of the front army of the Ming army in this battle were larger, and the deputy commander Gao Lixun and others also hung up more or less, but fortunately, in addition to the main warship suffered a certain amount of damage, other small and medium-sized warships were not sunk by artillery, and the former army sailor did not hurt the vitality, and the commander of the sailor Yu Long was also extremely angry after hearing that the former army was almost killed, and vowed to be ashamed and fight against the Qing army to the end.

In order to improve the chances of winning the water battle, Zhu Youlang brought six new Portuguese Hongyi guns and the remaining four thousand-pound Franc machine guns with him and installed them on various warships in batches to enhance the firepower of the fleet.

When Shi Lang, the commander of the Qing Army's naval division, saw the main force of the Ming Army's naval division coming with reinforcements, he was unwilling to show weakness, so he prepared to line up to meet the battle. The main forces of the naval divisions of the Ming and Qing armies finally met and started a fight.

The Qing army has many big war ships, strong firepower, but the number of small and medium-sized ships is relatively small, mainly Haicang ships, while the Ming army has few big war ships, the firepower is relatively weak, the number of small and medium-sized warships, especially the long boat and fast crab, there is an obvious Western style, the hull is not large, fluency, good coordination, maneuverability is also very strong, the steering and movement are more flexible, can be the main offensive force, in the Beijiang River, where the water is not large, its practicality is much stronger than the big war ship.

Since both sides put the forces under their command into the battlefield without any reservations, this water battle lasted a whole day, and the pirate army fought against the water pirate army.

In the morning, the Qing army, relying on superior firepower, killed more than a dozen small and medium-sized warships of the Ming army, ships like sampans, almost disintegrated and sank in an instant after a single shot; In the afternoon, the Ming army's long boat fast crab relied on its flexible steering and wind-like speed to cooperate with each other to overturn a Qing army's 500-material warship.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the Qing army lost a total of one big warship, more than 20 small and medium-sized warships, and the Ming army also lost a lot of losses, and a big warship that was already scarred was unfortunately shot again after several hours of non-stop artillery fighting, and the huge mast was hit, and the warship could only spin in place, unable to move, although it was not sunk, but it was actually abandoned. In addition to thirty or forty small and medium-sized warships, the overall losses were above the Qing army, but the difference was not much, and the Qing army's naval division had a slight upper hand.

So the two sides, who had suffered damage to each other, finally closed the ship and waited for tomorrow to fight again. If he insists on stumbling on this, Shi Lang, the chief general of the Qing army, is very sure, and it must be his own fleet that can hold on to the end, but Shi Lang is unwilling to do that, killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred, the four thousand sailors are the foundation of his and his uncle's foothold, how can they be thrown out? To get the greatest gain at the lowest price, this is not only the principle that Shi Lang, who was born as a pirate, has always adhered to, but also a way to protect his subordinates as a sailor. Shi Lang, who couldn't think of a good strategy to break the enemy for a while, parked the fleet in the Guangkou area, and the Ming fleet anchored in Hengshiji.

After the troops were collected, the sailors and battalions all disembarked one after another and built a camp in Hengshiji to rest, in order to recuperate and continue to fight in the future, but as the supreme commander of the whole army, Zhu Youlang did not stop thinking about the war.

In the evening, Zhu Youlang summoned Yu Long, deputy commander Gao Lixun and others to inquire about every detail of the battle, and they observed the terrain of Hengshiji while blowing the river breeze to discuss the method of defeating the Qing army's naval division.