Azig finally decided to cross the river as originally planned. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Daishan's army gathered on the east bank of the Yangtze River, and the large and small warships in the river lined up along the river, and their numbers were huge, and the end was separated by nearly 30 miles.

In this battle, Duoduo took the initiative to ask to be the striker for the sake of shame, and the ship he was riding on was the main warship of the Qing army today: the Lou ship.

The warships of Fu Ship and Guang Ship are relatively complex to manufacture, and they require too many technical types to operate, so the Manchu Qing court thought about it again and again, and finally put an ancient and practical battlefield on the battlefield.

It is said that it is ancient, because as early as the Han Dynasty, this kind of warship has become popular.

The building ship is a kind of large warship with multi-storey buildings and offensive and defensive facilities, the appearance is like a building, so it is called the building ship, the large warship of the Han Dynasty "Lou ship" is more than ten zhang high, the Three Kingdoms Dongwu built a five-story warship, can carry 3000 people (friends who have seen Chibi, should be no stranger, most of Cao Cao's sailor warships are building ships).

It is said that it is practical, that is because this kind of warship can be improved a lot of space, the building ship is not only majestic and mighty in appearance, but also on the ship is a spear, a tree flag, heavily guarded, effective in attack and defense, like a water fortress, even the Ming Dynasty general Yuan Keli's Denglai naval army, also widely used this kind of ship.

Because ancient water battles were mostly based on bow and arrow shooting, as well as ship collisions and hand-to-hand combat, the size of the ship directly determined the number of sailors and warriors that a single ship could accommodate, as well as the impact force of the ship, so the building ship served as the main ship of water warfare to a large extent in ancient times

The Qing army and the Denglai naval army used the building ship as an improved model, the artillery was installed in the attic of the building ship, 24 Hongyi cannons on the left and right sides, and there were 48 fire points of a building ship, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a "water battery".

It's just that this kind of building ship has always had a more prominent flaw, that is, the ship is too high and the center of gravity is unstable, so it can only serve as the main force in inland water warfare.

The Fujian Navy Division mainly went to sea to fight, so it was not interested in this kind of building ship.

At this time, Duoduo was leading a hundred building ships, more than 700 small and medium-sized warships, patrolling 20 miles upstream of the river crossing site, and not long after, the flying cavalry on the river bank came with the news that the Nanming Naval Division stationed in Chibi was dispatched yesterday at night, and when the spies found the fleet at the beginning of this morning (after seven o'clock in the morning), the opponent's fleet traveled to Wuchang.

According to the speed of the voyage, it should have arrived near Yaojia Lake at this time, less than forty miles away from the location of Duoduo's fleet.

Although the speed of the cavalry was fast enough, it was impossible for the Ming army to stop, and it was impossible to obtain an accurate position, so it could only be calculated by relying on the speed of sailing.

Now it is the northwest wind, and the combined fleet of the Ming army is riding the wind downstream, and even the speed of large warships has reached about four knots, according to this speed, it will not even take two hours for the two naval divisions to go head-to-head.

"It's coming quite quickly, at this rate, the first batch of landing troops of Big Baylor has just been loaded, and it seems that this leak problem is still very serious!" Dodor sighed to himself.

He and Azig had already expected that Chibi's sailors would come to stop them, but they didn't expect the other party's timing to be so accurate, it would be strange if no one told him!

And in Duoduo's view, the status of the informant in the army is absolutely extraordinary.

It's just that now is not the time to find out the details, after all, they have already made all the equipment, just waiting for the Ming army sailors to throw themselves into the net.

"Humph! The world's first water master, today's title should belong to my Daqing! Duoduo snorted coldly, and then said: "Send the order, the fleet will approach the west bank, and prepare to meet the enemy!" ”

The rivers in this area moved from north to south, so the Qing army and the Ming army were stationed in the east, west, and banks respectively.

Although the west bank was the sphere of influence of the Ming army, it was still a long way from Wuchang, and there was no danger to defend around, so there was no Ming army stationed here.

Maybe there are, but it is not impossible that people are ambushing more secretly, waiting specifically to block the Qing army crossing the river.

At this time, Duoduo wanted to move the fleet closer to the west bank and seize the upper hand, so that when the Ming army sailors came, Duoduo's fleet could quickly beat the battleship from west to east, with the help of the northwest wind, and take advantage of the number of guns on the side to strike first.

The Qing army's plan was far more than that, and even followed Li Hongfei's routine, not only hiding a large number of shore defense artillery on the east bank, but also laying a large number of mines in the water.

Duoduo only needs to launch the first wave of attacks, first provoke the Ming fleet, and then feign defeat, quickly retreat with the help of the northwest wind, and leave this water area to the Ming naval division, when the artillery on the shore is volleyed, and the underwater raptors come out together, which will definitely make the Ming naval division suffer heavy losses.

Azig and Duoduo, who had suffered a few dark losses, now disdainful of going head-to-head, preferring to play tricks.

Just when Duoduo was actively preparing for war, and the downstream Zuo Mengeng fleet organized a large army to cross the river in an orderly manner, the Ming army was also not idle.

First of all, the coalition army led by Shi Lang, after a rapid journey, stopped at a distance of seven or eight miles from the Qing fleet, although the two armies were far apart, they could also vaguely see each other's figures.

If this was in the era of ironclad ships, such a distance to stop the ship, the enemy's naval guns can be said to be a dozen and one accurate, but the Ming Dynasty is different, the farthest range of the Hongyi cannon is 2.3 kilometers (or the improved heavy artillery of the Ming army, the farthest range of the Qing army's Hongyi cannon is only 1.9 kilometers) Such a distance, both sides can only see, but they can't reach it.

Just when Azig and Duoduo were wondering what tricks the other party was playing, urgent information suddenly came from the downstream, and the fleet of only a hundred large warships, which they had ignored before, was less than thirty miles away from them.

This is still a group of Qing troops on the shore who are preparing to cross the river, because they ran in the wrong place, they found out about this situation, and by the time they spread the news to Azig, Zuo Menggeng's fleet at the bottom could even see the outline of the warship.

"What's going on? When we were discussing this morning, didn't we say that the fleet was still near Chizhou yesterday afternoon? Chizhou is more than 500 miles away from here, how could they arrive here overnight, could they not fly! "This time, even Azig, who has always been calm, has seriously lost his temper.

If you travel 500 miles in one night, doesn't that mean that you can travel 80 miles in one hour, and the speed reaches more than 10 knots!

In fact, Azig is a bit exaggerated, the fleet led by Zheng Chenggong just sailed out of Chizhou yesterday afternoon, only more than 420 miles away from Huarong, when the spies make a report, they will naturally report according to the importance of the geographical location.

In addition, the winter night came quickly, the night time was about seven hours, and when the night fell, Zheng Chenggong ordered the fleet to move at full speed, sails and steam power, even if it was borrowed from the headwind (the sails in the case of headwinds, they could also use the wind to take a Z-shaped route, but the speed was not as fast as the tailwind), and the speed of the fleet reached an astonishing 6 knots.

In seven hours, Zheng Chenggong's fleet ran for more than 300 miles, and from dawn in the morning to now, another two hours have passed, and Zheng Chenggong's fleet has not slowed down at all, and has run nearly 90 miles again.

It was freezing on this day, and the Qing army spies who were in charge of monitoring along the coast, how could they be so conscientious, anyway, the news from the rear had already known the movements of the Ming army's naval divisions, so they all waited for the information to be reported, and then monitored alternately.

Therefore, when the Qing army spies on the Anqing side were still anxiously looking for the "disappeared" sailor fleet, the Qing army spies in Jiujiang, more than 300 miles west of Chizhou, were still asleep at this time, and they did not find the Ming army fleet at all, and they had quietly passed through their surveillance area.

This is also why Shi Lang and the others were discovered when they were still about forty miles away from the Qing army, and Zheng Chenggong's fleet swaggered to a position of less than thirty miles between the two armies before being discovered by the Qing soldiers who arranged to cross the river.

Everyone ignored the speed of this fleet, and similarly, Zheng Chenggong's sneak attack plan was a preliminary success.

Looking at the Qing warships that were busy on the dock, Zheng Chenggong knew that they had arrived at the right time, and without delay, he directly sent thirty warships into the battlefield and opened fire on those troop carriers.

Most of Zuo Mengeng's fleet was transformed from merchant ships, and they had no attack ability at all, and Azig was still in shock at this time, and he didn't have time to react.

Fast! It was too fast, from the time he got the report to the time when Zheng Chenggong launched an attack, it was almost at the same time.

The speed of the war horse is indeed faster than that of the warship, but Azig's main fleet is concentrated in the middle area, and there are still more than ten miles away from Zuo Mengeng's fleet, and when the cavalry transmits the information to Azig, Zheng Chenggong's attacking fleet is already less than five miles away from Zuo Mengeng's fleet.

Thirty Fu boats were rampage in Zuo Menggeng's fleet, and some small troop carriers were even directly knocked over by Fu boats, and the soldiers on the ships fell into the water and shouted for help, but now that the war is urgent, everyone is unable to protect themselves, who can stop and save them?

It is basically difficult to survive by soaking in this cold and biting river water for ten minutes, so these soldiers who fall into the water can only be a dead end.

The fate of the small troop carrier is tragic, and the large troop carrier is also not having a good time, the new type of Fu ship has demolished a lot of superstructures, so that the space and carrying capacity have been greatly enhanced, and there is no Fu ship, all of which are equipped with 12 Furlong heavy guns, 30 warships, and 360 large-caliber heavy guns, which has dealt a very heavy blow to the Qing army.

The key is that these heavy guns not only have a very fast rate of fire, but also have no fixed angle of fire at all, basically as long as the gunner locks on, they can fire at any time.

Run, can't outrun each other.

These guys with smoking buttocks are extremely fast, and they are like having fun with you, even if it is a small sailboat, people can catch up, even if your target is small enough and the artillery can't hit, but you can't hold the big boat! Even if you just pass by these boats, the waves that form can overturn them.

battle, the main fleet is not there, there is no way to fight back.

Azig's main fleet is still more than ten miles away from the landing site, and according to the speed of the building ship, it will take about half an hour to go down the river downwind, and according to this way of playing, after half an hour, Zuo Menggeng's fleet will still exist, it is really hard to say.

"Hurry up, send all the small and medium-sized warships in the headquarters to stop this fleet for me!" Azig was awakened by the sound of artillery fire, and he didn't have time to think about how the other party could hide from the world, so he could only quickly give an order.

In addition to the warships in the hands of Duoduo, there were more than 700 small and medium-sized warships in the Azig headquarters, which were basically converted into "suicide warships", that is, these ships were all filled with gunpowder.

Originally, it was to deal with the Ming army and sailors on the Chibi side, if the three waves of strikes in front of Duoduo failed to defeat the other party, these small and medium-sized warships would become a killer weapon, even if it was a battleship for the other party, the Qing army would not hesitate to do it.

But now they can't wait for the sailors of the Ming army, those guys have stopped at the periphery of the warship, it seems that their plan is very clear, that is, to attract attention, and the real main attack force of the Ming army is the hundred lucky ships in the rear.

With Azig's order, the battleships, which were loaded with oil and gunpowder, began to break away from the ranks and accelerate downstream.........

As a naval family, Zheng Chenggong inherited his father's talent for naval warfare, and he had long been guarding against the other party's hand, seeing the Qing army's reaction, Zheng Chenggong also responded, first ordering all the warships, and at the same time launching a wave of "fire dragon out of the water" in the enemy ship formation.

The "fire dragon out of the water" was very eye-catching in land warfare at the beginning, and it seems that among the various units of the Ming army, the necessary heavy firepower is now the rocket weapon of "a hundred tigers running together".

"A hundred tigers running together" has become a necessary weapon for the Ming army, and Li Hongfei, who has made great contributions, will naturally not be stingy, and after three years of accumulation, the entire Yangtze River Sailor has equipped 7,000 "fire dragon out of water".

This is the decisive battle of the Yangtze River waterway, and Li Hongfei will naturally not be stingy with these survivals.

Under the intensive blow of a wave of fire dragons out of the water, many of the Qing warships that rushed over were burned into fire ships.

The key is that the Qing army sent it this time, it was a "suicide warship", which was full of gunpowder, and as a result, a wave of fire dragons came out of the water and directly detonated nearly 100 warships on the opposite side.

This record is not at all as good as when he fought in the army.

In addition to ordering the release of the fire dragon out of the water, Zheng Chenggong also ordered all ships to take control of their belts, no longer make any contact with enemy ships, maintain a safe distance of at least 100 meters, and use the speed advantage to slowly consume these small warships.

The explosion caused by the fire dragon coming out of the water, everyone saw it, if this thing was close to themselves, it would basically be dead or alive, even if there was no Zheng Chenggong's order, everyone would be extra careful.