Get up early in the morning to send a change first, and then ask for a monthly pass, where are you with a monthly pass? Can it be more violent?

"How did you break the mast?"

Chang Yisu, who was supervising the battle on his own boat, had a regretful expression on his face. This shipload of the first fortune boat was carried by the officers and soldiers of his Taiwan Navy Zhenbiao Zhong Battalion, which belonged to Chang Yisu's most descendant subordinates, otherwise how could he rush forward so ignorantly?

Ships of this era were mainly powered by sails, and once the mainmast was broken, the ships lost most of their power. Because in naval warfare, the warship is constantly moving, so the battlefield of naval warfare is actually constantly moving, and the sailboat that has lost power can spin in place, and will soon fall off the battle, and can only wait for the battle to end. If one side wins, it is fine, but if the other side wins, the officers and men of this ship can only wait for death or surrender. Therefore, in the usual naval battles, the warship with the mainmast broken will be left aside by the enemy for the time being - after all, the price of a warship is often tens of thousands of pounds, who can capture it?

Of course, Zhu Jishi, a rookie in naval warfare, doesn't know this truth, he only knows that "it is better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt his ten fingers", and he is completely commanding naval battles with the thinking of fighting land battles, and he issued an order to "sink" in succession!

As a result, fifty or sixty cannons on four Western sailing ships burst into another burst of cannon fire, and the unfortunate ship suffered two more shots, both of which were 24-pound solid bullets, all of which smashed high on the stern of the ship. The butt of this lucky ship suddenly sank, which startled the Qing soldiers on the ship, thinking that the ship was about to capsize!

The officer with the rank of general took Lee Sang-young back to look at the stern of the broken ship. There was a shiver all over my body. He was just standing there directing! If you don't come to check out the discounted masts. At this time, I am afraid that I have been loyal to the Qing Dynasty.

"Turn the rudder! Turn the rudder to face east! ”

Although the main mast of this lucky ship was broken, it did not completely lose power, and if the rudder turned to the east, it could still run back to Penghu with the southwest wind.

"Quick! Fast! Reload! ”

On the gun deck of the Lanfang, the shouts of the Western instructors were almost catching up with the roar of the cannon, and the gunners were frantically busy, wiping the inner chamber of the cannon and pushing into the cannon. Stuff the shells, then retreat the heavy cannon into the gun position, the black hole of the cannon sticking out of the cannon window. The igniter reached through the fire door at the end of the gun, pierced the cartridge, and waited for the order to ignite.

"Shoot in turn!"

The leader of the artillery team gave a loud order, and the gun commanders on the gun emplacements on one side immediately shouted in succession.

"Fire on the right!"

Rumble......

"Second from the right!"

Rumble......

"Third from the right to fire ......"

Another round of shells rained down, and the target was still the turning fortune ship, which had lost most of its power and was turning again, almost stopping in place and being beaten. So the shells that hit it were more than the previous salvo, and four solid shells hit the aposto. Two of the 24-pounder shells also smashed through the bottom of the ship, and the sea rushed in.

"Right full rudder! Xiangyou turn! ”

Wang Dehu gave the command to the helmsman to turn at this time, and as mentioned earlier, the ships in the naval battle are constantly moving. Zhu Jishi's fleet is now led by the Lanfang, followed by Maria. The Clementina, Madame Duran, and Daming Mountain were lined up in columns, all on the starboard side against the enemy, and more than 50 cannons could be fired at the same time. It sounds like a lot, but the current cannon is not the shell filled with picric acid explosives in the era of ironclads, and the lethality is very tragic. The results of a battle that can severely damage a lucky ship are not bad, but there are hundreds of Qing warships participating in the war today. This numerical advantage is indeed greater.

Seeing Zhu Jishi's fleet turn its bow, the Qing warships that were densely covered in the sea also turned around. They were originally a five-point plum blossom array, but now they have long been a mess, but they just followed the order flag of the Changyi Su ship, and always charged in the direction of the Lanfang.

As a result, there is a situation where the ship is small and good to turn around. Among the more than 100 warships of the Qing army, a small part of the large Guangzhou ships and Fu ships were fighting, and the small boats with strange shapes such as fast sentry boats, double canopy boats, Liaodong sand boats, and lama bluffing boats accounted for the majority. These boats tend to use both sails and slurry, and are quite agile and agile on the sea. Zhu Jishi's four large ships were lowered by half sails, slowing down and getting as close as possible to the enemy ships, so that the gunners could fire as accurately as possible. In this way, it created the possibility for the approach of the small and medium-sized warships of the Qing army.

However, before they could engage Zhu Jishi's sailing ships, the Qing sailors had to continue to pay a heavy price.

The sound of cannons on the sea rumbled, and from time to time there was the dull cracking of cannonballs hitting the hull of the ship, human bodies and sawdust flew sideways, and many panicked sailors puffed to the sea to make dumplings. The artillery and guns of the Qing army soon joined the chorus of artillery fire, crackling and crackling, but they did not cause any substantial damage to Zhu Jishi's Western sailing ship, although a few solid bullets of three or four catties hit the board of the Lanfang, but they were gently bounced away, at most a little black paint was wiped off.

"Why can't our guns hit Western ships?"

Chang Yisu looked at the few white spots on the hull of the Lanfang in front of him, his eyes were about to burst out, why could the other party's cannon easily smash the ship on his side, and his own cannon was like tickling on the opponent's ship?

"Lord Zongrong, this Western Ocean is a strong ship and a gun!"

Shi Degao sighed beside him and explained. In fact, it is not that the Western ships are strong and the guns are sharp, but that the ships and guns of the Fujian Navy Division are cutting corners! One-third of the silver allocated by Emperor Daoguang for shipbuilding and cannon construction was implemented, that is, he met a big Qing official! Therefore, the ships of the Fujian Navy Division are very forbidden, and their cannons are even worse, because the craftsmanship is not up to standard, and the materials are too economical, so this cannon is very easy to explode, if you take a gunner who dares to turn ten percent of the gunpowder according to the standard, the storage will destroy the cannons! By the way, this "10 percent" of gunpowder is of course not a high-performance black powder produced by Jason-Churchill Company or Lan Fangxing, but gunpowder made by Fujian sailors who cut corners...... With the joint efforts of several parties, the Fujian sailors are naturally not strong in the ship, and the cannon is unfavorable. Although the general army of Chang Yisu was "good at managing the army", he did not know anything about ships and artillery, and he did not test these in martial arts. His ability is nothing more than a bow that can open a stone, a knife that can dance dozens of catties, and a punch that can knock Zhu Jishi down, but the premise is that he can get close to Zhu Jishi's body.

"Why are there so many Manchu ships calling around?"

Zhu Jishi on the Lanfang was also depressed, although the battle situation was one-sided, but the craftsmanship of his "naval officers and soldiers" was really not good, in the end, they were not from a professional class, and after fighting for a long time, the sea was still densely covered with Manchu warships, and few were sunk. According to this style of play, when will the fleet of the Fujian Navy Division Taiwan Town be defeated?

"Tiger, you can't go on like this!"

"You can go into battle with two ships and a team, and fight in close combat!" Wang Dehu proposed a method, which was also a long-term method he used when he was a pirate before.

"Aren't you afraid that the Qing army will fight a broadside battle?"

Wang Dehu smiled and said, "What's there to be afraid of on the sideboard?" Before, I didn't dare to approach for fear that they would set fire to the ship, but now it seems that the Manshui Division has not prepared a fire ship, so it can be melee, our ship's side is tall and strong, like a city wall, and it is not easy to climb up. Moreover, the sailors and brocade guards on our ship all have foreign guns, and firing condescendingly can kill and injure a large number of soldiers of the Manchu Shimizu Division. ”

"It's okay, if you fight in close combat, you will fight in close combat, when will we be afraid of melee combat with the Manchumizu Division?" Zhu Jishi remembered the performance of the Manchu Qing Cantonese sailors on Lantau Island, so he made up his mind to fight in close combat.

"Two-two formation! Turn the rudder! Rush in! ”

"Lord Zongrong, look, Zhu Yi's ship is rushing towards us! Here's our chance to fight in close combat! As soon as the Lanfang turned around, Shi Degao, who had been closely observing the battle situation, shouted excitedly.

This battle is just beaten and can't fight back, and no one can stand it! Although hitting the receiver may not be beneficial to the Qing army's sailors, it is better than being beaten one-sided, right?

"Okay, this is Zhu Shun's own death!" Chang Yisu is even happier, he is a martial champion! He thinks that he is the best in the world in martial arts, as long as he can get within one hundred and fifty steps of Zhu Jishi, he is sure that he will eliminate this scourge with one arrow! Even if he doesn't use a bow and arrow, as long as he can get on Zhu Jishi's ship, he is confident that he will take the life of our Emperor Zhu with a deck of swords! (To be continued......)