"Can't you bear to open fire? If you can't bear it, I'll take command of this battle. 《”

Qingji Gongzi said to Deng Zilong.

Deng Zilong shook his head, and then said: "After all, I used to be the same robe, and I still can't adapt to it when I suddenly want to attack the Ming army." ”

But soon his words changed sharply, and his expression became extremely firm.

"But since the Ming Dynasty is destined to perish, it is better to die in our hands than to let it perish in the hands of the Jurchens, and I will not be soft this time."

Qingji Gongzi chuckled lightly and didn't say anything more.

The bright Mazu flag fluttered in the wind, and the Ming Dynasty naval army in the distance was getting closer and closer to them.

Deng Zilong ordered the fleet to sail to the northeast, and before they knew it, they were getting farther and farther away from Dongshan Island.

Mao Zongxian and Su Daren stood on the largest Fu ship of the Ming Dynasty naval army, looking at the two giant ships in the distance, their faces were both solemn and doubtful.

"These pirates are a little strange, judging from their flags, they should be our Ming pirates, but they are driving Hongyi's ships, and they are Hongyi's giant ships."

Mao Zongxian said.

Su Daren nodded, his face was also a little heavy.

These pirates look really nondescript.

"But they look like they're going to fight us."

Su Daren said.

If they wanted to escape, they would have fled with a full sail long ago, instead of hanging a half-sail and waiting for them to pursue.

And such a huge ship, just by looking at the dense cannon ports on the hull, you know that they are definitely not an easy role.

If they could, neither Mao Zongxian nor Su Daren would be willing to fight these two ships.

Once the fight starts, there will be no fewer casualties.

Mao Zongxian's eyes flickered, and he said softly: "It's better for us to drive them out of the country, why bother fighting and killing." ”

Su Daren also smiled and said: "Mr. Mao's words are deeply in line with my heart. By doing so, we are doing our part. ”

If it really fights, it will inevitably cause huge losses, and it will be a thankless task, and it is likely to attract the rebuke of the officials.

Everyone eats rice in a mixed bowl, so why do you have to fight to the death.

By driving these pirates away, they can be regarded as keeping one side safe, and they have not violated their duties.

So the more than 20 fortune ships, sentinel ships, winter ships, and bird ships also hung up their half-sails, trying their best to keep the same distance from the two Western giant ships.

"Hahaha!"

Seeing this, Qingji Gongzi couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh.

These Ming troops are really funny, they don't want to work hard to destroy the enemy, but they think about how to "escort" the other party to the camera.

Deng Zilong smiled bitterly, and the Ming army was really still ...... It's the same old way.

"Since they don't fight, then let's start fighting."

Deng Zilong said coldly.

So he began to give orders, and after receiving Deng Zilong's order.

The two Western giants immediately changed course and began to seize the upper hand, while slowly approaching those Ming ships.

Seeing this, Mao Zongxian and Su Daren's faces changed greatly.

"These damn pirates, do they think they will be able to win the official army?"

Mao Zongxian couldn't help but scold.

These pirates are so arrogant, it's shameless.

Su Daren was also full of approval, the enemy's intentions were already obvious, they definitely wanted to fight them here.

"In that case, then we will meet the real chapter with their subordinates and let them know the strength of our officers and soldiers."

Su Daren gritted his teeth and said.

Mao Zongxian also nodded, the enemy had already pointed a gun at them, if they didn't fight back, then who would still take the officers and soldiers in their eyes in the future.

So they also gave orders, and after receiving their orders, these Ming Dynasty sailors were also busy.

They hoisted their full sails again, and the entire fleet quickly approached Deng Zilong's fleet.

Then they took out all kinds of rockets one after another, ready to shoot at the Ming army.

Qi Jiguang said in "Ji Xiao's New Book": The husband fights in the boat, and the fire attack is the first.

This is different from the West's vigorous development of giant ship artillery.

The Ming Dynasty also developed a variety of firearms, the most powerful of which was to burn the enemy's ships with arsonist ships, and in the later Battle of Liuluo Bay, Zheng Zhilong used arson ships to break the Dutch fleet and burned several Dutch warships.

But this is the ocean, the wind is high and the waves are strong, and it is not so easy to use an arson ship.

And because of the hurry of coming out, they did not prepare the arson boat.

Then there are all kinds of rockets.

The most famous rocket of the Ming Dynasty was the "Fire Dragon Out of the Water".

The fire dragon out of the water is an amphibious rocket in ancient China, which is a kind of rocket like the flying sand cylinder and the ancestor of the second-stage rocket. Invented in the middle of the 16th century, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

It is made of five feet of thatched bamboo, removed from knots, and scraped thin with an iron knife. A wooden dragon head and tail are installed on the front and back. The mouth of the dragon's head is upward, and the dragon's belly is equipped with several divine rockets, which always connect the rocket's medicine line together.

It is led out of a hole in the lower part of the faucet. Under the dragon's body and inclined to the front and back of each mounted two large rocket launchers, their medicine lines are always connected together, and the dragon's belly is connected to the bottom of the two rocket Janes in front, "water warfare" can be three or four feet away from the water to ignite the fire, that is, fly two or three miles away from the water surface, like a fire dragon out of the river. The cartridge was about to run out, the rockets flew out of the abdomen, and the people and ships were burned.

In the last naval battle of the Anti-Japanese Aid Korea, the Battle of Luliang Sea, this kind of "fire dragon out of the water" once shined and severely damaged the ships of the Japanese State, which is recorded in both the Japanese history books and the Korean history books.

Of course, this rocket is not without drawbacks, that is, it does not have a stabilization device, it is too easy to deviate from the target, so the closer to the target, the better the effect.

In addition, the Ming army also has a variety of large, medium and small rockets, the large ones can be launched with hand-held ignition and a range of 300 steps.

The small ones can be fired with bows and arrows, and there are so many kinds of them.

After receiving the general order from the two generals, those Ming troops prepared rockets one after another, including the "Fire Dragon Out of the Water" were put on the bracket at the bow of the ship, and when they approached the enemy ship, they would fire ten thousand arrows, and then try to burn the enemy ship.

The two fleets slowly approached, and although Deng Zilong's side had an absolute advantage, he didn't dare to be careless.

If he could, he would rather fight those Western ships than the Ming army.

Because of the lack of artillery power, it is almost impossible to sink the "Holy Trinity" and "San Jose" with the current artillery, and their armor is too strong.

Those power bombs can indeed sink some small and medium-sized ships, but in the face of large warships, the power of those guns is still a little weaker.

Fighting against those Western ships, his fleet was like a battleship against a destroyer during the First World War, occupying an absolute advantage.

On the contrary, the fire attack of the Ming Dynasty is very terrifying, and the fire attack does not matter the size of your ship, as long as it burns it, it will all be finished.

And his ships, due to their excessive tonnage, are more likely to be hit by those rockets.

No matter which ship it was, as long as it was burned, then they would lose the battle, because the cost of building one such battleship was even more than the total cost of the fleet of the Ming Dynasty.

However, after all, Deng Zilong was once the general of the Ming Naval Division, and he was very familiar with the offensive methods of the Ming army, so he had already been ready for battle.

"Fire!"

After seeing that the Ming fleet had entered the effective range of the naval guns, Deng Zilong immediately ordered the fleet to open fire.

Soon, the two battleships roared almost simultaneously.

The sound of nearly 100 artillery pieces firing at the same time was like thunder, and it could be heard clearly even from more than ten miles away.

Bursts of fire and smoke erupted from the side of the ship, and a large number of solid bullets roared out with huge kinetic energy.

The vast majority of these solid shells were fired into the sea, which then stirred up a high column of water.

However, some of them also hit some small boats, although they did not smash the boats out of a big hole, but they also stoned some sailors on the Ming army ships to death, and frightened the surrounding Ming troops into fear.

For technical reasons, the hit rate of ship guns is now very low, so shooting can only be increased by salvos.

And both the "Holy Trinity" and the "San Jose" have a very dense fleet of naval guns, which has a great advantage in this regard.

Mao Zongxian and Su Daren's faces were a little ugly, the range of the enemy's naval guns was too far, far above the vast majority of rockets.

Although some of their rockets, such as the Fire Dragon Out of the Water, have a longer range than the opponent's naval guns, the hit rate at such a distance is almost zero, so they have no intention of using them now.

However, fortunately, the tonnage of the enemy ship was too large, so the speed was relatively slow.

Even their largest ships were faster than the enemy ships, so the distance between the two fleets was rapidly approaching.

They can only wait for the two fleets to approach before killing the killers!

Another burst of artillery fired, and this time they were all targeting the birds.

The speed of these bird ships was the fastest in their fleet, and they were not far from Deng Zilong's fleet.

Those Ming troops had already prepared their rockets, and as soon as they were about to enter the effective range, they would fire all arrows and shoot the rockets in their hands at the enemy ships.

"Change the shotgun."

Deng Zilong said.

The speed of those bird ships was a little unexpected, and I didn't expect to be in the effective range of the shotgun so quickly.

The artillerymen desperately cleaned the chamber of the gun from the debris and then filled it with gunpowder and shells.

Due to the slow firing speed of the front-loading gun, it took at least two minutes to reload.

And those two minutes were enough for the bird ships to get quite some distance closer to their fleet.

Those bird boats rode the wind and waves, and quickly approached Deng Zilong's fleet.

Suddenly, puffs of white smoke rose from the birds' boats, and then orange-red flames dragged the tail flames into the air.

Due to the strong sea breeze and the fact that the distance was somewhat long, the vast majority of these rockets did not hit the target, but were blown to the side by the sea breeze far away.

Some of them hit the ship, partly because of the poor angle or the lack of force to penetrate the ship.

Many more fell to the deck, and even one was stuck in the sail.

"Extinguish the fire!"

Deng Zilong roared loudly.

In fact, without his orders, the sailors on the deck, who were already in battle, took up barrels filled with seawater and doused the rockets that had hit the deck.

Considering that these two ships might face a fierce battle, Lu Yan specially equipped them with some more sailors to extinguish the fire.

And Li Kuiqi is one of them.

Normally, pirates were forbidden to board such giant ships, and they could only serve as sailors on armed merchant ships.

And this time to be on such a huge ship, Li Kuiqi was very happy in his heart.

What pirate wouldn't love a ship of this calibre? If he could have a ship of this great power, he would surely be able to run rampant all over the world.

Therefore, he also worked very hard.

After seeing a rocket fall from the sky and fall onto the deck, he quickly picked up the bucket and poured the entire bucket of seawater onto the rocket.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the rocket go off, then picked up the rocket and threw it into the sea.

These rockets are loaded with all sorts of flammable materials, and it's really not good to put them on the deck.

After doing all this, he immediately fetched another bucket of water, ready to deal with the next wave of attacks from the Ming army.

The sail that had been hit by the rocket was also lowered, and then the fire was extinguished.

In fact, it was quite easy to put rockets, and the rocket attacks of the Ming army were also endless, almost wave after wave.

Soon all the sailors on board were running, desperately trying to extinguish the rockets that landed on the deck.

At this moment, the "Holy Trinity" roared again, and nearly 50 guns opened fire at the same time.

Dense stones erupted from the muzzle of the cannon like raindrops.

Those Ming soldiers standing on the bird boat were happily dropping rockets, caught off guard, I don't know how many Ming soldiers were hit by those stones.

They screamed one after another, and then their bodies were punched with blood hole after blood.

The gurgling blood flowed out of their bodies as if they didn't want money, and the bird boats turned into hell on earth almost instantly.

And some of the soldiers on the bird boat that came close were almost swept away by the dense stone rain, and turned into an empty ship completely.

Seeing this, the rest of the soldiers were almost stupid!

That's a lot of power!

Deng Zilong did not have the slightest look of joy on his face, and still ordered the soldiers to hurry up and reload their ammunition.

"Order all ships to speed up and approach the enemy ships, don't be afraid of casualties, and give me rockets as hard as you can!"

Mao Zongxian shouted angrily.

After receiving Mao Zongxian's order, those ships immediately approached Deng Zilong's fleet at a rapid pace.

In order to avoid the rocket igniting the sails, those sails were lowered almost to the bottom, so that the "Holy Trinity" and "San Jose" almost lost kinetic energy.

Taking this opportunity, those Ming warships approached quickly, and more and more rockets shot towards the Ming ships, and the dense rockets flew in the sky, looking extremely spectacular.

Li Kuiqi scolded, picked up the bucket and kept running.

"Ahh

I don't know who was hit by the rocket, and let out a scream.

Seeing this, Li Kuiqi hurriedly splashed a bucket of water, and then extinguished the fire on that person.

"Thank you, Big Brother Quirk."

Seeing that it was Li Kuiqi who made a move, the man hurriedly said.

"Hurry up and get to work."

Li Kuiqi said loudly.

"Got it!"

After saying that, the man got busy again desperately.

These official rockets are really annoying, Li Kuiqi scolded secretly.

Due to the proximity of the distance, those rockets not only greatly increased the hit rate, but also strengthened their power.

Rockets are often stuck in the hulls of these two ships and slowly burn up.

Seeing this, Mao Zongxian and Su Daren couldn't help but laugh proudly.

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Thank you very much for the tips from Xiaoyao Water Dragon Jun and La Feng Cool Man.