The scene of hundreds of small boats gathering together is naturally very spectacular, but the jumping gang that made Zheng Zhibao's favorite and most exciting did not appear, and the Zheng family sailors who were supposed to carry big knives and axes to cut people now hid behind the side of the ship and didn't even dare to show their heads.

There is such a situation, which makes Zheng Zhibao, who is supervising the battle in the back, angry and jumps to his feet, this situation is no less than a strong man who wants to do that but is surprised to find that he doesn't lift it, this blow is huge for anyone.

"Why can their bird guns hit so far at such a distance? Why do they keep shooting? ”

Zheng Zhibao felt that he was going crazy, there were so many unreasonable things today, first the other party came out with more ships than he expected, and then he also found that the range of the other party's artillery was even farther than his own, and the grape bomb fired from 300 meters away was still lethal, and then those damn Qingzhou sailors could even press their always brave subordinates behind the side of the ship without even raising their heads, what is wrong with this world?

Just when Zheng Zhibao was so anxious that he was about to go crazy, many black cylindrical things suddenly flew out of the Qingzhou fast cruiser that was staggered with the Zheng family clipper, and they snorted white smoke and fell on the Cangshan boat that was hiding in the staggered with him, and then bursts of explosions sounded.

"Boom Boom"

The continuous explosions came one after another, and in the explosions, many Cangshan ships burst into flames, and some ships began to ignite.

"Mazu, what the hell is this!" At this time, Zheng Zhibao no longer had the strength to be angry, and his eyes were dull looking at the chaotic scene in front of him.

"My lord, our earth-shattering thunder has taken effect!" On the flagship that Tu Hai was riding, the first mate beside him shouted excitedly beside him.

"Well, I didn't expect this kind of earth-shattering thunder to be really useful, we all looked away before." Tu Hai's face also showed a smile of surprise.

In fact, this kind of earth-shattering thunder is the original version of the grenade, as a kind of high-quality and inexpensive weapon in later generations, the grenade has no technical content, its principle is so simple that it is similar to making firecrackers, even the most primitive handicraft workshop can be made, but the effect it can play is huge. For example, during the Anti-Japanese War in later generations, more than 35 million grenades were used in the entire [***] period of eight years. On average, 12,000 pieces are consumed every day, which shows the practicality and cheapness of this thing.

At the beginning, when Pang Gang inspected the completed workshop, he also casually arranged this task, asking the craftsmen of the military workshop to make this kind of explosives that are easy for individual soldiers to carry within two months, but he never thought that those craftsmen seemed to have been greatly insulted, claiming that the commander made the adults underestimate their craftsmanship, and even let them make these things that even the firecracker workshop could produce. An old military household even claimed that if the adults needed it, he could make samples for the adults overnight, and sure enough, early the next morning, the samples were produced and presented to Pang Gang.

After Pang Gang was tested, he could really blow up, although they didn't use a cable-style fire, but used an open flame to light the fuse and throw it, but it was definitely an explosive that could be exploded or thrown alone. Although the black powder of this period was certainly not as powerful as the yellow powder of later generations, this problem was successfully solved after the charge was increased. In the end, Pang Gang decided to give this explosive a name, the Heaven-Shaking Thunder, and each Sky-Shaking Thunder was set at a weight of two catties.

After mass production, the Qingzhou Sailor also received several thousand, at the beginning, Tu Hai and a group of sailor generals did not like this weapon very much, in their opinion, the range of the gun is not as good as the artillery, and the power of the explosion is still not as good as the flowering bomb, what do you say to use these things, who in the sea will stupidly run to you within a distance of ten or twenty steps and let you throw these things above their heads, so Tu Hai distributed these "burdens" to the sailors on the fast cruisers at the beginning, and then never cared about it again, I never thought that these inconspicuous little things would play such a big role today.

The rumbling explosions came and went, constantly sounding on the Cangshan ship, the space of the Cangshan ship was not large, when there were explosives exploding in the middle of it, the damage caused in the semi-sealed space was undoubted, and many sailors on the Cangshan ship were blown alive by the shock wave of the explosion into the sea.

In this round of strikes, more than 30 of the more than 50 Cangshan ships were disabled on the sea, and many Cangshan ships were bombarded by earth-shattering thunder, and all the sailors were killed alive in the cabin. There are also some sailors who are lucky enough to survive, and they have no choice but to abandon ship and escape when they see the bottom of the ship that has been shattered.

At this time, the situation on the battlefield was completely one-sided, and the remaining more than ten Cangshan ships fled in the direction of their own big ships like ducks under the pursuit of thirty Qingzhou Navy Division fast cruisers, and the scene was completely out of control.

"How so? How so? Zheng Zhibao muttered and looked at the Cangshan boat that was desperately fleeing back, the original arrogant look on his face was gone, and all that was left was confusion and fear, fortunately, he was also a long-time battle-hardened person, and when he saw that the situation was wrong, he immediately ordered: "Order all the lucky ships to immediately fire their guns in front of them to stop the enemy clippers from approaching!" ”

"All of them" With Zheng Zhibao's order, the artillery, which had been silent for less than three quarters of an hour, began to roar again.

"Hmph, do you want to use artillery to demonstrate to us when you see that the clippers are useless?" Tu Hai on the flagship saw that the Zheng family's fleet was using artillery to expel his own clippers, and sneered: "It seems that they are also poor in Yunnan donkey skills, and they dare not let our clippers get closer." ”

The battle has been fought so far, Tu Hai's nervous mood at the beginning of the war has disappeared without a trace, in his opinion, the Zheng family's fleet is nothing more than that, although they have rich experience in naval warfare, and the number of warships is also large, but their own side is not without advantages, and they can completely use the range advantage of artillery and advanced weapons to offset this shortcoming.

When the battle came to this, if Tu Hai didn't know how to use his advantages to fight the enemy, it would really be in vain. He immediately ordered the fast cruisers in front of him to retreat, while his own orders were for the ship Todaifuku and three Spanish galleons, including the flagship, to slowly approach forward.

"The four masters, they forced over." Looking at the Qingzhou sailor who was slowly approaching, the first mate standing beside Zheng Zhibao still did not forget his duty and continued to report to Zheng Zhibao.

"Lao Tzu knows!" Zheng Zhi didn't reply to the leopard's head, his eyes stared straight ahead without blinking, and beads of sweat the size of beans oozed from his forehead.

This time he and Zheng Sen came with full confidence, thinking that with ninety warships and three thousand foot soldiers, they could do a big job, even if they couldn't sweep the entire territory of Qingzhou, at least it was more than enough to end Erlong Mountain, which was not far from Wanghai Fort, but they never thought that they didn't even touch the other party's side, and they were knocked out dozens of Cangshan boats, but they forced the other party into a dead corner.

"Come on, give the eldest prince a flag and ask about the next move."

In the end, Zheng Zhibao still gritted his teeth and gave an order that made him feel extremely ashamed, as a fierce general of the Zheng family who has always been at the front, today he shamefully asked a junior for tactical guidance, this is the first time in his life.

But this question doesn't have to worry about him now, Zheng Sen, who has been watching the battle behind him, has already sent him the rest, and the whole army retreats, retreating as they go!

Although Zheng Sen is not very old, but he is quite old-fashioned, in the back he has long seen that with the advantage of the big war ships and artillery, the Qingzhou Navy Division has caught his side off guard, and now he has lost more than 30 Cangshan ships, and the remaining ships are not advantageous in terms of quantity compared with the Qingzhou Navy Division, and they are even worse in terms of ship size and artillery.

So he had the idea of "leaving the green mountains without worrying about no firewood".

"All the ships are retreating in a Chengren formation." This was the latest order sent by Zheng Sen to Zheng Zhibao, and after receiving the order, Zheng Zhibao would soon retreat south with Zheng Sen's ships.

"Hmph, if you want to run, it's not that simple!" After seeing the beginning of the Zheng family's fleet to turn around from the clairvoyant mirror, Tu Hai saw through the other party's intention to avoid war at a glance, and if there were water dogs, if they didn't fight, they would be punished by God. He quickly gave the order to pursue at full speed with ten Daifuku ships as the vanguard.

"All to all"

The iron balls in the sky splashed everywhere in the air, some smashed into the other party's boat, and some fell into the sea, and the originally calm sea water was like a boiling pot, and the sea water splashed everywhere.

In the fierce pursuit battle, the losses of the Zheng family's fleet were also increasing, and an hour later, eight of the ten lucky ships in charge of the palace were either half-crippled or had sunk at this time. And the Qingzhou Naval Division was not without losses, five fast cruisers were hit by projectiles and lost their combat strength and had to withdraw from the battlefield, while the Spanish galleons and Daifuku ships did not suffer much damage due to their thick skin and thick flesh.

"My lord, Commander Mo Tu sent a flag from the front, we are already more than fifty miles away from the port, do you want to continue the pursuit?"

Tu Hai thought for a while, "Forget it, there are not many shells left, and if you continue to chase it, you can only fight with your life, so let's accept it when you see it." ”

As the two sides gradually distanced themselves from the battlefield, this naval battle, which was not too small in scale but had a rather profound impact, gradually came to an end

(To be continued)