Chapter 566: Li Daozong's Bloody Battle
Zhao Feng led the Yang Su to knock over a fireship, destroy two gunboats, avoid the impact of the two Zheng gunboats, and continue to rush towards the east, at this time two successive explosions attracted his attention to the west. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Two huge fireworks rose up, and in the blue sky and blue sea, he knew that two more Broken Army warships had sunk themselves.
A nameless grief and indignation rose in Zhao Feng's heart, at this moment he was a member of this fleet, and he was extremely resentful of his brothers' successive deaths.
Under his control, the battleship continued to shell and advance towards the depth of the Zheng family.
All the soldiers of this detachment heard these self-detonation explosions, and the feeling of hatred for the enemy was born in their hearts, and the remaining thirty warships frantically bombarded and stormed, like a giant beast churning in the Zheng family's fleet.
Zheng Zhilong looked at the fierce battle in front of him with a cold expression, but his heart was churning, these two broken army battleships could not have been blown up by his gunboats, and he was self-aware of the firepower of his gunboats.
Although he was far away and did not see it with his own eyes, he estimated that his own soldiers had boarded these warships, and the bloody battle with the Broken Naval Army was about to control the battleships, so the Broken Naval Division soldiers lit the gunpowder packs on the artillery deck to do so.
Boom, boom, boom, one after another, another thick smoke and fire rose, and Zheng Zhilong's heart was slowly sinking.
There have been three or four in a row, which shows that this is not an occasional occurrence at all, but the opponent's military regulations, as long as the battleship may be lost, then it is self-destruction and self-determination.
This Zhao Lie is so ruthless, only such a ruthless person can train such a fierce subordinate.
Zheng Zhilong has lived in the Wa Kingdom for many years, and married the daughter of the little warrior of the Wa State as his wife, and he is very clear about the brave and ruthless nature of the Wa people.
But Zhao Lie was able to force Tokugawa Iemitsu, the first person in the Japanese kingdom today, to surrender, and he was really the first brave general in the world.
If Zheng Zhilong still had doubts about this before, at this time, he saw everything violent in front of him and no longer had any doubts.
So to defeat such opponents, Zheng Zhilong doesn't know how much confidence is left before the war.
The southeast fought fiercely, and the northeast was not idle, Zheng Cai led ninety gunboats and more than twenty fires to break through the defense line of the Broken Army, and they sailed at full speed to the place where the Western Broken Army warships were entangled with the allied warships.
Maybe they don't have many warships and fireships left, but Zheng Cai, as a partial division, still has to fight hard, and it is what they have to do as a partial division to win a chance for the main force led by the head of the family.
More than 100 warships are not too big warships, but when they enter from the northeast, the pressure on the vanguard of the Broken Army is still very great, after all, their forward is often one battleship against several enemy warships.
Lan San led the Li Daozong to break through to the rear of the coalition army, and now it is bombarding the San Jose, which is more than 900 tons.
There were fifty-one heavy guns on the Tang-class battleships, the smallest was an eighteen-pounder gun, and there were twenty-four pounder guns and thirty-six pounder guns, which was definitely a lot of heavy guns.
But the metamorphosis on the opposite side was the flagship of the Manila fleet, the San Jose, a battleship with a huge body, with 12-pounder, 18-pounder, 24-pounder, and 36-pounder guns, a total of more than 80 guns, and more than 30 on the side of the side.
The two warships came close to a mile away and bombarded each other, and this was really a duel of giant ship cannons, and the heavy artillery of both sides thrashed each other until the other fell.
The San Jose took the lead, two 36-pound shells completely destroyed one of the main masts of the Li Daozong, and a projectile broke the sailor's cabin on the upper deck of the Li Daozong.
The return fire from the Lee arrived and four projectiles hit the San Jose, one of which broke open the gun deck with a Tiago opener, destroying two cannons on the side of the San Jose and injuring several people.
Other projectiles hit the upper deck, mainsail and diagonal sail, much to the dismay.
So the two warships began to bombard with heavy artillery, often one cannon on one side provoked a rain of wood chips on the other side, and the smoke and dust of the other side hit by one cannon for a long time.
After a fierce battle over the time of the meal, the oblique sail of the Li Daozong, two of the four mainmasts were broken, and four of the eight main sails were broken, and at this time the steering of the Li Daozong became a problem, and the speed of the ship was not even half of the usual speed, which was extremely miserable on the surface.
The artillery deck was also heavily damaged, a third of the cannons and personnel were damaged, and even the left arm of the first commander, Qian Er, was hit by two pieces of wood, and now he was crooked to the side and wrapped in wounds, and the post of the first commander was represented by a gun commander.
Although the Li Daozong was very embarrassed, the San Jose was even more miserable, three of the five mainmasts shattered and collapsed, killing more than a dozen sailors.
The artillery deck became a slaughterhouse, half of the gunners were killed and wounded, blood and stumps splashed all over the deck, and some of the gunners had been stimulated by such a tragic scene that they would rather jump into the sea than stay on the bloody deck.
Two-thirds of the guns on the San Jose's gun deck were destroyed, and the destructive power of the twelve twenty-four-pound and thirty-six-pound Thiago canners on the Lee Dojong was on full display, and the rain of wood chips caused by these projectiles was literally raining down on death and terror.
Now that there were only two eighteen-pounder guns on the side that were still fighting back, it could be said that in a few moments, the San Jose would be completely defenseless.
Sanders is now trembling and hiding in the bow compartment, a corner of the cabin has been shattered by a projectile, and he can look at the sea outside with a clear and bright view, the sea breeze is constantly blowing in from the outside, it is really cold.
Sanders is now sitting behind the desk and constantly praying to the God he devoutly serves, hoping that they can escape from this catastrophe, at this time he is extremely regretful, how can he believe in the strength of several warships together, how can he believe in Zheng Zhilong, who has always been slick, otherwise why would he fall into the field today.
As if his prayers had finally worked, the Zheng warships rushed into the battlefield at this time, and their numbers temporarily occupied an absolute advantage on the eastern flank.
The patrol ships of the Broken Army, which were less than 10 ships, and the more than 20 gunboats of the Zheng family began to shell each other.
The other Zheng family warships pounced on the Broken Capture warships to the west, and the Li Daozong, commanded by Lan San, bore the brunt of the attack.
Li Daozong has gone through artillery battles, and now it is really half-crippled, and it is no longer very convenient to turn.
Yang Geng, the commander of the forward, was eyeing this opponent who was unable to move, and he also remembered what the head of the family, Zheng Zhilong, said about capturing the sailors and artillery of the opponent's warship.
He immediately led three gunboats to surround him, and Yang Geng thought that the credit for capturing this behemoth was not small.
He estimated that he had enough to choke on the larger Broken Battleship behind him, but the Broken Battleship twice the size of the ship in front of him was huge enough, and the sails were damaged, and it was difficult to move and slow to sail, so it was a good time to take advantage of his illness to kill him.
Lan San no longer had time to pay attention to the half-dead San Jose at this time, and the Zheng family gunboats on the opposite side were the great enemy of the Li Daozong.
Li Daozong's turn is slow now, and there is really no good way to see the enemy surrounding the bow and approaching the left and left.
"First mate, order the armor to assemble, our ship can't dodge."
Lan San made a quick decision.
The first mate took the order and left.
There were more than 100 people in armor on the Tang-class battleship, which was quite a lot, and under an order, all the armor went to the deck to line up.
In a short period of time, a small neat military array was on the deck, the battle flag fluttering, and the fighting spirit was high.
Bang bang
However, compared to the siege of the three warships, the armor on the Li Daozong chose to forbear, retreating and waiting for the enemy to board the ship, which turned out to be a big mistake later.
The sailors of the Zheng family from three warships swarmed aboard, and they approached the armorers with iron shields.
At this time, Yang Geng and his personal guards also boarded the Li Daozong, and the bloody battle ahead made him extremely surprised.
The sailors of the opposing party formed a military formation to cooperate with each other and act together, and the sailors of the Zheng family paid a great price in a few glances.
In just a few hundred breaths, dozens of Zheng family sailors fell to the ground and struggled for their lives, while the other party only had more than ten casualties.
Yang Geng knew at a glance that his sailors were not opponents, the opponent's military formation was too evil, if the battle continued like this, I am afraid that these more than 300 people would not be enough.
"Bring in all the firecrackers, and bring a few more thunderbolts."
Yang Geng immediately decided.
The leader of the pro-soldiers hurriedly sent someone back to the ship to fetch it.
By the time five or six thunderbolts arrived, there was already a bloody area ahead, and in a short period of time, nearly a hundred Zheng family sailors were killed.
At this time, Yang Geng was already jumping to his feet in a hurry, seeing that his sailors were about to collapse, and anyone who faced such a fierce enemy would also have a numb scalp.
"Throw the Sky-Shaking Thunder on it." Yang Geng was really anxious.
"My lord, there are still our sailors there." The guards are very embarrassed, this thing is not a head.
"Listen to my commands." Yang Geng's eyes widened.
"Yes, yes," the leader of the pro-soldiers hurriedly agreed, and Yang Geng was famous for wanting to kill people as soon as he glared.
A few of his own soldiers ignited the Heaven-Shaking Thunder and ran close to the lines of the two sides, struggling to throw the Heaven-Shaking Thunder out.
Lan San stood in the middle of the team and was nervously deploying manpower, after all, there were more than 40 casualties on his side, and the original formation was a little scattered.
At this moment, a black shadow flashed above his head, and he quickly swung his knife with his hand, and a heavy iron weapon was knocked away and fell to the ground several steps away, and then there was a bang.
Lan San's head buzzed, and he stumbled to the ground, and the soldiers around him also fell several, and Li Daozong's armored army formation was severely damaged. (To be continued.) )