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In the end, the Poyang Lake Naval Division of the Qing Court was an inland naval division, and how could it be compared with the Mawei warships. Although the Qing court equipped the Poyang Lake Naval Division with a lot of artillery in order to defend against Wu Sangui on both sides of the Yangtze River, the overall strength was not something that these old-fashioned warships and untrained naval officers and soldiers could resist. In fact, at the beginning, if the Poyang Lake Sailor could have gotten the news earlier, set up an ambush in advance, and prepared a large number of fireboats, he would still be able to inflict heavy losses on the Mawei Army by surprise. It's just that this qiē came too quickly and suddenly, and the Poyang Lake Sailor didn't have much preparation at all, so he had to lead the fleet to rush into battle.

"Boom Boom"

"Boom Boom"

"Boom Boom"

A series of cannonballs flew over the surface of the lake for thousands of meters and landed around the warships of the Qing Army's Poyang Lake Naval Division, one of which was a twenty-four-pound solid bullet hit the deck of a gunboat on the side of Jin Shushan's ship, making a large hole the size of a basin on the deck that was an inch thick, and then the solid bullet did not stop, but rushed into the gun compartment on the lower level with the remaining energy and hit a bronze cannon with a loud bang. Then the solid bullet bounced, knocking the two gunners to the ground, and finally rolled twice on the deck before they survived.

Zhu Qijun, the deputy general beside Jin Shushan, looked at the Mawei battleship that couldn't stop firing at his side eight or nine hundred meters in front of him, and said anxiously: "Lord Admiral, the artillery fire of the Mawei battleship on the opposite side is too far, and we have no way to fight back!" ”

"Shut up. I don't need you to teach me! Jin Shu, who was already angry, glared at Zhu Qijun fiercely. Now you give the order right away. Sue all the gunners under the ships, no matter what method they use, they will immediately fire their guns at the Mawei battleship with all their might, if the normal charge does not work, then the strong charge, I can't let that damn Mawei battleship run rampant like this! "The order issued by Jin Shushan now is exactly the same as the order issued by Sang Xinsheng, who met the Mawei warship on the Yangtze River before, and this is also forced by the Mawei army's naval guns, and the real Mawei army's cannons hit too far.

"But"

"Nothing!" Zhu Qijun still wanted to argue, but was blocked by Jin Shushan's words, "Instead of letting them press us like this, it's better to take a risk, in short, as long as you can hit their boat, it will be a victory." Do you understand? ”

Looking at Jin Shushan's anxious red eyes, Zhu Qijun swallowed what he originally wanted to say, silently saluted him and went down.

Jin Shushan didn't look at Vice General Zhu Qijun, who was leaving silently, and turned his head to the helmsman next to him and said: "Hurry up and lean up, order the sailman to hang up the whole sail, and be sure to lean on, only in this way can our artillery be obtained." This sentence was said by Jin Shushan while gritting his teeth, he couldn't figure it out, they were all the same red-clothed cannons, why could the Mawei Army's cannons have such a long range! This is obviously unscientific, and there is. Did this Ponytail really buy a large number of cannons from Westerners? I guess that's it, otherwise their navy wouldn't have been able to have so many cardinal cannons!

When the Mawei battleship broke through to a distance of 800 meters from them. The cannonballs that hit them began to increase and hit them, although these were all solid shells at first, and a small number of shells for the time being could not cause them much damage, but Jin Shushan seemed to have smelled a hint of a bad atmosphere. But he didn't find out that in fact, the more than 30 warships in front of the Poyang Lake Naval Division had already suffered heavy losses on the deck at this moment, and the Qing soldiers on these warships in front of them were hit by grapeblate bullets fired by the Mawei warships with heavy guns of 30 pounds or more, and there were not many people on the deck. The speed of the warships was also greatly affected by this, especially the sails of several warships were completely torn by chain bullets, and the mast of one of the small warships was broken, and it was completely anchored.

"Hurry up and get up, you can't be beaten like this anymore! Order: So the clippers immediately stuck to entangle them, forcing the enemy warships to slow down, and only then could we have a chance to defeat them. Jin Shushan desperately urged the warship to start accelerating. At the same time, he also secretly swore in his heart that if he had a chance to defeat the Mawei battleship, he would definitely hang all these damned rebels when he turned around. Similarly, he, like the Admiral of the Jiangning Navy Division who had fought with the Mawei Army before, wanted to capture the artillery on the battleship of the Mawei Army, and he was too curious about the fact that this kind of artillery could be mounted on the battleship at such a long range.

"Commander, the warships of the Qing army are outflanking from both sides!" Meanwhile. One of the mast fighters reported what he had observed to Ning Wu.

Ning Wu held the binoculars and looked at both sides, then frowned and said, "Order the sailman to hang the full sail and move forward at full speed, and our two sides will be handed over to the Fifth Squadron behind, and they will divide the fleet and pounce on it!" ”

"Yes!"

The battleships of the Fifth Squadron had missed the opportunity to catch up with Sang Xinsheng and defeat the prisoners, but this time when they arrived at Poyang Lake, they hurried to catch up with the First Fleet, hung in the back, and immediately arrived in front.

Ning Wu was still commanding, and the generals on the navy's side heard a rumbling cannon sound from the side, and even the people followed the sound of the cannon to see a puff of white smoke coming out of the battleship of the Poyang Lake Naval Division on the opposite side. Soon, he saw a black dot flying towards him, and after about seven or eight seconds, the shells fell into the water one after another, splashing a large wave.

"Not good, Commander, be careful!" The guards beside Ning Wu were startled at first, although this round of artillery only hit the side of the battleship and did not cause them any losses, but the guards around him still persuaded loudly: "Commander, the orders have been conveyed, you better go to the second deck for a while." In this way, temporarily avoiding the threat of artillery fire from the Poyang Lake Water Division can also boost morale!

"Good!"

"Knock Knock Knock"

A dull drum beat began to sound on the battleship, at first just one after the other, but soon the drums began to thicken,

"Put"

"Open the gun"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Give Lao Tzu a hard beating"

Orders rang out in the gun compartments of each ship, and although the words were different, the meaning was the same, that is, to fire the projectiles in the gun chambers as quickly as possible. The thick white smoke shrouded the gun compartment, although the cold breeze continued to blow in from the baffle, but with the continuous firing of the artillery, the smoke in the gun compartment never dissipated, and the thick smell of gunpowder smoke always filled the gun compartment, at this time all the gunners had only one thought, that is, to sink the enemy ships in front.

As the artillery battle continued, the distance between the two sides had approached from more than 800 meters to more than 400 meters, which was already within the range of most of the warships of the Qing court, of course, this only refers to the red-coated cannons on the warships of the Poyang Lake Naval Division. But the number of red-coat cannons is limited, and the accuracy is not high. Now the consequences of the lack of exercise are coming, and such a sailor can also be the second largest Qing court sailor on the Yangtze River?

"Boom"

A solid bullet hit Jin Shushan's ship, the stern of this Dafu ship, because of the high temperature, this cannonball is still emitting green smoke from the solid bullet, but it cost the lives of three Qing court sailors all the way!

"Boom"

Another cannonball flew over Jin Shushan's head, but the drums on both sides did not pause at all, and with the continuous firing, the artillery fire on each battleship became more and more intense, and projectiles continued to fall on the warships of the Qing court sailors, causing a lot of casualties.

"Bastard, how can the guns of this battleship be so fierce!" At this time, Jin Shushan had long lost the calmness he had when he first started the war, and the fierce artillery fire of the Mawei battleship had already scarred his battleship, and the upper deck had been punched out of more than ten holes, although the opponent's losses were also not small, but the artillery fire became more and more fierce.

"Bang Bang"

Suddenly a loud bang sounded not far away, Jin Shushan turned his head to look, his eyes suddenly widened, and his face also showed a frightened look, he saw that the front mast of a warship that was originally following him was hit by a chain bullet, and the long chain wrapped around the mast and pulled down the mast that was as thick as a sea bowl, and the broken mast made a tooth-making sound

"Bastard, how can the guns of this battleship be so fierce!" At this time, Jin Shushan had long lost the calmness he had when he first started the war, and the fierce artillery fire of the Mawei battleship had already scarred his battleship, and the upper deck had been punched out of more than ten holes, although the opponent's losses were also not small, but the artillery fire became more and more fierce.

"Bang Bang"

Suddenly a loud bang sounded not far away, Jin Shushan turned his head to look, his eyes suddenly widened, and his face also showed a frightened look, he saw that the front mast of a warship that was originally following him was hit by a chain bullet, and the long chain wrapped around the mast and pulled down the mast that was as thick as a sea bowl, and the broken mast made a tooth-making sound

(To be continued......)