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The Zheng army and the Fujian Provincial Naval Division engaged in battle at the end of the afternoon, and it lasted an hour and a half to gather and annihilate most of the ships of the Fujian Provincial Naval Division. (If you like this book, please collect it biquge.info) Immediately, Zheng's troops divided into three routes, the northbound Gongtianbu and the Chujin detachment escorting the surrendered ships eastward aside, not to mention, the main fleet heading to the southwest found the traces of the Guangdong naval division in the middle of Shen. After that, Ma Ying led his troops to spend more than half an hour around behind enemy lines, and at the beginning of the unitary hour, in an unexpected position of the Qing army, the main fleet of the Zheng army came out.

"What, Zheng Jun is behind us." The news of the attack on the rear guard reached the admiral in the center of the regiment, and Fu Kui, who was not very optimistic about the prospect of the eastward invasion early in the morning, was shocked into a cold sweat. "Zheng Jun cut off the back road of our army, this is preparing to annihilate our army." Fu Kui looked up at the early sky, and then looked at the direction of the wind. "Now moving closer to the northeast of Fujian Province is against the wind; Only going straight to the east, our warships were far less fast than the sea-reverse plywood ships, and they were pursued by their tails, which was a way of self-defeat; The rotary counterattack is also difficult to dispatch for a while; If it turns to the southeast, it will go deep into the ocean and do not know where to go; Turning to the southwest, the tailwind is a tailwind, but it is driven back to Guangdong Province. Fu Kui talked to himself and weighed it for a long time, and the first order was given. Pass on my general order, and the Gaozhou sailors will drive the arson boat back and rush away from the sea in a reverse formation."

With Fu Kui's order, the Guangdong naval division began to turn around on the ocean, but before the Qing army could complete the turn, the Zheng army, which had repeated the skill, swept diagonally over the periphery of the Qing army ship regiment from the northwest upwind direction with six 4,000 gunboats that had been lightly plunged, and flew away after several volleys, leaving only a few Qing warships that had become torches floating on the uncertain sea like dead snakes.

The speed and firepower of the Qing army were inferior to the Zheng army, so they had to grit their teeth and endure the baptism of artillery fire, and at this time, Gaozhou Xie, who had already taken the lead in completing the turn, took the lead in rushing to the [Li Weigong], [Huo Yanyao] and the [Di Xiangwu] with 7,000 materials, and the [Wu'anjun] with 6,000 materials. However, the arsonist ships of the Qing army had not yet approached, and the three gunboats of the Zheng army with 5,000 materials had already blocked in front of several three-masted ships, either with chain bullets or with shotguns, so that the Qing arsonists with thin hulls and no countermeasures could not advance or retreat.

At this time, relying on the sacrifice of the Gaozhou Association, more than 200 warships of the Qing army team rushed towards the Zheng army like leeches, but Ma Ying was reluctant to let the treasure under his feet fight hard with the Qing army, so he played the flag, saw the signal on the flagship, and the seven main gunboats of the Zheng army turned in unison, and gradually disappeared in the incomprehensible eyes of the Qing army.

Seeing this, Fu Kui pondered again: "Could it be that Zheng Jun is trying to drag himself so that he can concentrate on dealing with the Fujian Provincial Sailors?" ”

He had no further instructions for his gains and losses, and the six 4,000-material gunboats that had just passed by like the outer edge of a typhoon swept past the rear of the Qing army from the southwest again, leaving a mess again.

The so-called incompetence of the three armies, Fu Kui was unable to make a correct judgment for a long time, but Zheng Jun did not give him time to think about it, no, Zheng Jun's seven three-masted gunboats that had just sailed away were killed from the northwest upwind, and continued to attack the outermost Qing ships with the tactics of cutting edges.

The 8,000-ton [Li Weigong] has 10 4-inch (28-pound) long guns, 6 4-and-a-half (48-pound) short guns and eight 3-and-a-half-inch (12-pound) long guns, and the 470-ton [Huo Weiyao] is also equipped with a similar number of long and short guns, and the salvo of these two gunboats alone can instantly flood a large area of the sea, plus the [Di Xiangwu], [Wu Anjun] and the other three 5,000-material gunboats, at the moment when they swept over the outer edge of the Qing army, nearly 100 water columns rose into the sky, really creating a terrifying artificial rain area.

Since the Qing warships had no broadside firepower, and even very few were equipped with stern guns, Zheng's seven gunboats even put away half of their sails in order to shoot more projectiles as they passed. As a result, the Qing army's life was even more difficult, and dozens of warships caught fire, disintegrated, and sank in the Zheng army's shelling.

Fu Kui, who was still undecided, was still hesitating, and suddenly his personal voice woke him up: "Junmen, it's not good, the left battalion has escaped." ”

In addition to the 1,500 people of the two battalions and the 1,500 people of the Gaozhou Association, the main force of the Guangdong Navy Division was Jieshi Town. The town has 6,000 pacesetters, divided into two battalions on the left and right, and three battalions on the left, left, and right. The left and right associations each have one deputy general, and each association has two battalions, eight generals below the capital division, and 1,500 battalion soldiers. The center, left, and right battalions were commanded by the generals and guerrillas, and each battalion had 1,000 soldiers. According to this calculation, the entire Guangdong Naval Division totaled 9,000 officers and soldiers, and its strength on the books was far superior to that of any fleet of the Zheng army. However, in fact, among the three provincial water divisions, the Guangdong provincial water division is the weakest. There is no other reason, the commander Marquis who presided over the reconstruction of the Guangdong Navy Division was born as an officer of the land division, and he didn't know what naval warfare was, and the successor Fu Kui only took over for less than a year, and he couldn't improve the combat effectiveness of the Guangdong Navy Division at all, so up to now, the entire Guangdong Navy Division is basically still a transport fleet. This kind of fancy shelf was not very obvious when supervising and inspecting the school, but when it came to a real war, the appearance would naturally be a goof.

"Bastard guy!" Looking at the chaotic boat regiment because of the escape of the left battalion, Fu Kui cursed, but scolded and scolded, but Fu Kui was secretly a little happy in his heart, after all, the other party's actions gave him an excuse to avoid the war. "If you involve the whole army, you deserve death. Someone is coming, pass on my general order, and each battalion will look for an opportunity to return to South Australia and fight again on a later day! ”

As soon as Fu Kui's order was delivered, the entire ship group quickly collapsed, and the ships inside were communicated first, and they hurriedly sailed towards the periphery but collided with the unsuspecting peripheral ships, which made the scene even more chaotic.

"Qingyu, what's going on?" The lookout post on the [Li Weigong] keenly observed the chaos of the Qing army, and fed back the information to Ma Ying's ears, Ma Ying naturally did not know what changes had occurred within the Qing army, but the fighter plane had already appeared, and Ma Ying naturally would not let it go. "Order all ships to approach step by step, fire with all their might, and be sure to leave the Guangdong Provincial Navy Division at sea!"

Ma Ying's order was passed to the two notification ships that monitored the Guangdong Navy all the way to the six 4,000 ships that had just turned and were ready to attack again, and Tan An, who received the order, immediately raised the signal flag on the ship [Taishan]: "All ships don't need to pay attention to the rear team of the Qing army, and go all out to advance and intercept the brigade." ”

Since Tan An's department was in the southeast headwind at this time, Tan An did not command the post to rush away, but went west with all his strength in the crosswind, and regained the interception time from the Guangdong sailors who fled west with the speed advantage of a soft sailing ship. When six 4,000-gauge iron-skeleton ships lined up in a column headwinding from north to south, the only option available to the Qing warships was to rush through the Zheng army's artillery fire or make a longer detour.

These "fighting spirit" guys were forced by seven larger and more fierce gunboats of the Zheng army to make a desperate bet and approach the blocking line formed by Tan An's subordinates.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, a cannonball fired by the Qing army hit the [Taishan] like a divine help, hitting the deck with sawdust, and a group of Zheng soldiers who could not dodge suddenly spilled blood on the deck. However, Tan An commanded Ruoding, and under his leadership, the Zheng sailors simply bandaged the wounded and set aside the bodies of the dead, while at the same time, the artillery fire on the lower deck never stopped, and they responded to the Qing army's attack with ten times the ammunition.

Because of the side to the bow of the ship, except for the [Taishan], the rest of the Zheng army's gunboats also suffered a lot of shells, among which the [Yanshan] even ignited a fire, but due to the effective management of damage, the Zheng army's warships did not withdraw from the battle line, but intercepted any enemy ship trying to cross the blockade line like a mainstay.

Speaking of which, due to the limitation of load tonnage, the power of the three-and-a-half-inch long guns mainly carried by the Zheng army's Taishan-class gunboats and the remaining 3,000-class gunboats was not very large, and when the Qing warship was fired with a solid core, it could not destroy the opponent's hull with one blow, so Zheng Jun usually used it to launch chain bullets and shotguns. However, in this way, the firing range of the long cannon became shorter, so that the Qing army was equipped with bow guns that could fire at it. Fortunately, the Zheng army was also equipped with a large number of four-inch short guns, and these powerful guys hit the Qing army's warships, often penetrating the side board and several ship boards, and even penetrating the bottom of the Qing army's warship, so the closer the Qing army became, the more the losses intensified.

"You don't have to engage with the Qing army and leave the war zone." The Tarzan signaled to the rest of the ships in the rear. "Re-interception."

Seeing the flag, the Zheng gunboat moved slowly, and sailed north to leave the war zone before it came into close contact with the Qing warship. Seeing this scene, the Qing army naturally predicted from experience that the Zheng military ships would reappear in front of them, but at this moment it was important to escape, no one would abandon the ego to save the public and rush up to entangle the Zheng army, but when they saw the Zheng army blocking the road left, the remnants of the Guangdong Navy Division immediately rushed to the road, some of the smarter ones chose to turn around, and some of the straight and foolish ones had to take care of it only to the west, trying to escape with speed before the return of the Zheng army's six ships.

However, the enemy who blocked the way left, and the enemy who was tightly twisted behind him did not leave like a patient predator on the grassland, and the long cannon shells that occurred at the maximum oblique angle splashed up columns of water from time to time, forcing some Qing warships that wanted to leave the team to continue to sail on the route prescribed by the Zheng army.

"Lowering the sails." Seeing that he seemed to be unable to escape, Fu Kui's eyes rolled and he immediately ordered. "Listen to the officer's order to lower the sails!"

Thinking that Fu Kui was going to surrender, the Qing army on the ship lowered the sails with relief or surprise, and sure enough, even the admiral with an extraordinarily large shape was just one of the prey in the eyes of Zheng Jun, and Ma Ying and the others, who had no time to take care of them, left Fu Kui and his party and continued to pursue a larger number of prey groups westward.

When the figure of the [Li Weigong] and other ships was only left with the towering mast in the eyes of the frightened Qing army, Fu Kui suddenly ordered: "Raise the sails and go to the northwest, Zheng Jun never expected that we would go to Jinxia." ”

The Qing army, who suddenly realized it, was in a hurry, and with the help of Zheng Jun's lack of time, Fu Kui finally escaped from the war zone. However, it is rare to see someone as "witty" as Fu Kui, so at the time of the attack, the Guangdong sailors who once had more than 270 ships of all kinds and 30,000 water and land green battalions were able to return to the mainland only about 30 ships and more than 4,000 people

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