128.Battle of Dongning (5)

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Seeing that the Qing warship had sailed within sixty zhang, at this distance, the shrapnel fired by the Qing army's Franc cannon could already threaten the safety of the boy scouts, but the scouts with resolute or nervous faces gritted their teeth and forcibly endured the slightest hint of evasion. (The first text is published in the reading room biquge.info)

Suddenly, a lead bullet shot but almost exhausted of kinetic energy passed through the gap in the baffle and accidentally hit a Boy Scout on the head. The young soldier fell to the ground before he even had time to let out a scream, the mixture of red blood and white brains creating a rather terrifying atmosphere among the new recruits who had recently returned to regular military service this year. However, Ma Ying's attack order had not yet been given, so the squad leader in charge of the ship only ordered someone to drag away the body, and even before the blood and brains could be wiped, a substitute gunner was already in place.

Fifty zhang, suddenly several Qing warships that were moving at full strength shook, and then the sound of the ship's board breaking came, but before the Qing army that hit the bottom of the sea could understand, the follow-up ships that had no time to turn the rudder collided together, and at this time the Qing army that rolled down to the ground understood what had happened.

However, it was too late, and with Ma Ying's order, nearly one hundred and eight two-inch and three-inch cannons on the fifty-four Zheng army ships set off an astonishing barrage. Because not all of these gunners came from the original artillery team, they only trained urgently for half a year, during which the shells fired by the newcomers with only a dozen or so live-fire shooting experience did not all hit the opponent accurately, but this formed a large net of high and low, front and back, which smashed the Qing army at a loss, crying for father and mother.

Because in order to ensure the quantity, Zheng Kezhang only made every effort to cast smaller-caliber two-inch and three-inch guns for half a year, and it was difficult for such caliber guns to penetrate the relatively strong hull of the opponent's warship even within fifty zhang, so after the first round of solid bullet firing, the order to switch to chain bullets for three-inch guns was issued.

After the disembowelment, the chain that flew randomly swept across the qiē, not only breaking the mast but also often breaking the Qing sailors in two. The screams and cries alarmed the follow-up ships, and they were dazed and at a loss for what to do, and a few of them wanted to bypass the obstacles in front of them, but Zheng Kezhang sank tens of thousands of cement piers on the Taijiang River in one go, how could it be possible for these Qing ships that did not know the depth to pass at will, so these guys who tried to make a detour all crashed through the bottom of the ship without exception, and then, they could not move forward or retreat, and became a live target for the boy scouts.

"Change the blazing bomb." Ma Ying ordered again, and with his order, the raging fire began to engulf a qiqiē, and even a large bird boat was killed because it was loaded with too much gunpowder, not only breaking itself, but also smashing the fragments on the heads of the scouts dozens of feet away.

The Qing warships that were lucky enough to escape immediately adjusted their sails and retreated, but in just a moment, at least 20 warships sank, and a considerable number of them became torches on the sea.

"This official still underestimated Zhu Qin'er, but he didn't expect to set up a barrage at the bottom of the sea."

Shi Lang's face was heavy when he saw this scene from afar, Lin Xian, the chief soldier of Haitan Town, Chen Long, the chief soldier of Kinmen, Chen Chang, the chief soldier of Tongshan Town, Yang Jiarui, the chief soldier of Xiamen Town, and Chen Bang, Wei Ming, deputy general Zheng Yuantang, Lin Ying and other Qing generals on his side were also dumbfounded, but at this time, the tide had begun to slowly retreat, and it was impossible for a large number of Qing ships to escape from Luermen, so Shi Lang smiled strongly.

"But this trick is not enough, and the people who come to send outposts to the two wings, pull out the stakes, and cut down the iron cables."

But soon Shi Lang was hit again: "What, there are no wooden stakes under the sea, all of them are stone stakes weighing more than 1,000 catties, and they can't be pulled up at all?" This? This? The official understood, I see, it is cement, it must be cement, turning water into mud, turning mud into stone, it is really a good means to conquer the world. ”

Seeing that Shi Lang seemed helpless for a while, Lin Xian on the side said: "Military Gate, now that Hai Reverse is blocking the way of our army with cement and iron cables, it is obvious that it is impossible to let the ship go to the sky, so it is better to go to land immediately." ”

"Landing?" Shi Lang shook his head, although Zheng Kezang's methods were a little unexpected to him, but this small setback was insignificant to him, so he still instructed Lin Xian and the generals on the side with a fully mastered tone. "This official dares to say that Zhu Qin's tens of thousands of people are already waiting for his army there."

Although the Qing army has an absolute advantage in terms of troops, the rabbit will ask for someone if he is in a hurry, in case Zheng Kezhang fights against the water - the Qing generals who originally thought that coming to Taiwan was just a show of force did not want to be dragged to hell by someone who wanted to pull the back before victory.

"This official doesn't believe it, he Zhu Qin can block the entire Taiwan Strait within a month." Seeing that his words moved the generals present, Shi Lang ordered in his chest. "Probe, probe again, probe inch by inch!"

However, it seemed too late, and the Du Si in charge of the fast sentry ship broke in: "Junmen, the sea reversal seems to have pulled out the sails." ”

Shi Lang hurriedly raised the clairing mirror to watch, only to see that the Zheng Jun ships that had blocked the road before had raised their sails one after another, obviously heading to both sides: "It's not good, Hai Reverse knows that the official army is preparing to find a gap and advance, this is to block the defense." ”

But what's the use of knowing, there is a wreck in front of him, and he must make a detour, and it is not known where there is a passage on both sides, at this time Shi Lang remembered the gunboat in his hand: "Haitan Town, this official saw that Zheng Rei's cannon was small and the range was not far, so Haitan Town led the cannon ship to bombard the face, the official didn't believe it, the knife and axe can't deal with the cement, can't this red-clothed cannon still bombard?" ”

Lin Xian immediately received the order, returned to his ship in a small boat, and then led dozens of large and small gunboats out of the ship, slowly bypassing the previous war zone, and marching towards a seemingly empty sea - if Zheng Jun's gunboats tried to stop it, the Hongyi cannons equipped on the Qing gunboats would be happy to send the other party to the bottom of the sea.

"Stupid." Zheng Kezang, who got the latest battle report, commented that if the Qing army turned to land at this moment, with the range advantage of the artillery equipped by the Qing army, Zheng Kezhang would really not be able to achieve a half-crossing attack, and once the Qing army landed, how could his bluffing Wanwu army be the opponent of Shi Lang's new division. "Keep looking." Zheng Kezhang ordered, and at the same time sent the messenger again. "Let's see where Lord Hong's soldiers and horses are."

Because they did not know the range of the small cannons carried by the Zheng army, the four or five thousand pounds of bronze cannons on the Qing army's artillery ships and the seven thousand pounds of iron cannons captured by the Zheng army in Penghu began to bombard two miles away.

"What's going on? Could it be that these Qing troops are crazy? Seeing this scene from afar, Du Hu, the leader of the Taijiang team, asked puzzled. There was no such thing as our boat, what were they doing, was it because there was too much gunpowder buckshot or was it a demonstration? It's better to keep some for us to capture. ”

"I'm afraid that the Qing army wants to use artillery shells to blast open the cement piles under the water." Ma Ying immediately judged the intentions of the Qing army, but then a strange smile appeared on her face. "If the Qing army is willing to send, let them send a signal, it's time to let the people of the whale hunting camp play, otherwise Yan Daohe and Tang Shenzhi will say that we are not righteous."

Several festive fireworks flew into the sky one after another, and although the colors could not be seen in the morning, they were excellent reminders to the Ming and Zheng sides, who had been alarmed by the previous war, so more than 20 strangely shaped arsonist boats hidden in the upper reaches of Zeng Wenxi and Yanshui Creek - this is exactly the small car and ship that Zheng Kezhang arranged to produce early in the morning and realized many times in the middle of the night when no one was there - sailed out of Haikou and pounced on the Qing army boat regiment at the speed of an arrow from the string.

"West!" The lookout posts in Diao Dou on several ships of the Qing army reported at the same time. "Clipper of the sea, ah! What kind of ship is this? "If there are still people in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas who know that this kind of ship in front of them is called a car boat, but in the coastal areas of Fujian Province, which are accustomed to ocean-going ships such as Fu boats, Guangzhou ships, and bird ships, this kind of ship that can crisscross the river seems a little weird, but the weirdness is weird, and it does not prevent the lookout posts of the Qing army from judging the other party's intentions, because the raging fire that quickly rose on the ship has clearly explained it." It's not good, it's an arson ship against the sea. ”

"It's burning a little too early." Shi Lang, who focused his attention on the west side of the inquiry, said with some contempt that he himself was a master of using arson ships, and it was precisely because he used a large number of arson ships that the Penghu naval battle was so brilliant. "Summoning the order, don't panic, prepare bamboo poles in order, and pick up the arson boat that has not been burned by the sea."

Shi Lang judged according to the old experience, this can be a big mistake of empiricism, these are Zheng Kezang's special production of special ships for him, not only using the style of vehicles and ships that are extremely fast in calm waters, but also smearing the hull with a cement protective layer, although it can not increase much defense, but can effectively prevent burning, so when the Qing army wants to dispatch again, it is already too late. The chariots and ships with iron cones around the hull either did not collide, or if they collided, the Qing warship would never be able to escape, and the sparks, sparks and embers that flew up during the impact quickly ignited the tents, sails and even gunpowder on the warship

At this time, in order not to set themselves on fire, they rushed to avoid each other, but the result was that they made mistakes in their busyness, colliding with each other, and many ships broke their bows and seeped water, while some were simply entangled with each other and could not move

Just as the main team of the Qing army was in chaos, dozens of small rowers piled up with burning materials behind the car and boat took advantage of the situation and rushed into the boat. Unlike the black slaves who were locked in the car and boat, and only knew how to step on the wheels desperately, these little rows were controlled by young warriors who had fought with giant whales in the sea, these boy scouts were very bold, and the Qing army on the outside was too busy to take care of themselves, so they could find the gap and find the big ships that collided with each other or were not well organized to burn. Although these warriors suffered a lot of losses because of the desperate obstruction of the Qing army, the damage they brought to the Qing army was even greater.

"Hurry back and direct the ships to move east." Shi Lang ordered eagerly, because he left the main generals in his ship to watch the battle, so there was a situation of poor scheduling, but as soon as several general soldiers, deputy generals, and staff generals returned to their posts in small rows, Shi Lang heard a thunderbolt in the clear sky and a series of small movements of the sound of martyrdom. "What's going on?"

When he got up, Shi Lang, who was still dazed, saw a huge ball of fire rising in the air not far from his ship, and then time seemed to stand still.

After a long time, Shi Shiji's dry voice seemed to come from outside the sky and reached Shi Lang's ears: "It seems to be Lord Chen Changchen's ship."

As the flying fragments fell to the sea, Shi Lang's face turned pale, but he forced a breath: "It's not over yet, hurry, hurry east"

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