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Zheng Zhilong has five brothers, and the only ones who can help him are the second Zheng Zhihu and the fifth Zheng Zhibao. Zheng Zhihu was too excited in the battle with Liu Xiang a few years ago, Liu Xiang's ambush was wrapped in a fishing net by Liu Xiang and thrown into the sea to feed the sharks, so Zheng Zhilong values him very much, and the people of the Zheng family also call Zheng Zhibao the second dang.

This time Zheng Zhibao came to Liaodong with a fleet at the invitation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to deliver goods, since Yueyang controlled Shanxi and Liaodong, the passage on the road from the Ming Dynasty to steal materials has been cut off, and the Jin merchants who originally sold things to them have also become honest under Yueyang's severe suppression, and the vast majority of the heads of those merchants who want money and don't want to die have been hung on the city wall for several miles, and these heads that have been dried have greatly deterred those merchants who want money and don't want to die.

Dolgon, who was cut off from smuggling to help, was really anxious this time, and began to buy supplies all over the world after hearing that the Ming army was going to launch a general attack on them, but at this time, the management posts close to the Ming Dynasty were controlled by the Xuanda army, and they couldn't buy the weapons and armor and other materials that were urgently needed, and they didn't know how to contact Zheng Zhilong in Fujian, and were willing to buy food and equipment from Zheng Chenggong at a price several times higher than usual, Zheng Zhilong knew that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was willing to pay a high price to buy these materials and readily agreed. For him anyway, it's just to sell some food and weapons, who to sell it to is not to sell, for the sake of the silver, Zheng Zhilong agreed very happily, and also thoughtfully implemented the door-to-door delivery service, but before he arrived at the destination, he met the oncoming Weihai Wei Shui Division, and Zheng Zhibao was a little nervous.

There are some things in this world that you can do secretly, but you can't put them on the surface, let alone let people grab the handle, weapons and armor, but these things are strictly forbidden by the imperial court to sell to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. If he is caught, he will definitely not be able to escape from the crime of being an enemy of foreign capital.

Zheng Zhibao knew that these officers and soldiers must not be allowed to board the ship for inspection, otherwise if the imperial court found out, it would be a big crime, let alone him, even his eldest brother Zheng Zhilong, who had the title of Daming coastal defense guerrilla, could not bear it, once the imperial court was angry, it was estimated that their brothers would not even be able to stay in Fujian.

Looking at the Ming fleet that was rapidly approaching, Zheng Zhilong gritted his teeth and said: "Come on, raise the flag and tell the officers and soldiers on the other side, we are the Fujian Navy Division who were ordered to conduct drills here, and the property management personnel are not allowed to approach, otherwise we will regard them as enemies!" ”

As soon as they saw the flag of the Zheng family's fleet on the opposite side, even the two thousand presidents standing beside Guo Jingxian couldn't stand it. A Qian general gritted his teeth and said: "My lord, this Zheng family's fleet is too arrogant, this is the territory of our Weihai Wei Shui Division!" ”

Guo Jingxian was not surprised, he had followed Liu Xiang and the Zheng family to fight at sea for so many years, and he had long understood this very well, so he just smiled faintly: "This Zheng family has always been so domineering, they have long regarded the coastal areas of Nanyang and Daming as their territory, and all ships that do not plant the flag issued by the Zheng family on the territory of Daming are the targets of their captivity." Pass the order down and raise the battle flag! ”

"These bastards actually came to our territory to show off their might." But all soldiers are bloody. Many people in the fleet were furious when they saw the flags displayed by the Zheng family, and when the captains of the ships saw the battle flags raised by the flagships and heard the orders that the heralds heard from the walkie-talkies, they immediately gave the order to prepare for battle.

"Woo woo woo ......"

The muffled horn echoed over the fleet, as the sailors of the ships began to prepare for battle, and soon the flaps of the gun hatches were pushed open. One by one, the guns showed their swarthy muzzles.

"All artillery pieces are in place, loaders hurry up and load them, if anyone drags on and can't complete the task, Lao Tzu will stuff him into the muzzle of the gun and shoot him out as a projectile!"

In the artillery compartment on the ground floor of the Qingzhou, a depressing atmosphere of the coming war filled the cabin, and all the gun commanders were shouting loudly and scolding the gunners below to speed up their movements. At this time, all the gunners were silent, gritting their teeth, doing their own work, loading the guns, inserting the projectiles, inserting the leads, and all the work was completed in just one minute.

"Five guns are good ......"

"Three guns are good ......"

"Four guns are good ......"

With the sound of a report. More than 70 guns of the Qingzhou have all been prepared for loading.

"It's not good for the second master, those officers and soldiers raised the battle flag. What the...... The ships turned out to be armed with so many guns...... Are they going to play with us? A deputy next to Zheng Zhibao pointed to the approaching Ming army sailor and shouted loudly.

As the deputy's words fell, the sailors of the Ming army on the opposite side still approached four or five hundred meters away from them, and at this time, the people on the boat could clearly see the shape of the opposite ship with their naked eyes alone, and many people's faces suddenly turned pale. Zheng Zhibao's fleet consisted of 39 ships of various sizes, most of which were armed merchant ships, and only eight ships were ships dedicated to fighting for combat capabilities, including Zheng Zhibao's lucky boat.

Zheng Zhibao's boat is a No. 2 Fu ship, the bow of the ship is equipped with a Hongyi cannon, six thousand catties of Franc machine, three bowls, 20 thunder cannons, 60 spray cans, and 10 Lu Mi guns.

Over the years, Zheng Zhibao has been charging for the Zheng family on this lucky boat, but today Zheng Zhibao's face does not have the bloodthirsty and brave look he used to have, because he desperately found that the Daming Sailor on the opposite side was terrifyingly powerful. Although the number of sailors rushing towards them was smaller, only about twenty, but these ships looked like battleships specially designed for water warfare, and the side of each ship had a black hole in the muzzle.

At this time, the four fourth-level battleships that rushed to the front suddenly began to lean to the side, and began to aim their sides at the Zheng family's fleet, Zheng Zhibao, who had been dealing with Westerners for so many years, was stunned at first glance, "What's going on, are these Ming troops planning to open fire at this distance?" ”

In these years, naval warfare was limited by the performance of artillery, and the firing distance of the two warring sides would not be too far, generally only about one or two hundred meters, and even if the projectile could hit the enemy ship at more than two hundred and fifty meters, there was no power left.

It's not just Zheng Zhibao who is puzzled. His subordinates also shouted in surprise, "Are these Ming soldiers crazy, I'm afraid that the projectile they fired at such a distance will fall into the sea before it touches us." ”

Someone else laughed and said: "I'm afraid this Ming army is some fledgling rookies!" ”

As soon as these men's words fell, the side of the four battleships that rushed to the front immediately sounded with a loud bang and puffs of white smoke.

"What the hell is going on with these people, firing so far away, is this scaring people?" Looking at the battleship in front of him that was constantly spewing white smoke and making loud noises, Zheng Zhibao felt a little funny. It's just that as soon as his smile appeared on his face, the cruel reality gave him a blow to the head, and as the cannon rang out, a short few seconds passed. He saw a ship next to him hit the side of the ship by a whizzing projectile, and the heavy projectile carried a huge impact that broke a hole the size of a basin in the cabin, and then a burst of screams came out.

"What...... How could these Ming artillery shoot so far? At this moment, Zheng Zhibao only felt that his hands and feet began to become cold, and then he began to shout frantically: "Hurry up...... Speed up and let the brothers rush forward, rush to the front to close the distance and fire! ”

Zheng Zhibao, who was accustomed to naval battles, knew that it would not work to escape now, and these Ming troops could take advantage of their own U-turn to send most of the ships of their fleet into the sea, since they could not escape, they had to rely on it and fight the enemy.

After more than 200 years of sea ban, the Ming Dynasty has become a little outdated in terms of both ship construction and naval warfare, and the most obvious point is that after more than 200 years, the Ming sailors have not designed any new combat ships. On the other hand, at this time, Western ships already had a clear tendency to become professional. The ships that fight only fight wars, and the ships that load goods only pull goods, but most of the ships of the Ming Dynasty are dual-purpose passengers and cargo, such as the Fu ship, which has been used for hundreds of years, is a typical dual-purpose ship for passengers and cargo. Firearms were installed in the bow and stern, and the cargo compartment in the middle was used for loading. At first glance, it seems that it is true that fighting a war and pulling goods are not wrong, but in response to the old folk saying, everything can be done but everything is not fine, and the consequences of such a ship fighting with those warships that specialize in fighting are naturally self-evident.

"Good!"

Standing on the deck of the Qingzhou, Guo Jingxian saw that the first round of shelling actually hit the local ships. Satisfied, he exclaimed, "Good...... Just fight like this, sue the sù brothers, and send all these bitches to the sea to feed the fish! ”

"Quick...... Hurry up and reload ......"

The cabin was reloaded with some tension. Two minutes later, tongues of fire erupted again from the sides of the four fourth-class battleships in front, but this time it seemed that luck had run out, and nearly 100 guns on the side of the four fourth-class battleships fired together, but none of them hit, and all the projectiles went into the water.

Guo Jingxian couldn't help but be furious when he saw this: "Immediately sue sù these stupid people, if you can't hit Lao Tzu in the next round, you will hang all the artillery commanders on the mast and dry them into salted fish!" ”

After two rounds of artillery bombardment, the distance between the two sides has been shortened to more than 200 meters, and this distance has entered the firing range of the artillery of the Zheng family's fleet, but Zheng Zhibao did not give the order to open the cannon, because he knew that this was only the maximum range of his own firepower, and even if he really opened the artillery, it would not cause too much loss to the other party, so he held his breath to give a heavy blow to the place in the first round of artillery bombardment and beat the morale of the other party.

"Everyone prepare, chain bomb prepare!"

The Zheng family's fleet also resounded one after another, and the gunners loaded the chain shells into the barrels one after another, and at this time, the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and they had reached a range of 200 meters.

"Put!"

With the shouts of the captains of the ships, one after another chain bullets also rushed out of the gun chamber and rushed in the air with the Ming army sailors who turned to the side.

The so-called chain bullet is to connect two shells together, after firing, one shell will drag the other shell centrifugal and fly out, so it will tear a big hole in the sail, or tear the rigging, lucky, and even tear off the mast to paralyze the enemy ship, which is a sharp weapon in close combat.

Almost at the same time as the Zheng family's fleet fired, the reloaded Weihai Weishui Division also fired, and one after another huge projectiles fired towards the Zheng family's fleet with a whistling sound.

"Bang ......"

This round of shelling shortened the distance, and the hit rate was much higher than the previous round of shelling, a total of two projectiles hit the Zheng family's ship respectively, one of the projectiles hit the upper deck of a Canghai warship, and the iron pellet weighing 32 pounds punched a large hole in the deck. Countless sawdust flew in all directions, hitting several of the sailors around them, who collapsed on the deck screaming and rolling in pain and wailing.

"Bang ......"

Seeing that his own artillery bombardment hit the Zheng family's fleet again, Guo Jingxian saw a loud bang in front of him before he could be happy, and a chain bullet wrapped around a mast of a fourth-class warship located on his right, but fortunately, due to the distance, its kinetic energy was also exhausted after this chain bomb hit the mast, and this chain bomb did not cause much damage to the mast after circling the mast twice.

Seeing such a situation, Guo Jingxian couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, if this mast was broken, the fourth-level battleship would probably have to stop immediately, and could only float on the sea and become a motionless target.

"This turtle son actually used a chain bomb. We're welcome! Guo Jingxian shouted: "Order all ships to exchange loose bombs!" ”

"Yes!"

As the order was given, the ships began to load the guns with shotguns. After the gunpowder packets were loaded into the barrel, the thin-skinned iron barrels filled with iron pellets were also stuffed into the barrels, and with an order, hundreds of artillery pieces fired one after another, and the thin-skinned iron barrels were shot out of the barrels and then disintegrated in the air one after another, and countless iron pellets the size of two fingers were thrown towards the Zheng family's fleet like scattered flowers.

"Flutter...... Flutter ......"

"Ah...... Ah......h

The main function of shotguns is to kill and injure enemy combatants, which is the same in both land and naval battles. Thanks to the advanced artillery, the artillery used by the Weihai Weishui Division was much stronger than the artillery used by the Zheng Jiashui Division in terms of range, weight and accuracy, so when thousands of iron pellets fell from the sky, the sailors of the Zheng family fleet who were still fighting on the deck fell into bad luck.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

As a rain of bullets fell from the sky. Countless sailors who were still busy on the ship were hit by the hail-like iron pellets that broke their heads and bled out, countless sailors fell to the ground screaming miserably, many sailors were hit by iron pellets of different sizes and died on the spot, but more were seriously injured and fell to the ground and let out a terrible scream. Zheng Zhilong, who was directing the battle on the Fu ship, was not spared. As the supreme commander of the fleet, Zheng Zhibao's command position was specially fenced with thick wooden planks by craftsmen to stop the lost arrows, but the sailors who were busy on the empty deck were not so lucky, and at least 100 sailors in the Zheng family's fleet were hit by projectiles in the first round of shotgun attacks. Even on Zheng Zhibao's ship, more than a dozen sailors were hit by scattered bullets and their heads were bleeding, and they either fell to the deck and died silently, or rolled and howled in pain on the deck, and the bright red blood flowed out and dyed the deck red.

A bloodied leader ran to Zheng Zhibao's side and said loudly, "Second master." Let's also change the scattered bombs, so that they can also taste the power of scattered bullets! ”

"No...... Let's continue to use the chain bullet, and we must give them some looks! Zheng Zhibao did not agree to the leader's construction, but pointed to a huge warship that was clustered in the middle and said, "You see that big ship, it is the flagship of this fleet." Order all brothers, see that the artillery fire is aimed at that ship, as long as this flagship can be knocked out, we will win! ”

"Two masters!"

The leader wanted to say something more, but Zheng Zhibao shouted in a stern tone: "Hurry up...... Didn't you hear what Lao Tzu said? ”

"Yes!"

The leader sighed secretly in his heart and had to turn around and leave helplessly, he has also been with Zheng Zhibao for many years, and naturally knows that the people of the old Zheng family like to use swords and go sideways when they fight, and in the words of later generations, they like to play decapitation tactics. Zheng Zhihu was also this problem back then, when he fought with Liu Xiang in a decisive battle, Zheng Zhihu took a boat to break into Liu Xiang's fleet and rampage, and finally gave Liu Xiang great damage, but in the end he got off the line and was wrapped in a fishing net by Liu Xiang's people and sank into the sea. Now Zheng Zhibao's mistake has been made again!

The artillery battle continued, and the flotillas of both sides swept past each other, and one shell after another flew desperately towards the local ships.

"Quick...... You idiots, hurry up and reload and fire! ”

The guns kept scolding from the gunners, and they almost sprayed saliva in the gunner's face.

"Huhu...... Whew......huhu"

Boss Hai gasped and repeated the action just now, the sailor suit on his body was all soaked with sweat at this time, one by one gunpowder packs and projectiles were stuffed into the gun chamber, and the fuses were ignited one after another, with the huge explosion, the thousands of pounds of artillery were bounced to the rear by the huge recoil, and then the gunners were pulled back to the gun position, and then the gunners began to work intensively cleaning and loading.

The gunners in the battleship were firing nervously, and Guo Jingxian was also commanding the fleet to encircle the Zheng family's fleet at this time. On weekdays, when I trained, it was fine, but now after the battle, both the coordination and the formation began to be exposed. (The novel "My Career in the Ming Dynasty" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)