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At this moment, Sang Xinsheng was also in a hurry, his warship was obviously no match for the Mawei fleet, and he understood it from the time when the Mawei army used the flowering bomb just now. But at this time, it was useless to say more, it was useless to surrender by yourself, and all the Manchu officials in Jinling City were almost killed by Geng Jingzhong.

"Artillery ready!" Sang Xinsheng still roared loudly. The fleets of the two sides are getting closer and closer, and they can almost see each other's faces from the battleship.

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

"Bang Bang Bang"

The warships of the two sides have approached a distance of two hundred meters, which is also due to the high wind speed, the Qing warships are just tailwind, and the warships are moving forward quickly like arrows from the string, but the artillery is not very ready at this moment. The soldiers on the twelve battleships in the inverted V-shaped formation of the Mawei Army in front had already begun to raise their guns and shoot. About 400 guns poured a large number of bullets at the Poyang Lake Naval Division on the opposite side, and even if the hit rate was not high, the soldiers of the Poyang Lake Naval Division continued to fall. The bullets hit the deck of the battleship, making small holes one by one, and in the process of hitting the people and getting closer and closer, the Mawei Army was still shooting, and the Poyang Lake Sailors could only be beaten passively but had no long-range weapons that could match.

"Change the grape bombs, quick!"

With the order issued, the Mawei battleship hurriedly changed to firing grapeshots, which were still more damaging to the enemy at close range. Although it is not possible to sink enemy ships. However, it can greatly kill and injure the sailors on the enemy ship.

The Qing warships are getting closer and closer. They did not stop firing their cannons, and under Sang Xinsheng's orders, the guns were forcibly charged from a distance of eight or nine hundred meters, which increased the range of the artillery, and when they entered a distance of about 600 meters, a few of their shells fell sporadically on the Mawei battleship. At this moment, the sails of the Qing army's warships borrowed the wind and went downstream, and the speed of the ships exceeded five meters per second. In just one minute, the distance was pulled into more than 300 meters, and the general of the Mawei Army only launched three rounds, from the beginning of more than 1,000 meters to the current two or three hundred meters.

"Fire!"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

A large number of grapeshot shells and hundreds of bullets flew towards the Qing warship, although the Qing army had some precautions, but a large number of flowering shells fell on their warship, fragmented shrapnel, splashed flying sawdust, broken wood and other stabbing wounds, stabbing a large number of Qing sailors. As soon as they boarded, the ship was filled with panicked shouts, wails, groans, and all sorts of chaotic orders.

This grape bullet is much more powerful at close range than the blossom bullet and the solid bullet. A fourth-class battleship had twenty-four cannons on one side and upper and lower decks, and each grapeball contained fifty or sixty round bullets. This salvo was more than 1,000 bullets, and other warships also fired in turn, tens of thousands of bullets were fired in an area close by, covering only about 20 Qing warships at the front. There were only a few main warships of the Qing army, at most they were two-decks, and the other Haicang ships, especially the smaller Cangshan ships in the Haicang ships, were all one-story decks. Most of the soldiers stood on the deck, carrying a large dense bullet on their backs, and the number of soldiers killed and seriously injured in an instant exceeded more than half of the total number of soldiers on board, while the remaining Qing sailors were frightened by the bullets, and did not dare to stay on the deck at all, jumping into the river like ducks diving, and then swimming towards the river bank.

At this distance, the general's cannon, that is, the new Furlong cannon, exerted the greatest power, and one by one the guns were constantly replaced, and the shells were fired quickly and simply, resulting in the death of a large number of Qing sailors. On the side of the Qing army's warships, that is, several large ships with no more than ten large-caliber guns, the threat to the Mawei army was not great. Up to now, the Qing army has also fired five rounds of cannons, but there are less than 60 shells hitting the Mawei battleship, and many of them have smashed on the side of the battleship, but they have not been able to penetrate the thick planks of the battleship.

As for the warships of the Qing army, there were not many weapons on the ship that could threaten the Mawei warships, such as the larger Haicang ship, on which there were only four thousand catties of Buddha Lang machines, but there were quite a few on the ship, such as bowl-mouth guns and Huzun cannons, basically reaching ten. The Cangshan boat, the smallest of the Qing army's Poyang Lake Naval Division, was equipped with only two thousand-pound Buddha machines, and only ten bowl-mouth guns and other miscellaneous guns, but the firing range of that thing was only sixty or seventy meters, and the farthest was less than 100 meters, and it could not work at all at a distance of 100 tens of meters and close to 200 meters. But even so, some brave Qing sailors still manipulated the cannons in their hands to fire at the side of the Mawei Army.

In the next approach, the soldiers on the Mawei battleship also joined the ranks of shooting with rifles, and the rifle at a range of one hundred and fifty meters could be completely powerful, and suddenly in the continuous dull cannon sound, a crisp gunfire sounded, and the gunfire was not inferior to the cannon sound at all, and the density was surpassed, after all, the total number of soldiers shooting with rifles reached more than five hundred, which was more than one side of the cannon. In addition, the speed of rifle fire is much faster than that of cannons, and the target is aimed at the outcropping sailors on the enemy ship, so the continuous gunfire is really scary

"Whoosh~Whoosh~Whoosh~"

"Whoosh~Whoosh~Whoosh~"

"Whoosh~Whoosh~Whoosh~"

The two armies were getting closer and closer, and the Thunderbolt rocket boxes on the battleships began to come in handy at this time, and rockets spitting out tongues of fire, bringing out thick smoke, flew towards the enemy ships on the opposite side. Each of the twelve warships in front of them fired only two large Thunderbolt boxes, for a total of sixty Thunderbolt rockets. This thing is not a new weapon, and it is equipped on the warship of the Poyang Lake Naval Division of the Qing Army, but after the experts of the scientific research base added a tail to the back of the rocket's butt, the stability and accuracy of the Thunderbolt rocket's flight have been greatly improved, although it cannot be said that it means that it hits there, but at least after launch, it can fly in one direction. Instead of flying aimlessly like in the past.

On the side of the Qing army. In the end, it is a tailwind. The spray cans, chimneys, fire bricks, rockets, medicine crossbows and other weapons on the Qing army's warships have also begun to appear, whether they can reach them or not, they will only feel more secure when they are launched. But not to mention, weapons such as rockets really came in handy, and after flying downwind and landing on the Mawei battleship, the fire burned quickly with the wind. At the front, the sails of two horsetail battleships were on fire. But the fighters on the battleship did their job, and the special tanks began to spray as soon as the sails were on fire. Extinguish the fire as soon as possible.

The sails on a battleship are never a small target, although in naval battles, sail warships generally put away most of the side sails and auxiliary sails, but still retain a certain number of mainsails, so the target is much larger than artillery. The battleship of the Mawei Army was hit by the rockets of the Qing army, and although most of the hundreds of thunderbolt rockets shot out by the Mawei Army themselves fell into the water, at least one percent, or about eighty, hit the target, of which the two third-class battleships at the forefront of the Poyang Lake Naval Division won the bid, and about 30 or so of the others were shot onto the side and deck of the ship, but it did not cause any effect.

"Extinguish the fire. Hurry up and put out the fire! Sang Xinsheng and the captains of the Poyang Lake Naval Division on the ships were shouting loudly to extinguish the fire, especially Sang Xinsheng. Seeing the sails on fire, it felt like a fire had burned directly to his eyebrows, and he was very anxious.

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

、

"Tom Tom"

At this time, the artillery on the opposite Mawei battleship spat out tongues of fire again, and one shell after another fell straight towards them, and at this time, even without Sang Xinsheng's order, the ships of the Poyang Lake Naval Division also began to counterattack. But this time, the battleships of the Poyang Lake Naval Division, which had been severely injured, could not stand it even more, and every warship was on fire, except for the eight main warships that were still moving forward, the other armed merchant ships, sand ships, and Haicang ships were all lying down, and several Haicang ships were directly cracked and turned into a pile of broken wooden planks floating on the river

"Bastard, bastard, how can the guns of the Mawei battleship be so fierce!" At this time, the commander of the front team of the Poyang Lake Water Division, Zhi Meng, had long lost the calmness he had when the battle began, 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.

"Bang Bang Bang"

Suddenly a loud bang sounded from not far away, and when he turned his head to look, his eyes suddenly widened, and his face showed a look of horror, and he saw that the front mast of his ship was hit by a chain bullet, and the long chain wrapped around the mast and pulled down the mast, which was as thick as a sea bowl, and the broken mast made a tooth-rattling sound

Most of the cannons on the Mawei were still firing grapeshits, but some of them began to fire chain shells under the command of the captain. Chain bullets can damage the mast and sail much more than ordinary solid bullets and flowering bullets, and if a chain bullet hits the mast, the mast can be broken instantly. And hitting the sail can tear the sail apart and make the sail useless.

"Woohoo"

"Woohoo"

"Woohoo"

A series of shrill sounds rang out, the sound of a chain bullet slicing through the sky, cutting through the air. A large chain bullet flew to the side of the Qing warship, and suddenly half of the sails of half of the dozen or so Qing warships at the front of the warship cracked, and at the same time, the mast of one warship was directly broken. And if the chain bullet hits the human body, the consequences are even more tragic than the flowering bullet. The focus of the chain bullet is the chain in the middle, which is broken into two when it crosses the human body, and more than a dozen Qing soldiers were cut in half like this, and they have not died for a while, and they are crying miserably in pain. The Qing army around him couldn't stand the atmosphere, and took the initiative to make up for it.

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

The distance is getting closer and closer, and all kinds of artillery such as red-coated cannons on the warships of the Qing army are also fired again, and at this position, the Qing army's sailors also began to fire grapeshot bullets.

"Bang la la"

"Bang la la"

"Bang la la"

Similarly, large marbles fell around the Mawei battleship, and some of the marbles landed on the deck. The horsetail naval warriors felt their surroundings. It's like it's boiling. Everything around. They were all broken apart by marbles. Everything that could be seen was smashed by marbles. The people standing next to them were also beaten and covered in blood, and some people fell down on the spot and stopped breathing. Blood continued to flow down the deck, from the edge of the deck, to the river in strings.

"Poof"

"Poof"

"Poof"

On the deck, because the side of the ship was already covered by thick wooden planks that were obliquely erected, there were few casualties among the soldiers who hid behind them. Inevitably, however, nearly fifty people were killed and wounded, and a total of six sail sailers on four horsetail battleships were hit by marbles and fell from their masts. As soon as the other soldiers looked at it, they found that they were already a blur of flesh and blood, and there was no possibility of rescue at all. Underneath their bodies, a large amount of blood gushed out, forming pools of blood on the deck. The pool of blood shook slightly with the slight swaying of the deck. There were drops of blood, rolling back and forth on the deck. It was like a blood-red glass ball.

The other sailors on the battleship are also very dangerous. You can be hit by a falling marble at any time. However, for the needs of the battle, they also had to hold on to the mast. These sail operators are also excellent fighters who have been tested in many battles, and glory and courage accompany them, and no one is afraid of it.

"!" Fleet Commander Ning Wu scolded in a low voice. In the end, the Qing army was downwind, and the speed was still fast, and now it rushed to such a close range of the Mawei battleship, and the Qing army was smart, and it also fired grapegre. The guns of the Qing warships were indeed fierce enough to fire grapeshotpie bullets at this distance, but no matter how ferocious the enemy was, the Mawei Navy would not flinch. In fact, this is very common on the battlefield, the artillery fire of the Mawei Army is absolutely suppressing the firepower of the Qing army, and the shooting on the battleship of the Mawei Army is still less, if all the artillery fire of the Qing army is allowed to open fire, I am afraid that it will not be dozens of dead and wounded at once.

"Shoot back!"

"Shoot back!"

"Shoot back!"

Ning Wu roared sharply, the Mawei Navy has always taken the initiative to attack, but it has never been beaten, its own artillery is far more than the Qing army, and the power is greater than theirs, why worry about not being able to suppress the artillery fire of the Qing army!

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

Under Ning Wu's order, the cannons of various calibers on the port side of the First Squadron continued to spit out flames, throwing a large number of marbles onto the top of the Qing warships. At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than 300 meters, and the landing point of the marbles was basically relatively concentrated. The soldiers on the Qing warship were hit hard again, and people kept falling from the mast. On the deck, there was a mess, blood everywhere, debris everywhere, and falling marbles everywhere. Some marbles are constantly rolling back and forth on the deck, like children's toys, and it is a spectacle for a while.

The substitute Qing sailmen hurriedly went up to the mast to fill the vacancy, but it was not long before they were knocked down again. The grapeshotfire attack of the Mawei Navy was indeed too fierce, and the number of artillery greatly exceeded that of the Qing army. The fall of marbles is almost uninterrupted. And this means that the casualties of the Qing army are also uninterrupted.

"It's so ferocious...... this is what the soldiers of the Mawei Army think. But this thought is fleeting, after all, this is the first time they have seen it, to describe it in an idiom, it is customary.

At this moment, there was a loud bang, and a violent explosion occurred on the main battleship of the Poyang Lake Water Division, and the entire hull was quickly broken into two sections. Obviously, this was due to being hit by a Mawei artillery shell, which unfortunately ignited the gunpowder and exploded, which not only caused a great shock to the officers and men on the Mawei Navy battleship, but also the exploding ship, which was not wide, also blocked the advance route of the warships behind, so that the Qing warships behind had to hurriedly turn the rudder and detour. Because of this, the speed of the following warships inevitably slowed down.

"Don't stop the rockets, aim the sails of the enemy ship for me!" Ning Wu was still giving orders loudly, and the banner soldiers were also quickly conveying his orders.

The number and power of the Mawei Army's rockets were similar to those of the Qing Army, but it was that the quasi-head was much stronger, and many of them hit the sails of the Qing army's warships, which immediately caused a fire and began to burn.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the muskets of the horsetail warriors did not stop, constantly firing at the enemy. There was a fire inside, and there were gunshots outside, and the Poyang Lake Water Division was in a dilemma inside and outside, and the speed of extinguishing the fire was greatly reduced. There is a word for falling into the well, and there is also a word called beating the water dog, or it is called chasing after victory. Looking at the situation at the moment, it should be counted more as the latter.

In the eyes of the Mawei soldiers, the enemy army has no formation at all, and more importantly, the minds of the enemy crew and sailors are completely confused. There is no direction at all, scurrying around, and a considerable number of Poyang Lake sailors have jumped into the river, trying to find a way out of the river. After a while, after the explosion of one of the main warships of the first Poyang Lake Water Division, another main warship began to sink, and then two warships in a panic accidentally collided with each other and lost power.

The combat strength of this fleet of the Poyang Lake Water Division was greatly reduced to less than half of the original, the main warships totaled eight, two were sunk, three were anchored, and three were also heavily damaged, and ten other small warships were sunk, and the others were damaged.

The encounter had only been fought for less than half an hour, and the Poyang Lake Water Division had suffered a heavy blow, which was unbelievable to Sang Xinsheng. Suddenly, the captain of one of the three remaining main warships of the Poyang Lake Naval Division, and also the main warship at the forefront, gave an order, hoisted the white flag on the mast, lowered the remaining sails at the same time, and returned all the guns to the cabin, and closed the string window.

It is clear that the ship has chosen to surrender. One warship chose to surrender, setting an example for other warships, and more than a dozen warships behind also knew that the general trend was gone, so they also hoisted the white flag and surrendered.

Sang Xinsheng wondered how those warships would surrender without his order, and if they didn't have a good time, they could escape down the river, maybe they would have a chance. But when he discovered from his clairvoyant mirror that another Horsetail Navy fleet had emerged in the distance, he was also desperate! (To be continued......)