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"Block! Obstruct! The cavalry generals of the Qing army shouted and roared desperately. If you are realistic, the leader of the cavalry of the Qing army is also a brave general, and it is no joke that the white-armored soldiers who have been dominant for decades are not a joke. can become a general under Leer Jin, then it will definitely not work without real kung fu. Although the cavalry generals of the Qing army were brave. But at this time, he was facing the more courageous Geng Jingzhong's top soldiers of the personal guard battalion!

Although Gu Ping, who took the lead, was over fifty years old, he was indeed sophisticated and proficient, and every ounce of his strength was not wasted, and all of it was used on the enemy. At this time, he was like a real god of war, constantly fighting among thousands of troops. Countless enemies fell under his saber, and countless enemies died in a most tragic way. This is the most horrific killing on the battlefield!

The scene on the battlefield also fell into the eyes of some Qing generals not far from here, but they did not have the means to provide timely assistance to their cavalry. Originally, the more than 1,000 cavalry behind the palace began to make official contact with the cavalry of the Mawei Cavalry and the Qing Army.

The cavalry on both sides were intertwined, and the horsetail infantry on the other side was not idle, and began to advance steadily over the almost cleared obstacles, preparing to continue to pursue the Qing army. Even if the Qing army ran out for seven or eight miles, it was more than thirty miles away from the Qing army's camp, and the Qing army's footsteps were far away. If you run ten miles, you must be too tired to walk. Stopping and resting is inevitable. The Mawei Army, on the other hand, was able to use this time to march ten kilometers in a hurry. It will not take an hour for the Mawei Army to completely catch up with the Qing army.

The cavalry of the Qing army rushed up quickly, and Gu Ping took the lead, with four hundred horsetail cavalry, frantically waving the sabers in his hands, constantly killing every enemy he could see. Gu Ping slashed and slashed at any target around him like a madman, and the blood rendered the silver plate armor he had just put on his body red, and a new blood-colored god of war was born!

In the blink of an eye, the two armies staggered. But looking at the scene on the battlefield at this time, it made all the Qing soldiers who saw the ending feel chills. At this time, only one-third of the 1,000 Manchu elite cavalry remained, and there were three or four hundred people, which was almost the same as the number of Mawei troops at this time. The horsetail cavalry of 400 men met them, but at this time they only lost about 60 people, and there were still 330 cavalry left, and the difference in strength between the two sides was instantly reversed. What's even stricter is that the cavalry of the Qing army can be said to have been killed at this time, and they have never seen cavalry with such combat power, nor have they seen cavalry fight like this!

Don't say anything else. The short musket that the Mawei Army took out gave them even more damage. One shot at a time, crisp and neat, it hurts a lot more than you and me with a saber, and they die more on it than they die under the knife of the horsetail cavalry! And the bow and arrow in the hands of the Qing army shot on the plate armor of the soldiers of the guard battalion, which was indeed like an itch, and it could not penetrate the plate armor on the soldiers at all, so several rounds of arrow rain failed to kill a few horsetail soldiers.

The two armies staggered, did not stop, but turned a corner and quickly recharged, and began to fight again. At this time, the gap in strength between the two sides widened, and the courage of the remaining Qing cavalry to continue fighting was no longer enough, but due to the strict military law of the Qing army at that time, they had no way to retreat. What's more, they are full of eight banners, once they retreat and fail to hold back the pursuit of the Mawei Army, then they will face them with the most severe punishment after they go back.

"Kill!" The cavalry of the Qing army also broke out with such shouts. At the time of staggering. The horsetail cavalry warriors also began a new move. That is to reload the short guns in the leash with ammunition. Although riding on horseback is very bumpy, this situation has been practiced many times in the continuous training of several years, and this skill is not weaker than that of the cavalry division soldiers. The advantage of the short musket is a short word, and it is much easier to reload ammunition than a long musket, but after all, this is still on horseback, and there is not enough time, so the vast majority of soldiers are only loaded with a short musket, but this is enough for the whole battle!

The power of the musket was terrifying, even unstoppable. The cavalry of the Qing army fell one after another in the roar of muskets, and watching this scene, the same question kept popping up in the minds of most Qing troops: how can you use knives to block the enemy's muskets? The Qing army did not know, and no one could give this answer.

"Quickly clear the battlefield, leave a team to take care of the wounded brothers, the army brothers in the back will come up, wait until they come up, hand over the wounded brothers to the medical team for treatment, and you will catch up quickly!" Gu Ping said very quickly

The weather in summer is like a naughty child, the climate changes as soon as it is said to be, one moment it is cloudless, the next moment it immediately becomes irritable, and in less than a quarter of an hour the whole world begins to be extremely dark, and the raindrops like beans pour down from the sky with strong winds, and the originally gentle river surface becomes turbulent under the strong wind, and the waves of the river begin to roar towards the battleships of the First Fleet.

The 1st and 6th Fleets set out from anchor outside Jinling City with Geng Jingzhong, and according to the information, they were going to fight against the Poyang Lake Naval Division, which was helping the Qing army to help Leerjin cross the river. Leerjin's army crossed the river in Wuhu, so the Poyang Lake Water Division would not be far from this section.

"Hold the mainsail down! "Today's weather is really different, but it's rare to see such strong winds in the hinterland. They set off a day ahead of the army, but at this moment they had already arrived at the Tongling area. According to the hierarchy of the Hereafter. This is a force 9 gale. It is possible to blow down large trees lightly. And on the surface of the river, which is three kilometers wide, the wind and waves have also been raised, and it is four or five meters high.

"The helmsman holds his mind and keeps his distance from the ships around him!"

In the face of the sudden storm, the whole fleet was in good spirits, a sailman climbed the mast and lowered the sails in the heavy rain, the helmsman tried to stabilize the battleship, the gunners in the gun compartment were busy fixing the guns, and the whole ship was full of busy sailors.

"Boom"

A bolt of lightning pierced the sky. Illuminated the entire fleet and then disappeared into the sky, followed by another flash of lightning flashing over the fleet

In the face of the majesty of nature, the warships that once seemed to be mighty and huge struggled like leaves in the huge waves. Although this is not as dangerous as the waves, it is indeed very dangerous under this strong wind.

Ning Wu stood in the cab, looking at the lightning that kept passing outside the window, his face was as gloomy as the weather outside the window. The storm came so suddenly that the entire fleet was not prepared at all. The third-class battleships he rode on were better, the nearly two-thousand-ton battleships were not bad in terms of their ability to resist storms anyway, and what he was most worried about was the fifth-class battleships in the fleet, which were not of high tonnage. Only less than eight hundred tons, although speed is its strong point. But it is much weaker in terms of storm resistance, which is what Ning Wu is most worried about.

"Boom"

Suddenly, a loud noise sounded in his ears, and the glass in the cockpit also buzzed, and following the flash of lightning Ning Wu found that on the right side, which was less than three hundred meters away from him, a mast of a fifth-class battleship suddenly creaked, and soon the mast slowly fell, and with the fall of the mast, the battleship that was originally struggling in the wind and waves immediately began to spin in the storm.

"Not good!"

He and the captain Yang Zelin standing next to him changed their faces at the same time, and shouted almost in unison: "That's the fifteenth pursuit ship!" ”

"Commander!" Captain Yang Zelin looked at Ning Wu and didn't speak, with a hint of pleading and sadness on his face.

"Order the rest of the ships not to stop and move on!" Ning Wuyi gritted his teeth and continued to give orders.

Yang Zelin closed his eyes in pain, and after a while, he turned his head to look at the fifth-level battleship behind him that was getting farther and farther away, he knew that in this kind of storm, the battleship whose mast was hung up by the strong wind could survive this storm, and it was not an exaggeration to die. And the most painful thing is that the companions around them can do nothing, and any attempt to stop the ship to rescue in such a storm is to death.

"Damn, how can there be such a strong wind on the Yangtze River, such a violent storm is rare even at sea!" Ning Wu scolded hatefully.

"Resist it all, give me all the resistance! Holding on is victory! ”

"Brothers, hold on, there are no bad breeds in our Mawei Army Navy!" The river was filled with the hoarse shouts of officers.

The storm did not last long, and in half an hour the storm began to dissipate, and when the exhausted fleet finally held out until the storm had cleared, everyone almost collapsed on the deck, and a feeling of aftermath filled everyone's chest.

As the commander of the First Squadron, Ning Wu also leaned heavily against the wall behind him, and a thick tiredness swept over. At this time, he wanted to lie down in bed and sleep, but he knew that it was not the time, the fleet had just come out of danger, and now he had to direct the soldiers to check the damage of the ships and the loss of personnel, weapons and ammunition, all of which had to be done immediately.

When Ning Wu arranged everything, he was about to sit down and rest, when a cigarette was handed to him.

"Come to the commander, smoke a cigarette to relieve fatigue." Yang Zelin's voice sounded beside him. This cigarette is exclusively supplied by the high-level of the Mawei Army, and the output in Fujian is very small, and it is very troublesome to roll up, so most of the Bai surnames are still smoking tobacco bags, but Geng Jingzhong does not like it, so he ordered someone to make a cigarette roll. As a result, this cigarette became popular among the high-level people. Although there are cigarettes on the market, the quality is not as good as this, and the price is very expensive.

The two sat down and smoked quietly, and when a cigarette was almost finished, Ning Wucai asked, "Is there a problem with the fifteenth pursuit ship?" ”

Yang Zelin shook his head silently, took out a cigarette from his jacket pocket and lit it on the cigarette butt, and then casually ejected the cigarette butt out of the cab. "No news has come yet. There shouldn't be a big problem. It won't capsize. Alas. Luck can't help it, that direction No. 15 is the outermost, and it's also the turning point, the place where the air flow speed is the fastest, alas"

After a while he said again: "The losses have already come out, in addition to the fifteenth pursuit ship, we have also lost five brothers, and the gun compartment of a fourth-class battleship has been smashed out because the guns are not fixed. Some of the gunpowder was also wetted by the sea, but the effect was not great. ”

Ning Wu nodded: "Well, that's good, and it's a blessing in misfortune." Damn, Lao Tzu is really depressed, this Yangtze River is a small ditch compared to the sea, and it can encounter such a fierce wind and waves, this ship is incomprehensible!! ”

Speaking of this, Ning Wu's heart was tight, there were still nearly three hundred soldiers and forty artillery pieces on that fifth-level battleship. In particular, the captain of the fifteenth pursuit ship is also Ning Wu's old subordinate, and he doesn't know the result yet. His heart was clenched all the time. It's just that Ning Wu knows that no matter in the sea or on the current river, if you are a human being, you have to accept your fate, no matter how beautiful you are in front of people, if you encounter a storm, you have to resign yourself to fate, since ancient times, thousands of ships have been sunk by storms, and they are naturally no exception.

Slowly stood up, patted Yang Zelin on the shoulder and said, "Okay, it's not that there is no definite news yet, maybe the fifteenth is lucky, it's okay!" ”

"God willing!" Yang Zelin nodded and said, and then his eyes began to widen: "What is that?"

"Dididi"

Just as Yang Zelin was speaking, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded from above, and then the lookout on the mast shouted loudly, "Unknown ships have been found ahead, all on alert"

With the shouts of the lookouts, a small mast slowly appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and the coach Ning Wu slowly adjusted the focus of the telescope, and slowly a fleet began to appear in the frame of the telescope. After looking at it and seeing that he couldn't distinguish the identity of the other party, Ning Wu thought for a while before he said to Yang Zelin beside him: "You immediately order the No. 2 fifth-tier battleship at the front to immediately move forward to reconnoiter the fleet in front of you, and report back the detailed information of the other party as much as possible." ”

Yang Zelin hesitated slightly, but then began to give orders. Maybe this is the Poyang Lake Water Division of the Qing Army in front, so they are busy now!

Ning Wu knew the reason for Yang Zelin's hesitation, the Mawei battleship had been fighting with the storm for more than an hour, and all the soldiers were indeed very tired, and he was worried that the soldiers on the No. 2 and fifth-level battleships would be unbearable if they carried out a high-intensity reconnaissance mission. However, as the so-called military orders are like mountains, since Ning Wu has given orders, they can only obey.

Soon, the No. 2 fifth-class battleship suddenly increased its speed and galloped forward, the lighter hull was like two swallows flying close to the river surface to draw two graceful arcs on the river, constantly approaching the fleet in front, the speed of the No. 2 fifth-class battleship was very fast, the fastest speed could reach twelve to fourteen nautical miles, and soon they approached the fleet in front.

Suddenly, the two Rank 5 battleships that were rapidly approaching made a large arc, and then sped back at an angle of one hundred and eighty degrees, and after a while, they returned to the side of the additional fleet. The banner on the battleship was: "Discover the enemy's situation, in front of the Qing army's Poyang Lake Water Division, the number of about sixty ships." The alarm found the Qing army's Poyang Lake water division, the number"

The banner reported the news over and over again, and Ning Wu's originally somewhat tired expression immediately sank, and he ordered without hesitation: "Sound the battle alarm, and the fleet is in battle formation and ready to fight!" ”

"Beep beep"

A sharp and shrill whistle sounded in the fleet, and the whole fleet boiled like a boiling kettle, and countless sailors began to take their positions on the various ships as if they had been wound up. The sailmen raised all the sails vigorously, and the gunners opened the baffles one after another. Pushing the gun to the mouth of the gun bay, the loader ran to the ammunition warehouse behind him, and for a moment the nerves of the entire fleet began to tense.

Four or five miles away from the first squadron of the Mawei Army, Sang Xinsheng, commander of the Poyang Lake Naval Division of the Qing Army, stood on the deck of his ship, a Dafu ship, and looked at the fleet that suddenly appeared in front of him, and his heart was full of shock, incomprehension, resentment, and unwillingness.

Yes, resentment and unwillingness. This fleet, which suddenly encountered the naval fleet of the Mawei Army, was ordered by Jin Shushan, the commander of the Poyang Lake Water Division, to deliver artillery to Leerjin. Their Qing army wanted to take Jinling City. Without artillery, I'm afraid it's not possible. Therefore, Jin Shushan, under Yue Le's order, sent Sang Xinsheng to escort the team. Bringing so many warships, it was because Wei Wei was afraid of encountering the Mawei fleet, but he never thought that he would really encounter it. The strength of this fleet, which gathered nearly half of the essence of the Poyang Lake Naval Division, was quite good, and this fleet had a total of eighty-six large and small warships, of which forty-eight were more than 350 ships, and the rest were all ships of more than 200 materials. Among them, there are especially the most Cangshan boats. The number of Daifuku ships was only three, but each Daifuku ship was equipped with no less than 20 guns. This great fortune boat can be called the most elite force in the hands of Jin Shushan and Poyang Lake sailors.

In their opinion, although the Mawei Navy has been very famous in recent years, and I heard that Geng Jingzhong's warship is very large and has fierce firepower, but after all, he has not seen it with his own eyes, and if the two sides really want to fight, he will definitely be able to damage or even destroy the Mawei Navy in the end, but after the Jiangning Navy was destroyed, he didn't think so. It has also become much more cautious.

Sang Xinsheng was also depressed in his heart. Previously, God not only caused disaster to the Mawei fleet, but also gave him a blow to the head. A sudden storm shattered his fleet. Since most of the ships in his fleet were not large, the threat to his fleet was far greater than that of the Mawei Navy. When Sang Xinsheng ordered the loss to be counted after the storm ended, he found that his convoy had lost twenty-six warships, which simply made Sang Xinsheng collapse. This has not yet reached the destination, and he has not fought with the Mawei Army, and he has lost nearly thirty warships without even seeing the hair of the Mawei Army Navy, he can't imagine how he will explain to Jin Shushan after he goes back.

But the bad things are far from over. Before Sang Xinsheng woke up from the bad news, he heard news from the front, and the Mawei Navy was found in front. "Damn, I didn't look at the yellow calendar when I went out today! Why is it always me who is unlucky every time! Although Sang Xinsheng was very annoyed in his heart, he still cheered up and began to command the fleet to prepare for battle. The sailors of the Poyang Lake Sailors braced their tired bodies and cursed as they pushed the guns out of the hatch and began to prepare for the battle.

Looking at the Qing army in front of us in a scissor formation, give full play to our advantages"

Soon, the first detachment formed a line and began to turn towards the Qing fleet to outflank it. Seeing the posture of the Mawei Army and Navy, Sang Xinsheng couldn't help but sneer: "The Mawei Army Navy looks really stupid, it actually put up such a formation when the strength is inferior, doesn't he know that if we break through their formation, what awaits them is a one-sided slaughter?" Someone came, sued sù folding, and immediately led the team to break through their formation, separate them, and then divide and annihilate! ”

At the forefront were thirty warships led by Zhimeng, a well-known member of the Poyang Lake Naval Division, all of them with their sails deployed, rushing towards the opposite fleet at maximum speed, and all the guns were already on standby, just waiting to open fire as soon as they reached the effective firing range. However, as he got closer and closer, he was slowly dumbfounded!

The battleship of the Mawei Army is too big, even the largest Daifuku ship in their naval division can't compare! But at this time, there is no way to care about these things.

After a while, the two fleets met each other.

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

"Tom Tom"

Soon the Mawei Navy was the first to fire, and solid bullets the size of bowls flew towards the Fold flotilla with a whistling sound. In this way, the shooting of both sides in high-speed movement naturally did not have much accuracy, and one after another solid bullets fell on the surface of the river, although in this round of shooting, the Mawei Army only shot a few scattered solid bullets, but it frightened the folding of the convoy that was commanding.

"What's going on, how can the artillery of the rebel sailors hit so far?" When the first solid bullet landed less than thirty meters away from the folded ship, splashing the sky, the pupils in Foldmeng's originally calm eyes immediately shrank.

For the Mawei Navy, they don't know much, they have heard of the Mawei Army's naval artillery has a particularly long range, but many people are very skeptical of this rumor, after all, the range of six or seven hundred meters of artillery is too exaggerated for them, let alone more than a thousand meters! At least that's what Zhimeng thinks in his heart.

Of course, the artillery of the Qing court now has a range of six or seven hundred meters, even if the range reaches two or three miles, but those are all Hongyi artillery weighing more than 3,000 catties, and those bulky artillery can only be fixed on the city wall for defense. After all, this kind of artillery is too heavy in terms of weight and recoil, and if it is placed on your own warship, I am afraid that the deck will be shattered as soon as the cannon is fired.

Of course, the artillery of the Qing court now has a range of six or seven hundred meters, even if the range reaches two or three miles, but those are all Hongyi artillery weighing more than 3,000 catties, and those bulky artillery can only be fixed on the city wall for defense. After all, this kind of artillery is too heavy in terms of weight and recoil, and if it is placed on your own warship, I am afraid that the deck will be shattered as soon as the cannon is fired.

After firing the first round of shelling, the Mawei Navy that was originally facing it suddenly turned to the right in unison, and the movements were very uniform, which also made the fold that was already hanging in his heart even more surprised. You must know that in the era before the invention of the wireless point, the communication between the ships has always been a major problem, especially when the fleets of the two sides start a battle in formation, the communication between the two warring sides has become more difficult, whether it is the flag or the drum whistle is not easy to convey to the ships at the first time, is that once the war starts, basically the ships are fighting according to the original plan, and more rely on the personal characteristics of the captains. The uniform movements of dozens of warships like the command of the arms have never been seen in the more than ten years of sea life.

Dozens of warships neatly crossed a beautiful arc and then aimed the left side of the fleet at the folded fleet, and the distance between the two sides was narrowed a little, reaching more than 400 meters. Soon, the rumbling cannon rang out again.

Dozens of warships neatly crossed a beautiful arc and then aimed the left side of the fleet at the folded fleet, and the distance between the two sides was narrowed a little, reaching more than 400 meters. Soon, the rumbling cannon rang out again.

This time the accuracy was a lot more accurate, in this round of shelling dozens of solid bullets hit the target, the thick iron pellet with a huge kinetic energy roared and smashed into the hull, smashing the warship out of a big hole, an unlucky warship was hit near the waterline, and suddenly the turbulent sea water began to pour into the cabin. (To be continued......)