Guangdong belongs to the sea territory, and there are inland and foreign sea divisions, and the team is relatively large. It was originally very necessary to set up a naval division to supervise the whole province and strengthen coastal defense. But I don't know how the Qing court considered it, and it was not until the third year of Kangxi that the post of admiral of the water division was established in history. Even so, he still pursued the use of civil law to control the military and the governor to control the town, so that the admiral of the sailor who was in the first rank did not have full freedom to act.

There is no supreme commander, and the governor sent him is not familiar with naval warfare, so it is naturally difficult to subdue most of the fierce generals who are born in a reckless background. Wu Liuqi, Su Li, and Xu Long are the most powerful, and if they are all here, no one will dare to disobey them if they are properly discussed. But now, one of the three has not arrived, and the other has been buried at the bottom of the sea, leaving only Xu Long, and it is difficult for everyone to bow down and obey orders.

Annoyed, Xu Long also knew that it was difficult to win with his own strength, and it was not what he wanted to do to make a wedding dress for others. Therefore, he tried his best to follow up on the tasks that others were unwilling to undertake, and discussed and assigned other tasks.

"The enemy has only more than 20 ships, and although there are many cannons, our ships together have an advantage in numbers, and the guns of each ship together are also hundreds." Xu Long discussed the arrangement with everyone, and saw that everyone was in low spirits, so he had to cheer everyone up again, "As long as the port blockade is broken, everyone strives to move forward, and fight more and less, how can it be unreasonable?" ”

"Yes, yes." The overseer sent by the governor was a civil official, and he had a headache just now when he was quarreled with a group of shrewd Qiu Ba, and only then did he recover and stroked his beard and said: "Sun Ziyun: If you fight, you will survive, and if you don't fight, you will die; Youyun: If you enclose the land, you will plan, and if you die, you will fight; Zaiyun: Cast into the place of death and then survive, fall into the place of death and then live ......"

"What your lord says is very true." Xu Long rolled his eyes in anger and hurriedly interrupted this sour Confucian. Dead, dead, you don't even look at the × dragged the text, and before you start fighting, it seems like you're going to be finished, "Our army can only get out of danger if we fight forward." If you wait for enemy reinforcements to arrive. I can only be trapped in Hong Kong, so I don't need to say more about the result, right? ”

"Lord Xu has spoken thoroughly, and the big guys have understood it, how dare they dare to be cowardly." Rao Ping's general Chen Shirong said angrily: "Our department must fight to the death to avenge Lord Wu and hate the dead brothers. ”

Xu Long arched his hand to Chen Shirong and smiled appreciatively, although he had a high official position. But for Chen Shirong, who cheered on the scene, he was very grateful.

"Hit, hit the ×."

"It's blocked at the doorstep, it's really deceitful."

"If you don't repel the enemy army, you really think we are a rabble!"

There was a rush of shouting, and no matter what, the morale seemed to be raised. A group of Qiu Ba patted the table and glared, rolling up their sleeves and showing their arms, but they also showed a bit of bravery.

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The shape of the battlefield is changing rapidly. And even more so in naval battles. The weather is unpredictable and the wind is unpredictable. It is not at all subject to human will.

The Qing army took too much time to set up, and the balance of war quickly tilted in favor of the Ming army. Not to mention how long this wind direction can be maintained, just the main force behind has already come to the White Pigeon Gate Water Village for reinforcements. Dozens of Pioneer Clippers are leading the way, constantly adjusting their sails and zigzag against the wind. It is only a few dozen miles of sea distance from the port.

The moon was at the head, the night was quieter, and the fire attack tactics arranged by the Qing army finally began. As several small lightly loaded boats loaded with grease, firewood, grass, sulfur and other materials drifted out of the port, the sentinels on the Ming army's surveillance ships immediately raised the alarm. The interceptor ships moved one after another, rushing forward to block it.

A bright flame rose. Some of the fireships began to burn, making the target more visible. Some fireboats were manned and not ignited, but faster.

After such a long delay, the Ming army was ready and did not appear to be flustered. The decks of several captured Qing warships were already filled with seawater-filled utensils, adjusting their sails and ramming the fireships diagonally. The small board paddled the paddle board, approached the fireboat, and used the long pole to prop up the fireboat.

The delay in time not only made the Ming army prepared, but even the direction of the wind deviated, which greatly reduced the power of the Qing army's fire attack tactics.

"Boom!" An unlit fireboat suddenly exploded after being stopped, causing the interceptor ship to suffer heavy damage and begin to sink slowly, and two small boats rushed to the rescue.

The telescope in Yang Yandi's hand was not put down, but his brows were furrowed. Fireships are easy to deal with, but this kind of exploding ship is a bit tricky. If there are a lot of such ships,

Caught in chaos, scrambling to dodge and crashing into each other...... The scene that Xu Long and other Qing generals hoped for did not appear, and it was only the interception fleet of the Ming army that was busy. Due to the deflection of the wind direction, after the fireship drifted away, it was no longer in the original direction, and the Ming ships lined up behind could easily dodge.

Rockets were shot out of the Ming ship, like meteors in the air. After two attacks by exploding ships, the Ming army had already thought of a way. If you don't light the fire, I will light it, not only to make the target obvious, but also to ignite the gunpowder on the ship, so that the danger can be eliminated in advance.

More than 20 fireships were quickly discharged, and failed to loosen and confuse the blockade of the Ming army. But Xu Long couldn't just return in vain and retract again.

"A bunch of bastards, delaying time." "Damn the moon, why isn't the damn wind a little bit stronger......"

Constantly cursing for the reasons that he could think of, Xu Long stubbornly led the ship out of the port. However, when the remnants of Raoping Town, who were eager for revenge, rushed forward to kill, Xu Long did not act according to the plan, but took the ships of his headquarters to deflect and sail close to the shore, trying to escape from the expected loopholes.

Generally speaking, driving ashore is not good for large ships with deep drafts, and there are more reefs. Xu Long relied on his familiarity with the sea, and felt that it was more advantageous for his ships with a shallower draft to be close to the coast.

Once again, the naval battle began. Although the fireship tactics did not have a great effect, the interception line was arranged, and in order to facilitate the evasion of the fireboats, all the combat ships of the Ming army had already anchored, and their positions were slightly moved back, giving up a certain amount of space outside the port.

The first to leave the port was the remnant of the Raoping Town Water Division, and the leader of the team, Chen Shirong, was Wu Liuqi's brother when he was a Haikou, and he was very righteous. The fellow stared at the sailors of the ship and steered the ship as he opened fire and lunged forward.

The large and small ships that intercepted the fireships scattered and avoided, and the battleships of the first line of resistance appeared in front of the Qing fleet. And made a sharp turn, and the guns on the side bombarded violently, and the smoke that spewed out covered the hull of the ship.

And Xu Long led the fleet to suddenly slip away, causing a gap in the Qing army's outbound fleet. The roundabout detachment of the Ming army spread its sails and slammed out from the flank, wedged into the air of the Qing fleet. Artillery thundered. The Qing fleet that served as the vanguard was divided and surrounded, and the artillery on the other side bombarded the harbor to stop the Qing warships from continuing to leave the port.

The ship was almost surrounded by a column of water stirred up by a cannonball, the mainmast fell, the large wall sail boom also broke, and the broken sails shook in the night wind.

Chen Shirong's body was full of blood, and he was about to go crazy in pain. But still armed with a hooked spear, he roared and shouted at his men on the deck covered with flesh, dead bodies, and wounded. Commanding the battle. And it seems that the warships of the Ming army are getting closer, and they are about to sail into the dead end of the artillery firing circle.

On the deck of the Ming warship, a whirling gun was aimed at the approaching enemy ship under the rotation of manpower. It was a smaller gun designed to fire lethal lead balls at enemy ships, and was an effective support firearm in hand-to-hand combat between two ships.

The muffled sound of "boom" was only a few dozen meters away, but Chen Shirong ended the last madness. Hundreds of buckshot shot out and swept across the ship. The sailors, soldiers on deck, along with this "heroic" avenger, were knocked to the ground. The Ming warship turned its hull to avoid the enemy ship, which had been basically paralyzed due to heavy casualties.

The wind is less. The Qing warships, which were still a little impulsive by the wind, finally had no intention of fighting again, gave up the idea of breaking through the blockade and breaking through, and turned the rudder and retreated. But the ships in the harbor were sunk, and the ships that were wounded and smoked and caught fire, unable to move. But it made their retreat more difficult.

Without the fear of fireships, the Ming warships began to press, mercilessly striking at the crowded enemy ships, forcing them to either die or be wounded, and had to flee in all directions. The port was sealed again, tighter than the last time.

There was a faint sound of thunder in the distance, and the fleeing Xu Long's troops met unexpectedly with the Ming army forward who came to reinforce them, and a fierce battle broke out. Although Yang Yandi did not know the specific situation, he knew that a Qing army fleet was driving close to the shore, and broke out after being sunk and wounded several ships. As the fighting outside the harbor continued, he only sent three British warships and one Ming warship to monitor. Now that the battle was decided, he freed up his hands and sent two more warships to help in the battle.

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Columns of water rose next to the side of the ship, the hull of the ship shook violently, Xu Longtie blushed, firmly grasped the gun carriage, and directed the ship to turn to dodge.

After being sunk and injuring several ships, Xu Long finally managed to break through with more than 20 ships, and his subordinates were intercepted back. He was so heartbroken that he was dying of pain, but he found that the enemy ship did not give up, and he was not out of danger, and he couldn't turn around and attack the enemy ship.

The four warships of the Ming army sailed in the open sea, always pressing this Qing fleet, constantly bombarding with artillery at long distances, causing damage to the enemy.

There were usually two types of naval guns at that time: cannons and long guns. The cannon has a large caliber, heavy shells, and a sound like a bell when firing, with a maximum firing range of more than 1,800 meters; The caliber of the long cannon is smaller, and the power of the shell is not as good as that of the cannon, but the firing range is hundreds of meters more than the cannon. Because the tactics and tactics of each country are different, the navies of various countries are also equipped with different artillery. For example, the Spaniards loved cannons, while long guns were the preference of the British.

The three British warships gave full play to the advantage of their long guns and kept bullying the Qing ships at a long distance, but the guns of the Qing ships could not help them.

Ships were constantly hit, and Xu Long was naturally unwilling to be beaten like this and not fight back. Therefore, he resorted to the tactics of dealing with Dutch warships with the Zheng army in the Battle of Taijiang, taking advantage of the numerical superiority of the ships to approach the enemy ships and intend to besiege them.

But the British ship was not fooled, and if you chased after me, I retreated to the open sea, kept my distance, and continued to fire; Second, the outer sea is deep and wide, and the movement is more free, and it is less easy to be surrounded. After the Qing warships followed to the deep sea, the British and Ming warships dispersed, shelling around the Qing ships, and suddenly turned around the Qing ships, or parallel, or passed through the middle of the enemy ships. Once, twice, the platoon artillery bombardment was carried out continuously with the guns on both sides, so that the Qing ships suffered great losses.

Xu Long was so angry that he jumped to his feet, but he couldn't come up with an effective solution. If he had more ships, as in the Battle of Taijiang, it would be sixty to three. Not only is it possible to encircle the tactics, but it is also possible to take a strong attack, like the charge of a land battle - braving the enemy's dense artillery fire and approaching the enemy at the cost of great sacrifices, so that the enemy's artillery superiority is no longer there.

But now, the number of ships under Xu Long's command is not enough to implement these two tactics, and there are fewer and fewer of them, and there is a tendency to be exhausted by the enemy.

How to choose has now become a headache for Xu Long. Scattered and fled, apparently some of the ships were able to get out of danger; Traveling in a group, the target is too big, and it is inevitable that it will be eaten by this maggot-like enemy with bones.

Before he could make up his mind, the tide of the battle had changed, and he was not given any chance. Dozens of ships of the Ming army appeared in his field of vision and pressed up, leaving him with only one last way to flee in the direction of the coast.

In the Ming and Qing wars, both sides expanded their power in order to consolidate their territory, and won local forces and bandits and bandits for their use. There are also many generals and armed men with reckless backgrounds in the sailors, and these people are usually not particularly determined, and only think about their own interests.

Among them, Wu Liuqi and Xu Long, who defected to the Qing court, were more special, and they were always loyal to the Manchu Qing Dynasty despite the wind and rain. Several times the shape shì changed, and both of them were firm and consistent, and they were not subject to the rebellion of the Ming Dynasty. Xu Long was one of the brave generals who broke through Chaozhou and defeated the anti-Qing and Ming restoration forces of Hao Shangjiu. It is precisely because of his allegiance and repeated military exploits that he was awarded the Nanyang General Army, crowned with the title of governor, and given the "Edict Building".

Therefore, even though the battle situation was out of control, Xu Long still had no intention of surrendering. And fleeing in the direction of the coast, the result can only be that the ship runs aground, and then abandons the ship and flees to the depths of the land.

At this point, no matter what Xu Long's final outcome is, there is no doubt about the victory of this sea battle. The Qing warships were firmly blocked in the harbor, and it was only a matter of time before they were completely wiped out.

When the sea fog dissipated at dawn, the Qing army in the harbor saw hundreds of Ming ships outside the harbor, and their hopes were completely shattered, knowing that the tragic end was doomed. (To be continued......)