Chapter 297: The Battle of Lushun (4)
This round of artillery bombardment of the Jingbei Army's naval division made the whole section frightened, and the pseudo-Qingshui division in the battle situation of the Governor of Golden Mountain was also dumbfounded, Rao is that they are all battle-hardened generals, but they have never seen the scene of thousands of artillery salvos.
The Qing Dynasty is not without artillery, Kong Youde rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, bringing a large number of firearms craftsmen, from the first year of Chongde in the Pseudo-Qing Dynasty to the present, these craftsmen have built more than 3,000 large and small artillery pieces for the Qing Dynasty, but these artillery pieces are all transported to the Songjin front line except for more than 400 guns deployed in Shengjing.
Because Lushun is an important town where the naval division is stationed, it can afford to leave more than 300 cannons, while Hongyi cannons are only 14.
"Don't fight, let the gunners redeploy the remaining artillery and prepare to deal with the Ming Land Division that has come ashore."
The whole section is full of resentment towards Wu Jinzhong at this moment, if he knew that the Ming army had so many artillery, he would definitely not order to attack the Ming army's water division, but after only a few rounds of mutual fire, the artillery on the side has been damaged by thirty percent, how can the next battle be fought?
Of course, the whole section was not unprepared, the trench in front of the Qing army's defense line in Jinshan Mountain, as well as the sharp piles and thistles everywhere, as well as the Manchurian soldiers brought by Duobi were his last reliance.
"Quick, quick, all the departments will go ashore with Ben!"
Seeing that the artillery of the Qing army was suppressed by the already side, Zhang Wu raised his arms and roared, brandished a long knife and jumped into the sea water that was still several feet deep, and pressed towards the Golden Mountain with the water.
The fierce battle of the Golden Mountain was in full swing, but the defense line of the Tiger Tail Qing Army was on the verge of a desperate situation.
In the face of the six wooden cities deployed by the Qing army on the coastline, Su Guanhai, the deputy general of Shuishi Town, adopted the tactics of targeted elimination and each defeat.
Relying on the advantage that the range of the forty Hongyi cannons on the warships on his side was far superior to that of the Qing army, Su Guanhai commanded the artillery on the twenty warships to attack the Qing army's wooden city.
One by one, the cannons smashed on the giant trees used to fix the wooden city as if they didn't need money, and instead of a loud sound of wood breaking, more iron bullets hit the sea water near the wooden city, startling the water columns that soared into the sky.
The huge water curtain successfully obscured the view of the Han military flag on the wooden city, so that they could only blindly fire back with artillery.
There could be no harm at all to the Jingbei Army Naval Division, which was slowly approaching.
Li Xingzhi was also overjoyed to see that the naval division of the army had been so brave, and the idea of building bigger ships and deploying more artillery to make the naval division of the Jingbei Army become the real hegemon of Southeast Asia flashed through his mind.
"Boom!"
A wooden city at the forefront of Tiger Tail collapsed under the powerful firepower of the Jingbei Army, and was scattered directly by the vast sea.
The Qing army on the wooden city rolled into the sea like dumplings, and if you were lucky, you could hold on to a log that was broken by a cannon, and if you were unlucky, you were directly swallowed by the surging waves.
The Qing soldiers who were lucky enough to survive hugged the logs one by one, and looked at the Jingbei Army fleet that was getting closer and closer, showing a look of begging for mercy.
However, their pleas did not receive mercy from the Jingbei army.
With spear stabs, oars slapped, and crossbow shots, Li Ruibu, who was responsible for attacking the tiger's tail, showed no mercy to this group of bastards who had forgotten their ancestors.
Under the attack of the Jingbei army, the more than 200 Han army flags on the first wooden city were stabbed to death in the vast sea by relying on the noose on the wooden city, except for a few who were lucky enough to climb onto the beach by the noose on the wooden city.
The sea was littered with broken timber and floating corpses, and those who drowned from choking on water had their bellies bulging like fish bubbles.
"Inform all departments to continue the attack, Lao Tzu wants to turn the feint attack into the main attack, and take the lead in front of Zhang Wu's gang to lay down the tiger's tail."
Li Rui spat at the several corpses floating on the sea, and gave the order to continue the attack.
"It can't go on like this, since the Ming army has divided its troops to attack the Golden Mountain, our sailors can also attack, Wu Jinzhong, you go to defend Mucheng, and this general will lead the fleet and your sailors to attack the Ming thief."
The situation was urgent, and Xu Erxian, the adjutant general of the Qing court who had served as a garrison of the Dongjiang Army Naval Division in Guangludao, was going to personally lead the fleet to meet the Jingbei Army Naval Division.
In his opinion, it is better to fight to the death than to be beaten passively, after all, the naval division of the Jingbei Army has been divided, there are only about 20 large warships in the area of Tiger Tail, and the rest of the ships are ordinary flat-bottomed sand boats, and they have a wooden floating camp as a cover, so they may not be able to repel the sailor fleet of the Ming army.
"Knock, knock, knock!"
The earth-shattering sound of drums and cannons sounded in Arthur Harbor, and the Qing army ships that had been prepared for a long time quickly raised their sails, pulled out the iron anchors that fixed the ships, and quickly ushered in the direction of the wooden city of the Qing army at Tiger Tail.
Xu Erxian is proficient in water warfare, otherwise Shang Kexi would not have been awarded the title of Chief Soldier of the Zhaoqing Navy Division after leaving the town of Guangdong.
When the Qing fleet set sail, Xu Erxian keenly discovered the weakness of the Ming army's naval division that attacked Mucheng.
The Ming army was too arrogant, so arrogant that they did not leave ships to garrison at the upwind of their fleet, although their own ships were small, but they were more flexible, as long as they were transferred to the upstream of the Ming fleet, they could attack the Ming army's giant ships with the wind at that time.
"Kong Guozhi, you lead thirty sand boats to help reinforce Wu Jinzhong, you must attract the attention of the Ming army's sailors, this general will lead the Haicang ships and chain ships around the left flank of the Ming thief fleet, and you will definitely be able to repel the Ming army in one fell swoop."
Although Xu Erxian had a plan, the gap in strength between the two sides was too great, and he only hoped to repel the Ming army and buy time for himself to redeploy his defense.
Kong Guozhi is Shang Kexi family Ding, loyal to Shang Kexi, when Kong Youde rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, Shang Kexi ambushed Kong Youde rebels in Liaodong, the two sides fought several battles, Shang Kexi was injured by Kong Youde's artillery, it was Kong Guozhi and others who rescued him, Shang Kexi surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, thanked Kong Guozhi for his merits, and then added it as the Han Army Blue Banner guerrilla.
"Chirp, General Xu, don't worry, the last general will die, and he will not disgrace the reputation of the prince."
Kong Guozhi knew that facing the fleet of the Ming State head-on was really a life-and-death situation, but he still received Xu Erxian's general order.
"Knock, knock, knock......!"
The drums of the Qing army's sailors urging the troops became more and more urgent, and Kong Guozhi took the lead in a boat, leading more than 30 sand boats out of Port Arthur and approaching the Qing army's wooden city in the area of Tiger Tail.
"It's really a poor rat devouring a cat, divide ten warships to meet the Tartar sailors, and be sure to blow them all up and sink them."
Su Guanhai, the deputy general of Shuishi Town, was also shocked by the actions of the Qing army, he did not expect that in front of his dense artillery, the Qing army's fleet would dare to go to sea to meet the battle.
"Turn the rudder left, quickly adjust the sails, and give Lao Tzu a hard beating."
After receiving Su Guanhai's general order, the naval division of the Jingbei Army, which attacked Tiger Tail, divided its troops again, and ten bird boats raised their sails to meet the naval fleet of the Qing army.