Chapter 298: The Battle of Lushun (5)

"Raise the sails, turn the rudder, and give the Tartar ships that dare to fight to the bottom of the sea to feed the king!"

Facing the Dongyu sailors who dared to go to sea, Su Guanhai was overjoyed.

Su Guanhai is Su Guodong's nephew, and he is only twenty-four years old this year, which is the age of meritorious service.

Since the beginning of the war, the naval division of the previous side has firmly suppressed the Qing army defending at the wooden city with a large number of artillery, so that its fleet has become a mobile battery, and the officers and soldiers on the warship have not only fired artillery, but also artillery.

Well, now, although the sailors of Dongyu are just dozens of flat-bottomed sand boats, at least they can be moved, and the marshal is behind him, and he can also show his water combat ability a little.

"Knock, knock, knock......!"

Su Guanhai took the lead, commanding ten bird ships and more than ten small warships to break away from the main fleet, and met Kong Guozhi's fleet in the rapid sound of war drums.

The lookout hand on the mast of the lead ship held a monocular clairvoyant while looking, and at the same time used the flag to notify Su Guanhai on the deck.

"Drumming!"

Su Guanhai ordered again, and the golden drums on the ship sounded in unison, like thunder, and the atmosphere on the sea suddenly became solemn, and the rapid drum beat was so heavy that it made people breathless.

The sailors of Suguan Kelp are all veterans of the Dengzhou Naval Division, and almost everyone grew up drinking seawater, and now they are bullying the small with the big and the outnumbered, and they are full of confidence

The hundred households who commanded the first bird boat were called Huang Zhongli, this is the name he just changed, before others only knew his nickname was the Great Sage of the Sea, a three-strand steel fork made him extremely brave, and now the steel fork has changed the gun, and it is even more murderous, constantly shouting: "Quick, full sail!" Revolver, lean on, the gunner is ready to bombard the damn ......... ”

As soon as Huang Zhong and Li finished shouting, there was a violent roar on the wooden city of the Qing army, tongues of fire erupted, dozens of iron bullets swept over the warship, smashed on the river and sea one after another, dozens of huge waves rose several feet high, the momentum was extremely terrifying, if it hit the ship, not to mention the destruction of the ship, but the warship of the Jingbei Army will definitely suffer certain losses.

"Huang Baihu, fight back.......!"

The soldiers who followed closely behind Huang Zhongli saw that the Qing army dared to fire the cannon first, and hurriedly asked Huang Zhongli for instructions on whether to immediately open artillery and counterattack.

"Continue to move forward, don't care about the firepower of the Qing army on Mucheng, General Su has already made arrangements, and our target is the Qing army fleet leaving the port."

Ten bird boats lined up in a column and rushed to the north shore, their tents full of wind, braving the cannonballs that had been sprayed from the wooden city, and flying down with the waves.

Huang Zhongli did not expect badly, when the detachment went out to fight the Qing army's naval division, the naval division warships that were still attacking Tiger Tail roared again

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

With a loud bang, tongues of fire erupted one after another, and hundreds of iron bullets smashed into the wooden city of the Qing army like meteors catching the moon, and the flesh and blood of the cannon were flying, and the death was unbearable.

The artillery of the Qing army's naval division also fired, and dozens of projectiles also roared, constantly stirring up water columns on the sea, and one of the sea boats was unfortunately hit, with a loud bang! A large hole was struck in the side of the ship, splinters of wood flew and the forty-foot-long hull moved sideways more than a kilometer.

The sailors on the ship let out a burst of exclamations, some wanted to plug the hole, some shouted to abandon the ship, and the chaos became a mess, and the hull began to tilt rapidly after entering the water, and it seemed that it was no longer possible.

"Attack their sailors, fire the cannon quickly, fire the cannon for Lao Tzu!"

Since the start of the war, the naval division of the Jingbei Army has damaged the warship for the first time, which makes Su Guanhai, who commanded and intercepted the naval division of the Qing army, very angry.

Ten constantly adjusted the sequence, and soon formed a goose-shaped formation, and the gunners impatiently ignited the guns deployed on the sides of the ship.

More than 100 jack Franc machines were lit in turn, as were the Hongyi cannons erected at the bow and stern of the bird boat.

Dense artillery rained down on the Qing convoy that was trying to get closer to Mucheng.

"Click, click, click......!"

A series of keel breaking sounds sounded, and the four Qing sand boats that were charging ahead were the first to be shot, and the sand boats patrolling the coastal area obviously could not withstand the attack of iron bullets, and were instantly bombarded by artillery fire.

One after another, the desperate Qing soldiers jumped into the vast sea with wooden planks, and the Qing soldiers who did not find a life-saving straw could only lie on the inclined deck, waiting for death to come.

"Disperse, disperse, tell the boats to disperse immediately, get on the chain boats, and set fire to them."

Kong Guozhi is also a veteran of water warfare, in the face of the Ming army's artillery, he resolutely issued a military order to disperse the attack, this is to rely on the small and flexible ships of the Ming army to fight with the Ming army's sailors, so that Xu Erxian's fleet can smoothly drive to the upper hand of the Ming army's sailors.

"Boom, boom, boom......!"

Although the air tightness of the Franc cannon is not good, the rate of fire is much faster than that of the general cannon, and after Kong Guozhi gave the order, the artillery of the Jingbei Army Naval Division was fired again.

The Qing warships that had no time to dodge were damaged by the dense artillery fire, and the debris of the ships scattered everywhere outside the mouth of Port Arthur was full of debris of the Qing army, and there were Qing sailors holding wooden planks and shouting for help.

"Let the boats disperse and get ...... Yes...... Plug the bullet holes! ”

Before Kong Guozhi, who was standing on the conning tower and pointed at his second military order, a cannon roared and directly pierced his flagship.

There were two more bowl-sized cannon holes in the cabin, and the raging sea water poured frantically into the cabin.

During the shelling, Kong Guozhi, who was shocked and unstable, hurriedly ordered the cabin to be blocked, and he knew that if he didn't block this opening, he might not be able to see the sun tomorrow.

The advantage of the fast rate of fire of the Franc machine guns was fully demonstrated in the naval battle, and the third round of artillery salvo fire of the Jingbei Army began again when Kong Guozhi repaired the cabin.

This time, more Qing sailors were hit, and eleven sand boats were pierced.

Countless frightened Qing soldiers shouted frantically, and in their opinion, this was no longer a battle, but a naked slaughter.

Kong Guozhi died, his flagship didn't even send out a cannon, it was pierced again by more than ten whistling iron bullets, Kong Guozhi, who was directing the plugging of the leak, was coincidentally shot through the chest by a cannon, he didn't even have time to call for help, he fell into the vast sea, and the scattered organs and blood attracted countless fish and shrimp.

The flagship was sunk, and the remnants of the Qing Army's naval division naturally did not dare to fight again, and frantically retreated, and Xu Er, who was organizing a fleet to go around to the upwind of the Jingbei Army's naval division, was stunned.

He didn't expect that the dozens of warships didn't last up to the time of the two pillars of incense, and they lost most of them, looking at the dense artillery of the Jingbei Army, and listening to the earth-shattering shouts and killing on the side of the Golden Mountain.

Xu Erxian looked helpless, and at this moment he even regretted it a little, regretting that he had surrendered with Shang Kexi that day.

Who would have thought that Xiao Li Thief would be able to build so many artillery pieces and so many huge ships after only two years of entering Leiden, and completely suppress his sailors in this Port Arthur and be unable to move.