Chapter 230: Killing the Enemy and Serving the Country
"My lord, the sailor of Fuyang Town has returned to Haikou." The marine battalion guerrilla Wang An stepped forward and spoke.
"How did you get out of this trip?" Xiao Wu saw the fort in the distance and asked.
"Tens of thousands of Han people were captured, several ships of sea salt grain and grass were captured, and more than 300 flood soldiers from all over the Qing army were captured, and our army suffered less than 100 casualties." Wang An said.
For this result, Xiao Wu was also satisfied.
Fuyang Town returned with a great victory in this battle, just waiting for news from Li Du's side.
When the Fuyang Town Water Division sent troops to Leizhou.
The water division of Fubo Town was also led by Li Du, and went towards Qinzhou with great momentum.
The destination of their trip was similar to that of Fuyang Town, and the purpose was to plunder the Han people in the Qinzhou area and harass the local Qing army.
But in addition, they have a more important goal, which is to capture Longmen Island.
Since Yang Yandi fled to Guangnan, Longmen Island was occupied by the Qing army.
Kangxi attached great importance to Longmen Island, and in addition to setting up the Longmen Association, he also cut off the Qinzhou battalion, the cadre battalion and other garrison green battalions and returned them to Longmen.
At this time, the Longmen battalion garrison was no less than 2,000 troops.
For the Ming army, it is definitely a difficult bone to gnaw.
The Qing army in the direction of Longmen Island also heard about the changes in Qiongdao, so they strengthened their coastal defenses.
When the Qing patrol sentinel encountered the Fubo Town Water Division, it was already noon on the second day.
The local Qing army sailors on Longmen Island poured out of their nests and started an encounter with the Fubo Town sailors on the outskirts of the Longmen Islands.
"Bang, bang, bang......" A thunderous sound swept across the sea.
The sea was filled with the smell of white smoke and sulfur.
More than 30 main warships of the Qing army, large and small, launched a fierce naval battle with the Fubo Town Naval Division on the periphery of Longmen Island.
"Damn, how can the Qing army have so many sailor warships?" Upstairs on the Fuchuan ship, Li Du looked at the Qing army warship in the distance and scolded angrily.
It was also his mistake, who would have thought that the Qing army on Longmen Island would deploy such heavy troops.
In the past, the focus of the Ming army was on the deployment of the Qing army in Guangdong, especially in the areas of Qiongzhou and Leizhou, but it ignored the Qing army in the direction of Qinzhou.
At this time, the Ming army sailors had to taste this bitterness.
However, the water division of Fubo Town is not weak, with more than 20 large and small warships, and it is the earliest water division formed by Liu Yu.
The quality of its sailors and the sophistication of equipment are no less than those of Fuyang Town.
In just one round of encounters, the Qing army had six or seven bird boats, which were sunk or damaged by the Ming army.
"Damn, how can these thieves be so sharp?" On a rushing ship, the Qing garrison looked panicked.
At this moment, the Qing army's naval division is obviously at a disadvantage.
Even if the number of warships of the Qing army was significantly greater than that of the Ming army's naval divisions, the problem was that most of the Ming army were big ships, fast ships.
The artillery equipped was even several times larger than that of the Qing army.
Its heavy artillery of more than 10 pounds was far higher than that of the Qing army.
Therefore, as soon as the war began, even if the Qing army naval division occupied the advantage in the number of ships, it was unable to help these Ming naval divisions for a while, but was sunk and several large ships were damaged.
"Ordered to go down to the bird boats to hunt the clippers and sentinel ships of the Qing army's sailors, and all the tiger warships and fortune ships to gather and annihilate the Qing army led by the Qing army." Li Du gave an order.
Immediately after that, the fleet of ships in Fubo Town began to disperse.
The main force of the Tiger Ben warship took the lead and took the lead in rushing towards the core of the Qing fleet.
"My lord, the thief ship is coming to us."
Qing sailors on one of the main ships shouted in horror.
"Stop, stop." The garrison was also frightened, but he saw the power of those Ming army tiger ships.
Where can these broken ships under his command compete with?
In a panic, he chose to let a few of the boats turn their bows and escape.
Let a dozen or so sentinel ships and bird boats from the vicinity come to the back of the palace.
But this turn the bow of the ship is not tight, directly
Exposed his back to the Ming army.
You must know that the current Ming army tiger ships are occupying their own hulls and rushing towards the Qing army.
If the Qing garrison ordered the Qing warships to line up at this time and bombard the Ming army with the artillery on the right deck, Xing might have inflicted heavy damage on the Ming army.
I don't know what kind of wind this garrison master had in his head, and he actually let several main warships turn their bows and escape.
The Qing sailors on the sentry ships and bird boats of the Qing army were staring dryly.
The Ming sailors on the Tiger Ben warship were also stunned by this scene.
The Qing army, which had just beaten you to the death, actually turned the bow of the ship and ran away.
"Quick, the big bird ship catches up, and the Qing warship must not be allowed to escape." Seeing this, Li Du shouted that it was not good, and hurriedly ordered the sailor to pursue.
This time, his purpose was to completely annihilate the Qing army sailors on Longmen Island.
If the Qing army is defeated and flees because of this, then in the future, if the Qing army's naval division retreats to Longmen Island and relies on the shore fire artillery on Longmen Island to fight against the Ming army's naval division, it will be a great disadvantage for the Ming army's naval division.
What's more, Qinzhou, near Longmen Island, can also send Qing troops over for reinforcements at any time.
In any case, the Qing Army Naval Division of Longmen Island must be left here today.
If the Qing army's sailors were allowed to escape, the Ming army would fall short.
After receiving the order, seven or eight big bird ships of the Ming army went crazy and chased after the main warships of the Qing army.
Even a plate of Qing army ships that were in a fierce battle, bird boats couldn't take care of it.
The large bird ship of the Ming army was originally an improved version of the bird boat.
The ships were larger, stronger, loaded with more guns and, most importantly, no less fast than traditional bird ships.
According to the battle sequence of the Ming army, the big bird ship is actually a cruiser.
At this moment, the remaining warships of the Qing army also knew the commander's meaning, and they also pursued in the direction of the main ship.
For a time, a sea battle that was originally evenly matched turned into a one-sided pursuit.
The speed at which the Qing army drove the ships was not very fast.
After a while, he was caught up by the big bird boat of the Ming army.
"Bang bang bang!" The six-pounder falcon and ten-pounder tiger cannon of the Ming army on the big bird ship opened fire one after another.
The Qing gunners also responded with artillery, and water curtains rose into the sky.
For a time on the battlefield, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and white smoke covered the sea.
"Quick, use the chain." On a tiger gun position, a Ming army artillery commander hurriedly shouted.
Several gunners aimed a Tiger heavy cannon at the sail of the main ship of the Qing army not far away.
"Bang!"
The two Tiger Heavy Cannons opened fire at the same time, and two high-speed chain bullets instantly hit a Qing army ship.
A chain bullet grazed the deck of the Qing army, smashing several Qing officers and soldiers on a gun emplacement into a mist of blood.
Another shell accurately hit the main mast sail of the Qing army.
The yellowed and white sail tore through the gaps in an instant.
The Qing garrison on the deck secretly screamed, not good.
I saw that the speed of the main ship of the Qing army had dropped significantly.
At this scene, the Ming gunners shouted long live and began to aim more guns at the main ship of the Qing army.
There are a few Qing warships left with the idea of dying and not dying and poor.
Instead of stopping to help, they fled to the distant island.
At this time, the garrison of the Qing army was almost desperate, because the Ming army's tiger warships had caught up.
The speed of the Ming army's tiger ships was not slow, and the reason why they never caught up was entirely because the Qing army's bird boats harassed on the side.
It has to be said that the quality of the Qing army's naval division on Longmen Island is one grade stronger than that of the Qiongzhou naval division in terms of ships, artillery, and sailors.
Li Du's Tiger Warrior was also hit by several artillery buckshots, but they were only some six-pound buckshots, or even stone bullets, which did not cause much damage to the sturdy hull.
Seeing that several Tiger Warrior ships in the rear had also been pursued, the Qing army garrison knew that it was able to escape
Hopeless, I can't help but look up to the sky and howl,
Then he drew his broadsword and shouted at the Qing sailors on the deck.
"Brethren, the time has come to be faithful to the court."
"Kill thieves to repay the country." The guard shouted.
"Kill the thief to repay the country,"
"Kill thieves to repay the country."