Chapter 638: Artillery Bombardment (Second Shift)
Chongzhen boarded a large war ship.
Accompanied by Wang Chengen and 5 Jinyi Wei masters, this big ship is more than 20 meters long and can transport more than 1,200 soldiers and horses at a time.
There were more than 100 sailors alone, 50 on one side.
On the bow of the ship is a 2,000-pound Hongyi cannon, flying the flag of the Ming Dynasty high, which looks very majestic.
Chongzhen saw that everything was ready, and set off.
An army of 200,000 rushed to the opposite shore in boats.
At this time, the scene is very spectacular, on the river of more than 100 miles, the black pressure is full of large and small warships, the neat soldiers will be on the boat, the helmets are bright, the swords and guns are dazzling, the battle flags of various colors are fluttering in the wind, and the hunting is sounding.
The water beats the boat gang, the boat presses the water waves, thousands of sails compete, and hundreds of boats compete for the current, that scene is absolutely shocking.
Chongzhen, who was wearing a dragon crown on his head, wearing a dragon robe, and hanging the sword of the Son of Heaven at his waist, stood at the bow of the boat, and his heart was surging at this time, and he was also a little excited.
When he looked at this scene, he suddenly remembered two lines of poetry by the great men of later generations, Zhongshan was pale and yellow in the wind and rain, and millions of heroes crossed the river.
Although there are less than 1 million and only 200,000 soldiers and horses, it is also the momentum of a million-strong army.
After the 200,000 troops crossed the river, they took Nanjing, and the area south of the Yangtze River was basically peaceful, and it was still the world of the Ming Dynasty.
In less than five months since I crossed over, I was able to save the building and drive away the thieves, and even I felt proud to have such a result.
Chongzhen stood on the bow of the boat, holding the hilt of the sword of the Son of Heaven, the tide of thought rolling, facing the angry waves of the Yangtze River, Chongzhen's heart rose with infinite pride, and the famous words and verses of the ancients were surging in his mind......
The Yangtze River in this area is not wide, but the river surface is also eight or nine miles, and sure enough, it was guessed by Liu Kongzhao, the sincerity of the Bo, Chongzhen's boat chose the route of Jiajiang - Jiangxin Island - Yangtze River, and the rest of the ships are lined up on the river, and they are heading towards the other side of the river.
The Jiajiang River is a little narrower, but the river surface is also about three miles, and then after crossing the island, the Yangtze River is also narrower, but it is also about four miles.
Today's weather is good, the river is vast, the visibility is also high, and Chongzhen's eyesight is good, so he can see the situation on the other side from a distance.
Before the Ming warships reached the center of the river, the thieves and generals on the other side of the river moved.
Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing and Liu Kongzhao personally supervised and commanded the battle here, and they also held single-barreled telescopes in their hands.
Seeing so many soldiers and horses, overwhelmingly pressing the river, Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing were a little panicked in their hearts, they were driven from the river to the south of the Yangtze River, and they were defeated in a row, and these two warlords were already scared by Chongzhen's men.
But this is not the case with Liu Kongzhao, who calmly commanded the battle here, and when he saw that Chongzhen's warship was about to reach the center of the river, and it was already within the range of the red-clothed cannons on the shore, he immediately ordered: "Fire!"
In terms of title, he is older than Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing, and he is a hereditary sincere uncle.
When Zhu Yuanzhang won the world, Liu Bowen made great contributions, Zhu Yuanzhang crowned him as a sincere uncle, hereditary replacement, because of his reasons in the middle of the break for decades, and later took up this earl, to Liu Kongzhao's generation is the 9th generation of sincerity uncle.
In terms of control, it is the commander of the water division of the Caojiang River, and the water battle on the Yangtze River defense line, Ma Shiying gave him full authority.
Therefore, Liu Kongzhao is the commander-in-chief here, Liu Zeqing, and Liu Liangzuo have to listen to Liu Kongzhao.
Therefore, Liu Kongzhao gave an order, and the artillerymen received an order, and the soldier in charge of lighting the torch poked the torch to the lead, and the green smoke rose and made a soft sound.
Boom, boom—
With an earth-shattering sound, the first shell flew out with a whistle and fell into the river and exploded.
A one-meter-high column of water was stirred up, and silver crystals were scattered.
Immediately afterwards, the red-coated cannons on the shore batteries were in full swing, with 1,000 pounds of heavy artillery, 2,000 pounds of heavy artillery, and a few even 3,000 pounds of giant guns.
Deafening and earth-shattering.
A cannonball fell on the small warship of the Ming army, and with a bang, the small warship was torn apart and rose thick
The smoke rose to the surface of the river with the light of the fire, and some of the dozens of soldiers were blown up and some fell into the water.
At this time, a cannonball fell on a large ship, and with a loud bang, the ship's mast was blown off, and the blazing mast fell down and knocked down several soldiers, and the ship also caused a fire.
The thousands of soldiers on the ship were in chaos, some shouted for fire, some ran, some fell, some were shaken into the river, and some saved people......
"Fire!"
According to Chongzhen's will, all kinds of artillery were also installed on the ships of the Ming army, and they could not only be hit by the cannons of the thief army, but also bombarded them.
The commanders in chief of the river-crossing operation here were Ma Bao and Huang Degong, and as soon as these two people gave the order, the red-clothed cannon on the bed also roared, knock, boom, boom, and the two sides bombarded each other.
The large and small warships in the river were bombed and caught fire everywhere, and the bustling heads of the river were innumerable, but the warships of the Ming army continued to rush forward under artillery fire, and bombarded the thieves on the opposite bank with artillery while rushing.
A shell landed on the shore and killed five or six thieves at once, some of them into the river.
Other shells fell on the battery, and with a bang, the battery collapsed, and the soldiers who loaded the shells and operated the cannon were treated as the flesh and blood of the blown up.
However, the Ming army was outnumbered and warships, and soon rushed to the opposite shore, and was about to abandon the ship and land on the shore.
Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing's faces changed greatly, and they knew that they would not be opponents after they went ashore. But their mission was to destroy the Ming army that had come ashore, and they had to fight for their lives if they were not opponents.
But Liu Kongzhao is confident, and he will soon be at the bottom
The hull of the ship shook, the underwater barrage protection net played a role, some of the ships of the Ming army were in the water, some of the boats capsized, some were spinning on the river, the pace of the charge was stagnant, and suddenly the river was in chaos.
"Lord, water
Chongzhen sneered, can the small barrage prevent my 200,000 troops from crossing the river?
Seeing that the Ming army was messing up a pot of porridge on the river, Liu Kongzhao couldn't help but laugh proudly and shouted, "Open the cannon!" Shoot ...... arrows"
The thieves on the shore continued to bombard the Ming army in the river with cannons, and those who were close were shot with arrows, and some used rockets, and when they hit the boat, the boat was on fire, and the armor on the body of the person was burning, and many soldiers on both sides were planted in the river, and the casualties were countless.
Liu Kongzhao is even happier, Chongzhen is invincible and invincible, he has never met a sincere uncle, haha......
But he was only half happy, a person flew up from a big boat, fell from the boat into the river, and then tread the water and waves, and fell in front of Liu Kongzhao in the blink of an eye.
Liu Kongzhao and his soldiers were shocked, this person can fly?
Not only can you fly on the river, but you can also tread the waves like walking on the ground, what kind of kung fu?
Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen