Chapter 413: Ruan Jin's Shock (Page 1/1)

"The gunners of the Fujian people are so accurate...... Niu Bin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and no longer dared to stand on the bow of the ship, so he casually pulled a subordinate general to order him to continue to command, and he went into the bilge himself.

In fact, the gunners of the Daming Navy Division, who had just passed the "internship period", could only be regarded as a middle and lower level, but they could not stand up to the many cannons, especially the heavy artillery, so although only 20% of the shells hit the target, they still made Niu Bin's side cry wolf and scream endlessly.

Niu Bin's temporarily appointed substitute commander was stunned, and his first thought was to fight back, and he hurriedly shouted: "Are you all stupid?!" Shoot Lao Tzu! ”

After a little more relief, the Qing troops on each ship finally recovered from the fierce shelling from the opposite side, and then the sparse sound of cannon came from all directions.

A total of more than 20 cannons roared, but under the great fright, the Qing gunners had no intention of aiming at all, and only one shot was lucky enough to hit the port side of the Jianchang. The six-pound shell left only a shallow mark on its seven-inch-thick beech hull, and it leaped diagonally upward.

Before Niu Bin's gunners could reload, the roar of artillery once again erupted from the battle line of the Daming Water Division......

Ruan Jin couldn't believe his eyes at all!

He and his men had only rowed more than four miles—although the speed was slower against the wind and current—but it was only after a short time that only seven or eight of the thirty-odd warships were still floating on the surface, and the rest had either sunk to the bottom of the sea or were sinking.

He squeezed his thigh so hard that it hurt him and bared his teeth.

Fuck it! It's not a dream! Ruan Jin opened his mouth, and suddenly remembered that the cannon sound on Fang Cai's side seemed to be extremely dense, as if there were four or five hundred ships in a big battle, could it be that the Fujian Navy Division had other strong reinforcements, so he cleaned up these thirty enemy ships in an instant.

He carefully swept around again, and there were only about fifty warships cleaning the battlefield and salvaging prisoners, but there was no "reinforcement" in sight.

A light shuttle soon spotted them, and immediately sailed in front of them, and someone in the bow shouted: "Abandon the oars and kneel to die!" ”

Ruan Jin saw the blue background of the sun and the moon on the bow of the ship, and his heart was relieved, it was indeed a Fujian sailor! He hurriedly said loudly: "We are Zhejiang Sailors, and we are in a hurry to see your boss!" ”

A moment later, Ruan Jin and the others, surrounded by the soldiers of the Daming Water Division, climbed the majestic Shao Wu along the rope ladder.

He turned his head to look around, and the first thing he saw was the three stout masts on the deck of the ship that reached into the clouds, more than three times the masts of an ordinary warship. Huge sails hang on it, and they are hunted in the sea breeze.

Although he didn't know why such a high mast would not cause the ship's weight to be unstable and capsize, he immediately understood that such a large sail must be extremely capable of eating the wind, no wonder the speed of the Fujian sailors would be so fast.

Then he saw on the deck six small cannons of a thousand pounds, and eight Franc cannons of various sizes, and he was very surprised, how could these cannons destroy more than 30 captives in an instant?

Of course, it is impossible to explain to him the principle that the light weight of the soft sail can greatly increase the height of the mast and increase the sail area.

As for the main heavy guns of the Shao Wu, they were all placed on the two layers of gun decks inside the hull, and he had no chance to visit them for the time being.

In the bow cabin, an officer of the naval division saluted a young man who was looking into the distance: "Your Excellency, there is a person who claims to be a Zhejiang naval division who says that he is in a hurry to see you. ”

"Oh? Let him in. ”

When Ruan Jin was brought into the cabin, he had just heard outside that the person in front of him was the Admiral of the Fujian Navy, and the other party had saved his life just now, so he did not hesitate to step forward and kneel on one knee, clasped his fists and saluted: "The last general will meet the Admiral!" ”

Zheng Chenggong helped him up, exchanged his name again, and nodded: "General Ruan took the risk to come to inform the enemy, and the lower official is very grateful. ”

In fact, he had already learned from the people brought back by Ban Chao before that there was a large group of Qing army warships nearby, but he was still very grateful for Ruan Jin's righteous act of risking his life to warn.

"Hey, Lord Admiral, Moti these!" Ruan Jin hurriedly said, "Leave this place quickly, it will be too late for the main force of the thieves to arrive!" ”

Zheng Chenggong smiled and said, "Presumably General Ruan knows how to get to Wucaoyu the fastest, right?" ”

Ruan Jin nodded subconsciously, suddenly widened his eyes again, and asked in shock, "You, what are you going to do?!" ”

"Save the soldiers of Wucaoyu," Zheng Chenggong clenched his fists and said, "By the way, I cleaned up the Qiantang Water Master who was built." ”

"This ...... How is that possible?! ”

……

Kaha's face was clouded, staring at the two soldiers kneeling in front of him, and said coldly: "You said that Niu Bin's army was wiped out? ”

The messenger sent by Niu Bin had arrived half an hour earlier, and Kaha had planned to slaughter all the southerners on Wucaoyu before meeting the enemy, but at this time he was shocked to learn that Niu Bin had been defeated.

"Hui, Hui, Lord Commander, yes, yes......"

"Where's Niu Binren?!"

One of them pointed to the boat they had come from and whispered, "Here, there......"

"Why didn't he get here?!" Kaha slammed the table and said angrily.

An officer on the side hurriedly came up and whispered, "My lord, Commander Niu is dead, and the last general has just carried his body onto the boat." ”

Kaha looked at the two soldiers and said, "Say! What the hell is going on? ”

These two people are Zheng Chenggong's specially selected Qing army cooks, and they have been in the bilge during the battle, so they are not clear about the battle situation, and they only say that they met the Fujian Navy Division east of Xiapan Mountain, and the artillery outside rumbled, and the Ming army won in less than half an hour.

Kaha's face became even more ugly, and he pointed to the two of them and said, "Then how did you two come back?" ”

"It's the Fujian Sailor who mentions it...... Ah, no, the admiral of the thief army said that he admired the bravery of the ox commander in battle, and ordered the little one to send the ox commander back with the corpse. ”

"Brave fart! Throw this waste out of the sea for me to feed the fish! ”

The two soldiers looked at each other again, and with a trembling hand, they took out a letter and held it to Kaha, "Great, my lord, the commander of the thief army still has a letter to pass on to you." ”

Kaha took the letter and unfolded it, but he didn't recognize a word, and handed it to Suli beside him, "Read!" ”

The latter took a quick glance, frowned and said hurriedly: "My lord, this surnamed Zhu said that he has led a warship to Hangzhou and wants to destroy our army's grain and grass......

Kaha glared at the Zhejiang officer beside him, and said angrily: "Didn't you say that the Fujian warship is still a hundred miles away and is against the wind and water? How did you end up here?! ”

"This ......"

The officers were also very puzzled, according to the normal speed, it was indeed impossible for the Fujian Navy Division to appear near Xiapan Mountain.

It took a long time for someone to speak: "My lord, the patrol officer who said that the Fujian people had just passed Zhoushan yesterday must have accepted bribes from the southerners and came back to falsely spread the military information." ”

(End of chapter)

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