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Under the combined attack of chain shells and scorching bombs, a number of captured ships on the south side of Laizhou Harbor began to emit black smoke, and the losses soared several times compared with the previous bombardment.

However, these two shells, especially the Scorching Bullet, are not always usable. It would be a waste of time to burn the shells red in the first place, and there was simply no time to prepare the shells slowly in the heat of a naval battle. Secondly, this red-hot shell is also a double-edged sword, and if it is not operated well, it is easy to directly ignite the propellant and cause casualties to the loader. Finally, if an enemy shell hits a furnace that is burning the shell, the consequences can be catastrophic.

It was after Liu Guoxuan confirmed that the Qing army did not show any signs of counterattack for the time being, so he took the risk of ordering the launch of a scorching bomb that could expand the results of the battle.

When the Ji'an made a fourth U-turn and "strafed" at the enemy ships stationed there, it heard a series of deafening roars on both sides of the harbor.

He hurriedly raised his eyes to look to the shore, and saw a large cloud of gunpowder smoke rising from the three fixed batteries on the east and west sides of the harbor, apparently having just carried out a round of shelling.

According to the advance planning of the sailors, the closest to these three forts were a total of 13 warships led by the Guangzhou and Zhangzhou. The forts guarding the harbor usually have the most powerful heavy artillery on the periphery to try to keep the enemy out of the sea as much as possible, while the cannons on the harbor batteries are usually not too large.

According to the information provided by the Korean naval division that "reinforced" the Jianqing, there were three twelve-pounder guns and six nine-pounder guns on these three batteries, and the firepower was no match for the two fourth-class cruisers of the Daming naval division—even if the twelve-pounder guns were to penetrate their hulls, it would take great luck. According to the judgment of the naval division, the suppressive firing of the fort with the Guangzhou and Zhangzhou should be enough to cover other ships to continue to destroy the enemy ships.

But after the sound of the cannon on the shore sounded, Liu Guoxuan immediately realized that something was wrong, the number of this heavy cannon was not only nine at all, and three of them were particularly harsh, definitely more than eighteen pound cannons!

He hurriedly picked up the telescope and looked at the north side of the port, and sure enough, he saw that the Zhangzhou was speeding up laterally in some embarrassment, and a huge hole appeared behind the port side, which should have been hit by Fang Cai's shelling.

On the other side, the Canton was still firing heavily at a fort on the west bank, but it was clearly losing ground.

In the era of sail warships, it was taboo for warships to shoot at fixed batteries.

Because the battery has no worries about the load capacity, it can be placed with thickened and lengthened heavy guns, and even if the caliber is the same, because it can be loaded with more propellant, the power will firmly overwhelm the ship's gun. In addition, the turret is condescending, and the cannonball is accelerated by gravity after being fired, and the power can be increased by several percent.

Therefore, the previous decision of the naval division to suppress the battery with warships was completely based on the lack of firepower of the battery. However, at the moment, these three batteries are by no means capable of being dealt with by two fourth-class cruisers.

To completely sink an enemy ship with solid shells, it usually takes many rounds of close-range fire, even if it takes half an hour.

At present, although the sailors do not seek to sink the enemy ships, they must at least make them lose the ability to move, and the hundreds of warships on the outskirts of Laizhou Harbor cannot be done in two hours. However, the Guangzhou and Zhangzhou were already in a state of panic in a moment, and they may not be able to hold on for half an hour.

Soon, the Canton, who was in charge of the battle command in the port, raised the flag and ordered all the warships to temporarily leave the range of battery fire and first clear the enemy ships at the north and south ends.

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When Zheng Zhilong heard the earth-shattering roar of artillery in Laizhou Port, people were inspecting the newly built 700-material plywood ship in the shipyard.

When he rode his horse to the harbor, climbed high and looked into the harbor, his face turned pale with surprise when he boarded—in the long and narrow harbor, more than 30 enemy ships were raging, and his precious warships were still moored on the shore, flying in fragments under the fierce artillery fire of the Ming army, but none of the boats sailed out to meet the battle.

And what shocked him the most was that those enemy ships were all plywood boats, and the two largest ones were much larger than his newly built "Sheng" plywood boats! As for the 600 material "Wei" brand name that he relied on as the main force, it was not much bigger than the smallest warship of the Ming army.

Although he had learned from the Helan people a while ago that the Ming army had built a lot of large plywood warships, he expected that they would be slightly larger than the "Wei" at most, but he never imagined that it would be such a terrifying giant ship. He had only seen such a large plywood gun ship in Batavia before, and it should have carried more than thirty heavy guns, and it was also the absolute main force in the hands of the Helan people!

Even if the Great Ming Sailor in front of him opened a battle with him on the open sea, he estimated that he would have a forty percent chance of winning at most, but at this time, it was the Ming army that suddenly attacked, which was simply a one-sided slaughter......

In fact, he didn't know that at this time, there was a 500-ton Shao Wu and four corvettes parked outside the port, plus those ships, where could he have a forty percent chance of winning?

Zheng Zhilong had an officer who was fleeing in a panic arrested, and shouted, "Where is Zheng Duren?!" ”

"Go back, go back to the military gate, the little military master went to the Laizhou camp to ask for reinforcements......"

"Rubbish!" Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but be angry, the enemy army was attacked by a warship, which door did he go to the Laizhou camp to ask for help?! Eighty percent of this kid escaped from the battle!

He glanced at the Qing army running around on the dock like headless flies, and immediately drew his knife and cut down the unlucky officer, and said in a deep voice: "Pass my general order, everyone will board the ship and meet the enemy!" Cowards, slash! ”

Soon, the captives who had previously been chaotic due to the lack of unity of command began to gather one after another. To say that Zheng Zhilong, as a veteran pirate, still has some ruthless characters in his subordinates. When they were sea bandits, they were surrounded and suppressed by officers and soldiers, and at this time, they seemed to remember the situation again, and they all showed a fierce attitude, and coerced other soldiers to board their warships under the fire of artillery in the sky.

When Zheng Zhilong reluctantly gathered the deserters and stabilized his position slightly, he heard a roar from the surrounding forts. After another moment, I saw Hong Xu hurrying over with more than ten meters of guards, "Junmen, the little military master only taught me to resist the enemy on the spot, and did not give detailed instructions." Seeing that the enemy's ship was strong, he ordered the shore batteries to fire cannons to retreat from the enemy without authorization, and asked the military to punish him. ”

"Well done!"

Zheng Zhi Longxin said that it was fortunate that these old guys under his command were still there, and looked towards the port again, and saw that under the fierce fire of the fort, the nearby Ming warships had begun to retreat to both sides, and he was overjoyed at the moment, "Fortunately, Vice General Liu added fourteen heavy cannons last month, otherwise I am afraid that there will be no power to return to heaven today." ”

In fact, Liu Jinzhong was just in the name of adding heavy artillery, so that he could collude with Jue Luo Langqiu to make a fortune from the money he bought the artillery, but he didn't expect to bring a lot of trouble to the Ming army by mistake.

On the other hand, the officers sent by Zheng Wancheng to investigate the situation of the Qing army's forts were drunk every day, and they drank alcohol nearby every time they "spied on intelligence," and only used the situation of the Laizhou fort last year to deal with their superiors.

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