Chapter 415: Hangzhou Bay Victory

As the giant ship in front fell crookedly, it immediately blocked the route of the rear warships to charge.

In addition, there were two other ships that were almost completely destroyed in sails and masts, and the three ships that could move for a while were also blocked by their own people, seeing that they were only seventy or eighty steps away from the Ming army, but they were eager to get closer.

The Daming Sailor used the most reasonable tactics to create an opportunity for himself to continue firing artillery.

All cannons of nine pounder and above used silk powder packets with little to no residue, so it took five or six consecutive shots to clean the chamber. With the track erection device, the reloading was extremely fast, and as soon as the three warships in the back row of the Jianyu had turned around for a small half circle, dozens of cannons of the Ming army roared again.

The distance of more than seventy paces is simply a blow to the face for a cannon, and there is almost no bullet.

This time, all the cannons were replaced with solid bullets, and suddenly, a torrential rain composed of iron balls slapped on the Qing warship. Each shell exploded, and hundreds of pieces of wood flew all over the sky.

By the time the cannon was far away, slag and corpses filled the gap between the ships, rising and falling with the waves. Several of the ships were in ruins, their masts lying horizontally on the deck, their skeletons almost visible through the bullet holes in their hulls, and seawater pouring into their hulls through the holes.

On the other side, the Ming gunners had already completed the next reload......

Even after the first round of shelling, Sully had already realized that something was wrong, where were the four warships, it was literally four fortresses!

He was stunned, turned around and ran towards the entrance of the bilge, turning back to the officer on the ship and shouting, "Retreat!" Rewind ......"

But at this moment, the second salvo of the Ming army hit, and the ears of those people were buzzed by the sound of cannonballs, and after the tremor of the cannonballs hitting the hull passed, one of them hurriedly asked: "My lord, what are you talking ......about?"

The second half of his sentence was stuck in his throat, and only a pile of minced meat was left where Su Li was standing before, and only his close-fitting gold saber was twisted into a twisted shape and fell aside.

Several officers were shocked and bloodless, looked at each other, and said in a trembling voice: "This, how is this good......

Immediately, someone reacted and hurriedly said: "You can't go to Lord Kaha without a leader." ”

"Yes!"

Several people rushed into Kaha's cabin in despair, only to see the latter hugging the head of the bed and trembling.

"Lord Commander-in-Chief, Commander Su is dead, please lead the army to meet the enemy......"

The words were interrupted by a burst of cannons, and Kaha was already frightened by the six gods, and only subconsciously responded: "Enemy...... How do I know how to meet the enemy......"

"By the way," he suddenly stood up and pointed at an officer casually, "You, take someone to stop the Nanban warship!" ”

"But ......"

"You dare to disobey?!"

"The last general will not dare to ......"

The officers went out of the cabin and wanted to retreat, but the chief general gave the order to attack the enemy, so they had to return to the deck.

Soon, the artillery of the Ming army roared again with a volley......

More than 60 boats outflanked by Jianyu's left flank were stopped head-on by Liu Guoxuan's troops. The commander of the Qing army did not pay attention to these 20 or so small boats at all, and did not even change the formation, so he ordered an attack with bow artillery.

Liu Guoxuan did not engage him, but only used the tailwind to quickly move and maneuver 300 steps away from the enemy. However, due to the disparity in numbers, his ship was still hit by several shots, and even the mast of one ship was broken.

Seeing that the enemy ship was getting closer and closer to the Ming army's battle line, Liu Guoxuan was about to shake the enemy ship as a last resort, but he heard a cheer from the sailors behind him.

When he turned his head to look, he saw that the huge figure of the Shao Wu was speeding towards him, and in the distance, only three enemy ships were barely floating on the sea, and there was a mess around it, and there were thousands of Qing soldiers dying in the sea.

Seven thousand-material warships were routed so quickly?! Although he was well aware of the power of the new ships of the sailors, he could not help but be shocked in his heart.

He reacted immediately and ordered his adjutant in a loud voice, "Order, turn to the back of the battle line, and form a circle to guard against the arson boats!" ”

"Yes!"

Both sides of the battle line were heavily fired, and if the enemy ships attacked from both sides, it would be tantamount to death, for fear that the Jianyu would take advantage of the large number of people and set fire to them from the flanks and rear.

However, it turns out that Liu Guoxuan is too worried.

Without waiting for the Qing warships to form their formations, the four Galen warships pulled up their full sails and inserted themselves into the right flank of the enemy ships in the blink of an eye with the help of the north wind.

The more than fifty cannons on the side of the ship were simply devastating to the construction of these small and medium-sized warships. An eighteen-pounder cannon could even penetrate a small ship and then seriously damage the ship behind it.

Before these sixty or so enemy ships could react, the Ming warships had completed five salvos. Almost instantly, more than half of the enemy ships had been torn to shreds, and most of the rest were battered and floating in a large wreckage.

The impact of this shelling on the Qing army's heart was too great. When Shao Wu and the others stopped firing cannons, Liu Guoxuan led his troops to shout "lower the sails and kneel to avoid death" near the enemy troops, and the remaining 20 or so enemy ships immediately raised the white flag.

Then Shao Wu rushed to the right flank to reinforce Zhang Guoxuan's troops non-stop, but the battle on his side was nearing the end.

Zhang Guoxuan took advantage of the advantage of being upwind to move flexibly, and from time to time went around to the enemy's side to form a miniature battle line salvo.

The six small Galen warships in his hands had a total of eighteen six-pounder guns and twenty four-pounder guns, and the salvo firepower was close to the more than 50 junk ships of the Qing army. Coupled with the fact that the battle line tactics could concentrate on killing a little, he actually destroyed seven enemy ships in such a good way just now.

When the Qing army saw that the main force of their Chinese army was wiped out in an instant, and the left flank had also surrendered after eating a few rounds of artillery, more than seventy percent of the warships surrendered before the Shao Wu approached.

Twenty or so other enemy ships fled eastward, but how fast were they as fast as the Galen ships? The Fuzhou took Zhang Guoxuan's troops to chase after them for less than two hours, and then captured or killed these defeated enemies.

"Lord Admiral, the battlefield is over." Shi Lang entered the bow compartment of the Shaowu and saluted Zheng Chenggong, "A total of two enemy ships of 1,000 materials have been captured, two ships of 6,700 materials have been captured, and more than 50 small boats of various types. It's just that most of the big ships have been seriously injured.

"In addition, the enemy chief Kaha has also been found, and there are thirty-three puppet officials below......"

Ruan Jin still couldn't believe what was happening today, and fifty Fujian warships swept away the Jianyu Qiantang Naval Division in less than an hour.

But the wreckage floating everywhere around him, who had just been brought to his knees and the officers of Jianyu reminded him again and again that these were true.

By the time of dinner, he had already made contact with the Wucaoyu side, and although most of the wharves and camps were destroyed, there were very few casualties among the sailors.

He immediately took his subordinates to find Zheng Chenggong to thank him, and when he arrived outside the cabin door, he heard Shi Langzheng say in a loud voice: "Your Excellency, the Yangtze River Navy Master Luo Mingshou Luo's General has sent someone to say that his warship has passed Nanhui. ”