In those days, if the muskets were not formed in formation, but were fired freely, it would be difficult to hit the target at a distance of thirty or forty paces. Although the Tatmadaw has elite firearms, it clearly has no experience in using them. The Burmese soldiers on the boat fired at the Ming army's boat from a distance, but when the bullets were finished, the Ming army's boat was already approaching.

Rows of arrows were fired one after another, and the soldiers of the Burmese army were shot into hedgehogs.

"Kill!" The Ming army let out an earth-shattering shout, and boats, rafts, and bamboo rafts slaughtered the Burmese army's boats.

Seeing the Ming ships rushing over, the musketeers on the Burmese ships were even more panicked and hurriedly loaded their bullets. As a result, someone loaded the gunpowder, forgot to load the projectile, picked up the gun and pulled the trigger; Some Burmese soldiers forgot to load the primer and pulled the trigger; There were also Burmese soldiers who forgot to pull out the tongs and hurriedly opened fire. Even the Burmese soldiers who had completed all the actions were in a panic, and the bullets fired out were not accurate at all.

On the contrary, the Ming army was not in a hurry, suppressed a row of random arrows, and then crashed into the small boat of the Burmese army.

"Kill!" The Ming sergeant on the small boat jumped onto the Burmese ship with swords and axes.

The chief Zhang Dou was the first to jump into a dragon-tail warship of the Burmese army, and the two plate axes were waved up and down, and in the blink of an eye, three Burmese soldiers were separated. The Ming soldiers in the back jumped up one by one, slashed with knives and axes, and cut down the Burmese soldiers one by one on the boat or into the water.

This dragon-tailed warship fell into the hands of the Ming army, and a dozen muskets and swords on board also became trophies of the Ming army.

Two rafts were storming a Burmese army dragon tail warship, the Ming army suppressed the Burmese musketeers with bows and arrows, and then the raft leaned up, and the Ming sailors standing on the raft stabbed the Burmese soldiers on the ship with harpoons and spears, and the Ming saber axemen jumped on the Burmese ships to cut down the Burmese musketeers who had not had time to reload.

Zhang Dou took his soldiers and rocked the captured dragon tail warship. Crashed into a Burmese canoe at full speed, knocking the boat over. Then they killed another Burmese warship, the two ships were close together, and the Ming army shot a group of Burmese soldiers with bows and arrows, and then jumped on the boat and cut down the Burmese soldiers on the ship. Soon, Zhang Dou successfully captured the second ship of the Burmese army.

Battleships of the Burmese Army. It also posed a great threat to the small boats of the Ming army. A Burmese warship erupted and shrapnel swept across the river, sweeping almost all of the Ming soldiers on a raft.

But the boats and rafts of the Ming army were not afraid, and more than a dozen small boats and more than 20 wooden platoons surrounded the Burmese warship. The archers fired a barrage of arrows like locusts flying in the sky, knocking out many of the gunners on the Burmese warships.

The Burmese army counterattacked with a volley of shotguns, and suddenly the flesh and blood flew on the Ming army's boat, and more than a dozen Ming soldiers fell into the river. Musketeers on Burmese warships fired into the river, and the muskets roared and white smoke filled the air. Many Ming soldiers who approached the big ship were unfortunately hit and fell into the river.

The artillery shells fired by the Ming warships two hundred meters behind the Ming boats smashed over, and many shells hit the Burmese warships, killing and wounding a large number of Burmese warships. Subsequently, two Ming army boats and four rafts took the opportunity to dock the Burmese warship. The smoke of the national surname fell like hail on the Burmese warship, exploding a ball of fire, ceramic fragments and iron beads flying sideways, overturning many Burmese sailors.

The Ming sergeant hooked the Burmese warship with a hook and climbed up.

The Burmese army fought hand-to-hand with knives and axes. But it was cut down by the Ming army like chopping melons and vegetables. More and more Ming troops boarded the Burmese army's big ship, and after the Burmese army's hand-to-hand combat soldiers were killed. The remaining gunners, musketeers, and sailors were unable to engage in close combat and had to surrender.

On the river, more than a dozen small boats and canoes of the Burmese army bypassed the small boats of the Ming army and surrounded a Ming warship.

This Ming battleship was a small British sloop chartered, and the gunners on board were also hired British gunners. The British had already loaded their guns with shotguns and aimed them at the Burmese boats. Light the fuse.

The guns on the port side of the "boom boom" spewed fire one after another, and the shotgun swept across the river 50 meters away.

A blinding mist of blood erupted from the Burmese boats and canoes, and a large number of Burmese soldiers screamed and fell into the river.

The Ming soldiers and archers on the battleship also fired fiercely at the Burmese boats, and the arrows were like locusts and bullets rained down. The Burmese army suffered heavy casualties. The Burmese boats, which were lucky enough to get close, were pushed away by the Ming and British sailors with long poles and stabbed with spears, killing many Burmese who tried to climb up. On the big ship, three Ming soldiers lit the Guojia bottle and threw the smoking Guojia bottle into the Burmese army's small boat. Only a few violent explosions were heard, smoke billowed from the boat, and the Burmese army was flying flesh and blood.

The boats and rafts of the Ming army also came up and defeated the boats and canoes of the Burmese army.

The battleships of both sides began to meet, entering within a hundred meters.

The two battleships of the Ming army and the Burmese army passed by, and the starboard side of the two ships spewed fire almost simultaneously, and solid shells flew around and fired at the opposing battleships. However, the Burmese army's ability to operate artillery is obviously not comparable to the British gunners hired by the Ming army, and the two sides fired at each other, and half of the four three-pounder shells and two four-pounder shells fired by the Ming army hit the target, causing sawdust to fly on the Burmese warship, and the Burmese soldiers fell down in a large area with screams; Only one of the six three-pounder shells fired from the Burmese battleship hit the Ming battleship.

Although the warships on both sides were not large, they were all small river boats of less than 100 tons, but the power of the three-pounder guns and four-pounder guns was too small, and it was difficult to sink the enemy ships if they only used artillery to sink the enemy ships.

Under the cover of the large ships, a large number of small boats and rafts approached the Burmese warship.

The Burmese sailors and soldiers on the Burmese warships had already been beaten by the Ming warships and their bodies were piled up, and the blood on the deck was like a river, and they were powerless to intercept the Ming boats that came to attack.

When the soldiers on the small boat of the Ming army hooked the Burmese warship with hooks, and the knife and axe men climbed onto the Burmese warship, the remaining Burmese sailors and soldiers on the ship surrendered one after another, and dedicated the basically intact battleship to the Ming army.

Wang Xinyu stood on a "big ship" of the Chinese army, and the so-called big ship was actually a British-built sloop with a displacement of about 100 tons and 18 three-pounder guns.

"That is a thief's big ship, and it also has eighteen cannons." Albert said, pointing to the two most raging Burmese warships ahead.

"They're the same ship as ours, right?" Wang Xinyu felt that the Burmese boat was very similar to his own boat.

Albert replied: "The ships are not the same, ours are English dhows, they are Portuguese Caravelles, but they are somewhat similar. These Portuguese warships are the main force of all the Burmese naval divisions, as long as they are defeated, no Burmese will be able to stop us on the Dajinsha River! ”

Wu Haodong said with a smile: "The Burmese are still not good at water warfare, and the strength of their sailors is not as good as ours, but they want to fight a decisive battle with us." Maybe they thought they were going down the river and could put a raft to burn us. But I didn't expect the wind to be in the wrong direction, and their fire attack raft was useless at all. Suppose they were erecting a barrage on the river and placing underwater piles behind it, and their big boats would hide behind the barrages and stakes, and then arrange artillery on both banks. There are barrages and underwater piles, and our big ships can't get through. We use small boats to clear the obstacles, and they attack our small boats with big boats and shore guns, and then we will be in trouble. ”

In the later Qing-Burma War, Burma had an absolute superiority in the naval division, but was defeated by the Qing army that only crossed the river in small boats, first by the Qing army's artillery on the shore to sink a number of warships, and then by the Qing army's small boats took away a lot of warships. In the end, when the Qing army retreated, because they couldn't take those ships with them, they had to burn all the big ships.

Wang Xinyu nodded solemnly: "After we defeat the Burmese army's naval division, we will let the land division land and advance by land and water, in case the Burmese use artillery against us on the shore." ”

While he was talking, two large ships of the Burmese army with more than 20 small boats were rushing back and forth in the Ming army formation. These two large ships of the Burmese army have sunk a number of small boats of the Ming army and overturned a number of rafts.

Wu Haodong, who served as the commander of the sailor, picked up the command flag and pointed forward: "Concentrate your forces to annihilate the two big ships of the Burmese army!" Our six big ships are behind, and fifty small ships are in front, so we will repel the opponent's small ships first, and then besiege the enemy's big ships! ”

The banner of the Ming army's sailors waved, and the gongs and drums rumbled. Under the command of the Chinese army, six large ships, 30 small boats and 20 large rafts slaughtered the two warships of the Burmese army.

The Burmese army used dragon tail warships and canoes to block the small boats and rafts of the Ming army, and bombarded them with large boats in the back.

The cannon roared, and the shells sent by the Burmese warships continued to fall in the river, raising milky white columns of water that rose into the sky.

The boats of the Ming army braved the fire of the Burmese army, and the soldiers rushed towards the Burmese army with all their might. The six large ships behind sailed forward, and after entering the range of the artillery, one after another the large ships came sideways, aimed at the front with their broadsides, lowered their half-sails, and bombarded the Burmese army with heavy gunfire on the broadsides.

Six large ships shelled in turn, the first large ship opened full fire on the port side, and after a round of shelling, the course was straightened; A large ship followed and crossed over, shelled the Burmese army, and then straightened the course. The six big ships took a zigzag shape, gave full play to their firepower, and hit the river surface with columns of rushing water one after another.

The boats on both sides had already approached, and the Ming boats stuck to it and fired with bows and arrows. The Burmese boats on the opposite side also fought back with muskets, and puffs of choking white smoke rose from the river.

The large boats after the Ming army rushed up, and artillery, flintlock pistols, bird guns, and bows and arrows opened fire on the Burmese boats in the river, causing the river to boil. The Burmese soldiers kept screaming and falling into the river. The boats on both sides had already collided together, and the Ming soldiers jumped onto the Burmese boat, slashed and killed, and cut down the Burmese soldiers on the boat one by one.

It was clear that the Burmese army's melee combat capabilities were far inferior to those of the Ming army, and the Burmese army suffered heavy losses after the two sides entered the broadside battle.

Burmese troops were constantly knocked down into the river, and bright red water splashed on the river. The surging river swirled and flowed downstream, and blood-red foam rose from underwater, staining large areas of the river red. (To be continued.) )