The formation of the Ming army was that the gunboats were arranged in a long straight column, with the small boats on the periphery rushing and the big ships in the middle bombarding with fire. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Wang Xinyu and Liu Guoxuan's handsome boat, that is, the flagship, did not hide in the rear of safety, but rushed in the queue. However, the Qing army's Shi Langza ship was hiding in the safe rear.

This is the difference between the Eastern and Western naval battles in those years, the Western naval battles, the flagship also followed the charge; Water battle in the East, the flagship hides behind and commands.

Wang Xinyu's flagship passed by the side of a Qing army's Dafu ship, and the cannon door erupted in turn, and the other party's ship was devastated. Although the opponent also counterattacked with artillery fire, the eastern warships of that year were still mainly engaged in broadside battles, and they were not at the same level as the Ming army's naval divisions in terms of firepower.

The two ships of the enemy and us brushed in the opposite direction from a distance of 150 paces, and just as the flagship was violently shelling the 500-material Dafu ship of the Qing army, a Ming army pole and mine boat suddenly rushed out from behind Wang Xinyu's flagship and rushed towards the Qing army's big ship.

The distance between the two sides was too close, but it was only one hundred and fifty paces, and it only took half a minute for the pole minecraft to rush there. Although the Franc cannon on the Qing warship was loaded quickly, the movement speed of this pole mineboat was quite fast, and the Qing gunners on the Daifuku ship did not replace the shotguns in the panic and mistakenly loaded the solid shells.

Two 800-pound Franc cannons spewed out tongues of fire, and two shells flew towards the onrushing rod mineboat. However, none of the shells hit, and they fell into the lake, raising two columns of water that soared into the sky.

The light oarsmen of the Japanese country on the pole mineboat rowed desperately, and the pole mineboat was like a dragon boat flying on the water, rushing straight to the Qing army's Daifuku boat.

The Qing gunners reloaded again and replaced them with a loaded shotgun, but it was too late, a row of shells on the Ming warship hit the Qing army's Dafu ship, and after a shell penetrated the battlements on the ship, the shells directly penetrated the back gun position, and the Franc cannon was knocked over on the deck, broken wood chips were shot in all directions, and several Qing gunners fell. Another shell hit the battlement, and rows of shredded wood splinters burst onto the deck like shrapnel, making the soldiers cry wolf.

The firepower of the Qing army's Daifuku ship was suppressed, and before the Qing gunners behind could come up and open fire, the pole minecraft rushed to the Daifuku ship.

"Boom" this 500-material Daifuku ship broke a big hole under the waterline and began to sink into the water.

At the moment when the big ships of the two sides were fighting, from time to time, the Ming army's pole mineboats suddenly came out from behind their own big ships, and attacked the Qing army's big ships with pole mines on the bow of the ship.

"Boom, boom, boom" The water column on the lake rose from time to time, and the big ships of the Qing army that were attacked by the Ming army's pole and mine boats were blown open one after another, and a raging fire was ignited, and the smoke was billowing and began to sink in the firelight.

Compared with the fire attack ships of the Qing army, the pole mine boat does not need to load a large amount of firewood and grass, and does not need weapons itself, so the proportion of oarsmen on the ship is high, the boat is small and flexible, the speed is fast, and the protection ability is not bad.

The Qing army's fire attack ships were not so fast, when the fire attack ships using sails were about to approach the Ming army's big ships, often the chain bullets fired by the eight-pounder cannon knocked down the sails, and the speed slowed down, and then the Ming army used small boats and fast crab boats to intercept, and it was difficult for the Qing army to find a chance to succeed.

In the melee, only one Western-style river gunboat of the Ming army was hit by a Qing fire attack ship, and the river gunboat caught fire, and the flames quickly spread to the ship, and the Ming officers on board had to give the order to abandon the battleship.

The small boats of the Ming army were also sunk a lot, and the large ships of the Qing army bombarded the small boats of the Ming army with artillery, although the hit rate was not high when attacking the small boats with high speed, but the fragile small sampan would be sunk as long as it was hit by a shell from the Hongyi cannon. There are many Ming soldiers floating on the lake.

Chen Ping's boat was also sunk by the Qing army, and after his boat destroyed four Qing boats and two fire attack ships in succession, he was injured by a fast crab boat and two people were killed. Later, the boat was hit by a cannonball fired by a Qing army ship, and four more sailors on board were killed, leaving only five people floating on the lake.

Chen Ping suffered multiple injuries on his body, and just now the boat was hit by a cannonball, and the scarred pieces of wood caused him to be scarred, and Chen Ping fell into a coma on the spot. When he woke up, he found himself floating on the water.

It was the rattan armor on his body that saved Chen Ping's life, the rattan armor has good protection and buoyancy, just like a lifebuoy, even if he falls into the water in a coma, he can let the sailor survive.

The five people who fell into the water formed a plum blossom shape, and surrounded Chen Ping, who was seriously injured, and another sailor in the middle. There were more and more Ming soldiers swimming nearby, and everyone helped each other and struggled to swim to the shore.

"Over there, there's someone in the water!" Suddenly, a Ming sergeant shouted.

Not far from them, there were floating human heads in the water.

One of the officers shouted, "Swim over and see!" ”

The Ming sailors swam hard to the drowning people not far away, and only when they got close did they see the people in the water clearly.

"It's a Tartar!" One of the soldiers shouted.

Obviously, the more than a dozen people who fell into the water here had their heads bare, and a handful of hair on the back of their heads dragged an ugly money rat tail, who were they not Qing soldiers!

Even if the Ming army has just recovered the territory, the newly joined Ming army, or the adapted Qing army prisoners, it is impossible to keep an ugly pigtail, the general newcomer is a big shaved head, some hair grows out, it is also an inch head, and any person with normal aesthetics will not keep a mouse tail braid.

As for the kind of hair that doesn't cut the braids, the front is shaved, and usually a small handful of hair in the back is scattered and put down, only the hairstyle that is not closed at night and the agents of the Heaven and Earth Society will keep it, which is conducive to being tied into braids at any time.

The Qing army that fell into the water over there saw a group of long-haired, inch-haired and bald-headed people swimming towards them, and someone exclaimed: "It's a Ming dog!" Minggou is coming to us! ”

The men on both sides were already close, and the two sides scuffled together in the water. The Qing army had a lot of numbers, but they did not have rattan armor that could both protect and provide buoyancy, and as a result, in the fight in the water, the Ming army still had the upper hand.

"Hit! Kill these dog tartars! ”

"Kill the dog!"

The Qing soldiers were pushed into the water by the Ming army, and their big hands like iron pincers either pressed their heads or choked their necks and pressed them into the water.

A bald-headed Ming sergeant grabbed a Qing soldier's pigtails and dragged his head into the water desperately. Qing Bing reached out to grab Ming Jun's hair, but grabbed an empty one. The Ming soldier grabbed the Qing soldier's pigtail with one hand and pressed his head with the other. The Qing soldiers, who were pressed into the water, struggled desperately, and after a short time, a large amount of water choked into their lungs, and the strength of the struggle became smaller and smaller, and finally stopped twitching.

When a Qing soldier saw the injured Chen Ping, he swam up and wanted to kill him.

After soaking in the water for a long time, Chen Ping fainted again. In a daze, he felt that someone was pressing his head, trying to press his head into the water, Chen Ping woke up and found that a bearded and vicious Qing soldier in front of him was holding his head.

Chen Ping felt that he was about to run out of breath, because one arm was injured, and there were many injuries on his body, and he had no strength in his whole body, he was held by the Qing soldiers and pressed into the water, he could only hold his breath and struggle.

When he was almost unable to hold on, Chen Ping suddenly thought that he still had a dagger on his body, so he took out the dagger with his uninjured left arm and sent it into the body of the Qing soldier.

Hearing only a scream, the Qing soldier's hand let go and covered his injured abdomen.

Another wounded man swam on the side, and together with Chen Ping, he pressed the head of the Qing soldier into the water......

Fierce fighting on the lake continued, with hot shells rubbing against the mist in the air to create long arcs. On the surface of the lake that is more than ten miles long, the waves suddenly rolled, and the water columns rose into the sky, and the cannonballs rained like rain, and the lake water was boiling.

The powder keg of a Qing Haicang ship was hit by a cannonball, which directly triggered a martyrdom, and the ship immediately turned into a huge fireball.

Often when the big ships of the two sides are bombarding each other, a rod mineboat suddenly emerges and sends the big ship of the Qing army to the bottom of the water.

The Qing army's fire attack ships were difficult to play a role, and most of them were intercepted and killed by the Ming army's small boats, even if they broke through the small boats and intercepted them heavily, they were sent to the bottom by the Ming army's large ships with a row of cannonballs.

"I didn't expect the Minggou Sailor to be so strong! It is not that the officers and men of our naval division are ineffective in combat, but that the dogs and boats are strong and artillery, and the superiority in weapons cannot be compensated for by our bravery! Lin Xingzhu sighed.

"Prepare to retreat and lead Minggou into the ambush circle!" Shi Lang gave the order.

Shi Lang is not an idle person, he has already made arrangements. The Qing army's fleet fought and retreated, leading the Ming army to an island in the middle of the lake. The Qing army arranged fire attack ships in the reeds between the islands, and in the waters between the islands, the Qing army laid underwater hidden piles under the water, and the waters were originally overgrown with aquatic weeds.

"The Tartars are retreating in Shunshui, but not in the direction of Yuezhou, but in the northwest direction, there must be a deception in this! Let people raise the hot air balloon and see what is famous over there! Liu Guoxuan gave the order.

"Don't chase after the poor, Shi Lang is not a simple person, if it weren't for the good weapons of our army, this battle would be really difficult to fight. Fly up the hot air balloon and have a look. Wang Xinyu also nodded in agreement.

The Ming fleet slowed down, and on the flagship, hot air balloons rose.

In a hot air balloon basket, a soldier with a telescope looks out miles to islands and reeds. At first glance, it was not clear what was inside, but after careful inspection, the soldier found something hidden in the reeds, and it seemed that someone and a boat were lying in ambush inside.

Seeing the note hanging down with a rope on the hot air balloon, Liu Guoxuan pointed to the water in the distance and said: "That water area is full of reeds, and the water and grass are overgrown underwater, if we go in, I'm afraid we will be fooled!" (To be continued.) )