The small gunboats of the Ming army, which used pedals to drive the water wheel to propulsion, moved fast, were less affected by the current, turned around and turned very flexibly, and could move forward from head to tail, and could not be steered, as long as the sailors turned around and sit, they could sail in the opposite direction, which could be said to be free to advance and retreat. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Although the hull of these small gunboats is small, the guns are not bad, and the sub-mother guns improved on the basis of the Franc machine have better sealing than the Franc machine, and the power range accuracy has naturally increased.

Hordes of Ming boats rushed into the herd like a pack of wolves, attacking the clumsy and toothless Qing ships.

It is most appropriate to use a stupid cow to describe the big ship of the Qing army. Once a wolf is kicked to the point by a bull, or hit by the horns, it will be injured. But the nimble wolf doesn't give the stupid cow a chance at all. The small boats of the Ming army flexibly attacked the big ships of the Qing army, and beat the big ships into sawdust and blood splashed everywhere.

Every time the small gunboat fired, the hull shook violently, as if it was about to fall apart, and the angle was not well grasped, and the boat spun in the river. However, the officers and men of the Ming Army's naval division, who grew up on the seashore since childhood, were not affected in the slightest, and followed the direction of the rotation of the small warship, and the bow and stern of the ship took turns firing cannons, and the shells seemed to be non-stop.

"Up! Attack! Kuroda Masao asked his own soldiers to issue orders with small flags.

Behind the small gunboats of the Ming army, the pole mineboats increased their speed, the sailors on the ship suddenly stepped on the pedals, and the stern swept up a white wake, and the pole mineboats swooped down on the big ships of the Qing army under the dual action of the water wheel and the current, like an arrow offline.

In a short time, a pole mineboat had approached a bird boat of the Qing army.

"Hurry up!" The Qing officers on the ship shouted hoarsely.

The cannon on the bow of the Qing bird's ship roared, but the shell failed to hit the target and fell into the water, raising a column of skyrocketing water.

The pole mineboat rushed straight to the bow of the Qing army, and the bird boat, which had only one gun in the bow, was slow to load, and it was too late to load new shells when it missed a shot, and the pole mineboat had already rushed into the dead corner of the Qing army's artillery.

"Shoot the arrows! Hurry up and release the arrows! The Qing officer on the bird boat shouted.

The pole minecraft avoided the frontal impact of the Qing army's big ship, and flexibly detoured to the side. At this time, the arrows rained down on the big ship, and rows of random arrows pierced the baffle erected by the pole mineboat, as if a reed had grown. The pole minecraft protected by the baffle was unscathed, and the sailors on the ship stepped on the pedals with all their might, driving the pole minecraft to approach the Qing army bird boat.

"Shoot with a sling!" The Qing officer shouted anxiously.

A row of feathered arrows flew into the sky and landed above the unprotected pole mineboat.

The Japanese mercenaries on the pole mineboat took up their shields one after another to block most of the arrows falling from the sky, but some sailors were shot by random arrows, and there were casualties on board. At the same time, the muskets on the pole minecraft also fired back, a row of white smoke rose from the row, and several archers fell on the large ship of the Qing army.

A samurai at the bow of the boat pushed the bamboo pole out, and a mine was attached to the bird boat. The mercenaries of the Japanese state on the pole mineboat lit the fuse, let go of the bamboo pole, and the pole mineboat quickly retreated. When the pole mineboat left a certain distance, a column of sky-high water rose on the river, and the Qing army bird boat that was hit by the mine broke in two and sank into the water.

Kuroda Masao's pole mineboat rushed straight to one of the largest Daifuku ships of the Qing army, and the sailors on his ship were the most experienced and physically energetic old sailors, and the pedals were as fast as flywheels, and the water wheel turned white waves in the water, and the pole mineboat was like an arrow, rushing straight to the Qing army's Daifuku boat.

The Qing Army Dafu Ship was the flagship of the Qing Army's naval division, and it was a large ship with a capacity of 600 materials. Seeing a small boat of the Ming army rushing over, the guerrillas of the Qing army knew that this kind of ship was an upgraded version of the fire attack ship, with mines on it, and once it was hit, it would be the end of the ship's destruction and death. So the Qing guerrillas shouted: "Hurry up and open the artillery!" ”

The pole mineboat is facing the bow of the Qing army's Daifuku ship at high speed, and the front area of the pole mineboat itself is small, and there is only one Hongyi cannon in the bow of the Daifuku ship, so it is not easy to use a cannon to hit a pole mineboat that rushes at high speed.

The Qing army's Dafu ship fired a cannon, and there were still more than 300 steps away, and the speed of the pole mineboat was extremely fast, so the Qing army's cannonball naturally missed.

However, the guerrilla attack of the Qing army's naval division was also considered to have two blows, and he ordered the Dafu ship to turn around and use the Franc machine guns with a large number of side guns to deal with the rod mineboats that rushed over. It's just a pity that the steering of the Daifuku ship is not so flexible. Seeing the Qing army's Daifuku ship turning, Kuroda Masao's pole mineboat also turned.

The four thousand-pound Franc machine guns on the side of the Daifuku ship spewed fire, but none of the shells hit, and they fell in the water in the front and rear of the pole mineboat, and the columns of water rose up one after another.

"Minggou is getting closer! Wait for the dog to get closer, let go of the arrow! The Qing army's naval division guerrilla shouted. According to his experience, the next Ming army boat should have rushed within 100 paces. As long as you enter within 100 steps, the accuracy of the Franc cannon on the Daifuku ship can be improved, and the distance is so close that it is easy to hit the target. In addition, within 100 paces, the archers on the Qing ships and the small firearms in the bowl can also be fired.

As long as you are within 100 steps, the Daifuku ship is full of firepower, and it can still beat the pole mineboat to a thousand holes.

It's a pity that what the Qing guerrillas didn't expect was that this pole mineboat only reached about 100 steps, so it did not continue to advance, but reduced its speed. The Qing guerrillas saw that a Ming officer at the bow of the pole mineboat had put a cone-shaped object into the water, with a long bamboo pole attached to it. The Ming officer pushed the bamboo pole and pushed the conical object forward.

"It's so far away, Minggou still wants to push the mines over? Hahaha! Seeing the ridiculous actions of the Ming army officer, the Qing army guerrillas couldn't help laughing.

However, the smile of the Qing army's guerrilla quickly solidified on his face, because he saw the Ming officer on the pole mineboat pull the rope, and then the cone-shaped object spewed out a puff of white smoke, swam quickly on the water, and rushed towards his Dafu boat, the speed of the object was very fast, the distance was not more than a hundred steps, and the cone-shaped object could quickly rush to him.

"Turn around!" The Qing guerrillas shouted.

At a distance of only a hundred paces, it only took ten breaths for the cone-shaped object to crash headlong into the Daifuku ship.

The head of the fire dragon into the water copper wire friction collision fuse, after hitting the Daifuku ship, the impact rod retracted, pushed the fire cap, ignited the fuse in the thunder body, and then ignited the thunder, only to hear a "boom" thunderous sound, more than 100 catties of gunpowder in the thunder body exploded violently.

More than 100 catties of gunpowder is enough to sink a cruiser with a displacement of 500 tons and a Western-style oak structure, not to mention a Dafuku ship with a displacement of only 300 tons and a cedar structure? The Daifuku ship immediately broke in two and sank in the firelight.