Chen Ping is the chief of a small boat, and there are eight oarsmen on his boat, one chief and two captains, who are also archers themselves, and there are also four archers among the oarsmen, and after approaching the opposing boat, the four oarsmen can stop and paddle and attack each other with bows and arrows. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 At the same time, the eleven people on the ship were also hand-to-hand combatants, each with a knife and axe.

In addition to the relatively large boats, the long-range weapons on ordinary small boats are bows and arrows, because the boats are so small, it is inevitable that water will enter the cabin when paddling, and if you use firearms, the gunpowder will not be fired if it is wet.

Although the bowstrings were also afraid of water, their bows and arrows were wrapped in oilcloth and used only when they approached the enemy, and they did not fire many arrows, usually five or six arrows, and then entered hand-to-hand combat. The musket was not very useful on small boats because it was slow to load.

Just now Chen Ping and the others attacked a small boat of the Qing army, and the configuration of the other party's boat was the same as them, and it was also eleven people. When the two sides were approaching, Chen Ping opened his bow and shot three sailors in a row, and the other two commanders and four archers also shot and killed three of the opponents. The ships of both sides then approached and engaged in hand-to-hand combat.

Chen Ping simply wrapped his bow and arrows in oilcloth, jumped onto the enemy ship, and hacked a Qing commander to death with an axe. His soldiers were all very strong, walking on the rocking boats, and in the blink of an eye, they all cut down the remaining four Qing soldiers.

Because of the effective protection of the rattan armor, only four people on Chen Ping's side were slightly injured, two were shot in the arm by arrows, and two people were in hand-to-hand combat, one was cut in the forearm, and one was cut in the calf. However, the four injured were all slightly injured, and they were simply bandaged and continued to fight.

Chen Ping's small boat killed a Qing army attack ship, and after approaching the Qing army attack ship, with the cooperation of three friendly ships, the four small boats fired more than 40 rockets and ignited the fire attack ship.

The Qing army attacked the ship and burst into flames, and the Qing soldiers on the ship untied the cable and fled to the small boat behind the fire attack ship.

Just as Chen Ping and his comrades-in-arms were attacking the second Qing army's attack ship, a Qing army's fast crab boat swooped down on his boat with murderous vigour.

The Qing army's fast crab boat was not equipped with artillery, but the fast crab boat was seven zhang long and one zhang wide, which was more than eight times larger than Chen Ping's small boat, which was three zhang three feet long and five feet wide.

Well, the size of the ship is calculated by volume, and if it is more than double the length, it will be at least eight times more than the volume.

The big ship that is so much bigger than himself, not to mention colliding, even if it is a weapon on the other party's ship, it is enough for him to drink a pot. Although there were no artillery on the Qing army's fast crab boats, there were many bowl-mouth guns, bird guns, turtledove-foot guns and a large number of bows and arrows, and it was impossible for small boats to compete with fast crab boats.

The Qing army's fast crab boat swooped down on Chen Ping's boat with murderous spirits, and the feather arrow projectiles on the boat rained down. Although the boat had a baffle and the sailors still had armor, the armor still could not stop the projectile, and two Ming soldiers were killed on the spot, five were injured, and even Chen Ping was hit by a shotgun in the arm.

The fast crab boat collided headlong, and at this critical moment, a Ming army's fast crab boat rushed out, and the sub-mother cannon on the bow of the boat was aimed at the Qing army's fast crab boat, and the muzzle of the gun spewed out a ball of fire, and the shotgun fell on the Qing army's fast crab boat like rain.

The Ming gunners rotated the cover plate at the tail of the sub-mother gun, hooked the sub-gun out with an iron hook, and then stuffed a new sub-gun, then covered the cover, tightened, pierced a fuse from the fire door reserved on the cover, and then lit the torch, and a row of shotguns rained down on the Qing army's fast crab boat, which was only ten seconds before and after!

The rate of fire of the improved sub-mother cannon by the Franc machine is not lost to the Franc machine, but the sealing is much better, and the power naturally increases a lot, the two-hundred-pound sub-mother cannon fires again and again, and the fast crab boat is flexible, and there is a sub-mother cannon that can rotate in the bow and stern, and the two cannons fire in turn, so that a blood mist rises on the fast crab ship of the Qing army.

Not only did the Ming fast crab ships bombard them with artillery, but the bird gunners and archers on the ships also fired a dense barrage of feathered arrows and projectiles at the Qing army. Chen Ping, who was relieved, used his uninjured arm to direct the archers on the ship to counterattack, and shot feather arrows one after another.

After a while, there was no one on the Qing army's fast crab ship who could stand.

On the board of the commander of the Ming Army, Wang Xinyu and Wang Shirong stood together.

Wang Shirong put down the binoculars and said with a sigh: "Your small boats, fast crab boats and longboats, although there is no difference between the ship type and the Tartar, but your weapons and equipment are good, this is absolute strength!" In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks cannot succeed! No matter how powerful Shi Lang is, I'm afraid this battle will be more auspicious! ”

Wang Xinyu said with a smile: "Shi Lang does have two tricks in water warfare!" But this battle, he lost it! ”

At this time, Liu Guoxuan, who was standing on the side, said: "Dashuai, if we beat Shi Lang to death this time, I don't know what Huang Xigon will do?" Didn't Huang Xigon want to dedicate his granddaughter to you? This Shi Lang is the brother-in-law of his brother, if it is related, you and Shi Lang are still related. ”

"If you accept Huang Xigon's granddaughter, wouldn't Shi Lang's seniority be two generations higher than mine? But even if he becomes XX's aunt and grandfather, as long as he falls into the hands of XX, he can only kill him. Wang Xinyu smiled.

In fact, in terms of generation, Shi Lang is Shi Fu's son, Shi Fu and Zheng Zhilong are the same generation, Shi Lang and Zheng Chenggong are the same generation, and the generation is one generation higher than Wang Xinyu.

As he spoke, the long-barreled cannon on the chariot opened fire again, this time aimed at a fast crab ship of the Qing army. The whistling cannonballs swept across the water and hit the fast crab boat a mile away, and from a distance through the binoculars, I saw a cloud of blood mist rising from the Qing army's ship, and the eight-pound shells smashed several Qing soldiers in succession.

Because of the high bore pressure and fast muzzle velocity, the accuracy of the long-barreled cannon is still quite high. It's just that the barrel is long, and it is difficult to reload. After firing one shell, the soldiers were busy for a long time, and about two minutes later, the second shell was fired.

However, other vehicles and ships, as well as the gunboats in front, also had long-barreled guns, and more than a dozen eight-pounder guns fired continuously, and the fast crab boat, which had been heavily shot, finally lost its support and began to sink.

There was a car ship in front of the handsome ship of the Chinese army, and there was only less than 300 steps left from a fast crab boat of the Qing army. At this moment, Wang Shirong saw that the car and ship suddenly accelerated, leaving two white marks on the stern, and rushed towards a fast crab boat of the Qing army. When there were still two hundred paces away, tongues of fire erupted from the gun doors of the side doors of the vehicles and ships, and white smoke rose from the surface of the lake, and a volley of short-barreled Karen guns was fired, and the Qing army's fast crab boat immediately caught fire and sank.

A Qing military attack ship that had slipped through the net swooped down on the vehicle, only to see that the vehicle and ship turned around flexibly and avoided the attack of the Qing army. Just when the car and ship were about to sink the Qing army attack ship with artillery on the other side, they were robbed of the credit by an inland gunboat on the side.

"Boom boom" river gunboat side artillery salvo, Qing army fire attack ship was ignited.

The guns on the lake rumbled, and the big ships on both sides had already begun to exchange fire, and the Qing army's Fu boat, Haicang ship, and Cangshan ship opened fire on the Ming warship with the red-coated cannons on the bow of the boat, and the whistling cannonballs swept across the lake, fell into the water, and rose up one after another.

The small boats of the Qing army had to cover their own fire attack ships, and the small boats of the Ming army had to cover their own pole mineboats to attack the Qing army's big ships.

As the distance closes, the Ming army's Western-style inland river warships and fast firepower vehicles and ships have shown their advantages, these ships are particularly strong in broadside firepower, as long as the side is aimed at a small boat of the Qing army, a row of shells blasted out, whether it is a fast crab boat, a long boat or a fast sentry boat, they are all smashed and become a pile of planks floating on the lake.

The big ship and the big ship also fought, a car and ship passed by the side of a fortune ship of the Qing army, the tonnage of the car and ship was not as large as the fortune ship, but the firepower of the car and ship was much more ferocious, there were six twelve-pound short-barreled Cullen guns on one side of the car and ship, and in the six open gun doors, tongues of fire were spit out in turn, like a row of lightning across the lake.

After the distance was close, the Ming army used grapeball bombardment, and when a cannon was fired, a large number of projectiles were scattered on the Qing army's fortune boat. What's more serious is that the gun emplacements of the Fu ship were all on the deck and were not protected, so they were strafed by grape shells, and the Qing soldiers on board suffered heavy casualties.

The firepower of the Qing army's counterattack was much weaker, and there were only four 500-pound Franc cannons on the side of the Fu ship, which was obviously insufficient, and the shells hit the oak plank of the vehicle and ship, which could neither penetrate nor allow the gunners in the cabin to form fragments in the cabin.

The reason why Western countries use oak to make warships is because oak is not only strong, but also elastic, and after being hit by a shell, it is not easy to break the planks and kill the crew. To penetrate a strong ship with oak planks, it can only be penetrated unless it is a direct hit by a large-caliber gun, and the power of the 500-pound Franc machine is obviously insufficient.

The warships of both sides sailed in line, and in one round of fighting, the four Dafu ships of the Qing army were beaten to the sky, and countless corpses and wounded fell on the deck of the ships.

It's just that the 400 and 500 Daifuku ships are not so easy to sink, even if the Karen cannon is aimed at the waterline to bombard, because of the bulkhead structure of the Fuku, after being shot in many places, it can still float on the water. However, the firepower of the Ming army's inland river warships and vehicles and ships could not be as fierce as that of sea ships, so it was naturally more difficult to sink the Qing army's big ships.

At this moment, a scene that stunned Wang Shirong happened: the four small boats of the Ming army suddenly rushed out at high speed, and the sailors on the boat rowed hard, and the boats rushed straight towards the big ship of the Qing army as if flying.

"What kind of ship is that? Fire attack ships? Wang Shirong asked puzzled.

"It's a pole mineboat, you'll know when you see it in a moment!" Wang Xinyu replied.

The artillery on the Qing army's Dafu ship had just completed a round of firing, and before it had time to load the shells, it was rushed into the dead corner of the Ming army's small boat in the broadside of the Franc machine gun.

"Hurry up and release the arrows!" The commander of the Qing army on the big ship yelled.

It had just been shelled by the Ming army, and the archers on the Daifuku ship suffered heavy casualties, and there were few Qing soldiers who could still pick up bows and arrows and birds. A few feathered arrows and projectiles hit the water, and some of them hit the speeding boat, but they were blocked by the newly erected baffle on the dinghy.

When the dinghy was about to crash into the Qing army's Daifuku ship, a Japanese warrior at the bow of the boat stretched out a bamboo pole reinforced with iron wire, and the head of the bamboo pole had a round spherical shape, which looked like a spherical mace.

Under the violent impact, the spherical mace-like object pierced into the wooden plank of the Daifuku ship, and the bamboo pole attached to the back was also bent. However, the bamboo has good toughness and is reinforced with iron wire, so it has not cracked.

The Japanese warrior lit the fuse in the bamboo pole, then let go of his hand and shouted, "Quick, retreat at full speed!" ”

The bow of the boat becomes the stern, the stern becomes the bow, the oarsmen row the oars quickly, and the boat evacuates the Daifuku ship at high speed. The bamboo pole that left the boat floated on the water, and it is estimated that the bamboo pole was also flooded, but the fuse that was soaked in pine resin and wrapped in oiled paper was the fuse that burned in the water.

As soon as the small boat rowed by the Japanese ashigaru evacuated about fifty paces away, a deafening explosion was heard behind them, and the Daifuku boat immediately turned into a ball of fire, and the sawdust flew on the lake, and the Daifuku boat, which had been blown open a large hole, finally could not support it, and soon sank into the water.

The other three pole mineboats also sank a Daifuku ship each, but one pole mineboat was bombarded by the Franc machine gun on the Daifuku ship when it approached the Daifuku ship of the Qing army, and the Japanese on board suffered heavy casualties. In the end, after the pole mineboat collided with the Qing army's big ship, because there were not enough sailors to paddle, the pole mineboat failed to evacuate to a safe range, and at the same time that the Qing army's Dafu ship was blown up, the pole mineboat was also crushed into pieces by the strong impact force in the water.

The fierce battle is still going on, but the Ming army's pole mineboats did not attack at will, there are too many Qing army boats on the lake, if some boats are not cleared, the pole mineboat attack will be stopped by the Qing army's boats.

However, because of the inferiority of firepower, the Qing army had to take the risk of attacking the Ming army's big ships without cleaning up the small ships of the Ming army.

One after another, the fire attack ships were stopped by the Ming army boats and set on fire with rockets. The fire attack ships that had not yet arrived at their destination caught fire one after another, and thick smoke billowed on the lake, and the fire attack ships that had ignited the fire were abandoned by the Qing army and slowly burned into a pile of debris on the lake.

A Qing army attack ship finally broke through the interception of the Ming army's small boat, and when it was about to collide with a Ming army river gunboat, it was hit by a round of artillery salvo from the gunboat, and rows of shells hit the fire attack ship, and the red-hot shells fell in the firewood and grass pile, and immediately ignited a fire. Then a cannonball shattered the cannonball.

The distance was relatively close, and the fire attack ships were still approaching the river gunboats of the Ming army.

The river gunboats urgently retreated, and a small boat rushed out to block the way of the Qing army's attack ships. The Ming soldiers on the small boat used bamboo poles to push away the burning fire attacking ship, causing it to change course.

"Boom, boom, boom" was another two warships of both sides that brushed against each other, and columns of water rose up on the water. On the other side, a Ming army vehicle and ship suddenly killed, and a volley fired, and the Qing warship was beaten into thick smoke. (To be continued.) )