The guns of the steam river gunboats spewed fire one after another, and the six- and three-pound solid shells continued to whistle and smashed towards the incoming Qing naval ships. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The shells fell into the water, and columns of water rose from the surface of the lake.

As long as a three-pounder cannon shell hit, the high-speed rotating conical shell spun a pair of huge holes in the ship's board, the wooden planks flew sideways, the ship's planks shattered, and the flesh and blood of the Qing sailors who were grazed by the shells flew sideways. Some shells will change the course of movement after hitting the plank, roll irregularly, and widen the breach. As soon as a three-pound shell hits, a small sampan begins to sink.

There were too many small sampans in the Qing army, and the four gunboats still couldn't beat them.

Seeing that the small sampan of the Qing army was about to surround the four gunboats, the small boats of the Ming army's sailors were also killed. The larger ships of the Ming army had two sub-cannons, and the musketeers on the small sampans had been replaced with rifled guns, all equipped with mini rounds.

Needless to say, the small sampan of the Qing army was still based on the tactics of broadside combat, while the small boats of the Ming army could shoot with artillery and muskets from a distance. The sub-mother cannon fired solid shells at a long distance, and when it got closer, it was replaced by a grenade shotgun, and a row of shotguns bombarded it, and a blood mist immediately rose from the small boat of the Qing army.

The small sampan of the Ming army was not weak, and the sailors of the Ming army on the ship constantly used rifled guns to fire mini bullets, which had a fast rate of fire, a long range, and great power. The small sampan continuously spewed out fire and white smoke, and a row of bullets hit it, and the Qing soldiers on the small sampan opposite fell into the water like dumplings.

There are more than a dozen small sampans even launched an attack on the big ship of the Qing army, the range of the Mini bullet rifle is not lost to the Qing army's artillery, the high-speed mobile small sampan rushed up, avoiding the sky-high water column rising on the lake, the sailors on the boat raised rifled guns, ping pong is a round of shooting, the Qing army big ship blood splashed everywhere and screamed again and again.

A 400-year-old Qing military ship entered within 300 paces of the steam gunboat, and a ball of fire erupted from the muzzle, and a four-pound cannonball smashed on the steam gunboat, but the shell fell into the water, leaving only a white mark on the shell of the gunboat.

"Swap out the bullets and take out this big Tartar ship!" The officer on the gunboat shouted.

At a distance of only 300 paces, a smoothbore gun can accurately hit the target, not to mention a rifled gun, which can be said to be a hundred shots.

The Ming gunners on the gunboat opened the bolt, stuffed an expensive flowering shell into it, stuffed it into the medicine bag, closed the upper bolt, and then pulled the handle, and the gun carriage mounted on the iron wheel moved forward along the track to complete the reset. Then the gunner turned the muzzle of the gun, aimed at the Qing army's 400 material ship 300 paces away, and pulled the launch rope.

A ball of fireball erupted from the muzzle of the "boom", and the shell hit the Qing army's Dafu ship.

The power of a six-pounder cannon shell is equivalent to a 57-mm high-explosive shell in later generations, and such a power is not something that a wooden ship of this era can withstand.

The first shell hit the middle of the Qing army's Dafu ship, and immediately a fireball was raised, the tall mast fell in the explosion, and the sail was ablaze. Immediately after that, a second six-pounder cannonball hit the ship, detonating the violent explosion of the ship's powder keg, which immediately turned into a huge fireball, broke in two, and sank in the firelight.

The sound of guns and cannons continued on the surface of Hongze Lake, and the Qing ships sank into the water one after another.

"I can't fight! Run! The Qing army's naval division guerrilla said.

The Qing Army's sailors on Hongze Lake were in fact a temporary rabble, all of which were the original Caoyun Green Battalion, and most of them did not belong to the sailors, and the Caoyun Sailors only had a handful of warships. Later, the Qing court temporarily reorganized part of the Caoyun Green Battalion Land Division into a naval division, requisitioned the merchant ships on the canal, and changed them into warships. Some shipwrights were also drafted into the army and became sailors who operated warships.

Such a rabble against the inland water division of the Shangming Army, whether it is weapons or personnel, cannot be compared at all, and it is not an opponent of the same level at all.

After all, there are only a few people who have the courage to sacrifice their lives for the country, and most of the Green Camp sailors cherish their lives. On weekdays, these Caoyun Green Battalions, to be honest, are a fat poor, relying on setting up cards to extract taxes, plus extorting passing ships, an ordinary soldier in the Caoyun Green Battalion lives much better than other green battalions, and the combat effectiveness of such an army can be imagined. As for the shipwrights who were temporarily recruited to serve as sailors, not to mention, they did not have to work for the Qing court.

The Qing army's naval division was defeated, and the large and small ships turned around and ran away, fleeing north along the small river.

Seeing that the Qing army's sailors were deserted and fled, Liu Guoxuan did not order a pursuit, but gave an order: "Quick, rush up and seize the northeast dam!" ”

To the northeast of Hongze Lake, there is a huge low-lying area. If the Ming navy blows up the dam to the northeast, the raging lake will pour into this low-lying area. That swamp was already sparsely populated, and with the agents of the Heaven and Earth Society encouraging the local people to move some time ago, there were basically no people there.

According to the flood discharge plan formulated by Wang Yu, the northeast dam was blown up to form a new lake, which was later known as Chengzi Lake, which could not only relieve the Qing army's poisonous plan to blow up Gaojiayan and flood Huai'an, but also avoid the tragedy of a flood flooding Sizhou City in the near future.

Sizhou City is a thousand-year-old city, which was submerged in 1680 in real history, and this thousand-year-old city has since been submerged under water by the raging lake and completely disappeared. Later, during the Qianlong period, Sizhou Prefecture was relocated to Hongxian County, Hongxian County was cancelled, and it was renamed Sizhou Prefecture, which is now Sixian County.

It is better to dredge than to block, which is the basic principle of water disaster control. However, the court officials of all dynasties only knew how to blindly raise the Hongze Lake dam, but did not know how to dredge the river, which eventually led to the tragedy of Sizhou City being buried.

On Gaojiayan, Dadu and other Qing army generals stood on the embankment, listening to the rumbling cannon sound from afar, they felt bad.

"Sooner or later, our army's sailors won't be able to resist the Ming Dog! Maybe Minggou will be here soon! Jiang Zhanyuan trembled and knelt on one knee and said a thousand things to Dadu.

Dadu sneered: "As long as Minggou hits Gaojiayan, we will blow up the embankment, flood Huai'an, and cut off the canal!" Flood the canal along the Huaiyang section into a swamped country! When the time comes, even if the flood recedes, the canal will be ruined! Didn't Wang Wei threaten the old man, saying that the old man would kill us if he blew up the dam? The old man has the heart to die, and he is afraid that he will not be able to retaliate? ”

The other Qing generals were terrified, Da Du served the court with death, but it does not mean that everyone is not afraid of death, it is better to die than to live, most of them want to live.

The sound of artillery on the lake gradually subsided, and the Qing army standing on the Gaojiayan dam did not wait for the arrival of the Ming army.

"It's strange, our sailor should have been defeated, why didn't Minggou come to fight for the Gaojiayan Dam?" Dadu muttered to himself in some confusion.