A crimson glow began to shine in the east of the sea, and in an instant, the sea was no longer so deep and dark, and the sea was instantly half reddened by the glow. A bright red fireball rolled out of the sea from the distant sea and sky, and the golden light instantly illuminated the entire sea, and the sea water was glowing with golden ripples.

Ambitious, Dasu stood on the stern platform of the flagship ship, admiring the beautiful sunrise over the sea. Seeing that his "Wang Shi" was getting closer and closer to the island where "Zheng Rei" was entrenched in front of him, Da Su couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart: this battle is destined to be a battle for his fame! He will crush the last main force of the Southern Ming Dynasty like Meng Yuan crushed the Southern Song Dynasty in Yashan back then! Compared with Zheng Wei, the former giant Li Dingguo is now crowded in the southwest corner and is still breathing; Zhoushan Zhang Huangyan is even easier to solve, and if Zheng Cheng is eliminated, the court can pinch Zhang Huangyan to death like an ant when he turns back. As for the camp in Sichuan, there are Li Guoying and Wu Sangui staring at them, and there are not many rogues left.

As long as Xiamen Island is occupied in this battle, Kinmen Island is just around the corner, and even if Zheng Cheng does not die, he will not pose any threat to the imperial court from now on.

Dasu imagined that he would return to Beijing after a great victory, and the Shunzhi Emperor Longyan Dayue, Dasu was crowned an official and knighted, and he glorified his ancestors, and from then on he was on an equal footing with Sony, Kubilong, Suke Saha, Ao Bai and others, and from then on he was in power all over the world.

"Wolf smoke!" Just as Dasu was dreaming about yellow sorghum, someone shouted.

On a small island on the edge of the route of the Qing fleet, billowing black smoke rose and alerted the Ming army with various information about the Qing fleet. It was a very small island, and it didn't look like it was inhabited, but I didn't expect the Ming army to arrange spies on this island.

"The thieves still have spies here! Huang Wu! Tasu yelled.

"The villain is here!"

"Send a few boats to that island and take down Zheng Yi's spies for me!"

"Wow!" Huang Wu knelt on one knee and saluted.

The Ming army spies on the island were quickly taken down, and after the captured Ming army spies were sent to the Dasu ship, they were allowed to be threatened and lured by the Qing army, and the Ming army spies would rather die than give in and die heroically.

The wolf smoke was issued, and Zheng Taibu saw the alarm of the Qing army's attack, and immediately sent a wolf smoke signal in the direction of Xiamen Island. At the same time, Zheng Tai's troops were preparing for battle, and the officers and men of the naval division boarded the ship one after another.

At the same time as Zheng Tai's troops, there was also a fleet led by Zheng Chenggong's vanguard Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce.

This is a lone army of decoys, their purpose is to drag the Qing army's naval division, until the tide is favorable to the Zheng family's army, the main force of Jinxia comes out to attack back and forth, and annihilates the Qing army's naval division in one fell swoop.

Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce's sailors had twenty medium-sized warships, this kind of ship was the standard warship of Zheng Jiajun, this type of ship was a two-masted warship, fir structure, about eleven zhang long, three zhang wide, one zhang draft, the weight of the ship was 450 materials, and the main gun in the bow was a 24-pound red-coated cannon; There are three jack franc machines on each side, a total of six ship guns; In addition to the seven cannons, the sailors on board were also equipped with weapons such as bowl-mouth guns, thunder cannons, bird guns, bows and arrows, and bottles with national surnames, and the crew was 70 to 100 people.

Originally, the largest main cannon of the Ming Dynasty could not be fired on the ship, and the main gun had to be put on the raft behind the ship to fire during the war. And Zheng Jiajun's Fu ship has been reinforced, and the main gun can be used directly on the ship.

Zhou Rui drew his sword and pointed at the Qing army fleet that appeared on the horizon in front of him, and shouted loudly: "Brothers! The Tartars are coming! We're going to nail the Tartars here today! Even if we fight to the last boat, the last man, we can't take a step back! ”

In Gulangyu, Zheng Chenggong, who had been living in Gulangyu during this time, received a wolf smoke signal from the direction of Kinmen Island early in the morning.

Originally, the palace of Yanping County was in Xiamen Island, but recently the Qing army gathered in Tong'an Quanzhou, Zheng Chenggong in order to prepare for the war, has not returned to the county palace for a long time, and eats and lives in Gulangyu every day, in order to be able to board the Sunshine Rock at any time to command the whole army. The two islands of Xiamen and Kinmen were too small and too close to the mainland, and the Qing army was full of sailors, and the Zheng Jiajun was seriously threatened, and it was impossible to let go of his hands to do anything else. What he wanted was not only to repel the Qing army's attack, but to inflict heavy damage on the Qing army's naval divisions, so that the Qing army would no longer have the ability to cross the sea and attack, so as to ensure that there would be no worries when attacking Taiwan in the future. When Taiwan is occupied, there will be enough territory to expand its military power.

Zheng Chenggong threw out a decoy fleet to attract the Qing army sailors in the Jinxia sea area, waiting for the tide to change, Zheng Chenggong will personally lead the army to attack the Qing army sailors trapped between Jinxia and Xiamen, and annihilate the Qing army sailors as much as possible.

Every day a different fleet cruises in the waters of Kinmen, and today it is just Zhou Rui's turn.

Hong Xu, a veteran who is nearly sixty years old, said distressedly: "The Tartars are here, and the two young generals, Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce, don't know if they can come back safely." ”

Zheng Chenggong stared at the sea in the distance, and said categorically: "If you want to completely annihilate the Tartar Sailors, someone has to sacrifice!" It was their honor to take their turn to patrol the sea today! ”

Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce are Zheng Chenggong's two favorite generals, but it is their turn to carry out the task today, and whether they can completely annihilate the Qing army and naval division in one fell swoop depends on today's battle. Although I know that Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce are bound to be more than lucky today, but in order to succeed, there are always people who have to sacrifice.

"Send a wolf smoke signal to the whole army!" Zheng Chenggong gave the order.

The wolf smoke signal reached Gaoqi, and Chen Peng was very excited when he saw the wolf smoke rising into the air in the distance: Wang Shi is finally here!

Chen Peng asked the Qing army warrior standing beside him: "Lord Lu, when will our sailor drive over?" ”

"No hurry! Lord Shi will not cross the sea until noon, so we will probably sail out at midday! When Lord Shi sees the sailor's surrender, he will cross the sea and go ashore! The Qing army warrior said.

Chen Peng wiped his sweat with his sleeve: "I have to wait for two hours!" ”

The Qing army warrior sneered: "Lord Chen is in a hurry? After waiting for so long, there are still two hours left? Let people prepare, and take Wang Yu to the water division camp in a while! ”

In the waters of Kinmen, Zhou Rui's fleet had already exchanged hands with the Qing army's naval divisions.

Unlike the original history, the fleets of Zhou Rui and Chen Yaoce now use flowering cannonballs. In order to achieve the goal of annihilating the Qing army's naval divisions, Zheng Chenggong sent a decoy fleet every day. Although it is a decoy fleet, it requires powerful weapons to hold off the enemy as much as possible. Therefore, every day when the bait fleet returns, the flowering shells must be unloaded from the ship and handed over to the bait fleet that will depart the next day. Today happened to be Zhou Rui's turn and Chen Yaoce's turn.

The dense Qing fleet in front of the "boom boom" spit out clouds of white gunsmoke, and the shells smashed into the Ming fleet like hail.

The overwhelming shells fell in the sea, raising columns of water that soared into the sky.

Although the distance was still far away, and the hit rate of the Qing army's shells was very low, there were still shells that hit the Ming warships. The solid shell hit the plank of the ship, smashing a hole in the cedar plank, and the sawdust fragments flew sideways, and the soldiers of the Ming Army were unfortunately hit by the broken plank, and immediately bled profusely.

The Ming fleet did not need to move, just waited in place, anyway, their task was to drag the enemy army, not to escape, and not to launch a pursuit.

Looking at the Qing warship that was gradually enlarged in his eyes, Zhou Rui gave an order: "The red-clothed cannon in the bow is ready, and the solid bullet is loaded!" ”

The Ming gunners loaded differently than usual: after the gunners loaded the gunpowder into the red-coated cannon, they first stuffed a round thick wooden board through the muzzle, beat it in with a long mop, and then put a solid cannonball that burned red on the stove with large iron tongs and fed the cannonball through the muzzle. This method was taught to the Ming army by Wang Xinyu, and although this reloading was a little slower, it was more powerful.

The gunpowder improved by Wang Xinyu was used in naval battles, and both the power of the cannon and the hit rate were greatly improved.

The ten Ming warships that took the lead spit out clouds of white smoke, and ten twenty-four-pounder red-coated cannon shells flew out of the muzzles and roared towards the Qing warships.

"Boom, boom" The sea around the Qing warship rose up a column of water that rushed to the sky.

The hit rate of the shells was very low, and most of the shells missed, but one shell hit an unlucky Qing warship. The red-hot cannonball, like a knife cutting butter, poked a hole in the plank of the Qing warship, and the wooden plank fragments shot out in all directions, injuring several Qing soldiers who were hiding behind. The shell that pierced the ship's board continued to graze the left shoulder of a Qing soldier, only to hear a heart-rending scream, and the Qing soldier's entire left arm fell as if it had been cut by a knife, and blood spurted out and stained the deck red. The red shells eventually landed on the floor, blackening the surrounding ring of wooden planks, which would have caused a fire if it had not been extinguished by the Qing army in time.

The gunners of the Qing army were not idle, the gunners nervously cleaned the gun chamber, cooled the barrel, filled the gunpowder, loaded the shells, compacted, and then inserted the lead, aimed at the target, and ignited the artillery.

On the sea, the Qing fleet was densely covered with the sky and the sun for a second round of firing.

This time, the distance between the two sides was much closer, and the salvo of the Qing army was very spectacular, the sea was filled with white smoke, and the cannonballs that split the sky and the earth pressed against the Ming fleet with the momentum of overwhelming the mountains and seas.

Dense shells roared, and even if the Qing gunners were bad and the hit rate was low, several Ming warships were still shot.

The shells smashed the planks and sawdust flew everywhere; Some of the shells hit the sails, piercing a large hole; Some shells pierced the stern platform, drilled out of the stern, and fell into the sea; Other shells hit the mast, making a sound of wood breaking, and the mast broke at the waist.

Many of the Ming soldiers were wounded, and one soldier was hit in the head by a jumping plank, and his brain burst and he fell to the ground.

"Fire!" Zhou Rui drew his sword and pointed at the Qing fleet and roared.

The Ming army, which had already completed loading, fired a second round of shells, this time still firing red-hot solid shells. Because the distance was much closer, ten shells were fired, and three of them hit the enemy ship.

Two Qing warships were shot and slightly wounded. There was also an unlucky Qing warship that was shot, and the red cannonball killed two Qing soldiers in a row, and knocked over a small cannon, and the flying small cannon killed two gunners. The shells then landed on the side of the powder keg, which scorched the powder keg in high temperatures, almost causing a catastrophic fire. Fortunately, someone noticed it in time, immediately removed the powder keg, and immediately fetched water to extinguish the flames and cool down the red shells, so that the fire did not start.

The Qing army ships were outnumbered, and the wounded ships were nothing at all. The Qing gunners were in a hurry, cleaned the chamber, then loaded the gunpowder, loaded the shells, and after everything was ready, the fuse was lit again.

The cannon roared, and a large group of battleships fired a volley like a landslide, and the cannonballs smashed into the weak Ming fleet.

Almost every one of the ten Ming warships was wounded, and the casualties of the sailors on board were not small. However, after all, the power of solid shells was limited, and the Qing army did not know how to heat the shells before firing, and the Ming battleship did not suffer much damage, but it was only a little damage to the ship.

The gunners had cleared the chambers of the main guns, the gunpowder was loaded into them, and then stuffed into chain shells.

"Fire!" With an order, ten Ming warships fired another salvo.

At this time, the distance between the two sides had been reduced to less than a mile, and the hit rate of these well-trained Ming gunners was quite good, and three of the ten artillery salvos hit the target.

The chain bullet hit the sail of the ship, instantly tearing the sail of the Qing warship to shreds. The chain of one of the chain bullets also grabbed the mast, tearing it off alive and tearing all the sails apart.

The three Qing warships that were shot immediately lost the power of the wind and had to stop to repair the sails or masts.

The distance between the two sides was shortened, and although there were many Qing warships, after the distance was too close, it was impossible to expand the formation for a while. It was about to enter the battle stage of the broadside guns, and the Qing army still needed to make an adjustment, using two or four warships to flank a Ming warship, and more ships would not be able to use their strength at this time. Of course, the bow guns of the Qing army were not idle, and the final round of firing was carried out. It's just that in this round of shooting, there are not many Qing warships that can fire, only those ships facing the Ming army can fire.

The distance was very close, the hit rate was relatively high, the Ming warships were scarred, a large number of soldiers were injured, and even many were seriously injured and killed.

"Prepare for the blossom bomb!" Zhou Rui shouted.

The redcoat cannon in the bow and the jack Franc cannon on the side of the ship were all loaded with flowering shells.

The Ming army also had the advantage of fewer ships, especially in close combat, and the ships of the Qing army either had only the bow gun to fire, or only the port side could fire, or only the starboard side could fire. And the Ming army, whether it is the front main gun or the two-sided Franc machine gun, can all open fire, because there are enemy ships in the front and rear, left and right, and they can be fired in any direction.

The distance between the two sides quickly narrowed, and the warships of the Qing and Ming armies were the closest, less than three hundred steps away, which was already within the range of the flowering projectile.

"Fire!" With an order, the Ming warships with their bows aimed at the enemy ships emitted fire and white smoke.

The effect of the flowering shells was good, ten shells fired in a salvo, four of them hit the target, and three of them exploded!

The "boom" was hit by a flowering cannonball, and the smaller Qing warship suddenly exploded violently, and the fireball that burst suddenly erupted from the inside of the hull, rapidly expanding and becoming larger, and a red and black flame rose up, enveloping the Qing warship, and suddenly the sails, deck, and ship building were all ablaze, and the 300-year-old battleship immediately turned into a blazing torch on the sea.

Of the three Qing warships that had been shot, except for the small boat just now, which was already hopeless, the other two larger ships were also seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness.

On one of the large ships, two guns were overturned by the blast, and the sails and deck were set on fire, and the Qing soldiers on board were killed and wounded. Those who did not die were only concerned with fighting the fire, and could not fight back at all. In the end, the big ship of the Qing army was also not lightly injured: the shell landed in the stern building and exploded, the entire building was blown into the sky, and the officers on board were swept away. The sailors, who had lost their command, did not care how to fight back, and jumped into the small boats towed at the stern of the boat to flee for their lives.

The two sides entered the stage of broadside artillery firing, this time the Ming warships burst out with more powerful power, one volley after another, the flowering shells accurately hit the target, in fact, it was not too accurate, the hit rate was only three tenths, but because the number of artillery that could fire was much more, each round of salvo had Qing warships shot. Although the flowering cannonballs of the thousand-pound Franc cannon were not as powerful as the 24-pounder red-coated cannon, they could still cause great casualties to the Qing army if they hit the target.

After two rounds of firing between the two warships, four of the Qing warships sank in the raging flames, and three battleships were hit by bullets, all the sails were burned out, and the sailors on the deck suffered heavy casualties.

"Minggou's flowering cannonball is really powerful!" Dasu was shocked.

Huang Wu said: "My lord, please rest assured, the Ming army ships are few and there are few people, we only need to use a large number of small boats to attack, and we can board their ships!" ”

"Hurry up and give the order!"

"Wow!"

Huang Wu sent the order, and the Qing army's big ships dodged the Ming army's firepower and used small boats to quickly attack, trying to destroy the Ming warships by means of broadside battles. Because the target of the boat is small, it is not only not cost-effective to hit with flowering shells, but it is also not easy to hit, so it is relatively easy to get up. The big boat can cover the small boat in the back.

In the Gaoqi military camp, Wang Xinyu is commanding the recruits and preparing them for battle.

"Put the total sir! Lord Chen asked you to go to the camp of the water division! One of Chen Peng's henchmen walked into Wang Xinyu's camp.