Anping Castle fell into the hands of the Qiongzhou Army, and the landing fleet of the Qiongzhou Army entered the Taijiang Inland Sea directly from the southern waterway in front of it, and went straight to Heliao Port, where Zheng Xijun's ships were anchored.

"The flotilla strikes! Against! Cao Conglong shouted.

The Zheng raid sergeants hurriedly boarded the warship, pulled the anchor Yang Fan, and sailed away from the dock to meet the attacking Qiongzhou army.

The counterinsurgency fleet of the Nanyang Navy under the jurisdiction of the Qiongzhou Army has three British fourth-class ships, five British fifth-class ships, three Spanish galleons, two Dutch Galen ships, and 12 British sixth-class ships, a total of 25 Western-style gunboats, as well as 10 Dafu ships, 16 Haicang ships, 24 Cangshan ships, 16 Centipede clippers, and more than 500 other small Chinese warships. The largest warship of Zheng Xijun was only four 400 Dafu ships, and more than 100 other large and small ships.

Not only was the number and tonnage of Zheng Zheng's warships at a disadvantage, but the wind blowing in the sea in winter was northwesterly, which was also very unfavorable to Zheng Zheng's army in the direction of the wind.

The Western-style warships of the Nanyang Navy Fleet, which were in the upper position of the battle, raised their sails and rushed at full speed from both flanks to the Zheng raid fleet in two directions, and this arrangement was conducive to the Western-style warships with strong broadside firepower to exert the power of their guns. The slower Chinese battleship was in the middle, with the bow aimed at the Zheng raid fleet to facilitate the opening of the bow cannons.

At this time, Wang Xinyu's flagship was the Drake's sister ship, the Invincible fourth-class cruiser, and this giant ship took the lead and charged quickly with the battleships behind.

"Five miles away!" The observer shouted.

"Signal the flag, prepare to change the formation! Lower half sail and slow down to meet the enemy! Wang Xinyu asked people to pass the order.

The Western-style warships of the Nanyang Navy quickly changed from two columns in an inverted herringbone formation to a line-up of battle, like a sharp steel knife, cutting straight into Zheng Zheng's battleship fleet.

On the ships, bells and gongs rang out. The gunners nervously prepared for battle.

On the opposite side of the Zheng Raid Army's warship, the Zheng Raid sergeants saw a huge figure like a mountain pressing towards them, and before they could enter the effective firing range, they panicked first, hurriedly lit the artillery, and fired cannonballs.

"Boom" shells fell in the sea in front of the cruiser Invincible. Columns of water rose to the sky.

"Ignore them! Get close to them and fight again! Wu Haodong ordered.

The distance between the two sides became closer and closer, and more than 30 fireships of Zheng Zheng's army rushed out of the formation, and the Zheng Zheng's sergeants on the ship rowed their oars hard, and the fire-attack ships rushed towards the battleships of the Nanyang Navy like crazy.

Wu Haodong was not in a hurry, and waited until the opponent's fire attack ship reached less than 200 meters before giving the order to open fire.

"Fire!" The artillery commanders shouted.

The starboard side of the Invincible cruiser was in full swing, and rows of dazzling flames erupted from the gun door, and the fiery red shells came out in an instant, and the Zheng Raid arms attack ships less than 200 meters away from him were shot one after another. The red-hot cannonball smashed into the ship accurately, igniting the firewood and oil on the ship, igniting a sky-high fire. With the sound of fire oil exploding, huge fire balls burst out, turning into red and black mushroom clouds and rising into the sky.

The fire attack ship that was shot slowed down a little, but still stubbornly rushed towards the battleship of the Nanyang Army.

"Grapeshotfire for each cannon! Hit the fire bombardment, can't let the thieves get close to us! Wu Haodong shouted.

The gunners nervously cleaned the chamber and cooled the cannon. Loaded into the cartridge and pushed the grapeshell through the muzzle. Then pierce the awl through the fire door, puncture the medicine bag, insert the fuse, and then push the gun carriage on the rails forward, the cannon is reset, and the muzzle of the gun sticks out of the open gun door. Aim at the target.

"Fire!" Wu Haodong roared.

Scarlet tongues of fire erupted from the cannon door, billowing white smoke rose from the sea, and grapeshotpie shells instantly turned into countless small projectiles the size of pigeon's eggs, scattering them at the attacking ships like a torrential rain.

Blood splattered everywhere, screaming miserably. The sailors on board fell into the water one after another, and the ship, which had lost control of the fire, slowed down, and finally stopped moving on the surface of the sea, and was gradually engulfed in the fire, turning into piles of scattered planks floating on the sea.

The small clippers of the Qiongzhou army also arrived in time, and the salvos of birds, bows and arrows, and bowls were fired, and dense rockets and projectiles were fired from the boats, igniting the fire attack ships. Some small sampans were directly attached to the fire attack ship that had not yet been ignited, first with a random arrow, and then the Qiongzhou sergeant with a steel knife jumped on the fire attack ship and cut down the Zheng attack sergeant.

After destroying the fire attack ships that posed the greatest threat to their own giant ships, the remaining large and small warships of the Zheng Raid Army were lambs under the butcher's knife of the gunboats of the Qiongzhou army.

In the one-sided sea slaughter, most of the Zheng raiding warships were sunk.

"It's all my Ming army! Killing too much can only be cheaper for nothing! It's almost time, wave the flag, tell them, say that the Zheng family army will not fight the Zheng family army, surrender and avoid death! Wang Xinyu said to Zheng Cong.

"Good! Xiao Wang, this makes people play the flag. Zheng Cong agreed to surrender the remaining fleet of Zheng's army.

The Nanyang naval fleet raised the flag and asked Zheng to surrender. There were not many remaining Zheng raid warships, and they were demoralized, knowing that they couldn't fight, after seeing Zheng Cong waving the flag ordering them to surrender, most of them chose to surrender. The few who resisted stubbornly were all sunk.

On the sea, the Nanyang Navy sent a small boat to pick up the Zheng Raid sergeant who fell into the water.

In the red embedded city, Cao Conglong had long known that his fleet was definitely not the opponent of the Qiongzhou army, but he could only give it a go. Now that his fleet has been completely wiped out, there is no way to stop the landing of the Qiongzhou army.

Cao Conglong suddenly remembered something, so he called his own soldiers: "Immediately take people to the gun factory, steel factory and gunpowder factory!" Move all the craftsmen to the Red Castle City, and blow up all these factories! We can't let the prince's things fall into the hands of thieves! If the thieves want to storm the city, kill them all! ”

"No!" Cao Conglong's own soldiers retreated.

More than 100 people sent by Cao Conglong rushed to the Dongfan Gun Factory, Iron and Steel Factory, and Gunpowder Factory. Since the relocation of these factories from Xiamen to Dongfan, all the arsenals have been brought together and a large number of artillery, flintlock pistols and various new weapons have been produced here.

Before the more than 100 Zheng soldiers arrived at the gate of the factory, countless human heads appeared on the wall, guns roared, fires flickered, white smoke filled the air, and dense bullets were fired at Cao Conglong's senders.

"They're ready!" Cao Conglong's personal captain shouted.

In the factory, there were not many Qiongzhou soldiers sent by Emperor Hu Dedi to protect the factory, only more than 50 people. However, many of the craftsmen were sharpshooters themselves, and there were countless brand-new flintlock pistols in the factory, as well as many electric guns and rifled guns, and the craftsmen organized by Shi Fu directly picked up the guns and shot the Zheng Xian soldiers who tried to capture them.

More than 100 Zheng raiders were killed on the spot, and more than 20 were killed, and the rest fled back to Chichi City in disarray.

"These people! How dare you harm my Ming soldiers! Cao Conglong was furious, "Send me a cannon to bombard them!" ”

Zheng Xianjun pulled the cannon and prepared to bombard the arsenals. However, before Zheng Xianjun's artillery could be erected, fierce artillery fire was fired from the factory, killing more than 100 Zheng Zhengjun gunners and smashing the cannons into scrap copper and iron.

"Kill you thieves!" The cannon let out a dull roar, and a fireball erupted from the muzzle. Blacksmith Chen Shijie personally manipulated a cannon forged by himself and beat Zheng Xijun to the point of howling wolf. His artillery skills are very accurate, every shell will not miss, and he can always smash a cannon of Zheng Xianjun.

Under the heavy fire in the arsenal, Zheng Zheng's army was defeated.

Cao Conglong was furious and was about to order the mobilization of troops to attack the arsenal again, when the Qiongzhou army that had landed on the coast had already killed Chichicheng. There was also a part of the Qiongzhou army, which rushed directly to the arsenal to assist the craftsmen to protect the factory.

Seeing that there was no hope of destroying the factory, Cao Conglong had no choice but to order all of them to retreat to the Chichi City to hold on.

A large number of Qiongzhou troops surrounded the city and set up artillery to bombard it fiercely. The Zheng army in the city also counterattacked with artillery, and the two sides launched a fierce artillery battle.

With the rumbling of cannonballs, hot shells come and go. The Qiongzhou army had an absolute advantage in the number of artillery, but the Zheng army had an advantage in the terrain, and the two sides suffered mutual damage. However, it was difficult to make up for the numerical disadvantage of Zheng's army, and they lost one cannon and lost one cannon, while the Qiongzhou army still had a steady stream of landings, and new artillery was constantly being sent ashore. After about two hours of artillery fighting, by the time it was dark, Zheng's army was completely powerless to fight back.

After suppressing the artillery of Zheng Xianjun, Wang Xinyu asked people to arrange mortar positions and prepare to set up sixty-four-pound siege mortars. After a night of preparation, the mortar positions were arranged, and the auxiliaries removed the mortars from the ship and set them up on the positions.

"Don't be in a hurry to open fire, let people shout first, let them surrender!" Wang Xinyu ordered.

A soldier waved a white flag, walked to the foot of the red embedded city, and shouted to the Zheng raiders in the city: "Cao Conglong listen! We've set up the mortar! If you open the gates and surrender, we will spare you! If you resist to the end, you must know the power of the siege mortar yourself! ”

Cao Conglong knew that the Red Embedded City could not withstand the bombardment of the siege mortar at all, not to mention that the Qiongzhou Army had flowering shells, even if it was attacked with ordinary solid shells, it could raze this castle to the ground!

"Loyal ministers don't matter to the two masters, this general is born as the prince's person, and death is the prince's ghost! I have decided to kill myself to be loyal to the king! After the death of Ben, open your own doors and surrender to the Qiongzhou army! Cao Conglong called all his soldiers over.

"General! We are all your people! We swear to follow the general! If the general commits suicide to be loyal to the prince, we will also commit suicide and follow the general! Several pro-soldiers shouted.

"You're all too young to die! As long as I die, Wang Yu will not embarrass you! You have to live well! Cao Conglong sighed helplessly. With that, he drew his sword and swiped it around his neck.

"General!" The soldiers wept together.

The gates of Chiji City were opened, and Zheng Xijun inside walked out of the castle and surrendered to the Qiongzhou army.

Since then, Dongfan Island has really fallen into the hands of Wang Xinyu, and all the arsenals have been preserved intact and become an important support base for the Jiangnan front. (To be continued.) )

PS: There is another chapter tomorrow at noon