Although the target of Tak Tan and the others on this trip was these people, the opponent suddenly appeared in front of them from the depths of the sea, and they didn't react at once. The man on the other side apparently saw them too, and raised his weapon from a distance—a firearm similar to a bird's gun, and the iron pipe reflected a faint glow in the sun.

Before Taktan could think about how to deal with it, a soldier next to him was instigated.

"Lord Taktan, there are only a few dozen of us, and there are thousands of these people on the sampan alone, so we should withdraw first?"

Tak Tan was furious when he heard this: "We are the warriors of the Blue Flag, when have we ever been afraid of the enemy?" These people are from the sea, and they are clearly the Ming dogs we are going to fight this time, if you dare to mention the word again, I will cut off your head first. ”

Under his reprimand, the Qing soldiers took off their bows and arrows one after another, and prepared to attack the hundreds of sampans. Dozens of bows were pulled apart with a "squeak" sound, and the tips of the arrows pointed diagonally towards the sky, aiming in the direction in which the sampan was heading.

Taktan did not give an immediate order, but waited patiently. The strength of the riding bow is not as good as the foot bow, and now this distance force is not caught, and it has to be brought closer to have lethality.

However, the opponent obviously did not intend to get closer to him, and with a distance of two hundred paces, the fire on the sampan came to fire.

"Hoo hoo", the guns rang out in the waves, and the snake-like buckshot pierced the air, passed through the waves, and drilled into the cavalry formation.

Even if there is no accuracy in the undulating sea, but there are many guns on the opposite side, the range is long, although most of the lead bullets flew into the sky, there are still a small part of the target, more than a dozen Qing soldiers who are aiming at the bow and arrow should be planted, the arrows in their hands are uncontrollable, out of the string, some fall into the sea, and some shoot their own people, and suddenly there is a big chaos.

"Minggou's firearm can hit so far?" Tak Tan gasped, this was very different from the Ming army in his cognition. The breath that was just lifted was immediately discharged. It's easy to reprimand your subordinates, but it's not easy to face a strong opponent calmly.

But the cruel words were released, and before the words fell, he nodded and ran away, and his prestige was gone. Tak Tan stiffened, raised the Shun knife in his hand, and ordered loudly: "Ming Dog Fire Gun is sharp, and temporarily avoid the edge, take a hundred steps back, avoid their firepower, and wait for the sampan to come ashore to attack." Remember, when rushing, dismount and walk, there is a beach in front of you, and the horse's hooves will sink in. ”

The Qing soldiers retreated more than a hundred steps, added the distance on the sea, and left the effective range of rifled guns, and the gunfire on the opposite side did not ring out again.

Tucker Tan smiled proudly, what about the sharp firearms, Lao Tzu doesn't fight hard with you, and when you land and have an unstable foothold, take the opportunity to launch an attack, even if you can't drive you people back into the sea, at least one hundred and eighty heads will be cut off.

Murong Longcheng, who was on the sea in the distance, also smiled, and he said to Bolhu: "These Tartars are only concerned about guarding against firecrackers, but they don't think of the naval guns on our ship. This is the guy who kills people. ”

Bolhu also smiled: "There are very few cannons in the Tartars, and it is normal to not think of them for a while." ”

Murong Longcheng picked up the binoculars, visually measured the distance between the sampan on which the marines were riding and the tartars on the shore, and gave an order: "The 10 catties of naval guns on the right side of the 'Shandong' are ready, raise the muzzles, and target the Tartars on the shore, and fire a salvo." ”

10 pounds of naval guns is a 12-pounder naval gun, the advantage of this "lightweight" naval gun is that the launch preparation time is shorter, the firing range is longer, can make up for the gap in firepower between the Caron gun and the large-caliber long-barreled cannon gun, the disadvantage is that the power is limited, it is not good to fight the Dutch or Spanish gunboats, but it is more than enough to fight the lucky ships of the Ming coastal pirates, and it is not a problem to deal with flesh and blood.

Shells that go over one's own head and attack the enemy on the opposite side are difficult techniques to master in the era of smoothbore guns. However, as the flagship of the task force, the gunners of the "Shandong" are veterans who have been trained in several naval battles, and the artillery skills are perfect, and it is just right to grasp this maritime version of the infantry artillery coordination tactics. Compared with the coordination of infantry and artillery on land, the battleship itself has a certain height and has a natural advantage.

Tak Tan and the others were holding their weapons tightly, waiting for the moment when the opponent came ashore, when there was a "boom", the cannon sounded, and a black cannonball flew over with a whistling whistle, smashed on the beach in front of them, splashing sand and gravel all over the sky, and sprinkled on the faces and bodies of Tak Tan and others.

"Bah", Tak Tan closed his eyes to prevent the sand from mixing into his eyes, and hurriedly spit out the sand in his mouth, "There are still cannons on the Ming Dog boat, everyone should be careful." "It was his surprise to have a cannon on board, but a cannon is nothing.

Before he could wipe the sand and mud off his face, the sound of "boom, boom, boom" cannon rang out one after another, and more than a dozen shells "whined" through the air and whistled.

Just now it was a test firing, and after adjusting the target distance and firing angle, all the dozen or so 12-pounder guns on the side opened fire, and about half of the shells smashed into the crowd without mercy. The people around Tak Tan were directly smashed in two by the shell, the upper half of his body was missing, and the lower half of his body was still sitting in the saddle, and his internal organs and intestines flowed directly out of the section, and blood splattered all over him.

Tak Tan has been through a hundred battles and kills people like hemp, but when he saw the tragic situation of his companions, he still couldn't help retching, and this way of dying was a little too disgusting.

The 12-pounder long-barreled cannon was no small task, heavier, longer, and more powerful than the Army version of the Napoleon gun, and this salvo, even without modern aiming and measuring instruments, had a ridiculously low hit rate, but it did a great deal of damage. After the shelling, only half of the nearly ninety soldiers remained.

Under the cover of the ship's guns, one sampan after another landed on the shore, and the soldiers jumped down and stepped on the sea water to move quickly.

Before the Qing soldiers could recover from the shelling, the Marines seized the beach, and the first group to go ashore had begun to reload and prepare to crush the small group of enemies.

After Tak Tan came back to his senses, he was afraid that the big ship on the opposite side would fire again, and he was about to order a retreat, but he thought that the opponent's efficiency was far higher than his. Rows of soldiers lined up directly on the soft sand, reloaded their guns and aimed at Taktan and the others.

After the rain of bullets, the Qing soldiers who had no time to escape fell in a pool of blood.

Taktan finally understood that these Ming troops were not something he could resist, and in a frightened manner, he hurriedly turned his horse's head, whipped him fiercely, and ran back desperately. The rest of the subordinates saw that the leader had run away, and they had no heart to resist, and ran after them.

Under the cover of the warships, the landing of the marines on the beach was successfully completed.