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Wei Lianheng explained that fire attack is to fill a small boat with firewood, pour vegetable oil, and light it after getting close to the enemy ship. And this kind of fire attack will not be one or two small ships, usually dozens or even hundreds, so that you can't guard against it.

Xia Nan gasped, he forgot that there was still this stubble. Since the launch of the Wu Yi class, there has not been a serious naval battle, either a sneak attack on the pirate's lair, or a sneak attack on the official fleet, the advantage of naval artillery is too obvious, and they have forgotten one of the big killers of naval warfare in the 17th century - fireships.

The reason why Zheng Zhilong of Fujian was able to defeat the Dutch, who had strong ships and guns, and became China's maritime hegemon, was not won by naval guns, but by the number of ships and fireship tactics. The naval guns of the 17th century were not enough to accurately hit targets such as small sampans floating on the sea, especially after the number of such small sampans reached a certain level, and they were overwhelmed.

Wei Lianheng continued: "If our ship is burned, then we will have no way to retreat, and even if we do not send troops to attack in the city, we will be trapped alive outside the city of Guangzhou. ”

Xia Nanteng stood up and paced back and forth, this trick can not be described as not vicious, and it has to be dealt with carefully. The safest way is naturally to return to Qiongzhou immediately, but he is unwilling to do so.

"Call William to come ashore and discuss how to deal with it."

William hurried over from the ship, and after listening to the introduction, he thought about it and replied cautiously: "Arson boat tactics are also common in Europe, and there is no very good way to deal with them. Once a sufficient number of arsonist ships are approached, the speed of extinguishing the fire simply cannot keep up with the speed of burning, and the ship can only be abandoned. However, this tactic requires the right wind direction to attack from the upstream, and if you sail against the wind, the small boat will not be able to catch up with the big ship anyway. In the river where the wind is gentle, it takes manpower to paddle to move quickly, our sailboats have nowhere to hide in the narrow river, and they are not as mobile as small boats, and the accuracy of artillery is difficult to sink them at long distances, and the only way is to kill and injure the crew with shotguns at medium and long distances, so that the boats lose control. ”

Lin Weiye thought for a while about William's words, and agreed: "It is really difficult for the smoothbore cannon to hit the small arson ship, the large shotgun of the Caron cannon is indeed a good resistance weapon, once the cannon passes, no one can survive within more than ten square meters, and the ship loses control, so it will naturally not pose a threat." ”

Wei Lianheng also added: "You can put down the small boat, stop around the big boat, prepare a long iron hook, in case an unmanned fireboat floats over, use the iron hook to pull it apart, and wait for it to burn out, and it will be foolproof." ”

Huang Mengjia, who rarely spoke on this occasion, also said angrily: "There are a lot of small boats moored on this river, in my opinion, it is best to burn all of them, so as not to sneak attack the fire boats in it." ”

He was talking about the flower boat on the White Goose Pond. The merchant ships that trade in Guangzhou generally dock at Huangpu Port, and the area around Baietan, there are mostly flower boats singing and performing arts, and there are many of them who operate the leather and meat business. After the fleet anchored at the White Goose Pond, these boats took refuge in the fork of the river, and a few days later saw that there was no danger and reappeared on the river, but they were far away from the fleet. From time to time, there are also daring ships swinging around the fleet, trying to do the business of these "good guys".

Xia Nan touched his chin and the beard that he hadn't shaved for a few days, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, there are three stinkers, who beat Zhuge Liang." In this way, it seems that the arson ship is not so terrible. However, those flower boats don't have to be burned, and it is not easy for people to do this business. ”

After deciding on the battle plan, the fleet began to clear the field and drive away the flower boats on the river. The tall Wuyi-class battleship didn't even need to be warned by the ship's guns, and directly rammed into it, and these small flower boats couldn't avoid it, so they hurriedly rowed to dodge. The sailors on the deck shouted for them to leave the White Goose Pond, laughing and leaning on the side of the boat to look down at the panicked appearance of the bustards and girls on board.

Driven by the fleet, some of the flower boats on the river took refuge in the upper reaches of the Xijiang River, and some went to Huangpu Port along the downstream.

The fleet on Baietan, on this side, was cleared, and Guangzhou was also actively preparing for war over there.

Xu Ting, the general of coastal defense, was personally named by the governor and entrusted with the important task of attacking and burning the ship with fire, and he was full of enthusiasm and convened the generals of the naval division to discuss, and they all believed that the fire attack was feasible: compared with the vast sea, the Baietanjiang River was narrow, and the thief warships were all sailboats, which were difficult to maneuver and dodge.

It's just that the arson ships need to consume a lot of ships, and if the number is small, it is difficult to work, and the sailors themselves are seriously short of ships, so they have to report to the governor and ask the governor to solve the problem.

Wang Zunde can say anything as long as he can drive the thieves away from Baietan. Immediately issued a license order, ordering Yu Baocheng and Nanhai and Panyu counties to seal the ships in various places, regardless of size, and send them to Huangpu Port for use.

For a time, fishing boats and cargo ships on the river suffered one after another, and the flower boats that had just escaped from Baietanan were not spared, and a large number of them were nailed to Huangpu Port. During this period, the officials and generals of the sailors who undertook it were inevitably corrupted and nailed everywhere in the name of facing the battle. If the owner of the ship has money and access, he naturally quickly asks someone to spend money to dredge it and redeem his ship. The people who have no money can only watch their food money being piled up with firewood and grass and poured with vegetable oil, ready to be burned, beating their chests and feet, many bustards and girls on the flower boat have nowhere to go, and sorrow comes from it, and they are also crying on the shore.

In two days, the sailors gathered more than 50 fire attack ships of various kinds on the Huangpu Port, and rushed to produce more than 100 fire rafts that were exiled and drifted down the river. The boats and rafts were all loaded with fuel, and large iron nails were attached to the bows. Xu Ting recruited people who dared to die with good water character among the fishermen and officers and soldiers of the sailors, and promised to give each person ten taels of silver for settling in, and another twenty taels for those who came back alive, and ten taels for death. More than 300 people were immediately recruited on favorable terms, ready to sail to ram the thief's ship.

At the same time, to intensify the fires, barrels of sulfur and gunpowder were piled up on these ships, and many poisonous herbs were added to so-called toxic smoke. According to Xu Ting's estimate, so many fire-attacking rafts hit at the same time, no matter how powerful the thieves were, they couldn't reach it.

Xu Ting concentrated all the remaining naval warships and more than 40 rice boats and salt ships that were used as warships when he was recruited, and prepared to take advantage of the fire attack to take advantage of the situation when the thieves were in chaos to rush into the enemy formation and let the officers and men of the naval division board the ships to fight. The reward is very high: if you kill a thief, you will be rewarded with ten taels; Burn a thief's warship, and reward one hundred taels. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.