Chapter 15: The Unexpected! Enemy reinforcements are coming!
Compared to when Delis was worried, Weddell couldn't help but smile when he saw Ming Chuan, and said, "Okay! Interesting! Let's all use this to compete for the winner! No matter how strong and brave you are, it won't help! After all, we are the absolute superior! β
Weddell's self-confidence was not without reason, no, the five ships that came from afar, although they were converted from merchant ships, were not large. However, there were many pirates on board, and they were also equipped with red-clad cannons. The worst thing is that the Ming army did not find this army, and even if it did, because it was a merchant ship and a fishing boat, of course it would not be a pirate.
A person on the boat looked at him from afar, and he smiled: "Zhu Kezhen, you must not have thought that it would be me!" This time I can get my revenge! Someone next to him came to report: "Boss, we are ready!" β
He waved his hand and said, "All right! I know the truth! He said: "Zhu Kezhen, I have sought revenge on you, and then I will find Zheng Zhilong!" I must get revenge! "He looked excited!
With a bang, the fist hit the railing. And none of his men dared to look up at their boss...... The pirates understood that the boss wanted to kill all the people on the ship, leaving no one behind.
This side of the main ship of the Ming army. Zhu Kezhen shouted: "Soldiers! The time has come to sacrifice yourself to protect your country! Now if we want to survive, if we want to drive away foreign enemies, we can only fight to the death! Otherwise, everyone will have to die here! β
Zhang Biwu also spoke up: "General Zhu is right! This is our land, and how can we allow the enemy to run rampant? β
Zhang Biwu looked at Zhang Pan for a while, then at Huang Youguang and Cai Jiuyi, and he spoke: "Who is the most powerful?" It can be shown by killing enemies! β
This was specially said to Cai Jiuyi and Huang Youguang, so that they would fight desperately in order to demonstrate to unhappy people. No, Cai Jiuyi and Huang Youguang set their eyes on Zhang Pan, and similarly, Zhang Pan also looked at them, and they all thought of going together, wanting to use the enemy's head to measure who was right!
At this time, the paddlers on both sides of the Ming boat rowed hard, thus driving the big boat to move quickly towards each other. Even if the distance is not enough, artillery fire will erupt to preempt people.
The British ship stopped. This made Zhu Kezhen not understand what tricks the British ship was going to do. At this time, five merchant ships came quickly. The lookout shouted, "General, five ships have come out!" And here it goes! It's very fast! β
Zhu Kezhen couldn't help but be surprised when she heard it, and said, "What's the matter?" Obviously, this is the government fighting pirates, and the merchant ships should not appear, so they will avoid it! β
Zhu Kezhen shouted: "Let them send a warning signal...... At this moment, he stopped and said, "No need! Let them shoot! Hit the nail on the head! Don't hit! If you retreat immediately, it will be the good people, and if you don't, it may be the pirates! β
Zhu Kezhen doesn't want to be the latter, if it's a pirate ship, then this side will have to bear the possibility of being attacked from both sides by the other side! This is extremely dangerous! But the possibility of the latter is huge!
However, Zhu Kezhen thought about it, there were officers and soldiers interrogating, it was impossible to let go of this large number of robbers! But what Zhu Kezhen didn't know was that the Ming army already had Weddell's internal response, and he was a senior military attachΓ©, so this group of pirates could appear all the way on the battlefield of the river in Guangzhou and give Zhu Kezhen a fatal blow!
Don't take it lightly! Otherwise, if you are flanked from both sides, there will only be the danger of annihilation.
The more you don't want to do something, the more it will come true! No, when the artillery of the Ming army fired at the merchant ship, it did not want to hit the other party, so it just blasted a big wave in front of the merchant ship. The merchant ship did not mean to stop, but increased its speed and rushed straight forward.
"Not good!" Only then did Zhu Kezhen understand that she had been tricked! It turned out that the British ships had already prepared, and they knew that there would be pirates to help them, so that they could fight with them!
Three ships against eleven ships, although it shows that the ships on the side of the army are large and strong enough, but in terms of strength, the enemy is much more than the Ming army! In addition, there are many ships, which occupies a great advantage.
The British ships were not in a hurry to attack, but were supported by artillery fire. "Boom", there are waves flying around the boat!
But just a few more hits, and there will always be one to be hit. No, a cannon hit, and it happened that the plank caught fire. "Extinguish the fire! Extinguish! The soldiers shouted, and they all had to carry water to put out the fire.
Zhang Biwu saw that the lead boat was on fire, and when he looked at the seawater, another cannon came over, and the water waves splashed high. This inspired Zhang Biwu.
He immediately manipulated the cannon, two in quick succession. Not to mention, these two shells caused the waves, which hit the burning boat and extinguished the fire along the ship. Then the soldiers on the ship extinguished the rest of the fire, and soon the fire was extinguished.
Zhang Biwu continued to quickly use the red-coated cannon to return the color to the British ship, and Zhang Biwu was sure to hit every shot. Artillery after cannon fell among the enemy ships.
He knew that the fire provoked by the Dao was not very effective, and if he could get close to the enemy ship and use rockets, it would be very useful for the wooden ship to set the wooden ship on fire.
All three ships are equipped with catapults, which are wooden ships that use fireballs to destroy the enemy. The distance is not enough, but it can't be fired randomly, and the ammunition is effective.
In addition, the lookout soldier looked carefully and shouted: "Ladder! There are ladders on merchant ships! And there's a bunch of pirates ready to board the ship! β
This time, it has touched everyone's hearts! The British ships were originally in a formation, and they were all scattered, and they had to take a position of encirclement and attack the Ming army together with the five approaching pirate ships.
The first ship approached the main ship. "Damn!" Zhang Biwu could no longer attack the British ships, and instead attacked the pirate ships. "Boom", a blow is in the middle. But one shot didn't sink the other party.
Zhu Kezhen watched carefully, and he shouted: "Quickly send a signal, let the other two ships move closer to me, and then concentrate firepower to sink one of the enemy's ships first!" Just one ship that can sink the opponent can deter the enemy! Otherwise, it would be bad if they all came closer! β
Zhu Kezhen was talking, and a "boom" shot was hitting not far from him, and some of the Ming soldiers around him were blown away. and the deputy general Zhang Pan and a personal soldier hurriedly pressed Zhu Kezhen with their bodies to prevent Zhu Kezhen from being injured.
Zhu Kezhen immediately raised her head and said, "Damn! There is such an accurate gunner among the pirates! In that case, these pirates must be habitual thieves! I don't know who it is! β
When he was watching, he was not surprised! Because he saw a man standing on a ship not far from here, he lost his voice and said, "How is it possible? Isn't he dead? was cornered by Zheng Zhilong, and then committed suicide and drowned? How did not die! β
Who is the person Zhu Kezhen is talking about? That's right! It's none other than the famous pirate Liu Xiang! In the sixth year of Chongzhen, Zheng Zhilong fought with the Netherlands, mainly to sweep away the pirates along the coast who did not obey him, and to make the Netherlands not want to monopolize the Chinese trade.
The Battle of Liuluo Bay was defeated by the Netherlands, and Zheng Zhilong bit Liu Xiang to death, "One broke it in Shiwei, then broke it in Dinghai, three broke it in Guanghe, four broke it in White Pigeon, five broke it in Dadan, and six broke it in Qianao." "In the end, Liu Xiang was forced to drown when he was cornered in the decisive battle.
Zhu Kezhen didn't expect him to die? One theory is that Liu Xiang committed suicide with a gun, and the other theory is **drowning! Zhu Kezhen now understands that Liu Xiang's cunning thing escaped with a trick to hide from the world, but now it has caused fatal damage to Zhu Kezhen at this critical moment!
Zhu Kezhen understands that he has a big enmity with Liu Xiang, and the two people Liu Xiang wants to kill the most are himself and Zheng Zhilong! Like this opportunity, Liu Xiang will not let it go......