Chapter 522: The Battle of the East China Sea (3)
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"Meet the enemy, meet the enemy, meet it, kill the enemy's sentry ship first, quickly!"
With Jiang Xiaoyu's shouting, a 400-gauge gunboat, two bluff boats, two sand boats, and two eagle boats belonging to the 10th Battalion, full of sails, lined up in two columns, and killed the two Zheng Jun speedboats that appeared in the southeast direction.
At this time, the northwest wind was strong, and the ships of the 10th Battalion sailed with the wind, chopping the waves and cutting the waves, like dragons. The bow of the ship splashed like a curtain, and the speed of the boat had reached its limit.
The enemy ship was small and light, turned the rudder and drew an arc, and quickly fled south.
According to the speed of the enemy's escape, it was difficult for the 10th Battalion to catch up, and the gunner Zhu Bai asked Jiang Xiaoyu eagerly: "General, do you want to open fire?" ”
Jiang Xiaoyu said angrily: "Damn, don't you want money to be a shell?" Get lost! ”
Zhu Bai was scolded for being bloody, so he had to run back to the gun position in disgrace, and he practiced live ammunition shooting every day for the past two months, and the cannon was replaced, but he had not had a chance to fire at the real enemy, and Zhu Bai was inevitably itchy.
But Zheng Jun's two speedboats are more than a mile away from the distance, and the hit rate at such a distance is almost zero, besides, using Hongyi cannons to bombard two speedboats is simply a cannon to hit mosquitoes, no wonder Jiang Xiaoyu is hot.
After desperately chasing for two or three miles, Jiang Xiaoyu suddenly saw from the telescope that the dense enemy ships jumped up to the sea level and were welcoming them, oh my God! I am afraid that there must be two hundred warships, and the whole sea in the south is covered.
Jiang Xiaoyu was so shocked that he shouted continuously: "Turn the rudder right, quickly, turn quickly!" ”
He only had seven ships, and the Zheng army had nearly two hundred, and the sails were like clouds, covering the sky, and if they didn't run, they were waiting for death, and under his order, the seven warships drew an arc and fled westward.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Suddenly, there was the sound of cannons. A few shells whistled and smashed on the sea thirty or forty feet away, causing a few splashes.
"Damn, I'll shoot two miles away, come on, I'm afraid you won't make it!" Jiang Xiaoyu was annoyed and angry, but the recruits under his command were startled.
It turns out that firing a cannon for a mile or two, although the hit rate is almost zero, can be somewhat scary. It is still very effective in damaging the morale of the other side.
The black-pressed Zheng military ship chased after him, and Jiang Xiaoyu only had one Fu ship equipped with artillery, so he could only bury his head and flee for his life;
The left flank of the Zheng army swept out more than a dozen Cangshan boats, which had a small hull and were equipped with oars, sailing when the wind was smooth and swinging when the wind was blowing. Lightweight and dexterous, it is mainly used to chase enemies and get heads.
More than a dozen Cangshan boats swept out of the left flank, obviously trying to outflank Jiang Xiaoyu and them. Jiang Xiaoyu was indiscriminately bombarded by Zheng's artillery. I haven't been able to fight back, and I am holding a fire in my belly, and I can't help but be angry when I see this: "The tiger is not powerful, you should be a sick cat." Zhu Bai, loaded with shotgun, turned rudder"
On his command, seven battleships made an arc to the left. Just grabbed the "T" cross head of the dozen or so Cangshan boats that swept out on the left flank.
Zheng Jun didn't expect a few small fish and shrimp to dare to turn and attack under the noses of the Zheng family's huge fleet, until Jiang Xiaoyu's flagship port side spewed out ten tongues of fire.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
Ten jack Franc cannons opened fire one after another. The sonic shook the sea, and the flying pills poured away like rain, roaring and shooting on Zheng Jun's Cangshan boat, the sails were broken with many small holes, and the sailors on the ship avoided in terror, and those who couldn't hide were either pierced through the chest, or shot in the head, blood splashed, and screamed.
The biggest feature of the Fran cannon is that it has a fast rate of fire, and after a cannon is fired, it immediately replaces the sub-gun that has been loaded with ammunition in advance, and in less than 20 seconds, it can be fired again. Unfortunately, this kind of shotgun did little damage to the hull, and the enemy ducked to the side of the ship, and there were few casualties.
After two rounds of shooting, Jiang Xiaoyu once again ordered to turn and flee. Zheng Jun's front main cannon roared from time to time, and more than 20 pounds of solid bullets smashed on the water with a terrifying whistling sound, stirring up water columns one by one.
"Quick, go around Woniu Island, quick!"
Fang just turned the rudder for two rounds of artillery bombardment, delaying a lot of effort, Zheng Jun's Cangshan ship chased a lot closer, if it was entangled, Jiang Xiaoyu's seven battleships were afraid that there would not even be scum left.
The sky was gloomy, as if it had been filled with lead, the wind was much lighter, and only a thin wave was left on the sea, Jiang Xiaoyu regretted the impulse just now, although the two rounds of shelling were very long and morale, but they delayed the opportunity to escape.
In order to escape from the outflanking of the Zheng army, he could no longer care about the words of the admiral Gu Rong to lure the enemy to the west, and the seven battleships under his order turned to the right of Lu, bypassing Woniu Island and fleeing north.
Zheng Zhilong sent Zheng Xing to lead twenty warships to pursue, and Jiang Xiaoyu had seven warships and 500 men and horses, which was a lot of meat.
Because it was sailing against the wind, everyone's speed was not fast, Zheng Xing ordered the front main gun to continue shelling, hoping to further affect Jiang Xiaoyu's speed;
The two sides were separated by a mile, desperately chasing, both wishing that their warships could fly, but the more anxious they were, the slower they felt the speed.
The anxious Jiang Xiaoyu bypassed Woniu Island and fled all the way north for four or five miles, and there were two small islands in front of it, and the peaks on the island were uplifted and the trees were lush and green. The waterway between the two islands is only one mile wide;
Jiang Xiaoyu ordered to pass between the two mountains, hoping that such terrain would scare the pursuers and make them dare not chase again. Who knew that Zheng Xing was still shelling on the one hand, and chasing after him on the other.
From time to time, shells fell near the ship, stirring up columns of water, which was quite frightening. As soon as I passed through the two small islands, I saw the northwest direction of the clouds and sails covering the sky, the huge ships breaking the waves, and a huge fleet spread out for two miles to meet the head;
At first glance, Jiang Xiaoyu thought it was an enemy army and was startled. Looking at it again, it was the North Sea Fleet, which had lost contact before, with more than 200 warships, and the muzzles of the black holes pointed at it from afar, making people's scalps tingle.
"It's the North Sea Fleet, quickly raise the flag and tell them that there are pursuers behind them, quickly!" Jiang Xiaoyu was surprised and delighted, and a little hysterical.
In fact, there was no need for flags, hearing the sound of cannons from time to time, Di Zhongxing also knew that there was an enemy in the road, and his thirty-six huge ships lined up and cut diagonally towards the channel between the two islands, Jiang Xiaoyu hurriedly turned around the island to the west and get out of the way.
Zheng Xing's twenty warships had just chased out of the channel between the two islands, and saw the enemy ships coming like clouds, Zheng Ju, who was old in naval battles, was not only not surprised, but immediately realized that this was a good opportunity, as long as the Qin army was slightly delayed, Zheng Zhilong's follow-up army would soon be able to outflank him
At this time, the clouds broke through the line, the mountain shadow fell into the sea, half of the side was faint, and there were countless Qin ships, coming from the shadows, approaching the thief ship, the vanguard commanded by Liu Zhongqin fired the first cannon, and killed the Zheng army with the wind;
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
The jack of the starboard Franc cannon opened fire one after another, flying pills like rain, roaring all over the sky, a whole hundred solid bullets smashed into Zheng Xing's fleet with an astonishing momentum, and a Cangshan ship on Zheng Xing's left was unfortunately hit in the bow, boom! But when he heard a loud noise, the bow of the Cangshan ship was shattered, the sawdust flew everywhere, and Zheng Jun on the ship screamed again and again
"Turn the rudder, the starboard artillery will return fire, and go up like a mountain to entangle the enemy" Zheng Xing roared, he only had three gunboats, and the rest were small warships, under his command, the three gunboats turned west along the track of Jiang Xiaoyu, and fired back fiercely at the Qin battleship with the starboard side.
The remaining dozen or so small warships braved the rain of bullets and rushed straight towards the Qin gunboats, and for a while, the two islands were full of artillery fire, and the sound of killing was like a tide, and the sound shook the heavens and the earth, and the sea was boiling.
On the Zheng battleship that rushed to the Qin gunboat, the Zheng soldiers crouched on the side of the ship and fired constantly with the rifles they had snatched from the Dutch. Hundreds of guns were fired together, sonic booms in the sea, and the flying pills fell in the water like rain.
On Liu Zhongqin's ship, from time to time, soldiers were shot, and blood stained the deck, he couldn't help but be furious, the other party's dozen or so small ships dared to rush so arrogantly, this clearly didn't put the Great Qin Navy in his eyes, it was unbearable.
He immediately adjusted the course and plowed straight at Zheng Jun's small ship, his fortune ship was as tall as a building, and if it was pressed down by the wind, if Zheng Jun's small ship was hit, the whole ship would be shattered.
However, Zheng's warships are small and light, and it is not easy to hit them, and Zheng Jun's sailors are extremely skilled in handling the sails and supporting the rudder, Liu Zhongqin's giant ship not only did not hit others, but was approached by others from both sides.
The sound of gunfire continued, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the surroundings, Zheng Jun were all outlaws who had lived at sea for many years, extremely brave, braving the rain of bullets and constantly approaching the huge ship of the Qin army, once they were glued up by the other party, it would be extremely dangerous.
Liu Zhongqin, who used to be nicknamed Chaojiang Long, sneered: "Come on, come on if you are not afraid of death, Wei Thirteen, prepare, let the enemy taste our benefits!" ”
"Yes, General!"
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PS: Ask for a monthly pass, ask for a monthly pass support, as soon as the cannon goes off, the monthly pass rolls in! There is wood?.
(To be continued......)