In the face of fierce shells, large ships can still withstand it, after all, where is the volume, not one or two shells can be smashed, at most it is to smash the deck or the side of the ship out of a large hole, if you want to sink the big ship, you need at least a dozen shells or even more shells to be able to do it; But the boat is not good, the small boat behind is only two or three zhang long, no more than one zhang wide, a shell down, may not be able to smash the ship overturned, but the deck is very likely, if three shells in a row hit the same boat, it will definitely sink instantly.

The fierce artillery fire set off a storm on the surface of the Yangtze River, and all the people were already in a hurry, of course, the most panicked was Zhang Xianzhong, here is the family foundation that he has worked hard for more than ten years to accumulate, if he dies in a battle here, it will be a loss!

"Quick, shoot back, shoot back! Archers, musketeers, artillery, all face and fight! ”

Zhang Xianzhong kept roaring.

But now almost all the warships of the naval division of the people are staying one mile away, and the current bows and arrows and firecrackers are all useless, as for the artillery, the Great Western Army is now in a state of marching, in order to facilitate management, almost all the artillery is concentrated on a few large ships behind, and slowly follow, the fleet of the Great Western Army stretches for at least four or five miles, where can you reach the naval warships in front of you? The Great Western Army is completely in a position of being beaten passively, and it is impossible to fight back!

Moreover, the current Ming Empire sailors can use not only artillery, but also more powerful killer weapons, after all, almost all the red-clothed artillery is equipped with solid shells, and only a small number of flowering shells are flowering shells, at most they cause hard damage to the hull, but rockets are different.

Zhu Jie equipped all the newly produced rockets to the Imperial Naval Division in one breath, sixteen main warships, each with two launchers, twenty rockets, with a range of more than three miles, it can be said that dozens of ships of the Great Western Army in front of him were all covered by the range of rockets, these rockets were specially prepared by Zhu Jie for water warfare and cavalry warfare, used to deal with wooden warships and cavalry, under the shroud of rockets, whether it was a warship or a war horse, it would be reduced to ashes!

Cha Bolt is extremely shrewd, naturally knows what his target is, has been deployed before, all the rockets and blossom run, only allowed to attack Zhang Xianzhong's big ship, those small and medium-sized ships are left to the solid bullet of the red-coated artillery to deal with, the cannonball can not smash the big ship, but against the small and medium-sized ships, almost a dozen accurate!

Eight main warships and eighteen rocket launchers kept making terrible roars, and one rocket after another flew straight to the big ship of the Great Western Army with a sharp whistling sound, and the key target was the most conspicuous handsome ship, that is, the big ship that Zhang Xianzhong was riding.

This temporary handsome ship is very tall, at least there are thousands of materials, compared to the big green head of the imperial sailors, it is not inferior, but unfortunately, it is only a boat, not a warship, not equipped with naval guns, and there is no strong warship, such a huge sand ship, once encountered in a water battle, it will become a live target for the enemy.

Zhang Xianzhong has always fought in Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Huguang, and basically has not encountered large-scale water battles. This handsome ship is majestic, but it is also the most dangerous.

In the blink of an eye, five or six rockets landed on the handsome ship!

"Boom, boom, boom......"

A violent explosion sounded, and the blazing tail flame of the rocket even ignited the sails on the big ship, and even the sail rope was burned, and then other wooden materials on the handsome ship were also ignited by the explosion, and the huge tail flame and explosion made the fire raging and blazing.

On the handsome boat, at least thousands of people are carrying, Zhang Xianzhong's most elite imperial camp of the Chinese army is on the handsome ship for personal protection, civil and military officials, there are also not a few, many soldiers were affected by the majesty and explosion of the rocket, one by one with the flames on their bodies running around, can't stop howling, some rolled on the spot, close to the side of the ship, and even jumped directly into the Yangtze River, the entire handsome boat has been in a mess, everyone is in a hurry!!

That's not all, in addition to rockets, there are also cannonballs, several flowering shells, which also fell on the handsome ship one after another, and burned the flames of the warship more fiercely, even if you want to extinguish it, there is not much possibility!

"Firefighting, firefighting! Hurry up and get all the tools to put out the fire! ”

Zhang Xianzhong finally became anxious, this is all elite strength, his most elite imperial camp, if the handsome ship sinks, everyone will feed Wang Ba!

There are 1,500 people in the imperial camp, and all of them have already been put into the firefighting, and they can't even bother to fight back, but the fire is rising into the sky, and it is not easy to extinguish it? It's not possible at all, it's a drop in the bucket!

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Liu Jinzhong, who was on the side, shouted urgently: "The current fire is difficult to control, there are still some small boats on the handsome boat, please board the boat immediately and retreat, if you don't leave now, it's too late!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong's eyes were split, and he roared angrily: "Fart! How can it not be extinguished! Everyone is going to put out the fire for Lao Tzu, go to extinguish the fire! ”

"Your Majesty, even if we can control the fire, then what about the back, the rocket of the Ming Army's sailors is too powerful, such a big flame, and the explosion of gunpowder, we can control it for a while, but in less than a quarter of an hour, the big ship will be completely burned down, and it will be uncontrollable, and when the time comes, we won't be able to run if we want to!"

Liu Jinzhong stomped his feet anxiously, he knew, Zhang Xianzhong also understood that this handsome ship was going to sink sooner or later, a broken ship, not reluctantly, but reluctant to let go of the more than 1,000 elite henchmen on the big ship, these are all battle-hardened veterans, and they are close to their henchmen!

Yes, Zhang Xianzhong is distressed, like a blunt knife cutting his heart, not only the handsome ship in front of him, now there are at least twenty or thirty big ships on fire, just these twenty or thirty big ships, carrying tens of thousands of elite soldiers, as for those small boats, it is even more unlucky, the current big ships can at least hold on, and they will not sink to the bottom for a while, but those small boats, as long as they are hit by huge shells, there is a danger of shattering their bones, and twenty pounds of heavy shells fall to the sky with huge inertia, how much power does it have? More than a thousand pounds!

Many small boats have already been shelled and directly overturned, and a boatload of soldiers ranging from twenty or thirty to hundreds of people have all died at the bottom of the Yangtze River!

(End of chapter)