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"Tom tom tom!"

"Crack!"

With the rumbling of cannons, an iron bullet suddenly hit Lieutenant Bai's ship, piercing the ship building above it.

"Ah?" Lieutenant Bai was startled and shuddered, sweating all over his body, "The 'Shun Bandit' cannon is so accurate?"

It turns out that although the number of artillery available to the two sides is almost the same, the ratio of the red artillery and the Frang machine is completely different.

Compared with the Ming army whose main firepower was the Qianjin Flang machine, the rebel navy was equipped with more red cannons.

Although these Hongyi cannons are only five hundred catties, they have a longer range and better accuracy due to their good airtightness and tight fit of the projectiles.

"No, go up!" Deputy General Bai frowned and said boldly.

Although the range and accuracy of the Frang machine are not as good as the Hongyi cannon, it has advantages in caliber and rate of fire.

Once the design is approached, the advantages of the Fron machine will naturally be fully utilized.

"Good fight!" Just as Lieutenant Bai was startled by the artillery shells of the rebels, cheers erupted from Zhang Zizhou's boat.

Shooting at sea requires skill, but also luck.

Obviously, this gunner's skills and luck are very good, Zhang Zizhou couldn't help but promised: "When I go back this time, I will report to His Highness King Shun for you, and give you a credit!"

He is just a factory of Tianjin Shipyard, and has no right to directly confirm the military exploits.

"Okay, okay, okay!" The gunner also opened his mouth when he heard the words, smiling from ear to ear.

"No, the enemy ship is approaching!" Just as everyone was excited, the watchman suddenly reminded.

"Come on?" Zhang Zizhou couldn't help laughing when he heard that.

The biggest advantage of this new bird ship of the Rebel Army is its fast speed and good maneuverability.

To deal with the traditional warships and tactics of the Ming army, it is naturally more than enough.

"Give me the order, put on Lian's bombs, and retreat while fighting!" Zhang Zizhou couldn't help sneering, "I want to see how the opponent's navy plans to fight me!"

Following Zhang Zizhou's order, the sailors frantically manipulated the sails and rudder.

The closer the warship under Vice General Bai was, the rebel army would retreat one point, and the closer the warship under Vice General Bai was, the rebel army would retreat one centimeter.

So, the two sides chased each other for a long time, but the distance could not be shortened at all.

On the contrary, the masts of two ships were directly damaged by the rebel bullets, and they could not continue to pursue them.

"What should I do?" Left and right saw being beaten passively all the time, and they couldn't help being discouraged.

"Let those two bird boats stick it up!" Lieutenant Bai hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but ordered through gritted teeth.

Among the eight warships under his command, except for the two bird boats which were faster, the other Haicang boats, Cangshan boats and net shuttle boats were not successful.

Just like maintaining the formation, it will only slow down the speed, and it will be impossible to catch up with the rebels.

As for retreating, he probably didn't dare to retreat.

He led eight warships by himself, and faced off with two "shun thieves", if he returned without success, neither Huang Sunmao, the deputy envoy of military preparations, nor Chen Hongfan, the commander in chief, would be able to spare him.

Now that the matter has come to this point, he can do it if he can, and he has to do it if he can't. He can only grit his teeth and catch up.

"The enemy sent out two bird ships!" As soon as Lieutenant Bai divided his troops, the watchman here saw the reality.

"Bird boat?" Zhang Zizhou pondered for a while when he heard the words, and couldn't help laughing, "Don't worry, let them chase for a while, and then fire!"

"Okay!" The sailor received the order, and while agitating the sail, he quickly picked up the long wormwood and shook it desperately.

The two bird boats immediately braved the wind and waves, and quickly "fleeed" to the distance!
"Quick, catch up quickly, don't let the 'thief' escape!" Seeing this, the two bird boats of the Ming army couldn't help speeding up quickly, chasing desperately.

After going back and forth in this way, the two sides chased for about half an hour. The rebel bird boat suddenly slowed down, then turned across the hull and launched a fierce shelling.

The bird boats of the Ming army, which were chasing closely, were suddenly stunned, and a big hole was torn in the sail of one of the bird boats by the rebels' hammer.

"Oops, we're out of touch!" At this moment, the two bird boats realized that they were running too fast, leaving Lieutenant Bai and the other ships around him far behind.

Now their two bird boats have been surrounded by the two bird boats of "Shun Bandit".

"It doesn't matter, let's stick to them and fight them!" After chasing for a long time, the Ming army felt the weakness of the rebel army, and said confidently.

"Boom, boom, boom!" As soon as the two sides got closer, they both ignited their own artillery.

It's just that the Ming army never expected that the rebels' melee firepower was so sharp. Four [-]-jin red cannons and two [-]-jin Francophones fired all at once, and the dense shells swept across the deck of the bird boat like the scythe of death.

Countless sailors and soldiers were beaten to pieces and fell into the sea one after another.

And the rebel army also took this opportunity to lean over, firing their guns and hooking the opponent's side of the boat with a hook and sickle gun.

"Kill!" More than a dozen sword and shield hands in short clothes jumped over, and then started fighting in this narrow space.

The other bird boat saw that it was not good, so it turned its bow and ran away.

Seeing Zhang Zizhou, he quickly dispatched another bird boat to pursue him.

After fighting like this for a while, the soldiers on the bird boat couldn't resist, and after paying more than ten lives, they had no choice but to surrender.

Zhang Zizhou couldn't help being overjoyed, and while dispatching some of his men to rush back, he escorted the captives back.

On the way, I first met the bird boat chasing the Ming army, and learned that the other party was round with the Ming army navy after being shot twice, so I continued on my way resentfully.

After about an hour's journey, he suddenly heard the sound of rumbling guns.

Zhang Zizhou quickly ordered the watchmen to observe carefully, and soon found that more than a dozen warships were being besieged by the navy of the Ming army.

It turned out that after Zhang Zizhou left, the Ming army continued to sail towards Dagukou.

Seeing that there was no way to escape, the rebels took out all the remaining Haicang boats, Cangshan boats, and bird boats, and fought to the death with the Ming army navy.

However, the gap between the two sides is too large in terms of quantity and quality, and they are basically beaten by the navy of the Ming army.

"What should I do? I can't fight at all!" The soldiers of the rebel army couldn't help but turn pale in shock when they saw the current situation.

One side has more than a hundred warships, while the other side has only a dozen warships. No matter how big the tactical gap between the two sides is, it is really difficult to bridge the material gap.

"Either lead the opponent into the shallows, or we can only fight with the opponent on land!" Zhang Zizhou frowned, thought for a long time, and finally admitted helplessly.

In water warfare, big boats fight small boats, fast boats fight slow boats, and many boats fight few boats.

In addition to the eight new bird ships, the current Rebel Navy has only two Haicang ships, and four or five Cangshan ships are available.

However, with these more than a dozen ships, even if one counts as ten, how can they deal with the more than a hundred warships of the Ming army?
If the navy who can't deal with the Ming army is killed by the Ming army into Dagukou, then the Tianjin Shipyard I have worked so hard to build may be in danger.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zizhou couldn't help feeling anxious.

He quickly ordered: "Quick, come forward to support, first rescue our boat!"

Even if he had just won a battle, Zhang Zizhou had no hope of preventing the Ming army from landing at Dagukou.

What he thinks now is to save as much as he can, and to leave a little seed for the navy of the rebel army.