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Chapter 239 Vulnerable

At Wangjing Gate, the Jiang defense cannon fired one round at a time.

"Boom boom boom!"

The red-coated cannons of the Qing navy warships also fired while the Jiujiang river defense cannons were shutting down.

It was also a missed shot. The first round of firing was mostly for range measurement and calibration, so you were lucky to hit the target.

Hearing the roar of Qing warships and cannons, the Ming army at the head of Jiujiang City reacted very quickly.

There are five river defense cannons, each with eight gunners. Counting the ordinary soldiers carrying gunpowder, there are a total of 80 people serving these five cannons.

As the saying goes, "Once you learn again, twice you will become familiar with it." The eight people skillfully cleaned the barrel of the cannon, loaded the gunpowder, and then opened fire.

The whole process takes just over a minute.

"Boom boom boom!"

The cannon fired a volley, and five shells rushed out of the barrel amid smoke and loud noises. They hit the Qing warships on the river in a perfect parabola in the air.

Three rounds missed and entered the river, causing a wave of waves. Two rounds directly hit two Qing warships, both large and small.

One of the cannonballs carried strong kinetic energy and instantly penetrated the deck.Before the other one penetrated the deck, it also killed a "lucky man" who couldn't dodge. Listening to the noise on the warship, it seemed that he was an officer.

However, this also caused the two warships to lose their "combat effectiveness", and the Qing army still had dozens of warships.

"Boom boom boom!"

The guns of the Qing warships opened fire again.

Dozens of cannons fired in unison, and for a while, the river was filled with artillery fire.

"Boom boom boom!"

On the Jiujiang City side, the river defense artillery also aimed at the river and quickly loaded and fired. Even the other city defense artillery deployed at the top of the city also fired.

At this time, he no longer cared about whether the continuous firing of the artillery would cause the chamber to explode.

The artillery battle begins first!

However, although the artillery fire from both the offensive and defensive sides on the river was noisy, in fact, except for the more powerful red cannons with a larger range, the others were basically just audible.

It's not that it's impossible to hit, but it's close to the extreme distance, and you don't even need to be accurate with the muskets, let alone the more powerful artillery.

"Boom boom boom..."

"Boom..."

The surface of the river and the top of the city were filled with fire, smoke, and the continuous sound of cannons.

The cannonballs on both sides were madly venting at each other as if they were free of charge. Most of the cannonballs entered the river, and it was unknown how many years later they would be discovered and salvaged again.

A small number of artillery shells successfully hit the target, and ten warships on the Qing army had to withdraw from the warships.

It was not sunk, but hit by artillery shells, which caused the soldiers to be unstable and unable to cooperate with friendly forces to fight effectively. Only one of the more unlucky ones was hit by artillery shells in the powder room.

The hot shells almost exploded the piled gunpowder barrels. Who dared to continue driving the ship?

Things were not going well here in Jiujiang City. Many shells hit the city walls, leaving craters.

Fortunately, after the Ming army occupied Jiujiang, they organized civilians to carry out special maintenance and reinforcement here.

After all, it is an important town on the Yangtze River. The Qing army did not pay attention to it because it was inland, but the Ming army had to pay attention because it was a frontier city.

"Boom boom boom..."

"Junmen, you can't fight like this, we won't be able to get through at all!" the deputy general stood on the deck and shouted with an ugly face.

The sound of the cannon is too loud, and it is easy to be hard to hear unless you shout loudly.

"Wait a minute, we have so many ships and so many cannons, the Puppet Ming will definitely not be able to hold on!" Wu Guoyin gritted his teeth.

Yes, the Qing Navy did have many ships and cannons, but these ships were basically river warships. They could only run in the Yangtze River and were not at the same weight as the sea-going ships of the Fujian Navy.

As for ship-borne artillery, even the tonnage of the ship is not enough, so the tonnage of the artillery is naturally not enough.There are more naval guns, but they are not too many, and their range is not far.

If you want to reach the range, you must enter the coverage area of ​​Jiujiang City's anti-artillery.

However, in fact, the losses of the Qing navy so far have not been large, only ten ships in total.It wasn't that they were sunk, most of them were just hit, and a few were killed before they had to withdraw.

"But the military..." The deputy general was about to speak. "Bang bang bang!"

There was a violent and continuous explosion, which, unlike the roar of artillery, seemed to be quite close to the flagship.

Wu Guoyin and the deputy general were shocked. They quickly followed the sound and saw that a Qing navy warship had exploded.

Looking from a distance, under the fire and thick smoke, the warship sank rapidly into the river, and the Qing soldiers inside did not even have time to escape.

Such a huge movement is impossible to hide even if you want to.

A small-scale chaos instantly occurred in the Qing navy's formation, and the morale of the Ming army at the head of Jiujiang City was greatly boosted.

Regardless of the situation, the cannons were aimed at the Qing warships that started to riot, and they were dealt a heavy blow.

The Qing navy was in chaos!

It was less than an hour before the war started.

The deputy general was frightened and quickly advised: "Junmen, withdraw! Marshal Long only asked us to cover the landing of the army, and he did not ask us to attack from the river."

"Send the order and retreat immediately!" Wu Guoyin finally ordered, his face gloomy and a little unwilling.

In fact, he didn't even need to give the order. Many Qing navy warships were already running away.

Once born and twice cooked.

However, since the flagship did not run away, most of them were still coy and coy. Now that they received the flag order from the flagship to retreat, the remaining Qing warships quickly turned around and accelerated back out of the range of Jiujiang City's artillery.

The artillery offensive and defensive battle on the riverside at the north gate of Jiujiang City ended in an anticlimactic manner.

At Wangjing Gate, the Ming army soldiers behind the female wall suddenly burst into cheers.

Even the commander He Zheng, who was the general who defended the city, couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief. His whole body was already soaked with sweat due to the high tension.

At this moment, my clothes and armor were all stuck to my body, which was very uncomfortable.

However, He Zheng did not dare to show it at all, and instead quickly issued orders.

This battle is not over yet!
The Qing army couldn't just fire a few cannons with them on the river and be done with it.

This is indeed the case, a shoal crossing on the west bank of Jiujiang City.

"That idiot!"

Longkodo, who was personally in charge of controlling the army, put down his telescope and his lungs almost exploded with anger.

Obviously he just asked Wu Guoyin to cover the army, and by the way, he had the opportunity to test Jiujiang City Defense again.

Is this how he tested it?
Most importantly, just fight!They were also beaten away by the Ming army's Jiangfang artillery.

This is not only embarrassing, but also extremely damaging to morale.

Longkodo originally thought that by adding more warships and artillery to the navy, providing enough food, and training rigorously, it would be something like that.

Who would have thought that reality would give him a complete disadvantage? This navy cannot be said to have no fighting power, it is simply vulnerable!

No, you can't say that. After all, this time they were still within the range of the Ming army's artillery, and they persisted in shooting for an hour.

Much better than the previous water battle in Caishiji.

Moreover, the navy only retreated, but did not collapse. The overall loss was very small, and only one ship was sunk.

Fortunately, he hit the gunpowder room. The hot shell detonated the piled gunpowder barrels, and then blew a big hole in the cabin.

The warship saw water rapidly from bottom to top, and it was too late for repairs, so it sank.

If the navy can't help, they can only attack from the land. This is no different from Longkodo's planned plan.

A large number of ships docked on the river bank. The Huai Army and the New Army (green) were organized into blue uniforms. They differed only in details. Two distinct Qing armies were landing in an orderly manner.

The landing point selected by the Qing army was neither close nor far from Jiujiang, and was just outside the range of the red cannon.

In addition to the army, a lot of military supplies were also carried ashore.

Most of them were small land combat artillery such as the Crouching Tiger Cannon, and there were also a few red-coated heavy artillery pieces that were so heavy that they couldn't be pushed and had to be pulled by many people on vehicles.

(End of this chapter)