Win the Ding 1617

Outside Dongshan Island, sail masts are like clouds.

This island, also known as Butterfly Island because the main island is shaped like a butterfly, is located at the southern end of the triangle of Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, bordering the Taiwan Strait in the east and Zhao'an Bay in the west.It is separated from Zhao'an by a river; the southeast is the intersection of the famous southern Fujian fishing ground and the eastern Guangdong fishing ground; it has always been the food and clothing place for fishermen along the coast of Fujian.

The island was once subordinate to Jieyang County of Nanhai County, Suian County of Ngee'an County, Longxi County of Quanzhou, Huaien County of Zhangzhou, Zhangpu County and Zhao'an County.In the 20th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1387), Tongshan was built to guard thousands of households, and Tongshan City was built, and then Tongshan Water Village was established, which is one of the five largest water villages in southern Fujian.

Looking out from Jiuxian Mountain, which is called the big mountain of Shuizhai by the locals, commonly known as Jiuxian Peak, next to the water village, you can see masts, sails, and busy sailors as far as you can see from Bachimen and Dongmen Island.

Nearly half of the ships of the Zheng family's navy fleet are gathered here.

In the northwest of Tongling Town, Dongshan Island, the Tongshan Guandi Temple, which was expanded and completed in the seventh year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, is now Zheng Zhilong's sailor's camp, serving as a temporary command post.In the fifth year of Jiajing, the seven-story stone pagoda Wenfeng Pagoda was built by Cai Chao, the sea patrol road, in Menyu, Tongshan Mountain, which was requisitioned and became a watchtower for the navy.

Because Dongshan Island is an important military site in the southeast coast of the past dynasties, it has quite complete naval facilities, which provide sufficient hardware conditions for Zheng Zhilong's arrival.

Zheng Zhilong also had his own considerations for choosing to move half of the naval ships to Dongshan.

He was worried that the Nanyue Army in Taiwan would stab himself in the back when the main force of the Fujian navy was out to meet the Nanyue Army navy going north.And the location of Dongshan Island.It is very close to Nan'ao Island where the son and younger brothers went to meet the enemy, and it is also on the route from Taiwan to Kinmen and Xiamen.Therefore, half of the elites were moved here.First, he can go to the battlefield to reinforce his son at any time, and second, he can guard against the Southern Guangdong Army from Taiwan.

However, in this way, the strength of the Zheng family army was virtually divided into several parts: Zheng Sen, Zheng Zhibao, and Shi Lang took some of the fastest and best artillery ships to the water surface of Nan'ao Island to ambush. More than a thousand ships watched the enemy for his son on Dongshan Island, and Kinmen and Xiamen also had to stay guarded.

"Dividing troops is a big taboo!"

A ship owner muttered in his heart.

The sailors on the pier didn't know what the chief generals were thinking, they just took out the barrels of gunpowder from the gunpowder depot and nervously transported them to their respective ships.Secretly hid behind the famous wind rock in Dongshan, took out a cigarette bag, pushed and let me smoke.

"What do you think of our battle?"

"Never mind him! Whoever wins, don't we all sail and paddle? Pay monthly!"

"That's right! Whoever pays me the salary. I will listen to whoever!"

A few veterans swallowed nonchalantly.

"That's not the same! A fellow from the same village wrote me a letter a few days ago, and I read it to my husband. This coward actually got an artillery commander in the Southern Guangdong Army! He has a lot of money every month. Counting, he is worth three or four of me alone! Originally, he asked me if I would like to go to the Southern Guangdong Army. If so, he would try to find a way for me."

"You bastard! Why don't you go?!"

Several soldiers were very disdainful of this fool's behavior.

"Hey! Isn't this delayed by my old lady's illness! Otherwise, I can earn ten silver dollars a month now!"

"Hi! Brothers, are we all good brothers?" There was a scar on one face.The sailor, whose muscles were constantly twitching, lowered his voice, looked around vigilantly, and then spoke in a low voice.

"If we don't fight, we'll bask in the sun here. If there is a fight, I'm ready to surrender. I also have friends over there, and they told me too. No matter what it is, as long as you have the ability to swim, there will be Hiring based on merit. Anyway, I can do it everywhere, why don’t I go to the top?!”

Several guys smiled at each other tacitly, all with expressions of "we also have the same idea".

Over the past few years, the Zheng family's shipping routes and trading partners have been continuously reduced. Although the size of the navy has remained at the scale of several thousand ships, the treatment of the sailors has shrunk silently.In the past, the sailors’ meals were borne by the shipowners, but later it was quietly changed to the distribution of board expenses, which was settled at the end of the month, and soon after, it was changed to be distributed to the sailors themselves, and the sailors themselves ate.Recently, it has even worsened, and the food expenses are gone.The sailors had to pay for their own meals, which made the subordinates of the shipowners, big and small, full of complaints.

Before a bag of cigarettes was finished, white smoke rose from the Wenfeng Pagoda not far away, and flags were constantly waving from the top of the pagoda, obviously something happened.

"Ponyam! Something has happened! Go!"

Sure enough, he sailed into a fast boat as if flying from the Bachi Gate, and headed straight for Zheng Zhilong's gate at the Guandi Temple.

"Marshal! The young marshal and the second master are on fire with the Nanyue Army Navy!"

On the water surface of Nan'ao Island, the fleets led by Zheng Sen and Shi Lang met with the vanguard fleet led by Li Huamei. According to Zheng Zhibao and Shi Lang's intentions, no matter what, they should send someone forward to explain a few words before starting the fight.Unexpectedly, Zheng Sen's quick temper came up and he took out Zheng Zhilong's sword seal, "I am now ordering the whole army in the name of the commander-in-chief, to step up and prepare to meet the enemy!"

In desperation, nearly a hundred ships, large and small, filled their sails and headed straight for Li Huamei's fleet, which was coming against the north wind.

"This Fusong Wan is indeed menacing!"

From the binoculars, it could be seen that Zheng Sen came with bad intentions, but Li Huamei was not afraid either.

"one two three four five six,....."

"My lord, there are a total of eight imitation red-haired boats, 24 big green heads, ten lucky boats, and some small boats. Based on the equipment of the Zheng family's navy, these big boats should have nearly [-] cannons."

"Send a signal, all ships use our ship as the benchmark, spread out the battle line!"

From the binoculars, it can be seen that Zheng Sen is not that good at water warfare, and ships of all sizes swarmed in a mess.Huamei was going to use the nearly five or six hundred artillery pieces equipped by her own fleet to teach these guys how to fight naval battles.

"Hua Mei, is it about to start a fight?"

from the cabin.Ao Lei Yilan, who vomited out her small face that was as red and shiny as an apple, walked out in full military uniform with a few Sauron women trying her best to be majestic.

Looking at the breastplate on this concubine's body, the steel helmet on top of her head, the short firecracker at her waist, the firecracker at her back, the long knife at her waist, and the spear in her hand, she was almost covered by Nanzhong's military equipment, Hua Mei couldn't help laughing a little.

"Yilan, you look like this. What are you going to do?"

"I heard that when the ships are approaching, they will use artillery to bombard them. After the bombardment is over, they will jump on the opposite boat and kill each other. I can't jump on other people's boats. However, if others jump on your boat, I can definitely kill them. Send it to the sea!"

Look at this simple concubine.Hua Mei was a little moved.From the moment of departure.She clamored to join Li Huamei in front of Shou Han, but Shou Han couldn't resist her, so he had to tell Hua Mei to take good care of her.

"It's okay! Yilan. Although our fleet doesn't bring that many infantry, our cannons and other things are enough to feed those bastards on the opposite side!"

Hua Mei was referring to those rocket ships hidden in the shadow of the big ships in the fleet.

"Young Commander! This can't work!"

Forcibly jumping onto Zheng Sen's ship, Shi Lang, who stopped Zheng Sen from rushing forward happily, pointed to the distance with a pale face and was slowly adjusting the queue according to Hua Mei's instructions. The ship's side faced the Zheng family navy team rushing from north to south from Nan'ao Island.

With Li Huamei's Aomei as the core, the ships on the two wings were constantly adjusting their angles, and the gun ports were hoisted by ropes, and the cannons were pushed out from the gun emplacements, revealing the dark muzzles.

"We rushed up in such a mess that we could only be sent into the sea by Li Huamei's shells!"

On the surface of the sea, the red-haired boat with an advantage in speed rushed ahead, while the small boats acting as fire boats followed closely behind the red-haired boat because of their lightness and speed, while the big blue-headed and lucky boats were left behind in the team .Seen from the sky, the whole Zhengjiashui division is in the shape of a dumbbell, with two big ends and a thin middle.

"Shi Lang is right! If Li's little girl uses cannon fire to destroy the boat that is ahead of us first, and then deal with the boat behind, we will have committed a military taboo. Come on!"

Zheng Zhibao didn't know when he jumped onto Zheng Sen's command ship.Clutching his nephew's hand and yelling loudly, he didn't intend to let his elder brother take the family business they bought with their heads in the storm and turned into a sea fire in a blink of an eye.

"What do you think?!" Zheng Sen became a little annoyed.

"Stop the boat and make the team. Let the boats behind follow up, adjust the formation, and change formation!"

"Yes! Let the fire boats be in front, the red-haired boats in the center to cover with artillery fire, and the Daqingtou and Fuchuan behind!"

The three touched each other briefly, and Shi Lang simply didn't go back to his own boat, and stayed on Zheng Sen's boat to help him command the entire army.

Under Shi Lang's command and dispatch, fifty fireboats were transferred to the forward line of the fleet, and they were arranged in two groups within the range of the red-haired boat's artillery.At the rear and two wings of the red-haired boat, 34 Daqingtou and Fuchuan also lined up in a fighting posture.

"Hua Mei, what are they going to do?"

Ao Lei Yilan was a little puzzled, for the activities on the sea, this heroic daughter in the mountains always looked at the flowers in the clouds.

"Seventh Madam, the small boats on the opposite side should be loaded with firewood, grass, nitrate, oil jars and other things, and they are going to set fire to our side with the wind. Then, taking advantage of the chaos caused by the fire, his big boat took the opportunity to use artillery Attack us. They plan to take advantage of the chaos and cause us losses."

Huamei's personal captain, Aji, a beautiful woman from Tianzhu, is also familiar with naval warfare, and has a clear understanding of the opponent's tactical ideas.

"Are you going to set me on fire? That's fine! Let them see what a professional arsonist is today!"

Huamei smiled innocently on her pretty face, "Yilan, you're from Liaodong, have you seen the fireworks in our Nanzhong? Take a look at the big fireworks!"

With a blast of horns and a few wavings of flags, the twenty rocket ships hidden behind the big ships such as the Aomei moved silently along the gap between the big ships from behind to the front of the battle line.Against the north wind, strive to move forward.

"What are these ships trying to do?"

On the fire boat, a few soldiers looked at the single-masted fast boats opposite them in the wind and waves, and were a little puzzled.

Under the mobilization of the semaphore soldiers commanding the ship.The single-mast fast boats are arranged in two rows, with an interval of more than 50 meters between ships and about [-] meters between two rows.

The sailors on the ship quickly removed the tarpaulin on the metal frame of the bow, revealing the covered launcher, and then quickly moved out wooden boxes from the cabin, and put a stick more than one foot away from the box. It is a long pole, and one end of the pole is conical, which looks a bit like the fireworks that are set off during the Chinese New Year.It's just a little bigger.

The commander on the rocket ship briefly estimated the distance with a telescope.After checking the angle and direction of the launcher, he raised his head and looked at the small triangular flag on the mast, which was stretched by the sea wind.A Li character is gorgeous and eye-catching. "At this time, the north wind is about level five." He whispered a few words to the shooters around him.Then.nodded. "Attention all ships! Check the stern rudder and adjust it to the T-shaped state!"

"Fire! Launch!" The semaphore soldiers on the mast issued orders to the ships.

Following the commands from the ships, off-white arcs immediately appeared in the blue sky.Firework-like rockets roared like dozens of dragons with their teeth and claws roaring towards the Zheng family's arson boat not far away!Haven't waited until the arc disappears.Flames had already erupted on the sea.

It's a pity that the Southern Guangdong Army was at a disadvantage today, and the strong north wind consumed a large part of the thrust of the rockets, causing those rockets to fall into the sea more than ten meters away from the Zheng's army's fireboat.

Although it didn't cause any major damage to the Zheng family's arson boat, the dozens of piles of fire suddenly rising in front of them made these boats full of inflammable and explosive dangerous goods startled.

"Gan Yiniang! These guys! This is my life!"

Seeing the flames spread and expand on the sea, and slowly forming a wall of fire, the sailors on the burning ship became a little timid. Although they had already received tens to hundreds of silver dollars for settlement, that didn't mean they had to dead!My boat is full of oil, sulfur, and firewood. If these things are forced to pass through the fire in front of me, I am afraid that I will be cooked before the boat of the Southern Guangdong Army is on fire!

Immediately, the formation of the fire-setting ships became uneven. Some of the fast-moving ones suddenly found that all the friendly ships on their left and right were left behind, and they were frightened and slowed down immediately.

In this way, Cai Cai was still making a rapid assault just now, and was preparing to press all the fireboats to open a gap in the Nanyue Army with artillery fire after the fireboat contacted and set fire to the Nanyue Army.

The rhythm of the entire Zheng's army's attack was disrupted.

The fire boat in front slowed down its attack speed, and the red-haired boat behind had to lower its sails to prevent its own ships from hitting the fire boat and sinking to the bottom of the sea!

"Shi Lang! What's going on!"

On his flagship, Zheng Sen couldn't help being a little annoyed when he saw that fifty arson ships were almost all reimbursed by someone with that unknown thing. He looked at Shi Lang, who was an older generation of the clan Known as the leader of the second generation, all kinds of jealousy, anger, and hatred buried in his heart spewed out like a volcanic eruption in an instant.

All this gave him reason to suspect that this Shi Lang was bought by the Southern Guangdong Army, or sent to the Zheng family as an undercover agent!Obviously, the Southern Cantonese army has such a sharp weapon for setting fire, and they still want to set their own fire boats on fire. Isn't this sending fat mutton to the tiger's mouth?

Countless thoughts swirled around in my mind, and a voice kept shouting in the depths of my mind, "Kill him! Take this opportunity to kill him!"

There were countless times in his heart that he wanted to draw out the sword at his waist and chop Shi Lang to death with a single blow, but Zheng Sen finally held back.

"Big nephew, have you seen this thing in the Naval Academy of the Nanyue Army?" Zheng Zhibao was also terrified. Unexpectedly, given the close relationship between the Nanyue Army and the Zheng Family Army that day, the Nanyue Army actually kept a hand!Never sold this weapon of arson to the Zheng family!

"My nephew has never seen this thing either! I just heard it from the sailor vaguely, but I never saw it when I was an apprentice on the ship. I thought it was bragging when the sailors were chatting, and I didn't want to take it seriously!"

Shi Lang was also so shocked that his face turned pale!If it wasn't for the wind direction, one-third of the fifty ships would have been set on fire at this time!

"How to do?"

"Uncle Zhibao! Send the order, the fire boat is not allowed to stop! Go forward! Once you stop for a long time, the opposite boat will be reloaded and adjusted, I am afraid that none of these boats will be able to stay!"

Zheng Sen's mouth was bitten with a trace of blood by his own teeth, and he issued this order fiercely.

"That's right! Stopping is the target! Don't worry! Fusongmaru, I'll go up to supervise the battle! Whoever dares to move forward, your Uncle Bao will behead him first!"

"Second column, fire!" Before Zheng Zhibao led the fire boat forward, the second launch of the rocket boat of the Southern Guangdong Army began again.This time, the rocket ship in the back row was used for indirect aiming and shooting, which is why the ships adopted a dispersed formation, so that if there is any accidental injury, the loss can be minimized.

Watching rows of rockets passing over his head, he once again played the criminal role of a sea arsonist.With excitement and joy, the sailors of the rocket ship in the front row quickly took the second rocket out of the box and placed it on the launcher that had just adjusted the shooting angle.

It's a pity that this round of rocket launches did not take into account the factors of the rocket ship's forward movement. It just turned a few slow-moving fire ships into a huge fire pile, and the smoke column quickly rose into the air with tongues of fire, as high as several feet.Seeing the opportunity, the sailors immediately jumped into the water and swam to the nearby ships.

Those arson boats full of firewood and oil jars turned into a pile of black charcoal after a short period of glory. (To be continued..)