Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

It can be seen that the warship of the Qing army has sailed within sixty feet. At this distance, the shrapnel fired by the Qing army's Fran cannon can already threaten the safety of the boy scouts, but the faces of the boy scouts are either determined or nervous. They gritted their teeth and held back, showing no sign of avoiding it.

At this time, a lead bullet that was fired but had almost exhausted its kinetic energy passed through the gap in the baffle, and hit a boy scout on the head by coincidence.The young soldier collapsed to the ground before he could even utter a scream. Red blood and white brains were mixed together, creating a terrifying atmosphere among the recruits who had recently transferred to the military service this year.However, Maying's attack order has not yet been issued, so the squad leader in charge of the ship just ordered someone to drag the body away, and even before the blood and brains had time to wipe off, a substitute gunner was already in place.

It was fifty feet, and suddenly several Qing army warships that were driving at full strength shook, and then the sound of ship boards breaking came, but before the Qing army who had hit the obstacle on the bottom of the sea realized it, it was too late to turn the rudder. Subsequent ships collided one after another. Only at this time did the Qing army who rolled to the ground realize what they had encountered.

However, it was too late. With Maying's order, nearly 54 two-inch and three-inch guns on the [-] Zheng Jun ships set off an astonishing barrage.Since not all of these gunners came from the original artillery team, they only had emergency training for half a year. The front and back of the big one smashed the Qing army at a loss, crying for their father and mother.

In order to ensure the quantity, Zheng Kezang spent half a year casting only two-inch and three-inch guns with smaller calibers, and it was difficult for such caliber guns to penetrate the relatively solid hull of the opponent's warship even within fifty feet. So after the first round of solid ammunition shooting, the order to switch the three-inch gun to chain ammunition followed.

The chains flying randomly after being unloaded swept across everything, not only breaking the mast, but also often breaking the Qing army sailors in half.The screams and cries alarmed the following ships, and they were at a loss as they were accustomed to fighting on board. Several of them wanted to bypass the obstacles in front of them, but Zheng Kezang sank tens of thousands of them on the Taijiang River. Concrete piers, how could it be possible for these unknown Qing ships to pass by at will, so these guys who tried to detour all broke the bottom of the ship without exception, and then, they could not move forward and could not retreat, becoming the boy scouts. live target.

"Change to hot bombs." Maying ordered again. Following his order, the raging fire began to devour everything, and even a big bird ship was killed because it was loaded with too much gunpowder. Not only was it shattered, The resulting fragments even hit the head of the boy scout who was tens of feet away.

The warships of the Qing army who escaped by chance immediately adjusted their sails and retreated, but in just a short moment, at least more than [-] warships sank and a considerable number turned into torches at sea.

"I still underestimated Zhu Qin'er. I didn't expect to set up a sea-blocking cable on the bottom of the sea."

Seeing this scene from afar, Shi Lang's expression was heavy. Next to him were Haitan Town Chief Soldier Lin Xian, Kinmen Chief Soldier Chen Long, Tongshan Town Chief Soldier Chen Chang, Xiamen Town Chief Soldier Yang Jiarui, and the enlisted governors Chen Mang and Wei Wei. Ming, Lieutenant General Zheng Yuantang, Lin Ying and other generals of the Qing army were also dumbfounded, but at this time the tide had begun to recede slowly, and it was already impossible for the large number of Qing ships to escape from Luermen, so Shi Lang forced himself to laugh laugh.

"However, this trick is not worth mentioning. Someone sent out sentries to the two wings, pulled out the stakes, and cut down the iron chains."

But soon Shi Lang was hit again: "What, there are no wooden piles under the sea, all of them are stone piles weighing more than a thousand catties, and they can't be pulled up at all? This? This? This officer understands, so it is like this. It must be cement. Cement, turning water into mud, turning mud into stone, is really a great way to make good fortune."

Seeing that Shi Lang seemed to be at a loss for a while, Lin Xian at the side suggested: "Junmen, Haini is now blocking the way of our army with cement and iron cables. Obviously, it is impossible to let the boat under Chengtian, so it is better to go ashore immediately."

"Going to land?" Shi Lang shook his head. Although Zheng Kezang's methods were somewhat unexpected, this little setback was insignificant to him, so he still taught Lin Xian and his colleagues with a tone of complete mastery. of the generals. "I dare say that Zhu Qin's tens of thousands of people are already waiting for my army there."

The art of war emphasizes attacking halfway across the river. Although the Qing army has an absolute advantage in terms of military strength, the rabbit will demand someone if it is in a hurry. If Zheng Kezang fights with his back to the wall---the Qing army generals who originally thought that coming to Taiwan was just a show of force You don't want to be dragged to hell by someone trying to pull your back before you win.

"I don't believe it anymore, he, Zhu Qin, can seal off the entire Taiwan Strait within a month or so." Seeing that his words moved the generals present, Shi Lang ordered with confidence. "Explore, explore again, inch by inch!"

However, it seemed that it was too late, and Du Si, who was in charge of the express ship, broke in: "Military Gate, it seems that Haini has lifted the anchor and raised the sails."

Shi Lang hurriedly raised his binoculars to watch, and saw that the ships of the Zheng Army that had blocked the way before were hoisting their sails one after another, obviously heading to both sides: "No, Hai Ni knows that the officers and soldiers are going to find a gap to enter, and this is to block defense."

But what's the use of knowing, there is a piece of wreckage in front of you, and you have to take a detour, and it's unknown where there is a passage on both sides. At this time, Shi Lang remembered the gunboat in his hand: "Haitan Town, this officer spied on Zheng Zheng. Ni’s cannon is small and its range is not far, so the cannon boat led by Haitan Township bombarded the face, I don’t believe it, the knife and ax can’t deal with cement, can this red cannon not be able to bomb it?”

Lin Xian immediately took the order, returned to his own ship in a small boat, and then led dozens of large and small gunboats out of the convoy, slowly bypassing the previous battle zone, and marched towards a seemingly empty sea That's right --- if Zheng Jun's gunboats try to stop them, the Hongyi cannons equipped on the Qing army's gunboats will be happy to send them into the bottom of the sea.

"It's so stupid." Zheng Kezang, who got the latest battle report, commented that if the Qing army turned to land at this moment, with the advantage of the range of the artillery equipped by the Qing army, Zheng Kezang would really be unable to achieve half-crossing attack, while the Qing army Once on land, how could his bluffing ten thousand five troops be the opponent of Shi Lang's new army. "Continue to check." Zheng Kezang ordered, and at the same time sent another envoy. "Go and see where Lord Hong's troops are."

Because the range of the small cannons carried by the Zheng army was unknown, the Qing army's artillery ship with a weight of four to five thousand kilograms of copper cannons and the seven thousand kilograms of iron cannons captured by the Zheng army in Penghu began to bombard violently two miles away. Under the power of the cannons, those small gunboats equipped with large-caliber Franco cannons weighing one or two thousand catties penetrated within half a mile, and bombarded the sea below.

"What's going on? Could it be that these Qing soldiers are crazy?" Seeing this scene from a distance, Du Hu, the leader of the Taijiang team, asked in confusion. "That doesn't have our boat. What are they doing? Do they think there is too much gunpowder and lead bullets or are they demonstrating? It would be better to leave some for us to seize."

"The Qing army probably wants to use shells to blast away the underwater concrete piles." Maying immediately judged the Qing army's intentions, but then a strange smile appeared on his face. "If the Qing army is willing to play nympho, let them do it. Send a signal, let the people from the Whale Hunting Battalion play, otherwise Yan Daoji and Tang Shenzhi will say that we are dishonest."

Several festive fireworks flew into the sky one by one. Although the color of them could not be seen at dawn, they were excellent reminders for Mingzheng, who had been alarmed by the previous war. The rest of the oddly shaped fire boats—this is exactly the small car and boat that Zheng Kezang arranged for production early in the morning and experimented many times when there was no one in the middle of the night—passed out of the sea, and rushed to the sea at the speed of an arrow. To the location of the Qing army fleet.

"West!" The lookout posts in Diao Dou Nei on several Qing army ships reported at the same time. "A fast ship from the sea, ah! What kind of ship is this?" If you live in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, you may know that the ship in front of you is called a car ship, but in the coastal areas of Fujian Province, where you are used to ocean-going ships such as Fuchuan, Guangzhou Ship, and Niaochuan In the region, this kind of ship that can cross the river seems a bit weird, but weirdness is weird, and it does not prevent the lookout posts of the Qing army from distinguishing the opponent's intention, because the raging fire that quickly rose on the ship has clearly demonstrated that everything. "No, it's Hai Ni's arson ship."

"It burned a little too early." Shi Lang, who focused his attention on the west side, said contemptuously. He himself is a master of using arson boats. The Penghu naval battle was so brilliant precisely because he used a lot of arson boats. s reason. "Pass the order down, don't panic, prepare the bamboo poles in order, and drive away the arson boats that have not been completely burned in the sea."

Shi Lang judged based on old experience that this was a big empiricist mistake. These were special boats specially produced by Zheng Kezang for him. Not only did they adopt the style of vehicles and boats that were extremely fast in calm waters, but they also smeared cement on the hulls. Although the protective layer can't increase the defense much, it can effectively prevent the burning, so when the Qing army wants to dispatch it, it is too late.The vehicles and ships with iron cones around the hull either did not collide with each other, and if they collided, the warships of the Qing army would never be able to escape, and the sparks, sparks and embers flying up during the collision quickly ignited the tents, sails and even gunpowder on the warships.

The warships of the Qing army were numerous and lined up relatively closely. At this time, in order not to get burned, they rushed to dodge one by one, but they made mistakes in their busy schedule. They collided with each other. They're tightly entangled with each other and can't move.

Just as the Qing army's main team was in chaos, dozens of small boats piled up with burning materials behind the vehicles and boats rushed into the boat group.Different from those black slaves who were locked in the carts and boats and only knew how to step on the wheels desperately, these small boats were all manned by young warriors who had fought against giant whales in the sea. The Qing army was too busy to take care of themselves, so they could look for gaps to enter, looking for large ships that collided with each other or failed to maneuver well to burn.Although these warriors lost a lot due to the desperate blocking of the Qing army, the damage they caused to the Qing army was even greater.

"Go back quickly and command the ships to move eastward." Shi Lang ordered eagerly, because he left the main generals in his own ship to watch the battle, so there was a situation where the dispatch was not effective, but several generals, lieutenants, staff Just as he returned to his post in a small boat, Shi Lang heard a thunderbolt in the clear sky and a series of quiet explosions. "what happened?"

Shi Lang, who got up and was still dizzy, saw a huge ball of fire rising into the sky not far from his ship, and then time seemed to stand still.

After a long time, Shi Shiji's dry voice came into Shi Lang's ears as if it came from outside the sky: "It seems to be the ship of Master Chen Chang"

As the flying debris fell to the surface of the sea, Shi Lang's face turned pale, but he forced a breath: "It's not over yet, hurry, hurry to the east"