Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

At the beginning of October, when the Qing army’s attack was imminent, Britain, France, Denmark, and Spain proposed to close the shops, and the Ming Zheng Trade Department agreed, and the four countries’ shops were withdrawn to Macau and Manila respectively. Once the four countries’ shops were withdrawn At that time, Zheng Jun's two major fleets immediately entered the ocean of Bo Niangma Palace.

On the morning of October 250th, at the beginning of the Yin hour, the navy divisions of the three provinces of Haitan, Kinmen, Xiamen, Tongshan, and Nan'ao sacrificed their flags and went to battle at the same time.An hour and a half later, the Zhejiang Provincial Navy on the Haitan side took the lead in gathering 330 warships and 270 land and water officers and soldiers, sailed out of the Haitan Strait and headed straight for the main island of Taiwan; The [-] warships from Fujian province and the [-] land and water battalions also began to head towards Penghu; only Fu Kui, who was worried about gains and losses, was still slowly gathering his [-] warships

"Damn maggots." Sitting on the first warship, Su Liang, the deputy general of the Fujian Provincial Navy's Fujian Anxie Association, cursed at the Zheng Jun notification ship that appeared and disappeared in his eyes. The boats seemed like maggots attached to the bones, and they followed the Qing army's fleet in turn from the sea off Kinmen, and one of them disappeared from time to time. It can be seen that the movements of the Qing army have been completely controlled by the Zheng army. "If you have the guts, let the horse come and have a fight with your Master Su." Before Su Liang finished speaking, a group of towering masts suddenly jumped into his eyes. "Damn it, don't do the good ones, and do the bad ones." Su Liang cursed again and ordered at the same time. "Notify the military gate, Zheng Jun is here."

In November, the northerly wind prevailed in the Taiwan Strait, and the Qing army was originally not in a favorable wind from west to east, but the Qing army's hard sailing ships could withstand the wind from all directions, so the wind direction had little effect on them.However, in order to seize the top of the T-shaped formation, Zheng Jun, who intercepted from east to west, came from the southwest and was completely against the wind, so he suffered a lot.

Perhaps because they saw that the Zheng army in front of them was in an unfavorable wind direction, about [-] leading ships of the Qing army subconsciously made a move to fight against the wind, but before the leading troops of the Qing army and the zigzag six A Zheng Army gunboat approached, and a new group of Zheng Army gunboats suddenly rushed out from the upwind direction.

Under the action of the strong north wind, the Zheng Jun's three-thousand-gun boat, which was as fast as a fierce horse, caught up with the Qing army's vanguard fleet that had just turned around at a jaw-dropping speed.The vanguard fleet of the Qing army was caught off guard, and just about to counterattack, it was flanked by the first six Zheng army gunboats.Facing the rain of cannonballs, the warships of the Qing army, which were designed entirely with the idea of ​​jumping gang battles, could not resist at all, and soon burst into flames. When the main fleet of the Qing army approached, the first twenty or so Less than half of the ships are still able to move.

The gunboats of the Zheng army that were heading southward could no longer be pursued, but the gunboats that were still traveling northward in a zigzag shape became the best prey in the eyes of the Qing army. Wan Zhengse intuitively thought that Zheng Jun's actions were deceitful, but he hadn't revealed how ugly he was, and another team of Zheng Jun's warships attacked the Qing army's rearguard from the northeast.

"Damn it!" Wan Zhengse immediately understood. "Zheng Jun used the technique of cavalry warfare, constantly cutting our army with small teams, like peeling pomegranate seeds layer by layer, or like a rotary knife scraping round after round, and so on, constantly cutting down the men and ships of the provincial navy. "But so what if you understand it, the vast sea, unless you can entangle the opponent, otherwise the opponent who comes and goes like the wind can use the method of cavalry to deal with infantry to slowly swallow the entire navy of Fujian Province. "Order all the ships to set up a circular formation with their own officers and ships, and shoot at the sea against the sea." Wan Zhengse, who had already left Jinxia for half a day, could have ordered to break out of Jinxia, ​​but considering sending troops, he would be informed immediately. The consequences of failure, and considering factors such as the upcoming arrival of the Guangdong Navy, he finally chose a road of no return, unable to break his wrists. "Consolidate the formation and defend yourself, most avoid self-disturbance, and give the sea adversity an opportunity to take advantage of."

But what's the use of forming a circular formation? Let's not talk about how much the Qing army's warships, which were braving the Zheng army's artillery fire, lost during the formation process. The gap, in this way, the side of a warship facing Zheng Jun can also support four or five bows at most, with four or five cannons of different weights and calibers to deal with Zheng Jun's frequent multiples. Broadside guns, the results are naturally self-evident.

Moreover, the Zheng army did not stand still and compete with the Qing army for consumption and casualties. Facing the Zheng army gunboat that sailed away with a single salvo, the Qing army gunners who were not even accurate at hitting the dead target were even more blind and hurried. Nine out of ten of the solid shells fired in a hurry deviated far away, and only one or two of them could pose a threat, but they were only close misses. Just two small fires that can be easily extinguished.

Of course, because the Zheng army used the method of bombardment on the move, the hit rate was not high, but the number of gunboats dispatched by the Zheng army was relatively large. The 36 gunboats with [-] materials were divided into six groups, reciprocating and haunting the Qing army ships. The surrounding area of ​​the regiment exerted great pressure on the Qing army's peripheral warships on the north and south poles and the involute lines of the four strings.In addition, the Zheng army used hot bombs extensively, so after the battle lasted for half an hour, the Qing army was completely in dire straits.

The warships of the Qing army that were burning downwind ran into their accomplices after losing their drivers, which caused chaos on a larger scale. In particular, some of the Qing army's own arson ships were ignited, making the situation even worse.Wan Zhengse saw that it was impossible to continue to maintain the circular formation, so he had no choice but to order a breakout.

But breaking through is by no means easy. Zheng Jun's gunboats have enough numbers to carry out separate pursuits.The warships of the Qing army, who were unable to run and run, and fought and failed to win, either caught fire and sank during the breakout process, or took the initiative to lower their sails to announce their surrender. Only the Qing army ships surrounding the flagship of Wan Zhengse were still stubbornly resisting. with.

At this time Zheng Jun's heavy treasure Shanshan appeared on the stage. The newly built 470-material three-masted full-line sail gunship "Li Weigong" and the [-]-ton Galen warship "Huo Xing" formerly named "Orient" captured from the Dutch "Yao" sailed into the battle zone with the attention of all the people. Behind these two large warships were six [-]-fuel brigantine gunships, three [-]-material brigantine gunships, and [-]-material three-masted gunboats. And one three-masted gunboat with seven thousand materials.

The appearance of Zheng Jun's main fleet made Wan Zhengshen's face even more pale when he was at the end of the road: "I was fooled, and Zhu Qin couldn't bear it just for today. How long will it last?"

Wan Zhengse pulled out his sword and pressed it on his neck under the watchful eyes of all his staff and staff: "After I die, you can ask Zheng Jun to surrender. There are too many people who died. This is what I did. Evil!"

After saying that, Wan Zhengse pulled hard, and after Shi Lang, the second navy admiral who died for the Qing court appeared

Looking at the warships of the Qing army that either surrendered or scattered, Ma Ying also had a great headache. Now there are still two invading Qing army fleets that have not been wiped out. But forget about the escaped Qing army ships, but what about the surrendered ones?It is impossible to abandon it and let it escape back to the mainland to cause trouble again.

So Maying negotiated with Gong Tianlue through the banner, and immediately decided to use a total of [-] double-sail gunboats belonging to the fast fleet and the main fleet to go north to face the Zhejiang Navy, and six [-]-material double-sail gunboats with minor injuries and The two notification ships gathered and escorted the surrendered Qing warships back to Dongning, and the whole division of the main fleet turned to face the Guangdong Navy.

Without further ado, in view of the greater threat of the Zhejiang Navy, Gong Tian immediately led his troops northward, and Maying, who was worried about the remaining ships of the Fujian Provincial Navy reporting to the Guangdong Provincial Navy, turned to the southwest. The speed and power of the ship surrendered, and the Qing warships were driven eastward reluctantly.

In fact, Maying's worry was justified. In the process of sailing to the southwest to intercept the Guangdong navy, he successively surpassed four or five Fujian warships that fled from the previous war zone. It must be preparing to report the battle situation to the Guangdong Navy, but with the purpose of not being missed, the main fleet will naturally not ignore it.

Of course, using the "Li Weigong" and "Huo Xingyao" to deal with these little ones is really overkill and overkill, so six four-thousand-material iron-framed double-sail gunboats happily took over the job of cleaning up the miscellaneous fish, no matter how brave they are. No matter how far the disintegrated warships of Fujian Province ran or lowered their sails to beg for surrender on the spot, they were all named one by one by the Zheng Jun gunboats who were playing with cats and mice.

After traveling southwest for more than half an hour, Maying, who almost thought she had missed the Guangdong Navy, finally received a report from the observation post: "The Warrior reported that the main force of the Qing Army's Guangdong Navy is on the right front of the fleet. inside"

"Catch up." Maying's first thought was this, and then he laughed and cursed. "Has this Fu Kui been picked up by the Qiongzhou Squadron and learned to be a good boy? He crawled so slowly. Wan Zhengse is unlucky to have such a friendly army." But having said that, on the one hand, the Guangdong Provincial Navy is closer to the mainland. If the battle situation is slightly unfavorable, you can retreat to the shallow sea. On the other hand, the number of main fleets in Maying's hands is not enough to repeat the cutting tactics that wiped out the Guangdong Navy before, so Maying thought for a while and ordered. "Order the fleet to turn southeast, and turn west after half a quarter of an hour. After passing the position of the Qingrui fleet, turn northeast to attack the Qing army's rear guard warships. Be sure to leave all of them at sea so that they will not escape!"

Following Ma Ying's order, Zheng Jun's course changed, and the track he plowed when he turned was so pleasing to the eye, but faintly, there was a deep blood under the white waves.