Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Zheng Jun and the Fujian Provincial Navy fought at noon, and it took an hour and a half to annihilate most of the warships of the Fujian Provincial Navy.Immediately, Zheng Junbing divided into three groups, the Gongtian Division heading north and the Chujin Squadron escorting the surrendered ships heading east, not to mention, the main fleet heading southwest found the Guangdong Navy at half-hour.After that, Maying and his troops spent more than half an hour circumventing the enemy's rear. At the beginning of the unitary hour, Zheng Jun's main fleet came out in an unexpected position for the Qing army.

"What, the Zheng army is behind us." The news of the attack on the rear guard spread to the admiral in the center of the fleet, and Fu Kui, who was not very optimistic about the prospect of the eastward invasion early in the morning, was shocked into a cold sweat. "Zheng Jun cut off our army's retreat, and this is to wipe out our army." Fu Kui looked up at the still early sky, and then at the wind direction. "Now the navy of Fujian Province is going against the wind to approach the northeast; only going straight east, our warships are far less fast than the plywood ships against the sea, and being chased by their tails is even more self-defeating; turning around and counterattacking It’s difficult to manage at the moment; if you turn to the southeast, you will go deep into the ocean and you don’t know where to go; if you turn to the southwest, the wind is good, but you will be driven back to Guangdong Province.” Fu Kui weighed himself for a long time, and the first order was issued . "Pass my general order, and the Gaozhou Navy will assist the arson ship to turn around and disperse the formation against the sea."

Following Fu Kui's order, the Guangdong navy began to turn around on the ocean, but before the Qing army could complete the turn, the Zheng army, repeating the old trick, slanted from the northwest windward direction with six lighter boats of [-] guns. It skimmed across the periphery of the Qing army fleet, and after several volleys, it flew away, leaving only a few Qing army warships turned into torches, floating like dead snakes on the unstable sea.

The Qing army's speed and firepower were not as good as Zheng's army, so they had to grit their teeth and endure the baptism of the artillery fire. At this time, the Gaozhou Xie, who had already completed the turn first, rushed to the [Li Weigong] and [Huo Xing Yao] who were blocking the road behind him. ] and the [Di Xiangwu number] of [-] materials, and the [Wu'an Jun number] of [-] materials.But the Qing army's arsonist ship hadn't approached yet, and three [-]-stock Zheng army gunboats had already blocked several three-masted ships, either using chain bombs or shotgun shells, so that the hull was thin and there was no means of countermeasures. The Qing army's arson ship could not advance or retreat.

At this time, relying on the sacrifice of the Gaozhou Association, more than [-] warships from the Qing army brigade rushed towards Zheng Jun like leeches, but Maying was not willing to let the treasure under her feet fight recklessly with the Qing army, so she played a banner, Seeing the signal from the flagship, the seven Zheng army's main gunboats all turned around and gradually moved away under the puzzled eyes of the Qing army.

Seeing this, Fu Kui thought again: "Could it be that Zheng Jun is trying to delay himself so that he can concentrate on dealing with the Fujian Provincial Navy?"

Worrying about gains and losses, he has not given any further instructions, and the six [-]-fuel gunboats that just passed by like the outer edge of a typhoon swept past the rear of the Qing army again from the southwest against the wind, leaving a mess again.

The so-called incompetence exhausted the three armies. Fu Kui was unable to make a correct judgment for a long time, but Zheng Jun did not give him time to think about it. No, the seven three-masted gunboats of Zheng Jun who had just sailed away came back from the windward position in the northwest , and continued to attack the outermost Qing army ships fiercely with cutting-edge tactics.

Eight thousand materials [Li Weigong] has ten four-inch (28-pound) long guns, six four-and-a-half-inch (48-pound) short guns and eight three-and-a-half-inch (12-pound) long guns on one side, and the 470-ton [ The Huo Xingyao was also equipped with a similar number of long and short cannons. The salvo of these two gunboats alone could flood a large area of ​​sea in an instant. The moment the [-]-gun boat passed the outer edge of the Qing army, nearly a hundred water jets shot up into the sky, creating a terrifying artificial rain area.

Since the warships of the Qing army had no side firepower, and even few warships were equipped with stern guns, in order to shoot more projectiles while passing, the seven gunboats of the Zheng army even folded half of their sails.As a result, life for the Qing army became even more difficult. Dozens of warships caught fire, disintegrated, and sank under Zheng's bombardment.

Fu Kui was still hesitating when the battle was still undecided, when suddenly the voice of his personal attendant woke him up: "Junmen, it's not good, Zuoying has escaped."

In addition to the 500 people of the two battalions and the 500 people of the Gaozhou Association, the main force of the Guangdong Navy is Jieshi Town.There are 1000 pacesetters in the town, which are divided into two battalions on the left and right and three battalions on the middle, left and right.The left and right associations each have a lieutenant general, and each association has two battalions. There are eight generals below the capital division and a battalion of [-] soldiers.The middle, left and right battalions are led by generals and guerrillas, with [-] soldiers in each battalion.According to this calculation, the entire Guangdong Navy has a total of [-] officers and soldiers, and its strength on the books is far better than any fleet of Zheng Jun.However, in fact, among the navy of the three provinces, the navy of Guangdong Province is the weakest.There is no other reason. The Admiral Marquis Xijue who presided over the reconstruction of the Guangdong Navy was an officer of the Army Division, and he did not understand what naval warfare is at all. Fu Kui, who succeeded him, only took over for less than a year and was unable to improve the Guangdong Navy. The combat effectiveness of the division, so up to now, the entire Guangdong Navy is basically a transport fleet.This kind of showmanship was not very obvious when the governor inspected the school, but when a real war happened, the appearance would naturally wear out.

"You bastard!" Fu Kui cursed, looking at the chaotic boat group because of Zuo Ying's escape, but he was cursing, but Fu Kui was secretly grateful, after all, the other party's actions gave him a way to avoid the battle. excuse. "It's a crime to involve the whole army. Come, pass on my general order, and the battalions will look for an opportunity to return to Nan'ao, and fight again at another day!"

As soon as Fu Kui's order was conveyed, the entire convoy disintegrated quickly. The ships inside were communicated first, and rushed to the outside but collided with the unsuspecting outer ships, making the scene even more chaotic.

"What's going on with the Qing prisoner?" The lookout post on the [Li Weigong] keenly observed the chaos of the Qing army, and fed the information back to Maying's ears. Naturally, Maying didn't know what happened inside the Qing army. What a change, but the fighter has already appeared, and Maying will naturally not let it go. "Order the ships to gradually approach and fire with all their strength, and the Guangdong Navy must be left at sea!"

Ma Ying's order was passed on to the six [-] feeder ships that had just turned around and were about to attack again through the two reporting ships of the Guangdong Navy. Tan An, who received the order, immediately raised a signal flag on the ship "Taishan": "The ships don't need to pay attention to the rear of the Qing army, they will go forward with all their strength and intercept the brigade."

Since Tan An's department was in the southeast headwind at this time, Tan An did not command the headquarters to rush away from the zigzag. Instead, he used the crosswind to head westward with all his strength, and took advantage of the speed of the soft sail boat to escape from the hands of the Guangdong navy fleeing westward. Take back the interception time.When six [-]-material iron-frame ships lined up in a straight line from north to south against the wind, the only choice for the Qing army's warships was to break through the Zheng army's artillery fire or detour for a longer distance.

There was no Qing army that did not believe in evil or broke out with double combat power when escaping. These "fighting" high-spirited guys, under the pressure of seven larger and more powerful gunboats of the Zheng army, desperately approached Tan The blocking line formed by the Ministry of Security.

"Boom!" There was a loud noise, and a shell fired by the Qing army miraculously hit the [Taishan], causing sawdust to fly across the deck, and all the Zheng army sailors who couldn't dodge in time immediately spilled blood on the deck.However, Tan An's command was determined. Under his leadership, Zheng Jun's sailors simply bandaged the wounded and put the bodies of the dead aside. With the attack of the Qing army.

Because of the side facing the bow, apart from the "Taishan", Zheng Jun's other gunboats also ate a lot of shells, and the "Yanshan" even caught fire, but due to the effective damage control, Zheng Jun fought. The ship did not withdraw from the battle line, but intercepted any enemy ship trying to cross the blockade line like a mainstay.

Speaking of which, due to the limitation of load tonnage, the three-and-a-half-inch long guns mainly carried on Zheng Jun Taishan-class gunboats and other [-]-level gunboats are not very powerful. It can destroy the opponent's hull with one blow, so Zheng Jun usually uses it to launch chain bombs and shotguns.But in this way, the shooting distance of the long guns became shorter, so that the bow guns equipped by the Qing army could shoot at them.Fortunately, the Zheng army is also equipped with a large number of four-inch short cannons. These powerful guys can often penetrate the side boards and several ship boards when they hit the warships of the Qing army, and can even kill the Qing army's warships. The bottom of the ship was penetrated, so the closer the Qing army came, the more the losses increased.

"There is no need to join the Qing army, leave the theater." [Taishan] sent a signal to the rest of the ships behind. "Re-intercept."

Seeing the flag, the gunboat of the Zheng army moved slowly, and drove northward away from the war zone before making close contact with the warship of the Qing army.Seeing this scene, the Qing army naturally predicted from experience that Zheng Jun's ships would reappear in front of them, but at this moment, escape is the most important thing. When Zheng Jun, who was blocking the way, left, the remaining ships of the Guangdong Navy immediately rushed to the road. Some wisers chose to turn around, but some foolish ones had to go straight west, trying to catch Zheng Jun's six ships back. The former escaped at a high speed.

But the enemy blocking the way is gone, and the enemy clung behind him is still like a patient predator on the grassland. The long artillery shells fired at the largest oblique angle still splash the water column from time to time, forcing people to want to escape. Some of the warships of the Qing army traveling in formation had to continue to sail on the route stipulated by the Zheng army.

"Lower the sails." Seeing that he seemed unable to escape, Fu Kui rolled his eyes and ordered immediately. "Listen to my order to lower the sails!"

Thinking that Fu Kui was about to surrender, the Qing army lowered their sails in relief or in shock. Sure enough, even the particularly huge admiral on the ship was just one of the prey in the eyes of Zheng Jun. Maying and others who had no time to pay attention to them put aside Fu Kui and his party continued to chase more prey groups westward.

When the figure of the [Li Weigong] waiting for the ship was only the towering mast in the eyes of the terrified Qing army, Fu Kui suddenly ordered: "Raise the sails and go to the northwest. Zheng Jun never expected that we will go to Jinsha Walk."

The Qing army suddenly realized that they were acting in a hurry. With Zheng Jun's lack of time to intervene, Fu Kui finally escaped from the war zone.However, it is rare to be as "witty" as Fu Kui, so the Guangdong Navy, which once had more than 270 ships of various types and [-] land and water battalions, was able to return to the mainland with only more than [-] ships and four soldiers. only a thousand people