Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

When the Zhejiang Provincial Navy was re-established in the 23rd year of Kangxi, the admiral of the navy had five battalions of pacesetters directly under his jurisdiction, each battalion had a thousand soldiers, and he also had one member of the left and right commanders. On the right and the first four battalions, each battalion has [-] soldiers, and the whole division has more than [-] soldiers in total.However, the so-called commander-in-chief of the right-wing naval division actually commands the land division, and has no actual maritime combat capabilities.

In the 24th year of Kangxi, Zheng Jun conquered Wenzhou. Stimulated by this, the Qing court formally transferred the formation of the Navy Commander-in-Chief of the Yuanyou Road to the admiral of the Zhejiang Army Division, and changed Wenzhou Town of the Land Division to Wenzhou Town of the Navy Division to prevent Zheng Jun from re-landing in Zhejiang Province. .There are two battalions on the left and right under Wenzhou Town of the navy, as well as the Panshi Navy battalion and the Yuhuan Navy battalion. The total number of officers and soldiers in the headquarters is 120, and there are 55 warships of various types.

In the 25th year of Kangxi, because the Zheng Jun Zhoushan team attacked Ninghai and Haimen (Note: Shujiangkou), the Navy Haimen Association was added, under the jurisdiction of the Ninghai Battalion, Haimen Battalion, and Taiping Battalion. Only.

At the beginning of the 26th year of Kangxi, the Zongbing of the Zuolu Navy under the former admiral of the Zhejiang Navy was renamed as the Zongbing of Dinghai Town. One thousand 44 people, 840 warships of various types.In addition, the town also governs the Zhenhai Division Camp and the Changshi Navy Division Camp. Among them, the Zhenhai Division Camp is stationed in Dinghai, with 42 soldiers and more than 570 ships, and the Changshi Navy Division Camp is stationed in Changguo (Note: Xiangshan is not the main island of Zhoushan) and Shipu, with [-] officers and soldiers and six ships.

In addition to the above-mentioned two towns and one association, the admiral of the Zhejiang Navy also directly governs the Qiantang Navy Camp, the Taihu Navy Camp, and the Zhapu Navy Camp. Go south to participate in the attack on Taiwan. Therefore, after deducting the battalions left behind, the Zhejiang Navy that followed Liang Nai to fight across the sea actually had about 120 people and [-] warships, and the rest were all after the seal. Most of the detained civilian and merchant ships were sailors who were unemployed ex-merchant sailors.

However, although the Zhejiang navy has a complete organizational system and experienced sailors, in terms of the offensive routes of the three provinces, compared with the Fujian-Guangdong navy with Penghu as a relay target, the attack distance of the Zhejiang navy that directly attacks Taiwan's main island is the shortest. Long, the time required to cross the strait is naturally the longest.

The longer the distance, the more time spent on the road is fine, but what Liang Nai and other Zhejiang naval officers can't bear is that since the Haitan attack, the Zheng Jun notification ship that had entered the Haitan Strait was once again attached. The form of bone maggots appeared around the Qing army fleet, or repeatedly attacked the Qing army's itinerary in a single ship or in the form of three or two small teams. However, the Qing army still showed some symptoms of blood loss.

Liang Nai also ordered the surrounding battalions to fight back against Zheng Jun's notification ships, but Zheng Jun was not slippery. As soon as he saw the counterattacking Qing army ships, he immediately took advantage of the flexible maneuverability of his schooners to escape. The Qing army's counterattack actions not only I didn't get the desired results, but I wasted a lot of time because of the whole team again.

After coming three times, Liang Nai also figured out Zheng Jun's purpose, so he ordered to ignore Zheng Jun's harassment and only drive straight to Taiwan.However, the unrelenting Zheng Jun even took bold measures to accompany the voyage, taking advantage of the lack of side gunfire on the Qing warships to fire shotgun, chain and hot bullets at the Qing army within the effective strike range of the three-inch guns.The warships of the Qing army, which could only be beaten but could not fight back, were either bloodbathed by shotgun bullets, or the mast was interrupted by chain bullets and stopped, and even the hull was ignited by hot bullets.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Liang Nai had to order all the ministries to counterattack. This way, the original mistakes were repeated. The Qing army, which needed to cover the inland transport ships, was forced to stop and go, and the originally slow speed became more and more obvious. Slow down.At the end of the afternoon, just as the Fujian Provincial Navy was exchanging fire with the main force of the Zheng Army near the midline of the strait west of Penghu and east of Kinmen, the first Zhejiang Provincial Navy had just left the Xinghua Waterway for more than ten water miles. , It is still quite far away from its set destination Danshui Port.

Just after the first moment, as if receiving a mysterious message, Zheng Jun's harassment disappeared without a trace.

Regarding this phenomenon, several staff members speculated: "Junmen, it is estimated that the Fujian-Guangdong navy has already fought against Haini's brigade, and Haini may have lost all their strength in the battle, so they transferred all the plywood boats back."

"This?" Liang Nai was a little suspicious, but he couldn't get a reasonable explanation other than that. In addition, the order he received was to attack Danshui, so he could only ignore that there was still a Zheng Jun notification ship in the Qing army convoy. The fact of cruising around, giving the only orders he could give. "Forget it, order the ships to speed up to Dongning. As long as the army lands, Haini will have nothing to do."

An hour passed, and an hour and a half passed. Although the oddly shaped triangular schooner of the Zheng Jun notification ship was seen flashing in the distance from time to time, nothing happened. Some even stood on the edge of the boat to inform Zheng Jun that the boat was peeing and demonstrating.

"Damn it, I wondered why Haini stopped fighting. It turned out that the ammunition ran out." But the good times didn't last long. At the end of Shenshi, the Qing army of Zhejiang Province, which had sailed through the middle line of the strait, was once again attacked by the Zheng Jun notification ship. In this way, Liang Nai made a wrong judgment, but at this moment he can only rush to Danshui in one go. "Order the ships to protect the land division and drive away Haini. If we persist for another two hours, we will arrive at Danshui!"

But Liang Nai didn't have two hours left. In the middle of the unitary hour, Zheng Jun's notification ship disappeared again, but this time, a forest of masts appeared on the ocean not far away.Before the Qing army had time to panic, Zheng Jun's three-thousand-gun boats in groups of six began to grind and cut the tight formation of the Qing army's fleet like a rotating grinding wheel.

The Zhejiang navy quickly felt the difference in their opponents. Regardless of the size of the ship, Zheng Jun reported that the ship only had two to three three-inch guns on one side, while the fast fleet's three-thousand-gun ships had six to seven on one side. The artillery of more than three and a half inches, the intensive artillery fire quickly made the Zhejiang navy understand that what they saw before was just an appetizer.

"Damn it, Haini has such a large number of large plywood ships." Liang Nai, who was lying on the side of the ship and watched all this, felt a chill in his heart. He suddenly realized that one of the Minyue Navy must be finished, otherwise Zheng Jun should not It will only now turn its main force to the Zhejiang Navy. "Fu Kui misunderstood me, Fu Kui misunderstood Daqing."

The few cronies beside him still had a sliver of clarity, and hurriedly interrupted Liang Nai's resentment: "Junmen, what should we do now."

"Let all the battalions abandon the ships of the Lu division, and concentrate the fleet to fight against Haini." Liang Nai ordered without hesitation. It's about this time. If the navy is doomed, the Lu division will not be able to keep it. "I will then issue an order to the Lu division's fleet to sail directly to Dongning."

Liang Nai's order caused great confusion in the Qing army. Some naval warships threw off the troop carriers against the Zheng army's artillery fire and began to assemble, and some transport ships began to go east alone, but there were always some people who did not follow Liang Nai's orders. Under the intimidation of some officers and soldiers of the land division, the frightened merchant sailors turned around and headed back to the mainland. They may have thought that it was getting late and it was impossible for Zheng Jun to catch up with them easily.

"A group of idiots." Liang Nai looked at the transport ship of the Lu division going their separate ways, and scolded coldly. He could completely imagine what would happen to those who turned around and returned under the pursuit of Zheng Jun's clippers, but Now he has no time to worry about the situation of these people, even if he wants to worry, he has to wait until he is out of danger. "Pass down the official order, Wumei Formation!"

The warships of the Zhejiang Navy worked hard to form a five-five formation, and the battle groups formed at intervals were as beautiful as plum blossoms blooming in the sea. However, Gong Tian, ​​who was standing on the Daduxi, commented on this: "Idiot! The formation is so beautiful. There is a use for it. Send a flag to tell the ships that the Qing army is desperate. You are welcome, and no one will be left behind!"

Hearing the news, Zheng Jun’s ships were as excited as if they were pumped with chicken blood. It’s no wonder that in order to hide their strength, Zheng Kezang once let them cruise in the Southeast Asia, the West Ocean, and the eastern waters of Taiwan. How could it be compared with the hearty shooting of a live target in front of us when we had such an opportunity to fight against the Western and Western plywood boats.

I saw Zheng Jun's gunboats shuttling back and forth along the established route venting their excitement in a circle, and the rapid artillery fire was overwhelming, adding a thrilling beauty to the turbulent sea.Even Yan Dao and his group were not satisfied. They violated the established policy before the war and rushed straight into the Qing army. A group of six gunboats shot from left to right, like an erupting volcano, bringing fear to the Qing soldiers who still stubbornly adhered to the tactics of jumping gangs.

Just when the fast fleet was ravaging the Zhe Province naval warships, which were far more numerous than their own, the notification ships that had been robbed of their roles began to push towards the unprotected Qing army transport ships. Of course, the first thing they pursued was Those opponents who fled eastward, just as Liang Nai expected, the short-legged Qing army transport ship couldn't even outrun their own warships, so how could they outrun the Zheng army notification ship whose speed had increased several times.Zheng Jun informed the ship to approach the opponent who had no resistance at all with the leisurely shooting of the target, and turned it into torches suspended on the ocean with light artillery fire.

From the beginning of the war to the beginning of the Xu Dynasty, Liang Nai, who commanded his subordinates to resist in the corner, died with the ship in the huge explosion of gunpowder detonated by the fire.Seeing the admiral's ship sank, the remaining warships of the Qing army lost their fighting spirit and lowered their sails to beg for surrender. At this time, 37 of the 55 Zhejiang navy warships that went to battle had sunk and turned into torches and floated paralyzed. There were [-] ships on the sea, eleven of which caught fire and were extinguished and then surrendered, nine of which were shot but did not catch fire, and only eight fled to unknown seas in the dark sky.As for the transport ships sailing to Dongning according to General Liang Nai's order, they also surrendered one after another under the pursuit of two groups of twelve Zheng Jun fast gunboats assigned by Gong Tian after the overall situation was settled, and those who did not surrender all sank to the Fujian Sea Under the circumstances, Minhai, which had been noisy for a long time, finally calmed down at this time.