Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 456
The huge thrust of the Yangtze River entering the sea, even a thousand-ton giant ship is like driftwood being pushed into the sea, falling straight into the vast ocean with unrivaled force, and the huge turbulence even a well-built Yingtian ship would It was a few violent bumps, and after a while, bid farewell to the narrow Yangtze River, and a vast new space appeared in the eyes of the Songjiang Navy.

There are forts on the Bund, Chongming Island also has fortifications, and if you go against the Yangtze River, you have to carry the current to eat shells. Zheng Zhilong is an expert in naval warfare, so naturally he doesn't do such stupid things, but today is different from the past, it seems that he got the news from Zheng Xing. The Qihuo fleet had just left the Yangtze River, and the Zheng's fleet had already lined up a huge formation on the northwest side of Yangzhou.

During the Opium War between Britain and the Qing Dynasty, the rice boats, the main battleships of the Qing Navy, had shrunk to less than 30 meters long, and their artillery was no more than a dozen pieces. The British warships were generally 50 meters to 100 meters, and some even exceeded [-] meters. The firepower directly beat the vast Chinese navy into a grandson.

So from the very beginning, Song Qingshu tried his best to build giant ships and strengthen firepower. At one time, he thought that his 75-meter Yingtian ship was already the largest warship in the Ming Dynasty in this era, but this time it came out. It really taught people a lesson , Standing on the front deck of the flagship Haiquan, looking through the binoculars, in the center of Zheng Zhilong’s fleet, there is a huge monster with a double row of twelve masts that is at least 200 meters long and tens of meters long floating in the sea. The Fuchuan class Daqing ship is like a child in front of it, and the sand ship Cangshan ship, alphabet ship, sentry ship and other functional ships are like toys.

"This fucking thing is called a treasure ship!" Song Qing Shuxuan couldn't help but spit out a swear word after seeing it dizzily.

But the grandeur is grand, and Song Qingshu didn't feel intimidated. Zheng Zhilong's treasure ship still maintained the idea of ​​naval warfare in the early Ming Dynasty. There were towering attics on the ship. It was obvious that there were many armored soldiers on it, but there were not many gun positions.

This beggar army rushed out from the mouth of the Yangtze River in a long snake formation. 41 75-meter-level Yingtian warships plunged straight into the East China Sea like a sea dragon. There are more than 70 ships, but compared to Zheng Jun's large and small ships, the Songjiang Navy's ships this time are at least 30 meters long and [-] tonnage. This kind of ship is even enough to serve as a capital ship in some European countries. , although the number is much smaller than that of Zheng Jun, compared to those Zheng Jun fleets that are only a few meters away, the Songjiang Navy is as powerful as a group of giants.

Water battles also have the saying of attacking at half-cross. Taking advantage of about half of the Songjiang navy rushing out, a large number of fleets have rushed into the sea, and the remaining half are still stuck in the Yangtze River. There was a rumbling sound, flags were fluttering, and countless large and small ships paddled the white waves, rushing forward with shouts of killing.

That scene was as spectacular as flooding Chentang Guanzhong Dragon King's countless lobster generals riding the wind and waves.

Regardless of defeating the British fleet near Humen, defeating the Netherlands in the Battle of Luowan, Liu Xiang's coalition forces, or the last naval battle on Dajiao Island, Zheng Zhilong's magic weapon for victory is the same, wolf pack tactics!Use a large number of fireships and landing ships to surround the enemy's large fleet, bombard the boarded enemy ships with firearms, and finally occupy or burn the enemy ships through hand-to-hand combat.

To put it more simply, it means getting close to hitting.

But this time, the move against the Songjiang navy did not work.Regardless of the paintings of the East and the West, the ends of the waves are almost all rolled back. On Zheng He's chart, the icon of the Yangtze River such as the mouth of the sea is also double-rolled. This is a simple physical phenomenon. Density is different, causing reflow on the surface!
It is estimated that Zheng Zhilong has not been to the Yangtze River Basin a few times, and he obviously forgot this detail. The assault small troop carrier and fire boat were stirred into this vortex backflow, and the light and fast advantages of the original small boat were lost here. Pushing the crowded boats to collide with each other, there was a sound of snapping oars and cracking of the collision, and the sailors cursed one after another.

However, if you switch to another fleet and look at the rare fighter plane in front of you, there is really nothing you can do. After all, the warships of the Qihuo Army are also marching towards the open sea along the direction of the ocean current, and the distance between them is about one or two kilometers. The range is about two thousand feet, or 600 meters.

However, this time Song Qingshu went all out, and the number of main battleships equipped with Hongyi cannons has reached ten!There are exactly four of them here!

This is simply the meat delivered to your door. Standing on the main deck of the Haiquan, Song Qingshu grinned excitedly, and roared with great joy: "Open the gun bay! At twelve o'clock, shoot random bullets! "

The center of gravity of the Qihuo gunship is very low, and the muzzles are all on the lower deck. Following the order, the gun bays are opened one by one, and the black muzzles of the two and a half meters of Hongyi cannons creak as if from hell The middle was pushed out, and two rows of densely packed 24 cannons slowly raised their muzzles. With a shout, the thunderous cannons rumbled.

The muzzle sprayed out flames that were more than half a meter long, and the strong recoil pushed the entire cannon to rush backwards, and finally was caught by the iron chain firmly fixed on the side, and the wood creaked. sound.

Even so, the recoil force of the volley was too great, and the entire trembling Haiquan was forced to move a little distance to the right. The huge vibration caught Song Qingshu off guard and rolled out like a gourd, hitting heavily on the rear mast. Yu'er was even more unlucky, she screamed and flew out, but just when Song Qingshu was worried, a dark boy flew out suddenly, wrapped Yu'er's waist and acted as a back for her.

It's that kid Song Yongzhong!
Song Qingshu couldn't care less about whether his daughter was eaten tofu. With the help of his soldiers flustered, he quickly got up and opened the binoculars to look over. The scene of the explosion could not be seen, but it was still there. Zheng Jun's fleet, which was advancing bravely in the waves, was now like ants on the overheated sea, becoming more chaotic, and there were many broken ship boards on the sea.

However, just like the dilemma faced by the Enterprise in the later blockbuster "Star Trek: Beyond the Stars", the enemy ships are too small, too scattered, too fragmented and too many, and the firepower of 72 red cannons is strong enough. Dagon, it is not a problem to take away thousands of people in one round, which is enough to tear even the formation of the Qing army, but this round of shooting in the sea, the enemy seems to be so densely packed. If there is no such swirling countercurrent, it will take about 3 minutes. Even if it shoots out ten rounds of bombardment, there will still be a considerable number of enemy ships surrounding it, either climbing up and fighting like ants, or simply setting fire to it.

Song Qingshu seemed to have seen the embarrassing scene faced by the Dutch fleet with sharp gunfire in Liuluo Bay. In the narrow bay, the desperate Chinese rushed to the side of the ship, and the raging flames shot up into the sky, finally turning the entire fleet into a sea of ​​​​flames.

Never fight Zheng Zhilong here!

When the first year came up, Song Qingshu suddenly lost his mind and continued to watch the battle. He turned his head and ordered the order: "Send a semaphore to the lead ship Songjiang, don't stay, fire forward, and change the arrow formation after getting rid of the enemy ship twenty miles out to sea, and head towards Advance to the intended target!"

Saying this, leading Yu'er with a small red face, Song Qingshu rubbed his waist and walked straight to the captain's room on the back deck of the warship, and followed behind. She became the red-faced Guan Gong, the adopted daughter of the commander-in-chief. Although she didn't dare to laugh at this matter, the expressions of the sailors next to her were weird enough.

Just when Song Qingshu was about to arrive in the captain's room, the second round of shelling was completed. Although it was not a volley, the violent bumps still caused Song Qingshu to bump his head against the door frame again, and the crushing effect came out again. When Song Qingshu recovered from his confusion, he watched from the corner of his eye a figure like a little black dog pounced out amidst the screams...

At sea, Wangshan ran dead horses. It took about an hour before the huge Qihuo army fleet completely separated from the Yangtze River estuary and disappeared on the sea. It was originally planned to assault Zheng who was next to the Qihuo army warship in about 10 minutes. The naval fleet also spent four or ten minutes due to the continuous shelling of the tide and the begging army, and then it was empty.

The news that Zheng Xing brought back three days ago was that Song Qingshu looked like he was going to fight with him, but when it was time to hurt each other, he actually took advantage of it and ran away, and the direction was still south. Zheng Zhilong was a little puzzled by the state of Suhuchang, the core area controlled by the living army.

Doubt and confusion lead to hesitation, and hesitation made Zheng Zhilong give the order that he regretted endlessly.

Stop chasing, continue to block the door of Qihuojun's house and wait and see what happens!

Soon Zheng Jun's hard days came.

Haizhou, Lianyungang.

Although this place is not as prosperous as later generations, but as a subsidiary port of Yangzhou, it is quite prosperous these days. There are forests of ship masts beside the port, and even several streets are crowded with people coming and going.

But on the twelfth of April, the second day after the Qihuo fleet went to sea, another group of cavalry rushed in here like a wolf like a tiger in Nanhui Zhongwei. The entire port was blocked by the cavalry. They were all locked in the inn where they lived, and no one was allowed to go to sea.

Bayintu, the commander of the eighth division of Qihuoqi, arrogantly slapped an official document of the imperial court on anti-Japanese alert on the face of the county magistrate of Haizhou City who came to protest aggressively.

Since it is on Zheng Zhilong's back road, leading to the coastal route on the sea of ​​Fujian, an equally large fleet has also started a sea blockade. All ships, no matter trading ships or fishing boats, will return home, regardless of whether you are a minister or a servant. , Some people really don't listen to persuasion, but after seeing the bombed ship's planks, the ships behind are obediently obeying the advice of the begging army.

There are pirates ahead!Dangerously tight!
This is not Song Qingshuxian's egg pain. After losing the supply warehouse in Nanhui Zhongwei, the road to buy supplies in Yangzhou and transport supplies from Fujian was blocked by the begging army. The huge Zheng Jun navy is equivalent to being begged. The army is besieged at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Even if the ships of later generations sail at sea, they will only need supplies in about three months. What's more, nowadays, such a huge fleet cannot be supported by eating only raw fish and sticks.

On April [-]th, Zheng Jun, who had eaten sashimi for several days, sailed south with a fishy smell of incomparable anger, left the blocked Yangtze River estuary, and went straight to the center of the Fujian waterway blocked by the Songjiang Navy, the Zhoushan Islands Dinghai Zhongwei Station, However, within a day of murderous aggression, the Qihuo fleet retreated south again, leaving only an empty Zhoushan.

Zheng Jun, whose eyes were red with anger, didn't stop this time, and went straight to the direction where the Songjiang Navy was retreating, and chased after him. However, Song Qingshu seemed to be in a hurry, leading the huge Zheng Jun in the East China Sea. Going around in circles, you come and go to catch and seek.

The battlefield gradually moved towards the deep sea and the Pacific Ocean...

(End of this chapter)