Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 444
Hundreds of warships lined up on the river in the Zhenjiang area, ready to go.

Shi Lang, who was fully armed, stood on the bow of the command ship, and saw through the binoculars the battle formation of the Ming army on the river. This fleet was small, but mighty and majestic, especially the giant ship, which looked like a tall building. Floating on the surface of the river is really daunting.

Although Shi Lang is young, he has been with Zheng Zhilong in the sea for so many years. Although he did not catch up with the thrilling battle of Shibazhi breaking into the world and establishing his own family, he has experienced a lot of these big and small battles, whether it is fishing boats, Merchant ships, warships, Ming, Nanyang, oriental ships, he has never seen any kind of ships, but this is the first time he has seen such a huge ship.

Looking at the artillery installations on the ship, the rows of black holes in the muzzles from top to bottom are obviously hierarchical, and the Ming soldiers on the ship are holding muskets in their hands.

Although it is far away, one can see the scale and shape of this giant ship through the telescope and know that the equipment of this giant ship is absolutely first-class.

On Shi Lang's face was the undetectable astonishment of many people. He had already been familiar with the naval equipment of the Ming Dynasty on this journey from the southeast coast to the Yangtze River basin. How could such a huge ship be built by the Ming Dynasty? ?impossible!Could it be rented from another country?It is even more impossible, such high-end military equipment may not even be owned by a red-haired man in the Netherlands. How can such a weapon of war, which can be called a national treasure, be rented?
For a moment, many strange question marks flashed in Shi Lang's mind, and he rejected them one by one.

However, Shi Lang, who has experienced many battles and has seen a lot, quickly calmed down. There is nothing to be afraid of a huge monster. Didn't the warships of the Netherlands claim to be world-class back then?What was the result? In the Golden Gate Strait, wasn't he also beaten to ashes by King Zheng?
Shi Lang is full of confidence again, so what if the boat is strong and the guns are sharp, otherwise he dare not talk about water warfare, the one surnamed Lin will definitely give it to him for nothing!
Thinking of this, Shi Lang showed a contemptuous smile at the corner of his mouth.

"rush--"

With Shi Lang's order, hundreds of warships, big and small, from the Zheng family's navy headed upstream, with thousands of sails competing.

At this time, Lin Yi was standing on the huge ship Yang Wei, and he could see clearly the Zheng family's sentencing army through the binoculars. The enemy ship was already within the striking range of the red cannon.

"fire!"

A total of 10 red cannons over one ton were ordered to aim at the target and fire one after another.

"Boom, boom, boom... Boom, boom..."

The huge war machine began to roar, shaking the ground, like a fire-breathing monster, throwing several shells into the air, and then accurately fell into the navy fleet of the Zheng family's navy.

Shi Lang's warships were hit one after another, some of the small warships were directly blown to pieces, and rushed into the sky with a burst of flames wrapped in thick smoke, a medium-sized ship was directly cut in two by the waist, the upper Some of the rebels were blown into the sky, and some were blown into the water.Some ships caught fire, the generals were in a mess, some shells fell into the water, and water jets soared into the sky one after another.The small warship was overturned on the spot, and the river suddenly became lively, the flames were soaring, the flames rose, and the smoke billowed.

In the blink of an eye, dozens of ships became wrecked ships.

"Yangwei is too powerful, good, good fight! Keep aiming and sink them all..." Xiaoying behind Lin Yi participated in such a battle for the first time on a ship. She has seen a lot of rushing and killing. It is the first time for her to fight on a ship, especially such a huge ship. This scene really shocked her. She couldn't help clapping her little hands, elated and excited.

Lin Yi smiled and said, "It's a waste of such a huge ship to beat them, it's better to use it on the sea."

"Fire!" Shi Lang roared angrily.

Of course, Shi Lang's warships also had cannons, but their biggest cannon was the Qianjin Flang machine, which was far inferior to the red-clothed cannons weighing more than one ton, with a range of several miles. , the power of shells is not a grade.

As a result, all the shells of the Zheng family's navy landed in the water in front of the Ming army's fleet. They just stirred up water columns one after another, and then scattered on the surface of the river.

They also knew that they didn't hit, so they only accelerated and moved closer to fight again, but then they were hit and destroyed by the shells of the red-clothed cannons flying towards them.

In the blink of an eye, Shi Lang's fleet was bombed into disarray, and the river was full of casualties, including his soldiers and warships.Then look at the battle formation of the Ming army, which is still unscathed, neat and tidy, coming across the river.

Seeing this scene, Shi Lang not only took a deep breath, the opponent's firepower was too fierce, especially the firepower of this giant ship was too far away, their firepower couldn't reach it at all, and they were defeated before contact. How could this be possible? ?The veins on Shi Lang's forehead popped up so high.

Of course he was not reconciled to losing so quickly.Seeing that the river is not wide, Shi Lang immediately took measures. He ordered his subordinates to link up some warships, mainly damaged warships. After linking them together with iron cables, they lined up in the river and blocked the river. , and then put firewood and oil on it.

After doing all this, Shi Lang led his fleet back, and then fired rockets at these warships. In the blink of an eye, flames rose, thick smoke billowed, and a fire dragon appeared on the river, locking the river.

At this time, Shi Lang led the fleet down the river for several miles, but he stood on the bow and looked at the flying dragons on the river through the binoculars. He was very proud, and immediately ordered the fleet to stop and turn around. So prepare to fight back at any time, as long as the Ming army is blocked by this fire dragon, they will rush forward and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

At this time, Lin Yi stood in the observation cabin of the giant ship and looked at it. The corner of his mouth was slightly curved. Shi Lang really has a trick. He is a military strategist. Mantis arm to block the car?

"Concentrate on firing!"

With Lin Yi's order, Yang Wei led his formation to slow down, and the artillery on the ship lowered their muzzles one after another, firing all their cannons at the fire dragon.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom..."

Earth-shattering explosions sounded one after another, and Shi Lang, who was a few miles downstream, could hear them clearly. He was so startled that he quickly raised his binoculars. Torn apart.

Lin Yi immediately ordered Yang Wei to stop advancing, and ordered the other more than 100 warships to rush forward. The soldiers, generals and sailors on the ships began to clear obstacles one after another.

Taking this opportunity, the next few warships approached the giant ship and replenished the ammunition on the Yangwei.

Shi Lang felt that the opportunity to counterattack had come, and immediately ordered his fleet to go upstream.

Although in the previous battle, Shi Lang's fleet suffered heavy casualties, but its vitality has not been damaged. There are still two to three hundred ships of all sizes, and they are fully capable of counterattacking.

In the blink of an eye, Shi Lang's fleet filled the river again, coming against the trend in darkness.But this time I didn't go out 500 meters, and the sky-shattering cannon sounded again.

Under Shi Lang's astonished gaze, the fire dragon on the river completely disappeared, and the river became unimpeded.

The more than 100 large and small warships of the Ming army quickly rushed in front of the Yangwei, clearing the way for the Yangwei, and the Yangwei followed up.

The fire dragon he set basically had no effect except for burning dozens of his warships.

"Withdraw! Quickly withdraw—" Shi Lang immediately gave such an order.

The soldiers under him were all stunned, advancing and retreating for a while, almost dizzy.

But it was too late, when the fleet turned around, the Yangwei had already discovered and locked on the target, and it really disconnected its guns.

The red-clothed cannon and the thousand-jin Flang machine have achieved long-range and short-range firepower coverage.

At this time, Shi Lang's fleet on the river was still turning around, two or three hundred warships were moving forward, it was not easy to retreat suddenly, it took time for people to turn around, not to mention so many warships going up the river?Without machines, relying entirely on the power of wind and sailors, it is not easy to turn back and escape collectively!

Some ships turned around, and some ships just started to turn, when countless shells flew over, the explosion was deafening, countless ships were hit and sunk one after another, and countless soldiers were killed by the bombing. Difficult to count.

(End of this chapter)