Nanming Yiming

Chapter 129 Shengsi Naval Battle
The sun rises slowly, illuminating the sea surface, and the color of the sea surface changes accordingly, gradually getting darker.The golden light is reflected on the water, shining brightly, as if telling people that a new day has begun.

After completing the patrol mission overnight, the patrol ship of the Chongming Navy is preparing to return.

A Ming army complained: "After Dingxi Hou occupied Chongming, the Qing army stayed at Wusong Wharf and dared not leave the port. At that time, we didn't need to patrol day and night like this."

Another Ming army said: "There is no way. Now Dingxihou is going to the east of Zhejiang and took away nearly half of the warships; now the Qing army feels that there is another chance, and they come out every three days to make trouble!"

At this time, a Ming army on the watchtower shouted: "Look at the navy of the Qing army on the left front, it seems to be dispatched!"

Everyone looked forward to the left, and saw a large number of sails in the distance, and the outline of the ship became more and more clear after a while.

Good guy, there are dozens of ships, and they are all large No. 1 Fuchuan and No. 2 Fuchuan.

The captain shouted: "Full the sails, speed up and return to the Chongming Water Village, the main force of the Wusong Navy of the Qing Army should be dispatched."

Soon the news that the entire Wusong navy of the Qing army was dispatched was sent back to Chongming.

Ruan Jin, the chief soldier of the Chongming Navy, knew that the Qing army was about to come out for a decisive battle, so he ordered the entire Chongming Navy to dispatch to face the Qing army.

Following Ruan Jin's order, the sailors on the ship skillfully manipulated the rudder, anchor rope and sail, etc., and a large number of warships slowly set sail from the Chongming water village neatly and orderly.

The warship rowed across the sea, turning up white waves. Thousands of sails sailed out of the port, and the spectacular scene of hundreds of boats competing for the current attracted the amazement of the people on the nearby shore.

It has been a long time since they saw the shocking scene of all the Chongming navy leaving the port!
Ruan Jin's flagship is an improved version of Fuchuan No. 1. It is 23 feet long, 1 feet 3.33 feet wide, and 20 foot 300 feet deep. It is divided into [-] cabins. It is six feet five inches, and the remainder is short ([-] zhang = [-] meters). The ship is equipped with [-] thousand-jin Flang machine guns, and its displacement is close to [-] tons.

除了这条改良版1号福船，崇明水师还拥有10条1号福船，20条2号福船以及更小的苍山船和海沧船上百艘。

For a long time, the Chongming navy of the Ming army has been seeking a decisive battle with the Wusong navy of the Qing army; the Qing army has been avoiding the battle and retreating to Wusongkou due to the lack of small boats and cannons.

I don't know what the Qing army did today, but they actually had the courage to go out to fight in Hong Kong. This made the Ming army very happy. They hurriedly filled the sails and sailed at full speed.

Although the Ming army was chasing against the wind, fortunately, the ship was large and quickly caught up with the Qing army navy 30 nautical miles southeast of Chongming.

Ruan Jinzhan looked at the Qing army navy not far away from the observation deck and found that although the Qing army fleet seemed to be large in number, there were very few large warships. There were only 3 No. 1 blessing ships and 10 No. 2 blessing ships. Below are more than a hundred smaller warships.

He was very surprised, and said to the lieutenant beside him: "Seeing the size of the army fleet, it is basically out of nowhere, but if they face our army with such a lineup, wouldn't they be looking for a dead end?"

The lieutenant general said: "I heard that the 800-ton giant ship of the Zhejiang Navy sailed directly to Wusongkou a few days ago, forcibly attacked the Wusong Fort, and sank several large warships of the Qing army."

"It is estimated that the navy of the Qing army was afraid of being blocked by the Zhejiang navy at Wusongkou, so they fled in a hurry."

Ruan Jin shook his head and said, "Even if the Qing army wants to preserve the navy, it should withdraw to Nanjing and use the forts in Jiangyin and Zhenjiang to block the Zhejiang navy."

"After all, the Zhejiang navy has only this huge ship, and it is difficult to completely defeat the Qing army navy."

The lieutenant general said: "We know exactly how much the Qing army's navy weighs, and we can't do anything by measuring them!"

"This opportunity is once in a thousand years. After passing this village, there will be no such shop!"

Despite his misgivings, Ruan Jin ordered a battle against the Qing navy.

Sure enough, after the Qing army discovered the Ming army's navy, they did not dare to fight, and quickly turned the bow of the ship and continued to flee to the south.

Due to the large ship and fast speed, the Ming army quickly narrowed the distance with the Qing army.

Excitedly, the Ming army even tried to launch artillery to attack the Qing army warship, but the distance itself was relatively long, and the warship was moving at a high speed, so the artillery shells only caused huge waves near the Qing army warship.

Soon after, a small warship of the Qing army was overtaken by the Ming army.With a loud noise, the artillery accurately hit a Cangshan ship of the Qing army.

The hull was quickly shattered beyond recognition, and with the sound of a huge explosion, the ship slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.

At this time, cheers erupted from the Ming army fleet. After chasing for a long time, they finally caught up with the Qing army.

Soon some small Qing army ships were overtaken by the Ming army one after another, but the Qing army was not stupid, relying on the advantage of their own small ships to shuttle around.

The hit rate of the artillery itself is not high, and the big ships of the Ming army are being turned around by these small boats at this time.

Soon the Ming army changed its tactics, from shelling to boarding.

The Ming army quickly used rockets, firecrackers and other weapons to condescend to greet the Qing army's boats.

Some sailors even threw flying claws to hook the small boats of the Qing army. Soon the sailors on the Ming army warships raised their sabers and jumped onto the Qing army ships. Three boats were captured.

Seeing the situation, the rest of the Qing army fled in all directions, not daring to fight.

Looking at the small Qing army boats fleeing in all directions, Ruan Jin shouted loudly: "Order all the blessing boats in our army to ignore these small shrimps and pursue the large Qing army ships with all their strength."

"The small ships of the Qing army are handed over to the remaining Cangshan and Haicang ships to deal with."

Soon the blessing boat of the Chongming Navy left the battlefield, sailed at full speed, and chased the large ships of the Qing army ahead.

The lieutenant general of the Ming army said: "My lord, the Shengsi archipelago will come after you, and that's Huang Binqing's territory!"

Although Zhang Mingzhen and Huang Binqing had a very unpleasant quarrel before, they were still friendly troops after all on the bright side, and they didn't tear themselves apart. It was impossible to watch the Qing army flee like this.

So Ruan Jin shouted: "Send the order, march into the Shengsi Islands, the whole army pursues, don't let the Qing army sailors go."

Soon the sailors of the Ming army filled the sails with all their strength, and chased after the sailors of the Qing army.

Seeing the ships of the Qing army getting closer and closer, the Ming army became more excited, and plunged into the Shengsi Islands.

Suddenly, the speed of the Qing army in front became slower and slower, and the fleet was parked between the Big Huanglong Island and the Little Huanglong Island.

The chasing Ming army was also dumbfounded. The Qing army is not running away, are they ready to fight themselves?
But soon they understood. They saw a large number of Ming army warships appearing in the sea ahead, and they were densely packed, directly blocking all the surrounding waterways.

At the beginning of the period, the Ming army was still very happy. The Qing army rushed into the Shengsi Islands in a panic. Now they can attack the Qing army navy together with the Zhoushan Navy.

不过很快阮进就发现了不对劲，这舟山水师数量实在太多了。居然有10艘300吨的改良型1号福船，以及20艘1号福船和近50艘2号福船，这几乎是舟山水师的全部家底。

If it hadn't been assembled in advance, how could all the Zhoushan Navy appear here?Huang Binqing didn't have the ability to foretell, and it was impossible to arrange the fleet to ambush the Qing army navy here in advance, so he could only ambush himself.

Sure enough, a large number of warships of the Zhoushan Navy also appeared behind the Chongming Navy, directly cutting off their way back.

"Damn it, I was plotted by Huang Binqing and the Qing army."

At this time, it is unrealistic to turn the bow of the ship. The only way is to break through the defense line of the Qing army navy from the front, and then forcefully break through.

Just as Ruan Jin ordered to attack and advance in the direction of the Qing army, the Zhoushan navy also opened fire.

The two sides fired at each other, and the deafening noise shook the entire ocean.

The sailors on the ship were busy running around, the shells were fired one after another, the shells roared and flew over the bow, the sails rolled, the warships kept staggering back and forth, and the black smoke filled the sea.

However, both the tonnage and the number of artillery, the Chongming Navy is far behind the Zhoushan Navy.

Ruan Jin's flagship is the only 300-ton warship of the Chongming Navy, and the only warship with firepower comparable to that of the Zhoushan Navy. Naturally, it has become the enemy's main focus. Almost all artillery fire is directed here. over here.

Soon the warship was shot several times, and the fire burned the cabin and mast. The hull was covered with scars inside and outside, and thick smoke billowed.

Fortunately, this warship is strong enough. Although it has suffered a lot of gunfire, there is no risk of sinking for the time being.

But other smaller Fuchuan No. 1 and Fuchuan No. 2 were not so lucky.

A No. 2 Fuchuan of the Chongming Navy was directly hit by the enemy, and the fire directly ignited the shells in the cabin. Only a loud "boom" was heard, and the Fuchuan was directly blown into two pieces. slowly sank into the sea.

Naval battles mainly depend on the positioning of ships, but at this time, the Chongming navy is trapped in a small area and cannot use it at all. Even the innermost ships are blocked by their surrounding ships, completely in a passive position. The state of being beaten.

The Zhoushan navy can concentrate its artillery fire on the ships of the Chongming navy, but the warships of the Chongming navy can only fight back at the Chongming navy scatteredly. Although they also hit enemy ships, they cannot form a fatal blow at all.

Ruan Jin saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. If the fight continued like this, it would take less than an hour for his Chongming navy to be wiped out by Huang Binqing.

And Huang Binqing is also very clear that as long as he takes advantage of the tonnage of the ships and the number of artillery, he can sink all the warships of the opponent in no time.But he wasn't going to do that. Chongming Navy's warships, artillery and sailors were all he needed. Wouldn't it be a pity to sink them all like this.

So Huang Binqing ordered his naval warships to go up and carry out a boarding battle.

Yes, he was going to capture the ships and sailors.

Soon the warship of the Zhoushan Navy approached.

This also gave the Chongming Navy a chance to fight back, and several Fuchuan quickly seized the opportunity to fire.Sure enough, a No. 1 blessing ship of the Zhoushan Navy was hit by guns one after another as it advanced.A shell hit the mast with a deafening bang, and the thick wooden pole snapped with a creak, and splinters and splinters slid down the hull and into the sea.

And this lucky boat that lost its power seemed to send an attack signal to the Chongming Navy, and countless shells flew towards the lucky boat.

The shells continued to tear the hull, and the deck was full of flames, which was horrifying.The sailors fled in all directions in panic, trying to find a way out, but wherever they took refuge, the shells seemed to pursue them.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise, a big hole was blown out of the hull, and sea water poured into the cabin.The hull gradually sank, and the sailors were at a loss, unable to resist the force of the water, and could only watch helplessly as the sailboat gradually sank into the sea.

Seeing that he also sank an enemy ship, the morale of the Chongming Navy was also boosted.

But their victories were limited to this, and soon the warships of the Zhoushan Navy came up.Numerous Zhoushan soldiers waved swords and spears and jumped onto the warships of the Chongming Navy.

The soldiers of the Chongming Navy rushed to fight.

"Bang, bang, bang"

At this time, the gunners and archers of the Zhoushan Navy began to condescend to attack the Chongming Navy, and the Chongming Navy, which was hit hard, soon couldn't resist it.

Ruan Jin quickly saw Huang Binqing's intention to seize the ship, but at this time he was surrounded by heavy siege, and he was helpless.

The Zhoushan Navy is too strong right now, they are definitely not opponents, and it is only a matter of time before they fail.

It seems that the only way to survive is to put all one's eggs in one basket.

After making up his mind, Ruan Jin shouted loudly: "Go to the Qing army warship at full speed and break a bloody road."

There is no way, even if he can use artillery to sink the warship of the Qing army in front, it will take a long time for him to sink.

I am afraid that before the Qing army's ship sank, he would be sunk by Huang Binqing first.

Huang Binqing, who had the chance to win, saw the flagship of the Ming army sailing towards the Qing army fleet at full speed, and soon understood Ruan Jin's intentions.He has worked so hard to lure and annihilate the Chongming navy, how could he let Ruan Jin go.

I thought that this Ruan Jin still has two brushes, and he has discovered that the navy of the Qing army is the weakest link.

Moreover, the timing of his attack was just right. At this time, the two sides were already engaged in hand-to-hand combat, which added a lot of difficulty to the pursuit.

Huang Binqing said: "Order Lin Zongbing to take three 3-ton improved blessing boats around Xiaohuanglong Island and stop them directly."

The Qing army didn't have a few large ships here, and the smoke was already billowing under the artillery fire of the Ming army. When they saw the Ming army coming towards them, they turned around and avoided.

A No. 2 blessing ship was directly hit by Ruan Jin's flagship because it could not dodge in time. The huge impact made the Ming army on board think that their ship was about to sink.

But then they found themselves out of the encirclement.

The other Qing warships on the side were stunned by the huge waves generated by the impact, and they forgot to pursue them for a while.

In this way, the two warships of the Chongming Navy stood out from the encirclement.

However, the sailors soon reported that during the impact process just now, the hull was damaged and a large amount of seawater poured in. Although the valve of the airtight cabin was closed in time, the influx of seawater greatly slowed down the speed of the ship.

So Ruan Jin ordered another No. 1 blessing ship that had escaped to sail into Hangzhou Bay to report to the Zhejiang Navy, while he turned the bow of the ship to meet the three enemy ships that were chasing.
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