Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 321 Naval Battle ([-]) Great Victory [-]rd Update!
In a short while, more than a dozen soft-sail warships accelerated towards the opposite direction of Li Kai's warships at full speed.

At the same time, all the artillery began to fire, and the artillery that covered the sky and the sun roared between the blue sea and the sky, like black seagulls.

boom!
boom!
boom!
The Ming Navy's new artillery guns kept spitting out flames, and the pirate warships suffered heavy blows, and began to shake violently and even broke the hull.

The new Chongzhen [-]th-style naval artillery improved the airtightness and barrel hardness of the sub-gun on the basis of the original Frang machine gun, and the gun body was also enlarged to a medium-sized gun, in order to make up for the shorter range of the Frang machine gun Short question, but still retains the characteristics of the Franco cannon for rapid fire.

Coupled with the improvement of gunpowder, the firing frequency and range of the current artillery have been greatly improved.

Once the pirate warships entered the shooting range of Zheng Chenggong's Vanguard Battalion warships, they would be bombarded several times within a few minutes.

Even how skillfully the pirates adjusted the hull, several of Li Kai's pirate warships were blown up in an instant.

However, the current wind direction is unfavorable, so Li Kai's pirate warship cannot turn, and can only be beaten passively.

"These goddamn Jiangnan masters and grandpas have tricked me again. This is no novice, he is clearly a veteran of naval warfare. The wind direction is so accurately grasped. Pass on the order, speed up, turn slowly, avoid the forward battalion of the official army, and wait Hit him when the wind changes direction!"

Li Wei shouted angrily.

At this time, Gu Sanmazi's Chinese military camp also got news.

"Boss, Mr. Zheng and the others are fighting with the pirates!" Gu Sanmazi immediately issued an order after hearing the report from his subordinates:
"When the wind direction changes, all the warships will be pressed up, the encirclement will be narrowed, and I will set fire to Lao Tzu while in the chaos! Back then, Lao Tzu suffered a lot from the hands of the Zheng family because of this, and now let this man surnamed Li also be burned taste!"

Not long after Gu Sanmazi gave the order, when the wind direction changed and the pirate warships of Li Wei's department were about to counterattack Zheng Chenggong's vanguard battalion, countless flexible and convenient small warships swarmed towards the center of the fierce battle like fish , and kept throwing kerosene, and fell directly on the decks of these pirate warships.

"It's kerosene!"

Just as the pirates were yelling in panic, countless rockets flew over and directly ignited these warships.

In an instant, more than a dozen pirate warships were engulfed by the sea of ​​flames.

"Too much deception, too much deception!"

Li Wei patted the railing angrily, trying to get his small warships to stop the swarming Ming warships, but the pirates had too few small warships, and they were besieged as soon as they came.

Gu Sanmazi has more than [-] large warships and more than [-] small and medium-sized warships. In addition to [-] large blessing ships with a length of nine feet, there are also large boats, water boats, plow boats, and sand boats. , Oolong boat, small cang boat, centipede boat and other warships. Among them, the big boat and water boat are manufactured by the Zheng Group based on the Fuchuan and Western plywood ships. They are the main warships of the Zheng Group. Today, the Ming Dynasty The navy is also equipped with more than [-] warships of this kind, which together with more than [-] Fuchuan form the main force of the Ming Dynasty navy.

Seeing that the main force of the warships of the Ming Navy is approaching step by step, and there are ten soft-sailing ships of the vanguard battalion of the official army on both sides, waiting for the wind direction to change and attacking.

Li Wei also began to feel bad at this time, and hurriedly ordered all the surviving warships under his command to immediately turn around and escape from here.

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"General Cai, why did these pirates turn around?"

Liu Kongzhao also asked at this time, although he no longer came towards his flagship, he also felt uneasy.

"My lord, they mean to run away. Fighting at sea is always the same as the cavalry. If you can't win, run away!"

Cai Zheng replied.

"You can't let them run away, you take the warship of the rear battalion and rush up, and help Gu Sanmazi stop them!"

Liu Kongzhao hurriedly gave the order.

"But my lord, the humble job is to protect the safety of you and the rear battalion amphibious troops," Cai Zheng replied.

"The most important thing now is not my lord's safety, but whether the pirates can be wiped out. This is my order. If you are told to go, go. If you let this Li Wei go, I will take you ask!"

Liu Kongzhao became anxious. Although he didn't know how to command a naval battle, he could analyze the strength of it, and knew what it would mean to wipe out Li Wei's troops, so he couldn't wait to put all his strength on Li Wei's troops for the final blow. .

"Yes!"

Cai Zheng had no choice but to obey the order and bring ten soft sailing ships to come at a high speed, directly occupying the upper hand, and pressing down on Li Wei's pirate warships.

At this time, the pirates of Li Wei's department were surrounded by more flexible and powerful artillery warships, and in front of them were [-] large-scale lucky ships, so the pirates of Li Wei's department were also panicking at this time The formation also began to become chaotic, rushing to break out of the encirclement.

"kill!"

Seeing the opportunity, Zheng Chenggong commanded the warships of the Vanguard Battalion to approach Li Kai's warships again. Some soldiers from the Vanguard Battalion even went directly onto the deck of the enemy ship and started hand-to-hand combat with the pirates.

The pirates of the Zheng Group are best at boarding battles, and now even Zheng Chenggong, who is commanding battles in the Ming Navy, has fully utilized this specialty.

The crackling flintlock guns kept ringing, and the pirates were killed by naval soldiers in batches.

All of a sudden, several pirate warships were occupied by the Ming Navy.

At the same time, other warships of Li Wei's department were also under fire from Cai Zheng's camp.

Gu Sanmazi's main battleship also hit directly, and with a bang, countless pirate warships sank into the sea or burned directly.

Whether it is a lucky boat, a large boat or a water boat, it has the characteristics of a large and thick bow. As recorded in "Wu Bei Zhi", this kind of lucky boat or a hard sailing boat based on the lucky boat has a wide bottom and a wide top. , the head and tail are high, which is convenient for collision and light and fast. Because there are three-story buildings on the cabin, people can overlook the firing of cannons and crossbows, which is convenient for melee combat.

Therefore, the main force of the boat division led by Gu Sanmazi can easily disrupt the formation of these pirate warships.

Before long, the whole sea was full of raging fires, floating broken boards and corpses, and sharks gathered to devour the pirates who fell in the water.

Gu Sanmazi's lucky boat continued to crash forward as if entering no one's land, and the warships of Li Kai's troops had to retreat, and even Li Wei's flagship was surrounded by three soft sailing ships of the Ming Navy.

Soon, Zheng Chenggong led a group of people directly to Li Wei's flagship, and Li Wei himself was forced to jump into the sea.

At that time, hundreds of flintlock guns fired in turn at the moment Li Kai jumped off, shooting blood red on the entire sea.

So far, the pirate Li Kai's troops have been completely wiped out by the Ming Navy. More than [-] warships and more than [-] warships that can still fight have been occupied by the navy. At the same time, more than [-] pirates have been captured.

Liu Kongzhao laughed loudly after receiving the news, and patted the railing: "Haha, we have won, we have won! Hurry up, prepare the Four Treasures of the Study, I want to reward Your Majesty with victory!"

(End of this chapter)