The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 399 Hangzhou Bay Victory

As the front giant ship tilted down, it immediately blocked the charging routes of the Jianlu warships behind.

In addition, there were two other ships whose sails and masts were almost destroyed, and the three ships that could move for a while were also blocked by their own people. Seeing that they were only seventy or eighty steps away from the Ming army, they were eager to get close.

The Daming Navy used the most reasonable tactics to create opportunities for itself to continue firing.

All cannons nine pounds and above used silk powder, and there was hardly any reason to need to clear the bore after five or six shots in a row.Cooperating with the orbital frame retreater, the reloading was extremely fast. Just after the three warships in the back row of Jianlu had turned a small half circle, dozens of cannons of the Ming army roared again.

The distance of more than 70 steps is almost close to the face for the cannon, and it is almost impossible to miss.

This time all the cannons were replaced with solid bullets, and suddenly, a torrential rain composed of iron balls slammed on the Qing army warship.Each shell exploded into hundreds of pieces of wood and flew all over the sky.

When the lingering sound of the artillery drifted away, the wood residue and broken corpses had filled the gaps between the Jianlu warships, rising and falling with the waves.Several Jianlu warships were dilapidated, with their masts lying all over the deck, and the internal skeleton could almost be seen through the dense bullet holes on the hull, and sea water kept pouring into the hull from the holes.

On the other side, the gunners of the Ming army have already completed the next loading...

As early as after the first round of shelling, Su Li realized that something was wrong. These are not four warships, but four fortresses!

He froze for a moment, turned around and ran towards the entrance of the bilge, turning around and shouting to the officer on board: "Back! Back quickly..."

But at this moment, the second round of salvos from the Ming army struck, and the ears of those people were buzzing with the sound of the cannonballs. After the shock from the shells hitting the hull passed away, one of them hurriedly asked: "My lord, What did you say..."

But the second half of his sentence was stuck in his throat. Where Sully stood before, there was only a pile of minced meat, and only his close-fitting golden saber was twisted into a twist and fell aside.

Several officers were so shocked that their faces turned pale, they looked at each other, and tremblingly said: "This, what should I do..."

Immediately someone came to his senses and hurriedly said, "You can't be without a leader, go find Master Gaha."

"Correct!"

Desperately, several people rushed into Gaha's cabin, only to see Gaha hugging the head of the bed and trembling all over.

"Master Commander, Commander Su died in battle, please lead the army to meet the enemy..."

The voice was interrupted by a burst of gunfire, and Gaha had already been frightened, so he subconsciously replied: "The enemy...how do I know how to meet the enemy..."

"By the way," he stood up suddenly, pointing to an officer casually, "You, take someone to stop the Nanman warship!"

"But……"

"You dare to disobey?!"

"The last general dare not..."

All the officers came out of the cabin, remembering Gaha's cowardly and domineering look just now, they all scolded themselves for being obsessed with ghosts at that time, why they chose to surrender.Right now they wanted to retreat, but they were restrained by the general's order, so they had no choice but to bite the bullet and return to the deck.

Soon, the Ming army's artillery roared again...

More than 60 ships surrounded by Jianlu's left wing were stopped by Liu Guoxuan's troops.The commander of the Qing army didn't pay attention to the twenty or so small boats at all, and even the formation did not change, so he ordered to attack with bow artillery.

However, Liu Guoxuan did not engage in battle with him, and only used the tailwind to quickly swim and maneuver at a distance of [-] steps away from the enemy.But even so, due to the disparity in numbers, the warships were still hit by several shots, and even the mast of one ship was broken.

Seeing that the enemy ship was getting closer and closer to the battle line of the Ming army, Liu Guoxuan was about to shake the enemy ship as a last resort, but he heard cheers from the sailors behind him.

He turned his head to look, and saw the huge figure of the Shaowu sailing towards him quickly, and farther away, only three enemy ships were still barely floating on the sea surface, and the surrounding area was a mess, and there were thousands of enemy ships. A Qing soldier was dying in the sea.

The seven thousand warships were defeated so quickly? !Although he was well aware of the power of the Navy's new warships, he was still shocked.

He immediately reacted and ordered the adjutant loudly, "Send the order, turn to the rear of the battle line, and form a circle to guard against the arsonist ship!"

"Yes!"

Both sides of the battle line are areas of heavy firepower. If the enemy ships attack from both sides, it is tantamount to death. I am afraid that Jianlu will use the large number of people to approach and set fire from the side and rear.

But the facts proved that Liu Guoxuan was overthinking.

Before the Qing warships could get into formation, the four Galen warships pulled up their full sails, and with the help of the north wind, they inserted into the right flank of the enemy ship almost in the blink of an eye.

The more than 50 cannons on the side of the ship are simply devastating to small and medium-sized warships like Jianlu.Eighteen-pound guns can even shoot through a small boat and seriously damage the boat behind it.

Before the sixty or so enemy ships could react, the warships of the Ming army had already fired five salvos.Almost instantly, more than half of the enemy ships were torn into pieces, and most of the rest were severely damaged and floated in a large piece of wreckage.

This bombardment had a great impact on the hearts of the Qing army.When the Shaowu and others stopped firing, Liu Guoxuan led his troops and shouted "Drop the sails and kneel down to avoid death" near the enemy, and the remaining 20 or so enemy ships immediately raised their white flags.

Then the Shaowu rushed to the right wing to reinforce Zhang Guoxuan's troops non-stop, but unexpectedly the battle on his side was coming to an end.

Zhang Guoxuan took advantage of the advantage of being in the upper air outlet to roam flexibly, and from time to time went around to the enemy's side to form a miniature battle line salvo.

The six small Galen warships in his hands had eighteen six-pound guns and twenty four-pound guns, and their salvo firepower was close to that of more than 50 Junk ships of the Qing army.In addition, the line of battle tactics can focus on killing a little bit, and he actually destroyed seven enemy ships in such a short time just now.

When the Qing army saw that the main force of its central army was wiped out in an instant, and the left wing begged to surrender after taking a few rounds of artillery, before the Shaowu approached, more than [-]% of the warships lowered their sails and surrendered.

Another twenty or so enemy ships fled eastward, but how could they be as fast as Galen's ship?The Fuzhou took Zhang Guoxuan's troops to chase for less than two hours before capturing or killing these defeated enemies.

not yet.

"Lord Admiral, the battlefield has been reorganized." Shi Lang entered the bow cabin of the Shaowu and saluted Zheng Chenggong, "A total of two enemy ships with a thousand materials, two large ships with six or seven hundred materials, and various small boats were captured. More than fifty. However, most of the big ships have been seriously injured.

"In addition, the enemy chief Gaha has also been found, and a total of 33 false officials below him..."

Ruan Jin still can't believe what happened today. Fifty Fujian warships wiped out the Jianlu Qiantang navy in less than an hour.

But the wreckage floating around, and the Jianlu officer who had just been escorted to kneel on the ground reminded him again and again that these were all true!
By dinner time, he had already contacted Wucao Island. Although most of the docks and camps on the island were destroyed, most of the sailors survived.

He immediately took a few of his men to seek Zheng Chenggong to thank him, and when he was outside the cabin door, he heard Shi Langzheng say loudly: "My lord, the Yangtze River Navy General Luo Mingshou Luo has sent someone to say that his warship has been dispatched." Pass Nanhui."

(End of this chapter)