The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 596

Under the joint attack of chain bullets and searing bullets, many captive ships on the south side of Laizhou Port began to emit black smoke, and the losses increased several times compared with the previous shelling.

However, these two types of shells, especially the scorching shells, cannot be used at all times.First of all, it is a waste of time to burn the shells red, and there is no time to slowly prepare the shells in the fierce naval battle.Secondly, this kind of red-hot shell is also a double-edged sword. If the operation is not good, it is easy to directly ignite the propellant and cause casualties to the loader.Finally, if the enemy shells hit the stove where the shells were burning, the consequences would be even more disastrous.

That's why Liu Guoxuan took the risk of ordering the firing of scorching bombs that could expand the results of the battle after confirming that the Qing army had no signs of counterattacking for the time being.

When the Ji'an turned around for the fourth time and "strafeed" at the parked enemy ships, it heard a series of deafening roars from both sides of the port.

He hurriedly raised his eyes to look at the shore, and saw a large amount of gunpowder smoke rising from the three fixed forts on the east and west sides of the port. It was obvious that a round of shelling had just been carried out.

According to the Navy's pre-planning, the closest to these three forts are a total of [-] warships headed by Guangzhou and Zhangzhou.The forts defending the port usually have the most powerful heavy artillery on the periphery, trying to keep the enemy away from the sea as much as possible, while the cannons on the forts in the port are usually not too large in caliber.

According to the information provided by the North Korean Navy that "reinforced" Jianlu, there were three twelve-pound guns and six nine-pound guns on the three forts. Even with twelve-pound guns, it takes a lot of luck to penetrate their hulls.Therefore, according to the navy's judgment, using Guangzhou and Zhangzhou to suppress and shoot the fort should be enough to cover other warships to continue destroying enemy ships.

But after the sound of the cannons on the shore, Liu Guoxuan immediately realized that something was wrong. There were more than nine heavy cannons, and three of them were particularly ear-piercing. They were definitely cannons weighing more than [-] pounds!
He hurriedly picked up the binoculars and looked towards the north side of the port, and sure enough, he saw that the Zhangzhou was speeding up and maneuvering laterally in a panic, and a huge hole suddenly appeared on the rear side of the port side, which should have been hit by the shelling just now.

Although the Guangzhou on the other side was still firing fiercely at a fort on the west bank, it was obviously at a disadvantage.

In the era of sailing warships, it was a taboo for warships to shoot at fixed turrets.

Because there is no concern about the load capacity of the turret, thickened and elongated heavy guns can be placed. Even if the caliber is the same, because more propellant can be loaded, the power will firmly overwhelm the ship-borne artillery.In addition, the fort is condescending, and after the shell is fired, it is accelerated by gravity, and the power can be increased by several percent.

Therefore, the navy's previous decision to use warships to suppress the fort was entirely based on the lack of firepower of the fort.However, looking at it now, these three turrets are definitely not something that two tier-[-] cruisers can deal with.

To completely sink an enemy ship with solid shells, it usually takes many rounds of close-range shooting, even if it takes half an hour.

At present, although the navy does not want to sink the enemy ship, it must at least make it lose its ability to move. The hundreds of warships on the periphery of Laizhou Port can't handle it in less than two hours.But the Guangzhou and Zhangzhou were already battered in a short while, and they might not be able to hold on for half an hour.

Soon, the Guangzhou, which was in charge of the battle command in the port, issued a semaphore, ordering all warships to temporarily leave the fire range of the fort, and first clear the enemy ships at the north and south ends.

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Zheng Zhilong was inspecting the newly built [-]-piece plywood ship in the shipyard when he heard the earth-shattering roar of artillery in Laizhou Port.

When he rushed to the port on horseback, he climbed up and looked into the port, and his face turned pale with shock—in the narrow and long harbor, more than 30 enemy ships were raging, while his precious warships were still moored on the shore. Fragments flew under the fierce artillery fire, but none of the ships sailed out to meet them.

What surprised him the most was that those enemy ships were all plywood ships, and the two largest ones were much bigger than his newly built "Sheng" plywood ship!As for the [-] material "Wei" brand name that I rely on as the main force, it is not much bigger than the smallest warship of the Ming army.

Although a while ago, he had learned from Helan people that the Ming army built many large plywood warships, but he expected that at most they would be slightly larger than the name "Wei", but he never imagined that such a terrifying giant ship .He had only seen such a large plywood gunboat in Batavia before, and it should carry more than 30 heavy guns. It would be the absolute main force in the hands of the Helan people!
Even if the Ming navy in front of him fought with him on the open sea, he estimated that he had at most a [-]% chance of winning, but at this time it was the Ming army's sudden attack, which was simply a one-sided massacre...

In fact, he didn't know that there was a [-]-ton Shaowu and four light frigates parked outside the port at this time. With those ships, how could he have a [-]% chance of winning?
Zheng Zhilong ordered someone to grab an officer who was running away in a panic, and asked sharply, "Where's Zheng Du?!"

"Go back, go back to the military gate, the little military master went to the Laizhou camp to ask for reinforcements..."

"Trash!" Zheng Zhilong couldn't help being furious, the enemy army was attacked by warships, what kind of help did they go to the Laizhou camp to ask for? !This kid probably got cold feet!

He glanced at the Qing army running around on the pier like a headless fly, and then he drew his knife and chopped off the unlucky officer, and said in a deep voice: "I will give you an order, and everyone boards the ship and meets the enemy! Fight bravely!" whoever, immediately cut!"

Soon, the captive soldiers who had previously been in a mess due to lack of unified command began to gather one after another.To say that Zheng Zhilong is a veteran pirate, his direct descendants are still somewhat ruthless.When they were pirates, they were often besieged by officers and soldiers. At this time, they seemed to recall the situation in the past, and each of them showed a brave attitude, engulfing other soldiers and boarding their warships under the cannon fire.

After Zheng Zhilong managed to gather the deserters and stabilized his position, he heard the sound of the surrounding forts.After a while, I saw Hong Xu rushing over with more than ten meters of guards, "Junmen, the young military master only taught me to resist the enemy on the spot, without giving detailed instructions. Seeing that the enemy ships are powerful, he ordered them to come ashore without authorization. Fire the cannon from the fort to retreat the enemy, and ask the army to punish the crime."

"well done!"

Zheng Zhilong said in his heart that it was fortunate that these old guys under his command were still there. He looked into the harbor again and saw that under the fierce fire from the fort, the nearby Ming army warships had begun to retreat to both sides. Fourteen heavy artillery pieces have been added, otherwise I am afraid that there will be no power to recover today."

In fact, Liu Jinzhong just used the name of adding heavy artillery to facilitate collusion with Jue Luolangqiu to get a fortune from the purchase of the artillery, but he didn't expect that he would cause a lot of trouble to the Ming army by mistake.

On the other hand, the officers sent by Zheng Wancheng, the North Korean navy control officer, to inquire about the situation of the Qing army's forts, drank every day, and drank nearby every time they "spyed on intelligence", and only used the situation of the Laizhou forts last year to deal with their superiors.

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