Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 473 Surprise Attack on Luermen
With a caliber of 110 mm and a charge of ten catties, the kinetic energy has reached several thousand joules. Later generations can count it as a gun with a kinetic energy of [-] joules. When such powerful gunfire is sprayed out, what they get in return is only a big drop from the opposite cliff. pile of stones.

During the Opium War, the Qing army's forts that the British fleet could fight were all over the place, because the British Armstrong cannons were stronger than the Qing army's Hongyi cannons in terms of range and accuracy, and the fleet was quite flexible at sea, and even more so. It's hard to fight, but in today's battle, although the Dutch 24-pound gun technically did not exceed the beggar naval gun, after all, the tonnage was doubled, and the range and lethality were much greater. This time the duel between the fleet and the fort , the fort won.

The artillery battle lasted until the evening. Except for the first round of the Dutch fleet being caught off guard, the Dutch had no substantial losses. On the contrary, the five main battleships of the Beggar Army suffered some injuries, and more than 100 people were killed and injured. The immature operation of the living warships was also revealed. When the Dutch fleet was shot just now, several ships flexibly zigzag to avoid the subsequent bombardment. The speed of changing positions with one shot is much slower than that of the Dutch, and it has suffered too many shells for no reason.

The battle on the first day ended like this. The unwilling Song Qingshu not only ordered the wounded to be sent back to Penghu, but also withdrew the fleet from the range of the Dutch coastal defense artillery and broke down on the spot.

"You stupid pigs, how do you practice during practice? You can even hide from the group of red-haired vassals. You can't dodge, did you grow up eating shit? You pee your pants at the critical moment, and the commander spent so much money What's the use of keeping you guys? And you guys who shoot cannons, pigs are more accurate than you, you are ashamed to wear this military uniform, quickly pull it off and find a rag to tie it on!"

Shi Lang was so angry that his liver ached, and he yelled at five capital ships, five captains, more than 30 gunners, bosuns, and first officers who were scolded by him, and wanted to get into the sewage hole with their heads down.

"You guys played well!"

The treatment was really different. The chief officer was scolded, but the soldiers below were encouraged. Song Qingshu led Yu'er to go to the boats to condolences, and encouraged the sergeants and gunners who were fighting. Get exuberant all at once.

The fleet gradually returned to stability. The sailors took out the spare planks from the supply ship and repaired the holes destroyed by the cannon. A round of extremely bright moonlight illuminated the entire sea surface. The beating sound, if it wasn't for the strong smell of gunpowder smoke, would have seemed quite romantic.

Some sergeants were still thinking about carrying cans to the deck to enjoy the moon. In the peace, Zhang Huangyan approached the Haiquan.

"Marshal, the nearest landing port is 67 miles away. The storm captain Xu Haihouzi has already led Mr. Bayintu's eighth cavalry division to rush there, but it takes about two days to go back and forth."

Song Qingshu was also there looking up at the moon, and walked to him silently. Zhang Huangyan reported calmly with his fists in his arms. He turned around when he heard it, but there was a smile on his face, and he said jokingly: "Why? Don't you persuade me to retreat?"

"What did the commander-in-chief say? Once the military order is issued, even though there are storms and floods, mountains of swords and seas of fire, tens of thousands of people will have to go. The military order is like a mountain. If the order is changed day by day, how can we drive thousands of troops?"

Zhang Huangyan replied in a serious manner and was a little annoyed. Song Qingshu couldn't help laughing again, but kept silent.

For other warlords or government supervisors, there are strict levels and clear barriers between superiors and subordinates, but in this begging army, all the senior commanders and Song Qingshu, the leader and commander, seem to have some kind of friendship, although sometimes Zhang Huangyan He felt that this was a bit of a loss of the majesty of the coach, but secretly he felt that it was quite good. If he really faced a cold begging coach every day, it would make people uncomfortable.

Following Song Qingshu, looking up at the moon and calming down, Zhang Huangyan couldn't help asking: "Marshal, how will we fight tomorrow? Are you still besieging like this?"

"It won't be until tomorrow!"

Hold your head up, this time Song Qingshu didn't turn around but raised his hand high, pointing at the moon and said with a smile.

"Look, the moon is getting rounder!"

Time passed the day bit by bit, the position of the moon was getting closer and closer to the mid-heaven, and it became brighter and brighter. The entire fleet seemed to have entered into silence under the moonlight, and the sea tide seemed to have fallen into calm, but when When the lamp post on the table was completely gone, the wind suddenly started to be violent, and the raging waves slapped against the coast one after another. .

Bang Lang~ The candlestick fell directly, but Song Qingshu couldn't care less, pulled Zhang Huangyan, Shi Lang, and He Bin and ran to the side of the boat excitedly, watching the surging waves, a group of people shouted excitedly almost at the same time.

"The tide is rising!"

This is not an ordinary high tide, but an astronomical high tide that only occurs on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year. The tide raised when the moon is closest to the earth is not comparable to the previous high tide. It was almost two o'clock in the morning, and most of the soldiers of the Qihuo Army woke up. Even if they didn't have binoculars, they were all poking their heads there, shouting with suppressed voices.

"Up! Up!"

"Master, it's almost there!"

In the telescope, the low sandy beaches between several connected mountain islands were all submerged, and the narrow northern channel, the Luermen Channel, also turned into a vast ocean. I really didn't expect Song Qingshu to hide such a trick , turning his head, Shi Lang shouted excitedly.

At this time, Song Qingshu had already calmed down, looked at Luermen, held his breath for a few seconds, and when everyone's eyes were fixed on him, Song Qingshu finally nodded.

It was like a release, Shi Lang was the first to run off the boat, and immediately the Songjiang took the lead and rushed to Luermen first.

At this time, the huge hull has become a burden instead. It is like this, with sails on the top and paddles below. It was inserted into the sandy beach, but so it was, the Songjiang still plunged into the northern channel.

On this side of the cliff, the Dutch actually built a fort fortress, but it collapsed in the typhoon soon. After all, it is the windward side, and the Luermen is really narrow, and it is impossible to pass a big ship on weekdays. After all, it was abandoned after all. But now , here, has become a deadly Achilles' heel.

Matsue rushed in with difficulty, and immediately became smaller, followed by the Fengrao, which was built earlier, followed by Lingbo. When the Dutch found out, the huge hull of Matsue just rushed into it. Neijiang port.

It's like prying a knife into a clam shell.

On the towering castle of Taiwan City, the church bell rang terribly, and the whole colony woke up. On the edge of the port, the suddenly sober Dutch sailors howled and climbed onto the fleet, but they didn't wait for the sails to let go. The [-]-pound ship-wrecking Hongyi cannon, the gunner of the Matsue, who had been suffocating for a long time, roared angrily, and the scene of bombarding Nagasaki Port last time seemed to be repeated.

Moreover, before the Dutch continued to reload the Songjiang, the second Fengrao, equipped with a thousand-jin Fron cannon, also came up. It was also 24 Fran cannons that fired all over the sky, although the pound was lighter than the Hongyi cannon. There are many, but the victory lies in the fast speed, and the mother and child guns are changed continuously. In the desperate output, all twelve sub-guns were shot in just 5 minutes. The two Dutch armed merchant ships within 500 meters of the outermost extension were beaten. Ridiculously riddled with holes, the sailors put down their cannons and fled off the ship screaming. .

Then came the Shenyu, the Nuhai, and the Lingbo. With its powerful firepower and tonnage, the Songjiang even directly crashed into the Dutch navy's fleet for the second time. There was a bloody mess.

Anyway, at such a short distance, no matter how powerful the Dutchman's navigation skills are, they can't use it. What they are fighting for is gunfire and tonnage.

The gunpowder smoke of the artillery, the hissing and shouting among the sailors, the Dutch fleet fell into slaughter and siege, and fell into a sea of ​​​​flames. The Dutch inside also reacted. In terms of numbers, the Dutch are really at an absolute disadvantage. There are only more than 600 Dutch East India Company mercenaries in the city, and the main city of Taiwan City has only more than 400. However, with a total population of less than 200 million, the Netherlands can control such a large colony in the East by fighting with less many.

The warships in front blocked the bombardment of the Dutch fleet and Taiwan City, and the troop carriers in the back also arrived. Seeing the sand ships being thrown down one by one, the Ming army climbed up the rope ladder, and then rowed the small boats to attack the beach. Aoi, the Dutch major who rushed out of the city, raised his saber and roared arrogantly.

"One Dutch soldier can be worth 25 Ming soldiers, soldiers who have fought many battles! Come on! Let the blood of the Ming people stain this beach red!"

While he was roaring, the Dutch mercenaries with arquebus guns also lined up in three horizontal lines, shouting and striding towards the beach. The Ming army navy was not very good in their impression, although they lost the Penghu battle Well, it is expected that the battle of Luowan was also lost, but every time the Ming army fought more than the few, and the casualties were far greater than the Dutch. Used sailors.

The Ming army sailors in my impression are all wearing tattered paper armor, cotton armor, holding tattered musket guns, or spears, or rusty single knives that I don’t know if they can be fired. Satisfied, six hundred Dutch soldiers pointed their guns at the beach confidently.

But when the beach boat rushed to the shore, there was no Ming army navy that descended from the bee pupae, but the black muzzle of the bow was exposed. For the sake of accuracy, the Dutch mercenaries lined up on the beach, but only about 50 meters away, so close The distance, the front row was almost as dead as an old lady's teeth in an instant, and fell straight down.

The Dutch army was directly stunned. As Kui Yi opened his mouth in disbelief, countless Ming soldiers finally jumped out of the boat. Although they were still wearing Ming military uniforms and military caps with round brims, each of them The firecrackers in their hands are almost exactly the same as their own, even newer, and they don't have matchlocks in their hands!
Before Kui Yi swung his saber down again, a young Ming army officer had already picked up the firecracker and snapped his fingers...

(End of this chapter)