Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 158 Three Kingdoms Melee

"Boom boom boom..."

In the coastal waters of Chaozhou Prefecture, gunfire was rumbling and gunpowder filled the air, and the huge battlefield had fallen into chaos.

On the side of the Dutch and Zheng Zhilong, on the side of the new army and the Portuguese, the three countries fought in a melee.

"What's going on? Why do they have so many warships."

"Damn Portuguese, how could they join in."

Jia Long looked at what happened on the sea in disbelief, feeling very angry in his heart.

Shouldn't the news that Tangning was arrested and taken to Fujian spread throughout Chaozhou Prefecture?Shouldn't Chaozhou government be in chaos?
How could such a large resistance force be organized so quickly?Jialong couldn't understand it.

At the beginning of the war, the Dutch had the upper hand due to their huge numerical advantage, and the three warships of the new army suffered varying degrees of damage.

Seeing that the three warships of the new army could be wiped out after a period of siege, they did not expect that ships of different sizes would suddenly join the battlefield one after another.

These warships that joined the battlefield had no fighting skills at all, they ran around, and bombarded when they saw ships that were not their own friends.

Fighting randomly, although it caused some troubles for Jia Long, the disparity in strength was not enough to change the situation of the battle.

But this is not what Jialong wanted to see. He found such a good opportunity to gather the huge Dutch fleet in the Far East to Chaozhou Prefecture.

It was not for the purpose of destroying these simply modified armed ships, but for the purpose of breaking into Chaozhou City and looting as soon as possible.

Because of this, the fleet also carried a large number of soldiers, just for landing operations.

But now, before reaching the coastline, it was stopped by a group of ships that appeared suddenly.

Although the armed forces of these ships were not enough to threaten the Dutch fleet, Garon would not dare to land on the shore if left alone.

After all, docking and landing is the most vulnerable time, and if these messy armed ships do something behind their backs, he Jialong will not be able to bear it.

Therefore, even if he was unwilling, Jia Long had to destroy these miscellaneous ships first.

But then, more than a dozen armed merchant ships from the Portuguese joined in, which made Jialong even more headache.

The addition of these Portuguese armed merchant ships still cannot change the huge gap in strength, but the Portuguese armed merchant ships are well-built, and the crew is no worse than regular soldiers.

Therefore, it is almost impossible for the Dutch to quickly eliminate these armed merchant ships.

The battle suddenly fell into a stalemate, which was the last thing Jia Long wanted to see.

Claudia did not accept the suggestion of the crew to let her stay on the shore, but personally participated in the battle. After all, as the daughter of the Governor of Magang, some due arrogance and courage must be possessed.

"Hey, let those guinea pigs go first, and go rescue our new army buddies first, they seem to be seriously injured."

Claudia does not directly intervene in operational command, but she will bring up some ideas.

As the top person in charge of cooperating with Tangning, she naturally has the right to give some strategic direction.

To her, saving a New Army ship was more meaningful than sinking a Dutch ship.

Immediately, the strategy of the Portuguese armed merchant ships changed to cover and rescue the armed merchant ships of the new army and Ming Dynasty, and then harassed the Dutch fleet.

As long as the time is delayed as long as possible, it is victory.

When the melee at sea became more and more intense, the rear was still busy, devoting as much force as possible to fight.

Since the arsenal had not been in production for a long time, the number of artillery produced was not large. After pulling all the artillery onto merchant ships as much as possible, Song Yingxing felt that it was far from enough.

There are less than a hundred artillery pieces, and together they can match the firepower of several Dutch ships. The difference is too great.

Suddenly, Song Yingxing thought of something, and then discussed with the heads of several arsenals.

Afterwards, small boats rushed out of the port, and many of them were fishing boats recruited.

The addition of these small ships did not attract the attention of both sides at first, because in such a big battle, the small ships without artillery are hardly a threat to the larger ships.

Even if they wanted to use fire to attack, it was very difficult, and the Dutch didn't care much. These small boats could just be handed over to Zheng Zhilong's people.

Zheng Zhilong's people also wanted to make meritorious service, so they took the initiative to rush over in a small boat.

On the side of the new army, those who drive the small boats are basically members of the public security regiment, and they can also be called militiamen. They usually receive relevant training and are mainly responsible for public security work.

During wartime, they can also go into battle. Now that all the soldiers of the new army in the port have been sent out, this task naturally falls on them.

A lot of people have the nervousness and fear of fighting for the first time, but no one backs down.

Seeing an enemy ship rushing towards him, a middle-aged man immediately picked up a round object with a thin rope on it.

After he lit the rope with a lighter, black smoke sizzled from the rope, and then he threw the thing in the direction of the enemy ship without hesitation.

Seeing a black thing flying over, the soldiers of Zheng Jun on the boat were also taken aback, and instinctively wanted to avoid it.

But with the sound of "boom", the thing failed to be thrown onto the boat and fell directly into the water.

"Haha..." The people on the boat couldn't help but sneered, it was useless if it fell into the water.

However, their laughter only lasted for a moment, and with a loud bang, a water column rose from the side.

The water column rolled up pieces of iron and stones mixed in and flew away, causing a scream, and the whole ship suddenly lost control.

Naturally, this thing is not a thunderbolt that ignites a matchlock. In fact, its principle is similar to that of a thunderbolt, except that the ignition method and the explosion components inside are different.

The ignition method is the fuse ignition method, but the explosive components are military explosives used by the German army in World War II.

The explosive power of explosives is much stronger than that of black powder, because the main function of explosives is detonation, while the function of gunpowder is deflagration.

Therefore, gunpowder in later generations is mainly used as propellant for bullets, and explosives are used to truly produce lethality.

There are a lot of explosives in the arsenal, Tangning thought about giving some of them to the arsenal, so that Song Yingxing could study more advanced explosives, and then repack some grenades.

Because for the current new army, grenades are more practical.

Therefore, after quantitative sub-packaging, the shell is wrapped with pig iron, and then the fuse ignition method made of a fuse and a detonator is a simple grenade.

It can also be called a miniature explosive pack, which is simple and easy to use.

All of a sudden, black balls were flying in the air with black smoke, some fell on the enemy ship, and some fell into the water, but the final result was a crazy explosion.

The menacing Zheng Jun fleet was immediately bombed into disarray. Broken boats were scattered around, and blood-stained corpses floated on the sea.

There were also some wounded who fell into the water and soldiers who jumped into the water to escape, calling for help, but no one cared about them at all, it was so miserable.

Some small boats were obviously not satisfied with just blowing up these Zheng Jun's small boats. They were skilled and daring, and took aim at the big Dutch boats.

One of the small boats rushed to the port side of a Dutch ship while the Dutch ship was fighting with the Portuguese ship, and then rammed straight into it.

Because of the three pointed spears tied to the bow of the ship, the spears pierced into the hull of the Dutch ship under this collision, temporarily connecting the two ships together.

But with such a huge difference in tonnage, this collision alone could not do anything to this Dutch ship of over [-] tons, and it was impossible for a few spears to pierce through the thick hull.

The three crew members on the boat didn't care, they placed a large package at the bow.

After one of them yanked the rope on the large package, the three jumped into the sea in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)