A flowering bullet hit the Weiyuan, causing huge casualties to the sailors on the deck.

Zheng Chenggong looked at the corpse and his residual arm lying on the deck. When he saw the wounded soldiers rolling and howling, he was also filled with blood and shocked.

"Jiyuan! Weining! The two ships slowed down. The side of the Jingyuan was severely damaged, and they blew out the flag and left the battlefield!" The soldiers on Wangdou shouted loudly.

Fifteen warships and four of them were thrown out of the battlefield due to their destruction of sail cables. Another one was severely damaged by an enemy ship and could only retreat to avoid being sunk by an enemy ship.

There were only ten ships left in the Ming Dynasty's joint fleet, and they still preserved their formations and rode the wind and waves.

"Recharge, issue a round of solid bullets! Continue to gather the fire of the British flagship!" Zheng Chenggong's face was filled with smoke, and he yelled and ordered.

"Boom Boom Boom" Because the five warships withdrew from the battle group early, the Ming army's artillery bombardment has been reduced from nearly 500 shells per round to more than 300.

The shells hit the British ship, and the side of the shells were smashed by the shells. The shells were wrapped in broken wood, swept across a deck, then rushed out from the other side and fell into the sea.

"Ahhh!" A little closer, a shrill scream came from the British ship.

Because it was a solid bullet, although this round of artillery hit several Western artillery ships and smashed the side of the ship, it did not sink an enemy ship.

Thirteen enemy ships, one left the battlefield, the other sank, and there were eleven warships left, and continued to sail and fight.

From this perspective, although the Ming army did not remain silent in warships and the losses were less than those of the enemy fleet, the British attacked the tail of the Ming fleet with chain bombs, causing the Ming ships to be shot to lose their speed and thus were thrown out of the battle group. This undoubtedly worked.

At this time, the Ming army had no advantage in numbers when facing the combined fleet of Western-Evil Fleet. However, Western-Evil Fleets have been scattered on the sea for more than a hundred years, and their large-scale fleet encounters were indeed better than those of the Ming army.

"Boom boom boom" The Western Yi fleet fired guns and counterattacked again, and the flowering bullets hit the Ming warship. A Ming warship dragged thick black smoke and continued to move forward. But in a short while, the hull exploded and slowly sank into the sea.

"Your Highness, Yangwei calls the flag and ask the fleet to fight bravely to fight the enemy." The soldiers on Wangdou trembled with a crying voice, "Yangwei has sunk!"

Zheng Chenggong watched, slowly tilted, plunging into the sea, and punched the boat with a punch.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was nearly half a mile. Zheng Chenggong gritted his teeth and ordered, "Change the flower bullet, the shotgun! Full sail, stick it up to catch the string battle!"

The Western Yi warships were strong. In addition to the Dutch warships that were sunk and fled, the hulls of British and French ships were harder than those of Ming warships.

Zheng Chenggong discovered that Ming army artillery did not have an advantage during the shooting.

At the moment, at most, you can shoot one shot and you will have to catch the string.

The Ming army had previously fired a round of solid bullets, which severely damaged the side of the Western Yi fleet and broke through the hull. However, Zheng Chenggong did not rush to bombard again, but was ready to get close to the Western Yi's face and directly hit the Western Yi's face.

However, the Western Yi on the opposite side was experienced and actually stopped the shelling and prepared to get close to it and shoot the last shot.

At this time, there were only sporadic artillery between the two fleets, which continued to roar, and used solid bullets to smash the ship's fences. The rest of the artillery were replaced with flowering bullets and shotguns, and they were used when the distance was closer.

On the enemy ships, the experienced British and French had already picked up muskets, spears and short axes, and were obviously ready to fight hand-to-hand.

When Zheng Chenggong saw the situation on the Western Yi ship, he hurriedly ordered the Ming soldiers to put their weapons beside them and hide them on the deck to wait for them. Some sailors, holding muskets and bows, climbed up to the watchtower, climbed the ship tower, and occupied the commanding heights.

Both fleets were preparing, and at this moment, almost unification, they gathered at the same time, and fired at the same time.

Suddenly, a series of loud noises were heard, and black shells rushed out of white smoke and flew towards the opponent quickly. Some artillery sprayed out iron sand on a fan and fell into the sea, like heavy rain.

At a distance of fifty steps, the shells arrived in an instant. Before the soldiers could react, they heard a "boom" sound, and the shells exploded on the deck.

This time, the Ming army's progress in flowering bullet technology was revealed.

The Ming army's flowering bullets could adjust the length of the leads according to the distance of the target, causing explosions to occur upon landing. Although Britain and France also imitated flowering bullets, the control of explosions was not accurate. Many shells were shot directly from the port side, shot out from the starboard side, and flew to the sea before they suddenly exploded.

However, Britain and France knew their weaknesses, so when they were close to the side, they still used a large number of shotguns to kill the Ming army on the ship.

The flowering bullets smashed through the ship's side, landed on the deck, or drilled into the cabin and exploded. The soldiers were not covered, while the shotguns were mostly shot on the guard plate, causing the ship's side to be bumpy, but the damage was far lower than the flowering bullets that exploded inside the ship.

At fifty steps, he was hit by artillery, just like a cannon was pressed against his forehead. The Ming army's flowering bullets almost swept across the deck of the Western Yi flagship. The ship was full of dead bodies, and the Ming army's flagship was also severely damaged. All the exposed soldiers were hit by shotguns and screamed and wailed. Only the soldiers hiding behind the ship's side and wooden boxes were protected.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong came back to his senses from the tragic scene and immediately roared anxiously, "Murderer, kill!"

"kill!!!"

“Bo, bo!”

On the side of the ship, the surviving Ming soldiers immediately picked up muskets and started shooting. The enemy ships on the opposite side were hit one after another, and screams came. The British army in Wangdou were hit by muskets, fell from a high place, and hit the deck with a brain burst.

On the opposite British ship, the commander roared loudly, directing British soldiers to shoot with guns.

Many of the British navy were pirates. They defeated the Netherlands and Spain. As the new maritime overlords, they were confident that no one understood naval warfare better than them.

British soldiers who were pirates were shooting with muskets, short axes, flying hooks and other weapons gathered on the side of the ship, and were eager to try to prepare for the battle on the side of the ship.

The muskets of both sides fired at each other, causing wood chips to splash, while the ships continued to sail, less than twenty steps apart.

At this time, even Zheng Chenggong picked up the bow and arrow and started shooting. His archery skills were the most accurate, with one arrow and one person. British people kept hitting arrows and falling into the sea.

"Your Highness, you're about to catch the string. We don't have an advantage!" General Yang Geng protected Zheng Chenggong and shouted anxiously.

The two ships had gathered for about ten steps. The side of the ships on both sides was broken and the cannons were no longer fired. Instead, they fired at each other with muskets. The archers standing on the watchtower were in high demand and tried to suppress the opposite deck, so that the soldiers on both sides could only hide behind the ship's side and wooden boxes, so as not to be exposed to the other party's muzzle.

Screams came from everywhere on the deck of the Weiyuan, and intermittent screams and the sound of orders came from the British ship opposite, as if they were preparing to jump into the gang to fight.
Chapter completed!