Chapter 359 Battle of the Marines
More than 200 Qing army warships rushed out of the northern channel and collided directly towards the Ming army fleet.
The Qing army's inland naval warships were very different from those in Donghai Town's warships.
In naval battles, if one side does not want to engage in the side and impact, it will be difficult for the two ships to collide with each other. Therefore, each ship pays great attention to long-range artillery, with strong side firepower, while the inland river is relatively narrow, and the fleet is easy to collide. Therefore, the firepower of the Qing army's warships is not strong on the side firepower, and the cannons are mainly placed on the bows so that when rushing to the enemy ship, they can also launch guns to bombard the enemy ships.
"Roar up!" Liu Liangzuo was wearing armor and a pointed iron helmet. He pressed the hilt of the knife with his right hand, waved his left hand forward, and shouted loudly with a majestic order.
More than two hundred Qing army warships rushed towards the Ming army fleet. The bow of the ship broke through the water surface and waves appeared, like giant arrows shot towards the Ming army fleet.
Liu Liangzuo's naval army has been in force for several years, and with the large number of ships, he is not afraid of the Ming naval army.
If it was on the sea, Liu Liangzuo admitted that he was not the opponent of the Ming army. At this time, Liu Liangzuo was confident of fighting.
Although the Ming army's warships and artillery were sharp, as long as they rushed forward, the Qing army would definitely be able to defeat the Ming army's fleet by relying on the number of ships.
"Fireship, ignite a pirate warship to reward one hundred taels of silver, burn the pirate ship to reward a thousand taels of silver!" Liu Liangzuo roared loudly.
More than fifty fire ships in the Qing army were in front and the rest of the warships were behind. The soldiers rushed towards the Ming army with roars and roars.
"Boom boom boom" Liu Liangzuo's army ordered the Ming army's gunship to adjust its position, and the guns on the side roared, and one after another, roaring and smashing.
The shells fell into the river, and the water column soared into the sky, and the water columns splashed into the sky fell, instantly pouring the Qing army into a scattered chicken.
Qing army ships were passing through the water columns, and some ships were hit by shells, which immediately turned into broken wood and splashed.
When the first round of artillery fired by the Ming army came, five or six Qing army fire ships disintegrated. More than ten ships were injured, which made Liu Liangzuo's heart tremble and he shouted angrily: "Start up and fire the cannons and fight back!"
The bow of the Qing army fleet, artillery began to roar, and shells hit the Ming army warships, and continued to rush towards the Ming army.
Zhao Ming held the helm tower with his hands in a deep voice, "Chongming Guard intercepted, the gunboat is full of rudder!"
After three rounds of artillery attacks, the Ming army fleet's location had crossed the center of the river from the southern channel and entered the northern channel and approached the northern bank.
With the order, Zhao Ming hangs the flag, thirty centipede ships and twenty blessed ships, ruddering to the left, adjusting the navigation direction from northwest to west, and the fleet is parallel to the north shore and hitting the Qing army.
The two sides fired firecrackers for several miles, and black iron bombs flew around the river. The ships were beaten to pieces and splashed, causing the ships to leak water. The ships were constantly silent and soldiers sank into the sea.
Although the Qing army had many ships, the number of artillery was not as good as that of the Ming army, and they did not have an advantage in shooting. However, the Qing army was in the water and the ships were very fast.
On the south bank, Mandahai watched as the Qing Navy quickly narrowed the distance with the Ming Navy. A serious and rigid round face finally had a smile, "As long as we fight together, the Navy will definitely defeat the pirates."
At this time, after the five gunboats fired three-wheeled cannons, the left-string cannon needed to be cut coldly, and continued to maintain the course, and they would hit the north bank and strand. Therefore, the ship had a full rudder left and turned the hull around, aiming the bow from the northwest, aiming at the southwest, and sailing diagonally towards the southshore, continuing to face the Qing Navy with its side side diagonally.
On the flagship, Liu Liangzuo waved his fist excitedly. The Qing army ship was about to hit the Ming army warship. As long as he was stuck on it, the Ming army's artillery advantage would not be able to be used, and he would have a great chance of winning.
At this time, soldiers on the Qing army ship lit torches, and the Qing army holding bows and arrows rushed to the bow of the ship to prepare to shoot arrows.
"Boom boom boom" Another loud noise came, and the five gun ships that had turned around began to fire again.
With the loud noise, the starboard cannon that turned around suddenly retreated one after another, the deck trembled and the side smoke filled the side.
While firing cannons, the gunship sailed southwest through the heavy smoke, while Zhao Ming stood on the helm and shouted loudly: "Shoot again!"
On the five gunships, the gunners quickly loaded, and one after another, roaring towards the Qing army warships.
For a moment, the Qing army fleet seemed to have encountered a meteorite rain, and the water columns and waves splashed by shells directly overturned the Qing army's boat.
Liu Liangzuo's expression changed drastically. Suddenly, a loud bang was heard, and a black iron bomb rushed out of the smoke and flew directly towards his ship.
The shells were extremely fast, and before Liu Liangzuo could react, he heard a loud "bang" sound, and the guardrail on the side of the ship exploded directly, and the black shells swept across the deck with countless broken wood.
During water battles, soldiers are prone to falling into the water. With the attack of shells, the armor cannot be prevented at all. Therefore, most of the naval soldiers who were responsible for the fight against the sidelines were not wearing armor.
The shell was wrapped in broken wood. A Qing army archer was torn to pieces by the shells and broken wood. A ball of blood mist rose up and turned into countless pieces and flew around. The shells remained powerful, swept across the deck, and finally hit the helmhouse and fell from Liu Liangzuo into the river.
Due to the angle, the shells penetrated almost through the entire warship, and the deck was in a mess, with shrill howling sounds sounded along with it.
This round of cannons was hesitant and the Qing army was smashed and more than ten were injured.
The Ming army's gunships were fierce, and there were nearly 150 shells in one round of fire. Some of the Qing army's small boats were smashed away with one shot. Even large warships would be smashed to pieces if they were shot.
Liu Liangzuo was also scratched by broken wood on his face, and he sat on the deck all over. Two soldiers hurriedly helped him up. Before he could observe, the Folang machine cannon on the front Ming army fleet suddenly opened fire.
The Qing army ships rushed by with lingering fear. Before the water columns caused by the bombardment of gunboats could be released, the Ming army ships facing the opposite side fired artillery together.
However, this time the flight was not solid bullets, but shotguns fired with the Flanger aircraft.
As long as the Ming army's ships fought against wind and waves at sea, they were generally taller than the Qing army's warships. The Folang machine cannons were high and shot down the Qing army's deck. One shot fired, and iron sand was poured out into a fan. The Qing army could not avoid it, and the shotgun swept across the Qing army on the deck.
In an instant, the Qing army archers and bird gunners holding bows and arrows were hit by shotguns, and dense blood pits were shot out on their faces and bodies, which was shocking.
"Shot arrows, fire guns!" Before the battle began, the Qing army suffered heavy losses. Liu Liangzuo pushed away the help of his subordinates and shouted loudly.
At this time, the distance between the two sides was only a few dozen steps. While both sides fired guns and bombarded, the soldiers on the ship began to shoot arrows and guns across the river. The black arrows flew around like swarms of locusts, and the boards were full of arrows.
Both warships on both sides were splashed with wood chips from artillery and muskets, and the casualties were very serious. As the distance was closer, the ships finally collided together.
The Qing army ship was small, the Ming army ship was large, and the centipede ship crashed into several small Qing army boats in a row. Finally, the bow of the ship was inserted into the side of the Qing army warship before stopping.
At this time, amid the rumbling sound of cannons, the two armies began to use long weapons to fight each other, and jumped to fight at the same time. For a moment, short-term soldiers met and desperate battles were everywhere, with the sound of gold and iron clashing and the sound of killing were endless.
After the battle of the boarding war began, the advantage of the Qing army's large ships and many people began to show. Several ships of the Qing army surrounded a warship, and the soldiers took the opportunity to jump into the war. At the same time, the Qing army ignited the fire ship and crashed into the Ming army's large ship. The black smoke rolled, igniting the two Ming army's large ships.
At this time, the five gunships had already fired three rounds of artillery, and the ships crossed the middle of the river again and entered the southern channel.
On the sandbank in the middle of the river, the Qing army defenders supported the opportunity of the Ming army fleet fighting with the Qing navy, cleared the bodies, reloaded artillery, and finally joined the battle again. The artillery roared and bombarded the five gunboats.
On the south bank, Mandahai saw five gunboats entering the southern channel and roared angrily: "Start the cannon and sink Zhao Zamao!"
Chapter completed!