Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 109 Shi Lang Runs Away! (Please subscribe!)

Shi Lang's order was too late after all.

The first to bear the brunt was that the forward bird boat that Lan Li was in was torn apart by the fierce fire of the short and heavy guns, the mast was snuffed off, and it fell heavily on the deck.

Lan Li's bird ship lost its fighting power on the spot.

Lan Li is in danger!

Seeing this, Ming Zheng sailor immediately cheered with his fists: "Good!"

Zheng Kezang squinted at the results of the Minhai Fleet's battle, and said in shock: "The short-heavy artillery is a little short of shooting long distances, but it's powerful, tsk tsk, it's nothing to say!"

The main ships of the Minhai Fleet are all equipped with 68-pound short-heavy guns, and the large caliber brings huge lethality!

You know, the red barbarian cannons of the Qing Dynasty are equivalent to twelve-pound cannons, and the largest is eighteen pounds!

The recoil force of the shorter barrel is much smaller, which makes the shooting stability and rate of fire of the short heavy gun higher than that of the Hongyi cannon.

"Reload, aim at Shi Lang's flagship Longsheng, and hit me hard! Don't let him escape!" Zhu Tiangui continued to command.

To capture the thief, first capture the king, first dry up Shi Lang's flagship, and then take care of the rest of the ship slowly.

The power of the short and heavy artillery is astonishing, and the morale of the Fujian Sea Fleet has soared!

The gunners all took off their clothes and exposed their arms, loaded the shells into the barrels separately, quickly pushed the artillery, and aimed the muzzle at the Longsheng, which was about to complete its turn.

Fortunately, Shi Lang had better luck, several shells almost hit his Longsheng.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Shi Lang was ready to fight to the death, "Aim at the pirate flagship, fight back! Fight back!" Shi Lang supported the cockpit, hissing and roaring.

At this time, after a brief period of confusion, the warships of the Qing army finally reacted and fired back again, and the shells splashed water on the sea.

A small number of shells also hit the Minhai Fleet not far away.

"Boom boom boom!" The artillery on both sides roared, and various shells roared out.

As the formation of the Fujian Navy was dispersed by Zheng Kezang's tactics, the advantage of the Fujian Sea Fleet's large number of guns was brought into play. The Fujian Navy immediately suffered heavy losses under the salvo of short and heavy artillery from the Fujian Sea Fleet.

However, due to the close combat, the Minhai Fleet also suffered a lot of losses. The three bird ships that opened the way had lost their combat effectiveness and withdrew from the warships, while the small boats suffered even more damage.

However, compared with the casualties of the Fujian Navy, the Fujian Sea Fleet has a great advantage.

Hundreds of Caron guns from the Fujian Sea Fleet raged wildly.

The usual situation where the two ships had to bombard each other for half an hour to decide the winner did not appear. The Minhai Fleet relied on its high lethality, and could knock the enemy ship out of combat effectiveness in almost a single encounter, and then turned to the next target.

In a short time, the Fujian Navy had already sunk seven big bird ships, and several other ships were circling in situ, half dead and full of holes.

As for the boats, countless have been blasted away.

The nearby waters are full of sailors of the Fujian Navy, like a large group of ants washed away by the rain, helplessly being taken away by the sea...

Shi Lang had never fought such a naval battle.

Watching the roar of artillery fire, in an instant, two more warships of the Fujian Navy lost their combat power and floated on the sea.

On the Longsheng, Shi Lang finally closed his eyes in pain and gave the order to retreat.

If you don't retreat, the Fujian navy will be wiped out.

The flagship of the Longsheng hoisted the command flag and ordered the ships to turn around and retreat immediately, trying to break through the block and flee north to Quanzhou Port before the Minhai Fleet cut off their escape channel.

The waters of Jin and Xiamen are already the dead end of the Fujian navy, and only by running north can they survive.

The sailors who defected from Ming Zheng still had a high level of tactical literacy. Even in this extremely defeated situation, they were still able to exit the battlefield in an orderly manner.

The Fujian Navy turned a [-]-degree turn in front of the Fujian Sea Fleet, and was about to flee northward with the help of the south wind.

Naturally, Zhu Tiangui would not let go of such an opportunity, and ordered the loaded artillery to continue, roaring and bombarding the Fujian navy warships that were about to flee.

However, the warships of the Qing army who were in charge of breaking the rear were not afraid of death, and used their bodies to block the Fujian Sea Fleet to buy time for their own people.

By the third quarter of the last hour, the battle at the mouth of the Jiulong River had basically ended. The Minhai Fleet had sunk 31 enemy bird boats (participant Lan Li was killed) and chased [-] enemy boats at the cost of seriously injuring three bird boats. , severely damaged more than [-] warships of various types, and captured more than [-] ships.

However, Shi Lang, who was full of confidence before, fled frantically with the Fujian navy with less than a hundred warships. He was chased along the way, and suffered heavy casualties. Only five bird ships survived, and the main battleships lost a lot.

The remaining warships ran to Quanzhou Port without looking back!
This battle was fought heartily, Zheng Kezang led the Fujian Sea Fleet to follow all the way, and was about to annihilate the entire Fujian Navy.

Before the war, Zheng Kezang uttered big words, and he wanted to prevent the Tartar Qingshui division from entering the sea.

Shi Lang was also decisive, as soon as he saw defeat, he immediately ran away, barely retaining a little incense of the Fujian Navy.

The Fujian Navy went all the way north and quickly fled into Quanzhou Port, but Zheng Kezang didn't want to let them go. He wanted both Quanzhou Port and the Fujian Navy!

Quanzhou is a big port in Fujian, so the defense is also very tight, mainly to defend against the intrusion of Ming and Zheng, so a large number of camps and forts were built on the land around Quanzhou port.

The only access to the harbor is an estuary, which is the most important place.

Zheng Kezang's plan is to block the seaport first by the Fujian Sea Fleet.

Then the guards landed from the land on both sides, attacked the camp, and finally surrounded Quanzhou Port.

At this time, as the Minhai fleet gradually approached, in the faint mist, an old man on the watch tower saw a large number of warships suddenly appearing on the sea, and for a while thought his eyes were blurred.

On closer inspection, it looks a bit like a pirate attack.

The old man didn't dare to think too much, and tried his best to calm down his nervous emotions.

After confirming the situation, he immediately picked up the drumstick beside him, ready to strike the leather drum beside him as an early warning.

But just as the old man picked up the drumstick, a young man suddenly appeared behind him, and grabbed the old man's hand holding the drumstick.

Then the young man stared at the sea, and stopped looking at the old man's surprised and nervous eyes, and said at the same time: "Master, take a good rest and let these people come in."

After hearing the young man's words, the old man suddenly became angry, and then angrily said: "Bastard, if we let the pirates go ashore, then the upright official will hold us accountable."

The young man said calmly: "Master, I think the official is in danger, but I saw the people from the Fujian Navy running for their lives like crazy."

The old man calmed down a little, he didn't know what he was thinking, his arm was firmly held by the young man, and he couldn't move.

The young man said calmly, "Master, they are not pirates. You should take a closer look at the flags on the warship."

So the old man could only look at the sea again.

The old man trembled all over, as if it had aroused a strong memory in him.

what happened?

It turned out that he had seen the sun and moon flag played by the Minhai Fleet.

He knew where these ships came from, and that King Yanping's fleet had returned. How could this be possible!

Could it be that the Fujian navy that was in a mess before was the one they beat up like that!

(End of this chapter)