Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 798 Dissatisfaction
The sound of rumbling explosions was denser and more violent than the thunderstorms on the African grasslands. It was already hard to tell whether it was the mines exploding or the rocket ships.

The water column and the fire column rushed up amidst the sound of the explosion as if they were determined to compete, and lifted sailors, masts, decks, sails, and even artillery and everything that could be moved into the air.

Wave after wave, the rocket ships rushed forward, deftly bypassing the fiercely burning and exploding warships, and pounced on the warships that fired at them indiscriminately and tried to avoid the kiss of death. When it hit it, it slammed into it, and it turned into a mass of blazing and violent flames in the earth-shattering explosion.

Blood and raging flames dyed the strait red, the waves were howling, the sky was wailing, and the desperate howls of the sailors of Zheng's fleet made the world change color.The terrifying rocket ships keep rushing over. Who knows how much explosives these little things are packed with? Once they are hit, no matter how big the warship is, it will be destroyed!Amidst the terrifying "onboard" sound and their rampage, Zheng's fleet turned into burning wreckage not one battleship after another, but one formation after another.In order to avoid these bloodthirsty rocket ships, many warships hurriedly collided with each other. They even hit mines and shattered with a terrible sound, announcing that there was another sunken ship and dozens of dead people on the seabed in this strait. The wronged soul.No one knows how many damn rocket ships there are, but one thing is certain: the number of battleships in the Zheng fleet is definitely not as large as the number of rocket ships!

So Zheng's fleet can die.

Zheng Zhilong stared at all this blankly, only felt that there were thousands of small knives gouging out his heart, and it seemed that his whole body was thrown into a frying pan. He was trembling all over, and his face was as pale as if he had just come out of a vampire's castle. The one that was fished out was the same, even the lips lost the color of blood, but the eyes were terribly red, almost spurting blood, the hair was disheveled, the expression was frantic, the throat rattled, and suddenly spewed out a big mouthful of blood, making a loud noise. He yelled furiously: "Yang Menglong, you are so despicable!!"

All the followers were terrified and shouted: "The admiral is injured, retreat! Retreat!"

Zheng Zhilong kicked the entourage who came to help him over, and roared: "Don't retreat! Attack me! I want to peel Yang Menglong's skin, I want to eat his flesh, ah——" That almost crazy expression and The fierce look made everyone shudder.Normally, once he gets angry, countless confidant soldiers will march forward bravely, tearing down the enemy army and venting his anger for him, but now no one listens to his orders, and everyone knows that this battle cannot be fought at all. The problem they face now is not how to win, but how to get out!His captain took a step forward and knocked Zheng Zhilong unconscious with the handle of a knife on the back of the head. The captain of the Hailong took the opportunity to order: "Your admiral is injured, retreat! Retreat!" Turn the bow of the boat and escape.

———Thanks to the narrow channel of Goose Neck Ferry, Zheng's fleet lined up in a long line, while Zheng Zhilong's flagship was squeezed to a relatively rear position, and there were no mines in this area.But now the entire fleet is in extreme chaos, and it is not easy for Hailong to escape.The terrified captain couldn't care less, sank two battleships in a row, forced a way out, and escaped like a bereaved dog.As soon as they escaped, the morale of Zheng's fleet, which had dropped to freezing point, let out for thousands of miles like eating crotons. The warships that were not recruited scrambled to turn their bows and try to escape this dangerous battlefield. Narrow, the battleship trying to escape far exceeds the limit that the channel can accommodate, everyone is huddled together, unable to move, rocket ships rush towards them in groups like piranhas smelling blood... Trapped on the immobile battleship The sailors could only watch in despair as the surrounding warships were hit one after another, caught fire and exploded, and finally it was their turn...

This originally disparate naval battle turned into a one-sided massacre, a massacre of ten times as many enemy troops by the party with an absolute disadvantage.

The Denglai Navy did not launch an attack. Even if they attack now, they will probably be blocked by countless wrecked warships and unable to move. Why bother?Only the terrible rocket ship was still rushing up wave after wave amidst the wild cries of the Japanese pirates "on board", vowing not to stop until it tore Zheng's fleet into pieces.The captains stood at the bow of the ship and watched all this silently, their faces turned slightly pale, and even showed a trace of fear... What should we do if we are attacked like this?Can we hold off that horde of rocket ships?
Just thinking about this question makes them shudder.

Since the launch of the rocket ship, Catherine's binoculars have not been put down.At the beginning, she was dumbfounded, but later on, her tall and handsome body began to tremble slightly.Originally, she had a bit of arrogance towards the Denglai Navy. She thought that although this navy was well-equipped, it was an out-and-out boy scout. The Venetian fleet could easily defeat them, but now, the Denglai Navy used a A series of incredible tactics shattered her little bit of arrogance: ruse, cheating defeat to lure the enemy, using narrow straits to lay mines to trap the opponent, using rocket ships to slaughter the immobile enemy fleet like dismembering a beached whale... here This includes the use of terrain, the speculation and induction of the enemy's psychology, and the use of new weapons. All of this completely subverted her understanding of naval warfare. It was the first time she discovered that naval warfare could become so bloody. So hysterical, so crazy!
She thought of the Dutch and Spaniards occupying Taiwan Island again, and once again mourned in her heart for these two maritime overlords who ruled the roost in Europe... They actually wanted to bargain with Yang Menglong, who owned such a terrifying fleet, and took advantage of troubled waters to separate Taiwan. When Yang Menglong finished cleaning up Zheng Zhilong, would they still want to escape the beating?
The red lady was the first to recover from the shock, looked at Yang Menglong, and asked anxiously and quickly: "How did you do it?"

Yang Menglong said: "It's simple, lay mines on both sides of the strait in advance and connect them with ropes tied with heavy objects to prevent them from drifting around. After the enemy fleet is lured into the ambush circle, let the water ghost team cut the ropes and let the mines float in." The waterway is blocked. Those mines generally sink three feet deep in the water, and it is difficult to find them if you don’t pay attention. Once they hit it, no matter how big the ship is, it will be ruined. But the rocket ship is very light, and the draft is very shallow, so it can float on the water surface It can go up and down freely, Zheng's fleet has been trapped by mines and cannot move, and the rocket ship rushes up, of course, it will be accurate every time it hits!"

He said it lightly, but it actually contained too much painstaking effort.The mine covered with tentacles was developed by the military factory with great painstaking efforts. These tentacles are the trigger mechanism. Any tentacles that hit a hard object will be triggered. The glass test tube exploded under pressure, the concentrated sulfuric acid splashed and fell into the gunpowder, and the gunpowder exploded immediately.This is an exquisite, complex and reliable structure, and it will explode at the first impact. Fifteen catties of granular black powder will explode below the waterline, and even the largest ship will be ruined.As for the rocket ship that gave Zheng's fleet a fatal blow, it was not simple. The "engine" powered by gunpowder gas alone made the military industry department's brain troubled. The gunpowder formula made the Pang brothers have the urge to jump off the building— ———The burning speed is too fast, and the gas cannot be discharged in time, and the rocket ship will immediately perform the performance of the goddess; And know!In contrast, the conical metal bow that was transformed into a torpedo warhead is the simplest. After the impact, five kilograms of picric acid are stuffed into it, and then the detonator is installed. It hits the enemy at a speed of [-] knots. Ship, that is an earth-shattering!
These weapons look ridiculously primitive, but they are the end products of a huge industrial chain. The industrial system established in the Heluo area after several years of painstaking efforts exerted great power and produced these two terrifying weapons. The secret weapon drove Zheng's fleet into an abyss of destruction in one fell swoop.Now Yang Menglong is fully qualified to laugh at Zheng Zhilong: What kind of bullshit fire boat tactics?Compared to my mines and rocket ships, they are scumbags!

After his explanation, Hong Niangzi understood a little bit, patted her chest and smiled sweetly: "So you have already made all the preparations, and you are well prepared. Fortunately, I have worried about you for several days." Listening to the other side She frowned at the successive explosions and screams and cries, and said with some unbearable: "They have suffered a crushing defeat now, so don't continue to kill them, let them go!" They have a way out, okay?"

Yang Menglong sighed and said, "I can't accept their surrender!"

The red lady froze for a moment, looking at the sea covered with the wreckage of warships, she felt a little pity.Yang Menglong is right. The channel has already been blocked by the wreckage of the destroyed warship, and the mines after getting rid of the shackles are floating around. Under such circumstances, there is really no way for the Denglai Navy to accept the surrender of Zheng's fleet. .If you can't accept their surrender, and you can't let them escape and continue to be your enemy, then you have to continue to attack and wipe them out completely.

This is war, bloody, with no room for compassion.

Dozens more rocket ships were ready to attack. The Japanese pirates were so excited that they were almost crazy. It seemed that it would be a great honor to rush forward and die together with the enemy.In fact, the glory was not considered. They were originally Yang Menglong's prisoners of war. If nothing else happened, they would definitely die of exhaustion in a mine, a construction site, or a factory, and then be buried in a hole dug casually.But now they have a chance to change their destiny. As long as they rush up and crash an enemy ship, their relatives can receive fifty silver coins and one hundred stones of rice as compensation, and be naturalized and get rid of their slave status. Children can even get the right to an education!Either way, it's death. Rather than being buried alive and being buried like a wild dog, it's better to die vigorously and sacrifice yourself for your family in exchange for a chance to change your destiny!Because of this, they all broke their heads when Yang Menglong ordered to recruit cannon fodder from among them.Now the Denglai Navy has won a complete victory, but for them, victory or defeat is meaningless. The whole meaning of their lives is to crash into the rocket ship that will destroy them and perish together with the enemy ship!
They looked at Yang Menglong with awe and admiration, waiting for his order.

Yang Menglong frowned, and was about to give an order, when a desperate hiss came from the other side: "Champion, we surrender! Don't attack again, let us live!" There were also heart-piercing cries.These guys run across the South China Sea, killing people, stealing goods and committing many crimes. One is more brutal than the other. However, facing a powerful enemy that they cannot defeat, they are not much stronger than a cowardly little daughter-in-law.All their courage, will and pride have long been shattered by Yang Menglong, they no longer dare to have the slightest thought of confronting Yang Menglong, they just want to survive!
Yang Menglong lowered his raised right hand slowly, hesitated for a long time, and said to Shen Tingyang under the eager eyes of the Japanese pirates: "Give each of these Japanese pirates an oar and let them row the rocket boat to escort the surrendered ships to leave the Haitan Strait. If you dare to play tricks, smash them into pieces!"

After receiving the oars, the Japanese pirates who knew that they would die on this trip suddenly let out a burst of dissatisfaction!
(End of this chapter)