"It's over!"
The left wing navy is retired...
Melezhangjing Mafuta stared blankly at the ships in the fleet that were set on fire one after another by the other side, feeling waves of sadness and resentment in his heart.
He originally thought that Zheng Jun's naval combat ability was strong, and the mighty Qing Dynasty's left-wing navy had at least the possibility of a fight, or a fight to the death. Unexpectedly, he would see the difference in strength once they met.
This was faster and more violent than the Eight Banners soldiers sweeping away the barbarians on land. The so-called counterattack by the left-wing navy was just a few symbolic cannons.
On the opposite side, except for one or two warships that were occasionally hit by bullets, Ma Futa could not see the severely damaged Zheng Army warships in his telescope.
Zheng Jun's warships were not only huge in size and fast in speed, but also had fierce firepower and extremely precise shooting.
In comparison, these slave gunners who served the left wing navy of the Qing Dynasty were simply a bunch of losers.
It can be said that the bullets that hit the opponent's warship were completely deceived...
This cannot be blamed on the slave sailors below. Since they surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, they have never fought a decent naval battle.
When the entire Qing Dynasty conquered the Kimchi Kingdom, the Kimchi navy did not make any big moves, so the Kimchi Kingdom surrendered and surrendered.
Huang Taiji ordered the establishment of left and right naval divisions, the purpose of which was only to guard against possible attacks by the Denglai Navy.
To fight against a heavyweight maritime overlord like the Zheng Group is nothing more than a dream.
The Great Qing Navy would not be able to win at all, unless the powerful Zheng fleet was also blown away by a gust of divine wind.
Obviously Mafuta does not have such good luck. There are only dozens of white clouds in the sky today, which can be regarded as a memorial to them...
The Great Qingshui Division commanded by Ma Futa went south this time. The fleet had five Guangzhou ships, six bird ships, twelve sand ships, and seven sentinel ships. The quantity was pretty good, but the quality was too poor.
The Guangzhou ship and the Bird ship are both of regular size. Each ship is equipped with four to six Folang machines, and then firearms such as the Baizi gun and the Tiger Crouching Cannon.
Sand boats, also known as "Nandu boats", are smaller than bird boats, and each boat can only install two to four folang engines. The advantages are shallow draft and fast steering. The disadvantages are weak combat power and thin ship planks. They are only auxiliary combat ships.
As the name suggests, "sentinel ship" is an outpost ship, usually four to six feet long, with oars on both sides, which can be used as both sail and oar. It is very fast and easy to pursue, but its combat effectiveness is not as good as that of a sand ship.
It can be seen that in Mafuta's fleet, the "big ships" have weak firepower and the "small ships" are vulnerable. They are unable to complete the mission of far-sea combat and can only be used to patrol the coastline.
When Kong Youde defected to the Qing Dynasty, he actually brought a lot of bird ships and Guangzhou ships. Because they were built very early, and the Qing Dynasty did not pay much attention to coastal defense, the warships generally lacked maintenance.
The bottoms of many boats were corroded by insects, causing a large number of holes. They were no longer able to be launched into the water. They were even abandoned in shallow water and left to be exposed to wind and sun.
Mafuta brought out all navigable warships. There were about fifty warships at the Huanggu Island Fort base, but they were all sand ships and sentinel ships. The total number of Guangzhou ships, bird ships, and Fu ships was quite small. to twenty ships.
Fu Chuan is also a building ship, and there are eight of them available at Huanggu Island Castle Base. However, due to the tower built on the upper floor, this type of warship has a high center of gravity and is not suitable for ocean voyages. Mafu Tower was not brought out this time. .
Mafuta did not think that the wise Emperor Dog would send the Denglai Navy to attack Lushun at this time. The fact that he ended up in this situation was due to his carelessness in underestimating the enemy.
Of course, if all the warships of the left wing navy were brought out, they would not be able to overturn the situation. At most, they could hold on for a while and hold on to Guanglu Island.
Zheng Zhibao's fleet was not too large, with only fifty-five warships, but its strength was more than double that of the left wing navy of the Qing Dynasty.
The fleet consists of seven black-tailed ships, eleven large bird ships, fifteen wide ships, and twenty-two bird ships. There are no small combat ships at all, and they are used for fighting in the open sea.
This kind of lineup is placed at sea. As long as it encounters a storm, even the left wing navy of the Qing Dynasty and the coordinated Kimchi navy combined will be unable to fight back.
A certain prince said privately that the Zheng family accounted for 80% of the coastal defense power of the Ming Dynasty, so it was only natural to grant Zheng Zhilong the title of uncle, accept Zheng Chenggong as his disciple, and give the Zheng family great benefits.
At present, the imperial court is tired of dealing with Donglu and rogue bandits, and cannot afford to support a huge fleet that costs millions of taels of silver every year. It can only rely on the Zheng family and then order the Denglai Navy and Tianjin Navy to provide assistance.
As for Zheng Zhibao, not only has he become the crown prince's personally appointed chief military officer, but he can also be ordered to plunder at will at sea.
Except for the rice, all the other spoils are his own. Just overnight, his dream came true~!
In the past, Zheng's desire to have both "fish" and "bear's paw" was just an extravagant hope. He had to give up his livelihood at sea and put away the money contributed by maritime merchants.
Although this kind of life is extremely comfortable, after a long time, people will always feel tired. Thinking of the happy times in the past, they long to return to their old careers.
The prince is really wise and understands the thoughts of the Zheng family very well. As long as Liaodong Bay does not freeze in the future, the Zheng family's fleet can be stationed on Imperial City Island all year round, ready to cross the Laotieshan Waterway and rush to Liaodong at any time. peninsula.
In addition to strategic arrangements, the prince also has tactical suggestions, which is to quickly improve the accuracy of each ship's artillery fire.
When fighting at sea, the warships loaded all their artillery and fired them at the same time. However, due to the uneven skill of the gunners, the hit rate was not satisfactory.
The prince proposed a very targeted approach, which was to let the highest-level gunners on each ship be responsible for the first part of the naval battle.
This can ensure that the bullets fired by each ship can reach the level of a marksman. This is a good method with zero investment and quick results.
You must know that the Hongyi cannon can only fire one shot every quarter of an hour. It is impossible to fire randomly, and the rate of fire of the cannon is not much faster than that of the Hongyi cannon.
The lifespan of the Hongyi cannon is only three to four hundred rounds. After firing, the barrel will be useless. If it is fired again, the barrel may explode at any time, so it can only be recast.
Even the wealthy Zheng Zhilong cannot frequently replace heavy artillery for every large warship under his command, so he can only focus on strike accuracy.
Before the Hongyi cannon and the firing barrels are fully heated, the artillerymen of each ship will fire. This saves each gunner the time of getting familiar with the point of impact.
After the average sharpshooter has fired a few shots, he will have a clear understanding of the relationship between the target distance and the impact point.
More than ten guns will definitely hit the target, which is much better than all the gunners on the battleship firing randomly.
In Zheng's fleet, each battleship has an excellent artilleryman, so this method can be used.
As an expert in naval warfare, Zheng Zhibao believed that the prince's suggestion would at least allow his heavy artillery to be used for about half as long as before.
In the past, a Hongyi cannon could fight seven or eight naval battles, but now it can fight about ten times, and even two more are possible.
“That’s the Eight Banners Soldiers???”
"Haha~! That's right!"
"No matter how powerful you are, can it be more powerful than a bullet?"
"They are just showing off on the shore. When they get to the sea, that is our man's territory. If we can beat them, we will call them grandpa!"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
The soldiers of the killer team who were not engaged in firing or reloading were watching the fun from behind, pointing at the Qing warships that were smoking in the distance. The Qing soldiers screaming and cursing could be seen with the naked eye.
At this time, the only ones left on the dilapidated battleship must be the vicious Eight Banners soldiers. Most of the slave soldiers had jumped into the sea to escape. Only the Eight Banners soldiers who could not swim were still struggling to their death.
Expect a close fight?
nonexistent!
Zheng Zhibao also knew how powerful the Eight Banners soldiers were, and he didn't want to lose many soldiers in vain. Since he had enough cannons, he could teach the dog Tatars how to fight at sea.
The sea is dominated by cannons. Whoever has more cannons, longer range, and stronger firepower will be the well-deserved overlord of the sea.
It would be impossible for the Dog Tartars to secretly transport grain, grass and baggage without Zheng's permission.
If the Qing Dynasty paid the Zheng family three thousand taels of silver per ship per year like those maritime merchants, they might be able to let them go.
But now that they don't want to pay and are still trying to resist, Zheng Zhibao doesn't intend to be polite to these dog Tatars.
The boat is staying!
People must stay too!
In short, Zheng Zhibao did not intend to let any dog Tatar return to the shore.
So what if you can escape to Guanglu Island?
How far is Guanglu Island from the mainland? Do you have any idea?
Even if Gou Tatar can get ashore by chance, Zheng Zhibao can order the fleet to blockade the island.
Seize all the ships on the island, and then send troops to the island to search for them, unless the dog Tatars can escape!
"Boom boom boom boom..."
The naval battle is still going on, and it cannot be said to be very intense, because it is a one-sided battle.
Excluding the scattered warships chasing enemy ships, Zheng Zhibao's main fleet still had thirty-nine warships.
The Qing army on the opposite side, together with the warships and merchant ships sent by Pickles, visually estimated that there were still more than 40 ships left.
Not a single ship was sunk, but the situation on the battlefield was irreversible.
For Zheng Zhibao, he had already put the noose around the dog Tatar's neck, and he was confident of victory.
No matter how hard the dog tartar struggles, he can't escape from his grasp.
Zheng Jun began to let go of small warships and merchant ships, and focused his firepower on the larger warships in the enemy's formation.
The warships that were burning and smoking on the sea were all Bird Ships and Guangzhou Ships under Ma Futa's command, with a few sand ships.
There are four bird ships and three Guangzhou ships in the fleet that is still struggling to sail to Guanglu Island, but most of them are already scarred.
The most unlucky one among them was hit by numerous bullets. It stopped in place, burning with raging fire. It seemed that the place it was in was captured by the Zheng army.
Mafuta took a look with a telescope and found that there were no signs of fighting on the ship, proving that most of the Eight Banners soldiers on board had died in the battle.
He was said to have died in battle, but in fact he was blasted to death by Zheng Jun's cannon. It was inevitable that he would be blown into pieces.
Ma Futa didn't want the two Niu Lu he brought this time. About five hundred and eight banner soldiers would end up like this. It would be too tragic.
However, contrary to expectations, Zheng Jun caught up with the fleet, and instead of engaging in close combat with his own side, he always used long-range shots.
Wait until everyone on the warship is blown to death before boarding the ship.
How could the Eight Banners soldiers resist this with their flesh and blood?
Even Bagala, who is wearing three layers of armor, can't withstand the fierce blow of a fist-sized bullet!
"boom……"
There was a sudden loud noise on the sea, and a bird ship exploded violently. The resulting circular shock wave washed away the entire water area, and even Mafuta's face was swept back by the air current.
The bird boat was immediately blown to pieces. Wood chips and broken limbs were thrown into the air, and then landed on the water.
The ferocious fireball gradually rose up, replaced by billowing smoke. The wreckage that had poured into the sea water was quickly submerged into the water, and it didn't take long before it completely disappeared from the sea.
"How could such a thing happen?"
Mafuta didn't know why, so he asked two of his subordinates who were relatively familiar with naval battles.
"Most likely the gunpowder barrel was hit by a bullet..."
Jia La Zhang Jing Bai Dengyong just figured out a rough possibility, but he understood that his boss just wanted to get a fairly appropriate answer, and it didn't matter whether it was true or false.
Bai Dengyong felt that his guess was probably correct. If the gunpowder barrel hadn't been hit, it would have been impossible to cause such a large-scale explosion, and even the entire ship was blown into two pieces.
Fortunately, this Eight Banners master did not insist on having his own way and fight to the death with Zheng Zhilong, otherwise every ship in the fleet might end up like this.
Although the Eight Banners soldiers are brave, no matter how fierce they are, they can't withstand the violent bombardment of the cannon!
The Qing Dynasty is a tiger on land, and Zheng Zhilong is a dragon on the sea.
Now we are at sea. Although it belongs to Liaodong waters, it is also at sea.
Encountering Zheng Zhilong at sea, not to mention saving the entire fleet and saving even one life, was all a matter of luck.
Bai Dengyong would never dare to tell Ma Futa such words to enhance the enemy's prestige. He just needs to understand in his heart.
The Qing cavalry can gallop to its full potential and fight all the way from Liaodong to Xuzhou.
But Zheng Zhilong was able to lead the fleet all the way north from Fujian and dominate the waters off Guanglu Island.
In comparison, Zheng Zhilong is even worse!
If you want to go head-to-head, you can. You must have the strength first!
If you don’t have the strength, do you see it?
No bones left!
Feed them all to the fish!
That's what happens to you!
So what if you bring five hundred and eight banner soldiers?
Can you withstand a hundred bullets fired at you? ? ?
Recalling the previous tragedy, Cao Shaozhong and Bai Dengyong couldn't help but look at each other.
Invariably, I was reminded of the two famous navy generals from the Three Kingdoms period - Cai Mao and Zhang Yun!
If you don't want to die, the only way is to surrender.
If you can get to Guanglu Island, you won't be able to escape.
Uncle Ma can lead his troops to the island, how many people will be left?
When Zheng Zhilong comes, hundreds of people land on the island, and thousands of people are sent to sweep it away, will you still have a place to hide?
If there is no way out, the only solution for now is to sacrifice the boss in front of him.
Surrender empty-handed, what if Zheng Zhilong doesn’t accept it?
I can only prepare a big gift for this man!
When Kong Youde defected to the Qing Dynasty, he brought a lot of cannons and warships with him.
Later, Shen Zhixiang defected to the Qing Dynasty, bringing thousands of troops and money with him.
Cao Shaozhong and Bai Dengyong are both people who understand the rules, so they naturally came up with Ma Futa's idea.
It's just that there are many soldiers around Melezhangjing, all of whom are Eight Banners soldiers, and they are definitely not easy to capture.
After the two deputies had ulterior motives, the left wing navy of the Qing Dynasty was effectively destroyed in name only under the fierce attack of Zheng Jun's warships.
It is impossible to expect to use the warships in the Huanggu Island Fort base to make a comeback. As long as Zheng Zhilong learns the relevant information from the prisoners, the next step is to attack Huanggu Island and destroy the warships in the base...
