Although Zheng Zhilong gave all his strength to Zheng Zhifeng, there was still a big gap compared with the East China Sea Fleet.
Zheng Zhifeng was able to fight back, but the damage to the East China Sea Fleet was mediocre.
At a distance of one thousand meters, although the bronze cannon can hit, it is difficult to penetrate the third-level battleship.
This is due to two reasons.
First, the Xia army's battleships were very strong. A distance of one thousand meters consumes a lot of kinetic energy of the cannonball, and the damage effect cannot be achieved;
The second is that Xia State deliberately controlled the caliber of the bronze cannon.
Whether used by second-level troops or sold to external forces, the caliber of the bronze cannon is only 75 mm.
The power of the bronze cannon is insufficient and cannot be seen on land, but when used against strong battleships, it will inevitably pale in comparison.
During the charge to the East China Sea Fleet, Zheng Zhifeng's troops almost lost their lives.
Even if he dispersed all the warships and attacked from different routes, this would still be the case.
Fortunately, as the distance got closer and closer, the hit rate of the artillery shells began to increase, allowing Zheng Zhifeng to grit his teeth and persevere.
Otherwise, he might have collapsed.
He craned his neck to look south from time to time, hoping very much that Zheng Zhilong would appear.
But it's a pity that Zheng Zhilong was blocked tightly.
Even if Zheng Zhilong has more warships, he is still facing the old-fashioned squadron with the weakest combat power in the East China Sea Fleet.
Wang Chang knew that the warships in his hands were too far behind Zheng Zhilong, so he had to adopt appropriate tactics.
He placed all the warships across the Jintang Waterway, and then poured rockets desperately in the direction where Zheng Zhilong came.
The result was a raging fire all over the sea, boundless.
Zheng's ship was stuck outside the sea of fire, unable to move forward.
"Master Hou, what should we do?"
Zheng Zhilong had already heard the continuous sound of artillery fire from the north and knew that Zheng Zhifeng had already exchanged fire with the main force of the East China Sea Fleet.
If the reinforcements here cannot get through, with Zheng Zhifeng's power alone, the chance of victory is less than 50%.
However, the partial division of the East China Sea Fleet was firmly in front of him and was able to set fire to the sea. He had no good solution.
Fortunately, the wind was blowing from the south and he was upwind. Otherwise, if the sea of fire drifts along the ocean current, he will have no choice but to keep retreating.
But in any case, the squadron's goal of delaying Zheng Zhilong was achieved. @精品\/书馆*First update~~
For a moment, Zheng Zhilong thought about bypassing Jintang Island and joining forces with Zheng Zhifeng from the other side.
But he also understood that if he did this, the Jintang Waterway would be completely empty. By then, the East China Sea Fleet will move all the way south, unimpeded, and his plan will be completely ruined.
In desperation, he could only wait.
It depends on how many rockets the East China Sea Squadron can have and whether it can always cut off the sea.
His wait was worth it.
The number of rockets in Wang Chang's hands is indeed limited, and the old warship can only be equipped with one rocket launcher. Not to mention the small quantity, it is also very slow to load.
After about two sticks of incense, the flames on the sea gradually dissipated with the flow of sea water.
"Rush up and kill them all, leaving no one alive."
Zheng Zhilong became fierce and showed the ferocity of a pirate.
Although there were no rockets, Wang Chang was not in a hurry.
"Drop mines."
Due to the structure of the old warship, it is not possible to install too many artillery and rocket launchers, but it can be equipped with some simple equipment.
Following his order, a series of things similar to trebuchets operated one after another, throwing large, round iron balls into the sea directly in front of them.
It was the mine developed by the Xia Navy.
This time, because our side was in a headwind, in order to prevent the mines from floating back after being thrown out, we also adopted a fixed-point arrangement method.
After the mine hit the sea, the chain on top sank to the bottom of the sea with the anchor head. In this way, it can only float within a small range and will not follow the trend.
Although Zheng Zhilong saw something thrown into Xia's warship, he didn't know why. Plus. (This chapter is not finished yet!)
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The situation was urgent and he had no time to investigate further.
Zheng's main fleet began to rush forward in darkness.
A fierce battle broke out fiercely in the Jintang waterway.
Wang Chang commanded all the warships and fired desperately at the charging Zheng pirates.
Because the waterway is narrow, there is no need to worry about Zheng being able to go around it from other directions. The squadron does not need to be distracted by other things and can only focus on dealing with the enemy in front of it.
Speaking of which, their shooting environment is actually better than that of the main force.
After all, the main combat area is on the wide sea, and Zheng Zhifeng's troops are spread out very widely, which greatly affects the accuracy of the artillery.
Unlike their side, just shoot forward.
Zheng Zhilong lined up all the warships equipped with bronze cannons in front, charging and firing at the same time.
The battle losses between both sides are increasing rapidly.
The protective power of Xia Jun's old-fashioned warships was completely incomparable to that of battleships. Soon, two ships were smashed with big holes, and seawater poured in crazily.
Seeing that the ship began to sink, the officers and soldiers on the ship had no other choice but to put down the boats and move.
However, Zheng's warships were sunk more.
And Zheng Zhilong finally ran into the minefield.
It was like a sudden earthquake on the water, and a powerful water column rose into the sky. It actually pushed a huge blessing ship into the air and disintegrated on the spot.
The debris falling down in a loud crash also severely damaged the nearby ships, and even two Cangshan ships were directly sunk. Update without error@
"Be careful, there are weird things in the water."
Zheng Zhilong was startled and quickly gave orders.
Only then did Zheng's pirates realize that what the Xia Navy had thrown into the sea was so terrifying.
In order to avoid suffering the same fate, many ships even sent special personnel to lie on the bow of the ship to search for traces of mines.
However, when the Xia Navy made this weapon, it had already thought about the hidden problems.
Especially fixed-point mines will not float due to the drag of the anchor chain.
This kind of mine is hidden one to two meters below the water surface. It seems very shallow, but because the water in the East China Sea is very turbid and the waves caused by the shells are very difficult to detect, it is very difficult to detect.
Not long after, there was another earth-shaking loud noise, and another Zheng family's warship was blown to pieces.
Seeing his men struggling for help all over the sea, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but feel frightened.
The brutality of today's battle has already far exceeded that of the Liaoluo Bay naval battle. Even if Zheng wins the battle, he will probably have to break his muscles and bones.
But having reached this point, he had no way out. Apart from victory, everything else is doomed.
Fortunately, the Xia Army's squadron was limited in strength and could not prevent Zheng's approach.
Once the two sides engage in a melee, Zheng Zhilong is very confident that he can complete the battle quickly and have time to support Zheng Zhifeng. .
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