Goryeo, Jianghua Remaining Department.
While Kang Lin and Fan Jingtong were leading the main force of the infantry to fight fiercely with the enemy on the Jiachu battlefield, the Chiyang expeditionary fleet commanded by Gu Wenlai, Lin Wu, and Lin Ah Shui also quietly appeared in the Ganghwa Strait. On that narrow channel! Different from the previous large-scale naval battles, this time the Chiyang-water combat force consists of an old lock ship, two centipede ships, two bird ships, and two self-built Cangshan ships! Among these ships, except for the old lock ships, they are all small ships with shallow drafts, which are most suitable for fighting in complex waters like Ganghwa Strait! Therefore, as rhythmic drumbeats continued to sound, the Red Sun Expedition Fleet, which was sailing side by side, began to slowly increase its speed and rushed towards the Jurchen fleet that was crossing the river!
"The Korean fleet is coming, the Korean fleet is coming! Everyone row quickly, everyone row quickly!"
Suddenly, a deafening drum beat sounded in my ears, and all I could see were enemy ships with flags fluttering! The Eight Banners soldiers who were standing on the bamboo rafts and rowing boats couldn't help but change their expressions. It's true that they are good at land warfare, but when it comes to water warfare, they know everything about it and know nothing about it. Now the Goryeo Navy is fighting Here you go, panic is inevitable! However, the Eight Banners are the Eight Banners. Even if they are not familiar with water warfare, the wolf nature and ruthlessness of the barbarians still make them bravely face their enemies! These guys still think that water battles are just about changing mounts and continuing to fight the enemy with strong bows and crossbows. How can they understand the true meaning of water battles! So, a funny scene happened! Under the command of drumbeats, hundreds of brave and capable Eight Banners soldiers rowed bamboo rafts under their feet and began to approach the "Korean" navy! It's ridiculous that they want to use their bravery to jump on the enemy's ship and seize those beautiful ships!
"The centipede ship and the Cangshan ship are sent forward to disrupt the enemy's formation. The bird ship is ready to attack the enemy's fire attack ships at any time. As for my ship, I am sitting in the center and responsible for dispatching support..."
Through the telescope, I witnessed the wonderful drama of the Jurchen savages turning around before the battle, and the flag for attack was quickly raised on the old lock ship! So the next moment, as the rumbling drums continued to sound, the two centipede ships and the two Cangshan ships immediately began to speed up and move out. They were all ships with a shallow draft, so they could also sail in the narrow Ganghwa Strait. Freedom of movement, coupled with the fact that the ships are generally equipped with Ye Gong's muskets and large Fo Lang aircraft, so it is simply a crushing force against the Qing fleet that only has bows and arrows as long-range weapons!
Just one shot from the continuously flying shells is enough to damage or capsize the bamboo raft under the latter's feet. What's more important is that the former's rate of fire is very fast! Let’s not talk about the Fo Langji. The faster the hand speed is, the faster the shot will be. Even Ye Gong’s magic gun, under the control of Chiyang’s skilled gunner, can achieve a terrifying shooting rate of one shot every ten breaths. speed! So, as the deafening cannons continued to sound, the four Chiyang warships relied on their strong guns to forcefully insert into the Qing fleet, and began to divide and destroy those Qing boats that were like dwarfs!
"Fire the rockets, fire the rockets quickly, we can't let them continue to attack like this endlessly..."
His eyes were full of cannonballs flying everywhere, and his ears were filled with the deafening sound of cannons! The temporary commander-in-chief of the Qing navy, Bellefeyangou, looked at the Chiyang warships looming in his own fleet and couldn't help but be shocked! I knew that the enemy's guns and artillery were sharp, but I didn't expect that these Korean barbarians were so powerful. After just one encounter, there were several rafts on our side, and the Eight Banners warriors on the rafts were hit by cannons and sank to the cold seabed forever! If they continue to attack like this, our side will most likely be defeated by them! No, no, for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor's great cause and the undefeated reputation of the Eight Banners Jurchens, I must quickly come up with a good way to break the situation!
Upon thinking of this, this little-known but battle-hardened Manchu clan general immediately ordered his warriors to light their arrows and start throwing rockets at the enemy ships! This was the only way he could think of to break the situation in a short period of time. However, it turns out that the effect this method can have is really limited! Chiyang's warships had been modified before going out, and some key parts were even equipped with iron armor! Therefore, most of the rockets fell on the ship and were easily bounced away quickly. A small number of the lucky ones were extinguished by the reserve troops who had been waiting with spray cannons before they could ignite the sails and hull. It didn't cause any harm to the latter!
"All gunners speed up reloading and release artillery speed, pilots, helmsmen,
The rowers cooperate with each other to prevent the enemy from focusing fire on the ship! "
After slashing down a few rockets flying toward his ship with his sword, Zuo Sanlang, the captain of the Cangshan Ship "Oak Tree", looked around at the raging battle and took the lead in making the correct reaction! Under his command, the gunners on the Cangshan ship accelerated the loading and firing of the artillery, while the sailors continued to adjust the sail direction, pull the rudder stock, and rock the oar to allow the ship to continuously maneuver in complex sea conditions, trying their best to Avoiding the rockets shooting from all around like locusts, at the same time, they also relied on their warships to be well-made, rough-skinned and thick-bodied, and rammed hard to plow the Qing army boats next to them! For a while, they knocked over and sank many improvised bamboo rafts, and the elite Eight Banners soldiers on them were also thrown into the cold sea water by this terrifying force!
The oars are flying, the soft sail is spread! Seeing their colleagues showing great power in the Qing fleet, the eight-foot and six-foot centipede boats were naturally unwilling to be left behind! Different from the former, the latter's attack methods are mainly concentrated on the front of the ship. There are not only several large or small front-mounted smoothbore cannons, but also sharp ramming angles made of fine steel. Any wooden ship will be hit by them. , there was a shocking big hole in an instant! Not to mention the bamboo rafts at the feet of the Qing army. The solid hull made of pine and fir, driven by the oars, arbitrarily squeezed into the Qing army's raft fleet, and then relied on its unequal body shape. He kept plowing the enemy ships and instantly disintegrated several approaching bamboo rafts into parts!
"Bah, bah, bah..."
Finally, with the use of force, the old lock ship made a grand appearance, finally putting an end to this lackluster naval battle! The displacement of two to three hundred tons makes this card warship look like a wild beast, and the large and small muzzles sticking out of the portholes are the claws and teeth of the beast! One round of shelling, just one round of shelling, the flying shells successfully turned four or five bamboo rafts into pieces! Next, he took advantage of his huge size to continuously plow the enemy ships, smashing a large number of approaching enemy ships into pieces! The only thing the latter can do, besides speeding up the launch of rockets, is to shake the big oar in his hand desperately to avoid those domineering "Koryeo" ships! After they suffered heavy losses, they finally understood the huge gap between their own small broken ship and the opponent's real warship! Therefore, under the command of a burst of golden drums, most of the Qing army's rafts began to turn around and retreat in the opposite direction of the battlefield! Although these guys are barbarians, they are not stupid. They will not do things they know they cannot do. After being experienced in battles, they have unsurprisingly chosen to retreat after experiencing the power of the enemy!
An hour later, Ganghwa Strait.
"Reporting to the Lord Guard, in this battle, we sank a total of thirty-seven enemy ships, damaged sixteen enemy ships, killed about two hundred enemy soldiers, and captured eighty-seven enemy soldiers; our losses were only a few people. , A great victory, Lord Guard, a great victory!”
After an hour of fierce fighting, the Chiyang Expedition Fleet, composed of seven large and small warships, finally completely defeated the Qing fleet under Fei Yanggu! The former pursued the latter one after another until they finally gave up. During this period, all the Qing ships that dared to turn back and resist were sent into the cold sea water by fierce artillery fire! In the end, it was the bamboo rafts of the Qing army that were injured and on fire. There were too many rafts, which blocked the pursuit of the Chiyang warship. Only then did the main force of the temporary navy under Fei Yanggu successfully withdraw to the shore. Otherwise, it would be impossible to say that they were the ones in the narrow Ganghwa Strait today. ’s burial place!
"Send people to hold white flags to negotiate with the Koreans. As long as they can withdraw Zasaktubele and Xiyu Ezhen, gold, silver, treasures, grain, and Nikan Aha, no matter what the conditions are, we will accept them this time. I admit defeat..."
After losing hundreds of elite soldiers in the First World War, as well as dozens of bamboo and wooden rafts that were made with great difficulty, Bellefeyancourt, the commander of the Qing navy, was still feeling dizzy until he was helped into the stay-at-home camp by his confidant Geshha. Weird, he didn't understand how his side was defeated all of a sudden despite having thousands of elites and hundreds of warships. Although the enemy in front of him had a large number of guns and artillery and was quite good at fighting, the number was far less than that of the enemy. Our own side, logically speaking, cannot defeat our own side quickly! However, the facts are facts. These enemies that suddenly appeared not only easily defeated our own side, but also pursued them all the way, killing and injuring a large number of Eight Banners warriors under their command! As a result, the purpose of transporting the Goryeo clan and the concubines was completely ruined. Logically speaking, this guy should be furious and restart his troops and fight with the enemy. But when he thought of the power of the artillery on the Goryeo ship, this guy immediately came to his senses!
To be fair, given the current situation, it would be better for me to quickly send an envoy to negotiate peace with "Korea"! After all, senior Manchu officials such as Zasaktu and Xi Yusheng were still surrounded by them. If these two people died in Jianghua because of his persistence, even if he could return to Xingjing alive (Hetuala ), I am afraid that he will also be imprisoned by the furious His Majesty the Emperor! Upon thinking of this, Feiyanggu immediately ordered his captain Goshiha to lead a group of soldiers to hold the white flag high, cross the river on a raft, and negotiate with the victorious "Korean" army to see if they could use gold, silver, treasures, etc. Dingkou is replaced by Zasaktu, Xi Yusheng and his party who are trapped in a lonely city!
"Captain, there is another raft coming over there, filled with Jurchen soldiers holding high white flags. It seems that they are envoys who come to us for peace talks..."
