After avoiding the angle, Zheng Chenggong ordered the ship to start counterattack.
As serious naval warships, all fortune ships are equipped with more than twenty artillery pieces.
Moreover, these artillery pieces are the most advanced artillery pieces manufactured by the Firearms Department of the Ministry of Industry, and their rate of fire and power are not comparable to ordinary field artillery pieces.
Guangzhou in front obviously did not expect that the government troops would complete the counterattack so quickly.
Several lead bullets hit the hull, causing the Guangzhou ship to vibrate and tilt.
It was impossible to escape, so we had to fight to the death.
All the sailors on the Guangzhou ship showed their ferocious faces, and even took the initiative to turn around and sail towards Zheng Chenggong's ship.
Looking at this posture, they wanted to risk their lives and sink the official ship.
Zheng Chenggong saw it immediately, but he did not panic at all and calmly ordered the gunner to continue firing.
After rounds of shelling, even if the Guangzhou ship luckily did not sink, it would not have been able to move very fast.
In this case, even if it collides with it, it will not pose any big threat to Zheng Chenggong's ship.
Zhang Huangyan held his breath and clenched his fists.
This was the first time he had personally experienced a naval battle, and everything seemed so exciting.
Brother Mingyan really has the demeanor of a general.
Judging from his appearance, he is not panicked at all.
He must be confident and everything is planned.
Zhang Huangyan couldn't do much to help, so he could only silently pray for the officers and soldiers in his heart.
The Ming army's artillery attack was very fierce.
The speed of the Guangchuan Battery's several guns had become very slow, but it was still staggering towards the ship.
No more cannons can be fired at this moment.
Zheng Chenggong ordered all officers and soldiers on board to prepare for battle.
The pirates on the opposite side are probably ready to die together, and fighting among gangs is inevitable.
Sure enough, when the Guangzhou ship and the Fuzhou ship almost collided with each other, the pirates who had already suppressed their anger jumped on the ship where Zheng Chenggong was and fought with the officers and soldiers.
Maritime operations are no better than those on land, and the small space is an unavoidable problem.
This is the large fortune ship that Zheng Chenggong is riding on, and it can only accommodate a few hundred people on the deck.
The pirates on the Guangzhou ship poured in.
The back deck was full of people, and there was no room to dodge.
Zheng Chenggong is very familiar with gang-hopping and fighting.
His father, Zheng Zhilong, sailed along the coast of Fujian in his early years, relying on a fleet that was not afraid of death.
Every crew member in the fleet has received special training and can jump onto the other's ship as soon as two ships get close to start a fight.
Seizing a ship in a naval battle is equivalent to taking a life.
If you are defeated in the land battle, you can still escape.
If you are defeated in the sea battle, you have no choice but to surrender.
Even if you jump into the sea, you will eventually die, and you will have to be eaten by fish and turtles.
Therefore, the most important thing in a boarding battle is the word courage.
As long as you have enough courage and courage, you cannot lose.
Zheng Chenggong himself has undergone rigorous training and is very proficient in basic knife skills.
At this moment, he also drew his sword out of its sheath and rushed forward to kill him.
Zhang Huangyan looked a little at a loss.
On the one hand, he wanted to rush forward and help Zheng Chenggong kill the thief.
But on the other hand, he was afraid that if he went up, he would cause trouble to others.
After all, he had never even killed a chicken, let alone killed someone.
The sword hanging on his waist is just a decoration.
Hey, let’s take a look first and then talk.
The battle was more intense than Zheng Chenggong had imagined.
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Obviously, this group of pirates was very experienced and knew that they were at a disadvantage in numbers, so they occupied a corner to focus on defense.
Although the Ming army was large in number, it was impossible to swarm them.
They could only launch wheel battles and rely on their numerical superiority to consume the pirates.
But in this way, the Ming army had to form a partial one-on-one situation with these pirates.
Although the soldiers of the Shence Army were brave, these pirates were no ordinary people.
After a fight, both sides suffered casualties.
Zhang Kentang, the governor of Denglai, stood in the distance with a solemn expression.
Just now Yuan Weitai persuaded him to go into the cabin to rest, but he refused.
As the highest-ranking official in Denglai Town, Zhang Kentang is fully responsible for this navy.
Now that the soldiers were fighting hard, how could he hide in the cabin and act like a little daughter?
Zhang Kentang straightened his back and stood there firmly, watching the soldiers kill the enemy.
When Zheng Chenggong saw that the opponent had formed a defensive posture, he ordered all the gunmen on the ship to gather on the deck.
The easiest way to break this intensive defense is with firearms.
The muskets assigned to the Shence Army were carefully crafted by the Firearms Department and were the best in the Ming Dynasty.
Wouldn't it be foolish not to take advantage of this advantage?
Soon the gunmen completed all the preparations before shooting.
They aimed their guns at the pirates dozens of steps away, waiting for Zheng Chenggong's order to shoot these people into sieves.
At this moment, Zheng Chenggong's eyes were full of determination, without any hesitation.
"shoot" After the sound fell, the firecrackers fired lead bullets one after another.
These lead bullets were shot so fast that the pirates were shot one after another before they had time to react.
These lead balls swirled and shot into the pirates' skin and muscles, and some shot out again.
The pirates who were shot cried out in pain, and some even rolled on the deck.
"Keep cumming, don't stop" Zheng Chenggong roared.
The Shence gunner was familiar with the three-stage attack.
At this moment, the first row of soldiers retreated to the end, and the second row of soldiers shot again from the top.
The pirates raised their shields one after another.
But what they had in their hands were nothing more than shields made of thin wood chips, which could protect against arrows but not lead.
The lead bullets shot through the wooden shields and ruthlessly shot into the bodies of the pirates.
The pirates also tried to fight back.
However, the only dozen or so blunderbuss in their hands were actually very average in power and were not enough to achieve the effect of fire suppression.
After the Ming army completed the three-stage attack, most of the pirates' momentum had been exhausted, and they no longer had the same bravery as when they just joined the gang and started the battle.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Zheng Chenggong ordered his soldiers to attack with swords.
Boarding battles are inevitable in naval battles, and Zheng Chenggong intended for these soldiers to learn through actual combat.
The biggest difference between boarding battles at sea and hand-to-hand combat on land is to overcome the impact of hull rocking.
The soldiers of the Shence Army are also in the process of learning.
Every step they take will be very steady to ensure that there will be no accidents due to the shift of the center of gravity.
After a fierce fight, the pirates were dead and wounded, but they were unable to fight back against the Ming army's heavy pressure.
The remaining people only made a symbolic resistance and then threw away their sabers and knelt down. surrender.
Zheng Chenggong still had some unfinished ideas, thinking that these pirates were too difficult to fight.
If this were along the coast of Fujian, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to make a living.
He ordered the Ming army soldiers to tie up all the surrendered pirates, and then singled out the leaders for interrogation.
With these survivors, it will be much easier to figure out where the pirates' lair is
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