Gao Shuicheng looked at the place where the fire and smoke were burning, and his only right arm crossed his chest to salute to the place where the fireworks were rising.
All the soldiers on the Han Qinhu followed Gao Shuicheng and saluted there.
They knew that some brothers were gone, and saluting them was also a salute to themselves.
Their attack today is a difficult and dangerous mission.
Many people may have to leave with these brothers.
Respecting these warriors means respecting themselves.
The huge explosion alarmed everyone, and all the more than thirty warships evacuating saw this tragic scene.
Their answer was to bombard the Zheng family's warships with fierce artillery fire.
Bang bang, Zhao Feng almost staggered, and the soldiers guarding him were staggering.
At this moment, a shower of arrows arrived, and Zhao Feng and the surrounding soldiers were all hit by arrows.
Fortunately, the range of these arrows had been exhausted, and they were all covered with arrows.
Wearing armor, only slightly injured.
The guards hurriedly stood up and used their iron shields to march again, and followed Zhao Feng.
Zhao Feng looked at a fire ship that was sunk by the Yang Su and grinned, then reached out and pulled out the feather arrow stuck in his left arm.
Under the command of Zhao Feng, the Yang Su used all possible means to attack these enemies, including shelling, firecracker strikes, and even ramming.
It relied on its huge size to rush through the array of short and thin fireships.
After knocking over the fire ship that was unable to dodge, the Yang Su finally broke out of the enemy's formation and ran towards the main formation where Gaoshui City was more than two miles away.
Leaving the enemy's range, the guards around Zhao Feng hurriedly put down their iron shields and began to wrap each other's wounds.
The guards around Zhao Feng removed the arm guard from Zhao Feng's left arm, used strong alcohol to kill the poison, and wrapped his injury with cotton cloth.
Fortunately, the iron arm blocked most of the force of the arrow, and Zhao Feng only suffered Just a minor injury.
Zhao Feng looked at the billowing smoke a few miles away and the fire and smoke on the decks and mainmasts of other battleships that rushed out like the Yang Su.
He was worried about the evil wolf of the Zheng family.
Through the battle just now, he knew that this battle would probably cost a lot of casualties, and it might cost more casualties and warships than any previous naval battle.
He watched with his own eyes how the second brother and the eldest brother went through all kinds of dangers to bring the Polu army from weak to strong, with the goal of establishing slaves in the north.
The two brothers had been busy for ten years for this day.
Seeing the growing crisis in the north, the eldest and second brothers were ready to fight, but these bastards in the south were forcing the Zhao family to send their troops south.
In particular, the Zheng family actually colluded with foreign enemies to attack the Polu army.
In the past two years, he had also attended the martial arts training hall and even listened to the lectures given by his eldest and second brothers.
He knew exactly why these foreign enemies were staring at the Ming Dynasty.
They were A group of greedy hungry wolves came just to open the door of Ming Dynasty.
For this reason, they burned, killed, and looted, just like pirates.
For this reason, they colluded with pirates and even some officials along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, and they were unscrupulous.
The Zheng family is now colluding with these bastards to betray the Ming Dynasty.
No, the big man is really a traitor, and has cost the Polu army the lives of so many good men.
These people conquered the Korean and Japanese countries for the Han Dynasty and occupied Jeju and Beihua.
They were all hot-blooded men, but today they fell at the hands of the Zheng family.
Zhao Feng really hated the Zheng family to the core.
He looked at the Zheng family's warship more than a mile behind, and he was determined to kill them all.
Chen Hui and Zheng Qiu were also furious.
Just in this round trip, fifty or sixty fireships either sank or were damaged and unable to sail.
So how many fire ships will be consumed to break through these Ming warships, and how much energy is left to attack the more than one hundred giant ships of the Ming army.
They know in their hearts that if they cannot defeat the more than one hundred warships, they will lose the smaller ones in front of them.
Even if all the warships are destroyed, defeat is inevitable.
At this time, they could not let the fire ships rush forward like this.
Therefore, they ordered the fire ships to slow down, and they led nearly a hundred gunboats to move forward.
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What was not said was that they would fight hard and must entangle these dozens of warships.
Others They also discovered Zhao Lie's warships.
Many of them were sentry ships or merchant ships, not real warships, and the threat was not too great.
It's just that these thirty or so warships are too annoying and they must be entangled.
Shi Chong commanded the Shi Wansui and finally turned the ship in front of the dozens of ships he had left behind.
There was nothing he could do.
One of the staysails and the topsail were almost burned out, the two mainsails were also damaged, and more than ten sailors were injured. , all the sailors are busy, and are currently replacing the gaff sail.
As for the top sail, forget it, there is no time for that.
After turning around, the boat speed increased significantly, after all, it was thanks to the tailwind.
Shi Chong hurriedly checked everything on the boat, including the people and sails.
He knew that this time was the last interception by these warships before they arrived at the front, and they even meant to go deep into the enemy's position and continue to cause trouble until death.
Therefore, he wants to adjust the situation on the battlefield to be better, but he may not have much time next.
"Captain, Captain, look, look," the first mate shouted at the top of his lungs.
Shi Chong followed his finger and looked behind him in confusion.
The Han Qinhu, with its tall flag flying high on the mainmast, was riding the wind and waves as they headed eastward behind them.
Shi Chong's eyes were wet.
This was the commander of this fleet, Gao Shuicheng, who was personally rushing into battle with his brothers.
He thought of Gao Shuicheng's only remaining arm, and of the commander who was now somewhat out of shape due to this serious injury.
Such a half-disabled person has to live and die with them, so what do they have to fear?
All the soldiers on the warships knew the news, and the commander Gao Shuicheng asked everyone to attack hundreds of warships together.
This makes all the soldiers feel excited.
The importance of morale on the battlefield in this era is unparalleled.
This is why so many military commanders personally fight and risk their own lives.
This shows that the general will rush into battle with you and experience dangers together, even if the front is The hardships and dangers are all worth it.
The morale of the warships of the Polu army was greatly boosted, and Yang Fan cut through the waves like a sharp sword and pierced the Zheng family's fleet of ships.
Zheng Qiu and Chen Hui drove nearly a hundred gunboats towards the Polu warships with red eyes.
The two sides are getting closer and closer.
They both understand that success or failure depends on this move, and they all carry forward the momentum of indomitable spirit.
This is what Zheng Zhilong saw from miles away when he arrived.
Zheng Zhilong looked at the two fleets in front of him approaching quickly.
He knew his men well.
He had fought fiercely with Liu Xiang, Zhong Bin and other enemies for many years.
After talking about his training, he could be said to be very brave.
Not to mention that he had issued a reward.
He firmly believed that They will all rush forward without hesitation.
But standing on the deck of his ship, he vaguely saw his opponent's crazy attack, which made him extremely surprised.
He knew that Zhao Lie's cannons were sharp.
Could it be that he dared to fight with his help to fight to the death?
Shi Chong stood on the deck and stared at the approaching Zheng family warship.
He turned around and shouted, "Bosun, tell the sailors to avoid the cannons."
The boatswain agreed and shouted a few words hastily, and the unnecessary sailors hurriedly hid on the lower deck.
Sure enough, when they were more than a mile away, twenty or thirty gunboats in front of the Zheng family's fleet began to bombard them.
A large plume of smoke covered the front of the Zheng family's fleet, and then the Polu fleet suffered a blow.
However, it did not cause much damage to the warships, but it did cause some casualties.
The navy of the Polu Army also fired back with a small number of pitiful bow guns.
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However, although there was only one bow gun, it was also a heavy gun compared to the gunboat's size of about 200 tons.
Two Zheng family gunboats were hit one after another, and their mainmasts were immediately broken.
The ships immediately lost most of their power, began to fall behind, and withdrew from the ranks of the enemy.
Both sides shelled each other twice and then rushed into each other's formations.
If the two sides are close to fifty or sixty steps, they will attack each other with crossbows and firecrackers.
If they are far away, they will bombard each other with cannons.
The Polu warships used the speed of the ship to break into it and bombard it with artillery as much as possible, giving full play to the power of the cannon.
The Zheng family's gunboats tried their best to use several warships to fight against one Polu warship, and it was best to get close to the battleship.
They knew their shortcomings very well.
"Good shot."
Shi Chong roared.
A Zheng family gunboat on the left was hit by five or six pellets at a distance of more than a hundred steps, including three 24-pound Tiago can opener pellets. , immediately tore almost all of its sides apart, and even the upper deck began to collapse.
This Zheng family gunboat was finished, and Shi Chong was very proud.
"Captain, Captain, right forward, right forward," the boatswain shouted.
Shi Chong raised his eyes and saw a Zheng family's gunboat approaching secretly from the right front, clearly leaning towards the bow in order to avoid the side guns of the Yang Su.
Judging from his speed, he would not hesitate to ram the Swansui violently.
Even if he could not rely on help, he would still ram the Swansui hard to give other gunboats a chance.
"Right rudder, right rudder," Shi Chong shouted hurriedly.
The boatswain hurriedly ran a few steps to the stern of the ship and shouted to the helmsman below.
The two sides were still close, and finally the Swansui began to paddle to the left.
Although the magnitude of the paddle to the left was not too large in such a short distance, the Swansui still avoided the strong impact of the enemy ship.
The two ships made a clattering sound and their sides rubbed against each other as they passed each other.
The armored sailors on both sides attacked each other with crossbows and fire guns.
When the two ships met, the cannons on the starboard side of the Swanzai, which had been waiting for a long time, fired a salvo.
The distance was too close, less than ten steps.
Not a single pellet was wasted from the more than ten cannons, and all were sent.
Immediately, the entire starboard side of the gunboat was completely destroyed, with big holes everywhere, even connected together.
Although there were almost no people in the cabin and no gun deck, the dozens of raging projectiles could destroy the gunboat's supports.
The sailors of the Zheng family who were fighting with the soldiers on the Shi Wansui suddenly found that the deck under their feet began to shake.
They were inexplicably panicked.
Then the entire deck suddenly collapsed, and almost all of the sailors fell down.
Just now, the enemies who had been sending crossbows to attack the Polu army soldiers were almost all destroyed in the next moment.
It felt so good that Shi Wansui's armor and sailors couldn't help but cheer
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