At the mouth of the Minjiang River, in Mawei Port, more than 400 Qing warships were gathered, and more than 20,000 Zheng troops across the sea surrendered.Zhao Ming's attack on the coast made the Qing court attach importance to the sailors, and after the Qing army entered Fujian to recruit Zheng Zhilong, they intended to reorganize the Zheng army's sailors and make them the Fujian sailors of the Qing court.At this time, the Qing court established the post of Admiral of the Fujian Naval Division, which was held by Chen Jinlai, a native of Jinzhou who surrendered during the Chongde period of the Manchu Dynasty.Chen Jin is more capable, after the Qing army entered the customs, he was awarded the governor of Denglai, quelled the anti-Qing uprisings in Qingzhou, Dengzhou, Laizhou and other places, and then promoted to the governor of Jiang, and was stationed in Jiangning with Hong Chengchou, a scholar of Zhaofu University.As soon as Zhao Ming entered the Yangtze River and forced Nanjing, he presided over the defense of the river, and was Hong Chengchou's right-hand man.In the eyes of the Manchu court, Chen Jin was regarded as a person who knew the water division, so he was appointed as the admiral of the Fujian water division.In history, the first Fujian naval commander of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was Shi Lang, and Chen Jin was the governor of Fujian and Guangdong.Zheng Chenggong was a sailor along the coast of Fujian, but Chen Jin was appointed as the governor of Fujian and Guangdong, which shows that he did have some research on sailors.The Zhenhai led three gunboats and more than 20 Fu boats, and appeared in the sea area at the entrance of the Minjiang River.After learning that Zhenghongkui had set out from Kinmen and Xiamen on the 15th, the 3,000 Ming army and navy division hidden in the Mazu Islands began to take the initiative to approach the mouth of the Min River and lead the Qing army sailors into battle.There were 24 large and small warships of the Ming army's naval division, more than 20,000 Qing army's naval divisions, and more than 400 ships, and the officers and men of the Ming army's naval division still felt the tremendous pressure.On the 19th, three quarters in the morning, about seven o'clock in the morning.Guo Zhong led the fleet to approach the mouth of the Minjiang River, and the officers and men of the Ming army felt a burst of pressure in their hearts, and just when the four gunboats of Zhenhai, Zhenyuan, Zhenyi, and Zhendong were riding the wind and waves, the mast of the Zhenyi on the left flank suddenly raised a flag, "Enemy ships have been found!"
”The warships of the Ming army quickly approached the flagship, and Guo Zhong really saw that at the mouth of the Min River, there were several small black dots on the sea level, which made the officers and men of the Ming Army's naval division "chuckle" in their hearts and raised their vigilance.It was five o'clock in the morning, about 8:15 a.m.The Qing army ship found the Ming army standing on the ship, and the sailors on board suddenly exclaimed, "Enemy ship!"
”On the coast of Fujian, the only enemy ships that the Qing army called were the warships of the Ming army.When the Qing navy saw the Ming fleet appearing, it immediately divided into two groups, one team returned, and sent a signal to the pier on the shore to inform the Qing army in Mawei Harbor, and the other team continued to cruise to monitor the Ming fleet.It was about nine o'clock in the morning.The piers along the Minjiang River estuary lit beacon fires, and thick smoke rose into the sky, transmitting news to Mawei Port.At six o'clock in the morning, at about half past ten in the morning, countless black spots appeared at the mouth of the Minjiang River, and they quickly attacked the Ming army's naval division.After the surrender of the Zheng army to the Qing army, self-confidence was undiminished, and I heard that there were more than 20 Ming naval ships close to the Min River, Chen Jin immediately led the Qing army sailors, almost poured out of the nest, to find the Ming army to fight.At one o'clock in the afternoon, at 11:15 a.m., the Qing army fleet composed of 400 warships, the outlines of each ship began to become clear.For a time, on the flagship of the Zhenhai, the alarm bell rang, and the sailors, gunners, and soldiers of the Ming army all gathered on the deck to stand in a queue, the ships were full of sails, and the white sails were blown up, breaking the waves and moving forward.Guo Zhong put down the clairvoyant mirror and said to the people around him: "There are hundreds of warships of the Qing army, the first two are imitation Xiyi warships with more than 50 guns, and the next more than 100 large bird ships and Guangzhou ships with more than 18 heavy guns should be larger, and the smaller ones in the back are Zhengjia fighting ships with about 10 guns, as well as various fireboats!"
”The Ming army spies on the Qing warships, rushes to make models of various warships, and even knows the names of the two gunboats of the Qing army, which are Shenglong and Dingsheng.According to the "Ming Files" contained in the "Ming Files", "when the town minister Zheng Zhilong broke Liu Xiang, he read his battleships, and the original was as strong as an iron city, and each ship could be equipped with 24 big guns", Zheng Zhilong's battleships were equipped with about 24 guns, which was far more than most of the warships of the Ming army's naval division.After Zhao Ming captured seven Dutch warships, he dominated the East China Sea, and felt that the East China Sea Town Naval Division was strong.But now Guo Zhong and the others have deeply felt the gap between Donghai Town and the old maritime overlords.Although the three-masted gunboats of the Shu army were more than those of the Zheng army, the Zheng family had a huge number of sub-main warships equipped with more than 20 guns, which was enough to crush the Ming army by virtue of its numerical advantage.The Qing army sailor in front of him is only a part of the Zheng army, it is really hard to imagine how powerful the Zheng family sailor in Zheng Zhilong's era was.On the Zhenyuan, Gu San was also using a clairvoyant mirror to observe the Qing army's sailors, he saw the Qing army's warships coming from the sea, gasped, and ordered in a deep voice, "Hang the order flag, ask the flagship, how should our ship respond!"
”The flagship quickly replied, and the lookout on the Zhenyuan immediately shouted, "The Zhenhai hoists the flag, orders our ship to load the artillery, push open the gun window, line up in a horizontal formation, seize the upper hand, and prepare for battle!"
”The Ming fleet was divided into two teams, with the 20 Fu ships and the Zhenhai flagship as the main team, and the three gunboats of Zhenyuan, Zhenyi, and Zhendong as the guerrilla fleet, forming a formation and waiting for the Qing fleet to approach.At this time, Guo Zhong walked to the helm tower, faced the officers and soldiers of the Zhenhai Naval Division standing in three rows on the deck, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, since the formation of the Naval Division, has the Governor treated you badly, is the general sorry for you?"
”On the deck, more than 200 officers and men of the naval division replied in unison: "No!
”"The treatment of the officers and soldiers of our naval division is the best in the whole army, and the brothers of this infantry army and the horse army are a little unconvinced.Raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while, and the autumn of life and death of the country!
This battle is related to the life and death of the Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers must use their lives!
”Guo Zhong roared loudly.On the other side of the Zhenyuan ship, Gu San also shouted loudly: "I, Gu someone, usually treats the brothers well, and the governor has never treated you badly, that is to let the brothers not flinch when they should serve their lives."
Now we will have a decisive battle with the main force of the Qing army, who the hell would dare to retreat at this time, Ben will not show mercy, understand?
”At three o'clock in the afternoon, more than 20 Ming warships and more than 400 Qing warships approached each other in the waters near the mouth of the Minjiang River.On the Zhenhai, Guo Zhong suddenly ordered, "Swing the rudder to the left, this team will aim at the bow of the enemy fleet with the side side, and the fleet will sail in a northwest direction."
The guerrilla fleet used speed and range to cover their own team. ”After speaking, he added: "Jinxia's reinforcements are coming soon, as long as we lead the Qing army's naval division away to the east, and the Jinxia reinforcements arrive from the west, we can cut off the Qing army's sailor's route back to Mawei Port and defeat the Qing army's naval division in one fell swoop!"
”As he spoke, he said, "Boom!
”With a bang, a huge column of water rose on the sea ten zhang in front of the Zhenhai.The guns on the bow of the Qing warships fired first, and the terrible Hongyi cannons on the bow of each ship were difficult to raise clouds of gunpowder smoke from their muzzles.At four o'clock in the afternoon, the Qing army first opened fire and launched a naval battle."
Aim at the enemy flagship and open fire!"
Guo Zhong roared loudly.
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