Man Dahai looked into the distance, and sure enough, he saw a sail shadow in the distance.Unlike the gray hard bamboo sails of the Qing warships, most of the warships of the Ming army used white cloth soft sails.Layers of sails are blowing, as if white clouds are coming from the distance.Man Dahai hurriedly picked up the clairvoyant mirror view, and in the circular vision, the first thing that appeared was the multi-oared centipede boat.This kind of ship is more than 40 meters long, with two to three masts, the side of the ship can be erected, and it is equipped with light artillery, and it is a kind of fast sailing ship built in Donghai Town.This kind of centipede ship is a replica of the Portuguese warship, Zhao Ming took a fancy to the advantage that it can be sailed and can also swing, and built more than 30 ships, which were incorporated into the Chongming Naval Army to facilitate operations in the Yangtze River.Man Dahai looked at the centipede boat swinging the oars and marching head to head on the river, and his heart was a little shocked, and then he raised the clairvoyant mirror and saw that behind the centipede boat, there were more than 20 lucky boats with hard sails.The main maritime activities of the Ming army, so the warship is one size larger than that of the Qing army, the bow and tail of the Fu ship are cocked, towering like a city, and the front of the bow has an iron plate with a beast's head, which not only looks hideous, but also plays a role in impact and protection.Behind the Fukufu were five three-masted gunboats, which were even more enormous, with white sails blown up on three tall masts, and a diagonal sail pierced from the bow, which was also blown whirring.There are not many warships in the Ming army, only about 60 or so, but they are all serious warships, and the momentum is quite huge.Man Haihai's face sank, "Pass the order, be vigilant!"
”The flag waved on the shore and the war drums sounded, conveying the command of Mandahai.In the center of the Yangtze River, on the sandbank battery, the Qing gunners hurriedly began to load, and then adjusted the gun position, behind the sandbank, Liu Liangzuo pulled out his knife and roared loudly, "Hang the flag, raise the sail and prepare for war!"
”The naval division of the Qing army moored by the river immediately raised anchor and raised its sails, and the gun windows were pushed open, ready to meet the battle.Previously, after Bolo's tragic death, Man Dahai took over the post of general of Zhengnan, and fought against the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but was attacked by Zhao Zamao into Lianghuai and introduced into Shandong, and suffered a heavy defeat.That battle made Man Dahai hold a grudge and have lingering palpitations at the same time.At this time, Man Dahai was expected to be ashamed, and at the same time, he was a little afraid of Donghai Town in his heart.Man Dahai turned his head and glanced at the hidden artillery array in Jiangbei, and saw sixty or seventy heavy artillery, lined up in Jiangbei, gritted his teeth and said: "I heard that Zhao Zamao's gunboat artillery is sharp, and this king also has artillery, and this king's artillery is arranged on the shore and on the fort, and it will not sink, Zhao Zamao is here, what are you afraid of?"
Passing on the king's order, the armies should not act rashly, and after Zhao Zamao's naval division attacked the fort and entered the firing range, the Jiang waterproof division rushed out of the northern channel, and Zhao Za** went to the southern channel, and then used the south bank artillery and fort artillery to strangle Zhao Zamao. ”The Ming army ships set off from the Jingjiang River, sailed westward, and after arriving at the south of Taixing, the Yangtze River waterway turned a corner, and after the fleet turned in, a sandbar appeared in front of it, and there was a sail shadow.On the mainmast of the flagship of the Zhenhai, holding a clairglass lookout, he suddenly shouted urgently: "Enemy ship found!"
”Zhao Ming walked to the edge of the guardrail of the helm tower, pulled out the clairvoyant mirror, the camera passed over the Ming sailboat in front, saw the fort built with dirt bags and stones on the sandbank, saw the black hole on the artillery, and the red-topped hat, and looked at the Qing warships in the northern channel, and his eyes couldn't help but narrow."
Marshal, Mandahai has been prepared and a large number of artillery pieces have been arranged!"
Wang Deshun said in a deep voice.The artillery casting technology of the Qing army at the beginning of the entry into the customs, has surpassed the Ming Dynasty, after entering the customs of the Manchu Qing Dynasty occupied the Central Plains, refined iron, copper ingots, coal resources are sufficient, the number of craftsmen also exceeded the Ming Dynasty, once the force, the speed of making artillery, it can be said that it exceeded the Ming Dynasty.Zhao Ming accepted the clairvoyant mirror and blurted out, "How many?"
”Wang Deshun estimated: "I just made a preliminary observation that there were at least fifty artillery pieces on the frontal sandbar battery.In addition, the Qing army placed the naval division in the northern channel, apparently trying to force us to the southern channel, and it was estimated that there might be a hidden artillery position of the Qing army on the south bank. ”Zhao Ming glanced at Wang Deshun, couldn't help patting him on the shoulder, revealing the old father's smile, "Shibei should be impressed for three days, Deshun, you have grown a lot, Ben Shuai is very pleased!"
”Wang Deshun said: "This is all the cultivation of the marshal, and the humble position is promoted to this position, and the humble job dares not to be careful, and repays the grace of the marshal." ”Zhao Ming bowed his head with satisfaction, "Okay!"
How do you say to fight this battle?
”Wang De said, "The fleet sailed along the northern channel, and first bombarded the fort with the 5,000-pound heavy cannon of the bottom of the three-masted gunboat, leading the Qing army's naval division into battle, so as to avoid the attack of the Qing army's batteries and shore artillery. ”The mainstream heavy artillery used in the Ming and Qing dynasties is about 3,000 catties to 4,000 catties of Hongyi cannons, which are imitations of Xiyi decades ago, and the weight of the bullets is between ten catties and more than ten catties, that is, ten-pound guns and eighteen-pound cannons.Heavy artillery on land was inconvenient to transport, so for decades, the Hongyi cannon did not continue to develop.Zhao Ming's three-masted gunboat was captured from the Dutch, and the largest naval guns of the Dutch had reached five or six thousand catties, and the shells were more than twenty catties, that is, the twenty-four pounder guns used by the Western navy.Although the level and speed of the Qing army's cannon casting exceeded that of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing court used the method of enslavement to rule, which limited the creative ability of craftsmen, and the Manchu craftsmen mainly built ten-pounder cannons and a small number of eighteen-pounder cannons, and did not make the artillery larger.Donghai Town, however, had already begun to build a twenty-four-pounder cannon, and even began to study a thirty-two-pounder cannon to catch up with Xiyi's navy.Although Zhao Ming defeated the Dutch and Spaniards in a row, he actually defeated only the partial divisions of the two Yi, and the powerful main warships of the Netherlands and Spain were mainly in Europe, and there was still a certain gap between Donghai Town and them.At this time, the Ming army slowly approached the fort, and the ships broke the waves, and the momentum was quite huge."
Herald!
As soon as the pirates are in effective range, the artillery will bombard immediately!
”As the ship got closer and closer, Mandahai became a little excited.On the Shazhou Fort, the Qing soldiers wearing hats lit torches one after another, staring at the Ming army's sea ships, waiting for orders.At this time, the Ming fleet turned its rudder one after another, from sailing to the west to sailing to the northwest, crossing the center of the river, entering the northern channel, and the oblique hull made the side of the three-masted gunboat able to aim at the fort.Zu Zerun, the Qing general on the fort, saw that the Ming fleet was about to enter the effective range of artillery, raised his left head and was about to give an order, but the Ming army fleet suddenly turned to the northwest to sail, which made him frown.It is clear that the Ming fleet had artillery masters on it, avoiding the effective range of the battery.At this time, Zu Zerun could only put his hand down and wait for the opportunity, and at this moment, the side of the Ming gunboat, the heavy artillery at the bottom of the ballast warehouse, suddenly made a loud "boom", spewing out a cloud of white smoke, a cannonball, whistling out.Zu Zerun was slightly stunned, and was about to sneer, the cannonball had already flashed and hit the fort, and the shell weighing more than 20 catties directly smashed the stones into scattered and cracked in all directions, and under the splash of rubble, the Qing army on the fort fell to pieces.Zu Zerun's heart sank, and at this moment, the Ming artillery on the river opened fire one after another, and in the loud roar, the huge battleship trembled slightly, and the calm river and sandbar trembled with it.The Qing soldiers on the fort suddenly looked frightened, and their eyes were rapidly enlarged cannonballs, and fifty or sixty black iron bullets smashed towards the fort like meteorites.
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