The night slowly dispersed. Although there was no sun in the cold winter, the sunlight still shined through the clouds in the sky. The outline of a fleet slowly appeared on the sea. This fleet quietly left the port at noon yesterday.
The missing Qingzhou Navy.
This is a fleet composed of thirty smaller cruisers, ten Dafu ships and three Spanish three-masted galleons. Although this fleet is not as numerous as the fleet led by Zheng Sen and Zheng Zhibao,
There are so many ships, but no one dares to look down upon them just by seeing the size of those ships, especially the three huge Spanish three-masted warships lined up in a row, which will simply make the opponent feel invincible.
Now, these three huge Spanish three-masted warships are being supported by ten Dafu ships in the middle, and there are thirty smaller cruise ships surrounding the outermost periphery, forming a ring.
Formation, now this formation is quickly heading towards the port of Wanghai Fort.
On the bow of the battleship in the middle of the fleet, Qingzhou Navy Commander Tu Hai was looking calmly ahead, with a fiery look flashing in his eyes.
At this time, Mo Hui, the deputy commander of the navy, walked up to him and asked softly: "Master Tu, are you really determined to fight with that fleet? This fleet is the hard work of a huge man. If you fight it all...
..." Mo Hui didn't say the next words, but his meaning was already very clear.
A trace of perseverance flashed across Tu Hai's face, and he replied in a deep voice: "What are you afraid of if you fight all the time? If you fight all the money, just build another fleet. Have you forgotten what the great master once taught us? A fleet that can only
A navy that hides in ports and only avoids battles will never be successful. A navy must have the courage to see red at the tip of a knife, only then can it shoulder its responsibilities."
"But our training time is still too short. It would be great if we could train for another half a year or even a year." Mo Hui still shook his head in regret.
"Half a year or even a year?" A trace of ridicule flashed in Tu Hai's eyes, "Will the enemy give us such a long time? Besides, what if we train for another year? We can fight the enemy with real swords and guns.
It's more effective in one game than if they practiced it for ten years."
While they were talking, the lookout on the mast above loudly reported: "Sir, an enemy fleet has been spotted ahead, and they are shelling our port."
Tu Hai's face changed, and he suddenly became a little energetic. He shouted loudly: "Okay, I got it. Order all the warships to launch an attack formation and attack the enemy ships!"
"Yes!" Following Tu Hai's order, the flagman who had been standing behind Tu Hai immediately waved the two small flags in his hands and issued an order to the surrounding troops. Soon, the originally circular fleet was immediately divided into three rows
, rushed forward mightily.
At this time, Zheng Sen and Zheng Zhibao were commanding fifteen larger warships to pour projectiles towards the port.
The artillery at this time was mainly based on solid bullets. Although the navies of various countries also had explosive ammunition at this time, they were expensive and large-scale equipment was unrealistic. Secondly, although the explosive ammunition was effective in killing personnel, it was not practical.
It is not ideal for destroying battleships, so each fleet generally has very few explosive shells, and some even have no equipment at all.
Although the Zheng family is wealthy, they will not equip this kind of "flashy" ammunition on a large scale in naval battles. Therefore, all they poured into the port at this time were solid ammunition. Although this kind of solid ammunition is effective in attacking ships
Yes, but when it comes to attacking the buildings and facilities in the port, it's a bit overwhelming. Often, a projectile weighing several kilograms can only make a shallow crater on the cement-paved ground.
At most, it can only make a hole in the building. For a port with many buildings, the damage is not very big at all.
However, the artillery that was constantly counterattacking in the port hit the Zheng family's fleet unceremoniously. The flying wood chips and the small space on the ship caused great trouble to the Zheng family's fleet.
In an inconspicuous building at the port, Pang Gang, who had arrived at Wanghai Fort overnight, was standing in front of a window watching the battle outside with a telescope.
Now, dozens of artillery set up in the port are constantly firing ammunition outside the port, and black projectiles are constantly counterattacking at the warships outside the port.
Looking at the missed projectiles in the air, the faces of the generals around Pang Gang were a little solemn. Judging from the results of the battle, the number of the opponent's artillery far exceeded the number of artillery in the port, although the artillery in the port was thickly covered with stones.
and concrete bunkers as cover, but since these bunkers were not fully enclosed, they inevitably suffered casualties under the suppression of the opponent's superior firepower. Some unlucky artillery pieces were directly hit by the opponent's projectiles.
scrapped.
Da Zhuang on the side couldn't help but said, "Sir, our artillery is fewer than theirs, and the other party's ships are still moving. We are going to suffer a lot. It would be great if our artillery battalion could get here."
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"I know, but the artillery battalion is inconvenient to move, so we can't count on it for the time being." Pang Gang said calmly: "We are not vegetarians. Didn't they have two ships withdrawing from the battle? But now we still want to avoid a head-on fight.
That's good." After saying that, Pang Gang said: "I have ordered that all the artillery in the port be withdrawn from the battle."
The generals were shocked and asked in unison: "What, all withdraw from the battle? Then shall we still defend the port?"
"Of course we have to defend. If we don't defend, what are we doing here?" A mysterious smile appeared on Pang Gang's face, "Even if their artillery fire is fierce, they have to let the infantry land to grab things, right? Wait until their infantry
Once you get ashore, you will know how powerful we are."
"Oh, that's it." All the generals understood. It turned out that Pang Gang wanted to put the opponent's infantry ashore and then annihilate them.
"Sir, the general will go and prepare immediately." After understanding the coach's idea, Da Zhuang immediately volunteered to organize the team.
"Dazhuang, what are you in a hurry about? I haven't said anything yet, so it's not yet certain who will go." Li Yuan, who was also eager to make contributions, glared at Da Zhuang and grunted.
Pang Gang thought for a while, then turned to Wang Zhidao, who was silent next to him: "Brother Wang, I'm going to give you a hard time this time. You first lead two thousand people to ambush behind the port. Remember, don't show mercy to those pirates."
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Wang Zhi, who had been promoted to the position of Dusi, responded loudly and solemnly, saluted Pang Gang and went out.
Seeing that Pang Gang had chosen a candidate, all the generals were silent, except for Li Yuan who mumbled a few words in a low voice.
While Pang Gang was dispatching his troops, Zheng Sen was also commanding more than a dozen large ships to rain down bullets on the port. Although the counterattack artillery fire at the port also caused some losses to them, until now there were already two ships
Due to heavy damage, it had to retreat backwards, but Zheng Sen still firmly commanded the ship to continuously bombard the port.
Soon, the counterattack in the port gradually became smaller. Zheng Sen said happily: "Fourth uncle, look, the shelling in the port has become much smaller now. It seems that they can no longer hold on."
Zheng Zhibao laughed and said: "That's right, we have hundreds of artillery bombardments at the same time. What a hell if they can hold on. Now it's time to put down the infantry, right? The brothers have been holding back for a long time on the ship.
I want to go ashore and find some girls to have fun with."
Zheng Sen couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "The sons and daughters are all suffocating on the boat. It's time for them to relax, but that will have to wait until the port is captured. Fourth uncle, are you ready?"
Zheng Zhibao said with a sinister smile: "Aren't you still worried about what Fourth Uncle is doing? I've already had my sons ready."
"That's good!" Zheng Sen nodded and said, "Fourth uncle, let's get ready to start!"
"Okay! Boom boom boom..."
Zheng Zhibao was gearing up and was about to give the order to land on the shore, when there was a rumbling sound of artillery from behind.
"What's going on? Where is the sound of cannons coming from?" The shocked two people looked back following the sound of cannons, and found that a group of black warships had appeared behind them, led by more than a dozen large sailing ships.
, they had already connected with dozens of small boats behind them.
"What's going on? How come the Qingzhou Navy has so many warships?"
Zheng Sen couldn't help but be shocked when he saw the menacing Qingzhou Navy. According to previous news, the Qingzhou Navy only had ten Dafu ships, but he didn't think those ten Dafu ships could cause any damage to his fleet of nearly a hundred ships.
What trouble? Therefore, he was full of confidence in this battle. He believed that even if the Qingzhou Navy suddenly appeared, he would be sure to defeat them, and even made dumplings. But unfortunately, he guessed the beginning.
But he couldn't guess the ending, and more than forty warships ruined his plan.
"That's the barbarian warship at the beginning!" At this time, Zheng Zhibao, who was beside him, also screamed, pointing to the three largest warships at the beginning and said: "I seem to have heard of this kind of ship, this kind of warship."
This style of ship can only be found in the barbarian countries in the west, but where did they find this kind of warship?"
Even though Zheng Zhibao was known for his bravery, when he saw the three seemingly indestructible warships at the head of the army, he couldn't help but have a look of panic on his face.
"Okay, I didn't expect the Qingzhou Navy to have such a skill!" Looking at the Qingzhou Navy coming menacingly from a distance, Zheng Sen's face became gloomy.
"Fourth Uncle, it seems we can't go ashore for the time being. We have to deal with the navy behind us first."
Zheng Zhibao took a deep breath, tried hard to calm down, and then said sternly: "Sen'er, I will go to the other boat to take command immediately. I don't believe in this evil. How strong can these landlubber sailors be!"
Generally speaking, when fighting at sea, if there are two commanders or important figures, they are accustomed to taking different ships. This also means not to put their fears in the same basket.
"Okay, Fourth Uncle, be careful!" Zheng Sen knew the seriousness of the matter and agreed without hesitation.