Yan Qingshan looked at the Manqing naval division behind with a telescope, about fifteen miles away from him. Yan Qingshan shouted to his messenger: "Take the flag words to the ship behind, follow me, turn the bow and knock him on the battle line." The messenger went down to convey the order. Do these five sea ships have names? Two of them were sent by Zhu Hongsan as soon as they got out of the water, and the sea test has not been conducted. The sailors on the ship were all pirates who had just been recruited and were very familiar with the characteristics of the ship. Therefore, Yan Qingshan did not plan to fight with the Qing navy, and tried the battle line tactics that Zhu Hongsan said were like.

The ships behind received the signal from the flagship and all raised the banner of following them. The five gunships formed a column of two hundred meters apart.

At this time, Zhao Zhilong, who was behind, led the fleet to catch up. The Qing army's warships were very diverse, including sand ships, bird ships, centipede ships, fire ships, and Mengchong. These large and small ships were mainly composed of eight tall building ships, forming a huge circular queue.

One of the huge four-story tower ships is Zhao Zhilong's flagship. This ship was newly built by Hongguang ascended the throne of Nanjing Shipyard last year. Unexpectedly, Hongguang did not get on, and this time it was cheaper Zhao Zhilong.

Zhao Zhilong was really energetic these two days. Since he met the Navy of Nanming, they have been fleeing. He was chasing him hard behind him, but he didn't expect to finally catch up at the estuary of the Yangtze River.

Zhao Zhilong looked as he got closer and closer to the sea boat in front of him and said, "Send the order, catch up with him and then sink them in one go."

The few navy generals below also flattered them. In their eyes, the five big ships opposite were definitely not able to escape. Although they were big, they were in the Yangtze River and they still had a numerical advantage on their side and would definitely not lose.

At this time, Zhao Zhilong had already chased after Yan Qingshan three miles behind. Yan Qingshan could see Zhao Zhilong on the opposite flagship with a telescope. Yan Qingshan sent an order, "Order each ship to turn the rudder and attack them with the left cannon."

After the order was passed, the sailor on the deck immediately opened his sail, and the entire ship immediately vibrated, and it accelerated like a wild horse that had broken away. The helmsman ruddered hard, and the whole ship turned to the left almost at a right angle.

After Yan Qingshan's ship turned around, the four ships behind also turned one after another. Although their movements were a bit dragging, they did not leave the queue.

Now Yan Qingshan has seized the t-shaped head, and 150 artillery on the left side of the five ships are facing the Manqing Shui Division.

Zhao Zhilong behind was shocked when he saw the ship in front of him performing this difficult action. Zhao Zhilong didn't understand the navy at all, but the entire hull would disintegrate if it turned violently like the ship opposite. Zhao Zhilong didn't know that Zhu Hongsan's new ships were made of steel keels, and the key areas were reinforced with steel, so the strength was naturally much stronger than pure wooden warships.

When Zhao Zhilong was shocking the performance of the ship opposite, the other party had already started firing guns. Zhao Zhilong asked: "How far is the enemy ship from us?"

"Report to the general, there are about three miles left."

"Sanli and the others fired fire? Will they fight a water battle?"

In Zhao Zhilong's impression, water battles all entered a hundred meters. They first bombarded with the tiger squat cannon at the bow of the ship, then leaned up and bombarded with the Folang machine cannon. Finally, the sailors jumped to help the close soldiers to each other. Unexpectedly, there were three miles away on the opposite side. It seemed that they were all novices.

Zhao Zhilong was about to open his mouth to sarcastically sarcastically, but he didn't expect that the shells on the opposite side had arrived in front of the flagship. Two sand ships with a hundred materials were immediately sunk, and none of the more than 40 sailors on the ship survived.

Zhao Zhilong was shocked, but he didn't expect the artillery on the other side to be so accurate. "It must be misunderstood, misunderstood!" Zhao Zhilong was hypnotizing himself. The second round of shells came, and three more small boats were sunk.

What Zhao Zhilong didn't know was that the cannons on Yan Qingshan were equipped with the original sights that Zhu Hongsan tinkered. Although this thing was very primitive, it was much better than the Manqing Navy's luck. In addition, there were 150 shells in one volley, so it could even cover a few.

Yan Qingshan saw that the battle was good and laughed.

"It seems that the tactics of the battle line handed over to us by the King of Chu are very effective. If you continue to explain, don't let the Tartar navy lean on it and keep a distance from them."

The five ships kept a distance of one and a half miles from the Manqing Navy, and fired fire while maneuvering on the Yangtze River.

Zhao Zhilong was furious on the flagship. This kind of water battle that could only be beaten but not beat people was really uncomfortable.

"Let's go up, and get up at full speed, and order Mengchong and the Fire Attack Ship to attack their flagship with all their might!"

After receiving the order, his subordinates raised a flag and ordered the boat to attack.

A small boat with less than 80 materials in Mengchong was the main force of the Ming army naval division in the past. This boat was equipped with twenty sailors and had no sails. It was usually dragged by a large ship and was rowed by humans during battles. It was very fast on the calm Yangtze River.

The fire attack ship is even smaller, with only two sailors. Most of this kind of ship is composed of sampans, which are only three meters long, and are filled with objects that cause fire. The bow of the ship has several large iron nails made of pig iron. When the bow is nailed to the enemy ship, the sailor ignites the tincture oil and ignites the enemy ship.

These two types of ships are very fast, twice the speed of the big ship. Yan Qingshan was also very scared when he saw these two ships coming out of the formation. He was a bandit who had accumulated over the years, so he naturally knew the power of the fire attack ship. As for Meng Chong, there was no threat. The side of his ship was seven or eight meters high. The sailors who Meng Chong Chong could not jump up at all, so they could only climb up with a grab hook, which was very inefficient.

When Yan Qingshan saw the enemy entering five hundred meters, he shouted: "Put the flag and order the lower twelve-pound cannons to replace with shotguns and hit the boat first."

After receiving the order, the sailors on the lower two floors immediately used the loading shotguns, and two volleyball guns were installed in front and behind the upper deck. This thing was to deal with the opponent's boat and jumping gang, and this time we will usher in actual combat.

Because the naval volleyball guns do not have to worry about mobility, each door consists of forty barrels, and the continuous firepower is greatly enhanced compared to the army type.

The twelve cannons on the second deck were the first to fire, and immediately knocked several small boats into sieves, and the sailors on the ship were restored to human body parts.

At this time, two volleyball guns on the ship also began to fire. This kind of thing was simply a natural enemy of unprotected personnel. Mengchong and the fire attack ship were sunk one after another and could not get close to the big ship.

Yan Qingshan wanted to attack the small boat, and the ship speed dropped. At this time, Zhao Zhilong and his large fleet followed.

When Zhao Zhilong saw the fleet getting closer and closer, he ordered happily: "Send the order and open fire when you enter the range of the cannons. Let them lean up and jump to the gang. I don't believe how they only have five ships to fight my five hundred ships."
Chapter completed!