"General General, the Feijiao was bitten by the fire ship!" suddenly shouted.

Li Yanzhi turned his head and saw that the three-masted ship "Flying Jiao" dozens of feet away was hit by a fire boat, and the rapid flames were swaying from the fire boat to the tall Feijiao. However,

Compared with the tall Feijiao, the size of the fire hull is too far apart. It seems that it will take some time to ignite Feijiao.

"Tell us the order to put out the fire on your own and other sea ships continue to attack!" Li Yanzhi said in a deep voice.

This battle is too important, and Li Yanzhi is determined to defeat the rebel navy in one battle regardless of the losses of his men's ships!

Under his order, all the sea ships except Feijiao rushed towards the enemy fleet, regardless of the oncoming fire ships.

All three-masted sea ships are as tall as buildings. All fire ships that collided with sea ships were plowed into the bottom of the river. Most fire ships were almost impossible to hit the treacherous sailors because they did not have steerings. They all went to the sea.

The boat passed by and drove downstream.

Only a few fire boats can happen to avoid the side of the sea boat and hit the trunk of the boat. After rushing through the fire boat array, twenty sea boats, in addition to the Feijiao, also one Garen ship happened to be hit by the fire boat, and they had to

Stop and put out the fire first.

Eighteen sea ships rushed through the fire ship formation and also passed the Caojiang Navy warship that was blocking the fire ship. The Zeng Sanlu column rushed towards the subsequent fleet of thieves! While driving, the artillery on the bow of the ship continued to roar.

, shoot shells into the distant pirate ship array. Of course, most of the red cannons are installed on the sides of the ship, and each sea ship can only carry one cannon on the bow of the ship. The density of the shells is a bit sparse.

But it is not weak at all.

Seeing that the fire ship array on one side had not achieved much effect, and then watching the tall sea ships as big as castles rushed towards one side, many soldiers in the pirate fleet were already frightened, and the sea ships rushing towards the other side were too big.

Compared with others, our own ship is almost the same as a bathtub. Just by looking at the size, it makes people feel desperate, not to mention that there are so many cannons on the other side's ship with such powerful power!

In the back formation, Fang Guoan looked at the river in the distance through the Qianli Mile Mile, and his heart couldn't help but spasm. Before the war started, he was still somewhat sure of defeating the imperial navy. After all, regardless of the number of ships or soldiers under his command, he was very confident in defeating the imperial navy.

All are seven or eight times that of the imperial navy. Although the imperial navy had about twenty high sea ships equipped with many red cannons, Yuan Chonghuan formulated a fire ship attack strategy in advance to address his stupid weakness and re-transformed it.

Fang Guoan also agrees with the strategy of fire attack, believing that it can restrain the other side's sea ships.

However, he never expected that the fire attack strategy he had worked hard to do nothing, and it was not as good as the first time Jiang War. At least he scared the other party away with a fire ship during the first time Jiang War!

What Fang Guoan didn't know was that the same army, the same tactics, and the commanders were different, so they could not achieve the same effect. Under Yuan Chonghuan's command, the thief navy was very morale and relied on generous rewards to recruit thousands of daring.

The soldiers who died in battle, really did these soldiers who dared to fight to set up fire ships and disregard their lives and death attacks, which caused certain damage to Li Yanzhi's men. In order to protect the hard-won sea ships in their hands, Li Yanzhi ordered a retreat.

When Yuan Chonghuan appointed Fang Guoan as commander of the navy, he also left him a lot of silver for rewards and recruiting dead soldiers. However, Fang Guoan put most of the silver into his pocket and only took out a small amount of silver for rewards.

The money given was not enough, so naturally there was no enough dead soldiers. Fang Guoan directly dispatched thousands of soldiers to control the fire ships. These soldiers did not want to die. They started setting fires when they were still far away from the imperial navy, and then they themselves

So he got on the river ship tied behind and let the unmanned fire ships rush towards the court navy. Without anyone driving, how could he hit those sea ships? You can imagine that if you can't get enough results, you can

.

Of course, Fang Guoan didn't have time to think so much at this time. He was commanding his warships with his banner. After the fire fleet, Fang Guoan sent out another 300 warships, and these warships were about to meet those sea ships.

The sound of cannons was thundering, and most of the shells fell on the river. They were frightened and the rebel navy fleet had already collided with eighteen sea ships.

It was like a mammoth elephant rushing into a wolf pack, and the thief warship hit on the front was either crushed to the bottom of the river or smashed into pieces.

Then the fleets of both sides were completely mixed up.

For the robbers, none of the eighteen sea ships were so tall, and the side of the ship was at least one or two feet taller than the side of the robbers. Looking up was like looking at the city wall.

"Bang bang bang" The musketeers of the imperial guards on the sea boat opened fire from a high place, and from time to time, thieves and sailors were screaming and were shot and dropped into the river.

"Boom" The distance is so close. It is just when ten thousand enemies show their power. A ten thousand enemies thrown on the deck of a thief warship and explodes. The shrapnel flew around, and the thief within one foot of the deck was slapped.

After sweeping away, most of the thieves were killed on the spot, and a few seriously injured and undead thieves let out miserable screams.

"Kill!" Among the rebels, there were brave people. Although they were not afraid of the tall sea ships as big as a city wall, they used the weapons in their hands to fight back bravely.

Facing the tall sea ship, most of the weapons in the hands of the thief were useless. The only ones that could attack the sea ship were small stone throwers installed on the deck in advance. More than a dozen thief soldiers controlled the stone throwers.

Throw the lit vine ball towards the sea boat, and when it landed on the deck, a flame ignited.

In a quarter of an hour, several sea ships caught fire on the deck, and the soldiers of the Imperial Guards hurriedly used pre-prepared sand to put out the fire.

However, compared with artillery, the weapon of the stone thrower has long been behind. Not only is it accurate to be as accurate as the artillery, but it is even less convenient to operate. In addition to being equipped with a large number of red cannons, each ship is also equipped with

In close combat, these small cannons are loaded with shotguns, and when they are bombed out, they will be a large number of lead balls. The stone throwing machines of the robbers' warships are often only shot once and will be subjected to artillery.

At close range, a large number of shotguns shot in the face, and the thief soldiers who operated the stone throwing machine were shot and killed.

There are red barbarian cannons in the distance, firearms in the close combat, small cannons such as Folang machines and bowl guns. The firepower of Fujian naval ships is not weaker than the armed merchant ships in the hands of the Dutch, and it is not these that have never been seen before.

The world's thief warships can compare.

Regarding the difference between the two sides of firepower, there are only two ways to threaten the Fujian Navy's naval ship. One is to engage in a jumping and hiking battle, and the other is to engage in a fire attack. For a hiking battle, the pirate ship is too small and it is not at all.

It may be carried out, and the fire attack was declared defeat. The battle has come to this point, and the outcome of Jiang Zhan is almost destined. However, if the rebel navy is more brave, it is still possible to cause some losses to the sea ships to which Li Yanzhi belongs.

However, Fang Guoan's command has not raised the morale of the thieves. Seeing the heavy casualties of soldiers on his own ships, many thieves in the rear have been shaken, and the sailors' paddling speed has involuntarily slowed down.

"Don't stop, keep rushing forward and take the opponent's central army!" On the command ship, Li Yanzhi pointed at the pirate ship formation on the distant river and ordered with great enthusiasm. As for the enemy ships thrown to the rear, they will leave it to the

Caojiang Navy.

Under Li Yanzhi's command, more than ten sea ships rushed forward rapidly. They said they were fast, but in fact they were not fast in countercurrent situations, but if the two sides hedge, the relative speed was extremely fast. However, many of the guards on the ship were on the ship However, the soldiers found that the speed of the sea ship was slower under them. If you look closely, it was not that their ship was slower, but that many enemy ships were not leaving and were turning around in a hurry.

"Beat the drum, no ships are allowed to retreat!" Fang Guoan shouted.

In his opinion, the number of ships on his side is still several times that of the imperial navy, and it may not be impossible to win if he continues to fight. As long as he wins the imperial navy, he will make his first contribution in this battle. After conquering Nanjing Zhu Yousong ascends the throne, he will rely on this contribution. I will definitely be able to be awarded a title!

However, only a few ships were willing to listen to his orders, and most of them were hurriedly turning around and retreating. They did not get close to the battlefield, and they didn't know how terrible the sea ships were. It felt really uncomfortable to be beaten and not fight back. No thief soldiers were willing to do this. Enemy ships fighting.

"Master, brothers can't hold on anymore, retreat quickly!" A warship came, and an officer on the ship shouted loudly at Fang Guoan.

"Retreat!" Fang Guoan ordered immediately without hesitation, so he immediately turned the rudder from his seat. The direction of the sea ships rushing towards him was clearly aimed at his command ship, and Fang Guoan no longer dared to delay. Although title is important, one must have a life.

As soon as the Shiqi retreated, hundreds of robbery warships on the river did not resist and rushed to retreat one after another.

"Boom boom boom" artillery roared, and shells shot towards the fleeing robber warship.

"Kill!" The shouts drifted with the wind of the river, and more than a hundred Caojiang Navy warships rushed over, surpassing the Fujian Navy naval ships, and launching a fierce attack on the escaped pirate ships.

"Don't go back to the water camp and continue to retreat upstream!" Fang Guoan ordered on the warship. He knew in his heart that even if he escaped into the water camp, he could not escape the attack of the imperial navy, and could only be beaten and could not fight back. The opponent's red barbarian cannon Too many are too fierce. The only way to avoid the opponent's attack is to escape upstream and escape from a distance. As for the water camp, Fang Guoan no longer cares about it.

"Tell me the command, the Caojiang Navy continues to chase the enemy ships, and all the sea ships attack the enemy's water camp!" Li Yanzhi remained calm. He knew that on the Yangtze River, the sea ships were not as fast as the enemy's river ships, and it was meaningless to chase after them. Let’s take down the thief water camp first.

Eighteen sea boats lined up, and the side of the ship was facing the thief water camp. The red cannons installed on the side of the ship opened fire one after another. After the red cannons on one side opened fire, the sea boat would turn the bow and turn the other side The ship side faced the thief water camp and continued to fire. The red cannon that had been fired before took the opportunity to load gunpowder.

"Boom boom boom" artillery roared, and shells shot into the robber's water camp, landed in the river water, and landed on the warships of the water camp, and the entire water camp was in chaos.
Chapter completed!