Under Zhou Rui's command, there are hundreds of large and small warships, such as bird-tail boats, black-tail boats, small boats such as gun boats and quick whistles. They are already doing their best to unload civilians for the big ships, while those large and medium-sized ships simply

A Great Wall on the water was built on the river.

In this way, it is very unwise in naval battles. For example, infantry pays attention to fighting without formation, and cavalry is a clutch. Naval battles also have certain rules. Fleet arrangement is one of them, but the more important thing is to accelerate at the appropriate moment.

, slow down, turn to avoid the shells, find more suitable angles and directions to attack the opponent, bombard guerrillas, and fight in hand-to-hand combat. Like Zhou Rui, he treats the ship as a fort to fight, and just waits so stupidly

The Qing army's attack can no longer be described as rare.

On the Pearl River east of Nansha, Zhou Rui's fleet lined up, dropped anchor, lowered sails, and blocked the front of the Mazu Temple in Nansha, as if guarding. When the Qing army saw this, they also acted like a pack of wolves.

It pounced on it as if it were prey.

The artillery battle began, and the Qing army set sail. After entering the firing range, the artillery on the ship began to pour out towards the "fixed target" in the distance. In contrast, the Ming army's ship was fixed on the river,

At every turn, we can only reduce the estimated number of targets to target the Qing warships on the basis of normal water warfare. Even veteran gunners will inevitably hit the Qing warships with their shells.

A splash of water would do no harm to the Qing army.

On the bow, Zhou Ruishang was shouting for a fierce battle. Just like other warships, the artillery on Zhou Rui's ship was also constantly firing at the Qing warships.

The next second, at the moment when a Ming army artillery was fired, a roaring artillery shell from a distance hit the starboard side of the ship. The vibration affected the shooting of the artillery shell, drawing a sudden parabola.

After passing the normal shooting range, it fell directly from the sky, and even the water splash did not touch the Qing army.

This is nothing at all. After all, it is much harder to hit a "moving target" than a "fixed target". However, this shot was hit by the Qing army on the hull of the ship, and the vibration directly shook several people on the other side who were slowly moving.

The people who were transferred from the boat were so shocked that they took off their hands and fell into the river with a splashing sound like dumplings being dropped.

The surrounding boats handed over oars and bamboo poles, and an old man who knew how to swim jumped directly into the water to save him. The scene became chaotic for a while.

This was just an aftershock. That shot directly penetrated the wooden outer panel of the ship and rolled around in the cabin. Zhou Rui is a veteran of the Navy. With such a movement under his feet, he certainly understood the extent of the damage to the ship's hull.

, but before he could issue the order, an experienced officer shouted loudly, preventing Zhou Rui from being distracted.

"Take the bucket I just gave you and go down to fetch water with me!"

The officer shouted loudly, and then rushed down with an empty bucket. Hearing this voice, several strong men and women who were left on the boat also quickly followed suit, carrying buckets, basins and other things.

They didn't even need to say hello. A carpenter who was on board picked up the stuff before them and ran to the cabin.

The damage caused by the shell was not lower than the waterline, which was a good thing, but the cracks caused by the damage still caused river water to continuously spray into the hull.

No one paid attention to the cannonball that was still rolling with the ups and downs of the ship's hull. Everyone got out of the cabin. The officer leading the team stepped on the spray on the deck, picked up the bucket, bent down to scoop it up, and then poured the river water.

When he went out, his movements were done in one go. The people who followed him down also followed the same example, trying to reduce the river water in the boat as much as possible.

On one side, they were trying their best to wash out the water. On the other side, the carpenters found wood and nails. Without saying a word, they went up and started repairing the gaps, trying to refill the gaps and cracks with wood as quickly as possible.

In the era of solid cannonballs, wooden warships could survive for a long time as long as they did not catch fire by repairing and flooding the ship. Therefore, if there was no way to make the enemy ship catch fire, then jumping into a hand-to-hand combat to seize the ship would be a good idea.

has become a more effective method.

The bombardment was still in progress. The officers and civilians searching for water in the cabin could easily feel the deck above their heads. The Ming army's artillery continued to fire back. After a while, nearly half of the gap had been repaired.

Following a vibration above his head, he heard a cheer from a familiar person above him. It seemed that he had hit a Qing warship.

However, this joy did not last too long. Soon, there was another shock from the outside in, and another shell hit the starboard outer plate. This time, it was at the edge of the waterline, almost

The moment the cannonball penetrated the cabin, the river water rushed in.

"Quick, go fetch water!"

In this way, the bombardment lasted for a long time. The Ming army's sailors and gunners were experienced, and the ships were generally larger. The number of artillery was limited by the serious disadvantage of the number of ships. In addition, it became

"Fixed targets" were hit by the Qing army in greater numbers.

At first glance, the Qing Navy seemed to have taken a big advantage, but the Ming Navy ships that actually caused the ships to capsize and were engulfed in flames were still only a few, and most of them were only broken open by cannonballs.

After opening the hole, a lot of river water poured in, killing a few soldiers, but that was all. At the same time, Hong Xu was doing his best to organize and coordinate the ships, and soon several armed merchant ships came out.

, just like Zhou Rui's troops, they directly lowered the sails and anchored, and merged into the ranks of the Great Wall on the water.

There were more than two hundred large and small warships, more than twice the number of Zhou Rui's troops. Even though the Qing army's warships were far smaller than the Ming army, they were shelling so consistently from a distance.

It was also a strange thing to dare to come and dance. And another strange thing happened suddenly in front of their eyes a moment later, as the Qing fleet regained distance from the Ming army.

"The Tatars are running away?"

The captain of Zhou Rui's ship rubbed his eyes. He couldn't believe what was happening in front of him. Not to mention other ships, this ship was hit several times by the Qing army. The speed of washing water could no longer keep up with the influx of river water.

The speed of the ship was only due to the fact that more sailors went out to pan for water and the carpenters on board the ship worked desperately to repair it, so that it would not sink. However, under such circumstances, the Qing army not only did not take advantage of the situation, but also completed the attack on Zhou Rui.

The ship's sniper attack actually turned the ship's bow and sailed away in the upstream direction.

"It's not that we ran away, they think we are worthless!"

Just as Zhou Rui said, the Qing army received orders to intercept Ming army ships and control the Guangzhou wharf and the waters of the Pearl River. By confronting Zhou Rui here, they could intercept the Ming army ships and control the waters of the lower reaches of the Pearl River.

It works, but in Guangzhou, it doesn't have very good results.

After spending too much time here, Sheng Dengke was eager to rush to Guangzhou to join the main force of the Qing army and complete the comprehensive encirclement of Guangzhou City. He simply sent Xu Guolong's red flag pirates to continue to monitor Zhou Rui's troops here.

The Ming Army Navy, and he rushed up the river with about a hundred large and small warships directly under his command, as well as the preliminary repaired old warships brought by Xu Long from Huizhou.

"Chief, it seems that the prince still values ​​us."

Since being expelled from Chaozhou by Zheng Chenggong, the Xu family of Nanyang Village has lived a hard life of wandering in the wind and rain. It was easy to survive until the clouds opened and the moon came out, and they survived until the Qing army invaded Guangdong. Although they were sent to

Huizhou, but with Chen Kai's east wind, the Hongqi Navy was no longer favored by the Qing army after the disastrous defeat at the mouth of the Dongjiang River, and they became a new favorite. Even now, the Hongqi Navy continues to keep an eye on Zhou Rui's area

They were stubborn, and they went to accompany Sheng Dengke to take advantage of Guangzhou City.

The city is all the territory of the feudal soldiers, and maybe Green Camp can get a share of the pie. But there are also markets on the docks and Jiangxin Island on the Pearl River, so you can always get a good deal.

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and the desire of Xu Long's clan members is getting stronger and stronger. Even Xu Long, at this point, can't help but start to dream about the pacification of Nanfan and the eastward army of Jingnan Fan after the capture of Guangzhou.

Xiang, they followed him and fought back to Chaozhou. By then, the group of Chaozhou thieves that Zheng Chenggong had worked so hard to clear out happened to be his wedding clothes.

"The prince thinks highly of us. When we get to the gate of Guangzhou, we have to show off our strength. We can't look left at Sheng Dengke and then at Xu Guolong like we did just now. We are wary in our hearts, lest we damage our own strength and rush forward in succession.
Chapter completed!