There was a roar in the smoke, and a white flag was raised on each ship to ask for surrender. However, this cannot be blamed on them for being greedy for life, because in just half an hour, more than 60 ships of the Ming Navy were transported.
Five ships were sunk, and a dozen more were damaged, looking like they were on the verge of sinking. And now the Ming army was surrounded by artillery arrays. In addition, the incoming ships still had the upper hand, and they had the advantage of speed.
Advantage, they can't escape even if they want to.
Of course, the Ming Navy did not sit still and wait for death. Seeing that there was no hope of escape, the general Fang Zhong who led this navy launched a desperate attack. However, their own warships were damaged and were in the downwind direction, so they could not rely on the tall and tall fortune ships.
The advantage is to collide with the opponent's ships. However, these warships are only equipped with some small artillery and some firecrackers, and they cannot hit the incoming ships more than one mile away.
The collision battle couldn't start, so Fang Zhong had to send thousands of sailors to rush towards the opponent with hundreds of small boats, hoping to use human sea tactics to attach the ship and then seize the ship. However, the enemy had already expected this.
Although the fortune ships following the four gunboats were not as scary as the gunboats, they were also equipped with many crossbows and muskets. When they saw someone attached to the ship, they sailed over to crush them and protected the main gunboats.
In the long-distance attack, both firepower and range were inferior to others; in the close-in attack, the human sea tactic was defeated, and the Ming Navy had no choice but to quickly collapse and surrender.
"Master Wan, I didn't expect your own artillery to be so sharp." Mrs. Liu was also watching the battle on Zhenyuan No. 1, and said with a smile. In fact, she was secretly blaming Wan Lei for hiding his own secrets and not using the best.
Sell the artillery piece to her.
How did Mrs. Liu know that this batch of artillery is a new type of steel-cast cannon that can withstand the explosive power of high explosives, that is, smokeless gunpowder. Using this new gunpowder as gunpowder, the range of the artillery will naturally increase a lot. Now it is only at a low angle.
flat shot
It can have a range of 1,500 meters. If fired at a 45-degree angle, the range will be as far as 2,500 meters. The old iron cannon in Mrs. Liu's hand cannot withstand the explosion of high explosives.
Powerful, and it doesn't have smokeless gunpowder.
"It's just so so. This kind of artillery is the latest invention of our Shuntian Mansion. It is not for sale." Wan Lei said with a smile, rejecting Mrs. Liu's idea of selling artillery. Besides, Mrs. Liu took the steel
Cannons are useless, because smokeless gunpowder is not for sale. Without smokeless gunpowder as gunpowder, the steel cannon cannot exert its ferocious power.
Seeing that Wan Lei said not to sell, Mrs. Liu's dissatisfied look flashed across her face, and she said goodbye and left, because according to the pre-war agreement, she was responsible for responding to and cleaning the battlefield, and the spoils were divided 50-50. Although she
At the beginning, she was a little dissatisfied with the large number of people and ships. However, after this battle, she saw the power of the Peking Navy warships and did not dare to make any other demands.
Of course, Mrs. Liu also knows that this cooperative relationship is only temporary. As for when friends will turn into enemies, it is uncertain. After all, the Peiping Army now has the maritime power to completely defeat her, and the division of maritime interests will definitely be different in the future.
If there is a conflict, if it is not handled well, a new naval war will break out.
Mrs. Liu does not want to be an enemy of Wan Lei for the time being, not because the strength of the Peking Army scares her, but because her first enemy is the Ming Dynasty. Before the Ming Dynasty is defeated, she will try to avoid becoming enemies with her "comrades".
After giving orders to the captains of the ships under her command, Mrs. Liu was sitting in her small study with her eyes closed and meditating when a figure flashed in and closed the door.
"Godmother, Godmother."
The visitor called in a low voice several times before Mrs. Liu came back to her senses from her deep thoughts.
"The brothers tallied up the spoils of war and found that a total of thirty-seven grain ships were captured, carrying 180,000 dan of military provisions. They also captured seven warships. Although some were damaged, they can be used after repairs. More than 4,000 prisoners were taken.
People, most of these people are military households in Fujian and Zhejiang, and they don't have much favorable impressions of the imperial court. Maybe..." The person who came was Lan Yue. She looked at Mrs. Liu meaningfully and said no more.
"Oh, we have gained quite a lot. Give the list to Commander Liu, and we will break down the spoils after the war." A rare hint of joy appeared on Mrs. Liu's face.
"Godmother, why don't we..." Lan Yue lowered her voice again and made a stabbing gesture. The implication was very clear, which was to stab the Peiping army behind, grab all the loot, and even
Grab those four sharp warships so that they can sail sideways on the sea.
"Yue'er, don't let your thoughts wander. Be careful, the walls have ears!" Mrs. Liu cursed in a low voice. In fact, she had long thought of taking advantage of the war to stab the Peking Army in the back, but the Peking Army seemed to have been prepared for it.
, before the war started, he forced her to come to Zhenyuan No. 1, claiming to be in charge, but actually being a hostage.
Mrs. Liu wanted to refuse this request, but Wan Lei's attitude was extremely firm, saying that if Mrs. Liu did not come to Zhenyuan No. 1 in person, there would be no need to talk about the Allied Forces. Mrs. Liu was eager to defeat the Mingshui Division, so all
I had to agree.
Regardless of the Dingyuan or the Zhenyuan, these four warships look very powerful. I am afraid that even the twenty warships on my side will not be able to benefit from them. And now the Liu people still have to stay in Zhenyuan.
No. 1 was taken hostage. If she really dared to stab him, the navy of the Peiping Army might be killed, but she would also have to be buried with him. If the opponent was not killed, Mrs. Liu could not imagine how crazy the revenge would be in the future.
"Godmother, this opportunity must not be missed. It will never come again. If they are allowed to grow up, even if we succeed in our actions, we will never have peace." Lan Yue also said that she had witnessed the battle that just broke out between the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan.
There is a strong desire to possess in my heart.
"This godmother has her own sense of propriety, so don't do anything random. We still need the Peking Army, and the Peking Army also needs us. Harmony will benefit both parties, and division will harm both parties." Mrs. Liu waved her hand to shut up Lan Yue, and said
He sternly warned her not to let her thoughts wander, so as not to hurt her harmony.
There is nothing easy to clean on the battlefield of a naval battle. We only need to collect the intact prisoner ships, move some important supplies from the broken ships to the good ships, fish out the enemy soldiers who fell into the sea, and then imprison and interrogate the prisoners in batches. As for
There is no way to salvage the warships and supplies that have sunk to the bottom of the sea. After all, this area is a deep sea. Things that have sunk to the bottom of the sea hundreds of meters deep cannot be fished out even if you want to.
The warships stayed in place to clean the battlefield, but the Sea Eagle troops were not idle. They boarded a small sailboat and headed to the southeast like seabirds. They wanted to find the other main forces of the Ming army and notify the navy's main warships for the next step.