Although Zheng Zhilong gave all his strength to Zheng Zhifeng, there was still a big gap compared with the East China Sea Fleet.
Zheng Zhifeng was able to fight back, but the damage to the East China Sea Fleet was mediocre.
At a distance of one thousand meters, although the bronze cannon can hit, it is difficult to penetrate the third-tier battleship.
This is due to two reasons.
First, the Xia Army's battleships were very strong. A distance of one thousand meters consumed a lot of the kinetic energy of the cannonballs, and the damage effect could not be achieved;
The second is that the Xia State deliberately controlled the caliber of the bronze cannon.
Whether used by secondary troops or sold to external forces, the caliber of the bronze cannon is only 75 mm.
The power of the bronze cannon is insufficient and cannot be seen on land, but when used against strong battleships, it will inevitably pale in comparison.
During the charge to the East China Sea Fleet, Zheng Zhifeng's troops almost lost their lives.
Even if he dispersed all the warships and attacked from different routes, this would still be the case.
Fortunately, as the distance got closer and closer, the hit rate of the artillery shells began to increase, allowing Zheng Zhifeng to grit his teeth and persevere.
Otherwise, he might have collapsed.
From time to time, he craned his neck to look south, hoping very much that Zheng Zhilong would appear.
But unfortunately, Zheng Zhilong was firmly blocked.
Even though Zheng Zhilong had more warships, he was still facing the old-fashioned squadron with the weakest combat power in the East China Sea Fleet.
Wang Chang knew that the warships in his hands were too far behind Zheng Zhilong, so he had to adopt appropriate tactics.
He placed all the warships across the Jintang Waterway, and then poured rockets desperately in the direction where Zheng Zhilong came from.
As a result, fires were raging across the entire sea, boundless.
Zheng's ship was stuck outside the sea of fire, unable to move forward.
"Master Hou, what should we do?"
Zheng Zhilong had already heard the continuous sound of artillery fire from the north and knew that Zheng Zhifeng had already exchanged fire with the main force of the East China Sea Fleet.
If reinforcements cannot come through here, with Zheng Zhifeng's power alone, the chance of victory is less than 50%.
However, the partial division of the East China Sea Fleet was firmly in front of him and was able to set fire to the sea. He had no good solution.
Fortunately, the wind was blowing from the south at this time, and he was upwind. Otherwise, if the sea of fire drifted along the ocean current, he would have to keep retreating.
But no matter what, the squadron's goal of delaying Zheng Zhilong was achieved. @ESSENTIAL\/书馆*First update~~
For a moment, Zheng Zhilong thought about bypassing Jintang Island and joining forces with Zheng Zhifeng from the other side.
But he also understood that if he did this, the Jintang Waterway would be completely empty. By then, the East China Sea Fleet would be able to move south unimpeded, and his plan would be completely ruined.
In desperation, he could only wait.
It depends on how many rockets the East China Sea Squadron has and whether it can always cut off the sea.
His wait was worth it.
The number of rockets in Wang Chang's hands is indeed limited, and the old warship can only be equipped with one rocket launcher. Not to mention the small number, loading is still very slow.
After about two sticks of incense, the flames on the sea gradually dissipated with the flow of sea water.
"Rush up and kill them all, leaving no one alive."
Zheng Zhilong became fierce and showed the ferocity of a pirate.
Although there are no more rockets, Wang Chang is not in a hurry.
"Throwing mines."
Due to the structure of the old warship, it is not possible to install too many artillery and rocket launchers, but it can be equipped with some simple equipment.
Following his order, a series of trebuchet-like things began to operate, throwing large, round iron balls into the sea directly in front of them.
It is the mine developed by the Xia Kingdom Navy.
This time, because our side was facing a headwind, in order to prevent the mines from floating back after being thrown out, we also adopted a fixed-point arrangement method.
After the mine hits the sea, the iron chain above sinks all the way to the bottom with the anchor head. In this way, it can only float within a small range and will not drift with the current.
Although Zheng Zhilong saw something thrown into Xia's warship, he didn't know why. Plus. (This chapter is not finished yet!)
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The situation was urgent and he had no time to investigate further.
Zheng's main fleet began to rush forward in a dark way.
A fierce battle broke out fiercely in the Jintang Waterway.
Wang Chang commanded all the warships and fired desperately at the charging Zheng pirates.
Because the waterway is narrow, there is no need to worry about Zheng being able to go around it from other directions. The squadron does not need to be distracted and can only focus on dealing with the enemy in front of it.
Speaking of which, their shooting environment is actually better than that of the main force.
After all, the main combat area is on a wide sea surface, and Zheng Zhifeng's troops are spread out very widely, which greatly affects the accuracy of the artillery.
Unlike their side, they just need to shoot forward.
Zheng Zhilong lined up all the warships equipped with bronze cannons in front, charging and firing at the same time.
The battle losses between both sides are increasing rapidly.
The protective power of Xia Jun's old-fashioned warships was completely incomparable to that of battleships. Soon, two ships were smashed with big holes, and seawater poured in crazily.
Seeing that the ship began to sink, the officers and soldiers on the ship had no other choice but to put down the boats and move.
However, more of Zheng's warships were sunk.
And Zheng Zhilong finally ran into the mine formation.
There was a sudden earthquake on the water, and a powerful water column rose into the sky. It actually lifted a huge blessing ship into the air and disintegrated on the spot.
The falling debris also heavily damaged the nearby ships, and even two Cangshan ships were directly sunk. Update without error@
"Be more careful, there are weird things in the water."
Zheng Zhilong was startled and quickly gave orders.
Only then did Zheng's pirates realize that what the Xia Navy had thrown into the sea was so terrifying.
In order to avoid suffering the same fate, many ships even sent special personnel to lie on the bow of the ship to search for traces of mines.
However, when the Xia Navy manufactured this weapon, it had already thought about the hidden problem.
Especially for fixed-point mines, they will not float due to the anchor chain.
This kind of mine is hidden one to two meters below the water surface. It seems very shallow, but because the water in the East China Sea is very turbid and the waves caused by the shells are very difficult to detect.
Not long after, there was another earth-shaking loud noise, and another Zheng family's warship was blown to pieces.
Seeing his men struggling for help all over the sea, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but feel frightened.
The brutality of today's battle has already far exceeded that of the Liaoluo Bay naval battle. Even if the Zheng family wins, I am afraid that they will still be injured.
But having reached this point, he has no way out. Apart from victory, everything else is doomed.
Fortunately, the Xia Army's squadron was limited in strength and could not prevent Zheng's approach.
Once the two sides get into a melee, Zheng Zhilong is very confident that he can complete the battle quickly and have time to support Zheng Zhifeng.
Chapter 1125 The Battle of the East China Sea (5) This chapter has been completed!