Boom boom boom boom!

The sound of cannons sounded from the two-layer artillery decks, and the hull vibrated violently. One heavy cannon was pushed by the recoil. The cannons on the side spewed out a series of flames. The shells swept across the sea, splashed water, or penetrated the hull, and smashed the enemy into crumbs. The four warships of the main fleet opened fire one after another, and the flames intertwined, and the shells flew out, bringing death to everything blocked its route.

The first to be attacked was the turtle ship. This type of offshore galley wrapped in the hull was specially built for platoon combat. It was sailing at the front and specifically destroying the enemy formation, but its hull could not resist the bombardment of heavy shells at all, and holes were made one by one.

Several captains observed the enemy ships and found that the hulls of these North Korean ships were not high, and the eighteen-pound shells were often directly hit and a new random order was issued: "Let's go over, push the muzzle on the belly of the enemy ship, replace it with heavy shotguns, and bombard the enemy's pulp hand!"

Zheng Sen listened to the captain's roar and drilled into the artillery deck, but saw that there was chaos inside, and the smoke generated from the fire did not dissipate. The gunners, wearing only thin jackets, were covered in smoke and sweat on their faces. They wiped it casually, and their faces were pitch black, as terrifying as a mandrill. The gunners shouted and scolded, and the sailors tried their best to pull the ropes to restore the cannon. The eleven-two-year-old gunpowder monkey drilled from the deck with an iron barrel, lifting the gunpowder in the gunpowder deck onto the artillery deck.

The launching medicine bag, sealing block, iron box filled with heavy socks, and outer blockage blocks were stuffed into the barrel one by one. The gunner directed the sailor to pry the tail bead with a crowbar, lift the gun body, raise it with a triangle pad, press the muzzle down, aim at the place where the wood pulp of the turtle ship was poked out, and then a dozen sailors shouted horns and pulled the ropes, and used pulley sets to push the cannons out of the gun door.

Open fire!

The order was issued, and the gunner lit the gunpowder. With a bang, the cannon suddenly spilled into the back seat, and the shotgun spilled out, piercing the fragile bulwarks of the enemy ship, smashing the rows of sludge hands inside into pieces. With one shot, they killed seven or eight sludge hands, and hit three or four sludge guns one after another. The sludge hands on the side of the turtle ship killed seven or eight sludge hands. The ship turned violently and began to spin on the sea surface. A few swooshing sounds, several chain blasts flew past, cutting off the mast of the enemy ship, and the weapons on the gun deck sent orders again to change the target.

Although the turtle ship did not break the formation of the main fleet, it was a chance for the platy boats. A large number of platy boats began to approach, but the Marines and sailors were ready for a long time. Rows of clamp guns swept across the North Korean soldiers who wanted to jump to the platy boats. The main target of the platy boats was the heavy armed merchant ship of the Blue Whale at the end of the battle line. However, this Manila sailing ship was really tall and the platy boat had no advantage at all. Countless fire pots and thunders were thrown out from the Blue Whale, but the North Koreans couldn't even see it. The tall side of the Blue Whale seemed to be across the city wall, and the six-pound cannon on the upper deck only loaded shotguns, adjusting the shooting angle to the lowest, pouring bullets to the near platy boats.

The nearby boardwalk ship kept throwing fire-driving objects on the Blue Whale, and the sailors used sand to put out the fire. Occasionally, someone was shot into the arrow and fell to the ground. They would be dragged into the infirmary on the lower deck. The person who was shot was fine, pulled out the arrow, disinfected with high concentration of alcohol, and then bandaged it. However, the person hit by the firearm was even more miserable. The unlucky guy who was hit by the torso was snatched around by the doctor's fingers and iron hooks in his stomach, looking for deformed and ruptured projectiles. Most of the projectiles were not found and died on the spot. People with serious limbs were inevitably amputated. In the infirmary, the rustling sound of the doctor's thighs cut off and the hissing sound of the burning wounds of the soldering iron mixed together. The rich blood was deposited in the air, and it seemed that even the smoke could not invade.

In the distance, the fleet of the Denglai Navy Division finally bypassed the sharp corners. An officer saw the besieged main fleet and smiled and said, "Haha, Li Mingxun is arrogant and arrogant. Now he is being besieged. It's really a relief. After he asks for help, we will be releasing it to release our anger!"

He said it, but was whipped by Huang Fei in the face. Huang Fei said angrily: "Hold this idiot who is ignorant of at least and does not distinguish right from wrong for me, and hang it on the mast. This is how many people in the Ming Dynasty have ended up in this field!"

Several personal soldiers stepped forward, grabbed the general and left. Huang Fei pointed to the battlefield filled with smoke and shouted to the generals around him: "Open your eyes and take a look. The Dongfan people have already fought with the Qing emperors. Do you idiots really think they are being besieged? The Dongfan fleet is a hedgehog, and these wild dogs can't swallow it even if they want to eat it."

Everyone looked closely and found that as Huang Fei said, it seemed that four large plywood ships were being besieged, but they did not lose their speed and continued to sail. From the northern channel to the outer sea, more than a dozen warships were scattered along the way. The turtle ships were spinning in place and were silent silenced slab boats. The superior North Korean ships surrounded the plywood ships and were constantly bombarded. From time to time, ships were sunk, and North Korean soldiers who climbed the bulwark with the help of grabbing hooks fell like dumplings.

The North Koreans' attacks were chaotic, but the large plywood ships often took countless lives with the volley of heavy artillery and clamping guns.

"Please give the order!" Denglai, the generals of the Tianjin Navy responded in unison.

Huang Fei ordered: "Let our fleet rush over, block the retreat of these Koreans first, and rescue the Dongfan Yi brigade, the speed should be fast!"

Everyone responded in unison, and as the sails rose, the Denglai fleet entered the combat state. A personal general whispered: "Master General, it seems that Li Mingxun can resist it. It is better to divide a fleet into the North Passage and attack the enemy ships in Taiping Bay."

Huang Fei shook his head: "What do you know? If the Koreans start to fire and set fire to the ship, even a large plywood ship cannot compete. Li Mingxun is always a friendly army to help the war. If the casualties are too great, the Denglai Navy will be suspected of killing people with a knife. The court may not care about the attitude of Dongfan. Our navy will have to trouble others in the future. Now if you have the chance, it is better to make a good relationship."

With the addition of the Denglai Navy, the fate of the North Korean Navy was destined. The tall blessed ship had a natural advantage in the battle of the platoon. The formation of the North Korean Navy was already in chaos and could not break through the blockade at this time. Some people fought to the death, and most of them chose to surrender.

At the south entrance of the East Waterway, the battle was one-sided at the beginning. The sudden appearance of the squadrons lined up in dense formations to block the entire channel. Xu Erxian took advantage of the north wind and led the Fu Ship to attack. He was destroyed by dense artillery fire and hurriedly retreated, but the squadron did not pursue and had no idea of ​​entering the bay at all.

Xu Erxian used the skills he learned when he was a Ming army and ran away! His boat returned to the bay and rushed directly towards Laizhou, entering the depths of Laizhou Bay, blocked by the frozen sea. Xu Erxian abandoned the boat and landed carefully, and his subordinates followed suit, but Laizhou Bay is not Liaodong. The sea surface here is only five inches thickest, and the place close to the outer sea is very thin. Many people tread the ice surface and drowned directly in the cold sea water.

At noon, the main fleet finally got rid of the entanglement of the North Korean navy and rejoined the battlefield after turning off the sea. When the North Korean navy faced the Den Lai navy, in terms of emotional or combat power gap, they were not very willing to resist, and soon chose to surrender.

Instead of cleaning up the battlefield, the main fleet bypassed Furong Island and entered the northern passage. The ships they met along the way were all scattered, and they drove directly into the anchorage of the Qing army naval division. They found that the sails were like clouds and masts were like forests. More than 100 ships of all sizes were moored in the bay in chaos. However, news of the failure of the Korean navy spread throughout the anchorage, and a large number of people began to flee.

Huang Fei boarded the White Shark at some point. Seeing Li Mingxun staring at the anchorage in the distance with a telescope, he knew that because of ice, ice and draft depth, the warships in the East Ban dared not get too close, and Li Mingxun did not want to sink those ships, which was a bit contradictory.

"Mr. Li, I have an idea." Huang Fei smiled and said loudly.

Li Mingxun was too devoted to seeing Huang Fei's merchant ship, so he quickly apologized. Huang Fei said: "Mr. Li, these ships are moored on the shore. After nightfall, the enemies of Laizhou will definitely come back and burn them."

This is what Li Mingxun was worried about. He had ordered heavy gunboats and frigates to set crossing as close as possible, lay down anchors and sails, and shelled the Donglu gathered on the shore. However, because the icy area was too wide, it was difficult to hit except for the eighteen-pound and twenty-four-pound cannons. At night, this tactic would completely fail.

Huang Fei smiled and said, "Mr. Li, most of these ships were captured by the Donglu. I immediately sent someone to come forward in the name of the court to declare that as long as the people on the ship bring the ship to surrender, they will not only avoid death but also reward silver. As for those lucky ships and Haicang ships, they should send paddle boats to drag them."

Li Mingxun focused his attention and said to Huang Fei: "I'm sorry to tell the brothers of the Denglai Navy that if you drag a large brig ship back, I will give you two hundred taels of silver immediately, and you will never hesitate."

In this way, the morale of the Denglai Navy was high, and they drove small boats forward, and some even used the newly captured North Korean ships. Li Mingxun temporarily attached all kinds of ships to Furong Island. Until the next day, he grabbed more than 70 ships, and more than 100 captured North Korean ships, but many of them were still burned by the East Capitol at night.

On the way back, Zheng Sen crossed the ship of Huang Fei, the general of the Denglai Naval Division. Only here he could find a familiar feeling, the tall blessed ship, the bloated hull, the slow speed, and the Folang machine regarded as a magical weapon. All of this belongs to the Denglai Naval Division and any naval division in the Ming Dynasty, including the Zheng family's naval division. However, whenever he closes his eyes, he keeps recalling everything he saw on the White Shark in his mind.

He was full of energy, cooperated with skilled sailors, excellent armor and weapons, brave and combative Marines, strong and thick bulwarks, and heavy cannons. He wanted to clear these scenes from his mind and return everything to the past, but he couldn't do it. His contradictory mentality was entangled in his heart, and finally he couldn't help but lean on the side of the ship and vomited heavily.

Zheng Sen has not been sensational for at least ten years, but was he seasick this time? Zheng Sen had a voice in his heart telling him that it was not seasickness. What really made him feel dizzy was the powerful Dongfan ships and dense beehive-like gun doors, as well as the powerful cannon. The sound of the cannon still hit his fragile heartstrings.

Huang Fei handed a handkerchief to Zheng Sen, and said with a smile: "What's wrong with Mr. Zheng?"

Zheng Sen glanced at Huang Fei and knew that this was also a long-distance general on the sea. He couldn't help asking: "Master Huang, why did the Eastern Fleet dare to use only four large ships to attack the Qinglu Navy battle formation?"

"More ships are better than few ships, and more cannons are better than few cannons. It is still an old dogma, right?" Huang Fei said lightly. He pointed to the large fleet leading in the distance and said, "Mr. Zheng, I would not be surprised if anyone of my subordinates asked, but Mr. Zheng's family is a Southeastern hero who has repeatedly dealt with the various Yi in Taixi. Why do you have such questions?"

"Times have changed. Nowadays, big ships beat small ships, strong ships beat brittle ships, and cannons beat small cannons. Master Zheng, please think, although there are many Qing Lu ships, that ship can defeat the heavy gunboats of the Yi brigade of the Dongfan. Although the North Korean slab boat has many firearms, the power of that big ply cannon is better than that of North Korea's ten or eight gates. What is the significance of the large number?"

Huang Fei looked at the turbid waves in the Bohai Sea and said, "In the future, we will still have to use heavy artillery ships to compete for power at sea! Dongfan is already ahead of the Ming Dynasty."

"Heavy artillery ship! My father once said this, but due to many matters, he could not..." Zheng Sen whispered.

Huang Fei pinched Zheng Sen's shoulder and said, "Mr. Zheng, no matter how much your father is restricted, is it that Lord Li of the East Band? Lord Li started from scratch and had such a fleet in three years. If General Zheng really wanted to compete for power at sea, it would not be just such a situation."

It took two days for the fleet to return to Miao Island to count and collect. A total of 132 enemy ships and enemy ships were captured, including 35 double-brigged ships, 42 other warships, many of which carried the goods snatched by the Donglu, and more than 5,000 enemies were captured, including the Korean army with the largest number, with more than 2,500 people, and the Han army had more than 1,000 more than 1,000. The rest were fishermen and sailors captured by the Donglu from the coast of Zhili and Laizhou Bay.

For the fishermen and sailors, Li Mingxun handed over all the fishermen to the Dunglai Naval Division. If the owner could be found in the captured ship, as long as the ransom was willing to pay, they would be returned together. Only the officers handed over to the Dunglai Naval Division and the Korean army, and the rest of the people became slaves of the community. Now they would stay on the temple island to serve the fleet and the new military camp, but they would spend the rest of their lives in mining caves such as Jingua Stone.

The only thing that made the two sides argue was the dozens of Eastern Barbarians captured. In the eyes of the Denglai Navy, this was a living military merit. Although he was a low-ranking official position, he was carefully selected and brought to the city of Dengzhou to behead one by one.

For the captured ships, all the brigged ships belong to the club. According to the previous agreement, most of the warships of the Korean Navy also belong to the club. However, Lee Myung-hoon was not interested in these turtle ships and slab boats. The club neither looked down on North Korea's warship standards nor controlled such ships. These ships powered by oars and sail-assisted ships were destined to not use immigrants at least.

Fortunately, Zeng Ying and Huang Fei were there, and the two sides reached a private agreement, which was to exchange the large Fu Ship of the Denglai Navy for these Korean warships. Speaking of which, the Ming Navy attaches great importance to the Korean warships, believing that they are "built with whole wood, extremely strong, and are especially good at fighting in the near-sea." The Fu Ship and other ships were too large, especially when the monsoon was not suitable, they could not fight quickly.
Chapter completed!