"Young Master Zheng's words are reasonable!"

"It's a pity to die!"

Although everyone was in love, they thought that after the war ended, they should go to the Qinglei Gang’s nest as soon as possible. After all, they have been a pirate for so many years and must have accumulated a lot of savings. If they don’t eat badly, they will be sorry for their conscience!

Especially Zheng Zhilong, his family has a great business and consumes a lot. On the Qinglei Gang, his expectation is to scrape out millions of taels of silver.

But act quickly, otherwise you will be taken first.

At this moment, a merchant ship about ten feet long in the middle broke into two pieces, and the artillery and personnel were thrown into the air, and then they smashed heavily into the river. The hull quickly sank and disappeared in a few breaths.

This is the first towed minesweeper to sacrifice his life for thunder!

Then it seemed as if the explosion mode was turned on, rumbling, rumbling, and water columns were rising and falling on the river surface, which made people secretly shocked. Fortunately, there was a towed minesweeping method, otherwise such a density would make people feel numb. But even so, when the river surface temporarily quieted down, more than ten mines were damaged.

The bandits did not fire a single shot or shot, but they leaned against the mines and sank hundreds of ships alive.

Although these ships are not warships, they have not had a great impact on combat effectiveness, but the overall strength is lost.

"not good!"

But suddenly, Zheng Zhilong's expression changed drastically!

More than a dozen ships had sailed to the foot of the Mufu Mountains. On the positions of the bandits, fire flashed in an instant, rows of shells fired out, and rows of shells were shot out. The ships were shot continuously, and black smoke was emitted. The hull leaked everywhere and slowly sank. The sailors on the ship jumped into the river like crazy, and some ammunition was hit, causing a mortal violence. In the rumbling sound, the flames burst out and disintegrated and exploded.

Some people want to turn around and return, but the river is different from the sea. Unless they are in the ocean current, the sea water does not flow significantly. The river water comes from west to east, and the ship just flows up from east to west. The difficulty of turning in the river is much greater than that on the sea surface. The sailors turn desperately in the rain of bullets, and they can vaguely hear loud shouts.

Although the river surface is more than two kilometers wide, the waterway is essentially limited, and boats cannot be used near the shore and sandbank.

Some ships were turning around, and suddenly the hull shook, and a harsh friction sound came from the bottom of the ship, and they were stranded!

The sailors leaped into the river, which caused the ship behind them to pay attention to the shells smashed above their heads, and they also had to be careful to go around them, which greatly reduced their speed. The minesweeper was originally dragging forward by speed. Without speed, it not only could not clear mines, but also dragged down the ship, causing the mine-sweeping speed to gradually decrease, which became a living target for artillery on the top of the Shogun Mountain.

I saw ships piled up together and sank in the artillery fire.

"Damn it!"

Zheng Zhilong cursed in anger.

He didn't expect that this would be the result.

The others also took a deep breath, and the cannons and mines were enough to block the entire river surface.

"Father, why don't you retreat first?"

Zheng Sen reminded.

Zheng Zhilong struggled and hesitated.

The others also looked at Zheng Zhilong tightly.

Zheng Zhilong took a deep breath and said, "Retreat? It's not easy. Regardless of whether our army retreats or not, Li Xin will definitely cast a large number of mines again. No matter what, it is better to face him when the fleet turns around. When the fleet is in chaos, there will be thousands of mines rushing down. How can I resist?"

"this……"

Everyone thought about it, it was slow and difficult for a ship to turn around in the river. How could it be said that a fleet of thousands of ships have?

In ancient fleet operations, it was strictly forbidden to turn around, because turning around is very likely to cause chaos. Even if there is no threat of mines, Zheng Zhilong would not be willing to turn around easily in the river. What's more, once turning around, Li Xin would definitely take the opportunity to cast mines. If he wants to escape, he would have to go ashore.

But the navy has arrived ashore and has no heavy weapons such as artillery, so how can we fight against the bandits?

Usually, water battles in rivers are very cruel, either winning or losing, and there is no possibility of a draw.

"In this battle, we can only move forward in the fire of artillery, otherwise we will die without a burial place. We will send orders and move forward at full speed!"

Zheng Zhilong suddenly waved his hand, then picked up the hammer and beat the drum himself.

"Dong!"

"Dong!"

"Dong!"

The dull drums rang out, and the Zheng family fleet drove forward one after another.

Behind the fleet were about twenty European warships, with tattered sails, and some were hanging skull pennant. One of them, a Portuguese asked in a low voice: "Jackson, I, Juan, wouldn't have such a method. I, Juan, are willing to take my crew to commander Li. When will we attack Zheng Zhilong from behind?"

Jackson was one of several subordinates sent by Pier to pretend to surrender to Zheng Zhilong. Although Pier was in a down-and-out position, his ancestors were once rich, and he inherited the throne of jazz and belonged to the nobles. Some people were willing to follow him. In addition, Pier became friends with the Ming Dynasty Regent Li Xin, and the two sides reached a series of cooperation agreements. The future prospects were bright and made people more confident in following Pier.

Jackson said, "Pier sent people to say that there are not many people who defect to us now. When Zheng Zhilong suffers a defeat and many people lose confidence in him, more people will surrender to us. By then, we will be more helpful to Commander Li and receive more rewards."

Hu An said in confusion: "Zheng Zhilong will definitely be defeated in this battle, why don't we seize such a good opportunity?"

"idiot!"

Jackson cursed: "This is in the river. Zheng Zhilong is defeated and can go ashore and flee back to Fujian at any time to reorganize the team. What is the use of our handicap? Maybe he will be killed by him. When the next battle is over, Zheng Zhilong will definitely die without a place to die."

"oh!"

Juan showed a sudden enlightenment.

In fact, Pierre did not tell the European Pirates truthfully about Li Xin's promise. In his opinion, the money saved is his. He would rather look at it again. When Zheng Zhilong's situation is not good, Europeans will surrender to Li Xin at any cost. Moreover, he also understood that the more people who go back to England with him, the better. Therefore, Zheng Zhilong's defeat is the most advantageous.

"Don't worry, there's always a chance!"

Jackson smiled strangely and patted Juan on the shoulder.

At this time, the war had already broken out in full swing. The Zheng family fleet rushed forward in the narrow river road. The shells fired from Mufu Mountain were sprinkled into the river like money. While stirring up a pile of water, countless warships were shot and injured.

I saw the mast break or the sail suddenly breaking open, and a bunch of blood burst out from the surface of the ship.

In fact, the power of a solid bomb is not worse than that of a blasting bomb. The blasting bomb mainly uses secondary damage generated by the explosion and spreads it out. The lethality of the solid bomb is more concentrated. If it hits the fragile part of the ship, it can be directly penetrated.

Some boats exploded for no reason, clearly hitting the anchor thunder.

"Look, look!"

Suddenly, someone screamed in horror on the ship.

I saw a small fishing boat from the bandits appearing in front of me. Mines were casting into the river. The gray-yellow thunders were descending along the river, making my scalp tingling. Especially on the north side of the Yangtze River, the small piece that shogunate artillery could not be fired was more concentrated.

"Quick, turn the rudder, turn the rudder!"

Without waiting for Zheng Zhilong's order, a ship had already forced a turn in the river, which immediately caused chaos.
Chapter completed!