Although Shi Lang was a famous navy general, and most of the officers of the Huai Army Navy were members of the former Zheng Family Navy, the navy of the Huai Army Navy was not as good as those pirates. As a result, during the battle between the two sides, the small boats of the Huai Army were shot one after another, and the navy officers and soldiers were injured and killed or killed. "Our army is located downstream, and the enemy goes downstream, which is not good for our army." Li Guodong said.

Shi Lang smiled and said, "Our army may not be unfavorable against the current; the enemy may not be beneficial when going downstream. They may not be beneficial when going downstream. Once they are defeated, they will have no place to run."

After a short while of the water battle, the rebel navy ran away while gaining the upper hand.

"The thief has the advantage, why did he run away?" Wang Quan asked.

Before Shi Lang answered, Li Guodong replied first: "The thief originally came to sneak attack at night, but the attack failed. If we don't run away, they will not be able to escape if they want to run away."

"This is the reason why the great general is wise," said Shi Lang.

After dawn the next day, the Huai Army Navy continued to go upstream and headed straight for Ganzhou to kill.

This place is very close to Ganzhou. It passed by. In order to prevent the rebels from sneak attacks halfway through, Shi Lang ordered more than ten small patrol boats and two centipede clutches to explore the way forward. On both sides of the shore, there were Ye Busuo sent by Li Guodong to be responsible for reconnaissance.

The Huai Army Navy passed by, and Luo Mingshou's rebel navy made continuous moves. The rebels released drifting thunder in the river, allowing the mines to flow downstream and cause trouble for the Huai Army Navy. In addition to throwing water mines, the rebel navy also came to sneak attack every night. Although they failed, it also made the Huai Army Navy officers and soldiers unable to sleep at night. At the same time, Luo Mingshou also asked Gao Jinku to mobilize elite servants and searched along the mountains and forests on both sides of the Gan River, trying to eliminate the Huai Army's night failure.

Shi Lang had to order a small boat to be sent to sweep the mines, which reduced the speed of the Huai Army Navy's advancement a lot. It took only more than 200 miles from Wan'an to Ganzhou, and the Huai Army Navy had not arrived for three days.

To fight Ganzhou, the navy must win so that the Ganjiang River can use the Ganjiang River to transport supplies and heavy artillery to siege cities. If the navy loses, he will not be able to conquer Ganzhou.

Although Li Guodong's Huai Army Navy had large warships that combine Chinese and Western styles, those warships had large tonnage and deep draft and could not enter the vicinity of Ganzhou. Therefore, the navy that entered the Ganjiang River this time only had small warships such as centipede and fast crab boats, long boats, small sampans and light vehicles. There were also some inland gunboats carrying cannons. Those ships were suitable for attacks on the other side, but were not suitable for water battles. Therefore, only after the water battle was won, those inland gunboats could play a role.

The Huai Army Navy finally arrived near Ganzhou and started a fierce battle with the rebel navy that Luo Mingshou.

In fact, the navy forces on both sides are equal in strength. The large Western-style warships of the Huai Army Navy cannot enter Ganzhou, and only four small boats and clutches can come. Because the rebel navy on the opposite side is only small boats and clutches because of land transport. The number of warships in the Huai Army Navy is superior, and in terms of naval combat effectiveness, the rebel navy is superior, and the two sides are equal in size.

Although the Huai Army Navy is against the current, in Shi Lang's eyes, going against the current may not be a bad thing. The Ganjiang River in Ganzhou is flowing rapidly, and the rebel navy that goes downstream is prone to have too fast ship speeds, resulting in chaos in formation. The Huai Army Navy that goes upstream, under Shi Lang's command, always maintains a neat formation, slowly moves upstream and approaches the rebel navy.

In contrast, although the rebel naval naval general Luo Mingshou is also a general who is good at water warfare, he is a pirate and is used to fighting on the sea. This is the first time he is fighting on such a river with rapid currents. As a result, when the large and small warships of the rebel naval division rushed out, they were not sure about the formation. Some ships rushed too fast and some were slower again, resulting in the formation chaos. Many ships went deep alone and rushed into the Huai Army Navy formation, but were beaten up in groups.

The Huai Army Navy slowly moved upstream. In fact, these centipede fast ships, sailboats and small sampans could speed faster. However, Shi Lang did not order full speed to sail, but each ship maintained its speed, maintained the neat formation of the five-point plum blossom array, and slowly advanced upstream step by step.

Among the rebel naval fleets that were going downstream, five fast-rushing ships rushed too fast when they were going downstream, and eventually rushed out of their own formation and penetrated into the Huai Army Navy formation.

"Boe! Take away all the boats that broke in!" Shi Lang gave an order.

"Boom boom boom boom" The sound of cannons rumbling on the river surface, and the five rebels' boats were like lambs that accidentally entered the wolf pack, and were beaten up by the wolves.

The small sampan of the Huai Army was not equipped with cannons, only bird guns and bows and arrows, but the centipede and galloping and speedboats had cannons on them, and they were excellent cannons personally supervised by Li Guodong. Five rebel warships that had sheep entering the tiger's mouth were violently bombarded by the Huai Army, and were beaten to the ship's wood chips flying and flesh splattering. The rebel sailors who were carrying the ship screamed and fell into the water.

The five rebels were beaten to the point where they basically lost their ability to counterattack. The small sampan of the Huai Army quickly approached. The sailors on the small sampan shot with bird guns and bows and arrows, clearing the remaining enemies on the five ships, and then jumped onto the ship and captured the enemy warships.

"Each ship accelerates, quickly passes through the enemy formation, seizes the upstream! Buy at the bottom and sinks the large ship behind the enemy!" Seeing that the formation of the rebel naval division had completely deformed, the ships were pulled apart on the river surface and turned into a long dragon formation, Shi Lang decisively ordered his personal soldiers to pass the orders.

The Huai Army Navy's ships accelerated suddenly, and the sailors on the warships rowed hard. The fleet that was moving upstream was actually sent to the river as if flying. The boat was so fast that the bow was raised high. The brisk fast ship was like a kite floating on the water, flying through the warships in front of the rebel navy and galloping upstream.

"Boom boom" the rebel navy fired, and the shells fell on the river surface, and the sky-storming water columns rose, but the ships on both sides were extremely fast. All the shells fired by the rebel navy fell, and the sky-storming water columns rose on the river surface, and none of them hit.

The Huai Army Navy maintained a strict formation and rushed over, and soon surrounded the rebel navy and launched an attack on the large, slow, and inflexible ships behind the rebel navy.

Shi Lang saw Luo Mingshou's central commander ship at a glance, and immediately asked his personal soldiers to shake the small flag and send out a flag-speaking signal: "Attack the thief's commander ship! Concentrate artillery fire to sink it!"

Six centipede fast ships, eight galloping fast ships and more than twenty small sampans surrounded Luo Mingshou's commander ship, and dozens of small boats surrounded a tall rebel ship, like a group of hungry wolves surrounding a huge buffalo, biting it to the fullest. The centipede fast ship and the galloping fast ship provided fire cover with artillery, and the small sampan took the opportunity to approach the enemy's large ship.

"Come back quickly and save your master!" Luo Ming shouted anxiously.

The personal soldiers sent a flag-tongued signal, trying to get their warships back to rescue their flagship.

But the large and small ships of the rebel naval division had already reached the downstream. How easy was it to turn around and come up against the current to save the master?

Although Luo Mingshou's large ship was large, it was not flexible on the river surface. Fighting on the river surface mainly relies on manpower paddling, and the sails had a small role. Sails suitable for combating at sea would not play much role at this time. Moreover, the Huai Army Navy also has the latest naval combat weapon - chain bullets.

"Boom boom boom" The Huai Army Navy warship spewed out flames, and several chain bullets flew out of the muzzle. After the cannon was out of the bore, the two and a half iron balls immediately separated, and an iron chain in the middle tied the two halves of the iron balls, flying towards Luo Mingshou's flagship in the central army.

The chain blast hit the sail, and the sail fell down, and the speed of the big ship became even slower.

Groups of small sampans rushed forward and approached Luo Mingshou's big ship.
Chapter completed!