Chapter 905 The Battle of Dongjiangkou (Part 2)
The heavy sixty-four-pound shell hit the stern rudder of the Dafu ship with a harsh whistling sound. The shell hit the boat board, and a large hole with a diameter of more than three feet appeared on the Dafu ship. The shell drilled into the boat and smashed the rudder to pieces. A large piece of the stern was torn to pieces by the shell and tore off the hull. The kinetic energy of the shell after hitting the wooden board decreased. Under the action of gravity, it plunged into the bottom of the ship and smashed a huge hole at the bottom of the ship. The bombed Dafu ship finally could not support the gravity and broke into two pieces, sinking quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Shi Lang, holding a telescope, watched the enemy ship begin to sink and said excitedly: "A shot is sunk, it's so beautiful!"
The giant heavy artillery has high accuracy and great power, but the loading time is too long. One shell is fired, and the next shell will take at least ten minutes before it can fire again.
However, a ship was killed instantly by one shot, which killed the rebel naval division. The other rebel naval warships were afraid of Huai Army's shore artillery and never dared to enter the Dongjiangkou again, but fired fire at the Huai Army's naval division from afar. The water war between the Dongjiangkou was in a state of tug-of-war, and neither side could do anything to each other. The rebels were afraid of the super heavy artillery on the shore and did not dare to enter the Dongjiangkoukou; while the Huai Army's naval division was afraid of the large number of rebel naval divisions, and did not dare to rush out of the Dongjiangkou and enter the Pearl River.
The two sides were tug-of-war until the afternoon, and Luo Chengyao, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, asked: "Qingda (Xu Long, the general general of Guangdong Navy), if we fight like this, our navy will be restrained at the mouth of the Dongjiang River. If Zheng Zhilong takes the opportunity to enter the mouth of the Pearl River, how can we return to the estuary of the Pearl River?"
Xu Long, the general of the rebel naval army, said: "Duchen Luo, but Li Zi'an's artillery fire is too fierce. If our army forcibly breaks into Dongjiangkou, it will probably suffer heavy losses."
Luo Chengyao picked up the telescope and looked at the Huai Army Fortress hidden in the woods in the distance. He put down the telescope and said, "The Li Zhe cannon may be loaded for a long time. One shot will take one stick of incense. If our army can fight to lose one or two ships and get close to the Li Zhe cannon, it will definitely be taken down."
"The governor's words are reasonable. Finally, he will order the navy to attack!" Although Xu Long felt sorry for the warship, he still wanted to listen when the governor spoke.
Xu Long ordered: "Beat the drum and attack!"
"Beat the drum and attack!"
"Beat the drum and attack!"
The rebel naval fleet was drumming loudly, and warships of all sizes were rising upstream, and rushed towards the Huai Army's fortress without hesitation.
"The enemy is going to attack with all his might. Be careful with the fleet and protect the turret!" Shi Lang shouted down his telescope.
The rebel navy rushed forward with small boats, followed by large and medium-sized warships. The small boats were used to prevent the fire attack ships and mines of the Huai Army, and to protect the large ships from approaching the Huai Army's fortress.
The super heavy siege cannon on the simple turret has been loaded, but there is no rush to fire. This giant cannon will take a long time to fire at one time. Only by firing at the enemy's large ship will it not be wasted.
The small boats of the Huai Army went downstream and fought fiercely with the small boats of the rebels. Compared with the small boats of the Huai Army, each small boat of the Huai Army was equipped with light Folang aircraft or three-pound cannons, while the small boats of the rebels were only bows and arrows and bird guns. When both sides encountered each other, the Huai Army's fierce artillery fire broke the wooden boards on the small boat and the wood chips flew everywhere.
The light Ferlang aircraft and the three-pound cannon occurred solid bullets at a distance. After approaching the enemy, they replaced the shotgun and bombarded them with one shot. The rebel boat flew everywhere, killing and injured a large area.
The rebel naval ship followed and rushed up to the small boat of the Huai Army with murderous intent.
"The big fish is here! Get ready to open fire!" Zhang Shiwen shouted.
The super heavy siege cannon aimed at a rebel Dafu ship. When the Dafu ship entered within two miles, the gunner ignited the cannon.
"Boom" the muzzle sprayed out a slender tongue of flames. The shell accurately hit the middle of the big ship, tearing the four hundred-material Dafu ship into two pieces. The broken hull soon disappeared from the river surface, leaving only the mast exposed to the water.
"Roar up! Li Zhe's giant cannon fires, it will take a long time to shoot the next shot!" Xu Long shouted.
The personal soldiers shook the small flag, sent a signal to the remaining rebel ships, ordering all the large warships to charge at full speed, rush within one mile from the turret, and launching artillery bombardment at the turret.
As soon as the rebel fleet entered a mile, countless fires suddenly flashed in the woods on the shore. White smoke rose up, and the roaring cannons sounded to the river and echoed on the vast river.
"Crafts of cannons!" Xu Long was shocked.
At this time, the rebel fleet had entered the range of all the artillery large and small on the shore. The officers and soldiers of the rebel naval division watched helplessly as the black dots of all sizes flew towards them. In this round of shooting of the Huai Army, the navy's twenty-four pounds of red barbarian cannons, twelve pounds of red barbarian cannons, as well as the twelve pounds of field cannons of the land division, six pounds of field cannons, and three pounds of field cannons fired! Hundreds of artillery roared, and hundreds of black dots smashed down the river.
A series of water columns soared into the sky, and a small sampan was hit by a six-pound cannon shell and immediately sank into the water; a Haicang ship was hit by a twelve-pound cannon shell, and a fire immediately ignited on the ship. At least twenty rebel ships were shot, and more than ten ships were sunk immediately.
The artillery shells below 12 pounds of the Huai Army were heated first in the stove. When loading the shells, they loaded the medicine bags and then pushed into a wooden board to isolate the red-burning shells and the firing medicine, so that the shells would not directly detonate the firing medicine when loaded into the barrel. Then, the artillery was ignited in a short time and the burning shells were fired out.
"Bang" A red shell fell into the water next to Xu Long's flagship, stirring up a water column soaring into the sky. The water splashed on Xu Long's face, and he felt the splashing water splashed a little warm.
At this moment, two hemispheres spinning in the air came into Xu Long's eyes, and there was an iron chain tied between the two hemispheres. The hemisphere hit the sail, and the iron chain tore off his sail.
The shell was fired on the Huai Army Navy warship. Just after the Huai Army's artillery fired, the navy warships on the water also opened fire, making up for the blank time when the artillery was loading ammunition.
"Li Piei ambushed many cannons on the shore, retreat quickly!" Xu Long shouted.
The personal soldiers shook the flag, and the rebel navy immediately turned the bow of the ship and fled towards the Pearl River.
Xu Long's flagship was knocked off the sails. He ordered the sailors to row and run down the water. Fortunately, Shi Lang did not order a pursuit. After all, the Huai Army Navy was weak. If it left the range of the shore artillery and entered the Pearl River, it would be very unfavorable to the Huai Army Navy.
"Director Luo, there are so many artillery on the shore of the bandits. Our army cannot go upstream and defeat the navy of the bandits. I hope the governor Luo will punish him." Xu Long knelt on the deck and apologized to Luo Chengyao.
"This battle is not a crime for the defeat. It is all because of the crime of Li Lao Er's thief!" Luo Chengyao helped Xu Long up.
Xu Long stood up, picked up his telescope and looked towards the fort. After watching for a long time, he suddenly had a plan: "Luo Duchen, there will be a plan that can break the thief's fort."
"What is Qingda's trick?" Luo Chengyao asked hurriedly.
Xu Long said: "Duchen Luo, when it gets dark, we can let the Land Army land land and attack the Li thief army's fortress on the north bank!"
Luo Chengyao nodded and said, "Then let's act according to General Xu's plan!"
When the last ray of sunset disappeared from the west river, the sky soon darkened. Xu Long began to dispatch troops and drove the fleet to the shore, preparing to let the mainland division land and sneak attack the Huai Army's fortress on the north bank of the East River.
Little did he know that when Xu Long was preparing to attack the Huai Army's fortress, Shi Lang was also planning to send the Frogman Battalion to attack the Guangdong Navy fleet.
Five miles west of the fort, several black shadows were ambushed in the bushes. These were all the Huai Army's night-time suspension and used to carry out warning missions.
"There is a fire in front of you! It seems to be an enemy!" Yi Ye Bushou suddenly said softly.
Chapter completed!