Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 806 Fire Attack Strategy

Li Jinglong arrived very quickly, which surprised Shopkeeper Fu and others on the shore.

They are still working hard to build ships and strengthen port fortifications. According to Shopkeeper Fu's plan, the ships and fortifications that shocked Li Jinglong were actually far from enough.

After all, although he had never personally experienced the power of the Ming Dynasty warships, he had seen how tall those warships were. Time was running out, and they couldn't build a warship to rival them, so they could only win with numbers.

Most of the ships they built were just roughly hewn and pieced together from logs. Although the number was astonishing, they may not be able to compete with the Ming Dynasty's ships.

Seeing the sudden arrival of the Ming army, everyone in Hong Kong panicked.

"Shopkeeper, what should I do?" Fang Zuozi was a little worried. "Why don't you let me go look for the young master again? Maybe I can trick him into delaying it for a while..."

"It's too late. Haven't you seen those Ming army warships arranging their formation?" Shopkeeper Fu said solemnly.

"Li Jinglong came early. He must have discovered the clues due to some changes... This matter has become difficult to solve. Quick, go and urge the native people to board the ship! Raise the sails and set off immediately!"

"Wu Sheng Mother protects me. Whether it can happen or not depends on today... If we win this time, we will be the king of the East China Sea!"

Over there, Li Jinglong had already directed many ships to turn sideways towards the port and aimed their guns at the groups of small boats offshore. He had decided to eliminate all the religious bandits with maximum firepower regardless of losses. Venting his own anger was one aspect, but more importantly, because of that letter, he already knew that his actions had greatly disappointed his fifth uncle.

Although Shangjue's numbers were not enough, since the Ming army was approaching, they had to resort to desperate measures. Shopkeeper Fu thought with a dark face.

Almost at the same time, many people on the small boats got on board one after another, and the sails were full and rushed towards Li Jinglong's fleet.

In terms of foreign policy, the attitude of the fifth uncle Zhu Su can, to a certain extent, represent the attitude of his great-uncle Grandfather Huang. Since Fifth Uncle is disappointed... it most likely means that if this matter reaches the ears of Uncle Huang, the old man will also be disappointed in him.

As several cannonballs flew in, several small boats were directly hit by the cannonballs and sank into the water, causing a few big splashes of water...

"Fire the cannon! Fire!" Li Jinglong's eyes were slightly red and he gave the order loudly on the deck of the treasure ship. As the soldiers' flags were fluttered, there were a few bangs, and several warships fired bombardments one after another.

In order to cause irreversible damage to the hull of the enemy ship, this generation of ship cannons basically use a large number of heavy solid bullets. In this way, when the projectiles smash into the hull of the enemy ship, they can often penetrate the thick armor with one shot. Hull planks.

This is not the time to worry about spending money in the house. Only by annihilating these religious bandits can we make up for our previous mistakes...

But the disadvantage of this kind of projectile is that the impact range is too small. If it is facing a big ship, it only needs to smash through a hole and cause the sea water to pour in. The total energy consumption will be until these ships sink. But if it is facing a small ship... it is quite difficult. It feels like shooting mosquitoes with a cannon.

Although one cannonball can directly sink a small ship... but that's all. The ones that were sunk and fell into the water were just a drop in the bucket. More ships were still rushing towards the Nanyang Fleet without hesitation.

The extremely sharp Ming army ship cannons did not have much effect on these small boats. "Young Master, please send ships to seize the beach." Li Gui suggested. Ship guns have no effect on these ant-like boats, but with their size, they cannot pose a threat to the Ming army's warships.

Needless to say, treasure ships, even the most common Ming warships, when faced with these small boats, have decks that are two or three times higher than these small boats. Even if these small boats rush in front of the Ming warships , what can be done? Can you fly up to the deck and fight the Ming army inside the ship?

Not to mention the Ming army. When big ships collide with small ships, they often just need to rush forward to cause a devastating blow to the fleet of small ships... Previously, Li Jinglong used a treasure ship to break through the formation of the Xiyi people, relying on the big ship. advantage, now is the time to repeat the old trick.

"Wait, something is wrong..." Li Jinglong frowned and did not choose to rush forward like last time. It wasn't that he suddenly became shrewder, but the sight of a small boat against a large ship and a group of ships crossing the boat with iron ropes gave him a certain sense of déjà vu.

Except that the small boats are connected by iron cables instead of the big ships, the rest is almost the same as the Battle of Red Cliff in "Three Kingdoms".

"Uncle Wu's "Three Kingdoms" has spread throughout the Ming Dynasty. Hangzhou is not far from Yingtian, and there are people telling the story of the Three Kingdoms every day. It is unusual for these religious bandits to know the story of the Battle of Chibi."

"Could they... want to imitate Chibi's fire attack strategy and plot something against me?"

Thinking of this, Li Jinglong's soul came out.

"Retreat, retreat quickly...let all the ships move forward and retreat three miles back!" Li Jinglong said hurriedly.

At first glance, these small boats are made temporarily. As long as they go through some wind and waves, they will fall apart. If the Ming army could retreat a little, the oncoming boats would be beaten by the waves in the distant sea, and they would be destroyed without attack. But maybe it’s because he, Mr. Li, has been memorizing Chinese characters these days, or maybe these bandits and monsters have also gone to the altar to ask for blessings from the Wusheng Mother. Today’s wind direction is exactly southeasterly...

Li Jinglong's fleet was positioned to the northwest of this group of boats... In other words, those boats, which were already light, came with the wind this time.

Extremely fast!

"Ah!" Before the fleet could unfurl its sails and retreat, on the deck, a Ming army general discovered that several small boats were burning with raging fires.

The fire seemed to be contagious, but after a while, all the boats were on fire. These fire ships were connected by chains, forming a chain of fire that surrounded the Ming army warships.

"Oops!" Li Gui also suddenly realized the intentions of these thieves, and quickly pushed Li Jinglong with his hand: "Young Master, leave quickly!"

"Quick! Order the arrows to cover them! Cut off the other ships!"

The treasure ship was tall and difficult to turn, so it did not require orders from the flagship. When they saw the fire, there were already several warships under Li Jinglong, under the command of their respective captains, trying to cut off the way the fire ship rushed to the flagship. Since the artillery was useless, these ships re-picked up those already obsolete naval warfare skills. The swishing rain of arrows shot out many thieves who were in charge of operating the boats on the fire ships.

However, those fire ships were connected by chains... Even if some ships lacked the crew, they were dragged by other fire ships, and they still hit the Ming fleet at an unabated speed.

(End of this chapter)