Great Ming National Teacher

The three-masted gunboats that followed the Sea Shark also fired one after another. Their range was not as far as the Sea Shark, and they had to press closer, but their firepower was extremely fierce. Each ship had three smoothbore guns, and they fired at one at the same time. A wooden enemy ship smaller than itself is an instant kill. Even if it didn't explode at the time, it would break the ship's side and deck, causing it to sink later.

Duoduo observed the enemy's situation with a telescope smuggled from the Ming Dynasty. The quality is definitely not as good as that used by the Ming Dynasty military, but it is also much better than the naked eye. From the telescope, he saw that the Qing fleet was smashed to pieces, crying for his father and mother , yelling angrily: "Rush over! My Barutu of the Qing Dynasty, no coward who fears war! Rush to the enemy ship, we have a lot of people on board, even if we bite them, we will kill them!" "

After receiving the order, the navy of the Qing army had no choice but to bite the bullet. Their ships were relatively small, and they moved very fast. They were equipped with several hundred kilograms of Fran cannons. The quality problem is that the range is far inferior to that of the Ming army’s naval guns. Every time it is fired, the gunpowder residue in the gun bore must be cleaned. If you shoot too many times, you have to use a quilt dipped in water to attach it to the gun barrel to cool down—think of the Ming army’s The same goes for cannons.

These ships rushed towards the Ming army like moths to the flames. The Ming army warships turned their hulls, pointed their strings at the Qing army, and fired a thousand cannons. The army was buried in the vast sea together.

Only the six turtle ships are relatively stiff. The turtle ship is a kind of Korean warship that was blown into the sky by later generations. It is covered with a large iron shell on the top of the deck. The iron shell is equipped with iron cones and nails. People hide in the iron cover. Shooting outwards through crenels, in ancient naval battles, bows and arrows were often used, especially rockets were used to shoot and burn enemy ships. With this layer of turtle shell, it can effectively resist the loss of arrows. At most, a deep pit was smashed on it to deform it, but it can still maintain its combat effectiveness, and the most important thing is to avoid boarding battles. Because there are iron cones on the turtle shell, people hide in the turtle shell. There is no way to get on board and fight hand-to-hand.

But in fact, this kind of ship has a big disadvantage, that is, because of the turtle shell cover on the deck, it is impossible to set up more masts, and the sails cannot be used in large quantities. They can only be moved half by sails and half by people, which leads to this The tonnage of the ship was a big deal. The four turtle ships taken away by Kong Youde were only over 30 meters long, smaller than the three-masted gunboats of the Ming army, and the sailing power was insufficient, the manpower was insufficient, and the speed was not fast, which seriously slowed down the fleet. Speed, otherwise, Kong Youde would have taken these small ships away.

All the other ships disintegrated and sank amidst the rumble of gunfire. Only two of the six turtle-shell ships were hit on the side of the ship and died when their turtle covers were torn off. It rushed over incomparably, and from the mouth of the dragon in the bow, a fire with poisonous smoke was sprayed out. Accompanied by iron sand, iron nails, etc., the two gun holes in the bow also fired at the Ming army.

Zhu Youjian was surprised and said: "This turtle ship really lives up to its reputation, it is so durable."

Li Yunya smiled and said: "That's because he hasn't encountered any powerful ones, not to mention Qing Yasha, even if the killer whale frigates on both sides fire a single shot, they can sink him as long as they concentrate!"

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan also discovered the problem of the lack of vitality of the sea shark ship, and he ordered the killer whale frigate to open fire.

The bow guns of the killer whale ship have a short range, but the fire is more fierce. The two killer whale ships in front quickly moved, turned the rudder and turned around, aimed the bow gun at the turtle ship that was trying to approach, and fired loudly——Missed, two rounds The shell hit the water near the turtle ship, making a splash.

But soon, the killer whale ship fired for the second time, and the one on the right was finally hit. The one on the right hit the shell of the turtle. The Koreans were not good at smelting iron. It was not as good as making a stove. In addition, the thickness of the iron plate was limited. Because the boat was too small, he couldn't carry it because it was too heavy.

Shrapnel, iron pieces, and sawdust flew in all directions, and the flames inside could be seen from the gun holes, and the Qing army howled ghosts and wolves.

"Okay!" Zhu Youjian was very excited, "This gunner must be rewarded! A big reward!"

"Their welfare benefits are very good, and they will be rewarded if they hit a hit." Li Yunya objected to the emperor's random rewards.

While the two were talking, the Sea Shark Ship sank another ship, and at the same time, the Centipede Ship and the Wheel Ke began to move out to resist the approach of the Turtle Ship.

The body of the wheel is less than 30 meters long, and there are paddle wheels on both sides of the ship as power. Paddle and walk, the hull is long and narrow, the speed is faster, and the bow is equipped with cannons that can fire continuously.

In terms of firearms research, Li Yunya has not relaxed at all, pouring a lot of money, sending people to make inspections every month, and even calling military personnel to inquire about the progress in person.

In addition to continuing to develop stronger and faster muskets and smaller pistols, he also had people research machine guns that could fire in bursts.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty had already achieved a lot in the research and development of firearms. Even in the history without Li Yunya, in the early years of Chongzhen, there was already a self-generated firecracker, that is, a flintlock gun, and later there was a Lianzhu firecracker, namely Machine guns, of course, are the most primitive and crude ones. In the early Qing Dynasty, Dai Zi also invented the Lianzhu Huopipa, which could shoot 28 rounds in a row.

The arrival of Li Yunya has intensified research and development efforts, and various human and material resources have been gathered in scientific research. Now a relatively cumbersome cannon has been developed. It is supported by three brackets, and a barrel more than one meter long is erected on it. The rails are connected by something similar to a bicycle chain. Each bullet is 24 cm long and can easily shoot through armor three or four miles away. Lu Xiangsheng blocked the mountain pass with four cannons during the tug-of-war between Liaodong and the Eight Banners Army , crossfired, and the Eight Banners soldiers who rushed over were smashed and smashed!

Now the centipede ships of the Daming Navy are equipped with this kind of machine guns. The Fran cannons on the turtle ship can shoot farther than the machine guns, but it is very laborious to load and the movement is not flexible enough. Dozens of centipede ships cut through the waves and became "S" Xing rushed forward, and the Ming army at the bow set up a cannon and fired repeatedly. After going back and forth several times, the wooden plank of a turtle ship was smashed.

The Qing army inside the ship panicked and hurriedly tried to block the gap, but the centipede ship was everywhere, firing staggeredly, and soon, the remaining few turtle ships all sank!

All the ships capable of fighting in the navy of the Qing Dynasty were sunk, leaving only some small boats that could only walk along the coast, and there was a danger of capsizing if the waves were bigger. Although there were still hundreds of ships, they really had no combat effectiveness. Coming up, some of the Qing army fled by boat, some jumped into the water to escape, and some were at a loss for what to do.

Yuan Chonghuan ordered to let the eight sea shark formations shoot freely, and sink all as long as they don't run.

Seeing that the warships on his side did not even touch the side of the Ming army, Doduo was so angry that the veins on his forehead popped up. Seeing the Ming army warship approaching, he immediately ordered the coastal defense guns on the island to fire. The real cannons in red are the ones in Ningyuan City. One cannon can hit ten miles, and the big iron ball can be blasted out by the power of gunpowder, which can grind people and horses into meat paste.

Yuan Chonghuan ordered Qing Yacha to fire. Under the operation of five soldiers, Qing Yacha's giant cannon raised the muzzle and adjusted the angle. Then the soldiers walked away and pressed the button.

"Boom!" The whole ship trembled violently, Zhu Youjian's feet were weak and he almost fell, Li Yunya hurriedly hugged him.

Look at the explosion of flames on Jianghua Island. It did not hit the opponent's red cannon, but hit a wall behind it. The Qing army who fired the cannon was hiding there. At the same time, the ammunition fired by the red cannon The iron ball was also there, and the wall stack was built with large stones, more than half a meter wide. I thought it would be safe, but the sky-watching cannon newly developed by the Ming army was more powerful than they imagined. There was a violent explosion, the gravel mixed with the broken human body flew randomly, the gunpowder behind was also detonated, and the second explosion burned.

"Give me the biggest ship! All aim at the enemy's flagship!" Dodo ordered again.

As a result, all the cannons in red clothes were turned with difficulty. During this process, the gunners on the Qingyasha side pressed the button to turn the motor, and hoisted the shells up from the ammunition depot on the third floor below. Lift the lever, tilt the flap, slide the shells into the magazine, close the hatch, adjust the angle, and then push the button to the side to ignite. The whole set of actions is smooth and smooth.

The second shot directly hit a red-clothed cannon, blowing a cannon weighing several thousand kilograms to a distance of more than ten meters.

"Smart gunner!" Zhu Youjian exclaimed loudly, "Yunya, this gunner is so accurate!"

"Of course! I asked them to go to sea for more than 120 hours of training every month, and fire a thousand rounds of shells, and they have to be effective shells with a certain hit rate." There is one more thing he didn't say. The cost of launching shells is extremely high. Although the practice shells do not contain explosives, they still cost a lot. It can be said that every gunner is made with silver!

The two sides fought each other for more than half an hour, and all the red cannons on the shore were destroyed. Fourteen warships of various types were damaged by the Ming army, none of which were sunk, and none of the main battleships were injured. After being hit five times by the red-clothed cannon, a few miles away, the big iron ball hit the armored hull without any damage at all. Generally speaking, the results of the battle are quite gratifying.

All that was left was to land on the beach. The cannons on the ship raised their shooting angles and bombarded the shore with a barrage of baptism. The Marines rushed to the island in small boats.

Facing such powerful firepower, no matter how fierce the Eight Banners Army was, it would be useless. Duoduo organized two charges to prevent the Ming army from landing, but they were severely injured by naval guns. This is because Li Yunya felt that the construction of Jianghua Island was not easy, and he was unwilling. The result of destroying this palace city and letting Yuan Chonghuan order that rocket launchers are not allowed to baptize, otherwise the Qing army would lose faster.

The generals of the Qing army from left and right came to persuade Doduo to withdraw his troops. Doduo just refused, but the two outpost islands next to each other fell one after another. Surrounding them and cutting off their retreat, Duoduo was really in a hurry, so he could only order the withdrawal of troops, give Jianghua Island to the Ming army, and wait until the land to fight to the death.