Ming Zuo

In the battle of the Jintang Waterway, although both sides were old-fashioned warships, their tactics were completely different.

Zheng Zhilong is still the old routine of pirates, rushing and fighting, hoping to win by shortening the distance and relying on the advantage of large numbers.

However, Wang Chang turned the warships in his hands sideways and lined them up one by one, trying to concentrate all the weapons on the ship to give full play to the superiority of firepower.

The construction of the Xia Kingdom's navy has always been systematic and regular.

Every soldier knows very well that this kind of old-fashioned warship will be eliminated one by one sooner or later.Where they will serve in the future will be new warships.

Therefore, although they are currently fighting on old-fashioned warships, they have begun to become familiar with new naval warfare methods.

Although the number of weapons loaded on the old-fashioned warships is small, the effect of more than [-] ships lined up is still amazing.

Zheng Zhilong suffered heavy injuries during the charge, which has reached a shocking level.

The only thing that reassures him is that the distance between the two parties has finally narrowed to the point where breathing can be heard.

In the end, the two sides collided and fought into a melee, which was a foregone conclusion.

Looking at the Zheng's warship which was less than [-] meters away, Wang Chang's heart was like a stone.

"Order the ships to fire freely, are the rocket launchers installed?"

At this moment, the most unacceptable thing for him is that the loading of the rockets is too slow.

It would be great if there was a way to reload rockets as fast as artillery!

"Report, the rocket has been loaded."

At last there was a piece of good news, which made Wang Chang heave a sigh of relief.

"Fire out all the rockets, and the target covers the enemy's middle and rear."

The enemy that is close at hand, the rockets can no longer hit.At this moment, Wang Chang decided to isolate the battlefield.

Using the sea of ​​flames formed by the rockets, the second half of Zheng Zhilong's fleet was disconnected from the front half, and then concentrated all efforts to deal with the rushing enemies first.

The rocket roared again, and a sea of ​​flames re-formed on the ocean a thousand meters away.

Many of Zheng's warships were unable to escape, and were either blown up on the spot or ignited by flames, scaring the other warships to retreat one after another.

At the same time, the artillery on each warship began to attack the Zheng's warship rushing up by direct aiming.

Especially for light artillery, it is better to shoot directly, which is also a common mode of naval warfare in this era.

Direct sighting increases accuracy, resulting in faster loss of Zheng's warships.

In addition, many soldiers on Xia Jun's warship came out carrying rocket launchers.

In the Tsushima Sea Battle back then, Shang Kexi had an idea and used this method to severely injure the Satsuma Fan's surprise soldiers.

Since then, Xia Guo has increased the research and development of the rocket launcher, making it a powerful weapon in close combat at sea.

At this time, Zheng's warship was less than [-] meters long, and the attack methods Xia Jun encountered became messy.

Catapults, muskets, bows and arrows, oil tanks, smoke balls, whatever weapons Zheng had had were thrown over.

On Xia Jun's warship, everyone performed their duties.The shooting of the shooting, the steering of the boat, the damage control of the damage control, busy but not chaotic.

The bazooka went into battle, instantly increasing Xia's army's firepower.

The few Zheng's warships rushing to the front were blown to pieces immediately, and blocked the approach of the warships behind.

Zheng Zhilong was full of joy at first, waiting to see the two sides collide and a battle broke out.

He is very convinced that when it comes to hand-to-hand combat skills on water, the Zheng family is the best in the world.

But in the end, he saw iron pipes more than one meter long flying out of Xia Jun's warship, hitting Zheng's warship and immediately exploded violently.

Even if the wooden warship was not blown to pieces, it could not stop the burning of the raging fire.

Xia Jun's weapon beyond his cognition made him feel cold all over his body.

But now there is no way to retreat, behind is a raging sea of ​​fire, and in front is Xia Jun's fierce artillery fire.Apart from rushing forward, he could only be slaughtered.

On the ocean to the north, the battle between the main force of the East China Sea Fleet and Zheng Zhifeng was also intensified.

Zheng Zhifeng adopted the method of splitting up and attacking together, which effectively avoided the artillery fire of the East China Sea Fleet and shortened the distance to the point where he could fight back.

The battle between the two sides became more and more anxious, and gradually became entangled together.

At this time, it is impossible for any party to withdraw easily.

A large black iron ball smashed heavily on the deck of Linqing with billowing heat, and sawdust flew across, rolling up a large piece of flesh and blood.

Where Zuo Hua was standing, there were even more banging and banging sounds.

I don't know how many debris fell near him, almost hurting him.

But Zuo Hua stood still, fearless, as if a spring breeze was blowing on his face.

His composure boosted morale very well, and Xia Jun operated in a calm and unhurried manner.

Zuo Hua raised his wrist again, and when he saw the hands pointing to three o'clock, he couldn't help showing a smile that he was done.

Zheng Zhifeng was overjoyed when he saw that his warship had finally rushed to the front.

"Let the ships set fire, set fire, we're going to win."

Before he could stop shouting, the sentinel on the mast suddenly let out a shrill and panicked shout.

"There is a ship! There is a ship coming from behind! Six new warships, we are surrounded!"

Zheng Zhifeng was taken aback for a moment, then hurried to the other side and looked towards the east.

With just one glance, his blood froze.

At the corner of Dapeng Mountain behind, a huge warship was rapidly appearing.

Then came the second ship, the third ship...

There are as many as six ships!
Moreover, these new battleships are exactly the same as the main force of the East China Sea Fleet, all of which are Tier [-] battleships.

The flags waving in the wind showed that these were also the Xia Kingdom Navy.

But Zheng Zhifeng couldn't accept this fact.

"Where did the warships come from? Why do they still exist? Aren't Xia's warships still in the water? What's going on here?"

However, the Zheng pirates, who were all in despair, had no one to explain to him.

At this moment, everyone in the Zheng family understood that they had reached the most dangerous situation.

There were four third-tier battleships of the East China Sea Fleet blocking in front, and six battleships of the same regulation came outflanking behind.

In such a situation, Zheng's failure is doomed.

On the Linqing, Zuo Hua's tense nerves finally relaxed at this moment.

"Zheng Zhilong would never have imagined that we still have a shipbuilding base in Jilin. I believe this surprise will definitely impress him."

Beside him, Shang Kexi was also smiling.

"It took a year and eight months to delay the launch of these four ships, which just happened to be completed at the Jilin Shipyard. I have to say, His Highness's calculations are really overwhelming."

As early as when it was clear that he wanted to have a conflict with the Zheng family, Zuo Menggeng began to make deliberate deployments.

Although Jilin Shipyard was established later than Qingdao Shipyard, Jilin Shipyard has a huge advantage.

That is, the link of timber transportation is missing, which greatly improves the construction period.

At the same time, he specifically asked Qingdao Shipyard to quietly slow down the construction speed, so that the two sides reached an agreement on the completion of the warship.

Zheng Zhilong was well fooled by this kind of strategic deception.

Zheng Zhi Longman thought that there were only four new warships in the East China Sea Fleet, and it was not impossible to concentrate all efforts to fight to the death.

But they didn't know at all that Xia Guo had six third-tier battleships coming secretly.

When the East China Sea Fleet was chasing Zheng Zhibao, Zuo Hua had already contacted the reinforcements who had arrived.

When the war broke out, these six new battleships were hidden behind Dayu Mountain further north.

According to the time agreed by both parties, they arrived at the battlefield on time.

Now that the encirclement network has been formed, it is finally time for the East China Sea Fleet to counterattack.