Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 445 Shi Lang's Defeat
Shi Lang's fleet was defeated and retreated for several miles. This time, he lost nearly a hundred warships and thousands of generals. If the previous battle was a physical injury, this time it will be a bit traumatic.

This water battle has been going on till now, Shi Lang's army has suffered tens of thousands of casualties, and there are more than two hundred warships.In fact, the victory has already been decided.

"General, hurry up, the firepower of the Ming army is too fierce..." a lieutenant under Shi Langlang persuaded.

"Never withdraw." Shi Lang was furious.This happened just after the war started, Shi Lang was really not reconciled.

There has been no war for so many days.During this period, Yan Yingyuan insisted on not fighting. He and his uncle Shi Fu tried every means to lure the enemy, but the Ming army did not dare to fight. Now the Ming army finally opened up the battlefield with them, but was defeated by the Ming army. How embarrassing!
It seemed that he really underestimated the enemy, this Lin Jianguo was really extraordinary, Shi Lang felt a little regretful.

This is not his fault, he has always been invincible in water battles, as long as the enemy dares to fight, he will win every battle.The cooperation with his uncle Shi De is very tacit.

Unexpectedly, he fell in the water battle first.

If he just withdrew like this, his uncle would be in danger, not to mention how King Zheng would explain it.

He knew that at this time his uncle must be leading an army to attack Zhenjiang City to cooperate with his navy's actions. They made a plan to advance both land and water, and they were going to make it difficult for the Ming army. Now if his navy retreats, they will It is equivalent to giving his uncle's flank to the Ming army, and the consequences are self-evident.

Since it can't win or lose, it has to find ways to stop this navy of the Ming army.

Shi Lang even thought at that time that he should learn from Yan Yingyuan and build a protective net to block the river underwater. Unfortunately, Lin Yi's battleship formation was menacing, advancing quickly, with fierce firepower and invincible, and he was no longer given this opportunity.

However, Shi Lang was worthy of being a strategist, so he quickly thought of a way. Seeing that the river in this area was narrow, he could seek fire support from the shore, deploy artillery on the river bank, block the river with firepower, and rent this fleet.

Just as Shi Lang thought of this, there was a whistling in the air, and a shell flew in the air.

"General, be careful."

Before the words were finished, there was a bang, and the shell exploded above Shi Lang and the others.

Shi Lang and other nearby generals were knocked over on the board of the boat on the spot, and a few even slipped into the river and struggled.

The mast of the big ship was broken by the cannon on the spot, causing the ship to sway violently. Several soldiers on board fell into the river one after another like dumplings.

The hull of the ship caught fire, and the soldiers on board quickly put out the fire after they stabilized themselves.

After Shi Lang got up from the deck, he found that he was not injured. Under the protection of the general, he abandoned the wrecked ship and boarded a good ship.

Shi Lang led his remnants of the defeated generals to retreat while fighting, so as to cover his soldiers and deploy artillery on the shore. After retreating a few miles, the forts on the shore were erected.A dozen red cannons are enough to block the river here, not to mention a huge ship like the Yangwei, even a small fishing boat can't even think about passing through.

At this time, Shi Lang had already abandoned the ship and landed, and brought his guards to the fort. Through the binoculars, he saw Ji Yi's fleet, and it drove over majestically. When it reached the range, Shi Lang ordered to fire.

The general under his command lit the torch on the fuse, and the gunpowder fuse made a soft chirp and smoked white smoke, "Boom, boom." A shell roared out, hitting a Ming army ship in the river, and several generals Was blown away.The Ming ship caught fire, and thick smoke billowed.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen cannons in red clothes roared one after another, and the earth shook and the mountains shook, and the water column in the river was like a mountain, rising and falling one after another.

Through the binoculars, Shi Lang could clearly see on the river in the distance, two of the warships escorted by the great Ming ship Yangwei, two of which were hit by red cannons and caught fire. The body caught fire and had to jump into the river, and the remaining soldiers rushed to fight the fire.

One of them was blown off in the middle, and the hull disintegrated in an instant. The Ming soldiers on board fell into the water one after another, and the river became lively.

The Yangwei battleship formation defeated the enemy twice, and was suddenly attacked by artillery fire from the shore. Lin Yi immediately locked the target through the telescope.

"Order all the fleets, concentrate their firepower, and fire in this direction!" Lin Yi said, making a gesture in the direction of two o'clock.

The red-clothed cannon on the top floor of the Yangwei immediately turned its direction after hearing the order. The five red-clothed cannons on the left immediately aimed at the direction designated by Lin Yi. Fly out one after another.

Then the giant ship turned its rudder, swinging its huge body in a 180-degree turn in the middle of the river, aiming at the five heavy cannons on the right side, and another five shells flew towards the shore one after another.Ten rounds of red cannons weighing more than one ton blasted past in two batches.

At the same time, the ships escorting the Yangwei also opened fire on the fort of the Judgment Army on the shore...

"Well done, aiming at the giant ship of the Ming army and firing!" Shi Lang saw that these shots were too enjoyable. If they could hit this giant ship, the fleet would be paralyzed, and then their navy would be able to Rush over to wipe out this Ming army, capture or kill Lin Yi alive.

But as soon as Shi Lang's words fell, shells flew from the middle of the river and hit the fort accurately.

A red-clothed cannon in the fort had already aimed at the Yangwei, and everything was ready. When a soldier was about to light a fire with a torch, a cannonball flew over, and with a bang, the several generals in charge of the cannon were shot. Blown away.Then the fort collapsed, and the cannon crushed the ignited soldier into a patty.

"Be careful, general..." Shi Lang's guards hurriedly protected him and withdrew from the fort, looking for cover.

Cannonballs flew in one after another, blooming on the fort of the rebels on the shore, and the corpses of the soldiers on the fort were blown up, blood stained the fort, and the rest fled in all directions.Within a few minutes, the dozens of red cannons that Shi Lang and the others had just built were all dumb.

The artillery fire was fierce, and Shi Lang and the others were lying in the gully, not daring to raise their heads. After this round of shelling, Shi Lang seemed to have emerged from a stove, covered in dirt, his face was smoky, and his shirt behind him was also aroused by the artillery fire. Burned, his personal guards were even more embarrassed by this round of artillery bombardment.

"My lord, let's go!" After this round of shelling, the soldiers will urge.

"Pfft," Shi Lang didn't run away, but spit out the Saturn that had collapsed into his mouth, stared at his bun-like eyes, picked up the binoculars again, and saw that the Yangwei formation had already passed by, he roared: "Immediately!" Restore the fort, hurry up!"

As he said that, he did it himself, pulled the corpse aside, and built the fort again. The soldiers under his command understood his intention, and this was an afterthought!

The crowd hurriedly lifted the bloody corpse to the side, restored the damaged fort, put the overturned red cannon, and a few usable ones back on the fort, and then adjusted the rear sight and front sight. , Those who are responsible for loading ammunition and ammunition are also busy in their positions.

If all these shells were sent to the Yangwei, it would be enough for Lin to suffer!

After doing all this, Shi Lang was so tired that he was sweating all over. Looking at his face, he was even more gaudy, almost like Hua Dan in an opera, but he ignored it completely and shouted: "Aim at that giant ship and fire me!"

But before he finished speaking, someone ran over. This person was covered in blood, he was in a panic, and his military boots were gone. "The general is in trouble... The old general Shi Fu was defeated and captured, and the Ming army came after him..."

"What?" Shi Lang grabbed his armor collar as soon as he came over.

Shi Langzhi was struggling here to wait for news from his uncle. Unexpectedly, it was a bad news. Not only was the army defeated, but it also fell into the hands of the Ming army. Uncle, but he is his arm. The defeat on the shore is like adding insult to injury to their navy.Therefore, Shi Lang couldn't accept it at all, thinking that he had heard wrongly, his uncle had always been brave and good at fighting, and was good at using troops. For more than a year, the Ming army in Zhenjiang did not dare to fight. How could the defeat be so miserable today?Could it be that their uncles and nephews have a time limit, can't they share the same disease and pity each other?
The general who reported the incident was out of breath, and told the story in detail. Just halfway through, the earth-shattering shouts of killing approached from far away...

(End of this chapter)