Chapter 223 The woman who doesn’t mean what she says

Author: tx Cheng Zhi

Chapter 223 The woman who doesn’t mean what she says

Chapter 222

Zheng Zhilong watched as Morimoto Ichiku and others successfully landed ashore. He turned to look at his aide Shi Daxuan: "Daxuan, are you sure those black men did not transport cavalry to Wusongkou?"

"There are war horses, but not many in number. There must be several hundred, but they are all on Chongming Island. It is said that Cheng Shijie used them for riding!"

Zheng Zhilong was very impressed by Ning Haijun's cavalry's counterattack against his landing force. In front of Ning Haijun's cavalry, his cavalry had no ability to resist. They could not be beaten and beaten, and they could not run away. If some soldiers did not run into the sea

, I’m afraid no one can escape.

Zheng Zhilong actually didn't know that Ning Haijun's cavalry and naval forces had always been Ning Haijun's shortcomings. Even in a head-to-head confrontation with Jiannu's Mongolian servants, Ning Haijun's cavalry was still far behind. He could only rely on good equipment to bully Mongolia.

People are poorly equipped.

Facing Jiannu's cavalry, with a three-to-one advantage, the Ning navy cavalry had no absolute certainty that it could defeat the opponent. Like the navy, the cavalry was also a technical branch. The equipment was provided and the training was up to date. But there was a problem.

Yes, compared with the cavalry that Jiannu had trained since he was a child, it was not that interesting.

However, Zheng Zhilong's territory was either mountainous or subtropical jungle. His troops consisted of a few generals with horses, or a small number of cavalry sentries with war horses, and most of them were short and small Yunnan horses.

Although Yunnan horses have many advantages, they are adaptable to the environment, easy to feed, and have good endurance, but the problem is that they are not very strong when sprinting.

The army troops of the Zheng Group were not only poorly equipped, but also lacked the equipment to restrain the cavalry, and even lacked the combat experience to restrain the cavalry. When they faced the oppressive attack of the Ning Navy cavalry, their first reaction was not to form a formation to meet the enemy.

Instead, he turned around and ran away.

This is actually the stupidest way. Even Bolt's top speed is less than 38 kilometers per hour, while the peak charging speed of a war horse can reach a maximum of 60 kilometers, and the sprint distance can reach more than a thousand

rice.

No matter how much a person can run, he cannot outrun a four-legged war horse.

Zheng Zhilong was still a little uneasy.

Shi Daxuan pointed to the ground at Wusong Port that was pitted by naval gunfire. Even the young warriors would fall to the ground from time to time when charging: "Admiral, this is not suitable for cavalry at all!"

"Right!"

As long as Ning Haijun has no cavalry, Zheng Zhilong feels a lot more at ease. With the tenacious fighting power of the warriors in his childhood, no matter how fierce and fierce the black skin is, what else can he do?

In the small days, the warriors were less than 150 meters away from Ning Haijun's Wusongkou defense line.

"kill……"

Morimoto roared wildly for a long time, and his long sword turned into a ball of sword light. His short legs spread out, faster than a galloping horse, as fast as wind and thunder, and unstoppable. His cronies gathered around him, howling loudly, and launched an unstoppable charge.

.They are used to charging like this, used to winning like this, everything has become natural.

At this time, fireballs suddenly appeared in Wusongkou, which was originally silent. These fireballs exploded just after they touched the ground, sending up balls of fire on the ground.

This is actually a grenade equipped by Ning Haijun soldiers. Of course, unlike ordinary grenades, this one is a kerosene bomb. Although the grenade is very powerful, if the enemy is wearing heavy armor, the explosive shrapnel of the grenade will be very lethal to the heavily armored soldiers.

Limited. After all, the grenade charge is too small.

However, once the kerosene bomb explodes, it will adhere to the enemy and catch fire. No matter how thick the armor is, it is useless, and it will be difficult to extinguish it in a short period of time.

Of course, the power of simple kerosene bombs is actually limited. They can only be used in closed spaces. Especially when attacking a city, they are very effective against stubborn enemies in buildings. But this time the effect is very good. Ning

The navy deployed five trenches along the coast.

Moreover, it is poured along the terrain to the seaside, and the fierce kerosene can flow all the way to the seaside along the trench. Under the ignition of the kerosene bomb, large balls of fire are quickly thrown around. The flames swept through the wharf and port of Wusongkou, and Wusong

The mouth has also turned into a huge torch, and the high-rising fire can be clearly seen twenty or thirty kilometers away!

As for the little warriors who charged, they soon turned into burning men. At that moment, they let out horrifying screams.

In the eyes of Morimoto Ikku, there were fire traps everywhere, little warriors running around everywhere, and thick smoke everywhere. His pupils shrank involuntarily: "Damn Ming people, they fell into a trap!"

Sharp screams came one after another, and soon Morimoto Ichiku was also hit. He was covered in kerosene by a young samurai who was on fire. He was quick and took off his clothes directly, leaving only traces of burns.

Before Morimoto had time to rejoice, he felt difficulty breathing and his vision became increasingly blurry.

Zheng Zhilong stared blankly at the fire at Wusong Port, speechless for a long time.

Ning Haijun was so vicious that he killed more than 2,400 of his little warriors in a single fire. No one could escape from such a big fire.

"We're in big trouble!"

Zheng Zhilong sighed and said: "Hong Xu!"

"exist!"

"Prepare the second wave of landing troops!"

"yes!"

Although Hong Xu agreed very readily, he could hear the vibrato in Hong Xu's voice, and he was actually afraid of this brave general under his command.

In fact, facing Ning Haijun's sea of ​​fire offensive, no one was not afraid.

The screams of more than 2,400 young warriors were really too loud. They were three to four hundred meters away from the shore, but they could still hear them clearly.

Just when the screams of the young warriors were getting weaker and weaker, Ning Haijun's artillerymen reported to Wu Sheng: "The artillery is ready!"

"Fire!"

"Boom boom boom..."

A series of violent roars exploded like thunderstorms, and smoke and fire suddenly erupted from the forts, and the ground shook.

Just when Zheng Zhilong's attention was attracted by the fire on the dock, the artillery of the Ning Navy suddenly launched an attack. Eighteen three-inch smoothbore cannons and four four-inch smoothbore cannons were aimed at four ships with a displacement of about 1,200 tons.

Junk ships and large warships roared at the same time.

Twenty rounds of artillery shells flew through the air and hit the enemy ship 800 meters away. Two-thirds of the shells missed, causing high water columns to rise on the sea surface. The sea surface suddenly seemed to be boiling.

, water columns rose into the sky, water mist surged, and the explosion was like thunder, but four shells still directly hit one of the Junk ships, smashing four large holes in the hull.

This sudden attack shocked everyone in Zheng's fleet. Zheng Zhilong looked at the hit warship in disbelief. From a distance of more than 800 meters, one-third of the shells fired in the first round hit directly. This hit rate was already very high.

It's scary, even the best cannons of the Dutch can't do it.

"Ning Haijun's artillery at Wusongkou is so powerful?"

What Zheng Zhilong didn't know was that Ning Haijun's artillery shots were actually calculated. In order to improve the hit rate, they divided all targets within the shooting range into grids similar to a chessboard. Each small grid

It has an independent number, and the shooting elements are also marked.

If it weren't for the low accuracy of artillery in this era, the artillery of later generations would have hit the target with one shot.

"Report the damage quickly!"

Zheng Zhilong didn't notice that a Junk ship was hit by gunfire. At this moment, only half a stick of incense had passed after the bombardment, thick smoke rose up from the Junk ship that was hit by gunfire, and soon formed a

A black column of smoke rose into the sky, and fire surged from the bottom of the battleship and climbed onto the deck. The rigging and sails became the best ignition materials, and the gunpowder barrels placed on the ship exploded one after another, sending out huge explosions one after another.

With a roar, the entire Junk ship was blown to pieces, and large balls of fire were thrown everywhere.

Flames swept across the deck and climbed to the top of the mast, and the huge sail became a torch.

All the officers and soldiers of Zheng's fleet looked at all this with their mouths open. They couldn't believe that such a large ship was destroyed by just four shells!

Cold sweat broke out on Zheng Zhilong's forehead, he took a breath of cold air and murmured: "Even if this ship does not sink, it will be completely destroyed... Such a fierce fire... Hurry... all warships retreat."

If you still want to run now, is it still too late?

In particular, the cannons deployed by the Ning Navy at Wusongkou are all breech-loading smoothbore cannons. The advantage of the breech-loading smoothbore cannons is that they do not need to clean the barrels. Like later generations of artillery, they can directly insert the shells and fire the cannon directly.

The second round of artillery also fired 20 shells. This time, two black-tailed ships and a Junk ship were hit. What was terrible was that it was not sulfur incendiary bombs that hit the black-tailed ships.

Because this kind of artillery shell is too expensive, one shell costs more than one hundred taels of silver. This kind of artillery shell is not mature within the Ning Navy, and there are still technical difficulties that need to be overcome.

However, high-explosive bombs are also fatal to Zheng Zhilong's five- to six-hundred-ton black-tailed boats.

The shells penetrated the deck like chopsticks poking tofu and exploded loudly in the cabin. The terrifying power of the explosion blew the two ship walls into wood chips that shot out in all directions, turning dozens of sailors into sea urchins.

Coincidentally, the shock wave of the shell explosion blew a torch more than ten meters away. The torch fell on the hull coated with waterproof grease and asphalt, and burned violently, almost in the blink of an eye.

There was a sea of ​​fire inside the cabin.

Those poor sailors had never encountered such a terrible situation. They were so frightened that their faces turned pale as they watched the fire spread crazily in the cabin. Some were so frightened that they screamed. Some tried to escape, while others tried to put out the fire. The entire battleship

It's like an ant's nest that has been torn apart and is in chaos.

There was almost no stopping, and after only half a stick of incense, Ning Haijun's twenty artillery fired the third round, and the Hongyi cannon could barely clear the barrel within this time.

With the third round of concentrated bombardment, three more warships of Zheng's fleet were hit, and one of them was a Junk ship that was hit in the second round. Due to the high-explosive bomb, the exploding shell

It caused serious damage to the deck and mast of the Junk ship.

The Junk ship that lost power could still be towed back by a tugboat, but it was a pity that it was hit for the second time. The damaged Junk ship was filled with smoke and fire in the cabin, and the fire spread uncontrollably.

Several sailors whose clothes were on fire were screaming and rolling around. The fire burned wherever they rolled, and they rolled to the gun emplacement. The flames fluttering around detonated the gunpowder barrels piled nearby, and there was only a flash of lightning.

Flash, the earth-shattering explosion caused the hull of the ship to make a horrifying explosion. The sailors who were running around were torn to pieces in the expanding blast wave, and the screams and cries were earth-shattering.

At this time, other warships in Zheng's fleet began to turn around and escape. Unfortunately, the sailing warships were not as flexible as later warships in turning directions. On the dense sea, several Zheng's warships collided in chaos, and hundreds of them were on board.

Hundreds of sailors were thrown overboard.
To be continued...