Model, can fire four-pound or six-pound cannon.

This kind of artillery is very light, weighing less than 300 kilograms in total. It can be disassembled directly, and then the 400 cannon ships are tied together with iron locks, each of which is a group of ten.

Watching Ning Haijun's navy changing formations, the large warships moved out of the waterway to allow smaller ships to fight.

At this time, Zheng Zhibao did not realize that Ning Haijun was preparing a fire attack. He thought that Ning Haijun was testing the strength of Zheng's fleet with water.

Seeing more than a hundred small broken ships of the Ning Haijun Navy going into battle, Zheng Zhibao smiled and said: "Old Jiu, you go and try the quality of the Ning Haijun Navy. Remember, I only send more than a hundred ships. I can't let people laugh at me."

The more you bully the less!"

Laojiu is Yang Liu, one of the Eighteen Zhi. He ranks ninth. Because he followed Liu Xiang against Zheng Zhilong, he was captured by Zheng Zhilong last year, and Yang Liu surrendered to Zheng Zhilong.

Yang Liu is a cruel person, but very brave and good at fighting. He is a ruthless character who can compete with Zheng Zhihu. Yang Liu is lustful, and Zheng Zhilong uses his nickname and beauty to subdue Yang Liu.

Yang Liu laughed and said: "Fifth Master, don't worry, just look at it, I don't need a hundred ships, I will use eighty to show the man named Cheng how good we are!"

However, at this moment, Yang Liu's nose twitched and his brows furrowed: "The person named Cheng is going to play dirty, please move away!"

Zheng Zhibao's expression changed drastically.

Without his order, the warships of Zheng's fleet began to turn and escape. Due to their haste, five or six ships collided with each other, and fires burst into the sky on the river. More than a hundred old and broken ships of the Ning Navy turned into fire ships.

Sailing towards the Zheng fleet.

Cheng Shijie looked at the chaotic Zheng fleet and said with some regret: "What a pity, these pirates really have unusual noses!"

Li Zhixiang smiled and said: "Commander, Zheng Zhilong is an expert at playing with fire boats. I didn't expect that the commander would make him angry today..."

Cheng Shijie said disapprovingly: "The next step is up to you. The Yangtze River estuary is too small, so naval battles will have to be fought at sea!"

"Commander, please move!"

Cheng Shijie actually wanted to see how the navy fought, but the problem was that Li Zhixiang did not dare to let Cheng Shijie take risks. You must know that the Ning Haijun power group is developing better and better, and hundreds of thousands of people eat with Cheng Shijie. If Cheng Shijie has a problem,

This could cost hundreds of thousands of people their jobs.

What's more, Cheng Shijie doesn't have a son yet, which is what Ning Haijun is most worried about. Once something happens to Cheng Shijie, no one can bear the responsibility, which means that Ning Haijun Group will collapse.

"If the commander doesn't move, this battle will be impossible to fight!"

Cheng Shijie also knew Li Zhixiang's worries. He patted Li Zhixiang on the shoulder and said: "I will leave it to you, Commander, for the naval battle. Fight hard and let Zheng Zhilong kneel in front of me and sing Conquer!"

Cheng Shijie sailed to Chongming Island on the Eighth Princess. Li Zhixiang climbed aboard the battleship Lushun and raised the command flag: "Now we can finally fight!"

Just when Zheng Zhibao hurriedly avoided the fire ship, he was shocked to find that the Ning Navy actually split into two, one part sailed quickly to Chongming Island, and the other part of the main warships, about fifty or sixty large warships, sailed towards the sea.

Zheng Zhibao's first reaction was that Cheng Shijie wanted to run away.

"Cheng wants to run away, Hong Xu!"

"exist!"

"Take your men and boats and chase after him, don't let the man named Cheng get away!"

"yes!"

As one of the Eighteen Zhizhi, Hong Xu was originally a subordinate and fellow countryman of Zheng Zhilong, and was deeply trusted by Zheng Zhilong. In history, Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he switched to Zheng Chenggong. In the fifteenth year of Shunzhi (1658), Zheng Chenggong launched a northern expedition to Nanjing.

, let Hong Xu concurrently manage the army and stay at Jin Xia Island together with the former governor Huang Ting and the household officer Zheng Tai.

Taking advantage of the chaos at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the main battleships of the Ning Navy were sailing on the sea. Taking advantage of the wind, they actually headed north against the wind, which made Zheng Zhibao very anxious.

The Ning navy's navy fled in front, and the Zheng fleet pursued behind. The two sides fought a guerrilla war at sea.

Guerrilla warfare is different from escape. When the Ning Navy navy ran ahead, it would drop a few mines from time to time, or deliberately slow down, and then fire at the Zheng fleet.

In short, Ning Haijun's navy was full of tricks, provoking Zheng Zhibao to become more and more crazy.

Just ten kilometers after leaving the Yangtze River Estuary.

Li Zhixiang said: "It's time for the commander-in-chief to go to Chongming now, right?"

"almost!"

Shen Shikui said: "Old Li, how are you going to fight?"

"Fight now!"

Following the order issued from the battleship Lushun, the main battleships of the Ning Navy changed from the original one-word long snake formation, with their wings spread out like a roc spreading its wings.

The Ning Navy's navy no longer ran away, so the main battleships lined up in two rows and advanced head on. The Ning Navy's navy carried it forward and outflanked it. This was the specialty of the Ning Navy's navy. Now the Ning Navy's navy has transplanted this tactic into naval battles. As for whether

It worked... To be honest, Li Zhixiang was not sure.

Seeing that Ning Haijun's naval battleship did not retreat but instead advanced, Zheng Zhibao felt that something was abnormal.

Cheng Shijie's intention is very simple. My ship is stronger than your warships, and my naval guns are more powerful than yours. What other tricks are needed? Just push them flat!

After all, the navy of the Ning Navy had been exposed to such large warships with 3,000 or 4,000 materials, and they were somewhat unskilled. Several sailors were even thrown out of the warship during the emergency turn, and other ships were in a hurry.

.

In comparison, Zheng's fleet was much more calm. After all, they were begging for food at sea. This kind of scene was just a trivial matter to them and there was nothing to make a fuss about.

After a brief moment of consternation, Zheng Zhibao immediately reacted and commanded the fleet to spread out in a flying geese formation. More than a hundred medium-sized and large warships were arranged in the middle. The light warships spread their wings and plunged straight in. The gunners quickly loaded gunpowder and shells.

, armed sailors aiming at the target and preparing for hand-to-hand combat, holding on to their swords, axes and muskets. Once they board the enemy ship, they will win.

The two fleets were approaching at high speed, like two giant tyrannosauruses, fiercely pounced on their opponents. In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two fleets was shortened to less than two thousand meters.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

A large cloud of smoke rushed out from the barrel of the gun. The strong recoil caused the battleship to pause backward involuntarily. Amidst the thunder and lightning, more than two hundred rounds of artillery shells burst out, forming a curtain of fire that covered the Zheng fleet.

Striker!

"If you fire artillery from such a distance, Cheng can make a lot of money!"

Zheng Zhibao was still laughing at Ning Haijun for not understanding naval warfare. He fired at a distance of more than 2,000 meters and had no effect except wasting the shells. However, the problem was that this time the salvo fired, Ning Haijun was particularly lucky and actually hit three ships directly, including

A small gunboat was directly blown to pieces, and the other hit was a black-tailed boat. Although it did not sink, the shells directly ignited the gunpowder on it.

Seeing that three of his warships were lost in an instant, Zheng Zhibao was horrified: "Ning Haijun's artillery can actually hit such a distance?"
Chapter completed!