Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 799 The Great Victory
Under the escort of those rocket ships that were more fierce than hornets, the surviving warships of Zheng's fleet tremblingly avoided the wreckage of warships and the ubiquitous mines, and drove to the south entrance of Haitan Strait. The navy surrendered.

The Japanese pirates operating the rocket ship stared at them with evil intentions, hoping to encounter a few disobedient ships trying to escape, so that they could crash into them, sacrifice themselves, and make the whole family happy.For these bastards who wanted to die in a spectacular way, and even if they died, their whole family could live a good life, the sailors of Zheng's fleet were afraid to the core, and they did not dare to act rashly, not even to rescue the sailors who fell into the sea. Dare, just throw away some boats hastily. As for how many people can climb on these boats and escape, it depends on their lives.

Yang Menglong said: "Let's go too, maybe there is still a fierce battle at the northern mouth of the Strait!"

The Transformers fleet drew a huge "U" in the strait, turned around, and headed towards the north entrance of the strait.If they guessed correctly, the partial division of the Zheng fleet, which bypassed the entire Pingtan Island and went straight to the north entrance, trying to give the Transformers fleet a back alley and was blocked at both ends, would have already penetrated into place and headed towards their backs. .Hmm, the tactical arrangement is very clever. Unfortunately, the Transformers fleet refused to cooperate and used rocket ships to defeat the main force of the fleet personally commanded by the Zheng brothers. The two-sided attack turned into being defeated by each one. After this violent beating, Li Yannian It is absolutely impossible to escape.

Head hurts……

It's like being hit by a big rock and about to crack...

"General... General..."

Who is calling him?The voice sounds familiar. Is it one of his soldiers?
Zheng Zhihu opened his eyes with difficulty, and the first thing he saw was the wreckage of a battleship not far away that was burning violently.The damned picric acid dynamite not only explodes powerfully, more than ten times that of black powder, but also ignites a big fire after it explodes, it can be said to be a dead child—if you can’t blow it up, you will burn you to death!Five kilograms of picric acid exploded, and those hundreds of tons to thousands of tons of warships could not sink for a while. The problem is that the fire it ignited is difficult to extinguish, and it will be over if it is hit... More than 200 years later, in the Dadonggou naval battle , Japanese navy naval gun shells charged with a water of picric acid, the ironclad ships of the Beiyang Fleet were burned to the point of being nothing but a shelf, not to mention the wooden sailboats of this era, they would definitely destroy their lives with one shot!
The sea surface was filled with smog and blood. Countless hull fragments and sailors were drifting with the current, sinking and floating. Every small boat was full of people, and there were more people trying to squeeze in. The sailors who boarded the boat first waved their oars Slap those guys away like whack-a-mole or the boat will sink for sure.When a dull explosion sounded, Zheng Zhihu was startled, and instinctively looked away. It turned out that the wreckage of an out-of-control warship hit a mine, and the bow was blown high, and the keel flew wildly.A few personal soldiers were by his side, watching him nervously, and seeing him move, they called happily: "General, are you awake?"

Zheng Zhihu clutched his head that was about to split from the pain, groaned in pain, and asked, "We... where are we? How is the battle going now?"

All the soldiers smiled wryly, with indescribably bitter expressions: "General, we have lost, and it has been a crushing defeat..."

Zheng Zhilong's expression darkened, and he sighed: "I knew it would be like this... I knew I was going to lose this battle when I saw those fire boats rushing towards me... How is my elder brother?"

A recruit said: "The Admiral has already broken out under the cover of the Duanhou Fleet."

Breaking through the siege, that's a nice way to say it, is actually running for your life, but... let's do it for the sake of the venerable, who made Zheng Zhilong their boss.

Zheng Zhihu was very happy: "It's good if it protrudes, it's good if it protrudes. With him, our Zheng family can't collapse!" Sitting up with difficulty and looking around, he was surprised to find that there were only wrecks and bones within a ten-mile radius. There is not even a shadow of the Transformers fleet that has conquered the Zheng Group's maritime supremacy.He asked in surprise: "Where is the enemy army? Where did it go?"

The soldiers said: "After destroying the main force of our army, they let some fireboats escort the surrendered warships back to the south entrance of the strait, and then turned their bows to kill them at the north entrance."

Zheng Zhihu was taken aback. He did not forget that Li Yannian, the fierce general of the Zheng Group, led a fleet around Pingtan Island to the north entrance of the Haitan Strait in an attempt to block the retreat of the Transformers fleet. The Transformers fleet headed towards the north entrance. …

Just as soon as this thought flashed across the strait, there were bursts of dull explosions and roars at the end of the strait. Countless naval guns were being fired, and the sound of the shell explosion made the mountains and cliffs on both sides of the strait tremble. Zheng Zhihu was slumped. Said: "Li Yannian is over!"

According to Zheng Zhilong's order, Li Yannian commanded a hundred warships to bypass Pingtan Island and go straight to the north entrance of Haitan Strait.This was a relatively easy detour, because the Denglai Navy had been driven into the Haitan Strait like a duck, and they could not bring out even a single warship to stop them. All they had to do was speed up. Speed ​​it up, speed it up!

An hour later, Li Yannian's fleet finally arrived at the northern mouth of the strait. He was pleasantly surprised to hear the sound of rumbling explosions coming from the center of the strait. Needless to say, the main fleet was besieging the Denglai Navy, and the battle was not over yet!Although it was a bit surprising that the boss hadn't resolved the battle after so long, Li Yannian was still very happy, which meant that he didn't miss the climax of this battle!He gave the order almost without thinking, and the fleet quickly deployed, straight into the chrysanthemum of the Transformers fleet!

Then they cum.

Shortly after entering the strait, the explosion in the middle of the strait was still hot, but there was a sharp sail shadow breaking through the waves from the junction of the sea and the sky, and then another corner, and another corner...

"Denglai Navy!"

Li Yannian was overjoyed, well, the Denglai Navy was finally defeated, and they fled this way, it was not in vain for him to run so far, he was exhausted to death!He decisively ordered to start a combat formation, ready to beat the dog in the water.The whole fleet is excited, this is a great opportunity to collect heads, how can we miss it!They quickly formed a combat formation and rushed towards the boarding navy division.

The distance between the two sides quickly narrowed, and Denglai Navy warships appeared one after another.Soon, Li Yannian felt something bad. The Denglai Navy had too many warships and the formation was too neat. Looking horizontally and vertically, it didn't look like a big defeat!What the hell is going on?

Before he could recover, Navy Denglai had already rushed in front of them. Count them, good guys, there are more than fifty warships, not a single one is missing!Li Yannian's heart went cold. There was heavy artillery fire on the other side of Gooseneck Crossing, and the explosions were like rolling thunder. It must have been an unprecedented fierce battle, but the Denglai Navy was unscathed...

The fact that the Denglai Navy appeared here unscathed can only show that the fleet commanded by Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu has been destroyed by them!

My God, what the hell are these Yankees, how can they fight so well!

There was no time to think about it, because the Denglai Navy seized the wind, and the speed was astonishingly fast, rushing to them in the blink of an eye!The first to launch the attack was still the rocket ship operated by the Japanese pirates. After fighting for so long, most of the rocket ship had been consumed, and another batch of warships were sent to escort the surrendered warships out of the strait. Yang Menglong can only mobilize about [-] ships now.Although the number is not large, the effect is the same. When these sixty or so rocket ships came with billowing smoke and flames, from Li Yannian and below, thousands of sailors on a hundred warships were terrified and sent out There were bursts of wild screams, some people shot desperately towards the sea, and some people used the most brutal movements to turn the rudder to try to escape the collision of the rocket ship, but it was of no use, except for a few rocket ships that were hit and sunk , most of the rocket ships easily broke through the firepower net, and crashed into those panicked warships!The nightmare of Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu was repeated in Li Yannian's fleet. Thunder burst out amidst the flying debris, and flames shot up into the sky. A pillar of fire more than ten meters high was ejected from the battleship hit by the rocket ship. The keel was broken, the hull was opened, and the sailors were killed Flesh and blood were blown up.Since they are a part of the division, the warships they belong to are naturally mainly brisk, which makes their fate even more tragic. Most of the warships were blown into two pieces, and very few sailors survived. The formation was disrupted in a blink of an eye.The Transformers fleet took advantage of the momentum and rushed over, and the powerful naval guns began to roar crazily, washing away the formation of Li Yannian's fleet that had been messed up by the rocket ship with overwhelming artillery fire.Flashing explosions came and went one after another, and the hit warships flew into fragments like a cannonball, and the flames were churning. The unlucky sailors under Li Yannian's command were suddenly caught in a rush. The only thing they could do now was to take advantage of the shells before they hit themselves. The warship jumped into the sea...

Li Yannian's flagship Haifeng miraculously was not hit, so this general who was highly regarded by Zheng Zhilong could still stand on the bow of the ship like a stone statue, watching in horror as his fleet was destroyed at an exaggerated speed that reached its peak.He was covered in ice collar, dumbfounded, and couldn't even speak.How did the Denglai Navy come up with such a fierce and strange way of fighting?It is simply impossible to parry!At this moment, he suddenly realized how ridiculous it was for everyone in the Zheng Group, from Zheng Zhilong on down, to be proud of their own powerful strength of 30 warships and [-] million men!Yes, the Zheng Group is powerful and invincible in the South China Sea and the East China Sea. However, this powerful water content is also too great. When it encounters a more powerful opponent, its true colors will immediately be revealed!
The Zheng Group is like a porcelain vat that cost tens of thousands of dollars and was made by famous craftsmen. It looks huge and hard, but is actually fragile.

And the Denglai Navy is a hammer!

The vat provoked the hammer, and the consequences could only be tragic.

"We...surrender!"

The desperate Li Yannian trembling slightly gave this order that he was unwilling to repeat in his life.

The followers around him were relieved and hoisted the white flag with lightning speed.We can't blame them. There's no way to fight this battle, or even to escape. Why continue to carry him to death and let others slaughter him?

Seeing this, the surviving battleships also scrambled to hoist the white flag, and they no longer had the courage to continue fighting.Seeing this, the Denglai Navy stopped the attack. Some warships escorted the surrendered warships to the exit of the strait, while the other part lowered their boats and began to rescue the sailors who fell into the sea. Seeing that they did not intend to kill them all, Li Yannian and others secretly let go. He breathed a sigh of relief and cut off the last thought, let's be a prisoner honestly, this is a good thing for him and his subordinates!
As many as 64 warships surrendered.That is to say, in the short battle, nearly forty warships were sunk by the Dunley Navy. Such efficiency makes people shudder.

As the rescue operation unfolded, the sea battle that attracted national attention came to an end.In this sea battle, Zheng Zhilong bet most of his belongings, none of the 61 warships with the most powerful firepower and the strongest defense capabilities were left behind, and all of them went to battle, and the Denglai Navy was also an elite As far as possible, all 240 warships that could continue to fight went into battle, killing blood and blood.This is a naval battle that seems to be disparate in strength, but is even more disparate in essence. It can be regarded as a confrontation between the classical navy and the modern navy in East Asia. The results of the battle also prove that even if the classical navy has ten times the advantage, it cannot match the modern navy , In the tragic contest, five warships of the Denglai Navy had to give up after being severely damaged, and more than 38 sailors were killed or injured, which really made Shen Tingyang heartbroken.But compared with Zheng Zhilong, his loss is nothing worth mentioning. 320 of Zheng Zhilong's 2 warships surrendered to the Denglai Navy in despair, and were ordered to escape the Haitan Strait with him and flee to Xiamen. There are only [-] ships, that is to say, more than [-] warships were reimbursed by the Denglai Navy, [-] sailors died in the belly of the fish, and more than [-] people became prisoners. It can be said that the seemingly powerful Zheng's group has now had its spine broken.This fierce battle also brought unexpected benefits to the residents on both sides of the strait: due to the fact that too many warships were sunk in the Haitan strait, many wreckages were washed ashore, so that in the following months, the two sides of the strait The residents of the village are cooking and heating with boat materials.

Yang Menglong's dictionary does not seem to have the seven words "victory and defeat are commonplace in military affairs". Both he and Zheng Zhilong who fled in a hurry know that the war between them has already been decided. It's just a big advance.

(End of this chapter)