I'm a pirate at the end of Ming Dynasty

On the cold sea, Zheng Zhipeng stood on the Portuguese ship, facing the wind and posing like a king of the world. Seeing the Manchu navy getting closer and closer, he curled his lips in disdain and rushed. They gestured with their middle fingers. Of course, the Qing army couldn't see it.

Zheng Zhipeng had a reason to be arrogant. In the land war, the Zheng family was a scumbag compared to Huang Taiji. He still knew this, so after conquering Jinzhou, when he heard that Hauge was back, he immediately became like a dog. He ran away without even the slightest thought of resisting, but what if it was a battle at sea... Haha, Huang Taiji was not much worse than him, only seven or eight Yuan Chonghuan.

Zheng Zhipeng didn't let Shen Shikui and the others interfere at all, and led the Portuguese friendly troops up. He had to shock these new boys and tell them that the Zheng family was not just rich.

"Fourth Master, how do you fight?"

"Haha, this Qing army is so stupid and cute. They rushed up like a swarm of swarms. Who is this navy general? Why is he acting like an undercover agent like us?"

The Portuguese commander also smiled, "Maybe he has never encountered a big ship and doesn't know how powerful it is."

"Hey, you are a bunch of old haters. I heard that this is almost all the assets of the Qing navy. Let's help them and let them rebuild a T-shaped formation."

"Yes."

The Portuguese governor also smiled and did not object. He waved his flag casually twice, and the arrangement was completed. After all, the T-shaped formation is the simplest and most basic operation of any navy. It does not even require command, and the soldiers can be directly ordered. They can play freely.

Don't look at simplicity. The so-called T-shaped formation is the most commonly used, simplest and most effective formation in naval battles in the age of sail. However, it cannot be used in normal naval battles. The enemy will always try their best to prevent the T-shaped formation from forming. , this time it can be regarded as an old hat, how can you not kill to your heart's content.

As the name suggests, the T-shaped formation is to line up the ships one by one, aim them horizontally at the enemy with the side of the ship with many gun ports, and then arrange a long vertical ship behind it, which plays a role similar to that of a reserve team, and can be used at any time according to the enemy's attack position to adjust the angle, and intercept and harass if necessary.

Most of the so-called navy of the Qing army were sand ships, corner ships, and cano ships. These were almost eliminated in the naval battle between the Zheng family and the Dutch and converted into small cargo ships for civilian use. Although Zheng Zhipeng also saw that there were a few The Qing army also installed several cannons on the cannon as if it were a joke.

Of course, in addition to this, Zheng Zhipeng also saw a few Fu ships, Cangshan ships, and even two Wu ships, which are currently the main battleships of the Zheng family, but that's all. The cannon was not fully loaded yet. When I climbed up and looked through the binoculars, I saw that most of the soldiers on the ship were still holding bows and arrows, and they didn't even have a few muskets.

Zheng Zhipeng even suddenly felt a little unhappy. If the Qing navy was so virtuous, how powerful could Shen Shikui and others who had been fighting with them be?Can it really play a role in the war with the Dutch?

Just when he was thinking about something, the 'huge' navy of the Qing army had slowly moved into the firing range. The Portuguese commander asked: "Fourth Master, do you want to fire?"

"Let's fire it again. They will all run away as soon as you fire. It will be troublesome to chase them."

"Yes."

It's funny to say that at this time, if you look down on the sea, ordinary laymen would think that the Qing army has a big advantage. In fact, the general of the Qing army also thought so, otherwise he would not be so aggressive. Lengdeng rushed over.

How should I put it? In terms of quantity, the Qing army's densely packed large and small ships totaled more than 200 ships, while Zheng Zhipeng's number was only about [-] ships. In terms of size, it doesn't seem to be particularly special. If there are so many, can ten of them still be unable to defeat one of yours?

Haha, times have changed a long time ago. Today's naval battles are no longer about comparing total tonnage. Nowadays, naval battles are about cannons.

Some netizens with exploding national self-esteem in later generations went crazy and claimed that the shipbuilding industry of the Ming Dynasty was far ahead of Europe, and they produced data, because if compared with the total number of materials, Europe really could not compare with the Ming Dynasty, or even simply Ming Dynasty might not lose if there is a size comparison. For example, the so-called treasure ship Zheng Zhilong is sitting on is really much bigger than the ordinary Galen.It's a pity that this thing is useless. The structure of the treasure ship is very fragile. If dozens of artillery fire a salvo, the enemy will not die. Anyway, he will be shattered by the recoil.

As for the large Galen ship, if the three-story forts fire together... Theoretically speaking, up to a hundred guns can be fired together. Even if the attack is leisurely, thirty or forty guns can still be achieved.

Therefore, the Portuguese commander just waved a small flag, and four large Galenic ships, a dozen medium-sized Centipede ships (which can also be understood as small and medium-sized Galenic ships), and hundreds of artillery opened fire. Suppression, the range is farther than the amphibious artillery of the Qing army. Although the power is not comparable to the siege artillery of land warfare, it can hit a wooden boat or something with one shot.

As a result, the Qing army was collectively stunned before they could rush over.

On the sea surface, suddenly dozens of so-called large ships became torn to pieces, and countless ships sank. It was like the power of divine punishment, which made it impossible for people to react.

Even Geng Zhongming and others were dumbfounded. They were somewhat more knowledgeable than the Manchus, but it was also their first time to see Great Galen bullying others, and they were really shocked.

"The Dutch Red Hair... has thirteen big ships like this owned by Te Niang? No wonder the fourth master is willing to reward 10 taels."

Shen Shikui was also shocked at this time and asked: "Brother Geng, you are an expert. This... this ship is so powerful, how can we fight it?"

Geng Zhongming thought for a while and said: "If you can fight, the Qing army doesn't know how powerful it is. They used the wrong tactics. To fight this kind of ship, those sand ships should not be used at all. They are clearly targets. They should use small ones with one sail." It's a small fire boat that can be moved, with seven or eight soldiers on it. It can be hooked and burned, so it can be beaten. No wonder I heard that there are no sand ships and cang ships in the Zheng family navy. I'm in Dengzhou I heard at that time that the Zheng family built more than 200 small fire boats of that kind within a year, so it seems no wonder."

Shen Shikui thought for a long time and then said: "In other words, if you can't beat them, just play rogue and make something cheap and die with them."

Geng Zhongming thought for a while and said: "It seems that there is really only one way, so this trip south... Red Hair is difficult to fight. I'm afraid the brothers will risk their lives."

When Shen Shikui heard this, he grinned and said, "Let's fight, at least we can sell it for a good price."

Geng Zhongming also smiled and didn't say much. He just raised his chin and said, "It's almost over."

"So fast?"

Shen Shikui hurriedly went to take a look. After only five or six rounds of shelling, the Portuguese military formation did not move at all, and directly destroyed the Manchu fleet. It was just a blink of an eye.

Seeing that the remaining Qing troops finally came to their senses and wanted to withdraw, the Portuguese commander waved the small flag in his hand, and the medium-sized ships standing in the T-shaped formation sailed out steadily with the wind.

Those who come out to fool around must keep their word. If they tell you to rebuild the navy, they must let you rebuild the navy. Not even a ship can be left to you.