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In naval battles, the use of lime was very common, and it was not just the Qin army that used it. At this time, Zheng Zhilong sent small ships to spread lime and large gunboats to bombard Di Zhongxing.
There was a vast white fog on the sea, tongues of flames were gushing out, roars were continuous, and shells fell into the sea like raindrops, causing the waves to roll.
Compared with Zheng Zhilong, who had been on the sea for half his life, Di Zhongxing's experience in naval battles was indeed a little lacking. Being at a disadvantage, he tried his best but could not escape Zheng Zhilong's pursuit and blockade, let alone get to the upper hand.
Many Qin soldiers were blinded by lime and the situation was extremely critical.
Zheng Zhilong took the opportunity to get closer and closer, and Di Zhongxing's losses became increasingly serious. Eleven of the thirty gunboats had been lost, and the rest were also badly damaged.
At this time, Zheng Sihai led 82 ships to rush over desperately. Seeing the friendly forces being beaten miserably, Zheng Sihai's blood rushed to his head and his eyes turned bloodshot. "Charge!"
As he roared, eighty warships rushed towards Zheng's army like a pack of wolves, chasing the wind without stopping;
Zheng Jun was an old hand at sea. When they saw the enemy, they were surprised but not panicked. While the guns on the starboard side continued to bombard Di Zhongxing, the guns on the port side also opened fire. The shells whistled towards Zheng Sihai like raindrops...
At this time, only the two warships of the 18th Battalion were parked a mile away, nervously lowering the wave-breaking boats;
Battalion Commander Hong Tianzhao took advantage of this opportunity to yell to the soldiers of the 18th Battalion: "Remember, we are the Night Owl Battalion. Our primary mission is to hunt down Zheng Zhilong. Don't worry about anything else. Do you understand?"
The soldiers of the Eighteenth Battalion roared in unison: "Understood, hunt down Zheng Zhilong! Hunt down Zheng Zhilong! Hunt down Zheng Zhilong!"
After the fifty wave-breaking boats were lowered, Hong Tianzhao gave an order, and the soldiers quickly climbed down the gangway carrying thunder bombs, incendiary bombs and other weapons and landed on the wave-breaking boats;
In addition to weapons such as thunder bombs, more importantly, each wave-breaking ship is equipped with a rocket launcher and three rockets, which are their weapons for hunting down Zheng Zhilong.
Soon, the soldiers pedaled hard on the paddles, and fifty wave-breaking boats rushed out like flying. They were the real wolves of the sea. Their hulls were originally very low. When the soldiers pedaled on the paddles, their bodies lay on their backs, and the people and the boats were close to the sea surface. They were almost invisible from a distance.
The soldiers shouted slogans and pedaled hard. The wave-breaking boats were like arrows shot from a bow, cutting through the waves and rushing towards the Zheng army. The speed was at least three or four times faster than that of ordinary sailing ships. In a moment, they passed the eighty friendly ships in front.
"Night Owl Camp!"
"It's the Night Owl Camp!"
"Night Owl Camp, well done."
“Kill! Kill the enemies, kill them…”
When the wave-breaking boat flew past the eighty warships, the Qin soldiers on the warships almost shouted their throats out. The amazing speed of the wave-breaking boat excited them so much that their shouts even drowned out the rumbling of the Zheng army's cannons.
Shells fell from time to time on the sea surface. Water splashed everywhere. One of the wave-breaking ships was unfortunately hit by a huge projectile. With a loud "bang", the wave-breaking ship was instantly broken into two. The soldiers on the ship were blown up, and two of them were directly smashed into meat patties and sank into the sea.
Hong Tianzhao's eyes were bloodshot. He roared like thunder, "Faster! Faster!" Just as he finished shouting, Zheng Jun seemed to have luck. Bang! There was another loud noise, and a wave-breaking boat on the left side of Hong Tianzhao was hit by a stray bullet and was destroyed in an instant... ...
The tragic death of their comrade made the other soldiers of the Night Owl Camp hate them so much that they gritted their teeth and pedaled hard on the paddles to rush forward! Rushing forward would not only allow them to enter the blind spot of Zheng's artillery fire, but also allow them to return the favor and make the Zheng army pay for their blood debt with blood.
The sea was filled with smoke, and Zheng Jun didn't see the flying sharks flying close to the sea surface at all. It was not until Hong Tianzhao and his men approached fifty feet away that Zheng Jun vaguely discovered that something was approaching quickly on the sea.
"what is that?"
"Quick shotgun."
"Too fast, the other party came too fast, it's too late..."
"Quick, use the musket! Shoot!"
The soldiers of the Zheng army vaguely saw something approaching rapidly on the sea. With their rich experience in naval battles, they subconsciously felt that danger was approaching, and approaching rapidly;
So they started shouting and started shooting with their muskets. Bang bang, the gunshots rang out and bullets flew like rain.
Hong Tianzhao and his men didn't have many rockets, and they didn't want to waste them, so they kept approaching under the rain of bullets from Zheng's army. The bullets flew over and hit the water, splashing water.
With a "Puff!" sound, a soldier in front of Hong Tianzhao was shot in the head, and the cascading hot blood splashed all over his face.
"Ah!" He roared, grabbed the rocket, lit the fuse, then quickly sat up, put the rocket on his shoulder and aimed, chirp! With a sharp sound, the rocket with a dazzling tail flame shot towards the enemy gunboat as tall as a building!
boom!
With a loud bang, the rocket hit the middle of the enemy ship, and a fireball shot up several feet high.
The entire tower in the middle of the enemy ship was blown away, and the violent shock wave threw Zheng Jun on the ship into the air, with their heads and bodies separated and their limbs broken. The scene was extremely tragic.
The power of this rocket filled with yellow explosive is far different from those solid shells. When solid shells hit warships, they often cause partial damage to the warships but do not cause much casualties to the personnel on board.
When this type of rocket hits a ship, the violent explosion almost blows off all the upper buildings, causing great damage to the personnel on board. It also causes a raging fire, quickly enveloping the entire ship in flames and thick smoke.
Such a horrific blow caused Zheng’s troops on other ships to freeze in fear, and even their artillery was silenced.
"Hurry, find Zheng Zhilong's flagship!" Almost at the same time as the enemy ship exploded violently, Hong Tianzhao roared again. More than forty wave-breaking ships were like flying sharks on the sea, shuttling back and forth quickly, raising a screen of water mist.
The Zheng army, having come to their senses, screamed in surprise, fired their guns and cannons desperately.
The Night Owl Battalion was already very close, and each rocket they fired was accurate. Under the dazzling tail flames, the huge gunboats of the Zheng army had nightmares;
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The violent explosions one after another destroyed the huge ships beyond recognition.
The blown-off towers turned into broken wooden boards scattered on the water. The bodies of Zheng’s soldiers who were killed in the explosion filled the sea and soon sank to the bottom of the sea.
The gunpowder on some gunboats exploded at the same time, forming a huge mushroom cloud. The entire giant ship cracked and split into two pieces, sinking into the sea with a raging fire.
There were flames everywhere, screams everywhere, broken wood boards everywhere, the west wind was blowing hard, the waves were raging, the sky was gloomy, ghosts and gods were howling, the sea was like purgatory on earth, it was heartbreaking and miserable.
The Zheng army suffered such a severe blow that it was frightened, trembling, and lost its minds. The warships that had not been attacked for the time being began to flee in panic, so much so that some ships collided with each other, making loud bangs, and the soldiers on the ships fell into a heap, crying for their parents.
Even Zheng Zhilong was no exception. The Qin army's rocket launchers were produced in small quantities and were rarely used. Zheng Zhilong had only heard of them before but had never seen them with his own eyes. He had never imagined that they were so powerful. When combined with these small boats that were as fast as flying sharks and used in naval battles, they were simply terrifying and made people tremble.
Di Zhongxing, who had been suppressed by Zheng Zhilong, was overjoyed when he saw the situation suddenly reversed. He beat the war drums and commanded his warships to charge forward bravely.
To the west, Zheng Sihai's eighty warships also arrived and besieged the remaining warships of the Zheng army.
The Zheng army had lost all their courage and was unable to launch an effective counterattack. They were only concerned with escaping.
However, where could they escape to when the Qin army attacked from both sides
After many Zheng army warships were approached by the Qin army, they just threw two thunder bombs at random and then surrendered.
"Go! Go!" Zheng Zhilong yelled, his face pale as a ghost. After countless naval battles, this was the first time he felt so scared that his whole body went limp. "Quick, lower the flag, lower the flag quickly!"
Only then did Zheng Zhilong realize that he had to lower his flag to avoid attracting attention.
But obviously, it's too late.
The Night Owl Camp’s primary target is him, and they have been waiting for him for a long time!
Zheng Zhilong's five-masted warship was already eye-catching. When it lowered the commander's flag, it was spotted by several wave-breaking ships, so they all rushed over.
Seeing those terrifying boats cutting through the waves close to the sea, Zheng Zhilong was so anxious that he shouted hysterically: "Quick, load the shotgun and blow them to death..."
"Duke, it's too close. The angle of the artillery can't reach it."
"Then use the musket, quick, shoot!"
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.(To be continued..)
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