I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

On the other side, the steam fleet led by Bai Bainian finally bit the tail of Zheng Zhihu's fleet after a chase.

However, they did not fire immediately, but drove to the side of the Ming army, keeping parallel with the Ming army.

In this way, their firepower can be fully utilized.

Those who were caught up by the Ming army wanted to get rid of it, but the speed was so high that there was no way to go any faster.

The sound of the artillery sounded again, and a large number of artillery shells fell into the Ming army, continuing to cause damage, making the Ming army miserable.

It is still hundreds of miles away from the Fuzhou base. If they are chased and killed all the way, I am afraid that none of them will survive.

"These people, are you still playing?"

Zheng Zhihu gritted his teeth.

The inexplicable accusing tone already showed that his mind was beginning to be confused.

"Would you like to arrange some more people to break up?"

the subordinate asked.

"Break your ass, I can see it, they are eyeing my main ship. After the others go, they will ignore it at all, and will only pursue me wholeheartedly."

Zheng Zhihu discovered the problem, and the commanders on other ships also discovered this phenomenon.

As a result, some captains who were being shelled began to be clever and deliberately left behind.

As long as they fall behind and don't follow the big army, in fact, the Hua army will not pay attention to them at all.

Anyway, the big meat of the big army is still there, how could Huajun care about the small minced meat that was left behind.

In the beginning, a very small number of ships did so.

After all, it is a bit shameful to do so, and it is also tantamount to cheating the coach.

However, those ships that are being shelled can't care about their face.

You can't just watch other straggling ships escape the cannonballs, and then continue to block the cannonballs for Zheng Zhihu like a fool.

It's a pity that Zheng Zhihu doesn't have this kind of charisma, and not many people do that.

As more and more ships strayed, other ships followed suit.

Slowly, the size of Zheng Zhihu's fleet became smaller and smaller.

After realizing this situation, Zheng Zhihu's lungs almost exploded with anger.

Does this even make sense?

After those people dispersed, his main ship was about to be exposed to the muzzle of the Chinese army.

Even if the coach does not protect, these people are also qualified soldiers?

Zheng Zhihu was angry and panicked.

He was worried that these people who had left quietly might be afraid of his own guilt, so he would not return to Fuzhou. It is very likely to find a small island, and then start a pirate business on your own.

Although these people didn't die in battle, it was almost equivalent to leaving the Zheng family. Just like deserters on the army, it was also a loss to the Zheng family.

Counting these people, Zheng Zhihu found that his loss this time was as high as 70%.

Their navy is probably going to be completely scrapped.

"A small steam engine can actually do this. It's abominable, extremely abominable."

Zheng Zhilong scolded hysterically. At this time, he couldn't do anything except swear at others to vent his emotions.

He couldn't restrain even those boats that escaped quietly.

Just when Zheng Zhilong was about to despair, the sound of the Dahua Navy's artillery suddenly became weaker, and it didn't take long to even stop.

Bai Bainian and the others encountered a rather embarrassing incident, and the shells went out.

From the beginning of admission, until now, the artillery of the steam fleet has basically not stopped.

Such a high-intensity battle consumes a lot of ammunition.

And Wu Yi and the others obviously lacked experience and didn't bring enough shells.

Of course, they didn't expect beforehand that the battle of the steam fleet was completely dominated by shelling, and the connection battle did not appear.

Knowing this would have happened, they didn't even need to carry that much infantry on board, freeing up room for more ammo.

These flintlock soldiers on their ship were like watching a show today, and they didn't play a role.

There is no way to do this. Experience is something that can only be accumulated.

In particular, they are all using new weapons, and the previous naval combat experience has no effect, and everything needs to be re-accumulated.

"Let's retreat, anyway, the purpose of severely inflicting heavy damage on the enemy has been achieved. Even if we go to hand-to-hand combat, it will not expand too much of the victory."

Bai Bainian said with a little regret.

After bullying the enemy with cannons, he didn't want to play with the enemy anymore.

That kind of side-to-side battle, which is purely a victory in exchange for human life, is too backward, too incompetent, and too inconsistent with the Huajun's style of attaching importance to low casualties.

Go back and go back to fill a ship full of shells, you can beat the rest of the Ming Navy again.

"Hahaha, this victory is really unexpected."

His subordinates laughed.

When the others heard the words, smiles appeared on their faces.

Originally they thought it would be a tough fight because they had so many fewer troops.

But they underestimated the power of the combination of fast steam ships and howitzers, and the Ming army was about to cry with these two things.

It's natural to be happy to get a surprise.

"This great victory will surely let the Army know the importance of our navy.

Sex, in the future if you need funds, you can be more confident. "

Bai Bainian is also in a good mood.

This battle is very important for their navy, and it is a battle of rectification.

Fortunately, they did a good job.

If this victory is sent to the imperial court, it must be praised.

If you want funds in the future, you can be more assertive, and you don't have to worry about being ridiculed by the army.

The sudden retreat of the Hua army made the despairing Ming army cry with joy, and some soldiers could still stand with their tense nerves.

But as soon as the Hua army withdrew, their legs immediately lost their intuition, and they all sat down on the deck. This was a collapse after being overly nervous.

Even some generals, their performance is quite embarrassed.

"The enemy must have run out of shells. We can take the opportunity to counterattack and conduct fair hand-to-hand combat."

A general didn't know what medicine he took wrong when he suddenly said this.

The other generals looked at him like an idiot, let alone hand-to-hand combat, if they could catch up with each other, they wouldn't be so embarrassed.

The Huajun steam fleet, which has a speed advantage, can come and go freely and is already in an invincible position.

The group returned to Fuzhou dejectedly, and the messenger had already gone back by boat to report the situation.

Knowing that his side was defeated, Zheng Zhilong and some family members of the soldiers who received the news rushed to the port and waited.

Big defeat, this made Zheng Zhilong extremely depressed.

However, when Zheng Zhihu's fleet returned, Zheng Zhilong discovered that the degree of its disastrous defeat far exceeded his expectations.

Although it is not to the extent that there is no one out of ten, a rough look shows that at least nearly 80% of the ships have been damaged.

Immediately, Zheng Zhilong's eyes darkened, and he fainted from anger.

After saving for decades, it was almost wiped out at one time.

"Grandpa."

The domestic servant was in a hurry, and quickly called to find a doctor. There was a mess on the dock.

Some of the women who were waiting for their husbands to return, did not see their husbands, and suddenly cried out again.

Coupled with the remnants of the dejected soldiers who had returned miserably, there was a sense of sadness on the pier.

Death at sea is more bleak than death on land. It is difficult to keep a corpse, and many soldiers fall into the water to feed sharks.

In this era of paying attention to the safety of the earth, this is a great misfortune.

The news of Zheng Zhihu's defeat reached Zhu Yujian's ears, which made Zhu Yujian sigh uncontrollably.

Although he hated the Zheng family very much, he wished that the strength of the Zheng family would be weakened.

But anyway. At least the Zheng family was still on his side.

The great loss of the Zheng family's strength is also equivalent to a great loss of his overall strength.

The difficulty of resisting Dahua added another point.

"Send some supplements to Zheng Mansion, and condolences to Mr. Zheng."

Zhu Yujian ordered.