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Chapter 796: Zhaotian Burning in the Huangpu River (4)

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    Water warfare weapons such as oil tanks originated very early.  ??Those who have watched John Woo¡¯s version of "Red Cliff", although the whole movie is full of Japanese flavor and Hollywood characteristics, for example, Gan Ning is basically the general under a famous man, and he is almost alone.  Not to mention the various flaws and golden sentences, but there are also some details that are preferable, such as weapons such as oil jars. Everyone should have seen the production of these things.  According to the records of Wu Jing Zong Yao and other books, the oil jar is made with duck eggs or eggs, preferably larger goose eggs. Make a hole at one end, take out the yolk, and leave the white to act as a thickener.  Pour in tung oil and seal it with tissue paper; put it into a porcelain or pottery altar, no matter how many ten or eight, as long as it is full, add a lid and seal it tightly; then wrap it around the altar with a thin rope.  Basically, the production principle of this thing is basically the same as that of Molotov's Molotov cocktail. The difference lies in the technical level and raw materials.  It¡¯s similar to the Molotov Cocktail. You get close and then throw it at the enemy target.  As a weapon of water warfare in the past, the oil jar was an arson object. Of course, when the enemy's and our ships were in contact, the oil jar was thrown over. Once it broke, the tung oil would overflow. In the turbulent storm, the people on the other side's ship could not stand under their feet.  It is slippery; it is not conducive to the use of weapons, and the ship's planks are stained with oil, making it easy to catch fire, which also makes it easy for us to set fire to the ship.  This is what the Crab Fleet commanded by Eheli threw at Li Huamei's fleet.  Behind the Qing fleet, there were hundreds of arson boats, loaded with reeds, sulfur, fish oil and other supplies, hoping to replicate the classic battle of burning warships on the Yangtze River.  I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s because I was too deeply poisoned by ¡°The Romance of the Three Kingdoms¡±.  "Even if we can't light the boat of crazy woman Li Huamei, it will be easier if we pour oil on it and light it on the arson boat behind!" Eheli had already made up his mind and offered a reward.  "Throwing an oil jar on the Nanman ship is worth ten silver coins! Throwing a torch or shooting a rocket is also worth ten silver coins! If you light the Nanman ship on fire, I, the general, will ask your master for credit. Don't dare to do anything else.  He said, "Let's risk our lives and go to the general and the regent to ask for a future!" "Under a heavy reward, there must be a brave man.  What's more, the Qing army never broke its promise in terms of rewards and fulfillment.  I won't say that all kinds of sweet words are flying around when you are working hard. When the task is completed, the rewards will be withdrawn. You can only serve as a background for taking photos.  More than a dozen crab boats were so excited by the heavy reward that they rushed towards Li Huamei's ship like sharks smelling the smell of blood.  There have long been rumors within the Qing army that the regent has offered a reward. Anyone who kills or captures Li Shouhan, Li Huamei, Li Huabao and other father and son siblings will be granted the title of county king!  Descendants have held the title for three generations!  The reason why this version of the rumor appeared was that Li Huamei could enjoy the same treatment as his father and younger brother as a woman. Naturally, everyone in the Qing army was very happy, "This scarlet-winged tiger almost killed the Prince Regent!"  If it weren¡¯t for that slave Cao Zhenyan¡¯s failure to break her handsome flag, who would be sitting on the throne in Beijing? It would be strange if the regent didn¡¯t hate her!¡±  The generals of the Eight Banners who hated Dorgon, the Liangbai Banners and the Tashan Clique discussed in private that Dorgon had been frightened into inhumane ways by Li Huamei during the Tashan battle. Otherwise, why would there be so many women in his mansion until now?  Have you ever seen an elder brother appear?  Only one daughter?  "Think about it, is there anything else that makes him hate Li Huamei more than this?" The Crab Boat rushed towards the Aomei like crazy in the wind and waves, braving the cannons that were continuously fired from the gun windows on the side of the ship.  , as close as possible to the Aomei, a rower kept groaning, and the turban on his head was instantly stained with blood and brain matter, and he plunged into the Yangtze River.  There were also sailors who were hit by cannons, and half of their arms were taken away by the cannons.  He held his elbows on the board of the ship and cried non-stop. The officer accompanying the ship stabbed him in the chest with a short knife to prevent him from suffering.  The soldiers with swords and axes in their hands measured the distance with their eyes, and considered whether they could pick up the oil jar and throw it at the Nanman warship. Fifty steps, thirty steps, okay!  Wealth and honor have been found in danger since ancient times!  Seven or eight crab boats surrounded Li Huamei's Aomei. Dozens of Qing navy sailors who were ready to join the gang picked up the oil jar and threw it like a hammer to the mountain above their heads.  Aomei number.  "Bang!" "Bang!" Oil jars kept flying over the side of the ship and falling on the deck, smashing to pieces. The egg liquid inside was mixed with tung oil, and the viscous liquid made the deck wet and sticky.  There were also many oil jars that were bumped by the wind and waves, and were smashed by the collision on the side of the ship. The tung oil was splashed everywhere, and many were blown back to the Qing military ships by the wind. However, people did not care about those many, and just kept the oil jars.  Throw it in.  There were also those who were really unlucky. As soon as the oil can was thrown out, the half-pound cannon on the side of the ship opened fire.  The unloaded cannon and the jar of oil were in mid-air."Meeting each other is like the marriage that has been cultivated for thousands of years. Just because of that moment, it stirred up thunder and fire in the sky and the earth."  "Boom!" There was a muffled sound, and a huge spark exploded from the oil jar in the air. The splashing fireball ignited the flammable materials on the surrounding ships.  The sails, rigging, and the unlucky ones who were splashed with tung oil screamed and tried to extinguish the flames on their bodies. However, with the thick tung oil mixed with egg liquid, how could it be easily extinguished?  Seeing his ships being gradually engulfed by flames, and people constantly jumping into the water to fight for a chance of survival in the flames and the river, Eheli gritted his back teeth and said, "Charge! Charge up! Gang-hopping! Arson! I'll do it!"  Don¡¯t believe that the Nanman¡¯s ships are made of iron!¡± Hundreds of Qing naval forces roared and shouted, each armed with daggers, crescent axes and other melee weapons, climbing onto the rope net and climbing onto the Hongwu Navy ship.  .  For a time, Qing army ants clung to the sides of each ship.  "Hit! Beat me hard!" The first choice target was naturally the Aomei, the flagship of the Hongwu Army fleet, which bore the brunt of the attack and became a shortcut to the sky for the Qing Navy's descendants to rise in rank and get rich.  One to two hundred Qing navy sailors climbed on both sides of the ship and kept throwing throwing axes and torches onto the ship, killing and injuring the Hongwu Army sailors and igniting flammable materials on the ship.  The fat-headed fish jumped on his feet, yelled and cursed, and kept throwing grenades out. Qing army sailors on both sides of the ship were constantly hit by grenade shrapnel, and fell into the river with screams.  There were also those fierce sailors. Seeing the tight defense on the ship's side, they clung to the gun holes and tried to get into the cabin from the gun emplacements!  He was hit by several gunners with blunderbuss, and his corpse was blocked in the muzzle of the gun, making it impossible to clear it away for a while.  The following sailors used the corpses of their fellow sailors as stepping stones to continue climbing up!  Finally, on the left side of the ship, near the tail mast, a Qing Navy sailor jumped up and became the first Qing Navy sailor to board the Aomei!  He held a short knife in his mouth, a crescent hatchet on his waist, and held a torch in his left hand. His face was covered with rust. At a glance, he knew that this man was a water thief who was used to walking on rivers.  "The merit of being the first to get there is at least two prospects!" He was still calculating in his mind, but he did not dare to neglect his hands at all. He swung the torch in his left hand randomly and forced back the Hongwu Army navy who tried to get close to him. He held a short sword in his right hand.  , Just chop and stab at people.  Anyway, he was the only Qing soldier on the ship at this time, and he was surrounded by enemies. No matter whose body the knife entered, he would kill the enemy.  He just needs to hold on to this position for a while, let the following people board the ship, open the breakthrough, and hold the breakthrough, that is a great achievement.  However, his life is only between breaths.  Several sailors had already gathered around him with their spear-mounted fire blunderbuss.  Seeing that the situation was not good, the Qing sailor threw the torch far away, pulled out the sharp ax from his waist, and prepared for hand-to-hand combat.  Several sailors who were surrounding him shouted loudly, then advanced and stabbed him forward.  The Qing soldier tried to push it away with the sharp ax in his left hand, but unexpectedly, this action was just a fake move to lure the enemy. After he swung the ax in his hand and could no longer change his moves, the sailor pulled the trigger with a grin.  With the trigger in his hand, a puff of gray-white smoke rose up, and with a loud bang, a projectile shot out of the muzzle. At such a distance, the projectile immediately penetrated his body and flew to no one knows where.  At the same time, several thorns on the left and right were thrust out with all their strength, piercing the Qing soldier's body. One thorn penetrated under the left rib and emerged from under the right rib.  A musket stabbed into the face from the right side, passed through the skull, and came out above the left ear.  The other two were pierced directly into his chest and abdomen.  This Qing soldier held a knife in one hand and a half-moon hatchet in the other. He watched helplessly as the musket stabbed out of his body, but he was helpless. He could only die leaning against the side of the ship. His eyes were wide open, as if he was unwilling to die in peace. However, he  A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.  The torch he threw just now caused a fire on the ship!  "Blessings never come alone, and misfortunes never come alone."  On the deck, the sailors of the Aomei fought with the Qing navy and drove them off the ship, while putting out the fire.  At this moment, there was a loud noise on the side of the ship, and the entire ship was shaken.  But it turned out to be a Qing navy sailor. He climbed onto the side of the ship on the corpse of his comrade. Taking advantage of his small stature, he got into a gunhole and was surrounded by several gunners.  Seeing that he was about to be captured alive, this guy came up with a barbaric spirit and ignited the medicine bag on the gun emplacement!  An artillery piece was lifted up by a huge shock wave and crashed across the gun deck, smashing several other gun emplacements into a mess. Blood and wood fragments flew everywhere.  Flames, smoke, explosions, and fighting on the deck, all these scenes that happened on the Aomei and the Hongwu Navy Fleet were clearly seen by the Qing Navy.  For a time, the morale of the Qing army was greatly boosted!  The gunmen on the crab boat braved the grenades, artillery shells, and projectiles that flew overhead from time to time, and worked hard to loadLifting and shooting, they provided fire cover for the sword and shield soldiers who rushed to the bow of the ship, trying to suppress and limit the counterattack of the Hongwu army on the ship.  On the big boat, Eheli held the telescope in his hand with sweat.  The fires and explosions all showed the intensity of the battle, and also proved that Li Huamei was not invincible on the water. I, the Daqing water athlete, still had the ability to fight with her!  Now it¡¯s time to see how to expand the results!  "Arson ship, speed up and pounce on it! The whole army speeds up for me!" In fact, the entire Qing fleet saw the battle taking place on the Gaochangmiao River section, and with a dozen crab boats besieging it, they could  After achieving such a victory, we have so many ships swarming up, can't we defeat her Li Huamei?  !  Suddenly, everyone rushed to the front and drove the boat very fast.  "Seeing thousands of Qing ships going down the river, the first mate Lei Wanchun on the bridge of the Aomei raised his head again and glanced at the triangular flag on the mast. The wind direction had turned.  The wind has now become northwesterly.  "Commander! The wind has turned! The Qing army is now going smoothly!" Lei Wanchun looked calm, as if he had expected all this.  Li Huamei heard clearly, but did not speak. She just stared at the Qing navy fleet coming towards the river with great momentum, as if it wanted to swallow her and her fleet in one breath.  After a long while, he said: "That is to say, they are having a smooth sail now, and they can't stop or turn the ship even if they want to, right?!" "Exactly!" "Send the order! Turn the helm! Reef the sails! Let's go to Wusongkou  Go wait for them in the wide area! Let's get rid of this bad breath today!" Li Huamei's face was filled with murderous aura.  In order to destroy the Qing navy today, she sacrificed all her ships.  Not only was a big hole blown out of the side of the ship, but the deck was also burned into a mess.  Although it's nothing serious, who wants to see all this?  According to the predetermined plan, the navy of the Hongwu Army fought with the navy of the Qing Army in the Huangpu River. After a round of fighting, they waited for the ships of the Qing Army to press on them and when they could not retreat, they turned the bows of the ships and went down the river to lure the Qing Army to pursue them.  .  Lure them outside Wusongkou and the mouth of the Huangpu River. The sea here is wide and the hydrological conditions are suitable for the ships of the Hongwu Army Navy to take advantage of it. They can use the speed of the ships to fully unleash the lethality of the artillery. By the way, you can also  Using the rockets equipped on his own ship, he turned the Qing army's arson ships into torches at the junction of the river and the sea.  After cleaning up the main gunboats of the Qing army, those small boats used to build up momentum and show off their appearance basically had a problem of not being able to capture prisoners.  Now, since the Qing navy has all rushed into the trap happily, the narrow river is covered with dense ships.  Then why bother with them anymore?  Turn around and wait for them at our home court!  The signal flag waved and the brass trumpet sounded loudly.  A dozen Hongwu Navy ships, led by the Aomei, turned their rudders and sails one after another, turned their bows and raised the sails, and rushed towards the Huangpu River's outlet with the same wind and current.  Want to run?  !  This is the judgment of everyone in the Qing Navy!  Where to run?  !  You sank our ship, burned our ship, killed many of our people, and wanted to run away when the situation was bad. How could it be so cheap?  !  Headed by Ling Tiyun, he commanded the remaining crab boats as the vanguard, followed by the gunboat fleet led by Eheli, followed by hundreds of fast-moving sand boats, and then followed by the eating boats.  The water is deep, hundreds of slow-moving sand boats, and more tank boats, fishing boats, and passenger ships are building momentum at the rear of the fleet. ? From the Gaochangmiao River section to the east, not far away is Yinxiang Port, and on the other side of the river is the Gaoqiao in Pudong.  A little further forward, we exit the river section of Shanghai County and enter the boundary of Baoshan.  Driving for a while on the boundary of Baoshan, after passing Laoyouzui, we were not far from Wusongkou.  Looking at the stone steps made of granite stones on the Yanyunsi Pier to prevent tidal flooding, Li Huamei, who is familiar with the terrain and features in this area, knew that after passing this stone pier, it was not far from Wusongkou.  According to the records in the third volume of "Jiangnan Classics" "Wusongkou Warships Discussion", "The coastal area of ??Jiading is seventy miles in total, and the mouth of the Wusong River is a suitable place!" In other words, there are thirty-five miles of coastline on both sides of the Wusong River.  .  Of course, it's gone here now.  With the diversion of the Yangtze River into the sea and the erosion of the river, large swathes of land turned into a vast ocean.  After passing the old stork mouth, the journey to Wusongkou is only about twenty miles at most. The fleet in the river can reach Haikou in just a cup of tea if the wind and water are smooth.  "Command to the whole army! Get ready for battle. Let's fight after we go to sea!" From her command position, Li Huamei looked at the trees, villages, and farmland on both sides of the Huangpu River that seemed to be flying backwards, and she was full of energy.  After this battle, this picturesque Jiangnan has left the mark of her Li family  No matter whether it is Zhu, Tong or Aixinjueluo, no one can take it away from her Li family!  The fleet rushed down the river like a galloping horse. The sailors and gunners were busy arranging weapons and clearing gun emplacements. Boxes of rockets were moved from the bottom to the deck for installation and debugging.  Bags of gunpowder and boxes of artillery shells were lined up near the artillery positions. People were ready to use artillery shells and rockets to welcome the Qing fleet that was pursuing them.  "Alin!" Eheli vaguely felt something strange on his boat, but he couldn't think of anything wrong.  Then he called A Lin, the leader of his coated soldiers.  "Do you think Nanmanzi was defeated and escaped, or was he deceitful?" "Master! Logically speaking, with the temperament of the eldest lady of the Li family, if she can still fight, she will definitely fight to the end. But you see, we all saw it just now  , the ship was set on fire by us, and the gun position exploded again. Look, her ship is still smoking! It¡¯s clear that the soldiers have no fighting spirit and the morale of the army is in chaos!¡± What Eheli said to his slaves!  He nodded. In fact, this was also his inner thought.  However, this reason could not convince him.  "There is a saying in the art of war, don't chase the enemy when you are poor, and don't cover up when you return to the enemy. If you continue to pursue like this, be careful of fraud." Eheli intended to order the large group of people to stop the pursuit, but the current Qing fleet could not do this!  The Crab fleet in the van was chasing after them like crazy, while the gunboat fleet behind them were afraid of being left behind, so all the sails were fully loaded and they ran all the way.  "Master, I'm afraid that the whole army can't be contained at this time! The river is narrow, and there are many shoals and reefs. We can only wait until we are out of the seaport, where it is wide, and then find a way to slowly reorganize the team." A Lin looked at his house  The Crab fleet had followed Li Huamei's fleet out of the sea and sighed helplessly.  A large fleet rushed out of the seaport, from the narrow river to the vast sea. Watching the sea and the sky meet, you can't help but feel refreshed.  "Boom! Boom!" There was a dense sound of artillery on the sea, and rockets fell from overhead.  Li Huamei's fleet turned around and rushed over from the left and right wings, blocking the Qing fleet at the mouth of the sea!
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