Daming pirates

The defenders in Chongwusuo City were so frightened that they ran away and hid in the city with their heads in their hands. Liu Yidao led the fleet and shelled them again. As a result, dozens more people were killed and wounded on the spot.

The roof of the main hall of the Qianhu Office was uncovered and a wall collapsed.

Seeing that the defenders of Chongwu were holding their heads and being beaten to death, resolutely refusing to fire back, and not daring to go out of the city to fight, Liu Yidao sent sailors, paddled the sampan to the dock area, and boarded the

He found these government and military warships abandoned at the dock and began to inspect them.

The Sea Wolf tribe has a very high appetite now, but unlike before, they wanted to drag back any ship they caught. Now, even if they seize a ship, they have to pick and choose. They don't want the ones that are too old or of poor quality.

Don't use damaged ones, as long as the hull is strong, the ship is young, and the materials are strong.

So more than a dozen naval warships of the official army were turned upside down by Sea Wolf. After some selection, they finally selected seven of the warships that were in relatively good condition. They directly pulled up the anchors and sails and sailed away from the dock.

As for the remaining ships, they didn't even have the interest to take them. They directly overturned the gunpowder and some kerosene stored on the ship, cleaned out the available items on the ship, loaded them onto other ships, and then set fire to the remaining ships.

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There used to be some merchant ships berthing here at Chongwu Suo Pier, but they were all driven away at this time. Sea Wolf didn't treat them too harshly. He took two hundred taels of silver from each ship and let them go.

None of the official ships were left behind, some were taken away, and some were burned.

A long time after the Sea Wolf fleet left, Chongwu opened the city gate again and sent people to the dock to try to put out the fire. However, when they arrived at the dock, they found that it was no longer necessary because the ships on the dock had already been destroyed.

It was almost burned, and even if it was extinguished, it would be completely scrapped.

Even the wooden trestle had been set on fire by Sea Wolf at this time. It would probably take a lot of time and money to restore the function of the pier.

After Liu Yidao first eliminated the official ships of the Chongwu Institute, he led the fleet to the mouth of the Jinjiang River, leaving four or five ships to block the inner sea of ​​the Luoyang River. He entered and began to search and suppress. Whenever he found the official warships and government ships

If you can catch the official ships, you can catch them. If you can't catch them, they can be set on fire. As for the merchant ships, as long as each ship pays a certain amount of silver, they will be ignored.

Liu Yidao led the main ships of the First Fleet to the Jinjiang Estuary. At this time, the civilians who were building the Partridge Mouth gun platform at the Jinjiang Estuary immediately came to the sea as soon as they saw the Sea Wolf fleet appearing on the sea.

There was a huge uproar and everyone ran away huffing and puffing.

The civilians can run away, but the officers and soldiers still have certain restraints after all. Although the construction of the Partridge Kou gun platform has just started and it has not yet been completed, in order to block Jinjiangkou, Cai Shanji still found a way to mobilize from Quanzhou.

Six or seven cannons of various types, including two Hongyi cannons removed from the city wall, built a temporary fort at the partridge mouth, and temporarily placed these cannons here, with the muzzles pointed outside the river mouth.

on the sea.

When he saw that the Sea Wolf fleet was coming with bad momentum and seemed to be trying to sail directly into the mouth of Jinjiang River, a guerrilla who was responsible for leading troops to guard the place quickly called the officers and soldiers to the artillery base to prepare for battle. He operated these cannons and aimed at the slowly approaching Jinjiang Estuary.

The Sea Wolf fleet made a gesture to prevent them from sailing into Jinjiang Estuary.

The movements of the gun emplacements on the shore all fell into the eyes of Liu Yidao, who was observing the shore with a telescope, and he couldn't help but sneer.

How can the current Sea Wolf fleet be stopped by a small fort? They are not the little pirates they were when they only had a few ships. Looking at the entire coast of China, there are almost no forces that can confront the Sea Wolf head-on.

No longer exists. Nowadays, when colleagues at sea mention sea wolves, they all avoid them and do not dare to easily provoke sea wolves.

Even after the Battle of Nanri Island, news spread that Sea Wolf's merchant ships even dared to fly the Sea Wolf flag on their own and sail directly to Guangdong. The Guangdong pirates along the way did not dare to provoke them easily and watched from a distance.

He glanced at them, shook his head and drove away from them.

The firepower currently possessed by the Sea Wolf fleet can be said to be second to none along the coast of China. The firepower output capability of any of the main warships completely exceeds the firepower output capability of the Partridge Mouth gun fort here.

When he saw the officers and soldiers in the fort on the shore busy trying to fire artillery to block Jinjiangkou, Liu Yidao found it hard not to laugh, so he waved his hand and ordered the following warships to sail directly to the partridge mouth fort.

Before Sea Wolf's ship could approach the Partridge Mouth Fort, several official cannons in the Partridge Mouth Fort began to fire one after another, with clouds of gunpowder smoke rising up, and firelight spitting out from the fort.

When it came out, it looked quite intimidating and the scene was quite spectacular.

It's a pity that the accuracy of their artillery shells is really poor. In addition, there are only two heavy cannons in the fort, and the remaining cannons are just fired to listen to the sound to strengthen their courage.

The shells landed on the water far away from the Sea Wolf ship one after another, stirring up waves and posing no threat to the Sea Wolf ship at all.

After several warships of the Sea Wolf approached the shore, the battle flag was immediately raised on the ship. The gunners began to load the cannons on the ship and pushed the cannons to the gun doors. As the hull moved, they began to

The artillery forts on the opposite shore took aim.

In order to improve the accuracy of shelling, after the ships approached the shore, they all retracted their sails, or even simply anchored and stopped the ships. One side of the hull was aligned with the position of the gun emplacement, making it easier for the gunners on the ship to aim.

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Seeing the Sea Wolf ships turning sideways towards the gun fort, and the black muzzles of the guns exposed at the gun ports on the ship, the officers and soldiers on the shore gun fort became even more panicked. They tried their best to load the cannons, but they fired again very quickly.

A round of shells was fired, but the accuracy was really pitiful. This round of shells still fell into the water, not even touching the side of the Sea Wolf ship.

However, the Sea Wolf fleet was now unreasonable. Several ships responsible for bombardment fired their cannons one after another at this time. The shells roared and hit the shore. The lookouts on the ships roared and reported the impact points of each cannon.

And instruct the gunner to make adjustments to the artillery.

The first round of artillery shells landed on the shore, and the accuracy was not high, but it was not outrageous. Most of them landed around the artillery forts, and some of them hit the artillery forts accurately.

This fort is only a temporary fort. The building is not solid. It is mostly made of sandbags and earth bags. Its thickness is also very limited, and there is no roof. It is an open temporary fort.

Therefore, as long as the cannonball hits, it will cause considerable damage to the fort. Even the most common solid bullets can collapse a section of the wall.

After some adjustments, Sea Wolf's fleet began to fire rapidly on the shore. Each gun had been calibrated to the target and began rapid fire.

The training level of the Seawolf's gunners is several times, even ten times or even dozens of times higher than that of the official gunners. The loading and aiming speed is much faster, and the aiming accuracy is also much higher.

Although shelling the shore from a ship, the accuracy of the shelling was not as good as that of a fixed fort on the shore, but the Seawolf's gunners still shot very well. After only a quarter of an hour, the Partridge Mouth gun fort was already in ruins.

The temporary fort sandbags had already collapsed, and even the artillery in the fort had been buried. The officers and soldiers in the fort also suffered heavy casualties.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, the guerrilla stationed here immediately greased the soles of his feet and fled the fort with his soldiers. As soon as the officer ran away, the soldier would be a fool if he still clung to the fort!

So after several rounds of shelling, the officers and soldiers in the fort were like their nests being exploded. They rushed out of the fort in a swarm, screamed and began to flee towards Quanzhou City.

Each ship put down several sampans, loaded with fifty sailors, and armed with the navy's special South Japanese smoothbore flintlock guns, they began to board the shore and rushed towards the artillery fort. When they captured the artillery fort, they even

Julien did not fire a single shot,

They easily occupied the artillery fort. In addition to the dozens of corpses of officers and soldiers left here, there were only some wounded who were left without treatment. All the officers and soldiers who could escape had long since escaped, and the partridge mouth artillery fort was gone.

Declare the fall.

Liu Yidao was not even interested in observing the battle situation. He led the main fleet and rushed directly into the Jinjiang Estuary and sailed towards Quanzhou City.

Of course, the officials and defenders in Quanzhou City had already heard the rumbling sound of cannons coming from the partridge mouth. At this moment, their hearts were filled with a feeling of horror. Under the general's orders, the defenders bravely boarded the city.

Guard and conduct artillery preparations to resist the sea wolf's attack.

Cai Shanji was in the Quanzhou Prefecture's Yamen and hurriedly discussed countermeasures with the newly appointed Quanzhou Prefecture. However, there were only more than a thousand officers and soldiers in Quanzhou Prefecture at this time. It was definitely impossible to go out of the city to fight. They could not let the officers and soldiers swim to block the Sea Wolf's ship.

Team, so we can only issue a death order and order the defenders to defend the city to ensure that Quanzhou City is not lost.

Now Cai Shanji finally understood that the Sea Wolf actually said that they would attack Tong'an County in ten days, but it was just a false shot. The real target they wanted to attack was actually Quanzhou City. Only by attacking Quanzhou City could they completely defeat the Fujian officials, because

When a city is attacked, the impact is far more shocking than when a county city is attacked.

Therefore, after not waiting for Cai Shanji's reply, Yu Xiaotian sent a large fleet to directly attack Quanzhou Prefecture, clearly to force Cai Shanji to agree to his conditions.

But although he could see what Yu Xiaotian had in mind, Cai Shanji had no idea at all. The most important thing for him now was to keep Quanzhou City intact. Once Quanzhou City was also breached by Sea Wolf, there would be nothing he could do.

Used.

So he quickly sent people to Deji Gate to inquire about the news. First, he would see how many men, horses and ships the Sea Wolf had come. As for how to retreat from the enemy next, he would first look at the situation before he could think of a solution.

(Second update, I haven’t broken my promise today! It’s good, but I’m sleepy to death! I have to inject water in the middle of the night, and I can’t sleep. The hospital is like a nest of mosquitoes! They bite me to death! Monthly ticket, summon monthly ticket!)