Chapter 454

Although Shi Kefa received the latest news and delayed the boarding of tens of thousands of infantry, Jiujiang was more than 150 miles away from Wangjiang. He didn't start until dark, but he still arrived on the river in Wangjiang section at dawn.

Dozens of small boats immediately drew up. Commander Zuo was relieved and quickly organized an army to board the ship.

Who would have thought that after only half an hour, Qin Yi and his army came up along the river bank from the East, and at this time, gunshots and shouts came from the north.

For a time, the left army was in a panic, and the whole shore was full of people scrambling to board the ship.

Zuo Dashuai was also scared to death. He didn't care about the life and death of his soldiers. He immediately jumped into a ship and galloped towards the river under the protection of the guard.

Other generals also followed suit, which made the ordinary soldiers even more flustered. Some were fighting against each other for ships, some turned and ran upstream, and those with good water quality directly took off their clothes and pants and jumped into the river. They wanted to swim there, but no one raised their knife and wanted to meet the enemy.

In the end, of Zuo Dashuai's 50000 troops, only more than 10000 people successfully boarded the navy warship, and the other 40000 people were captured except that thousands of people were still swimming in the water.

"Come on, go back to me and save the brothers in the water first." Although Zuo Dashuai was bleeding in his heart, the first time he got on the boat was to let the boat return to pick up the people swimming.

At this time, the thousands of soldiers and horses had been one or two hundred meters away from the shore, and the fire gun and bow and arrow could not reach them. The sailors who operated the ship could also go to the rescue with peace of mind.

Qin Huan stood sweating on the bank and looked at the navy fleet on the river. He was helpless. Then he caught a glimpse of Qin Yi who had killed him and said urgently, "Qin Yi, did you run out of rockets when attacking the city yesterday?"

"Big... King, there are more than a dozen left in the city..." Qin Yi was also out of breath.

"Come on, move it all to me and lift a launcher!" Qin Huan was so happy that he quickly said hello.

"Yes!"

Although he was half dead tired, Qin Yi personally turned over and got on his horse and ran towards the city.

Two quarters of an hour later, dozens of Chinese troops came to the shore with rockets and launchers. At this time, almost all the left army on the river were saved on the warships.

Shi Kefa wants to lift the anchor and leave, but Marshal Zuo is unwilling. He wants to shoot a few shots on the shore before leaving. They are arguing.

Qin Huan personally manipulated the launcher on the shore. After all eight rockets were loaded, Qin Huan aimed at a boat more than 400 meters away.

The ship is only about 20 loads. It's not that he doesn't want to hit the war ship moored in the middle of the river, but that the range is not enough, so he can only choose the boat on the side.

Qin Huan knew that even sinking a few small boats would not do much. He just wanted to see how destructive the Rockets were to the ships and how the hit rate was.

King Qin took aim and retreated to one side. With a wave of his hand, two soldiers holding torches came up to ignite. They were no longer afraid of death and life as the first soldier to ignite.

Whew, whew, whew

The burning cotton had a certain time delay, enough for one person to ignite all four. Then he stepped aside and saw eight rockets flying straight to the boat with white smoke.

The soldiers who saw this scene on the river were shocked, and some naval officers were even more surprised:

"Is it the fire dragon?"

"They have fire dragons coming out of the water?"

With the people's frightened voice, there were two loud sounds. Three of the eight rockets were shot low and plunged into the water more than ten meters before the boat.

The other three were high, flew close to the top of the boat, and finally fell into the water. Only the last two directly hit the side chord and directly penetrated into the hull did the explosion occur.

Although the boat was blown with wood chips flying, two big holes were blown out in the side, and the superstructure of the plywood was blown beyond recognition, it did not sink.

"Shit, it seems that fire oil is more effective than gunpowder against warships!"

Qin Yu saw that eight Rockets did not sink a small warship, but also make complaints about it. They knew that the power of the black powder was limited, and that the warhead should carry some combustion products.

However, I'm quite satisfied with the hit rate. Four hundred meters and two out of eight means that a launcher can hit 100%.

Even if it is a naval battle in this era, in fact, the distance between the two warships is between two or three hundred meters, not more than one mile, otherwise it is a pure waste of shells.

The soldiers on the shore didn't think as much as Qin Huan thought. They cheered when they hit, but the Navy warships of the Ming army were so frightened that they quickly raised their anchors and left, and dared not stop on the river any more.

Qin Huan was too lazy to waste those rockets. He waved his hand and ordered someone to carry the launcher back.

No way, the launcher is more complex and expensive than the rocket, and its value far exceeds the rocket itself.

Although Qin Huan did not sink the warship, the Navy rocket in Qin Huan's mind had a general appearance.

That is, it is longer than Raytheon 1. The effective direct range is better at about 500 meters, the elevation can reach 1 kilometer, and the warhead should be able to carry at least 50 kg.

Ten kilograms of explosives and four kilograms of combustibles, except for part of the warhead and iron hoops, the bullet body is made of wood. The size of the bullet body can remain unchanged. After the length increases, two small balance wings can be installed in front to ensure sufficient stability of flight.

Each warship only needs to install a launcher on the deck on the second floor. It can also use a telescope to make a aiming equipment. A warship equipped with 50 is more than enough.

After the fleet disappeared on the river, Qin Huan returned to Wangjiang county with his army under the prisoners.

The fleet went down the river and arrived in Anqing in the afternoon. It lost more than 30000 in vain, and it was still elite. Commander Zuo had no confidence in fighting with the Chinese army in Anqing, but if anqing didn't keep it, he might as well retreat to Nanjing at one go.

When Shi Kefa saw that Zuo Liangyu wanted to run again, he was also gnashing his teeth. Finally, he had to say helplessly, "unexpectedly, Zuo Taibao doesn't want to keep this Anqing City, then I'll keep it, but you have to share my 10000 troops."

"Well, it's a deal. The Anqing city will be handed over to Shi Shilang. Ben Shuai and you are horns with each other in Tongling, and the Chinese army won't want to cross the thunder pool."

Zuo Liangyu was overjoyed and nodded without hesitation. He naturally knew the importance of Anqing, but he didn't want to risk himself and defend it in person. Therefore, he was already planning to let Shi Kefa defend it on the road, but it was really hard to open his mouth. Who ever thought he took the initiative to say it himself.

In this way, Shi Kefa, who was loyal to Daming, stayed in Anqing with 10000 left troops and 30000 mobs, while Zuo dashai continued to go down the river with his fleet to Tongling.

Fortunately, Zuo Liangyu still has a little view of the overall situation. The 20000 troops in Tongcheng have not been transferred and continue to garrison in Tongcheng.