Chapter 206： Flanking

"Raise the shield and speed up the stroke."

With Wu Jun firing, the Qing army began various defenses.

They also learned their lesson and brought some big shields.

The distance of one or two hundred meters is very short for the ships going down the current. Wu Jun only had time to fire three shots, and they had arrived in Wu Jun's fleet and were entangled together.

Some ships that had not had time to brake, slammed into Wu Jun's big ship, causing both ships to shake tremendously, and some soldiers even fell into the river as a result.

"Come on, it's safer to rush over, and you can only be shot if you stay on the boat."

The general of the Qing army yelled, his words can't be said to be pure flicker, and those who remain on the ship will indeed continue to be shot. After rushing to the Wu Jun ship and fighting with Wu Jun, he would not be shot again.

However, it is obviously nonsense to say that it is safer to rush over.

Although Wu Jun's blunderbuss can shoot at long distances, their killing efficiency is definitely not comparable to that of melee weapons.

In close hand-to-hand combat, one mistake or one inadvertently will be killed. Even if he did not make a mistake and made the most correct choice, he still might die in the sword rain.

It is so cruel on the battlefield, not the helpless people, there are a few willing to join the soldiers.

Good iron does not strike nails, and good men do not serve as soldiers. This is a folk song.

At the urging of the officers, a large number of Qing troops rushed to Wu Jun's ship.

However, Wu Jun had been treating them seriously, and Dadao had been waiting for them.

The first group of soldiers rushed up, all of them received a knife or a few.

Immediately afterwards, a group of Qing soldiers with big shields rushed over and squeezed forward against the big shields, which gave the Qing army a foothold.

That kind of half-person-height shield is quite adequate for the protection of the soldiers.

If it is on land, with some spearmen behind such a large shield, it is a very powerful formation.

Unfortunately, the space on the ship was limited, and the Qing army could not play that trick.

Wu Jun also has a way to deal with this big shield. That is when the whole person is pressed onto the shield, using his own weight to crush the opponent.

The big shield itself is very heavy, and when it is pressed by another person, most people can't hold the shield at all.

Of course, Wu Jun's behavior is actually very dangerous, after all, the soldiers of the Qing army are not wood. Seeing Wu Jun approaching like this, they would also chop with a knife.

There is also the possibility of grabbing the shield with your hands, or jumping up and slashing and stabbing the person behind the shield.

Having a shield does not mean that you are safe. It can only be said that there is relatively more protection.

All of a sudden, the soldiers on both sides of the ship messed up and turned into a real melee.

The only safe ones are those musketeers occupying high places. They hide behind, hide in high places, and fire their shots at densely packed areas from time to time.

At such a short distance, the hit rate is quite high.

These musketeers caused a headache for the Qing army, and they could only resist with bows and crossbows. However, the number of crossbowmen of the Qing army was far less than that of Wu Jun's musketeers.

As the battle progressed, more and more ships of the two sides came into contact and engaged in battle.

The Qing army had a large number of troops, and Wu's weapons were superior, and morale was superior. Looking at the overall situation, Wu Jun would have some weak advantages.

The advantage of the Qing army's numbers has not been brought into play for the time being.

However, as the fleets of both sides continue to entangle together, the Qing army has begun to take advantage in some places. In some places, a ship of the Wu army was arrested by two large ships of the Qing army and then flanked back and forth.

Wu Yi has been observing the battle with a telescope, and at the same time observing the distance, waiting for the appearance of the steam fleet.

"According to the plan, they should also show up at this time. Could it be that the machine on the road is broken?"

Wu Yi said to himself, he knew that the current steam engine was barely able to be used, and the possibility of machine damage was very high.

As he was talking, suddenly a wisp of black smoke appeared in the telescope, and Wu Yi suddenly let go of his mind.

The steam engine fleet finally appeared.

With the power of the steam engine, coupled with the power of the water, their fleet is very fast.

Not long after the black smoke appeared, Wu Yi could see the fleet.

And Azali, who was closer than Wu Yi, naturally noticed the steam engine fleet upstream.

Similar to the reactions of others, Azali was stunned when he first saw the fleet. He couldn't figure out why the fleet was smoking, and it didn't look like it was on fire.

More importantly, the speed of this fleet is so fast, it is rushing towards its own side.

"The general is Wu Jun, the enemy's fleet."

Suddenly, Azali's subordinate shouted, it turned out that after approaching the Qing army, Wu Jun's steam engine fleet hoisted the flag of Wu Jun.

This is to create psychological pressure and panic for the Qing army. They raise the flag to tell the Qing army soldiers that you have been surrounded.

Regardless of this seemingly harmless behavior, it actually has a great impact on the morale of the soldiers.

When there is a back road, those soldiers who are still fighting will feel more at ease, because once they can't fight, they can escape. If the road is broken, there is no way to escape.

More importantly, when the opponent comes to cut off one's own back, it means that the other party has plenty of energy to try to wipe out one's own side, and that one's own side must be already at a disadvantage.

It is difficult for ordinary soldiers to see the overall situation of the battlefield, so they have limited means of judging the situation on the field, and one of the important reasons is that the back road is broken.

The back road was cut off, and there were some riots in the Qing army.

"Don't panic, be calm, there are not many enemies."

Azali shouted that Wu Jun's steam engine fleet only had a dozen ships. At present, the Qing army still has more than 30 ships that have not engaged the Wu Jun. These ships are enough to deal with the fleet that suddenly appeared.

While Azari was still in command, the steam engine fleet launched an offensive, and the cannons on the three armed steam ships in front rang out.

Dozens of cannons were fired together, and the momentum was quite shocking.

Seeing the black spots flying in the sky, some soldiers on the Qing army ship were directly scared to pee.

In fact, these black spots are still very few even on the surface of the river. However, this momentum is scary.

In this round of shelling, eight or nine rounds hit the Qing army's ships.

These shells were all howitzers. After falling on the ship and exploding, one shell would cost 20 to 30 Qing soldiers.

This kind of dense formation is most frustrated when encountering howitzers.

What made the Qing army vomit blood even more was that they could only squeeze in a boat, and they couldn't disperse like an emergency on land.

Some soldiers saw the horror of other people who were bombed, and could no longer bear it, so they chose to jump off the boat and escape.

"Calm, hold steady, and the escapees will be killed without mercy. Immediately take the initiative to meet the battle and take these cannons."

Azali shouted, as the commander-in-chief of the navy, he was more calm than those soldiers.

Subsequently, the reserve fleet of the Qing army began to move, trying to take the initiative to approach the steam engine fleet.

The cannon on the steam engine fleet sounded again. The address of the latest chapter of the aircraft carrier I built in Daming: https://www.novelhall.com/book/149212.htmlI built the full text of the aircraft carrier in Daming to read the address: https://www.novelhall.com/read/149212/I built the aircraft carrier txt download address in Daming: https://www.novelhall.com/down/149212.htmlI read it on the mobile phone built by Daming: https://m.novelhall.com/read/149212/In order to facilitate the next reading, you can click \"Favorites\" below to record the reading record of this time (folding before and after Chapter 206), and open it next time You can see it on the bookshelf! If you like "I Build an Aircraft Carrier in Daming", please recommend this book to your friends (QQ, blog, WeChat, etc.) ,Thank you for your support! ! (www.novelhall.com)