Is “He personally led fire ships into Cao Cao's camp, inflicting a major defeat.” true?

The 'Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wu, Biography of Huang Gai' records that Huang Gai took mengchong and doujian warships, filled them with firewood and straw, poured oil over them, and rode swift boats straight into Cao Cao's naval camp to start a great fire. (Original text: 「然观操军船舰，首尾相接，可烧而走也。」乃取蒙冲斗舰数十艘，实以薪草，膏油灌其中。裹以帷幕，上建牙旗，先书报曹公，欺以欲降。——Source: data/raw/sanguozhi/吴书·周瑜鲁肃吕蒙传.txt)