vs 184 It is advisable to chase after the poor (2)
Gunk gritted his teeth and decided whether to fight or disperse, hoping that the experienced captains would use their skills to defeat the Akito.
Sure enough, against the Black Warrior Siresmana's battle line, six Dutch ships flew away, and they were ready to line up in front of the Ming battle line to flank the Ming warships.
Three ships on the left and right, formed
"Turn three points to the right, speed up, and don't let them run ahead of us!"
Under his leadership, the battle line was drawn in an arc, and the six loads immediately exchanged fire with the battle column, and the two sides fought from a distance of three hundred meters to a hundred meters, almost next to each other, the cannon roared, and the face to face bombarded, and neither side was afraid!
The Dutch's twenty-four-pounder guns were so powerful that even the fifth-class cruisers of the South-East Fleet were tilted to the point that their hulls were tilted, and their eighteen-pounder guns, in color, impressed the smaller Dutch ships as well.
Unable to form a cross-fire circle, the Dutch ships could only bombard the Mingren, but their superb skills still opened the eyes of the officers and men of the Southeast Fleet.
Cheng Yu of the Southeast Fleet, who was hit by an arrow in the knee in the battle with the sea bandit Li Kuiqi, limped when he walked, at first he was afraid that others would look down on him and wanted to return to civilian work, but he was encouraged by Yan Changwu and said: "It's not easy to train a captain, you also know it, how can you give up because of some insignificant physical defects!" As long as you have medals on your chest, others will respect you! ”
Therefore, Cheng Yu worked hard, and his command ability was fully affirmed by the top management of the fleet, but the Dutch ship "Hermes" he encountered today really made him see his own shortcomings!
When Cheng Yu opened fire, the "Hermes" and him became a T-shaped vertical bar, either located in the bow or in the stern of the ship, so that Cheng Yu's artillery power could not be exerted.
When the "Hermes" opened fire, Cheng Yu's warship had to take it all!
Continuously entangled, Cheng Yu really admired the captain of the "Hermes", and had the urge to worship the other party as a teacher, the captain's ship control skills and his observation ability were really outstanding, he could always avoid the biggest damage to him from the Ming ship, and he always used cannonballs to make Cheng Yu embarrassed!
"It's failed again!" The cannonballs shot out and hit the water, and Cheng Yu could only endure the pain silently.
Another captain of the Southeast Fleet, Hong Xiguan, also encountered an embarrassment similar to Cheng Yu against the Dutch ship "Maas", the Maas accompanied Hong Xiguan, suddenly rushed forward and backward, and kept hitting Hong Xiguan with naval guns on the head, causing heavy casualties on his battleship, and blood stains on the open deck, Hong Xiguan had to raise his own shield to resist the gunshells, shells, fragments and exploding wooden blocks that flew from time to time!
The Dutch ships "Liberty" and "Middelburg" were also first-class, and they bombarded Kaohsiung 8 in an arc before and after the "Kaohsiung 8", and let the gunwales of Kaohsiung 8 miss!
If it continues to fight like this, the battle line will really become a joke, but fortunately, Yan Changwu's other battle line will kill.
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Some time ago, Yan Changwu's battle line was diagonal, covering from the rear of the Dutch fleet, the Dutch were scattered, and several ships were ready to run in front of him to form a circle of crossfire to flank them.
Looking at the other party's movements, Yan Changwu said to Mr. David: "Every time we prepare for a war, the wind and waves become smaller, which is convenient for us to perform a good show. ”
Mr. David shrugged and said, "That's Mazu Niangniang is powering us out!" ”
"Of course!" Yan Changwu laughed and said, "Turn right five points for me!" ”
“GOOD!” Mr. David couldn't help but praise that Yan Changwu's move was to go straight into the enemy's scattered formation, like a black tiger digging out his heart, so that the enemy's original plan would be frustrated, which might also cause a scene of besieging our army in the enemy group.
Yan Changwu fired all the way and galloped, while Siresma reduced the speed of the boat, and soon formed a momentum of keeping pace with Yan Changwu's column, flanking the lotus boat in the middle, which made Cheng Yuhongxiguan breathe a sigh of relief.
"Bukasbel" fell in love with the Tainan (Yan Changwu's flagship), and Songke ordered to kill the Tainan and never leave the port side of the Tainan!
For nearly an hour, they were only separated by less than 30 meters, and everyone's artillery was fighting loudly, and the crews of both sides operated their guns like warriors, fighting hard, while the commanders on both sides gave orders in the rain of bullets, and could see each other, and the shells kept falling on each other's ships, and saw the people around each other constantly falling.
Suddenly, the stern of the "Bukasbel" was hit by as many as three shots, and there was a day's worth of wood chips, some of which flew as high as the mainmast!
Its rudder was destroyed at about the same time as the backmast, and the out-of-control Bukasbell drifted to the Tainan because it was upwind.
"They're ready to engage us!" Yan Changwu didn't know how to say to the officers and soldiers around him: "Get ready for muskets!" Let's kill it! ”
"Let me command!" Mr. David said immediately.
"No, I'll go!" Yan Changwu personally raised a double-barreled shotgun.
Who can't stop it in such a situation, his guards tightly surrounded Yan Changwu, and he said unhappily: "Okay, I'm all overwhelmed by you!" ”
The two ships finally came together, and the crews on both sides immediately fired muskets at each other, and the muskets of "bang-bang-bang......" rang out!
In less than five minutes, the crew of the "Bukasbel" was piled up on the deck!
"Kill!" Yan Changwu shouted, personally led the team to charge, and killed the opponent's deck.
When crossing the broadside, the people protecting him inevitably formed a loose formation, and suddenly, five musketeers stood up from the pile of corpses, and they opened fire on Yan Changwu!
At a close distance of less than ten meters, the four soldiers who were in front of Yan Changwu were immediately knocked to the ground, and the power of the muskets was so great that they even knocked one soldier back to the ship.
They blocked six shots, and just as everyone was relieved, another bloody Dutch man stood up from the pile of corpses, it was the hideous-faced Songke, who held a flintlock pistol in his hand, and the musket of that period was particularly large because of the use of black powder, close to 20 mm, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at Yan Changwu.
Songke pulled the trigger and shot a fatal shot at Yan Changwu, who was empty in front of him!
Rumble!