Section 876 The fate of the Lady of the Treasure Cave
A possible political and military earthquake was temporarily quelled under the intervention of Madame Yang and Chen Xinji, and in the current situation of this great enemy, how could it be easy to touch the generals in front of him, especially since he had no traces, how could he do anything to destroy the Great Wall.
Mrs. Yang signed a commendation order to commend the Southeast Fleet for its meritorious service in killing the enemy, and after the war subsided, she would carefully describe the merits!
The propaganda mouth's position is unmistakable, showing that Chen De is weak and strong, and he has tried his best to ensure that the fleet is not lost, and has effectively contained the red-haired Fanyun
In fact, when our battleships sank before, Mrs. Yang did not blame, and after sinking five enemy battleships, she commended the fleet for its meritorious service in killing the enemy, showing her support for the soldiers at the front!
However, the landing of the Hongmaofan fleet is imminent, and there are already more than 30 Hongmaofan warships on the sea as far as the eye can see!
The defense of Rising Sun Harbor is to go out to sea in front of the Harvest Fort, covering the most prosperous main harbor of Rising Sun Harbor on the left and the Bund of Rising Sun City on the right.
The offshore sea is always the most favored territory, the buildings extend along the forts to the left and right, the harbor and residential areas are constantly extended, the harbor moored ships, and the residential areas are mostly rich areas (certainly), when the southeast province is in full swing, Yan Changwu advocated attacking again, patronizing the construction of ships, so that there are no more forts on the beaches everywhere.
As a result, when the red-haired fan killed, the seaside residential area and the newly opened seaport were in danger of attack.
After the attempt of the Hongmaofan fleet to sail to the Rising Sun City became obvious, the southeast government was in a hurry to build forts in the coastal areas, but the effect was not ideal.
There were too many places to defend and the artillery had a limited range.
Therefore, the morale of the army is fluctuating, and the public opinion is dissatisfied!
The red-haired battleship approached, looking at the harvest fort that stood like a giant beast in the sea, and the red-haired captains all frowned.
Fengshou Fort is the southeast province for many years of coastal defense land, used to defend the city of the rising sun, in the Dutch occupation period began to fortify, began to repair the fort, arrange cannons, facilities continue to strengthen, with the rise of the southeast province, Yan Changwu paid more attention to the harvest fort.
So far, there are two large forts (separate east and west), ten earthen forts, ten earthen forts, each fort is three zhang to five zhang high, the base circumference is fifty zhang to sixty zhang, the upper bricks and lower stones, all are built with cement and steel buildings, the large and small forts are placed with one hundred and eight heavy guns, the muzzles are aimed at the magnificent sea surface, forming a harvest fort group, and a relatively complete three-dimensional coastal defense system has been perfected.
There were 36 42-pounder guns, 36 32-pounder guns, 36 24-pounder guns, and 48 12-pounder and 6-pounder guns.
As the southeastern army, which pursues larger, harder and thicker, the heavy artillery is super long, 30%-50% longer than the naval guns of the same caliber, so that it can hold more gunpowder, shoot farther, and be more powerful.
One can imagine what kind of blow the enemy ships within the range of heavy artillery will encounter!
The 12-pounder and 6-pounder guns were prepared with shotguns to deal with the enemy who wanted to land.
But if you want to build a harvest fort, it's almost impossible!
Because the Southeastern Army also laid wooden stakes on the beach and tied them with iron chains to prevent enemy ships from coming to the shore.
The Hongmaofan battleship approached, and the experienced veterans slowed down, and only one Spanish battleship, the 66-gun "Our Lady of the Treasure Cave", rushed forward recklessly.
When it approached the firing range of one kilometer, it was accompanied by a shout from the officer of the battery, "Put!" ”
Six 42-pounder cannon shells erupted from the East Battery.
"Boom, boom, boom, ......boom" A roaring cannon sounded, and 24 42-pounder guns spewed out anger one after another, and thick white smoke filled the air, drifting everywhere.
The flames kept spitting out in the smoke, and the sound of the cannons was like a mighty symphony between the sea and the land.
The "Our Lady of the Treasure Cave" is not stupid, when it heard the sound of cannons, it took the shape of "Zhi", and continued to approach towards the fort, one after another cannonballs fell around it, with huge kinetic energy, falling into the sea and splashing a large splash!
The "Our Lady of the Treasure Cave" was hit one after another, but everyone also knew that the power of the solid bullets in the sail period was by smashing, like the Southeast Fleet and the Hongmao Fan Fleet smashed each other for several days without sinking many warships......
As the "Our Lady of the Treasure Cave" approached, the number of shells sprayed from the Harvest Fort gradually increased, and the 32-pounder and 24-pounder guns opened fire together, and several holes appeared in the sails of the "Our Lady of the Treasure Cave".
The Spaniards never fired back, the artillery of that period was all smoothbore guns, not rifled guns, and the accuracy was okay within a range of 300 meters, but it was worse than 500 meters.
When they reached 500 meters, the "Our Lady of the Treasure Cave" returned fire, using their 24-pounder cannons to fire at the battery.
But their shells were in vain!
The cement mark of the retaining wall of the harvest fort is high, coupled with the connection of steel bars, and the solid bullet hits it, often only smashing out potholes, and it can't be moved at all!
Not to mention that it is going to collapse. Only the observers outside had to be careful with the shells bouncing.
Sometimes the opponent's shells fell on the muddy ground outside the fort, and there was a lot of dirt raised, which was quite spectacular, but unfortunately there was no real posture, and the defenders inside the fort could not be injured.
The battery was semi-enclosed, with a parapet wall in front of it, and everywhere was connected by tunnels, so it was not afraid of enemy shells at all.
It was the choking smoke from the fort that made the soldiers cough, even though they had covered their mouths and noses with wet towels, and tears flowed uncontrollably.
The smoke was smoky, and the soldiers and well-dressed officers in bulletproof vests and helmets, without shirts and trousers, were sweating, but none of them stopped to rest.
Whether it is a warship or a battery, if the necessary armor is removed, it will be punished by military law, and the soldiers can also dress coolly (whether you wear clothes or not), but the officers have to be decent, and some officers' clothes are soaked with sweat--- it is not easy to be an officer.
Carry ammo, reload ammo, adjust height, adjust muzzle angle, fire, shoot!
At close range, the 42-pounder cannon was so powerful that it made the "Our Lady of the Treasure Cave" seem to have jumped out of the water!
More than a dozen heavy artillery shells were fired in the company of the "Baodong Virgin", and the southeast army fought extremely fiercely, accurately and quickly, and their training was not in vain.
Gunpowder, shells, artillery barrel loss, military spending, target ships, everything costs money, but the leader is willing to give, not put on a show at all, every year there is a half-month training period for sealing the sea, so that the port is suspended, and there are a lot of losses, but the same implementation!
The port side of the "Our Lady of the Treasure Cave" entered the water, the speed became slower and slower, it tilted to the left, swirled in the sea, and when it turned the rudder, the starboard side was also shot one after another, and then, terriblely, it gradually sank!
The dinghy was thrown from the ship, and the officers and men jumped into the water.
"Half an hour!" This is the time from the attack to the sinking of the "Baodong Holy Mother", and the red-haired fan who watched the battle couldn't help but look at each other when he saw that the Chinese fort seemed to be undamaged.
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