Chapter 336: Fierce Naval Battle
By now, Wei Shengjin had seen why the Qin fleet would expose the side side, the bow was too narrow, and if he wanted to load so many guns on the ship, he could only install the guns on the side swivel. Now they did suffer from the Qin army's artillery fire, which lost several ships before they could get close to the enemy's fleet, which was the first time in Wei Shengjin's decades-long naval warfare career.
The Qin fleet's artillery salvo was more than a thousand shells, and because of this long-range attack method at sea, the Wei Han Navy had never encountered it, and the sea was vast and boundless, although most of the shells hit the sea, even the waves that collapsed in the sea still frightened the Wei Han soldiers. The Wei Han soldiers hid on the side of the ship one by one in fright, and sat on the side of the boat with their butts trembling uncontrollably.
Wei Shengjin is not a veteran of more than 20 years of naval warfare, looking at the soldiers under his command who have been frightened, he shouted at the herald beside him: "Send the order down, scatter in a swimming formation and approach the ships in the rear of the enemy, lean up, as long as we lean up, their cannons will be useless." ”
Wei Han's navy was obviously in actual combat, and as soon as Wei Shengjin gave the order, the fleet immediately dispersed, and the increase in the distance between the fleets did have a lot of impact on the artillery fire of the Qin fleet.
Li Chen looked at the turtle boats scattered and surrounded, although these turtle boats are not big, and the speed is not fast, due to their small size, these turtle boats are very agile in adjusting small angles, they are really like a big turtle, although the speed is not fast, but the limbs are very flexible.
"Boom, boom, boom."
When Wei Han's turtle ship was adjusted, more than a thousand guns on Daqin's naval warships fired huge shells, and in the deafening explosion, countless shells fell on the sea. This time, after Wei Han's turtle fleet was adjusted in formation, the artillery facing the Qin army no longer had the panic at the beginning, and began to approach the Qin army in the rain of artillery shells.
"Boom, boom, boom."
Wei Han's turtle ship approached the Qin fleet, and once the cannonball landed on the ship, Wei Han's turtle ship would inevitably be wiped out from the sea by the Qin army. Even if the cannonballs fall on the sea, they will stir up violent waves, and the Weihan people on the turtle boat will be like chickens in soup.
"Turn the rudder and turn it thirty degrees to the east." A turtle ship had just avoided a cannonball, and the commander of the ship had been splashed with seawater, and he didn't care about getting wet, and shouted at the soldier at the helm.
"Boom."
"Bang."
It's just that, apparently, he shouted a little late at this time. Although as soon as his shouts rang out, the soldier began to turn the rudder. But the shells were still smashing into the stern, and the turtle boat had already begun to enter the water, slowly sinking into the sea.
"Abandon ship and get on the boat." Seeing that their turtle boat could no longer move, the Wei Han people immediately abandoned the boat, and several small boats were pulled towards the rear.
Such scenes are frequently seen throughout the battlefield. Before the fleet close to Daqin, the fleet of the Wei Han people had already lost more than thirty percent, which was the heaviest loss of the Wei Han people in so many years of naval warfare. The opponents of the avant-garde Koreans were none other than Mahan and Goguryeo, who were weak at sea, and occasionally encountered some Fusang's pirate ships. In the face of these opponents, Wei Han's turtle ship is simply invincible. Wei Shengjin knew that Great Qin was the most powerful on land, but he never thought that the Great Qin that was originally on the sea was still so powerful.
"Master Hou, the cannon can't be fired." The herald trotted all the way to Li Chen and reported.
Since the cannon is on the side of the ship, the cannon will form a certain angle with the sea, and once the enemy fleet enters this angle, it will enter the blind spot of the Qin artillery. And once the enemy enters the blind spot of the Qin army's artillery range, it means that the ships of the two sides are about to approach.
"Notify the fleet, adjust the angle, and crash me into it."
With Li Chen's order, the Qin fleet immediately adjusted the side and used the frontal ramming angle to face the Wei Han fleet attacking ahead.
The collision angle of the ship is fixed on the bow of the ship to hit the enemy ship, and the collision angle on the Qin military ship is a hard object wrapped in three layers of copper skin, and the collision angle is also the hardest part of the whole ship.
Not to mention the small size of the ships of the Wei Han people, and they are all round turtle boats, not to mention the low defense, and there is not even a ramming angle. The Korean Peninsula is a small country, and there are not many high-quality timber that can be used for shipbuilding. Therefore, the naval warfare method of the Wei Han people was mostly to get close to the enemy ship first, and then use the zipline and other objects to climb to the enemy ship to fight. This mode of warfare can avoid damage to the ship to the greatest extent.
"The wind speed is good."
"Hang the sails and go full speed."
The herald standing on the watchtower of the flagship of the Xianyang waved the herald flag in his hand and waved the flag towards the fleet behind him. As soon as the order was delivered, the Xianyang sail battleship immediately raised the entire ship, attacking all twelve huge sails.
At the moment when all the twelve sails were raised, the Xianyang sail battleship was like an angry dragon, and it took the lead and crashed straight into the Weihan turtle ship in front. The Xianyang sail battleship is the dragon of the sea in this era, and it has the ability to turn the clouds and rain on the sea.
"Bang."
"Boom."
The first turtle ship in the Wei Han fleet, collided with the Xianyang sail battleship, which was only more than 20 meters, while the Xianyang sail battleship was close to 100 meters. Such an unequal collision reminded Li Chen of a news he saw in his previous life, it is said that when the first BYD F0 car was tested at the factory, the engineer who designed the car drove the car into a moving semi-trailer. Needless to say, the entire BYD F0 is naturally finished.
The result of the collision between the turtle boat of the Wei Han people and the Xianyang was not much better, the entire turtle ship was hit to the side by the Xianyang, and the right side of the turtle ship had been directly knocked open. The huge opening in the hull of the ship is seven or eight meters, occupying one-third of the entire turtle boat. A large amount of seawater poured through the cracks of the impact, and the turtle boat fell silent at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Li Chen was surrounded by soldiers and stood on the deck, and such an impact really aroused the interest of men more than firing cannonballs. Although firing shells is very cool, it is real, and the impact of one after another is even more exciting.
Li Chen looked at the Wei Han turtle ship that was sinking at a speed visible to the naked eye in front of him, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: "This Wei Shengjin can't prevent side leakage." ”
(End of chapter)