Section 81 Sweet Harbor Storm - Battle of Chrysanthemum Island (1)

The weishenme is a xiangyou broadside and not a port side, and the question is clearly of little significance. Le Lin has been in the navy for a few months, and she still understands the basic principle of obeying orders and listening to commands.

"Aim directly at the hull of the ship," Xi Yaya regretted, "It's a pity that there are no grenades, otherwise one shot will be enough to sink a ship." ”

"You can use incendiary bombs." Lelin suggested.

The so-called incendiary bomb is of course not a gasoline condensation bomb, nor a white phosphorus bomb or a thermite bomb, but a solid iron ball that has been burned red. The effect of this thing is not bad, but the gunner-operator-operator must be very careful and pay attention to safety, so neither the army nor the navy artillerymen do not like this kind of ammunition-ammunition.

"Okay, just use incendiary bombs."

The 12-pounder cannon on the ship is one of the four standard artillery guns that he is responsible for manufacturing and preparing for the army according to the proposal of Lin Shenhe in the recent industrial department, and the prototype is the M1857 12-pounder cannon of the US army, also known as the Napoleon gun. Although this gun is a smoothbore gun, it can accurately project a standard 12-pounder shell at a 5-degree firing angle to a distance of 1480 meters, and at a firing angle of 10 degrees, it can reach an astonishing 1911 meters. Although it was a smoothbore gun, its firing accuracy was high enough to engage the enemy at a distance of 1,000 meters, and it only took a few shells to incapacitate an entire company. It was a common artillery piece used by both sides during the Civil War.

The only drawback of this gun was its comparatively heavier, almost almost half a ton. But there is no problem with being mounted on the deck of a ship to bombard targets at sea.

In order to facilitate fire-fire at sea, the battery mounts of the four guns were fixed on a simple turntable, and the gun was reset using the recoil recoiling principle.

The nearest enemy ship on the starboard side was less than a nautical mile away, and with the power of the M1857, the enemy was already within range, but Xi Ya still did not give the order to shoot.

Xi Ya's idea was to hit with one blow: the big whale would hold on for at least 20 minutes before waiting for reinforcements from detachment A arriving ten nautical miles away. Therefore, it is better to hit a large number of enemy kills in the first shot-hit, otherwise it will be a tough battle.

The accuracy of the M1857 is naturally good on the shore, but whether it can hit a target 1000 meters away on a bumpy sea is only God knows. Although Xi Yaya is not a naval enthusiast, at least he knows the naval artillery battles of the Sail Age, and the distance within 100 meters can ensure that most of the shots can be effectively hit. The British even emphasized that fire would be fired within 50 meters.

Even if the M1857 is more powerful and accurate than those of the old smoothbore guns, it is necessary to compress the firing distance to within 400 meters in order to ensure accuracy.

Ten minutes passed. Everyone is waiting. The gunners kept their eyes on the iron balls in the furnace, which was surrounded by a thick layer of sand to ensure safety, and the furnace could be covered with sandbags if necessary. The sailors behind the sandbag wall peered out one by one. The pirate ship is getting closer.

Xi Ya put on the 80 steel helmet that the herald brought him, but refused the stab-proof vest, which would die of heat when standing on the deck. He remained silent, carefully watching the enemy's movements with his binoculars, and as he had estimated, the three boats on the starboard side were moving faster in front of them, and the four on the left were slower.

Finally, the nearest boat to them was already - close - to within 400 meters,

"Attention decks and gun emplacements!" He shouted.

There was a slight noise on the ship, then silence again.

"Go-shoot-hit!" Xi Ya commanded, "Target 3 o'clock direction." ”

The order was immediately reached to the deck, and the straw mats that had covered the gun emplacements were quickly lifted, and the straw bags that hindered the shooting-firing were also lifted into the sea, and the black cast-iron hulls of the four guns were instantly revealed.

"Distance two chains!" The rangefinder quickly reported the straight-line distance to the target.

The gunners did not move, it turned out that these were army gunners, and they were used to using meters as a unit of length. Le Lin hurriedly corrected: "The target is 3 o'clock!" The distance is 360 meters! ”

"Target 360 meters, 1 incendiary bomb loaded!"

The gunners quickly filled the gun-powder bag inside the chamber with a damp-wet soft mud cake, which was made of straw and clay. Then the gunner carefully picked up a red-hot iron ball from the stove with iron tongs, and the two gunners used an iron carriage to load the hot iron ball into the muzzle.

It can be seen that the danger of this thing is great enough, and if the mud cake that is isolated from the gun-powder does not play its role, the artillery will fire on its own, at least the gunners who are busy in front of the muzzle will not survive.

"Fire!" Lelin exclaimed.

The four cannons opened fire one by one in a tacit manner from number one to four, and a layer of light smoke suddenly hung over the deck.

"Hell!" Xi Yaya scolded, the smoke during the artillery-shooting-fire is really annoying. Nitrocellulose hair - ejaculation - medicine - when will it be available.

It wasn't until the light smoke of this cannon fire blew through the ship that Xi Yaya saw the effect of the attack on the enemy ship just now: the first sloop ship was shot above the waterline, and black smoke had already risen, and the people on the deck were desperately trying to put out the flames.

Although the effect was good, it did not "kill" the opponent in seconds, and Xi Yaya was a little disappointed.

At this time, white smoke also rose from the three boats coming from the front, and the rumbling sound of cannon was heard. But these hastily - fired - shells fell into the sea at a great distance from the whale. Xi Ya knew that the enemy's artillery was not very powerful, and it was difficult to play a role without entering 50 meters, so he could rest assured and boldly pack the ship on the starboard side first.

In the next shot-shot, the incendiary bomb pierced the sail and flew into the sea, and the enemy's sail burst into flames, which soon turned into a torch, and another shot flew across the aft deck, and all the sails at the back end fell in disarray, and the dozen or so people gathered there were all beaten to pieces and charred.

"Good! Well played! Xi Yaya was extremely excited when he saw this, "Keep firing incendiary bombs!" ”

But the incendiary bomb was gone, and it took a long time to use a stove to burn a large cold iron ball red. Lelin has already ordered the switch to solid bullets.

The distance between the two sides was almost 200 meters, the 12-pounder guns were almost 100 shots at this distance, the first sloop on the starboard side was almost completely paralyzed, a raging fire broke out on the aft stern, and the deck was littered with broken corpses.

The deck of the Great Whale was shrouded in the smoke of cannon fire, and when a gust of wind blew and the smoke dispersed, Lelin almost didn't scream, and one of the four sloops on the port side had approached less than fifty meters, and the bare-chested pirates on the deck, murderously armed with double-headed spears, waist knives, and bamboo pole spears, stared with red eyes, just waiting for the moment when the two ships came close to each other to jump over and fight.

At the command of the commander of the sailors' platoon, the sailors behind the sandbags opened fire, and with the sound of gunfire, the pirates gathered on the deck fell down in a row as if they had been swept by scythes, and fell into the water.

At this time, the four cannons aimed at the starboard enemy ship also fired a beautiful salvo, and the 12-pound iron ball tore a large hole in the waterline of one of the brigs - it began to sink, and the pirates above jumped into the sea and grabbed one of the brigs behind.

The sailors on deck cheered. "Sink one, hit one on fire." Lelin reports.

"Okay," replied Xi Ya, "go on-shoot-hit, change shotguns!" ”

The salvo-fire of the sailors just now inspired him, since the distance is less than 200 meters, using a shot-shot-shot to hit a ship that has no protection at all, and a large number of people are gathered on the deck, will definitely achieve a very good effect, although it cannot sink the opponent, at least it can kill and injure the enemy in large quantities, weakening the enemy's white-knuckle combat power.

The 12-pounder shotgun began to sweep across the deck of the pirate ship. Each shot of the cannon shoots out 68 iron projectiles, "washing" the deck of the pirate ship like a torrential rain. Almost no one survived such a bombardment, and a large number of pirates preparing to jump were gathered on a ship on the starboard side of Zuihou, and after a salvo-fire, there were no more active figures on the entire deck.

The threat on the starboard side was basically lifted, but the three ships of the Gu family, which were approaching head-on, also arrived in front of the Great Whale. They lunged at the ship, twelve of its bow cannons firing at the same time, making it impossible to evade.

The whale was unfortunately hit, and the stones and iron bullets hit the sandbags with a dull "poof" sound, and the wet straw bags rose with green smoke. Then another shot hit the foremast, and the canopy fell into a state of confusion, and immediately a roaring cry rang out from the enemy ship.

The artillery battle between the two sides continued for ten minutes. The enemy ship and the whale were invisible in the gun-powder-burning white-color-smoke, and the damage caused by each side could not be known until the smoke subsided. The first casualties had already appeared on the whale: an iron bullet pierced a sandbag wall, and three sailors and a gunner were killed instantly.

"Stay guarded!" Xi Ya shouted, and suddenly his head shook, his head was a little dizzy, and a stone bounced off the steel helmet.

The pirate ship began to attack the whales with all kinds of weapons, and the birds crackled and fired, and there were gunshots crackling everywhere. Stone bullets, iron bullets, lead, feathered arrows, javelins, and torches were thrown onto the Great Whale. Bullets rained down on the deck. Despite the cover of high-pitched sandbag bunkers, there were more casualties. Xi Yaya was almost hit several times, and his legs and stomach trembled in an instant, and he wanted to get his body behind the cover in an extreme way, but Xi Yaya, who firmly believed that he had the protagonist's aura and possessed by the aura of the king, commanded Ruoding, stood tall on the stern, calmly giving orders, as if he was directing the firing of a salute during the review.

"Why hasn't Detachment A come yet?" Xi Yaya seems to be calm, but in fact he is empty. If Detachment A doesn't come again, I'm afraid it will have to enter a white-knuckle battle.

More casualties began to occur on board, and the dead and wounded were immediately taken to the lower deck, where the wounded were treated for emergency treatment. The sailors poured sand on the bloodstained deck so that people running back and forth would not slip.

“fire！”

"Double shotgun!"

"The backmast is on fire, damage to the management team!"

"Hygienist, someone is hurt!"

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The shouts of the sailors on the deck, accompanied by the sound of guns and the howls of the enemy, made Le Lin feel both dangerous and exciting, he was covered in cold sweat, but his whole body was immersed in a great pleasure that could not be explained, he was about to fly, he held a pistol in one hand, a naval officer's saber in the other, and he couldn't stop shouting in Cantonese, no one could understand what he was saying, fortunately it was not necessary now, the usual training had a full effect, and everyone knew what they should do.

The big whale fired guns and cannons in unison, and the smoke was filled, like a fire-breathing dragon, moving slowly on the sea.

Suddenly, Xi Ya found that the enemy's ships were starting to turn around, and it must be that Detachment A was coming! He quickly picked up the binoculars, and sure enough, in the gap between the smoke, two fishing boats in the distance were approaching here at full speed, white waves rolling, and naval flags fluttering.

"It's finally here!" He muttered.

The addition of two fishing boats immediately ended the battle. Although Gu Dachun was originally surprised by the firepower on the Big Whale, he had many people and many ships, as long as he surrounded him and fought a white-knuckle battle, he could still take the Big Whale, not to mention that his own three ships had not suffered much loss. But the arrival of these two sailless and oarless clippers in front of him made him immediately understand who his opponent was.

The opponent is the Australian who defeated Liu Xiang and Zhu Cai's old centaur! No wonder the firepower is so strong! Thinking of this, Gu Dachun almost broke his heart, compared to Zhu Sanye in Leizhou, Gu Dachun, who has been mixing rice in this area all the year round, knows a lot about the rumors of Australians, and he has also heard a lot of many of their strange things, especially the big iron boat and the iron clipper.

"Quick, hang up the flag, go!" Gu Dachun's face was pale, and he commanded.

The direction of escape is not to be cared for, over the years, every time the sea robbery is not smooth, or encountering the encirclement and suppression of the official army, the pursuit of the opponent, is to run to the chrysanthemum island, as long as you run through the cat jump mouth is safe. What's more, this time it was a much faster iron clipper than them, and if they fled in a straight line, they would definitely die. Only by running into the Chrysanthemum Island - Lost - Soul Array can they escape from danger.

The three boats of the Gu family took the lead in turning their bows, and under the impetus of the sails and oars, they fled in the direction of Juhuayu. Then, the remaining boats followed with a U-turn and fled.

On the surface of the sea, there were two limp floating ships and a flaming ship, which had been largely killed and wounded, and the sails and rudders were destroyed, and even some living people could not move them. In the sea breeze came the cries and curses of the pirates who had been left behind on the wrecked ship.