"All the way!" Yan Changwu commanded.

His large fleet was lined up in a column from north to southeast, and the long line slowly galloped in.

And on the opposite side of them, the Dutch fleet was also a long snake formation.

At first, the Dutch fleet was downwind of the South-East Fleet, and attacking against the wind made it difficult for them to move.

The two fleets converge and go into artillery range!

"Put!" The South-Eastern Fleet opened fire first, and then the Dutch fleet returned fire.

The two sides lined up in battle lines and began to fire a salvo, densely stacked on top of each other to fight each other, the cannon roared, and the guns roared, as lively as before the Chinese New Year did not ban artillery.

The smog expanded rapidly, and the PM2.5 index in the air skyrocketed!

The cannonballs hit the walls of the opponent's ships, and large and small pieces of wood and sawdust flew out, along with broken projectiles, flying everywhere, killing and injuring people on both sides.

The empty shells fell on the sea around the ship, stirring up white columns of water, and the decks of each ship were filled with thick smoke and the pungent smell of burning gunpowder, so thick that the recruits kept coughing, and the veterans gladly dissipated: "Hey, the stronger the smell of gunpowder, the heavier the blood on the enemy's ship!" ”

Everyone's ships continued to advance towards the other side, and more and more ships were able to engage each other, and the sound of artillery became more intensive.

At this moment, everyone doesn't want to think about anything, just want to shoot!

"Aim!" Yan Dashao gave the order behind the only 12-pounder gate on the open deck, and then added, "Let it lie flat like this," because he measured the height of the opposing warship, so that he could not adjust the muzzle, and there were two members of the gun squad controlling the side pulleys, and the gunners knelt on the side of the gun, and their heads avoided the gun. He took the slow-burning fuse from a small container on the gun carriage and blew it carefully to make it smoldering stronger.

The gunner, who was in charge of loading the gunpowder, held the gunpowder bag for the next shot, stood behind the gun shaft on the starboard side and observed, and the gunner was holding the fire door pin with one hand and the ignition powder of the fire door with the other, and was ready to obey the order.

The rest of the 6-pounder guns were so prepared that when they heard the sound of the guns coming from the gun deck, and the salvo was so loud that they listened to the signal from the gun deck, they pressed the slow-burning ignition on the detonator, saying that it was too late and that it was too fast, and the detonator was ignited, making a slight sound, and the fire flashed, and the tamped gunpowder exploded in the gun chamber, making a bang.

The moment the cannon fired, smoke and crimson gunpowder erupted from the muzzle, and the shell was smoothly discharged!

At the moment of roaring, the recoil force acted on the cannon body, causing the heavy cannon to shoot back two and a half meters, and did not stop until it encountered the sandbags in the rear.

It certainly shouldn't have been such a short distance, and if it weren't for the manpower added to it, and the ropes tied to the bulwarks to pull it and sandbags, it would have been enough to slide to the bulwarks on the other side.

"Plug the fire." Yan Dashao shouted while observing the flight trajectory of the cannonball, the cannonball dragged a white smoke and flew downwind, and the gunner stuffed the fire door needle into the fire door eye, at this time, the artillery shell fell on the opposite ship without hope, hit the wall of the ship, and then landed on a positive fan surface, almost six people were knocked over to the ground, and one of them flew out three meters in a "graceful" posture!

"Well played!" Yan Dashao waved his fist and said, admiring, he saw a cannonball on the lower gun deck fly out of the gun chamber, stirring up a long wave on the rolling sea, and then jumping straight, and then falling to the water, and then stirring up a curling wave, just like playing in the water, flying out of more than 20 meters in a row before sinking into the water.

The others were not as idle as him, and the gunners had already grabbed the gun without waiting for it to stop. Hold on to the chain attached to the gun and secure it.

"Wipe the cannon!"

The gunner quickly put the sheepskin mop into the firefighter's bucket, squeezed his body into the small space between the gun port and the side side, then stuffed the mop into the barrel from the left side, turned it in with the mop, and after cleaning the barrel several times, by the time he took the mop out of the barrel, the sheepskin had turned charred black.

"Load gunpowder!"

The gunner, who was in charge of loading the gunpowder, had prepared a sturdy bag of gunpowder, and when the gunner shoved it into the barrel of the gun, he pushed it to the end, and the gunner put the firing needle into the firing door, tried to get it into place, and then shouted: "Load the shell." ”

The loader picked up a cannonball and sent it into the chamber, but he didn't expect the wind and waves to be straight, the man was unstable on his feet, the cannonball came out of his hand, and rolled on the deck, and the loader didn't have time to pay attention to it, so he picked up the second cannonball, loaded it quickly, and blocked the muzzle with a cannon.

The artillery commander shouted from the side: "The cannon is in place!" ”

Together, they pushed the cannon to the hole of the cannon, extended the muzzle, loaded the gunpowder, and then took aim.

Seeing that Yan Dashao did not give the order, the artillery commander ordered the cannon to be fired, while Yan Dashao was looking at the time and scolded bitterly: "It took two and a half minutes, you stupid people, I have to deduct your salary!" ”

His words made the artillery squad worried and embarrassed, they rolled up their sleeves and worked hard, and many of the artillerymen were shirtless, wearing a pair of deerskin shorts, a bulletproof vest, and a basin helmet on their heads (military regulations stipulate that you must wear armor in battle, but there are no rules on wearing clothes!). In other words, your fruit is legitimate. The gun commander roared, "Reload! Hurry, hurry, hurry! ”

……

Artillery is being fired everywhere! Fire!

Everyone moves mechanically, patronizing the slamming cannons.

In addition to the face-to-face shelling, there are also gunfights one after another, and those sharpshooters on the top of the mast bear the brunt of the blow, falling off the deck like a piece of fallen leaves!

They were condescending and had a wide field of vision, and became the target of the opponent's attack, especially Yan Dashao, who was afraid of death, specially arranged a squad of gunners of the "anti-air shooting group" to clear the enemy musketeers on the top of the mast and ensure the safety of his eldest young master.

The battle first talks about DPS firepower output, and then tactics, and everyone's tactics, it depends on the beauty of the sky, if the wind is small, everyone can only stare dryly, the wind is strong, and it is also difficult to fight,

The casualties of senior commanders, captains, vice-captains, naval officers, and gunnery officers were very large, because the officers on the open deck, they could not dress so plainly like the soldiers, they had to show off their uniforms, so that they could be seen that the officers were with them, so as to encourage morale, and at the same time, they became the primary target of the enemy's strikes.

Yan Changwu stayed on the battleship, he was dressed in gold and purple, in addition to the other party's cannon, their gunners, regardless of the danger of showing their heads and being shot in the head, also wanted to shoot at Yan Changwu, even if they shot down the Southeast Army after releasing a shot, they still had to shoot!

There are also a lot of ruthless people among the Caucasians, the group of guards in front of Yan Changwu fell one after another, they used their bodies as Yan Changwu's meat shields, one after another, on the deck, a bunch of people fell in front of Yan Changwu, and the blood made the shoes stained when they stepped on them!

He had a serious countenance, walking back and forth to boost morale, and even though the guns and bullets flew and the officers and men fell in front of him, he still fought on the open deck.

This is the battle of the sail period!

The deputy captain and gunnery officer who stayed on the gun deck, because the gun deck was the focus of the enemy's attack, was often bombed to the point that people flew up in the deck!

Anyway, I can only ask Mazu for the blessing, don't come to the sky to cause trouble!

Danger is everywhere, all the time, and even one's own family can kill people.