Chapter 409 Penghu Naval Battle 2

"Sailors fire!"

Just as Garlic Zi was slightly stunned, He Shouxin on the stern leaned out, pointed to the boat and shouted, "Made, kill those red hairs for me!" ”

He Shouxin is also in a hurry, if he doesn't shoot, if he gets closer, he will enter the range of the red-haired muskets!

Hearing He Shouxin's command, the sailors behind the sandbags shot in a blink of an eye - the rifle in their hands had been aiming for a long time, and the palms of the guns were already full of sweat.

With the sound of gunfire, the red-haired people gathered on the deck of the enemy ship at the head fell down in a row as if they had been swept by a sickle, and "poof, puff" fell into the sea one after another......

Dozens of rifle bullets rained down on the deck of the enemy ship, and the Dutch sailors who were gearing up never dreamed that they would be hit with such precision at this distance, and they were unprepared for it.

In the blink of an eye, there were no more active figures on the entire deck......

At this time, after the reloading, the two cannons aimed at the starboard enemy ship also fired a beautiful salvo - two shots and two hits!

A 24-pound iron ball struck the superstructure of a brig that had just come into range, breaking its mainmast in one fell swoop—the second Dutch gunboat.

Suddenly, the mainmast fell with a bang, and smashed squarely into its own stern, and the falling sail canopy entangled the other sails, and the ship was immediately in chaos, and a roaring cry sounded......

And the other iron ball that followed was deadly—tearing a large hole in its waterline.

It immediately began to flood in large quantities, and the hull soon lost its balance and leaned badly to one side, and the Dutch sailors above jumped into the sea, struggling, fluttering, and swimming desperately to the only remaining brig far behind.

However, the last enemy ship was still far away, and it was still a nautical mile away, and the "Gray Dolphin" on the right side of the "Qinzhou" was outflanking it, and as long as the missiles opened fire in time, the fate of the ship would have been doomed......

The sailors on the deck of the "Qinzhou" cheered.

"Sink one, hit one on fire!"

Captain Garlic, who had run to the back deck, raised his head and reported loudly.

"Okay,"

He Shouxin waved his hand and replied loudly, "Missile preparation!" Attack the enemy on the port side! ”

"Yes!"

The starboard threat was largely lifted, but the three gunboats approaching from the left flank were getting closer and closer to the "Qinzhou" and were rushing forward.

Although there was no one on the deck of the gunboat at the head, the gunners in the cabin were not shot, and the cannons mounted on the side of the ship could fire at the same time, and if they were not careful, they would be hit by it.

"Report, Gunner No. 1 has reloaded!"

"Second gunner reloaded!"

The co-shooters of the two missile groups raised their hands one after another.

"Double salvo! Sink it for Lao Tzu! ”

Captain Garlic raised his hand and pointed at the first enemy ship, glared and shouted, "Fire!" ”

"Pong! Disheveled! ”

Two Javelin missiles were fired one after the other, dragging a long tail flame towards the gunboat — garlic ordered both missiles to attack the same target just to be safe.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

Two muffled sounds rang out almost simultaneously.

On the stern, He Shouxin looked up, and a skyrocketing fireball exploded in front of him, and the enemy ship was almost blown into three pieces, and half of the stern was thrown high into the air, and it was slapped down again......

He Shouxin had seen this meeting, and he knew that this enemy ship was finished.

"Well played!"

He leaned over and shouted, "Reload now, get ready to bombard the one in the back!" ”

The "Javelin" is powerful, but it is cumbersome to reload, it takes longer than the ship's guns, there are only two launchers on board, there is no way, you can only wait......

"Boom! Rumble! ”

Before He Shouxin's words fell, there were two loud bangs in front of the left, and the second enemy ship was also hit.

It turned out that the gunboat that had outflanked the "Qinzhou" on the left flank had opened fire first, and the distance was not close, but the effect was so good that it was almost blown into slag.

There was cheering again on the deck.

He Shouxin excitedly raised his binoculars, and he saw that the two enemy ships had become several fireballs - all of them had their keels blown off, and the broken planks were floating all over the sea.

However, the last enemy ship was making a sharp turn and darting out to the left with a long arcing wake......

"Want to escape?"

He Shouxin smiled coldly and shouted, "Speed up, chase!" ”

After calling, He Shouxin didn't forget to turn his head and look at the starboard side.

There, one of the two enemy ships that had been shot was sinking, the other had lost power, and was spinning in the billowing smoke, and behind the large smoke and flames, faintly, the third enemy ship was also turning and fleeing to the right.

Fortunately, behind it, the "Gray Dolphin" arrived, and was tailing along the windy course against the headwind, but the missile was not launched for a long time......

"Do they want to capture it?"

The actions of the "Gray Dolphin" woke up He Shouxin.

"That's right! Didn't Master Hou always want to capture the big ship? He Shouxin patted his head.

Wouldn't it be a pity that these ships were big enough to sink them?

After a slight groan, he turned to the herald and said, "Herald, don't fire, catch up with the enemy ship on the left!" ”

After a pause, he added, "I'm going to take it prisoner!" ”

There were still two intact enemy ships, and He Shouxin decided to catch up with the enemy ship on the left first.

……

Looking at the scene happening in front of him, Vanderraan's head was a little dizzy.

His ship, the, was the one that was running away at the end.

At this moment, his sailors were desperately crumbling their sails, desperately changing course and speeding east......

Originally, he wanted to take the lead and rush to the front, but the other party only had three boats, while he had six, and he had an absolute advantage.

Just give the opportunity to show his face to the little ones, he wants to stay behind and observe the situation on the battlefield - the devil knows if they will be followed closely by Zheng Sen's brigade.

"However, the boat that the other party started with is really weird!" Vanderraine frowned quietly.

He had never seen a sea ship without sails, and he had only heard about the big iron ship that could run with black smoke before, and he would have been skeptical at the time.

But at this moment, the boat in front of me is obviously also a wooden sailboat, and it doesn't even need sails - it seems that there are really a lot of ghosts in that group of Chinese.

The distance was getting closer, and Vanderlaan kept holding a telescope and searched around......

The battle does not need to be directly commanded by him, the captain of any gunboat can decide the timing of the cannon, he only needs to pay attention to whether the rumbling cannon will attract a large number of enemy ships, and then decide how to set up the formation.

However, everything that happened in a short period of time completely frightened him.

The artillery battle between the two sides lasted for more than ten minutes at most, but Vanderraine gasped several times - the opponent's deck guns were too incredible!

This, this was not even in range, and the three boats on his left flank did not even fire a single shot, and in the blink of an eye, they were hit one after another, at least one was seriously wounded, and the other caught fire.

On his right flank, although his captains ordered artillery support from afar, the distance was really a bit far, and in addition to making some noises to attract attention, they must also know the effect.

What I didn't expect was that Chinese's attention was indeed attracted, but ......

(End of chapter)