Chapter 299: Artillery Bombardment and Lan Fleet
Liang Zhaoyang took a lot of effort to dissuade the prince of Fuwang from avoiding the edge temporarily, and Zhu Zhongyi suddenly appeared to stimulate the prince of Fuwang, which made him very annoyed in his heart.
You still have to fight, do you know how powerful the red hair fan is! Dare to be unashamed of your nonsense here.
It's not that Liang Zhaoyang is greedy for life and afraid of death, in the Battle of Liuluo Bay that year, the generals of the Ming Dynasty were afraid of the strong strength of the Landong India Company and did not dare to fight.
Only he, a small magistrate, led a small number of officers and soldiers, took the initiative to attack, and also attacked the Helan fleet.
At that time, there was no life, Liang Zhaoyang dared to rush over with a will to die, and now he will not be greedy for life and afraid of death.
It's just that the Helan fleet blocked in front, the number of Galen ships is as high as twenty, and there is no hope of defeating these red-haired fans, in order to preserve their strength, they can only make peace with the red-haired fans.
Xiong Rulin, who is almost old enough to be confused, has been assisting the prince of Fuwang over the years, and he can't help frowning.
Zhu Zhongyi is a little anxious for quick success, he can rush to grab credit whenever he wants, but not today.
As long as there is a war, the fleet of King Fu will be destroyed.
Xiong Rulin and Liang Zhaoyang were annoyed that Zhu Zhongyi didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and he dared to say anything in order to show himself for quick success and quick profit.
The prince of Fuwang, who was so aggrieved that he almost wanted to commit suicide, opened his eyes and looked at Zhu Zhongyi, his dim eyes shining brightly.
Zhu Zhongyi, who was silent, only said one sentence: "There will be a cannon table at the end." ”
After saying this, he stopped talking, and began to command a group of relatives selected by his nephew Zhu Shun for him, all of which were the best artillery and riflemen in the Xiangyong battalion.
There were a total of ten Hongyi cannons on the main ship of the prince of Fuwang, and five on the left and right sides of the first-floor gun deck.
Zhu Zhongyi ordered the sailors on the main ship to smash five more big holes on the right side, and move all the five Hongyi cannons on the left side to the right side.
The generals on the deck felt the vibration from the gun deck under their feet, and they were all thinking about a question in their hearts, what is a gun watch.
It was surprising that Zhu Zhongyi dared to fight against twenty Galen ships so brazenly, or with one main ship.
Twenty miles away.
Ryukyu Governor Putmans stood on the deck, holding a Bible in his hand, and listened to a sailor's report on the investigation: "Your Excellency, the prince of the Ming Dynasty did not surrender, but prepared for a big battle. ”
Hearing the word "great war", the captain of the Texel next to Putmans said with disdain: "Back then, I and four other captains attacked the Xiamen port of the Ming Dynasty and sank thirty large warships of the Ming Dynasty with five Galen ships. ”
"With just a few broken woods, they still want to fight against the advanced Galen ships, and their heads must have been kissed by stupid pigs."
"The best artillery of the Ming Dynasty was made by Europa, and our Europa conquered the five oceans, and the naval battle can be said to be the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty."
"The number of warships is not as good as the great Helan fleet, the artillery is not as good as the great Helan fleet, and the navigation technology is still inferior to the great Helan fleet, I really admire the courage of this group of Ming Dynasty people."
Putmans closed the Bible in his hand, took out a clairvoyant mirror, and began to observe the approaching Ming caravan: "They are in such a hurry to send them to death, you can send them to hell." ”
The captain of the Tessel thanked Lord in surprise, jumped into a fast boat, and rushed to the Tessel not far away.
The captains around all showed envious expressions, it was a prince, and if he was captured, the captain of the Tessel would definitely be canonized as a knight for his merits and become a member of the nobility.
Lord Putmans' decision was also expected by the captains.
The front-loading smoothbore cannon on the Galen ship had a firing range of eight miles, and the effective range of the ship's stability was only four miles.
The firing of artillery has always only relied on the gunner's hand, and the naked eye cannot see the four miles away, where it can hit the opponent's warship.
Generally, it is within a mile of bombardment, and the hit rate depends on whether God favors it.
Within five hundred yards, only one in ten hits.
Within 300 yards, only 2 out of 10 hits.
The captain of the Texel can do it within 500 yards, with a two-tenths hit rate, in order to prevent the prince of the Ming Dynasty from running away, of course, the captain of the Tessel with the best fire control ability will be arranged to take the lead in attacking.
The captain of the Tesel left the main ship, and the other captains hurried back, ready to take the credit.
Five miles.
Four miles.
Three miles.
Zhu Zhongyi stood on the first floor of the artillery deck, visually measured the distance between the two sides through the clairvoyant scope, roughly between 2.5 and 3.3 miles, and ordered: "Keep the current distance, the elevation angle is 2.9 miles." ”
The gunners immediately adjusted the elevation angle of the Hongyi cannon with the help of gun gauges, gun rulers, and gun watches.
Several heralds quickly passed it to the water warriors on the deck, telling them to keep their current distance and preparing for the impact of the artillery.
Xiong Rulin, Liang Zhaoyang and other generals originally saw that Zhu Zhongyi was so calm and composed, and they really thought that he had some tricks, but it was ridiculous that they had to fire at such a distance.
Does he treat the Helan fleet as an idiot, will he rush to catch the artillery like a hydrangea, or will he treat the generals on the deck as idiots and accompany him to play with his life here.
"Boom!"
After a cannon bombardment, a shell fired at an elevation angle of 2.9 miles landed in front of the Texel.
The captain of the Tesel and the other captains of the Helan fleet were stunned for a moment, and then almost went crazy, it was really God's favor that they met a stupid pig.
The cannon was fired at a distance of about 3 miles, and the Ming Dynasty man in charge of the command thought he was a god?
Liang Zhaoyang on the main ship of the Fu ship almost didn't pull out his waist knife and went to 'invite' Zhu Zhongyi back: "I thought that the person invited by the little prince was so full of strategy, but I didn't expect it to ......."
"Boom! Rumble! ”
Before Liang Zhaoyang finished speaking, two more shells were fired, with an elevation angle of 3.1 miles and an elevation angle of 3 miles, respectively, and the shells of the Hongyi cannon were fired.
At the moment when the third shell was fired, Liang Zhaoyang couldn't say the rest of his words.
I only heard the prince of Fu Wang roar excitedly: "Shot!" ”
Shot?
Liang Zhaoyang hurriedly took a clairvoyant mirror, looked over, and a big hole appeared in the sail of the Galen ship, and he was stunned for a moment, and muttered in disbelief: "How is it possible, how is it possible." ”
In the past two years, Xiong Rulin has gradually revealed the talent of the countryman, and he is also a little stunned in the face of such a situation.
Naval battles are generally fought within a mile, which is a kind of common sense, just like the common sense that the sun rises in the east.
When the distance of three miles hits the enemy ship, it is not that the sun has hit the west and comes out, but that the sun will never come out again.
No way.