Chapter 168: The battle on the Qiantang River is raging
There were so many enemy warships that they did not retreat because of a series of mines under the river. Such a loss was not a problem at all for the pirates who had been fighting on the sea for many years, and had long been accustomed to it, and since the beginning of their journey to this road, they had already put their lives on the line, and the death of their companions had aroused their ferocity, and they continued to fire cannons with one after another, and rushed towards the city walls.
Li Huanzhang looked at the enemy warships that were constantly being hit by mines, but still pounced one after another, calculated the distance, and at the most appropriate time, he gave a loud order, No. 1 medicine package filled, solid bullets, and ignited.
No. 1 medicine bag is the most long-range propellant, has already been loaded in advance, with an order, 100 artillery guns fired together, 100 stone projectiles whistling to the river, although there is no accurate head at all, it all depends on character, but the fixed zhàyào and have been predetermined standard distance, in this first launch, but surprisingly completed their target task, although 80 missed, the remaining 20 hit the enemy's battleship. Huge projectiles smashed through the enemy's deck, pierced the enemy's cabin, smashed a hole in the bottom of the ship, and sent a dozen pirate warships swirling across the river.
Such a result once again stimulated the high combat effectiveness of the defenders, and all the newcomers forgot their original fears in their busy work, and devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the intense operation of loading, launching, launching, and loading.
As batch after batch of shells flew out, from far and near, one warship after another was sunk and wounded, leaving the enemy with heavy casualties.
As the enemy suffered heavy damage, the momentum slowly decreased on the one hand, and the momentum gradually increased on the other, and the form of the battle between the two sides reversed.
The stubborn pirate fleet that is close to himself has entered the best strike range of artillery, and due to several operations to make these newcomers more and more mature, Li Huanzhang thinks that the time has come, so he loudly ordered: "Change the chain bullet." ”
Chain bullets are very precious, this is a kind of cannonball divided into two, and then add an iron chain between the two cannonballs, and then glue them together with beeswax, his power is simply terrifying, this is also one of the black technologies of the Ming court's firearms, his purpose is to wrap the enemy's sails.
One by one, the chain bullets were stuffed into the muzzle of the black hole, and Xinding, who had slowly mastered the firing of the artillery, adjusted the height of the muzzle, although it could not be aimed yet, and the probability of relying on it would also kill the enemy.
With the roar of the cannon, one chain bullet after another sprayed out of the muzzle, demonstrating the power of this black technology.
After the chain shell sprayed out of the muzzle, the bee wax sticking to the two hemispherical shells was quickly melted, and the two hemispherical shells were connected to a chain more than two meters long, which spun rapidly and pounced.
This kind of artillery shell hit an even larger area, and in the rapid rotation, it hit the sail of the enemy's battleship, and quickly rotated, tearing the enemy's sail into countless pieces along the mast, so that the enemy lost the momentum to move forward and became the target of the next batch of artillery fire.
Even this kind of shell, which did not tear the sails, swirled and pounced on the deck of the enemy's battleship, and the huge inertia tore all the people and things on the deck, and everywhere it passed, it was a sweep of flesh and blood.
Science and technology is the foundation of the country, whether it is good technology or black technology, in this world, all kinds of science and technology of the Ming Dynasty stand at the top of the world, and it is definitely not comparable to anyone.
Li Huanzhang saw that such a chain belt swept across the deck of a battleship, and the dense enemies on it were swept out of a bloody alley by this whirling iron chain in the middle of the dense enemy, and the people facing him were completely stirred into two parts. He saw with his own eyes a guy who was commanding a battleship, swept by this iron chain, when the chain flew out, that guy was still commanding, but only between three or five breaths, his upper body fell weirdly, but his lower body was still standing there, maintaining its original state.
The big bull who sent out this chain bomb saw this scene with his own eyes, and he really couldn't believe that this chain belt was launched by himself, so he was stunned there.
Li Huanzhang patted the stunned gunner, and said lightly: "Look, killing the enemy is as simple as that, I have now witnessed it with my own eyes, you kill three enemies, according to our reward rules, each enemy you kill is two taels of silver, and now you have earned 6 taels, I don't know how much you can earn by working hard every month?" ”
Da Niu swallowed with difficulty: "I worked as a coolie on this wharf, and when I was good for a month, I earned less than one or two, and at this time, I earned half a year's wages, and this money is too easy." ”
Li Huanzhang patted him on the shoulder again: "What is the most profitable business in the world?" I can tell you right now, it's killing. Young man, in fact, you are not wronged if you die in battle now, six taels of silver plus your ten taels of silver pension, enough to make your old lady live to the end of her life, filial piety in the world is the first, you can support your parents, and you can support your wife and children, well, by the way, do you have a wife and children? ”
The big bull who was still a little nervous at the beginning, in a plain parent like Li Huanzhang, forgot the blood and fear of the war, scratched his head and said ashamedly: "My family is poor and can't afford to support my wife and children, so I am now single." Then he said excitedly: "But now it's okay, I just got 6 taels of silver, if this war is won, I can get the reward in full, I can marry the little Fang Feng on the street home, in fact, I already want to marry her, but his parents want too much dowry." ”
Li Huanzhang easily leaned on the city wall and asked calmly: "How much dowry does he want?" ”
"It's 1,500 wen."
Li Huanzhang laughed: "This is already a huge amount of money for you, but look at it now, as long as you kill the enemy with your heart, a mere fifteen hundred yuan is not a problem at all, do it well." Then he pointed to a approaching enemy ship: "If you can sink him now, the reward that the government should give you is not a lot of it, and I will reward you with an additional one or two halves, and I will give you favor money." ”
When Da Niu heard this, he was extremely excited, lying on the battlement, carefully observing a approaching enemy ship, and then ordered the five new soldiers he was in charge of: "No. 3 medicine bag, chain ammunition loading." ”
Several brothers agreed loudly, because the reward of the government was half of the reward, and being able to ask for a wife for this single brother was a favor that everyone was happy to see, so they hurriedly filled the hall according to his requirements.
Da Niu personally moved the handle behind him, carefully measured it with his hands, waited for a while, touched the torch in his hand on the fire door, and then lay down excitedly at the mouth of the city, and muttered in his mouth: "Old man, you must hit, for my daughter-in-law, you must hit." ”
With a loud bang, the cannonballs whistled away, and God watched over it, hitting the protruding enemy ship, and the blazing chain bombs wrapped around the sails, and in the blink of an eye, the sails soaked in wax and tung oil for waterproofing were ignited into a huge torch, and then the enemy warships stopped advancing in the river. became a fixed target. ,
How could the surrounding artillery give up this opportunity, and immediately launched a concentrated attack on him, and in the blink of an eye, wood chips flew everywhere, and a huge battleship turned into a pile of broken planks and sank into the Qiantang River.
Seeing such a result, Da Niu was very remorseful and asked carefully: "General, whose head is it to blame for such a killing result?" ”
Li Huanzhang laughed: "Everyone has a share, but don't be disappointed, the bride price of 1,500 yuan I promised you, I will never break my promise, and your daughter-in-law will marry after the war." ”
Da Niu scratched his head honestly, not knowing what words to use to thank him. So he excitedly beckoned his partner again: "Hurry up and load, I want to buy a good pair of jewelry for my daughter-in-law and earn more silver." ”
The partners laughed together: "Your wife is married, what does this have to do with us?" ”
Da Niu made a bold promise: "When the time comes, the wine and meat of big fish and meat will be indispensable to you, brothers, work hard." ”22
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