Chapter 270: Destroying the Enemy with One Cannon
Bu Xingyou finally reacted, as a pirate who was once invincible in the seas of Zhongjian Country, he shouted: "Don't panic, don't panic, isn't it just a steamship?" We also have the Kampho Chang! ”
He bet all his capital on the Jinbaochang, this super-large red single ship Bu Xing has all the capital, but the next moment Bao Shun Wheel told Bu Xingyou and his fleet what a modern navy is!
The speed of the Baoshun suddenly became faster than an arrow, and the combined operation of the steam engine and the sails was not at all comparable to the speed of these Chinese sailing ships, and he soon braved the hail of bullets fired by the pirates to gain the upper hand, and then he began the first artillery fire of this naval battle.
The sixty-pounder rifled gun operated wildly on the rotating gun carriage and blasted straight at an unfortunate millet boat!
Although this unfortunate millet boat is called a "millet" boat, it is only a small boat for transporting miscellaneous grains in the coastal waters of China, which is quite a considerable large and medium-sized cargo ship in the coastal waters of China.
But this millet boat is really lucky, he can't get rid of the attack of the Baoshun ship, the distance between the two sides has been narrowed to the effective range of the Minnie gun, the crew has already started to shoot with the Minnie rifle without much efficiency, but the Xiaomi boat is panicking.
And at this moment, the rifled cannon of the Baoshun wheel directly blasted away this millet boat with a name of 1,500 stone at a very close distance, and then, the fighting spirit, courage and sacrifice spirit of the entire Buxing fleet turned into nothing!
This 1,500-stone millet boat, only suffered a rifled shell, but at this moment became disintegrated and collapsed, this cargo ship after receiving a 60-pound rifled shell, has become a sea of fire, and countless seawater gushed out from the cabin, the crew jumped on the board, and escaped in all directions!
It's just one shot! It's just a shot.
All the pirates were stunned by the power of this cannon, which is the power of modern navies.
Before the steam warship, the guns of ordinary armed ships were very limited, such as twelve-pounder guns, and the soft sails of Western-style warships were too complex to play without a few hundred people, so in this case, there would be a long-term naval war between the United States and North African pirates.
But before the steam warship, large-scale piracy in the past became a thing of the past, the reason is too simple, the maintenance personnel of the steamship are too small, and paddle steamers like Baoshun, although they belong to the goods that have been eliminated in the West, only need seventy or eighty people to make it, and you can add a sixty or eighty-pound rifled gun in the bow, or a thirty-two pound smoothbore gun.
And even a super-large red single ship like the Jin Baochang can be equipped with an eighteen-pound smoothbore gun is already the limit, or worry about the structural problems of the hull, which has to be overhauled every six months and a year, in this case, it is an irreversible trend for steam ships to replace sailboats as the protagonists of naval warfare.
And now the pirates with a fleet in Buxing can't care about turning back to Ye Niangzi's fleet, it's just a shot! One shot turned a millet boat into a pile of planks floating on the sea!
Although their red single boat and rice boat are much larger than the millet boat, the millet boat will be finished after taking a sixty-pound shell, and how many shells can their red single boat and rice boat be beaten? What's more, even if it doesn't sink, I'm afraid that if it comes down, it will lose its combat effectiveness.
What's worse is the innate advantage of the Baoshun ship in navigation, good turning performance, fast speed, and even suitable for activities in shallow waters. …,
It's just that as soon as they saw that the Buxing fleet began to run, the steam engine of the Baoshun ship began to run at full speed, and they wanted to run over such a steam ship as the Baoshun ship in speed, which was a dream, Zhang Sigui shouted loudly: "Brothers, come on!" When you arrive in Taizhou Mansion, you will have a reward! ”
Ye Niangzi was also dumbfounded here, and Ye Niangzi said for a long time: "Okay!" This 10,000 silver yuan is worth it, this is the value of 280,000 taels! ”
You must know that on Ye Niangzi's side, the millet boat is also the main force in the battleship, and the rest of the red single boat, rice boat, and Fu boat may not be much stronger than the millet boat, but the performance of the Baoshun wheel tells everyone that this ship is the strongest in the entire Zhejiang-Fujian ocean.
Ah Ning next to him also agreed with this opinion: "What kind of sailing ship will we build in the future, when the steam ship from Hong Kong arrives, the entire sea surface of the Central Republic of China will be our world!" ”
Ye Niangzi said: "Except for foreigners!" ”
Yes, except for Ziyangren, her Ye Niangzi's fleet is the master of the entire sea surface of the Chinese country!
"Bao Shun Wheel has revolted, Bao Shun Wheel has revolted!"
This earth-shattering news made the entire exchange stunned, everyone had already thought about the outcome of this naval battle, but no one expected that the battleship of Baoshun Wheel, which was worth 140,000 taels of silver, would actually revolt into the queue of the Hong Army.
This will change the balance of China's maritime power, and then there will be more definite news: "Buxing has suffered a great defeat, except for some warships that broke through, at least seven large ships were sunk, four warships were captured, and more than 100 personnel were killed!" ”
As soon as the news was announced, Liu Zhiyuan had already slapped his leg and shouted: "Boss Hu, you are developed!" ”
That's right, at this moment, the public debt, which was still leaking frantically just now, immediately rebounded, and many people shouted there: "Five folds, I want it!" ”
It's just that now the public bonds can't be collected at all, and soon the public bonds will come back to the price of fifty-five, and Hu Xueyan said with a smile: "This is all the face given by Zhang Da Shopkeeper and Feng Ershao!" ”
Feng Wenkui said very calmly: "Today's public bonds will definitely rise above sixty percent, underworld, when the price is sixty percent, we will ship!" ”
In the middle of the conversation, the public bonds have jumped by 20 points in a row, all the way to the price of 57% off, and many people have already rushed in to buy the public bonds.
The importance of this news is no less than Liu Chang taking Jinhua Mansion, you must know that before this, everyone was not optimistic about Liu Chang and Ye Niangzi's power at sea, and the key was this Baoshun ship.
And Bao Shunlun joined the Hong Army, Bu Xing was defeated and left, who is Ye Niangzi's opponent in this Zhejiang-Fujian Ocean?
Both land and water are invincible divisions, Liu Chang has the possibility of gaining the world, as soon as he thinks of this, the public debt is approaching the limit of six folds, and Hu Xueyan said calmly: "Okay, after six folds, I will also ship!" By the way, I'm going to Boss Zhang's feast tonight! ”
Facts have proved that Feng Wenyi's estimate is not wrong, under the current situation, the six fold is indeed a peak, although after the six fold and rushed up fifteen points, but after all, it still fell back to five eighty-three.
It's just that before that, Feng Wenjian and Hu Xueyan had already cleared the goods, and Hu Xueyan still said very apologetically: "Zhang Sigui is Feng Ershao's fellow villager, I invested some money when I thought of this, but I didn't expect to spoil Feng Ershao's plan,!" ”
Feng Wenkui was very calm: "Let's make money together, I'm just making less pocket money, you can't run away from the position of the first-class seat!" ”
"Yes! I want to have a meal with Zhang Da, the shopkeeper of Industrial Banking, tonight, and when the time comes, I will rely on him to introduce Gao Futai and Commander Xi, but the most important thing is to ",..."...,
"I still have to take the face of the big shopkeeper to go to the willow inspection point and go forward, and meet this willow ......."
Feng Wenmeng was taken aback: "With Boss Hu's status, it seems a little inconvenient!" ”
"It's inconvenient!" Hu Xueyan smiled: "But if you want to achieve a big career like Lu Buwei, you naturally have to bet on the right bet!" ”
A week later.
Jinhua House.
The torrential rain was like a tide, and Liu Chang, who was wearing rain gear, stood on his horse and asked loudly: "Dragon Lance Battalion, are you ready!" ”
The bean-sized raindrops smashed on his face, mixed with the cold rain and wind, which almost made him unable to open his eyes, but in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the dragon spear battalion, this was the Liu Changliu checkpoint.
"Ready!"
The storm and rain drenched most of the clothes of these officers and soldiers, but the officers and soldiers of the Dragon Lance Battalion did not complain in the wind and rain, just waiting for Liu Chang's next order.
This rainstorm came too suddenly, and it seemed that the typhoon that was passing through affected Jinhua Mansion, and Liu Chang immediately pulled out the troops who were training while fighting: "The dragon spear battalion is always the best infantry battalion, and it is always a reliable unit, but today let you go to participate in a strange battlefield, I have no confidence!" ”
"Have faith!"
Liu Chang untied the rain gear on his body and said loudly: "This rain is not simple, seeing this momentum, you have to continue, it is estimated that the entire Jinhua Mansion is immersed in water, so this time, the honor you have won will be better than planting the battle flag in Jinhua Mansion, I tell you, you will still be a benevolent and righteous army in this dispatch, and you will still be an invincible army." ”
"In this rescue and disaster relief operation, you don't need to fire a single shot, but I believe that your performance will be the best!" Liu Chang had already jumped off his horse and inspected the officers and soldiers one by one: "Don't worry about the enemy, even if you are bare-handed, you are still a dragon spear battalion!" ”
"Dragon Lance Battalion!"
In the midst of the raging storm, the entire Dragon Lance Battalion told Liu Chang their determination in a loud voice, and Liu Chang told them: "The Dragon Lance Battalion cannot change everything, but you will try your best to rescue the old and weak in every flood, try your best to block every dangerous embankment, try your best to recover every property that may be damaged, and send warmth to the hearts of every Jinhua people!" ”
"We will do our best to achieve the impossible!"
On the other side of the school field, Hu Xueyan, who was still complaining about the weather, was already stunned by the scene in front of him, under the storm, nearly a thousand officers and soldiers did not move at all, not moving like a mountain, so that he was impressed and said to the washing on the side: "The inspection team is of course the strongest division in the world!" But this kind of benevolent and righteous act, I have never heard of it, I am afraid that after this heavy rain, the hearts of the people will be checked! ”。 )