Chapter 306: Miracles

Watching the warships of the Qing army rushing out, Zhang Sigui was taken aback, he held the telescope in his hand, and he didn't react for a while.

When he just reacted, Ye Ningbing had already pulled out the short sword specially given to her by Ye Niangzi at her waist, and slid through a snowy light, and she said loudly: "Brothers, fame and wealth are today!" ”

In the roar of the steam engine, Ye Ningbing's voice was so crisp and loud, and the entire Baoshun wheel let out one wild shout after another for her voice: "Long live!" Banzai! Long live, fame and wealth, right today! ”

Ye Ningbing held a short sword in one hand and a revolver in the other, and continued to shout at the sea and sky in the distance: "If we lose this battle, we will have nothing, are you willing?" ”

"I don't want to!" The officers and soldiers on the ship all responded to Ye Ningbing: "Absolutely unwilling!" ”

Even the Western sailors and technicians on the ship responded to Ye Ningbing's words: "No! no！ no！ ”

Ye Ningbing raised his revolver and fired a shot at it: "Then let our dreams fly, your wealth, honor and victory are created in your hands, come with me!" Hasten! ”

After she shouted this paragraph, almost the whole person lost her strength, and her hands were held on the railing, while the entire Baoshun wheel was cheering one after another: "Speed up, speed up, follow Ye Niangniang up!" ”

And the Western crew said loudly: "OK! ok！ ok！ ”

As for Zhang Sigui, what he said, the crew didn't hear it at all, they only knew that they were rapidly approaching the Ziwei Star, and the two big ships would decide the victory of this naval battle, and the sixty-pounder rifled gun with a rotating gun carriage in the bow had already begun to bombard!

Rumble......

The cannonball flew over the surface of the sea in an almost straight trajectory, and finally fell to the bottom of the sea about four hundred meters from a fortune ship, and the huge waves that flew out were five or six meters high, and at this moment the Ziwei Star had already begun to bombard it with its twelve-pound Cullen cannon.

The artillery bombardment on both sides was fruitless, and at this distance, hitting the opposing ship was almost as hopeless as hitting the moon with a rifle.

Although it seems that the team of more than 50 warships is very visually impactful, and the sight is full of the Qing army's red single boats and lucky boats, but now I find that even if they go downstream, the speed of these warships of the Qing army is still surprisingly slow.

"Put!"

"Put!"

"Put! Put! Put! ”

Now the entire fleet had joined the ensemble, and even the land batteries had the audacity to fire with near-standard charges, only to soon have a row of guns burst.

The low quality of the Qing army's self-made artillery has always been a serious problem faced by the Qing army during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, you must know that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has obtained some of the artillery left by Wu Sangui in Yuezhou, and can actually obtain a comprehensive firepower advantage on the battlefield, but you can imagine how backward the Qing army's artillery manufacturing technology is.

It's just that in the countless huge waves, the warships on both sides were unscathed, and seeing the battle was like a child's play, Ye Ningbing was already holding a pocket watch on the side of the main gun carriage in the bow and shouting: "Two points and forty-four, you are the best, one more shot!" ”

She reported the number of times the gun was reloaded and fired once, and the gunners were also very hard, with one gunner shouting, "Let the demons taste our awesomeness!" ”

He is also Ye Niangzi's own family, now Ye Ningbing is here to supervise the battle, he himself has to sell some strength, the wool brush was stabbed into the barrel, and the barrel with a lot of residue was cleared, and then the solid shells and gunpowder were loaded in, and it was another round of bombardment!

The rifling line created the first result of this naval battle in a graceful arc, and sixty-pound shells whizzed and tore apart a small fortune ship, the deck of which was directly pierced, and the uncontrolled sea water gushed out at once. …,

"Good!" Ye Ningbing's spirits were greatly lifted, and she casually picked up a jar of liquor: "Give you a good wine to celebrate, take a sip!" ”

"Good!" A gunner directly took the wine jar, poured a large sip into his mouth, and then handed it to his comrades-in-arms, while raising the wool brush to clear the barrel of the cannon, and shouted loudly: "Good sprinkle!" ”

"Good wine!"

"Good wine!"

"Let's have another one!" Some sailors asked even more simply: "Ah Ning, if you hit another ship, is there any wine?" ”

"Some are celebration wine!" Ye Ningbing replied to them: "Let's set a new record!" ”

The first result made the Baoshun wheel the focus of the Qing army's firepower bombardment, all kinds of light and heavy firearms bombarded over, and some shells splashed up the waves were only a few dozen meters away from the Baoshun wheel.

However, the Baoshun wheel with thick black smoke seemed to be a monster, maneuvering unaffected by such a dense Qing artillery gun, and bombarding with two main guns.

Soon, the cannon at the end of the cannon also achieved a result, and the Qing warship that was hit was like a hammer smashed on an eggshell, and the white waves suddenly poured out, and after a while, it turned into a few pieces of ship planks and dozens of struggling crews.

Ye Ningbing ran towards the stern of the boat with a bottle of good wine in her hand that she didn't know where to find it, and the waves wet her hair along the way, but she still sent the wine to the gunner at the stern: "Your celebration wine, well done!" ”

Although each one was only a short sip, the enthusiasm of the officers and soldiers became unprecedentedly boiling: "If you want to drink, come up with another one!" ”

"Sink them with one shot!"

The artillery battle between the two sides has reached a very fierce level, and the armed red single ship "Ziwei Star", which is the forefront, has already suffered two shells, but whether it is the main gun at the head and tail or the secondary guns on both sides, they continue to participate in the battle, and they soon achieved the first result.

And the main force of the rainbow fleet that rushed to the rear also achieved their first result, which was a very unfortunate millet boat, and the combat distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and it was possible to enter the broadside battle.

The Qing army had already understood that the Baoshun Wheel was the most important warship of the Hong Army, and as long as the Baoshun Wheel was sunk, then the victory would belong to them, so they concentrated all the large warships, the Fu Ship, the Red Single Ship, the Sand Boat, and the Rice Boat, in an attempt to besiege the Baoshun Wheel.

Now the distance between the two sides is only one mile, Zhang Sigui roared loudly, but found that the entire Baoshun wheel had gone crazy, and no one heard his voice at all, on the contrary, Ye Ningbing became the real captain and commander.

She didn't know where she got the wine jar, every time the gunners achieved a result, she braved the rain of bullets to send the sailors a celebration wine, and the sailors also reciprocated with a crazy performance, just now, Ye Ningbing shouted loudly: "We have set a record again, one point fifty, this time the loading only used one point fifty, you are gods!" ”

What a miracle it was to reduce the time to reload to less than two minutes, and the sailors became more agile and shouted: "Another jar of celebratory wine, again!" ”

Zhang Sigui also held a pocket watch in his hand, but on his pocket watch, the reloading time this time was two minutes and four, unfortunately, it was only a little bit short, and it could be compressed to less than two minutes.

But the next round of reloading was indeed compressed to one minute and fifty-two, and Ye Ningbing said loudly: "It's only a little bit worse, it's only a little bit worse, it's one and a half minutes soon, just now you are one point and thirty-seven, and if you increase your speed a little bit, you are the best, you are gods!" ”

Zhang Sigui understood it now, but in the next round of shelling, the sailors were indeed inspired by Ye Ningbing, and it only took one minute and thirty-nine to complete a reloading and shelling, a result that they had never achieved in their usual training. …,

The cannon roared, but it couldn't suppress Ye Ningbing's voice, the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and the accuracy of the artillery on both sides was getting more and more accurate, and Baoshun Wheel, as the key bombardment target of the Qing army, had already received five or six shells in succession.

But it was only when the Bao Shun wheel was hit that the Qing army was desperate and collapsed, and they almost immediately saw the shells bombarded on the Bao Shun wheel bounce back again, unless they hit directly, the Bao Shun wheel was simply undamaged, and they could only see him bounce the shells back again and again.

In this case, the sailor on the opposite side could only shout loudly: "Hit the wheels of the red thieves, and if you break their wheels, you can't move!" ”

But to hit those paddle wheels that look a little conspicuous, but are actually moving at high speed and become extremely difficult to hit, this is simply as difficult as making the Qing army challenge the first-class battleships of the British Empire with a millet boat!

This is the gap between the modern navy and the ancient navy, this is a whole four hundred years of the gap!

And the large and small guns on the Baoshun wheel, whether it is a sixty-pounder rifled gun as the main gun, or a bunch of Karen guns as a secondary gun, now a shelling can almost achieve a brilliant result, but as long as it can hit, Ye Ningbing's figure will appear on the meritorious gun position, the wine bottles and wine jars in her hands seem to be endless, and the limits of the gunners seem to be endless.

Zhang Sigui saw with his own eyes that there was really a cannon reloaded and fired compressed to within one and a half minutes, which is one and a half minutes!

You know, this is the level that only the navies of the great powers have, and now the whole Baoshun ship is crazy!

Up to now, more than 50 large and small warships of the Qing army participating in the war have been sunk by at least a dozen by the Hong Army, and two-thirds of the results of the battle are covered by this Baoshun ship, and even the red single ship has been sunk by the Hong Army.

And now all the warships of the Hong Army have been pressed down, and they are baptizing the Qing army's warship group with an overwhelming artillery bombardment, and the entire Qing army's fleet has a warship that has been sunk by a bombardment from time to time, and it is almost impossible to move and lose its combat effectiveness!

The outcome of this naval battle has been decided!

Zhang Sigui glanced back at Ye Ningbing, who could barely walk, Ye Ningbing's whole person was almost lying on the deck, completely leaning on the railing so as not to fall to the ground, but as long as the gunner could achieve a result, she would miraculously send the celebration wine as soon as possible.

He couldn't help but sigh faintly, it would be a pity for such a girl to marry into the deep palace in this life!