Chapter 651: Battle Line Bombardment! (Page 1/1)

Weddell also developed a corresponding tactic, and since his own navy was not familiar with each other, it was inevitable that there would be mistakes in coordination. Therefore, Weddell's tactic was very simple, that is, the battleships of the Netherlands and Ganlasi were at the forefront and fought to the death with the Changxing army.

And he led the Francophone battleship to wait for the opportunity to attack the ribs of the Changxing army, and strive to destroy the flagship of the Changxing army in a surprise attack, which caused the Changxing army to be in chaos and defeated the Changxing army in one fell swoop. As for the merchant ships that carried the army soldiers, they left the battlefield far away to avoid being chased and sunk by enemy ships.

Rejoz and Flores simply objected and accepted Weddell's offer. They are reluctant to be used as cannon fodder to fight the Changxing army in front, but they can't come up with a better way.

Building sturdy Dry Wax and Dutch ships is best suited for this kind of task, and you can't let Weddell's fast and nimble ships go to the top!

So the two sides only objected and accepted the order to go their separate ways, while Weddell was ready to attack at any time together with the Franc battleship.

For this decisive battle at sea, the Changxing Army sent a total of 74 large warships and 56 Exocet clippers, and the rest of the various supply warships were not brought.

This time it was a European coalition that would have no extra forces to protect the weakly defended transport ships in the event of a war.

The European coalition sent more warships than the Changxing army, but half of them were armed merchant ships with less firepower. If these armed merchant ships want to fight the warship head-on, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and they can only swim around the periphery to bombard the Flying Fish Clipper of the Changxing Army.

Soon both sides sent more than a dozen warships to test the situation, and you fought back and forth two miles away. At such a distance, the hit rate of both sides was not high, and although the shelling was very fierce, the real results were few.

Due to the expansion of the Changxing Navy, Ma Le was also promoted to captain of the Orca battleship. Piloting a huge battleship, Ma Le came up and stood at the front of the fleet.

"Fire! Hurry up and fire! What are the artillery crews doing to eat, and if you don't hit the next round, Lao Tzu will hang you on the mast to dry! Ma Le held a clairvoyant mirror to observe the changes on the battlefield, and did not forget to threaten the gunners of the battleship who sat down.

Suddenly, there was a burst of action under his feet, and the two soldiers around him immediately protected Ma Le with iron shields. A clink of sawdust rain flew by, and three or four of the running Navy soldiers on deck fell.

Ma Le's battleship was hit by a cannonball in the bow, and flying sawdust swept through the upper deck. Three or four sailors were caught and were lying on the deck screaming.

"Carry it down to heal your wounds! Quickly check battle damage! Ma Le pushed away the soldiers with shields around him and gave the order loudly. The others saw that the captain was calm and calm, and some quickly got busy.

It didn't take long for the first mate Gao Fei to report: "Report to the captain!" The bow of the ship was hit, and a slight leak in the bottom compartment has been blocked. Four soldiers were injured and have been sent down for treatment! ”

Ma Le nodded and said, "Very good!" Give me the chain bombs, and leave the boat for me first! Ma Le gritted his teeth and pointed to a Dutch warship less than two miles away.

It was this ship that hit his battleship with one shot just now, and it is the so-called rude to come and go. Ma Le decided to teach the other party an impressive lesson.

The warships of both sides traveled opposite each other at a distance of two miles, and this was the second time that the two sides had exchanged bombardments. The enemy ship's bow gun hit, and the Dutch on the battleship let out a burst of cheers.

Ma Le looked at the enemy ships that were getting closer and closer expressionlessly, and kept sneering in his heart: Wait a minute, let you red-haired ghosts know why the flowers are so red!

Just as the two ships intersected and passed, Ma Le decisively gave the order to open fire. One cannon after another was ignited one by one, a large cloud of gunpowder smoke rose up, the battleship was shaking violently, and the recoil fired by the artillery really shifted more than two feet away.

The chain bullets fired by the killer whale battleship swept towards the deck of the enemy ship with a whistling sound, and the gunners were no longer as nervous as they were just now, and the hit rate of the shells fired was much higher.

During this shelling, four shells hit the enemy ship. Three chain shells swept across the upper deck of the place, and one shell hit the gun window of the enemy ship.

The destructive power of the chain bombs at this moment was undoubtedly displayed, and the three chain bombs swept the enemy ship like leaves swept by the autumn wind, as long as the place swept by the chain bullets was not constantly divided into two sections.

Two of the three tall mainmasts on the enemy ship were broken in an instant, and half of the saillock on the remaining one was swept off. The battleship, which was still approaching at high speed, suddenly stunted, and its speed suddenly slowed down.

The slowed down enemy gunners were a little uncomfortable with the speed of the ship, and although their guns roared, none of them hit the killer whale battleship.

At this moment, the upper deck of the enemy ship was in disarray, and the collapsed mast attached to the saillock carried down many Dutch sailors like a large broom. Before the sailors could react, they were carried by the mast and fell into the sea.

The best outcome for a sailor who falls overboard is to hold out until the end of the naval battle, and his side must be victorious, otherwise falling into the water is almost equivalent to death.

The Dutch sailors who had been hit directly by the chain bullets were even more miserable, and those who had been cut in half, had their legs broken, and those who had been baptized by the rain of sawdust were all lying on the deck howling.

In an instant, blood stained the deck red, and many sailors stared blankly at their wounded companions. It wasn't until they were reprimanded by the officer that they remembered to carry the wounded sailor down, and the rest ran to check on the damage to the battleship.

The damage to the mast meant that the ship lost power, and the Dutch battleship almost stopped advancing. The battleship following him hurriedly turned to avoid colliding with him.

For a while, the formation of the coalition warships was a little scattered, and the warships of the Changxing Army seized the opportunity to storm this battleship. The hapless battleship withstood dozens of shells and could not hold on, and sank to the bottom of the sea as a pile of broken wood in the rumbling sound of cannons.

The fleets of both sides intersected, and almost every battleship was damaged. Ma Le was lucky, his side was punched out of a hole again.

The location of the hole near the side of the ship did not cause much impact. Except for some leakage in the bottom compartment, it had little effect on naval battles.

The sailors in the bottom warehouse have not been idle since the beginning of the battle, especially the moment they were hit, they began to be busy plugging the leak. Fortunately, the damage to the battleship was not serious, and they quickly plugged the cracks in the seepage and pumped the seawater that had seeped into the bottom compartment out of the ship.

Both sides made a mistake and turned on the sea. The back team becomes the front team, and the opposite attack again. This is the battle line tactics, and it is completely a head-to-head contest.

In several rounds of confrontation, the Changxing army relied on the artillery skills it had trained hard to gain a certain advantage in the confrontation. The coalition ships were bombed into tatters, one was sunk, and the other was wounded and withdrew from the battle.

And what they paid for was just a few minor injuries.

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