The cannon roared, and the more the family fought, the more comfortable they became.

Whether it is the person in charge of launching or the person in charge of loading, in the real actual combat, every action is becoming more and more proficient at an astonishing speed, a little less stiff and a little more smooth.

At first, the family was a little nervous.

But after a few rounds, the housekeepers gradually became proficient.

Rumble!

A grenade finally landed on a warship.

More than ten miles away.

In the screams, the battleship hit by the grenade instantly became hell, and after hundreds of thousands of pieces of iron raged, except for the distant stern, there was almost no one left on the warship that could stand, and the sailors and soldiers were either killed or wounded.

The sailors and soldiers who were lucky enough not to be injured were frightened and stupid, how could they have ever seen such a terrible thing.

With just one shot, more than 100 soldiers and sailors on board were killed or wounded.

Such a terrifying artillery, let alone seen or heard.

"Holy!"

On the Dafu boat in the middle, Zheng Zhibao held a clairvoyant mirror and saw the miserable appearance on this boat, his face was blue at that time, and he spewed out with a scolding voice, and he was also shocked in his heart, and was shocked by the power of the modern version of the anti-personnel grenade.

It's not unusual to have artillery, but the problem is that it's a bit scary to be able to hit it at such a distance.

What's even more terrifying is the power of the cannonball, although the penetration is not as good as the solid iron bullet, and it can't sink the warship, but the killing range is a bit terrifying, and hundreds of people will be broken in one shot.

Although the most popular red-coated cannon at the moment can also hit ten miles away, the accuracy is very poor, and the probability of hitting the target within one mile is okay, but it will not work if it exceeds one mile, let alone ten miles away.

"Damn, where did the guy surnamed Li get the artillery?"

Zheng Zhibao was a little angry, he was not an ordinary soldier, but Zheng Zhilong's younger brother, following Zheng Zhilong to dominate the sea frontier, he was definitely experienced in a hundred battles, and his knowledge was comparable to that of ordinary soldiers, and he clearly knew the importance of weapons to war.

If you want to talk about naval battles in this era, even pirate ships will get a few cannons.

But the role of artillery is more of a deterrent, and if the enemy has it, it will be passive if it doesn't have it.

But it is not the artillery that really plays a decisive role, because the range of artillery in this era is too short, the accuracy is too poor, this range refers to the effective killing range, not the maximum range, no matter how far you hit the target, it is useless.

What really plays a decisive role is the number of people and the overall combat effectiveness of the army.

Therefore, the Zheng family was able to defeat the Dutch and dominate the Ming Sea.

But this does not mean that Zheng Zhibao does not know the role of artillery in the war, so the first thing he thought of was not that this dispatch would fail, but the potential threat of this kind of artillery that he had never seen to the Zheng family's dominance of the sea frontier.

At a distance of more than ten miles, the opponent's artillery can hit you.

Zheng Zhibao knows very well what this means.

I can't even see the shadow of the other party, even if I have a clairvoyant mirror, I can only see a vague shadow, but the opponent's artillery can hit my own ground, if I don't experience it myself, I don't believe it if I kill him.

Zheng Zhibao couldn't help but think of the news brought back by the first batch of people who fled back, and thought that those lovers were making excuses for their failures, deliberately exaggerating and exaggerating the strength of the enemy's firearms to evade responsibility.

But now, he can't help but believe it.

"Fire!"

Zheng Zhibao's mind flashed, so he decisively ordered the cannon to be fired.

It is not a way to be beaten passively, and it is necessary to fight back, otherwise the morale of the army will be dispersed if it does not wait for the shore.

"This ......"

An adjutant general hesitated: "My lord, it's not even within the range of the red-coated cannon!" ”

"If you don't have a range, you have to fight."

Zheng Zhibao said fiercely: "If you don't shoot back, do you want Lao Tzu to be beaten all the time?" ”

"This ......"

The adjutant general was speechless, so he had to respond helplessly: "The subordinate obeys the order!" ”

Soon, the flotilla also opened fire.

It is a pity that Zheng Zhibao only brought three Daifuku ships with him this time, and the red-coated cannons were only equipped with Daifuku ships, and the rest of the warships were equipped with small cannons such as Franc machine guns and tiger squat guns, and the range was really limited.

Even if you are not afraid of exploding, you can't hit ten miles away at all.

Rumble!

With a loud bang, the three red-coated cannons on the Sanjo Daifuku ship finally opened fire.

As for where the shells fell, no one could see.

Even if there is a clairvoyant, you can't see it at all.

The clairvoyant mirror made in this era can see 10,000 miles to the sky, and it can't be compared with the one in Li Chuan's hand.

"Try to stay as far as you can!"

Zheng Zhibao held the clairvoyant mirror and looked at it for a while, but he didn't see where the shell hit, so he had to accept the clairvoyant mirror, commanded with a gloomy face, and thought of a result that he couldn't accept.

What does it mean that the one surnamed Li can hit them, and even the shells that are missed are near the fleet?

This shows that the person surnamed Li can see them, and he can see them very clearly.

This mud!

What clairtelescope can see such a distance, I really want to grab it and take a look!

After a while, the three redcoat cannons loaded their ammunition and fired the shells out again.

The gunner is very helpless, at such a distance, even the enemy can't see it, even if he is experienced, it is useless, he can only reload the gunpowder by feeling and adjust the firing angle, as for where the shells will eventually hit, it can only depend on luck.

More than ten miles away, on the fort.

Li Chuan held the telescope and watched, and unexpectedly saw three big iron balls flying over, falling into the sea a mile away, splashing waves, and couldn't help but be stunned, the nearest big iron ball was also 500 meters away from the shore.

"It's ......"

As soon as Li Chuan's mind turned, he understood, and couldn't help laughing.

The family members became nervous, and the other party also opened fire, which is not good news.

Huang Tianxiang hurriedly said: "Young master, there are also artillery on the Zheng family's ship, do you want to avoid it?" ”

"Avoiding what?"

Li Chuan waved his hand and said, "As for those broken cannons on the Zheng family's ship, even if they barely hit here, the iron bullets no longer have much lethality, and they can be easily dodged, so why avoid them." Besides, those broken cannons didn't hit the shore at all, and the nearest ones are still 500 meters from the shore, don't worry, I'm here to watch you beat those bastards to the ground. ”

When the family members heard this, their spirits suddenly perked up, and they became even more numb when they loaded and fired.

Huang Tianxiang and Zhao Tiezhu were helpless, and they couldn't persuade again, so they had to concentrate on holding the telescope to observe the battle situation.

"Hit!"

Another round of shelling, Zhao Tiezhu shouted excitedly: "Hit two boats." ”

"Very good, keep calling me!"

Li Chuan also saw that two of the 20 shells fired in this round actually hit the target, although he couldn't see the specific situation on the ship, but if he thought that he was directly hit by this kind of grenade specially made for killing, the people on the ship would definitely not feel good.

In fact, the casualties of the two ships that were directly hit were at least sixty percent or more.

Zheng Zhibao was already about to explode, urging the fleet to speed up.

As long as you are close to the coast, you don't have to be so passive.