Chapter 506: Sink the Tartar's troop carrier!

"My lord, let's intercept a Tartar ship."

Seeing Zhang Zhun appear, Zhang Haibin immediately reported to him.

"Troop carriers of the Tartars?"

Zhang Zhun raised the clairvoyant mirror and subconsciously talked to himself.

Could it be that the intelligence of the Tartars has dropped so much? Don't the Tartars know that their combat effectiveness on the water is at least seventy percent less than on land? They actually tried to send troops directly to Dengzhou City? Isn't this self-defeating? If this is the case, the Tiger Ben Navy can show its might, sink them all to the bottom of the sea, clean and trouble-free, and don't even bury the corpses.

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

The rumbling sound of cannon was heard, and the sea was filled with gunsmoke.

Zhang Zhun held the clairvoyant mirror and carefully observed the development of the battle.

This Tartar troop carrier, surrounded by the Tiger Navy, was a No. 3 Fu ship, loaded with about ten guns. On both sides of the ship's side, you can clearly see the mark of the Dengzhou Sailor. Obviously, this No. 3 Fu ship must belong to the Dengzhou Naval Division. After the surrender of the Tartars, it became the warships of the Tartars. The Tartars themselves certainly did not have warships.

What surrounded the No. 3 Fu ship was four Cangshan ships of the Tiger Ben Army Navy, as well as a Haicang ship, with a total of about thirty cannons. Both the intensity of the artillery fire and the firing distance of the shells were much more powerful than those of the Tartar ships. Especially in such a situation of encirclement on all sides, the Tartar ships in the middle of the encirclement have no chance of getting out at all.

In the rumbling sound of cannonballs, cannonballs swept through the sky, and then smashed into the target. The shells fell on the water, constantly stirring up high columns of water. Some of the water jets splashed directly onto the deck of the warship, and the sea swept away, scrubbing the deck fiercely. All unsecured debris or personnel, or corpses of personnel, were swept into the sea.

The cannonballs stirred up columns of water, stirring up the seawater. The nearby sea water is constantly surging. The Tartar ships in the middle, constantly adjusting their course, tried to clash the encirclement. As a result, the chaotic movements also drove the waves to surge. As a result, the waves grew higher and higher, and finally evolved into a half-meter-high white spray, which kept lapping on the sides of all the warships, making a dull sound of banging and banging.

The distance between the two sides was about two or three hundred meters. For naval warfare, such a distance is very close. Therefore, the warships of the Tiger Army use grapeshot bullets or chain bullets to try to kill the opponent as much as possible. The landing point of grape bombs is also obviously much denser. None of the Tartar ships saw anyone on the deck. Because, the deck is full of marbles, and there is simply no chance of hiding. If the Tartar stood on it, it would definitely be smashed by the rain of marbles.

The Tartar troop carriers were surrounded as if they had fallen into a trap, and although they struggled constantly, they had no effect, but only exacerbated the injuries on their bodies. What is even more strange is that, judging by the reaction of this Tartar ship, it seems that it is completely the new hands of naval warfare who are manipulating. Many of the Tartars' actions made Zhang Zhun feel very surprised.

For example, you can use a chain bullet when you should use a chain bullet, and don't use a grapeshot bullet when you should use a grape bullet. Not to mention the soldiers of the Dengzhou Naval Division, they don't even understand this most basic way of fighting. Therefore, Zhang Zhun concluded that there must be some changes on this Tartar ship. If such a move occurred on the warship under his command, Zhang Zhun would definitely directly ask the captain to be laid off, and even send him to a military court. It's all a mess!

Whether it is in the artillery fire of the warship itself, or the maneuverability of the warship itself, the Tartar ship is not at all the opponent of the Cangshan ship and the Haicang ship. In addition, there was a new hand in command on the ship, and the ammunition was used in confusion, so it was expected that it would eventually be sunk by the Tiger Navy. The only question is when it will sink.

Since it was expected, Zhang Zhun didn't pay special attention to it. However, suddenly, Zhang Zhun frowned quietly, as if he had discovered something strange again. It turned out that he saw from the clairvoyant mirror that there were people constantly diving on the Tartar troop carrier. Puff and puff, splashing constantly, as if someone was struggling to escape for their lives.

If I guessed correctly, the person in charge of operating this Tartar ship should be the officers and soldiers of the original Dengzhou Naval Division. It should be them who took the initiative to jump into the water to escape. They probably felt that they couldn't support it, or for some other reason, so they would jump into the water to escape in unison. However, Zhang Zhun subconsciously felt that something was wrong. It felt as if their actions were so consistent that they were almost as pre-agreed.

In the continuous falling shells, the sailors of the Dengzhou Naval Division, who had escaped by diving, struggled to swim towards the nearby Huben Navy. At this time, it was August, and the temperature of the sea was still within the range that the human body could bear, so the officers and men of the Dengzhou Naval Division who were diving seemed to be lucky, and they soon had a certain distance from the Tartar boat. Strangely, the Tartars on the ship did not shoot arrows to stop them from fleeing, which was really a strange thing.

As a large number of people jumped into the sea to escape, the artillery fire of the Tatar troop carrier became weaker and weaker. The firing speed of the cannon, as well as the accuracy of the shooting, are getting worse and worse, and it feels a bit like a hollow cannon. Coupled with the indiscriminate use of ammunition, the Tartar ships were almost no threat to the surrounding Tiger Warrior warships. On the contrary, the warships of the Tiger Ben Army were constantly pouring all kinds of cannonballs on this Tartar ship.

Suddenly, a cloud of fire erupted on the left side of the Tartar ship, followed by a large puff of black smoke, as if someone had flown out of the gun window, and then smashed into the sea, splashing a large amount of water. If I guessed correctly, it should have been a gun that blew up and injured the surrounding gunners, which caused this to happen.

The explosion from the inside blew out a large hole in the left side of the No. 3 Fukubune, the size of a dustpan. From the outside, it was pitch black. Fortunately, the hole was above the waterline, otherwise, a large amount of sea water poured in, and the No. 3 fortune ship would have sank directly. With such a big hole, it is impossible to block the sea water.

"Those people seem to have jumped into the sea on their own initiative?"

Zhang Haibin asked in some surprise.

Many people see that the problem is coming. Although this Tartar troop carrier was besieged by a large number of naval warships of the Tiger Army and was at an absolute disadvantage, it was still some time before it sank and had to abandon the ship. At that time, to sink the warship, the main way was to smash it with a solid iron ball. To smash and sink a No. 3 fortune ship directly, it is necessary to hit at least dozens or even hundreds of iron balls. In other words, large warships are very difficult to sink.

As a rule, it is unlikely that a sailor would have abandoned ship so quickly and escaped. It's always safer to be on a boat than in the water. Beneath the calm surface of the sea lies boundless danger. Therefore, it is absolutely not advisable to abandon ship and escape until the last minute. Moreover, there are a little more people diving at the same time. It's as if there was some kind of agreement in advance.

According to some other information, this Tartar troop carrier seems to have been lost and appeared on Huangcheng Island. Trek, such a word, in the sea voyage, is not uncommon at all. Storms, changes in the magnetic field, rainy days, malfunctioning navigation tools, etc., can all lead to a lost. In the process of crossing the ocean, there are countless accidents due to trekking. However, in an area like Bohai Bay, it is worth looking for if you actually get lost.

Whether it is the astral technique, or the sextant, or the simplest Sinan, it is enough for a novice navigator to find the accurate course in Bohai Bay. To put it simply, it is very difficult to get lost in Bohai Bay. Unless it's a sampan that doesn't have any navigation tools. Ships like the No. 3 Fu Ship are equipped with complete navigation devices, and there is no possibility of getting lost in Bohai Bay. There were no storms these days.

In fact, when Huang Shijun and the others escaped, even if they didn't have any navigation tools, just a dilapidated sampan, they didn't get lost. Therefore, such a statement as Trek will definitely not work in the Bohai Bay area. Since it's not a trek, it's for another reason.

Well, to be more precise, someone may have done it on purpose. Otherwise, by this time, who wouldn't know that around Huangcheng Island, there were warships of the Tiger Army Navy? When they come here, they are simply sent to death. Since the ship is carrying a large number of Tartar soldiers, and continues to come this way, it can only be said that it is brainless.

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

The sound of the artillery became more and more intense, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air.

The smell of gunpowder wafting even came to the sky above Huangcheng Island, and Zhang Zhun and the others smelled the strong smell of gunpowder. At this time, looking through the clairvoyant mirror, the complete outline of the Tartar ship was basically invisible, and it was all shrouded in thick white smoke. Only the sound of artillery is still clear and dense.

After a large number of officers and men of the Dengzhou Naval Division jumped into the water to escape, the war was completely one-sided. Without their help, the Tartars on the ship would have had difficulty even controlling the ship, let alone fighting back effectively. All the Huben naval warships were desperately beating around this Tartar troop carrier, constantly hitting the Tartar ship with strings of cannonballs. It's like a pack of hungry wolves, surrounding a poor sheep and ravaging it.

This time, all the warships of the Tiger Ben Navy used solid bullets. Solid bullets hit the side of the Tartar ship, constantly making holes one after another. The surging sea water poured into these holes. There were also warships that deliberately poured a large number of shells into the hole created by the explosion of the Tartar ship itself, trying to penetrate the bottom of the ship from the inside.

"Gollum!"

"Gollum!"

"Gollum!"

At such a distance from Huangcheng Island, Zhang Zhun seemed to be able to hear the sound of seawater pouring in.

If you are an experienced sailor and have effective damage management measures, it is entirely possible to make up for the holes one by one. All large warships have craftsmen who accompany the ship, and they can repair the general damage at any time. Damage to the bottom of the ship is difficult to repair, but it is easier to repair the side of the ship. However, there was no damage to the Tartar ship, and the continuous influx of seawater naturally greatly shortened its sinking time.

"Gollum!"

"Ding Dong!"

"Gollum!"

"Ding Dong!"

A large amount of seawater poured into the ship, so that the No. 3 fortune ship continued to sink. As the air in the cabin was expelled, the water surface was constantly bubbling and making a sound like music. There are also a large number of large and small whirlpools, and the whole sea surface has become strange.

The sea soon flooded the cabin, dispersing all the tartars in the cabin onto the deck. Sure enough, there were more than a hundred Tartars, all of them fully armed. Bows and arrows, waist knives, spears, fur hats, armor, all available. They also carry a large number of spare arrows. There were also at least two white-armored soldiers and five or six red-and-white armor soldiers.

"Stop shooting!"

"Stop shooting!"

"Stop shooting!"

It is not known who gave the order.

The attack of the Tiger Ben Navy was temporarily stopped, and everyone quietly watched the sinking of the Tartar ship. The war has developed so far, the sinking of the Tartar ship is already a foregone conclusion, as long as the Tiger Ben Army Navy does not come to the rescue, the Tartars on that ship will all die. Will the Tiger Army come to the rescue? Hey, there's no need to answer that question.

By this time, the sea was about to flood the deck of the Tartar ship, and the Tartar on the deck was completely in chaos. Some of the Tartars tried to do the same, jumping into the water to escape like everyone else, but they quickly drank a belly of seawater and then quietly sank. There are also Tartars who simply commit suicide and pierce their chests with arrows, as if they were as tragic as Xiao Feng. Others desperately climbed up the mast, trying to survive.

However, more Tartars, watching the sea water, swallow themselves all. They watched as the sea swallowed their feet, and then subconsciously climbed higher. As a result, the sea once again devoured their feet. They had to keep climbing to the heights. When there was no way to climb, the surging sea water slowly flooded their bodies.

Eventually, the churning waters flooded the entire deck of the Tartar ship and slowly swallowed up the tall masts. When all the masts disappeared into the sea, only a huge whirlpool was left on the huge sea surface, and countless debris floating in the whirlpool. The fur caps on the heads of the Tartars also float in large quantities on the water.

When the Tartar ship had just sunk, there were still many Tartars, constantly struggling in the whirlpool, throwing out a large number of chaotic waves. However, they were soon engulfed in a whirlpool. Tartars who don't know how to be watery can't break free from such a whirlpool, and their fate awaits them, of course, all of them sinking into the sea.