"Are these people crazy? Charging like this, can't they see that our artillery is completely impossible for them to resist? ”

"Who knows, maybe it's a fluke, don't they have a bed crossbow on their ship?"

"What's the use of that thing, it's just a tickle at best, unless they can shoot an arrow into the cannon door, but how can they get that right, haha. [No pop-up novel network]"

Ten rounds of salvos were fired in a row, and the gun compartment was filled with gunsmoke, but the gunners were trained for a long time and did not care about this small scene at all, while they quickly cleaned the gun chamber, loaded ammunition, and prepared for shooting, while observing the results through the gun door, and from time to time exchanged opinions on the battle situation.

"Don't giggle, don't be afraid of choking on smoke, hurry up and move Lao Tzu, they're getting closer again." After praising the gunner who spoke the loudest, Wu Yongjian urged repeatedly.

The Royal Navy is not a newcomer who has never fought before, and they have fought in foreign countries before, but it has to be said that these enemies encountered at home are really strong opponents, and this is also a real test for the Royal Navy.

The rods are arrogant, but when their grip is broken, they quickly become sheep; The Wako are very ferocious, but when faced with an opponent who cannot be beaten and cannot catch up, they also choose to give in; The coalition forces in front of them were different from the enemies of the past, they were well-trained, disciplined, and disregarded life and death.

Ten volleys sank at least two or three hundred enemy ships, and their comrades were struggling in the icy waters, and the wreckage of the ships was burning, but they were not afraid of this, they still puffed up their sails, rowed desperately their oars, and launched a charge that forgot to die.

The rhythm of naval battles is actually very slow, Wangshan runs a dead horse, this kind of words also applies here, seeing it does not mean that it can be reached, not to mention that the speed of the gunboat itself is not slow, if it is not turned a few times, the coalition forces will not even be able to touch the edge.

However, these enemies are now quite close, and every now and then the outside of the ship will let out 'Knock, knock!' The sound of the arrows fired by the ships that were at the forefront of the ship hitting the hull was, although it did not cause any damage, it was enough to remind Wu Yongjian that these formidable enemies were only three hundred paces away from the gunboats.

"The salvo was canceled, the gunners loaded with ammunition took their positions and began to shoot accurately."

Wu Yongjian was very calm, but Xie Hong's face showed a look of unbearability.

"Master Hou, this is how to make a living at sea, anyway, they are all doing business with their heads, they are all outlaws who live day by day, and they don't know how much blood they have on their hands, pirates are like this, and the same is true for sailors, in fact, it is not a pity to die, and they deserve your sympathy." Seeing this, Dai Ziyu said with relief.

"I'm not sympathetic to them, it's just a pity!" Xie Hong shook his head and sighed: "So many sailors who are proficient in water warfare have been consumed in vain, Xie Qian's old fool is really a tyrannical thing." ”

"Then ......" Dai Ziyu was stunned, he didn't take these sailors in his eyes before, but when he arrived in Lushun and went to Tianjin, he knew very well that Xie Hong's use of manpower could make so many articles even those homeless people and businessmen, not to mention these sailors?

The efficiency of Lushun shipbuilding is getting higher and higher, and merchant ships, warships, and transport ships have even exceeded the speed of training sailors, so it is not surprising that Xie Hong would say this.

"Master Hou, do you want to save people?" He asked, hesitantly.

"No need, Ben Hou is not Song Xianggong, just casually sigh, now that the war is tight, how can I have time to take care of that kind of idle matter, let them have their own destiny."

Xie Hong waved his hand and said with a leisurely smile: "Besides, as long as they weren't injured on the spot, those people didn't need to be rescued, and the sailors on the ship that we started to overturn went to Shuangdao, and these people's water surnames are really amazing." For now, let's keep an eye on the situation. ”

"In my opinion, now that the victory and defeat have been decided, they are just dying." Dai Ziyu is not flattering, while the ship was destroyed and there were heavy casualties, not even a piece of paint on the ship's board was lost, his statement was already quite modest, this is simply a one-sided ravage.

"It's hard to say, the enemy general is a good general, he won't be able to see the gap between the two sides, even if he refuses to escape, there should be other ways, look at the current posture, he clearly still has the expectation of victory, hehe, eighty percent of the killer has not come out." As the distance between the two sides approached, Xie Hong raised the telescope again and explained with a smile while observing carefully.

"And?" Dai Ziyu was stunned for a moment, Lushun's efficiency is already very high, but the efficiency in Jiangnan is even higher, in less than a year, so many preparations have been made, thousands of bed crossbows, hundreds of flywheel warships, all of which are brand new, such efficiency is enough to make the Ming Ministry of Industry embarrassed to death, and the result is not over?

"Well, according to Benhou's guess, the back hand they prepared is likely to be the one you mentioned, Mr. Dai." Xie Hong nodded, his tone very affirmative.

"That?" Dai Ziyu was stunned again, thought about it, and asked with some uncertainty: "Is that thing useful?" ”

"Hehe, who knows?" Xie Hong pursed his lips, "You always have to see it to know, maybe the famous craftsmen in Jiangnan will surprise us again." ”

...... "My lord, it's close to three hundred steps, isn't it ......?"

"Wait, get closer," Liang Cheng stared at the gunboat opposite.

Every roar of the enemy ships would bring considerable casualties to the coalition side, broken sails, corpses, and people swimming desperately, and more and more floating objects on the sea, but until now, if you don't count the arrows stuck in the felt, those gunboats have not been harmed at all.

At this point in the battle, it is already difficult to expect victory, and the problems that the Xu brothers can see, he can also see clearly, even if the killer weapon plays a role, the flywheel warships patrolling around are not easy to mess with.

What's more, even if all the enemy's ships are destroyed, there will be no strength left on his side to fight again. Burn the port? There are so many guns on board, can you be defenseless on the shore? Landing? The border army of Liaozhen is not those old soldiers of the Jiangnan Guard, they are short of themselves, and they are long against the enemy, and they are just sent to death when they rush up.

At most, it's a lose-lose situation, and that's when the secret weapon is in effect, so only a single hit can turn the tide of the battle.

"Boom!"

Not far in front of the flagship, a fortune ship was hit by a cannonball, although the place where it was hit was the cabin, and there was a certain buffer, so it did not sink immediately, but the deck was still in a mess, and I don't know if the helmsman died, or the rudder was broken, the fortune ship began to spin, and it lost its combat effectiveness.

Liang Cheng had already seen that the cannon on the gunboat was not an ordinary general cannon, its power and range were much farther than the general cannon he had seen or heard of, even if there was no layer of protection, the bed crossbow was not an opponent.

"Distance!" From between his teeth, two words burst out coldly.

"Back to Lord Admiral, two hundred and fifty steps!"

"Keep going!"

"Distance!"

"Back to ......"

The coalition forces marched with difficulty under artillery fire, and even Liang Cheng's flagship was hit by two shells, but fortunately the ship was very large, and the square Fu ship was strong enough, and finally resisted. However, as the distance approached, the hit rate of the gunboats also increased, and more and more Fukushi became cannon fodder.

"My lord, it's two hundred steps!" The lookout's high-pitched voice sounded again.

Liang Cheng's eyes flashed, he suddenly got up, and shouted categorically: "Release the lightning strike ship!" ”

With his order, the flagship and several large ships around the flagship moved at the same time. From the deck, several long planks fell, and then the strange-looking boats were pushed onto the planks and slid down the planks.

I don't know if it was muffled by the deafening sound of artillery fire on the sea, and the sound of the dinghy falling into the water was almost inaudible, like a dexterous dolphin. Not only was it light when it fell into the water, but it was also dexterous when it entered the water, just a slight turn, and then it accelerated suddenly, like an arrow from a string, and fired at the roaring gunboat.

"What's that? How could it be so fast? "The killer weapon hidden to the end, the degree of secrecy is also very high, and even Xu Benshan, the future deputy general soldier, was taken aback.

"This is the lightning strike ship made by Jiangnan craftsmen......" Xu Chenjiang had heard of the name, but it was also the first time he had seen the real thing, "How can it be fast?" Hehe, didn't you see the splash at the stern? The principle of this ship is the same as that of the flywheel battleship, except that the ship is smaller and lighter, so it is faster. ”

"Someone's up there?"

"Of course there are people, and they're dead!" Xu Chenjiang's expression was very cold.

"Dead man, could it be the ...... on this ship"

"That's right, it's a fireboat, not only does it have fire-igniting things like sulfur, but it also loads a lot of gunpowder, as long as it hits ...... them" Xu Chenjiang put his hands on his hands and laughed: "When the time comes, any protection will be in vain!" Hmph, you can't live if you do your own evil, this time let the plague god taste our awesomeness. ”

...... "It's a fireboat!" ”

Dai Ziyu's face turned pale, attacking the enemy with a fireboat, it can be said that it has a long history in the history of water warfare in China, the battle of Chibi in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the main attack is the fireboat, and Huang Gai surrendered by fraud, just to get close to the distance enough, so that the fireboat can rush into the company camp of the Cao army.

There are also more recent examples, when Taizu founded the country, he fought with Chen Youliang in Poyang Lake, Chen Youliang's strength was relatively strong, and the strength of the naval army was stronger, but in the end, it was also burned by Zhu Yuanzhang's fireboat.

The fireboat is a weapon, Dai Ziyu also explained to Xie Hong in detail, but the original fireship is not comparable to the current one, the former is just an ordinary boat, what it fights is just convenience, it is released downwind, and the speed is also very fast, as long as it gets a certain distance, the big ship will definitely not be able to dodge.

However, these things in front of me were transformed by the shipwrights in Jiangnan after learning the technology of flywheel warships, just look at the speed that is faster than the galloping horse, and the flexibility between turning and changing direction, you can know that this thing is much more powerful than the original.

Moreover, there were still many ships, and they were released as they went, and the first one to be launched, and the one that rushed to the front had only gone fifty paces, and the fireships were all in place, densely filling the distance between the coalition forces and the gunboats.

This distance would have been difficult to break through, as it was the range covered by artillery fire. However, the cannon can't hit the mosquitoes, and these modified fireships are like swimming fish, let alone shooting, even if they are difficult to aim.

Don't look at them crowded together, but in fact, they keep a certain distance from each other, and even if they fire a salvo, they may not hit one or two ships. And with the speed of these mine-striking ships, it is obvious that the gunboats will not be given a chance to fire two salvos, after all, the distance between the two sides is only two hundred steps.

"No, this is not a fireship......" Xie Hong shook his head with a strange face, this Nima is a fireship, it is a primitive torpedo at all! I wipe, or human-driven, automatic tracking, it's too advanced!

(To be continued)