377. Looking at the two heavens of ice and fire (5)
When Rausa realized that this time it was not him who fought more with less, but his opponent who fought more with less, Shokishi turned his face to look at Yu Dahai.
"A sentence that petty officials often say to us, let professional people do professional things." He smiled and said: "Naval Battle Lao Yu, you are a professional person, the specific battle will be handed over to you, I am waiting for news in the captain's room." ”
After finishing speaking, he really turned around and walked towards the captain's room, Yu Dahai was slightly stunned, he originally thought that the reason for arguing with Luo Yifeng on the shore and running to the "Huaqing" was to fight for command. You must know that this is the first real naval battle in which the Xinxiang Fishery Political Bureau has formed combat effectiveness, and it is very likely to be a battle that will go down in history.
But this guy really didn't care about anything and left!
Yu Dahai was stunned for a while, and then shouted: "The whole army listens to the order, raises the Tiger Shark flag, and prepares to meet the enemy!" ”
The Tiger Shark Flag is the battle command flag of the Xinxiang Fishery Political Bureau, and this flag is raised to express the intention of preparing for war. As the Tiger Shark flag was raised in the wind, the queue flag was also raised in the air, which was a reminder to the "Lianbo" that followed the side, and the two ships adjusted their course, slightly sideways the hull, and made the hull face the Jianyu ship in front as much as possible.
The distance between the two sides approached rapidly, and when they were about a mile apart, the "Huaqing" began to half-sail and slow down, and by the time the deceleration was completed, the distance was already about 300 meters.
"It's bullying." Xun Shilu on the Lianbo muttered.
Indeed, Yu Dahai ran to such a close distance and didn't fire a shot, he was really bullying people.
At this time, the guns on the Xianguo battleship were small and the range was short, and the accuracy was extremely poor, and most of them were used to bombard the opponent's soldiers during the gangside battle, rather than bombarding the opponent's hull.
At this time, the Xinxiang Navy had the upper hand, and although the Jianyu fleet tried hard to paddle and try to get as close as possible to the "Huaqing", it was going against the wind at a speed like a turtle crawling, and when they saw the cannon doors exposed on the side of the Huaqing, many people screamed.
There are people who have seen the world, and when I think of the big ship of Westerners that I once saw in Hirado, Wakoku, it seems that this ship is somewhat similar!
The distance is already only two hundred meters.
"This ship is quite big, it was taken and presented to the emperor, it can just be used to deal with the Ming army on Phi Island, the emperor received this ship, and he will definitely be able to forgive me for the crime of letting go of the king of Xianguo before!"
Rausa was not afraid of fighting, although the battle on the water made him a little uncomfortable, but in his opinion, he had more people and less on the other side, and even if the other party could win more with less, it was impossible to defeat their dozens of ships with two ships.
With his command, the deputy translator Gulmahun immediately got busy, and conveyed his meaning to every sailor. The sailors of Xianguo were already very nervous, and when they heard this, they became even more busy, not knowing what they should do.
At this time, the distance between the ships was only one hundred and fifty meters.
Then they heard a deafening sound, and one of the cannon doors in that row burst into flames, and a large column of water rose twenty feet away from the nearest warship.
Raussa laughed: "I see, it turns out that naval battles are like this!" ”
No wonder he laughed, this cannon was too outrageously biased, at such a close distance, if it was a land battle, even if it couldn't hit, it wouldn't be out of it so much!
He didn't know that the naval battle at this time was a naval battle three hundred years later, and the hit rate of artillery was pitifully low. The sea is never calm, and in order to hit the shelling, in addition to aiming and predicting, it takes much more luck than in land warfare.
Therefore, the first shot did not hit, Yu Dahai was not surprised at all, he knew the ability of these naval gunners that he had trained with one hand.
The second shot went off again.
The battleship "Admiral Huaqing" can only be regarded as a heavy cruiser at this time, barely a battleship, and its 48 main guns, most of which are half-length cannons using 24-pound (32-pound) shells, can reach a maximum range of more than 2,000 meters, but there is no need to mention the target rate in this range. The direct range of the fire is about 400 meters, but now it is only about 150 meters away, and its hit rate has become high.
The second gun was much closer to the target, only a dozen meters away.
Then the third cannon hit accurately, and at such a distance, a twenty-four-pound shell directly shattered half of the deck of the battleship that was built!
It wasn't fatal for the deck to shatter half of it, at least the ship was tilted, and for the time being it was able to struggle on the water, and the terrible thing was the splashing pieces of wood and splinters, which had been devastated by the cannonballs and turned into tyrannical monsters. The armor on the sailors is generally weak, and even when they are wearing armor, it is usually leather or cotton, so the splash is not metal, but it is enough to inflict fatal damage on them.
"It's ...... The blind cat bumped into the dead mouse, right? Gulma's jaw almost dropped.
He is not a Jianguo, but an authentic Korean, and Gulmahun is just a name he changed himself, which means "rabbit" in Manchu. Take this name, but there is a deep meaning, one is that it is common for people to name animals, and secondly, rabbits are also twin children. His real name is Zheng Mingshou, he grew up in North Korea and served in the army, and he knows some things about maritime artillery.
And Raussa's face, which had been laughing at him, immediately turned gloomy, and a sense of foreboding enveloped him, making him uneasy.
If the hit was a coincidence, then nothing, but what if it wasn't a coincidence?
On the Huaqing, Yu Dahai sighed: "Go down and tell them, good fight, this is the first time the Xinxiang Fishery Bureau Navy hits, and then that...... Continue! ”
He is a rough man, and when he used an idiom, he felt that his knowledge had risen greatly, and he waved his hand happily: "Grandma's, Lao Tzu can also speak in crepe, it seems that this deputy bureau is doing well!" ”
"Boom!"
At the same time as he praised himself, another cannon rang out, and the Huaqing shook up.
Fighting at sea, the battleship opened fire on the gun, it was indeed a spectacular thing, but the recoil caused by the artillery was extremely large, and until adequate protective measures were taken, at least the Huaqing did not dare to play this tactic now. But at the same time, there was no problem with two or three cannon salvos, this time the three artillery salvos were rehearsed, and with a bang, a Jianyu warship that was about 60 meters close to the Huaqing suddenly turned into three pieces, and I don't know if it was hit by a few shells, anyway, the whole thing was broken and turned into a piece of driftwood on the water.
And, of course, people struggling in the icy waters.
Most of these warships were carrying Jianyu who were preparing to land on Ganghwa Island, and each ship had at least one or two dozen people. These captives were fully armed, they were at least wearing cotton armor, and as soon as they fell into the water, they could not float even if they learned the water surname in the ditch of the Nenjiang River or somewhere. Therefore, Lausa looked around, and there was not a single Eight Banners flag-bearer who was lucky enough to surface, all of them were fresh sailors!
He was really shocked and angry in his heart, this time it fully proved that the opponent's hit was not a fluke, but at this distance, the hit rate was indeed relatively high!
"Summons, row, lean up!"
This distance, beyond the Jianyu bow and arrow, was by no means within the range of the small cannons used in melee combat on Korean warships. Rausa knows that closing the distance is key, even if it is at the expense of a few ships in the process!
However, the wind direction still did not help them, and against the wind, even the North Korean warships, like the Daming Fu ships, had a certain ability to rush the wind, and the speed was also terrifyingly low!
So Raussa watched as the strange ship remained calm and composed, and made a name for itself with terrible cannon fire. In fact, the hit rate of the Huaqing is not too high, on average, it can hit once every five guns, but the key is that it uses heavy artillery at this time, and the North Korean warships cannot resist at all, as long as it hits, even if it just grazes the bridge, it will inevitably cause a large number of casualties, making the warship lose the ability to continue fighting.
"Damn, shit!"
Mafuta was a little panicked at this time, he came more as an envoy to go on the expedition, and he had experienced far fewer battles than Mafuta, seeing this unfavorable situation, and it was on top of the naval battles that they were very good at, it was inevitable that he was at a loss. After scolding twice, he shouted at Rausa: "Baturu, how is it good, how to deal with it?" ”
Rausa blushed and didn't make a sound, he stared at the cannon door on the side of the Huaqing, and after seeing that the cannon at the tail of the Huaqing was also fired, he waved his knife and said sharply: "Row quickly, the cannon on the demon ship is finished!" ”
In his mind, a battleship so big and with so many guns was a demon ship. Fortunately, although the ship was a demon ship, the guns on the ship always had to follow the rules, and after the twenty-four guns were released and the five warships were sunk and damaged, the other side temporarily ceased fire, and it looked like it was about to be cleared.
Now the distance between the two sides is only a hundred meters, as long as they get closer, they will enter the range of bows and arrows, and the rockets will shoot out, even if they can't help the gunners who are cowering in the cannon door, at least they can cause chaos to the other side. As long as they can get close to the port, in the end, they will win the battle!
Laussa secretly estimated that from the first cannon to the present, the time that has passed is not enough for the gunner of the first cannon to clean up the barrel, and now it is still more than 30 zhang away from the opponent, and it will be about 10 zhang after the cleaning, at that time......
Just as he was thinking about how to fight back at that time, he found that the ship began to turn the rudder and adjust its direction, originally one side diagonally facing him, but with this reversal, the other side was facing them.
And on this side, the same twenty-four guns, the same twenty-four guns!
At the time of the transfer, they were only close to a distance of more than 20 zhang from each other, which could barely use a bow and arrow, and Rausa could not hesitate at this time, he could be named Baturu by the old slave Nurhachi, and he had his own decisiveness!
"Rocket!" He shouted sharply, even if the battleship was burned, it would be better than nothing.
Above the sea, the sea breeze is howling, and his strong drink can't spread far at all, relying on the flag. With the change of flags, the nearest few Jianyu ships have lit rockets. Some of them even began to prepare fire to attack the ship, and when they got closer, they used the fire attack ship to set fire to the other side.
(To be continued)