Chapter 51: The Shelling of the Pirates
Thick smoke also began to emerge from the chimneys of the battleship, and thick smoke was emitted everywhere on the entire sea, which had basically covered the sky in this side of the sea. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The fighters who control the sails on the loser also get busy, pulling the ropes, raising the sails, and adjusting the direction of the sails.
When Lin Jiasheng saw such a scene, his heart suddenly became excited, Sun Hao has such strength, as long as he follows him to fight the world together, after success, it is not difficult to glorify the ancestors again, and worship the prime minister.
In the early hours of the morning, it was pouring rain in the sky, and it didn't stop until 9 a.m., and the air on the sea after the heavy rain was exceptionally fresh. The southeast monsoon blows the sea, and the rising sun shines on the sea, a sparkling landscape, and the scenery is very beautiful and charming.
On the sea, there are hundreds of warships flying the flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, first-class warships to fifth-class warships, troop carriers, and merchant ships, and they are chasing more than 40 sail warships with pirate flags of dozens to hundreds of tons.
General Van der Sar was ordered to direct the entrapment, dispatching hundreds of ships, more than 6,000 naval personnel, and an infantry division of 8,000 men to prepare for the complete elimination of the pirates. After proper arrangement, these pirates really went to sea to rob the empty merchant ships that were used as bait, and General Van der Sar was happy to see that the pirates had been tricked.
The Ming pirates on the islands of Papua were haunted and robbed Dutch merchant ships many times, and the governor of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the South Seas colony Auguslaw ordered the pirates stationed in the south of New Guinea to be entrapded. First used dozens of empty merchant ships as bait, and then spread the news that these merchant ships were helping the British transport gold from Australia, and the pirates stationed in the south of New Guinea heard the news, and they were really fooled, and almost the whole army was dispatched.
If he can eliminate this group of Ming pirates, he will not only be rewarded by Her Majesty, but he may also be promoted to the next level, General Van der Sar thought beautifully when he saw the pirates fleeing in a panic in front of him.
General Van der Sar saw that he was within range and ordered the ships to disperse and surround the pirates.
After receiving the order, the Dutch naval officers and men began to get busy one by one, although they were busy, but they were not panicked at all, which can reflect the quality of the navy of this colonial empire.
After all the warships had formed a semi-encirclement of the pirates, the Dutch commander in charge of the fight against the pirates, General Van der Sar, gave the order for the artillery bombardment with a hideous face.
"Fire,"
The guns of the Dutch fleet had already been prepared, and after hearing the order, the soldiers with torches began to light the fuses.
As the lead that ignited the gunpowder burned out, boom! Rumble! Cannonballs were pushed out of the muzzles of gunpowder and flew towards the ships of the fleeing pirates.
The guns on the first-class battleships of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are constantly firing, more than 60 warships, from the first-class battleships to the sixth-class battleships, there are at least more than 2,000 guns, the battleships are constantly firing, and they are shelling those who are frantically fleeing pirates, and the sea is completely a rain of cannonballs, but the cannonballs basically fall into the seawater, smashing up a column of water several meters high, like a torrential rain, the scene is very spectacular.
Using black powder naval guns, a large amount of black smoke will be produced after firing, and after thousands of guns are fired, black smoke is emitted everywhere on the sea, which greatly affects the gunners' vision.
Boom! In the first round of shelling, the shells did not hit the pirates' warships, and the gunners calculated the deviation size according to the distance they saw the shells falling into the water, and adjusted the parameters of the guns in time, hoping that the second shelling would hit those evil pirates.
The leader of the pirates was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and when he found out that he had been deceived, he immediately ordered to flee in order to avoid the fate of the entire army.
Although the battleships of the Kingdom of the Netherlands have fierce artillery, but the pirate ships are too scattered, and they are the target of the movement, it is not easy to hit them, Van der Sar also knows that the pirates who have been swimming on the island of Papua for a hundred years, how can they be so easy to eliminate, these pirates have quite rich combat experience, and the escape experience is not even comparable to the brave naval soldiers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but I hope to sink some more pirate ships with the advantage of artillery, and try to eliminate their living force. But as long as they are not allowed to go ashore, they are still sure to destroy this evil group of pirates descended from the Ming people.
Thousands of guns in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, after a fierce bombardment, sure enough, a few pirate ships were hit, but most of the pirate ships were still unharmed, because the tonnage of the pirate ships was too small, once a few shells were hit, there was only the fate of sinking.
Ha ha! Van der Sar burst out laughing when he saw the pirate ships fleeing in all directions being hit by his own fleet, and the pirates who did not die on the spot struggling on the sea. This is the end of the robbery of the merchant ships of our great Kingdom of the Netherlands, Van der Sar thought to himself.
"Great Master, we must approach the island at once, and only after we have reached the island can the brethren escape the pursuit of the Dutch Redbeard." On a bow ship that was escaping, a sturdy man in his 40s said to Han Sihai, the pirate master.
Han Sihai is a very experienced pirate, he knows how to escape in the face of a strong enemy, but this time it is a little difficult, his fleet has been surrounded by the Dutch fleet on three sides, if he wants to escape, he must only rush forward, but his own fleet is not as fast as the Dutch devil, it seems that his pirate career has ended here, and the Dutch have no idea of giving themselves a way out at all.
"Third child, how far is it from Shaco Island in front of you?" Han Sihai now hopes to put it on the only small island, and if he drives in this direction for a while, there will be a small island, as long as the brothers escape to the island, even if the artillery of the Dutch fleet is powerful, it will be extremely useless. Although Shaco Island is not big, the trees on it are extremely dense, as long as they enter the jungle, those Dutch devils can only go ashore, and when they get to the woods, Han Sihai believes that these Dutch devils will definitely be allowed to go and never return.
"It's estimated that there are about 15 kilometers left."
"Immediately send a signal to the brothers to disperse the boat to the island, and to disperse as much as possible into the island." Han Sihai ordered.
Rumble! Rumble! The Dutch fleet began shelling again, and three more pirate ships missed, and suddenly, these battleships were smashed by shells with several large holes, and the sea water poured in violently, and after 10 minutes, dozens of tons of warships were swallowed up by the sea, and there was not even a slag left.
If the current warship wants to open fire, it must swing the ship horizontally or diagonally, otherwise it will not be able to shell at all, although the Dutch army continues to fire, but because of the battle formation wasted some time, it seems that the distance from the pirate warship is getting farther and farther away.