Chapter 1366 Hukou Water Battle IV
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After Qi Xianzong issued the order for ramming the battle, all the warships of the North Sea Fleet suddenly raised their sails and took advantage of the strong north wind to crash straight into the enemy ships.
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infoOriginally, the wavebreaker had been desperately chasing after the officers and soldiers, and the distance between the two sides was already very close, so if you want to dodge at this time, how can you still have time?
With a loud bang, the Weihai ship was located at the bow of the ship below the water, and it slammed into a wave-breaking ship that had suffered heavy casualties and was spinning in the middle of the river because it had lost control.
In order to pursue speed and flexibility, the hull of the ship is relatively slender, and the widest part is only eight feet.
This is a good time, when he boarded, the hard and sharp collision angle was cut off, and the two halves of the ship shook on the water a few times before capsizing.
The rebels on the ship naturally had only one way to fall into the river.
In such a fierce battle, no one bothered to save them, and these guys were swallowed up by the raging river in the blink of an eye.
At the same time, other warships in the North Sea Fleet, under unified command, also rammed into the rebel wavebreakers.
Seeing that the enemy ships were smashed to pieces and the rebels fell into the water one after another, many soldiers shouted excitedly and laughed: "This is a good method! I knew that the traitor's ship couldn't help but collide, so it was better to save some guns just now and directly sink them all and feed Wang Ba! ”
Settle your mind and think about the country, but now you don't need the rebels to move at full speed, because the North Sea Fleet has rushed over at full speed.
When they were 100 paces apart, the Weihai and Tianjin ships fired loud gunfire from the bows, and the battleships that followed behind continued to bombard with their bow guns.
Then, like two fierce dragons, the two detachments bypassed the Hengjiang ships that were blocking the way in front of them, and fiercely plunged into the rebel formation.
Gedai shook his eyes and thought that Qi Xianzong and Li Yunhao also looked at each other and smiled, but they knew very well in their hearts that although impact combat is a traditional way of naval warfare, it also has its applicable conditions, and it is not something that can be collided casually.
There was no such thing as a ramming horn in China, which was borrowed from the Portuguese.
This is done by installing a large and very rigid iron cone below the waterline in the bow, which protrudes more than the bow.
In the event of a collision, the enemy ship will only be slightly damaged by the impact angle, while if the enemy ship is hit by a vital or weak point, it will be severely damaged and broken until the ship is destroyed and killed.
In China's past water wars, there were also boat collisions, but there were no collision angles, and the damage on both sides was about the same, but it was just a suicidal style of play.
But ramming operations also have their weaknesses.
Zheng Sen worked as a sailor on a Portuguese Navy warship for a year and experienced several naval battles, but not once did he use ramming.
Of course, the Portuguese would not tell Zheng Sen why, but Zheng Sen also figured out after his own serious thinking: naval warfare in this era was already dominated by artillery battles, and the two warring sides generally faced the enemy on the side in order to exert maximum firepower.
If you have to ram, then you have to aim the bow at the enemy ship, sacrificing the advantage of firepower, and you may not be able to collide, which is really more than worth the loss.
Although the warships of the North Sea Fleet are also equipped with ramming angles, there is relatively little training in this area.
Today is an exception, the rebels' wavebreakers are too small and have no firepower, so they don't crash into nothing.
After all, Qi Xianzong was old and spicy, and he cleverly seized this fleeting fighter, and with this tactic that was not commonly used, he achieved better results than normal artillery operations.
However, Qi Xianzong and Li Yunhao were not satisfied with only sinking a dozen wave-breaking ships, and immediately issued an order in flags: all the warships, led by the Weihai ship and another larger battleship, the Tianjin, lined up in two columns and launched a fierce charge against the rebel fleet!
From the collision of the wave-breaking ship just now, to the sudden launch of a counteroffensive, the actions of the North Sea Fleet were completely unexpected by Gu Junen, he originally thought that the officers and soldiers would only fire cannons from a long distance, and did not dare to fight with him in close combat.
However, he quickly judged that this was a good opportunity to defeat the official army, and immediately shouted: "Give me the whole army to surround the enemy ships, and get as close as you can, and those who retreat without permission will be killed!" ”
At this time, the two sides are like two horses in a land battle, and the victory or defeat is often instantaneous.
However, the officers and soldiers had side guns, while the rebels only had bows and arrows and inferior birds, just as they held a spear on one side and only a dagger on the other.
Seeing that the side of Gu Junen's ship was level, the side guns of the Weihai ship and the Tianjin ship opened fire at the same time, and the sound of the cannon was loud, as dense as a bead!
Because they had just been thrown away by the wave-breaking ships for a long distance, after the officers and troops rammed and sank these wave-breaking ships, the two sides still had a distance of more than a mile, that is, more than 300 steps.
From the previous battle, Gu Junen estimated that the firing range of the official artillery was about 200 steps, so he also had an extra mind, and let his ship, which is also the largest of all the warships, fall back slightly, and let the three Hengjiang ships protect the front, to put it bluntly, he is the target of the official army.
Even if the officers and soldiers destroy all the battleships in front, as long as they can use the gap between the shell loading to surround the melee combat, then they can give full play to the advantage of their own ships and more soldiers, and fight a war of attrition with the officers and soldiers.
Before Gu Junen's wishful thinking was finished, he saw two puffs of white smoke suddenly coming out of the bows of the two warships headed by the official army.
Gu Junen can be regarded as quite experienced in combat, and subconsciously shouted "not good"
, instinctively lying on the deck.
Almost at the same time, two eighteen-pound shells with a sharp whistling sound rushed straight towards Gu Junen's ship.
One of them was slightly off, and landed in the river only five feet from the left side of the boat, and the column of water several feet high rose into the sky; However, another shell struck the right side of the ship near the bow, smashing a large hole several feet wide into the side of the ship.
The splinters of wood flew everywhere, sharper than knives, and swept down a dozen rebels, one of whom had his head cut off by wood chips.
If Gu Junen hadn't reacted fast enough, he might have lost his head!
The cannon in the cannon scared the rebels on the ship, and it took a while to realize that the "Metropolitan Governor"
Gu Junen also fell in a pool of blood.
When they shouted and helped Gu Junen up, Gu Junen's face turned pale and his legs were weak, and he realized that the naval guns of the official army could not only fight 200 steps, but his own ship was almost 400 steps away from the other party, and it was still accurately hit!
In fact, how did he know that this gun was fired by the main gun of the bow of the Weihai ship.
Not to mention 400 paces, the effective range of the 18-pounder gun is three miles, that is, 900 steps, but the farther it goes, the greater the error.
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"Metropolitan Governor, the enemy ship's artillery is hitting too far, let's retreat a little later!" ”
A rebel general said in a trembling voice.
In fact, there is no need for him to say, Gu Junen also understands in his heart that the ship has already been hit by one shot, and if there is another shot, it is difficult to say whether he will be killed or not.
But he has just ordered the whole army to assault, if he is the first to retreat, how can the battle be fought?
Therefore, I had to fight my spirit and said: "What are you afraid of! Check the hull for water leaks, plug it if it is, and leave it alone if it doesn't! The enemy has already opened fire, and now is the time to break through and continue to push forward at full speed for Pontus! ”
Dai Ge thought about his mother Ge Ding Fang Gao Zhigong, but now there was no need for the rebels to advance at full speed, because the North Sea Fleet had already rushed over at full speed.
When they were 100 paces apart, the Weihai and Tianjin ships fired loud gunfire from the bows, and the battleships that followed behind continued to bombard with their bow guns.
Then, like two fierce dragons, the two detachments bypassed the Hengjiang ships that were blocking the way in front of them, and fiercely plunged into the rebel formation.
At this time, the two sides are like two horses in a land battle, and victory or defeat is often instantaneous.
However, the officers and soldiers had side guns, while the rebels only had bows and arrows and inferior birds, just as they held a spear on one side and only a dagger on the other.
Seeing that the side of Gu Junen's ship was level, the side guns of the Weihai ship and the Tianjin ship opened fire at the same time, and the sound of the cannon was loud, as dense as a bead!
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