Chapter 044: Unilateral Massacre
As soon as the four speedboats of the Dutch were eliminated, the people on Blackwind Island discovered the anomalous changes in the Dutch fleet. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Dutch fleet, which was divided into two armies, suddenly changed course, and the north-west one turned due west, while the northeast one began to turn due east.
"Look! The Dutch fleet has adjusted its course! ”
"What is the Netherlands doing here? Is it a new tactic? ”
"What tricks are they going to play?"
"I don't think they're trying to play tricks, they're going to run away separately!"
Although the soldiers on Blackwind Island are not experienced in battle, they are all mixed at sea every day, so how can they not see what the Dutch are preparing to do?
"The Dutch are fleeing!" Of course, Zhuo Shijie also saw the intentions of the Dutch.
This situation was also expected by him. The cannons on Black Wind Island are accurate one by one, and the cannonballs are amazingly powerful, people in this era, who have never seen such a fierce attack, it would be a fool not to escape.
"Two guns, full attack! Don't let one go! ”
The maximum rate of fire of this model of 105mm howitzer is 4 to 6 rounds a minute, but due to heat problems, the conventional rate of fire is generally one round per minute.
By this time, the barrel had cooled down, and an attack was immediately launched at the Dutch fleet.
And the 130-mm guns, due to the advanced technology and the perfect cooling system, only fired a few shots, did not need to be cooled at all, and continued to fire shells.
The 105 mm howitzers on the top of the hill to the east were mainly used to attack the Dutch fleet in the eastern sea, while the 130 mm guns on the top of the western hill were mainly aimed at the enemy in the western sea.
The retreating Dutch fleet, unaware of the range of the Blackwind guns, thought that they would be able to withdraw from the battlefield if they ran some more distance, but as soon as they turned their ship, they were met by the first wave of pursuing shells.
The Dutch battleships on the eastern sea were still miserable, and the two large gunboats were hit by several incendiary shells, and all of them burst into flames.
The Dutch on board fled for their lives and jumped into the sea, but unfortunately, the other ships were only concerned about fleeing for their lives, and no one came to save them.
This does not mean that the surviving ships are ruthless, and now they themselves are not able to protect themselves, and stopping the boats to rescue their compatriots who have fallen into the water will only cause more casualties.
The undulating waters swept the Dutch into the sea, and these people did not even have a basic lifebuoy, and their chances of survival in the rolling waves were extremely slim.
On the eastern sea, the two Dutch warships turned into two big fireballs, burning violently on the sea, while the Dutch fleet in the west did not have much better fate than them.
Although the 130-mm battery is not incendiary, its shells have a stronger direct destructive power, and its rate of fire is amazing, reaching 40 rounds per minute, and its firepower is far more powerful than people of this era imagined.
For every 105 mm gun fired from the 105 mm gun on the top of the hill to the east, the 130 mm gun could fire 40 rounds in the same amount of time, which is unmatched in its destructive power.
Of course, this is only the theoretical rate of fire, and in most cases, such a rapid shelling, for sure, will not last long.
But even if only ten or twenty shells were fired per minute, the damage was very impressive.
Under the precise control of Jiang's cannons, the 130-mm guns fired dozens of shells at the Dutch ships in the western sea in just a few minutes.
One after another, like the roar of death, on the western sea, three large Dutch gunboats were hit one after another, their wooden hulls, in front of the powerful cannonballs, like paper paste, were beaten to pieces, and the planks flew sideways, and many Dutch people were directly blown into pieces of meat without even jumping into the sea to escape.
The Dutch, who were not hit by artillery fire, also had no chance to jump into the sea, because the entire hull of the ship was already scattered, and not a single one was intact, and it collapsed directly on the surface of the sea, turning into piles of planks, and countless soldiers were crushed into flesh by the broken hull.
One of the warships was hit by a cannonball at the gunpowder storehouse, and in a series of violent explosions, the whole ship with people quickly sank to the bottom of the sea.
The Dutch fleet had a total of two third-class battleships, eight large warships, and four speedboats, and at this time only two battleships and one large warship remained.
In the western sea, only Albert's battleship flagship remained, and all other warships had been destroyed.
Rao is Albert has sailed tens of thousands of miles, seen countless big scenes, and now he is also shocked by this tragic scene.
"One-sided slaughter! Sure enough, it was a one-sided massacre! ”
"In the face of absolute strength...... My Fleet ......"
"But I'm not reconciled! Defeated at the hands of a few pirates, I am not reconciled! ”
"The opponent's firepower is too strong, what kind of artillery is the opponent using? What exactly is artillery??? ”
Albert seemed to be enchanted and began to talk to himself.
What a powerful artillery!
After the shell hits the target, it will explode again!
Each shell has a very powerful penetrating power, and when it pierces the wooden hull, it produces a powerful explosion, and each explosion, it will cause extremely terrible damage to the hull.
Even their Dutch battleship, the largest of the first rank, could not withstand this intensity of shelling at all.
If this group of Black Wind Island pirates is allowed to grow, they are afraid that they are as powerful as the Dutch East India Company, and they are far from being their opponents.
"Where exactly did they get their artillery technology? Countless times more advanced than us Dutch! ”
At this time, Colonel Albert had completely cut off his desire to covet the other party's technology, and he was now thinking about how to escape from the clutches of the other party, and then convey this strategically important news to the company's headquarters.
If you are not sure that you will destroy them, your best bet is to retreat and never be an enemy of this group of pirates.
"Quick! Put down the sampan now! We're going to abandon ship now! ”
Albert made what he thought was the right decision of his life.
"Colonel, what are you? This is to prepare...... Abandon ship? ”
Several of his subordinates looked at Albert in amazement, as if they were looking at a stranger.
Colonel Albert, who cherished feathers the most, actually abandoned his flagship and wanted to escape to the sea!
"Right now! Fast! Otherwise, it will be too late! Albert roared.
Just as Albert was desperate to flee for his life, there was cheers on Blackwind Island.
The mighty, invincible, and invincible Dutch fleet was struck a heavy blow in a matter of moments, and in a short period of time, most of their warships had been destroyed by the cannons of the Black Wind Island, and these former pirates could not believe their eyes.
"OMG! So many giant warships, all at once? ”
"What an invincible Dutch fleet, I think it's a paper tiger!"
"The Dutch fleet is really powerful, but unfortunately, they ran into our more powerful batteries."
"What do you say! He shouldn't have met our Commander Zhuo! ”
Others are bloodthirsty.
"We can't let them escape, let them have no return!"
"That's right! If you dare to fight our idea of Black Wind Island, you can't let go of any of them! ”
Zhuo Shijie also thought the same, but he was not in a hurry.
At this time, the remaining three Dutch ships were far from being within the effective range of their guns.