Chapter 568: Zhang Huan's Joy and Sorrow
Puffy, bang, splashing near Wang Jian, and the sound of the side side being hit was also heard. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Wang Jian continued to weave through the water column, stubbornly approaching the tall, sturdy but slow-sailing Spanish warship.
Boom, boom, the huge body of the San Santos trembled, and the two-story gun deck spewed out a large puff of smoke, covering his body for a while.
Bang bang, several crashing sounds in succession, Wang Jian's body shook violently, and the cabin was probably broken, Zhang Huan, who had been in battle for a long time, estimated it in his heart.
If it is a small projectile, it will shake gently as if it were just a square machine, and there will never be such a violent shaking, and it must have been done by the enemy's 36-pound cannon, and after two days of fierce fighting with the allied forces, he has a very clear understanding of the enemy's cannon.
Sure enough, the cabin below reported that two large holes had been pierced in the artillery deck below, destroying a 36-pounder cannon of the Breakers, and two Breaker gunners were killed or wounded.
In addition, the cabin where the armor was located was also hit, and five armor people were killed and wounded.
Before the battle was engaged, there were casualties, and the side of the Wang Jian was also scarred after two days of fierce fighting.
Zhang Huan looked at the distance and said nothing, he believed that the veteran Wang Qiang would live up to his expectations.
Finally, the battleship reached the critical point of a mile, and the thirty-two huge cannons on the side of Wang Jian let out a huge roar, and at this time the whole ship was filled with the roar of giant cannons, and all the noise lived up to its existence.
Zhang Huan felt the violent shaking of the Wang Jian, and he held the side of the ship to look in the direction of the San Santos, and at this moment, the other party also spewed out a large puff of smoke.
Zhang Huan couldn't help but nod, the other party's rate of fire was not slow, and he could fight with the Broken Army.
Zhang Huan saw that the shattered wood chips on the opponent's side were splashing everywhere, and it was really raining, and then six or seven huge holes appeared on the opponent's side.
The power of the 48-pounder Thiago cannon was incomparable, and Zhang Huan knew at least four 48-pounder cannons that had hit the side of the opponent.
Hissing, two projectiles grazed the top of Zhang Huan and the others' heads, less than one person high.
Zhang Huanwen didn't move, if you were unlucky, it would be useless to do more.
Bang, a muffled sound and a tearing sound sounded, Zhang Huan looked back, only to see a main sail was broken in the middle, and the main mast behind was also scraped, the main sail was torn into several pieces and hung down, and the mainmast shook a few times or stood steadily, arousing a burst of exclamations from the lookout post of the broken army above.
The nearly forty guns on the side of the St. Sandos caused great trouble for the Wang Jian at a distance of one mile, showing that the huge cannon with two gun decks was worthy of being the mainstay of the Manila fleet.
Of course, although Wang Jian only had one bombardment, this bombardment was also extremely deadly, four 48-pound Tiago gun projectiles and two 24-pound and a 48-pound long-barreled gun projectiles tore several huge holes in the side of the San Sändos, six cannons were destroyed, and more than 20 sailors were killed or wounded.
Captain Rondello of the San Sandos had not yet received a report from the gun deck, but he thought there must have been many casualties.
He was well aware of the characteristics of the difficult opponent on the other side, that is, the opponent, who was nearly half smaller than the San Santos, also fought fiercely with the San Santos for a long time, causing a lot of damage to the San Santos.
This time, the opposing opponent turned into a giant ship that was only a lap smaller than his ship, and Roundelo had no confidence in victory.
If he had to choose, he wouldn't have fought in close combat with the Akito's warship, but the San Santos was so large that it was so large and cumbersome that it was so slow that five mainmasts and ten huge sails were not enough to speed up the ship.
The San Santos wanted to distance itself from its opponent, but it was impossible, the opponent's speed far exceeded his, just look at the low hull of the opponent, it was a fast sailing ship, not the San Santos with its tall cabins.
At this point, Roundelo had completely forgotten how he had satisfied the steady, imposing and powerful of the San Sántos in the past.
He was reluctant to fight hard at close range, but the situation was such that Landelo had to bite the bullet.
Boom, boom, Wang Jian spewed fire and smoke, and the second salvo began, this time there were still seven or eight projectiles hitting the San Santos, at this time the side of the San Santos was scarred, and half of the guns and gunners on this side were damaged.
Rondelo hurriedly ordered the bow to be turned, hoping to fight the damned Akito battleship with the intact broadside guns on the other side.
Rondello had a good idea, as long as he could hold out until the end, who would say that there would be no miracles, and at the last moment he hit the medicine bag that ignited the enemy, there were still many cases of the enemy battleship exploding and catching fire.
But Londello thought well, he forgot that he had another opponent by his side, that is, the Tang-class battleship that suffered a small loss, this battleship simply rested its sails, and finally could barely be used.
For the duel between the two behemoths in front of him, the captain of this Tang family battleship judged the situation, if he went to the flank on the other side to bombard the Spanish battleship, I am afraid that he would be severely damaged by the firepower of this battleship, of course, the giant cannon of the Tang-class battleship is not vegetarian, but it is really not worth losing both.
So the captain took control of the ship and went around the dead end of the San Santos flank, more than a mile away, and then replaced all the side guns with shotguns.
Then launch.
The San Santos was about to twist its fat ass and turn the bow of the ship, when a large number of shotguns rained down.
It was this Tang-class battleship that could not attack because of the angle problem due to the guns in the bow and stern, but the scattered bullets loaded with more than ten giant cannons in the middle were not too much.
The result of these scattered bombs was to kill more than half of the Spaniard sailors on the five mainmasts of the warship, and many of them were torn apart by the scattered bullets, and fell to the ground with a bloody and miserable howl, which was equivalent to falling from a few feet high on the hard deck, and they were all dead and could not die again.
All the upper sails and ten large crosssails are basically all holes, and now the wind is less than 30% of the usual one.
Most of the sailors were killed, and most of the sails were in leaky mode, much to the annoyance of Rondello, and the giant ship of the San Santos was almost adrift.
It drifted improperly, and half of the guns on the damaged flanks were already damaged, and most of them lost the angle of bombardment of Wang Jian.
Wang Jian took advantage of this opportunity to get closer to the right side of the bow of the San Santos and started a new round of salvo fire at the giant ship, and when it landed, the bow of the battleship seemed to have been hit by a heavy battering ram, and there were huge holes everywhere.
And the Tang-class battleship began to attack with scattered bombs again, this time basically all the sailors on the deck were swept away, almost all the sails were ragged, and now the San Santos could not use any wind power.
The constant blows of the Wang Jian almost destroyed the bow of the upper deck, and the bow compartment did not escape the destruction of the Wang Jian's cannons, and half of the cabins were destroyed, and if Rondello was still there, he would have become a hedgehog covered in wood chips.
However, the sophisticated Rundero fled as soon as the Wang Jian began the bombardment, and Landelo took advantage of the interval in the shelling to escape into the lower deck, and was now pitifully sticking his head out to look at the situation around him from the entrance of the lower deck.
At this time, Rondello did not have the temperament of a noble Spaniard aristocrat who commanded hundreds of people, and was more like a thief who was walking around.
He was counting on one, and there was no big war ship coming to the rescue of the San Santos.
Unfortunately, he was destined to be disappointed, not only did not one of his own warships approach, but more of the warships of the Broken Army solved the siege of their respective opponents.
At the end of the meal, two more Tang-class battleships surrounded and bombarded the giant ship.
The various projectiles and shotshots showed the Spaniards on board what it meant to be a whoop, the mainmast, the sails of the ship's mainmast were largely destroyed, the deck was in disarray, there was not a single figure, and all the remaining Spaniards had become ground rats.
At this time, the gunners of the Wang Jian fired a salvo unhurriedly, and they hit steadily and accurately.
However, this giant ship is really sturdy, don't look messy, but the main structure has not been destroyed, and the ship is really strong.
But if you are beaten so passively, the fool knows that she won't be able to hold out for long.
Forced to desperation, Londelo hoisted the white flag and prayed for surrender, and the giant ship fell into the hands of the Breakers.
Zhang Huan saw two Tang-class battleships approaching the battleship from the bow and stern, and began to enter the deck in armor, escorting a large number of Spaniards from the lower deck, and there was nothing to do with Wang Jian here.
Wang Jian set off and continued eastward, along the way, the patrol ships and Tang-class warships of the Broken Captivity Army were fighting the Zheng family fleet led by Zheng Cai and Yang Geng.
Two cruisers and two Tang-class battleships were ignited by the fireships, and the fireships that broke in from this direction of the Zheng family made all their efforts to achieve such results.
Wang Jian immediately entered the battle, using the power of its huge cannon to destroy four Zheng family's gunboats cleanly, which was simply unmatched by his subordinates.
Almost all four gunboats were disemboweled by the 36-pound and 48-pound Thiago canners on the Wang Jian, and they collapsed at sea, causing heavy losses to the men on board.
Zhang Huan was extremely satisfied with Wang Jian's victory all the way, and the thrill of beating the enemy made his heart excited.
The Wang Jian continued eastward and approached a large torch that was still burning.
Zhang Huan looked at the wreckage of a Tang-class battleship from a distance, and now the fireworks are still burning, of course, the ignited medicine packs have been burned out, and the fire is much smaller.
Seeing that it was a Tang-class battleship, Zhang Huan's heart tightened, because the Tang-class battleship at the front was Li Daozong, Lan San's ship.
Zhang Huan raised the telescope with slightly trembling hands, he wanted to look but didn't dare to look, his heart was pounding.
When the name of the damaged Li Daozong fell into the camera, the telescope in Zhang Huan's hand fell off. (To be continued.) )