Chapter 537: Artillery Battle
"Ben will order, the naval fleet, to continue the training ......"
"Immediately block the entire harbor and disperse all the people except the Haw Par Army......
"Two heavy artillery regiments, which had already rushed to the harbor, quickly deployed artillery positions along the front line of the harbor. As soon as the fleet of the Imperial Naval Division comes into range, immediately open fire and disperse it......"
"The last one, in order to ensure the foolproof operation of the port and the fleet of the naval division, the deputy general, you immediately contact the infantry division and cavalry division that have rushed to Dengzhou...... All artillery of medium mortar caliber or higher under his command was transferred to the harbor. to prevent the imperial fleet from breaking through the interception of two heavy artillery regiments......"
The adjutant general was stunned for a moment, and it took a long time to react from the shock.
Facing Li Xinlong, who had a murderous face in front of him, he asked rhetorically, "Commander...... Do you want to? ”
"Buy time for our fleet of sailors to train. Of course, it is also to ensure the safety of the seaport. ”
"The imperial fleet was huge, with hundreds of guns. However, among these artillery, the longest-range is the red-coated cannon equipped by the imperial court. However, this kind of red-coated cannon, in front of our cannon, is not an opponent at all, only passively beaten......"
"As long as the imperial court sailors in front of them don't have the idea of fighting with us. The cannon of the regiment with heavy artillery far exceeded the range of the cardinal cannon. It is definitely possible to destroy several imperial warships and repel the imperial sailors before the imperial sailors enter the range of the red-coated cannons......"
Under the infection of Li Xinlong's confident face, the worries and doubts on the adjutant general's face also disappeared.
After some hesitation, he replied excitedly: "The last general will take the order...... I'm going to contact the commanders of the two field divisions. Strive to get two divisions of artillery units to the commander in the shortest possible time. ”
A battleship consisting of hundreds of warships. If you look down from the air. It's like a black cloud. Pressed towards the Dengzhou Military Port.
Perhaps because of the self-confidence of the imperial generals who commanded this naval division, although the Tiger and Leopard Army defending the Dengzhou harbor formed a temporary naval fleet, this naval fleet could definitely be called vulnerable in front of him. The mighty fleet of imperial sailors did not take the Dengzhou seaport that was getting closer and closer to him in their eyes at all.
More than a hundred warships, as if in a no-man's land. Stunned, he rushed towards Dengzhou Port.
As the crowd dispersed, a large number of Haw Par Army artillery units entered the harbor. The atmosphere of the harbor has also become solemn.
In particular, the huge body of the imperial warship is clearly displayed in front of everyone. The already solemn atmosphere of the harbor has become even more solemn at this moment.
Among the thousands of gunners, there were veteran gunners with combat experience. Although his face was solemn, he was full of worries about the upcoming artillery battle. However, the military law, which has been deeply rooted in the bones, still urges them. Methodically set up the artillery for the upcoming artillery battle. Make final preparations.
However, those who have never experienced a battle are not so courageous.
Facing the battle that he had never seen before, facing the huge body of the warship, and facing the black pressure on the sea, there were countless imperial warships.
The solemn expressions on many people's faces don't know when they will be replaced by miserable whiteness. What's more, some people's hands and legs have begun to tremble because of nervousness.
Faced with this situation, the officers and veteran gunners, scattered among thousands of people, knew. Only battle and victory can dispel the tension in the hearts of these people and turn them into a true warrior.
Therefore, as soon as the mighty imperial warships entered the range of the cannons, the order to fire the guns roared out of the mouths of the commanders of the two heavy artillery regiments.
Subsequently, all kinds of artillery commands came from the mouth of the company commander
Shout out.
Under these orders, the gunner, holding the torch, quickly ignited the arquebus that protruded from the tail of the barrel. As the arquebus ignites, the spark slowly disappears at the tail of the barrel. A series of deafening roars, like thunder, rang out in the harbor.
In the violent explosion of "boom, boom, boom, boom", more than 100 flowering shells flew out ......of the cannon chamber directly with a whistling sound. Then, with a characteristic screaming sound, he flew to the sea, and there were still two or three miles away from him.
I don't know if it's because the gunners are too nervous, or because the imperial sailors haven't yet entered the firing range. Of the more than 100 flowering bombs, none of them hit the target, and all of them landed on the sea dozens of steps in front of the imperial court sailors.
The flowering bomb exploded, and more than 100 thick water columns, directly in the explosion of the flowering bombs, rose from the sea surface, forming a dense network of water columns in front of the imperial navy fleet.
Under such circumstances, the imperial court sailor was indeed taken aback by the battle generated by more than a hundred flowering bullets. However, when they saw clearly that none of the more than 100 flowering shells hit the target, the shock in the hearts of the generals of the imperial court was directly covered by ridicule.
Yes, it's a mockery, a mockery of the Haw Par Army's artillery for not having accurate head shooting techniques.
However, at this moment, they have all ignored a problem, that is, the Haw Par Army artillery far exceeds the range of the redcoat cannons. And they are destined to lose their lives because of their own neglect and ridicule.
Just when more than a hundred imperial warships continued to rush unstoppably towards Dengzhou Harbor. The second round of flowering shells fired by the two heavy artillery regiments came to their heads again with a whistling.
At this time, more than a hundred flowering shells did not return in vain.
The three fortune ships equipped by the imperial court that rushed to the front were directly hit by seven or eight of them.
You must know that these shells are flowering shells, not solid shells equipped by the imperial court sailors.
As for the warships equipped by the imperial court, they were not iron-hulled warships of later generations, but wooden warships.
How could the materials of the warship, which had already dried out, withstand the attack of flowering shells.
Therefore, when the first flowering bomb landed on the deck of the warship and exploded, the thick warship deck was directly blown out of a large hole. Not only that, but the wood in the gap in the deck was directly ignited by the fireball generated by the explosion of the flowering bomb in the explosion of the flowering bomb.
Of course, this is only the destruction of the warship by the flowering shells.
The flowering shell exploded, and a large number of shell fragments were produced, like a steel storm, quickly swept away towards the surrounding officers and soldiers of the imperial court sailors.
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen officers and soldiers gathered on the deck of the warship, and around the point of impact of the flowering bullets. With a scream, he threw himself on the deck of the warship, and his life and death were uncertain......
Just when the remaining imperial officers and soldiers of the warship looked at the big hole on the deck that was burning with shock. The second flowering bomb had already whistled over their heads again.
What's more, this blossom bomb is not coincidental and falls right on the string of the ship.
The flowering bomb exploded, and at the same time, a huge gap was blown out of the ship's string, which spread directly to the hull below the waterline. As a result, the inexhaustible supply of seawater, like a flood from a broken embankment, quickly poured into the ship's cabin. In the blink of an eye, the Nuoda Fortune Ship began to tilt because of the influx of seawater.
Also shelled were two warships. As for the results of these two warships, they were even more tragic than the warship in front of them. One of the warships was directly blown in two, and the other warship was blown out of two huge gaps. In just one tea time, he was buried in the sea because of the flood of seawater into the ship's cabin.
In the blink of an eye, the three lucky boats were gone, and there were more than 100 officers and soldiers of the imperial court, with screams, struggling on the sea, waiting for rescue.
However, at such an existential crisis, will anyone rescue these officers and soldiers who have fallen into the water? The answer is yes.
Because, at the moment when the three imperial sailors were buried in the sea, the third and even the fourth round of flowering bombs swept towards them like rain.
When another warship was blown in two by the explosion of the flowering bomb. The nearly 100 remaining warships of the imperial navy were faced with death and the flowering bombs that fell on the sea overwhelmingly. Directly losing the courage to continue fighting, they began to retreat under the command of their respective generals.
However, warships are not warhorses, and the sea is not land.
The horses galloping quickly on the battlefield need to travel a long distance before they can really turn their horses' heads and retreat, not to mention the sailor warships with huge hulls that are as long as thirty or forty battles.
Therefore, although the retreat order of the generals at all levels of the naval division was issued. However, nearly 100 imperial warships still braved the wind and waves and continued to march towards Dengzhou Seaport.
And the closer they got to Dengzhou Harbor, the more accurate the flowering bullets fired by the Haw Par Army's heavy artillery regiment became.
What's more, several imperial warships were sunk in a row, and this result was like a stimulant for the officers and men of the 2,000 heavy artillery regiment, so that the morale of the 2,000 gunners slowly became stable.
With morale, these gunners are getting better and better at shooting flowering shells.
Looking at the fleet of imperial sailors who were getting closer and closer to the harbor on the sea, the two thousand gunners were even more excited than if they had taken stimulants. Without the commander's order, he used all his strength to shoot the flowering bomb at the target as fast as he could.
Nearly 100 imperial warships finally completed their U-turn on the sea, and when they were ready to retreat, there were already eight warships buried at the bottom of the sea.
However, even if they managed to turn the bow of the ship and withdraw the effective range of the Haw Par Army cannons. At least five rounds of blooming shells from the Haw Par Army.
However, no one knows how many imperial warships will be buried on the sea in front of them after these five rounds of flowering bombs.
Amid the rumbling cannons, the imperial navy finally withdrew from the battlefield.
The sound of artillery stopped, and the battlefield that was still lively just now became quiet. If it weren't for the fact that there were still two warships floating on the sea that were burning with raging fires, it would not have been obvious that this sea had just experienced an unprecedented tragic naval battle. (To be continued......)