Chapter 112: The Battle of New York Harbor!

"It's fun!" John. The old fellow Erickson took another sip of wine, and the feeling of the alcohol burning his throat was very irritating, but this made the old fellow feel refreshed.

Truth be told, the recent John. Erickson felt like he was on a thief ship, one named Clint. Lee's thief ship!

It's too hard to guess what this Chinese thinks, Erikson doesn't even know what that guy thinks, he, a Chinese, can toss such a big **, it's just too shocking.

But fortunately, this guy has never cut off his money anyway, and he can let Eriksen do what he wants to accomplish.

Erickson!

It's the ship that others say is a monster, an ironclad ship!

"It's all a bunch of idiots! I don't understand the value of good goods at all! As soon as he remembered the cold eyes and the faces of the rich men he had encountered before, Eriksen was angry.

"Maybe that Clint. Lee is a little crazier, but I like it! ”

To be honest, Erikson just doesn't like this big **, and he feels as if he has been used in it, that is, the weapons used in the big **, many of which he has participated in the design, and the big revolver rifle is what he improved, so that is to say......

That bastard Clint was ready to do such a big **** early in the morning?!

It should be said that only Eriksen in the world seems to be able to think of this, as for the others, it seems that they are a little worse.

But now the outside world is in chaos, and Erickson is in Rhode Island, it's boring, right?

"Hey! Mr. Erickson! Is our Erickson combat-capable? "Big man Bill is very happy now, because it is so shocking that Mr. Clint has done such a big thing, and he is the old man who followed Mr. Clint, oh, that day ...... Soaring is just around the corner!

"Of course! My Erikson has completed various tests, and although it hasn't really been launched yet, I don't think there are any problems! Erickson patted his chest and took a sip of wine.

"That's great!" Big man Bill cheered, knowing that this ship was really fucking too good for money, and it could be considered to be a little less, besides, "Mr. Clint has sent a telegram asking you to drive to New York now, as if you were going to have a real fight." ”

"Actual combat?" As soon as Erikson heard it, it ...... To be honest, he was very excited, because who wouldn't want to make a weapon with their own hands? But, "we don't have any manpower now, we have sailors?" Only a few shipbuilders! ”

"That's right." The big man Bill has a way of deceiving people, but when it comes to naval warfare, where does he understand, but because he doesn't understand, he is more layman, "Can't the shipbuilders sail the ship?" ”

"This ......," Erikson suddenly thought, yes, those shipbuilders at least they are familiar with mechanics, the ship's chief engineer or something knows mechanics, and he himself is a navy.

"Good! This battle can be fought! ”

Don't say it, Erikson is really bold enough, he went to sea with a group of shipbuilders!

Just do it, the Erickson really went into the water, and there was a small ceremony. Well, our boat is weird, it's an iron guy with its main hull below the waterline, and it's different from ordinary boats.

"Hah! My baby is so good! "Erickson drove his own boat, originally wanting to show off his might, but Na Cheng thought, this boat is too controllable, and he won't go straight when he goes to sea.

It's like a drunkard who has drunk too much, just like her designer!

Someone designed what ship, but fortunately, it turned around like this, and the Erikson really sailed to Manhattan, New York, and it wasn't far anyway.

……

Bang! Bang!

With the support of almost unlimited ammunition and without any opponents, the USS Minnesota simply walked sideways on the waters of New York!

Well, in fact, people do walk sideways, because this just gives full play to the power of the side guns, you must know that the side of the warship is very powerful in these years, and there are many guns.

"Just that bastard! Are you sure you're going to kill him? ”

"Just her? A bunch of shit! ”

On the docks, Li Mengyang and Erickson held the binoculars together, while our bald inventor patted his chest.

"So, I'm going to go out in my boat and kill this guy!"

"Good! It's up to you! ”

Then Erikson didn't say much, and walked directly to his iron fish, while Li Mengyang was in a trance, as if he was slashing Huaxiong with warm wine.

So does our Erikson have the ability to close the second brother?

October 29, 1861, this day is destined to go down in history, because it was the first battle in the history of mankind when an ironclad ship entered the war!

"Oh God! Look at that guy's little waist! "This guy Erikson piloted his big iron fish and quickly approached the Minnesota.

"What the hell is that?" At this time, Samuel, who was on the side of the ship. DuPont spotted a monster with a telescope.

Really, General Dupont swore to God that he had never seen anything like it, not even in the Far East, and that thing that appeared on the surface of the sea was indescribable!

It was one, black, with a chimney on it, but it wasn't a big thing, but looking at the shape of the bow, which was a ladder-shaped thing, it seemed to say that a large part of the ship's hull was below the waterline.

β€œHO-MY-GOD! What's that? ”

"Is that a ship? I've never seen it before. ”

"It's like a demon's tail!"

The sailors on the Minnesota were a little surprised, knowing that the sailors of this era, anyway, were at sea, they were all a little superstitious, so after the shape of the ship came out, they were all a little afraid.

"What's the panic?!" Samuel. DuPont was completely in the style of a famous general, "Order the gunners to clean up this mess!" ”

β€œYES-SIR!”

The gunners of these years are all aiming with their eyes, so this is accurate.

Bang! Bang!

Bang la la......

The Minnesota's broadside guns opened fire with all their might, and for a moment it was really like a New Year, and the huge waves on the sea were lifted up, but it was a pity.

Didn't hit!

Yes, Erickson's ship was originally weirdly shaped, and the part of the ship left above the sea surface was not large, and in addition, this ship was not easy to drive, like a drunk, but the drunkard's actions were not easy to predict, so how could the gunner on Minnesota find it accurately?

"Hahaha! These idiots! Let you taste the power of Lao Tzu! "Erikson can be considered to have driven the ship to range, he can't just shoot blindly, right?

"New weapons!"

New weapons?

That's right, this thing is what was drawn on Li Mengyang's 'Chicken Peck Rice Diagram' before, that is, a torpedo!

Finally solved the power problem, it should be said that this problem is quite unbelievable, because it is not the engine that is put in it, but the compressed air used.

This idea was proposed by the girl Yelena, she really helped Erikson a lot, Erikson felt that this woman was not simple, it seems that some heroes cherish heroes.

Now, of course, Erickson doesn't know who the captain of the opponent's ship is, and if he does, hehehe...... It's a good thing to pay tribute to the DuPont family with DuPont things.

"Ready!"

"Aim!"

The latest weapon, the torpedo, requires a very close range, which is too far anyway, and you know, this is the first time this weapon has been used.

"Launch!" Erikson yelled, and the boatmen began to move.

Kerala, Kerala...... There was a sound of a machine, as if it had undergone an extremely complex transformation, and I saw that in front of the Erickson, a waterline suddenly appeared!

The torpedo was successfully launched!

The launch was a success, but this hit ......

Sou...... The waterline went not far from the Minnesota and stopped!

"Shit!" Erikson cursed, to be honest, he didn't even know the range of this new weapon now, he had tested it before, but when it really went to sea, this is really not accurate.

In fact, the power of compressed air is not too reliable in this era, because the technology of compressed air is not too hard, who knows how far it can hit?

"Close! Near! "Eriksen is angry, he wants to get closer!

Bang! Bang!

The Minnesota fired continuously, and smoke lit her side.

"Fack!" Still missed!

Samuel. DuPont was almost angry, he had never seen such a situation, it was already very close, but he didn't expect that he couldn't beat the opponent.

No way, the cannons of this year are too unreliable, and the opponent's ships are too strange.

"Ready!" Erikson saw that this time it was already very close, and the two ships were about to collide, so this time it was no problem, right?

"Launch!"

Sou...... The torpedo is out again!

It's been two, but what about this time?

A shadow appeared in the sea, Samuel. DuPont looked at this shadow and puffed in his heart, although he didn't know what it was, but he didn't know why, he felt very scared, but ......

The waterline appeared behind the USS Minnesota!

The Erickson's hull was below the waterline, and this time it was too close, so it turned out to be ...... Hey~ got under someone's boat.

"Aha!" It's something to celebrate, anyway, the Minnesota burst into laughter.

β€œSHIT!” Erikson was so angry that he suddenly yelled, "Rush over!" Rush over to Lao Tzu! ”

"Rush?"

That's right, it's rush, because the current situation is that the Erickson is in the right position, and it is facing the side of the Minnesota!

With a bang, the Erickson hit the Minnesota headlong......

"Hmmm! Not bad! In the telescope, Li Mengyang watched the Minnesota sink! R1152