8-67 Battleship Black Swan

Zhao Wen's little face was flushed, with a warship against twenty-five warships, which is also rare in the history of the sailors of the Song Dynasty, she is very excited to have such an opportunity to make a name for herself, Zhao Wen is very clear about the tactics of the English sailors, first shoot arrows and stone bullets from a distance, destroy the opponent's ship buildings and then use the collision angle hidden under the waterline to hit the other party, and then directly jump to the gang to fight, the shooting level of the English is the highest among the sailors of all countries, hand-to-hand combat is also the bravest, with these two can defeat the Spaniards, But today they are facing the world's most advanced warship, the Black Swan, and these advantages are completely unwieldy.

"The right rudder is full, the starboard side fires, and the enemy flagship is targeted." Zhao Wen calmly gave the order. The Black Swan turned around quickly and aimed at the British flagship with the commander's flag with thirty-five cannons on its side, and with an earth-shattering cannon sound, the Black Swan was shrouded in white gunsmoke. Thirty-five solid iron balls pierced the sky and shot towards the British army.

The Turquoise, the flagship of the British naval division, Sir Hawkins watched the opponent's movements with a monocular clairvoyant, and when he saw the opponent suddenly open fire, his heart sank, and the opponent opened fire when there were still a thousand yards away, indicating that the range of their weapons was much farther than his own, and this battle was destined to be hard! But as a commander, he must not show the slightest nervousness in front of his subordinates, so he pursed his lips tightly and stood firmly on the bridge without moving.

The gunners on the Black Swan were the essence of the Song Naval Division, and although they had not been in control of the new guns for a long time, they had mastered the essence of shooting, and eight of the thirty shells hit the Turquoise, and the rest of the shells fell into the water, making a splash hundreds of feet high.

The Turquoise is a wooden-hulled steam paddle steamer, with masts, chimneys and other facilities on it, and the impact points of the eight shells are relatively high, all of which hit the ship's superstructure, and suddenly sawdust flies sideways, a mast is discounted, and the cabin is also smashed out of a large hole, and some exposed soldiers are hit by sharp sawdust, and blood flows all over their faces.

The Black Swan was mighty, but the British ** ship pounced even more frantically, and several anxious warships had already begun to launch rockets, but the distance was too far, and the arrows fell into the water.

The first round of fire was the first uncorrected one, and the next shot was even more accurate, thirteen shells hit the Turquoise, one of which pierced the ship's plank and hit the boiler, the steam was quickly lost, the Turquoise lost its ability to maneuver, Sir Hawkins hurriedly moved with his staff to the nearest fast cruiser, the Purple Quartz, taking advantage of the temporary loss of the flagship of the British fleet, the Black Swan reloaded and opened fire again, damaging the two ships that rushed to the front of the enemy's two wings.

The British sailors are indeed brave, without the command of the commander's flag, the ships are still brave and want to capture the black swan in close combat, the steam paddle wheel set off a monstrous white wave, approaching and surrounding the black swan, at this time Zhao Wen ordered the bow of the ship to move towards the enemy ship, just the guns on both sides can wave their power, the black swan is a big ship, the cabin is divided into four layers, the top two layers and the deck are equipped with artillery, the copper gun body is installed on the wooden gun carriage, there are four small wooden wheels under the gun carriage, and the gun latch is also connected with thick cables, It can prevent the gun body from jumping because of recoil, the gunners are barebacked, busy loading, shooting, every time they finish fighting, they have to pull the gun carriage back three feet away, clean the gun chamber with a stick dipped in a damp cloth, and then reload the medicine bag and shells, and the guns on the three floors take turns to fire, without giving each other any time to breathe.

British warships have bowstrings or steam-driven giant crossbows, which look very scary, but in fact, the power and range are scum compared to artillery, even if there are crossbow arrows shot on the Black Swan, they are helplessly blocked by iron plates, and they can't cause damage at all, some British captains are in a hurry, and command the battleships to rush straight over, in a vain attempt to ram the enemy ship, but compared to the powerful steam engine and underwater propeller of the Black Swan, their degree can't keep up at all, and they can only eat fart in the back, if any gunner is unhappy to give them a shot, Hitting either side of the paddle wheel can make a boat incapacitated.

The British fought very hard, but still did not give up hope, all the ships only bravely stepped forward, without flinching, one ship rushed straight to a hundred yards away from the black swan with the cooperation of friendly ships, and was about to succeed, but was broken by a dense chain bullet, and suffered heavy casualties, the chain bullet is connected by a chain between two iron balls, which can cause great damage and damage when shooting, and the mast as thick as a human waist can be broken at once, not to mention the cabin and the fragile human body, the sailors were stirred up to flesh and blood, The fragments of the paddle wheel crackled and flew everywhere, countless holes were punched out of the ship's planks, and the ship sank to the bottom in an instant.

The Black Swan was like a tiger rushing left and right in the flock, killing on a large scale, relying on sharp artillery fire and solid deck, as if entering a no-man's land, poor British sailors who had defeated the Spanish Armada, were helpless in the face of this black ship.

Sir Hawkins transferred to the Purple Quartz, hoisted the command flag again, and watched his subordinates' warships sink one after another, catch fire, and be seriously injured, Sir Hawkins's heart was dripping blood, such a good young man did not die in the desperate battle with the Spaniards, but died on this strange Ming Dynasty mail ship, it is really sad. The Purple Quartz was very combative, and the incendiary bombs fired hit the black swan several times, but they did not do any damage, and the occasional small fire was quickly extinguished, but even so, the boys still fought non-stop. Sir Hawkins ordered the ships to send small boats to attack, and his cousin Francis Drake himself led a speedboat into battle, which was filled with flammable materials, and when he approached the enemy ship, he hooked it to the board with a large iron hook, and set the dinghy on fire. In the face of black pressure on a small boat, the black swan is that no matter how many artillery pieces there are, they can't spare the energy to sink them one by one, plus the entanglement of several large enemy ships, there is really no way to take these small boats for a while.

With a sword hanging from his waist and a rope on his shoulder, Drake was ready to climb onto the enemy ship in hand-to-hand combat, killing those hateful enemies and avenging his comrades. The sea breeze stirred his gold, his white silk shirt was open, revealing his bronzed chest, and eight sturdy sailors rowed the dinghy quickly, and the shells fired by the enemy ships occasionally stirred up high waves that wet Drake's gold, but he still stood tall in the bow like a statue.

Seeing that these little reptiles were about to approach the Black Swan, suddenly more than a dozen figures appeared on the Black Swan, each with two thick iron cylinders on their backs, they knelt on the deck and aimed the iron cylinders at the British speedboat, with a movement of their fingers, the front and rear ends of the iron cylinders erupted with fire, several small boats were immediately sunk, and the soldiers on it did not even have a chance to escape, Drake was still unmoved, his eyes were fixed on the Black Swan, as if he was moved by his bravery, God finally began to bless the British, The hateful yellow faces had finished their iron barrels, but they could not sink Drake's boat, and he broke through the blockade and finally approached the enemy ship, but just as he threw off the rope in his hand and wanted to throw it up, suddenly the enemy on the deck took out the same slender wooden-handled iron pipes as the weapons seen in Sir Flair's office, and one of the iron pipes was pointed right at his head!

Drake shouted, threw the iron hook in his hand at the man, and saw that the iron hook was about to hit him, and at the same time, the iron pipe in the man's hand also spewed a stream of fire, Drake only felt a burning in his chest, shook it twice, and loaded into the sea.

The desperate struggle of the heroes bought time for the other ships, and two battered battleships finally broke through the fire blockade and rushed to the side of the Black Swan. The thick and sharp impact angle hidden under the water hit the black swan's abdomen extremely fiercely, and the black swan could not resist this impact even if it was equipped with armor plates, and suddenly tilted up, and those British sailors noisily threw the ropes around, put them on the black swan's mast, and crawled over with all hands and feet, seeing that a hand-to-hand fight was about to begin. Zhao Wen had to transfer some of the gunners out of the cabin to fend off the enemy's attack.

While the fierce battle was taking place at sea, Liu Ziguang was also under tremendous pressure, and all the Westerners in Singapore came to attack him, in addition to these armed sailors and the soldiers of the East India Company, there was naturally the so-called Tiger Mercenary Group last night. There are almost two thousand people in total, exactly one to ten ratio, these people are holding various banners and holding all kinds of weapons, and they gather in the direction of the Majia Dora Palace under the leadership of Zuo Menggeng.

This attack reminded Liu Ziguang of the riot of Western sailors who were born on the streets of Shanghai last year, and they were suppressed with firearms at that time, and I don't know how many of today's people in this group are sailors who experienced that battle. These people are all dogs, and they don't have a long memory, so this time I have to touch their souls well.

The soldiers hid in the trenches, and the thick branches cut down were blocked on their heads, which could not only shade the sun but also conceal, and it was difficult for the enemy's bows and crossbows to hurt them, after a bloody battle, they had matured a lot, and no one was nervous anymore, Meng Zhiqiang. Xie Long, Xie Hu and Hua Wuyu hid in the same trench, Xie Long couldn't help but ask Hua Wuyu for cigarettes, Hua Wuyu was stunned for a moment, took out a cigarette and said to him: "Brother, I don't have much left, you borrow one now, and you have to return a box when you go back." ”

Xie Long took the cigarette and lit it, took a deep breath, this time he was not choked, he took a few more puffs, and said, "Brother Hua, if I can go back alive, I will definitely buy you a few boxes of good cigarettes." ”

Hua said speechlessly: "What nonsense is the child, of course he can go back alive, didn't you see what the ship sent to us?" "Follow his finger and see that it was thirty bronze naval guns, lying in the gun emplacement, which was a half-bunker that sank a foot down, behind which there was a makeshift road leveled with shovels, which could be quickly maneuvered, and behind the gun emplacements were stacked in the shape of a pyramid of shells and boxes of gunpowder.

The golden cannon body was shining in the sun, and the metallurgical technology of the Song Dynasty people was good, Hua Wuyu was very old-fashioned and aimed at the smooth cannon body and the well-made cannon latch, and couldn't help but exclaim: "With these guys, the enemy who is three times as big as you are not afraid." ”