Chapter Eighty-Eight: Linear Arrays
When Chen Jiu led his men back to Twin Peaks, there was not much fire on Twin Peaks, and the smoke coming out was just the ruins of some burned houses, which continued to smoke.
It had just rained and most of the burning houses had been doused, leaving only staggered wood and smoke still billowing.
Yu Xiaotian returned to his boat satisfied, set sail with an order, and sailed away from Shuangfeng Island, and the Dazhai of Shuangfeng Island was no longer the same at this time.
More than 20 ships of sea wolves formed a longitudinal formation, crossed an arc on the sea, and met the fleets of mixed river dragons sailing.
At this time, the two sides had nothing to continue to talk about, and the enemies were very red when they saw each other, and everyone stared at their opponents and began to work the ship.
One cannon after another was loaded, pushed to the side of the gun, the torches were lit, bundles of rockets were placed next to the side of the ship, bows and crossbows, and guns were all in the hands of the sailors on both sides, and when they got closer, they threw these things at each other.
Chen Jiu's eyes were red, his lips were pursed, and his two eyes were staring directly at the oncoming fleet of sea wolves.
At this time, there were no more people on the island, only the ruins and ruins were still smoking, and the island was a dead silence, and I didn't know whether the people who stayed in the village were alive or dead.
But he knew that his nest was over, and all his accumulation in the village over the years was over, and now he was left with only the men and ships that followed him, and the opposite side was the culprit that caused him to become the current predicament.
He reached out and grabbed the stainless steel waist knife that had followed him for many years at his waist, pressed the tension spring, clicked, and the blade popped out of the scabbard for an inch, then grabbed the handle and slowly pulled it out.
"Brethren! Today is either my death, or the death of his surname Yu! Kill me! Kill them all! Chen Jiu suddenly let out a roar, raised the steel knife in his hand high above his head, and slashed towards the fleet of sea wolves sailing on the opposite side.
The subordinates of the Mixed River Dragon also roared wildly, although their morale was low on the way back, and they were all anxious, but now when they saw that their lair had been burned down by the sea wolf, such a scene aroused a trace of residual courage in their hearts.
The shouts of killing resounded throughout the sea east of Twin Peaks, and the two fleets rushed desperately towards each other like two groups of bloodthirsty sharks.
"Give me the order, march in column, keep a distance of two hundred paces from them, and pass by the starboard side of their formation! Don't let them come close! The captains of each ship can choose the target and fire freely! Yu Xiaotian stood on the stern of his Seawolf, draped in a bright red, very delicate double leather armor, the outer leather armor is made of good raw cowhide, the inner leather armor is made of softened whale skin, so that the leather armor is not only very thick, but also comfortable to wear, but this weather is really a little too hot to wear this suit.
Yu Xiaotian wiped the sweat from his forehead and began to give orders.
The Seawolf was in the center of the fleet, and while Shangdou hung up the order flag, he also began to wave the small flag in his hand vigorously, and the order of Yu Xiaotian was conveyed in the form of a flag.
The leader of the fleet was Wang Hong's ship, which adjusted its course slightly after the order, and the rest of the ships followed suit, adjusting their course, and adjusting the sails so that their boat had enough crosswind, and began to speed towards the fleet of mixed river dragons.
One imitation six-pounder gun after another was pushed against the gun door on the side of the ship, the muzzle pointed to the right side of their ship, ready to fire at any moment.
Although the ships of the Seawolf have not been equipped with all the old guns, the main ships are equipped with two or three six-pounder guns, and the rest of the low-level warships are equipped with at least one imitation six-pounder gun.
On the other hand, Yu Xiaotian's ship, after strengthening the hull structure in the bow and stern, was each equipped with a newly cast twelve-pounder gun.
These two cannons are newly cast by the cannon workmanship, just cast, after the test cannon, it was immediately loaded on his boat by Yu Xiaotian, this time when attacking Shuangfeng Village, these two cannons played a great role, near the shore, directly shelled Shuangfeng Village, successfully smashed the wall of Shuangfeng Village, so that his men were able to attack the village, and finally took down the village.
So these two cannons today can be said to be specially prepared for Chen Jiu's funeral salute, he wants to let Chen Jiu know the way of the road today, what is called a cannon, from now on in this area, let the surrounding young people walk around him in the future, save him all day long without trouble to find out what he can't see.
Now he is in a hurry to go to Jilong Bay and Tamsui River, but in order to make money, he has to deal with Chen Jiu here, for which Yu Xiaotian can be said to be anxious, but he can't make the trip, so Yu Xiaotian also hates Chen Jiu very much, and he can't wait to quickly pinch this cockroach to death, and hurry up to get busy with his business.
Seeing that it is about to be June, the news that is now coming back from Penghu shows that the Daming government has occupied a comprehensive advantage, and the Dutch retreat to the Daguan is already in front of him, if he doesn't hurry up, he won't be able to get this dish of Taiwan, and he won't have his share!
Today was also the first time he had tested his column tactics, although his ship was not a Western-style warship, but now that he had an imitation six-pounder cannon and this imitation twelve-pounder cannon, he could already try the power of this linear array.
That's why after he learned that the mixed river dragon ran back, he led his subordinates to pull out this formation on the sea.
And the mixed river dragon still used the old method, gathering his fleet together, intending to clench his fists and knock the sea wolves to the ground in one fell swoop.
Needless to say, the advantages and disadvantages are needless to say, in short, this tactic of mixing Jianglong can already be said to be outdated, and he can't give full play to the firepower on the ship under his command at all, so he can only be beaten passively.
Yu Xiaotian has a full grasp of this, so he is also full of confidence, and he is not afraid of these mixed river dragon ships that have pounced on them.
The two fleets finally approached about three hundred meters, and the line array of the sea wolves pulled open the right side of the mixed river dragon fleet, but it did not directly penetrate the mixed river dragon's fleet and engaged in a melee with them.
When Wang Hong, as the guide boat, sailed to the right side of the Mixed River Dragon fleet, he ordered the gunners on the ship to fine-tune the muzzle of the cannon, and locked the target of the artillery attack on the boat under the Mixed River Dragon closest to his position, and at the same time shouted: "Fire!" ”
Wang Hong's ship is a fleet of handsome ships, so the equipment is naturally better than the average ship, his ship is all reequipped with three six-pounder guns, the muzzles are pointed to the starboard side, the distance between the two sides is about 200 meters, just the best distance for the six-pounder gun to carry out firepower, of course, if it can be closer, the power and accuracy will definitely be higher, but 200 meters for this kind of long-barreled six-pounder gun, but the accuracy can still be quite guaranteed.
The three cannons were fired in turn from the bow to the stern, and only three violent cannon sounds were heard, and the blink of an eye, and then looked at the boat under the Chaojiang Dragon that was closest to them, and three large holes were smashed out of it, and the sawdust on the boat that hit it flew wildly, causing an exclamation.
After Wang Hong took the lead in firing, his ship continued to move forward, and the gunners on board hurriedly began to clear and reload the guns, these gunners had nothing to do every day, and what they had to do was to operate these guns again and again, carry out loading training and aiming training, and now reloading for them is already familiar and can not be more familiar, several people cooperate with each other, when a tool has just been drawn out of the gun chamber, another tool has been filled into the gun chamber.
As soon as the procedure of clearing the chamber was completed, someone had already filled the medicine bag into the muzzle, and then someone quickly sent the medicine bag to the bottom of the gun chamber, and the shell was also filled into the gun chamber.
The guns were then quickly pulled by the gunners on the ropes fixed on the side of the ship, and the small four-wheeled gun carriage was towed, and it was pulled to the gun door on the side of the ship.
The speed at which these people reloaded can be said to be dazzling, dizzying, and felt like they were flying, and it was very enjoyable to watch, and in less than half a minute, they completed the reassembly and prepared the artillery to fire again.
Then they set their sights on the next boat, and with Wang Hong's order, they began to fire again......
All of the Sea Wolves' ships followed Wang Hong's boat, and as soon as each ship entered the firing position, they immediately aimed at the nearest Chaojiang Dragon's ship and began to fire their cannons.
Although some of the ships had only one six-pounder gun, they had many boats, and when twenty boats passed by the right side of the Mixed River Dragon fleet, they would immediately start firing cannons to bombard the enemy.
This time it was a bitter thing for Jiang Long and his men, this was the first time they had tasted this new tactic of the Sea Wolf and their new artillery.
As soon as one of the ships passed, the ships closest to the sea wolves were shelled by the sea wolves, and this shelling was uninterrupted, and as soon as each boat passed, the next boat entered the position again and began to continue the shelling.
Therefore, the minions on these chaotic dragon ships did not have any chance to fight back at all, and only felt that the sea wolf's cannonballs were raining down on them.
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