Chapter 98: Catch and Kill
The Showland and the Seal staggered across the ship's side, and this shelling was a little mark on each other's sideboards, overturning one or two three-pounder guns, killing and wounding several sailors, and it was only a small first round.
As soon as the two ships separated, Takenaka and the helmsman on the opposite side turned the steering wheel halfway in the direction of the other ship, and the attention of the attack could not be more obvious, taking advantage of the fact that the other side had just been shelled and might be slightly panicked, and turned the hull of the ship horizontally, and took the stern of the other ship with the side side.
But both sides were understanding, and the idea was head-to-head, and both the Xiulan and the Seal had fallen into each other's butts for half a circle at sea, and they were about to have another broadside to broadside, but this time the distance was a little farther, about 350 yards.
At this distance, the three-pounder cannon is already a little floating, and the attack is still on the injured side of the two ships, whether it can make a contribution, it depends on the strength of the artillery commanders of both sides, the battle for the position is that Takenaka and the opponent's rudder battle are evenly divided, and now it is Mary's turn to play.
"Sailors at the gun position, cheer up, leave the guns that have been lifted away, ensure that the remaining guns are reloaded, and the rudder position gives us a good position, if you don't want to be laughed at, give me a good shot of those puppies on the other side!" Mary just took advantage of the wrong side to shoot over the two people opposite, and now with Garland on her back, she hurriedly rushed into a gun position on the deck of the Xiulan, tore away the sailors who had just died in the shelling, and personally went into battle as a firefighter, personally operating the simultaneous guns, and scolded the sailors at the gun position for working hard.
Since she came to the sea, although she seems to have a wilder temperament, she has not lost the cunning of the old king who once played, and instead of being happy with her own gun, it is definitely better to tilt the balance of victory in favor of Xiulan with a brilliant salvo.
"Everyone, use a thin wedge, raise the muzzle of the cannon a little, delay the fuse, and quickly lie down after ignition, hide your ass, if you die, you won't be able to sleep with the girl you like!" Mary didn't care about the status of a woman, and made rude jokes, which caused her gunners to laugh, which was very different from the beautiful young women who had husbands and children on the streets of Amsterdam in the real world, and in the 17th century at sea, such a wild commander was undoubtedly more in line with the appetite of sailors.
The Seal's gunner was also anxiously urging his gunners to speed up the loading, and it was broadside again, and the hateful three-masted ship was about to enter the Seal's broadside, and whoever fired at each other had the upper hand.
The pocket watches in their pockets were like the beating hearts of a bird, walking forward in a constant roar and busyness, and the two boxers, the Shirley and the Seal, were gathering strength, not knowing who would be the first to throw the attacking punch.
"Boom, boom, boom!" is the Seal's side gun position is the first to roar, this gun commander is experienced, obviously not easy, the Seal's side guns sound loud, in fact, the deck gun and the side gun are fired in sections, compared to the salvo, this shooting method can effectively reduce the kind of large hull shock caused by the salvo shelling, which helps to quickly return to the gun hull, and can enter the next round of shelling more quickly.
The 350-yard distance was still too far for a three-pounder gun with a limited charge, and the shells had dropped slightly as they flew and slammed into the junction between the broadside hull and the upper deck, so that the gunsoft salvo did not cause satisfactory damage.
In fact, he can also think of these basic operations of raising the muzzle, but in the two options of shooting speed and fully adjusting the angle of fire, he chose the former, the naval battle of this era, the deterrent power of the artillery bombardment is extremely high, and the first shot can cause great psychological pressure on the opposing crew, the naval battle is a long time, and the final victory must be accumulated through such a small advantage, and he thinks he has done nothing wrong.
It is true that there are selectors on the SEAL, but there is no one of them in the position of gunner, so this experienced gunner is an interactive character like Ferdinand.
He is a retired naval officer of the Holy Roman Empire, experienced, serious, coupled with refined gunnery, with him as the gun commander, he was originally the most reassuring part of the seal, and it is true that in this era of the trial world, his naval battle ideas may be very correct, but unfortunately the opponent he met was Mary!
Mary may not be the match for this old fur dog in artillery battles, but her consciousness and tactical thinking are centuries ahead of the captain of the seal, plus she is a wild personality, and when she plays her cards according to common sense, then see you in the next life.
"All the gunners began to clear their chambers and return to their gun positions, we have the upper hand this time, observe the enemy's movements, prepare for the next round of shelling, and pad the gun wedges in advance, and our next shelling will not be closer than this time. "The gun commander on the SEAL was serious, not complacent because of the opportunity, and still gave orders quickly.
A sailor with a lively personality saw that he had the upper hand and quipped: "Commander, look at those Dutch moths, they are too frightened by our shelling to fight back!"
The cannon commander slammed into the spirit, his eyes were cannibalistic, and he stared at the sailor who was saying witty words: "What did you say? What did you just say!"
The sailor was stunned, and he thought that he had annoyed the usually strict gunner by joking, so he could only tremble: "I mean the Dutch moths are stupid, and they still don't dare to return it..."
The gunner didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and kicked him on his back to the sky, and fell to the deck, the lively sailor's stomach ached, and he fell on the deck dizzy, and for some reason, he only heard the roar of the gunner's shouting: "Everyone!
It was too late, Mary took the time to adjust the gun position and fuse, and especially reminded the sailors to avoid the shelling after lighting the fuse, what she wanted was the time difference, and let the Seal fire a busy but ineffective fire first, and so on their deck was busy, and after the damage area was as large as possible, the time delay fuse was basically up, and it didn't matter if the Dutch gunners lying on the deck were not with the guns, it didn't matter if they didn't affect the normal firing of the three-pounder gun.
While the captain of the Seal reacted, the side guns of the Xiulan neatly completed an unmanned salvo, and Mary used not ordinary three-pounder guns, the beautiful and vicious "Duchess of the Highlands" ordered the gunners to load the chain shells!
The sailors on the Navy Seal actually heard the horrified shouts of the gun commander, but everyone had just taken the lead in the artillery battle, and they were busy on the deck with high morale, and they were slightly stunned when they heard the shouts, and at this moment, the guns on the Xiulan rang out.
Chain bombs roared, and two small projectiles of about a pound stretched an iron chain in the air, and because of the different trajectories of movement, they pulled and swirled, with a terrifying sound of breaking wind, like a savage small whirlwind, and rolled up the deck of the seal.
The sailors of the Seal who were still on their toes just now suffered, and Mary was lucky to fire this salvo, under the firing of 10 guns, a total of 3 sets of chain shells hit the deck range of the Seal, and the cannon pellets drew an arc of death with iron chains, tearing apart the strong sailors.
The lucky ones were cut open by chains on the spot and had to die a quick death, and the unlucky ones had severed limbs and legs, crying and moaning in pools of their own blood.
The house leak of the Seal coincided with the overnight rain, and one of the three groups of chain bullets on target hit the mainmast sail of the Seal because of the high angle of fire, and with a stabbing sound, the thick and dense sail was torn open a huge opening, and the rags were carried out by the chain bullets that had not disappeared, and fell directly into the sea.
The lively sailor, who had just been kicked and lay down, stood up in a daze, and he saw the most respected gunner, the venerable seaman, who was now lying on the deck, his upper and lower bodies separated, and the intestines that flowed out were all over the deck, and the heavy smell of blood stimulated the sailor who had just stood up to bend down again and vomit heavily
A few families are happy and a few are worried, the seal withered, the morale of the Xiulan naturally trembled with the chain shell shell bombardment, Mary's gunnery strength was tested in this naval battle, although the tonnage of the Xiulan is not as large as the ship opposite, but in this naval battle, it has firmly gained the upper hand.
The speed of the Seal slowed down suddenly, and the sea breeze leaked completely along the big hole that had been torn on the mainsail just now, and the sail battleship had no wind to help, no less than a war horse with a lame carriage with a broken shaft, and it could no longer reflect the motor force, and the master on the helm had a thousand skills, and before the power was restored, it would be okay for a while.
The tall man in the triangular hat who looked at Lao Wang with a telescope looked resolute, but he was not moved by the current disadvantage, he did not observe the naval battle, but took the helm himself, and it seems that he is the one who has a long and short helm in Takenaka.
The man's disheveled beard, as brown as his hair, and a long scar on his face, pulled from the left eyebrow bone to the right corner of his mouth, cutting the bridge of his nose in two, giving him a resolute look with a hint of fierceness.
He turned the steering wheel desperately and said in a loud voice: "Sailors, each has his own duties, the Dutch people have only taken a small advantage, we have not failed yet, don't lose the arrogance of the men of the sea!"
can speak like this, and stand on the helm, this person should be the Kawazo of the seal, it seems that this captain has always been very prestigious, and the fear that was about to spread on the ship was stopped by a few words from him, the sailors are interactive characters, and they may not have the strong strength of the selector, but it does not mean that they are all wine bags and rice bags, just now they were just a little surprised by the other party's strange shelling methods, and someone came forward to bring people's hearts together, and naturally returned to normal.
Looking at the deck of the Seal, in fact, there are five or six tragic corpses, seven or eight wounded soldiers with severed limbs, the personnel damage is not big, but it is good to die, the gun commander is lost, the mainsail is torn apart, but there are already sailors with temporary sail tools to flexibly climb up, at this time the most can not change the sail, can only be used to make up, in order to minimize the delay in the naval battle.
The tall captain's eyes narrowed, he originally thought that the opponent's high spiritual attribute selector was forced to retreat when he probed the bottom of his side, and the strength of the selector on the other party's ship should be average, but he didn't expect that the other party had a tricky artillery commander here, could it be that he wanted to dilute the strong personal strength of the selector as much as possible through the artillery battle at sea?
Captain Scar is one of the pickers on this ship, and he himself is no different from Lao Wang's plan, wanting to quickly accumulate funds through trade, privateer when it is time to privateer, and then use the funds to expand the fleet, and eliminate other pickers through naval battles to obtain the greatest benefit in this world.
He was a German who had entered the world of trials, and had only now established a chamber of commerce in Hamburg, and when he heard that Hedlam Burgess was fighting fiercely with the Schupaia Chamber of Commerce, he made up his mind to take advantage of this opportunity to make more trades, because no one would pay attention to them at this time, and it would not be easy to be topped by the big forces, and second, the price of the traded goods would rise due to the frequent battles at sea, and the profits would be huge.
So he specialized in shipping goods from Hamburg to Copenhagen, who knew that Lao Wang had the dual mission of Skula and space, and chased him all the way to the North Sea.
"Boss, the distance of the first shelling is very close, and the other party also knows how many people we have here, but in terms of spiritual detection, we still have an advantage, I have already sensed the approximate strength of the four people on their ship, slightly worse than our team, and they don't have many skills, only one person has blood, and it's only a beginner, if we take overboard, we still have a great advantage." ”
Captain Scarface continued to take the helm, the team's report ringing in his head, and he peeked at the busy first mate on deck and nodded slightly.
The first mate was a lean middle-aged man with gold earrings, mediocre in appearance, so mediocre that people could only remember him as an emaciated person, he looked up and saw the captain looking at him, and the emaciated man immediately nodded to his captain, indicating that the information was indeed true, and Scarface could arrange the next tactics according to this information.
Scarface lifted his three-cornered hat and shouted loudly: "Sailor replenish the sails, speed up, complete it in 5 minutes, I will reward you with 1 gold mark, the rest of the brothers, be ready to dodge the shelling, the deputy gunner takes the position of old Hans, restore the combat effectiveness of the cannon, be careful, we may be kissed twice by the Dutch girls, wait for us to recover our strength, and then rush up and them hard!"
The gloomy atmosphere on the deck was dissipated by the laughter of brutal and unbridled laughter, and no matter how the troops howled, there were times when barbarism on the battlefield was necessary.
Captain Scar laughed with the sailors, put on a serious face, and shouted again, "Glory!"
"Belonging to the Holy Roman Empire!"
On the Xiulan, the whole ship is full of pride.
Takenaka's fighter capture ability does not need to be handed over by anyone, he has already told Lao Wang through the team channel that the opponent's selector is relatively strong, and it is impossible to start a broadside battle easily, and now Mary is showing a competitive spirit, so she simply takes advantage of it in the artillery battle, and it is best to kill one or two unlucky selectors, it will be perfect.
On top of Lao Wang's pragmatism, the method is effective and easy to use, and he can do anything, so he immediately agreed with Takenaka's opinion.
Seeing that the other party was unable to move, Takenaka corrected the rudder position, bullied the Seal lame donkey to pull the broken car, and when the distance between the two ships was 240 yards, he successfully formed a T-shaped gunnery position, and the side of the chain bullet just now was facing the obvious building-shaped stern of the Seal.
Mary gave a thumbs up to the helmsman and laughed and said to her men, "Look, Mr. van der Kamp at the helm has prepared us another gift better than rum, what should we do!?"
"Shoot their ass!"
"Hahahaha, bunnies, what are you waiting for, refill the charge, remove the wedges, fill the three-pounder cannon, and get it ready for me. ”
The sailors at the gun emplacements completed Mary's order in a nervous and orderly manner, and the big butt of the Seal came to the side of the shelling position, and the majestic four-masted Galen ship was now like a clumsy duck, staggering forward in front of the Xiulan, and it seemed that she clumsily wanted to turn to the side side, and at least be able to return fire.
But how could Mary give her this opportunity, the "Duchess of the Highlands" grinned wickedly, not speaking loudly, but clearly.
"Fire!"