The collision horn has been used since ancient times, and the ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians, ancient Greeks, and ancient Romans began to use it two or three thousand years ago. But this thing is big and inappropriate, and it has always been a waste that looks good and is not easy to use. The only well-known example of war was created by the Americans during the Civil War, bullying wooden warships with armored ships.

This is completely something that can only be used by the strong navy to bully the weak. Because the impact requires the occupation of the battle position, this requires agility and speed. The ramming was also dangerous, and it was difficult for contemporaries to have such an overwhelming superiority - but this should not have happened now.

The Liaodong had a speed and agility that the enemy could hardly match, and Zhu Chengxiu, who did not want to ram, stayed on a fast warship with a failed steering gear. When it launched the sprint at full speed, the unfortunate 'Amsterdam' was directly in front of it - Zhao Ze had added ramming angles to the Liaodong when designing it.

The 1,000-horsepower steam engine gave the 1,000-ton 'Liaodong' huge kinetic energy, and the hard metal collided like a sharp blade, and the combination of the two produced great damage. The power of this collision is comparable to the bombardment of 100 rounds of large-caliber heavy artillery.

The 'Amsterdam' hull is made of very thick oak planks, which are tough and strong. It is a purpose-built warship that is more protective than those armed merchant ships. The large-caliber heavy guns on the 'Liaodong' can make a big hole in the other ships of Roy's fleet, but on the 'A' ship, they will inevitably run into trouble, and the damage will be much less.

But now that the ramming angle comes, the 'Amsterdam' can't bear it. Imagine being hit by a thousand-ton warship at high speed, no different from a train collision. The hull of the 'A' ship, which was several tens of meters long, was smashed five or six meters into the waist, and the side side was completely broken, and the worst thing was that a big hole was broken in the bottom of the ship.

At the moment of impact, Fan Wencheng was still pulling the reset rope of a cannon with his bleeding hands. While everyone else was running away, he was still at a loss as to what to do. And when the impact occurred, his whole body was thrown up by violent vibrations, and his body flew into the air and hit a cable and fell down.

Falling back to the deck with a bang, Fan Wencheng didn't have time to cry out in pain. He found that something had been pulled on his scalp, and his head had been pulled over. He hurriedly grabbed it with both hands, only to realize that his slender braid was entangled in the gun carriage of an artillery.

After the impact, there was chaos on the Amsterdam. It was tilted to the left by the top of the Liaodong, and the people and various objects on the deck also slid to the left. Many people were knocked into the sea on the spot in the screams, and even the guns broke away from the gun positions and rumbled and slid on the deck.

Fan Wencheng's hair was entangled, and he grabbed his hands to break free, but his scalp became tighter and tighter. The braid, which had given him status and identity, was like a deadly rope at the moment, and he scratched and groped with both hands, trying to find something to cut the braid. Someone slipped over his head and grabbed his leg to stabilize his body.

"Help me, help me, help me." Fan Wencheng shouted loudly. The sloping deck of the ship made him panic more and more, and everything around him was slipping and falling into the sea on the port side. This even included a few guns, which broke the port side guard and made a big splash in the sea.

As soon as the person who grabbed Fan Wencheng's thigh looked up, it was Sir Roy, who said everything on this boat. The nobleman from the Netherlands was also shouting at Fan Wencheng, but neither side could understand what the other was saying.

Sir Roy kicked his legs around, trying to find a point of focus, but the sloping deck was difficult to tread. He grabbed Fan Wencheng's thigh with only one hand, and all the weight was applied to the other party's scalp, or rather, to the slender braid.

Fan Wencheng screamed in pain because of this huge pull, but he was followed by a scream that opened his throat. It turned out that Sir Roy felt that the thigh of this Oriental native was not easy to pull, and pulled out the long dagger from his waist and stabbed him hard in the thigh. The blade pierced Fan Wencheng's thigh, pinning him to the deck.

Fan Wencheng was dying of pain, and Sir Roy finally fixed his body. In the face of the final blow of 'Liaodong', he could only shout loudly: "Hang the white flag, hang the white flag." We admit defeat and are willing to surrender! ”

The boat was hit and tilted, and it was really unplayable.

But at this moment, few people heard the shouts of Lord Sir Sir .

The bridge of the 'Liaodong' was also full of mourning, and all the personnel were groaning in pain. The impact just now left everyone in pain and bruises. Navy Commander Zhu Chengxiu raised his head in shock, struggled to get up, and looked out from the observation hole on the bridge. The sound of artillery outside seemed to have stopped, and everything was quiet.

Zhu Chengxiu covered his injured buttocks, jumped up and pulled up all the people in the bridge, and then sent people to various posts on the ship to check the situation. As a result, I got two messages, one good and one bad.

"Let's start with the good news." Zhu Chengxiu took off his pants and asked the hygienist to bandage the wound on his buttocks. The moment he pulled out the thorn, he jumped up in pain.

The sailor said: "The good news is that all departments on our ship are fine. Some people were injured, but no one died. The collision just now brought our servos back to normal. ”

"Ah, that's good news indeed. We were finally free to sail. Zhu Chengxiu was happy, "What about the bad news?" ”

"The force of the impact was too great, we were stuck on the enemy ship and could not retreat." The sailor said again.

What? Stuck again!

Zhu Chengxiu really lamented his bad luck, and he asked in surprise: "What about the enemy?" ”

"The enemy's big ship is stuck with us and can't move. Several other ships are either sinking or on fire. Three more are estimated to have been stupid and have already avoided us far away. But instead of fleeing, they stayed at a distance. "But the boats did run away, partly to the south, and partly to the east." ”

"Damn it." Zhu Chengxiu scolded.

Those to the south may be fleeing back to Jiangnan, while those to the east may continue to attack Tianjin. In short, Zhu Chengxiu must not be able to complete the task of annihilation this time, at most, he reimbursed more than half of the fleet of the Taixi people, which can be regarded as a credit.

After a while, the sailor came to report again, and shouted with joy: "Commander, the ship we hit has a white flag." Some of them were dangling their pants at us from the side of the boat, but some of them refused to surrender and tried to climb over and grab our boat. ”

Ah......, that's really good news!

Zhu Chengxiu came out of the armored bridge, and sure enough, he saw the Taixi battleship that was hit and almost overturned only a few dozen meters away. The ship was hit so badly that its hull tilted more than a dozen degrees to the port side, almost breaking in the middle, and the right chord waterline was partially exposed to the sea, and a large number of barnacles could be seen attached to the hull.

The fortunate thing in this ship's misfortune is that the 'Liaodong' was also stuck during the collision, otherwise the 'Liaodong' would have been allowed to retreat. With the huge loophole in the middle, it was about to sink into the water - Western warships did not use watertight silo technology in order to place a large number of gun emplacements. A hole is broken in one place, and the whole boat is going to be flooded.

Due to the connection between the two ships, part of the crew of the 'A' ship on the opposite side even climbed onto the foredeck of the 'Liaodong' in a panic. As soon as they came up, they were stopped by a group of armed sailors with flintlock pistols and laid down their arms, and some Dutch sailors thought they had the strength to take the ship against the sky, and were beaten into blood gourds by a platoon of guns.

"The front main gun is aimed, and if the opponent moves abnormally, fire immediately." Zhu Chengxiu ordered from inside the bridge. He was not sure if he could loosen the Liaodong by firing the cannons, and he was also worried that if he could not let go, if the other party sank, would he bring the Liaodong into the sea. It's better to just maintain the status quo.

"Shout at each other, those guys should have brought an interpreter." Zhu Chengxiu continued: "Stay vigilant in the rear main gun, don't let people sneak attack us. At the same time, we put down the dinghy and contact the Lushun base, we need more manpower to help. ”

At this moment, Zhu Chengxiu relaxed a little. He knew there was another group of commuter boats coming behind him. The commuter boats weren't as fast as the capital ship, but they weren't too far away, and they would come soon.

It didn't take long for Thomas. Sir Roy also broke free from his predicament, and with great regret he left his ship, and jumped onto the foredeck of the Liaodong. The interpreter who accompanied him conveyed his words: "I am Thomas. Sir Roy, commander of this fleet. I am now willing to surrender unconditionally, please rescue my crew immediately. ”

The Amsterdam was in terrible condition, and it didn't take long for the sailors who fell into the sea to freeze to death in the icy waters. In addition, the ship is in terrible condition, and it is uncertain that it will sink at any point. Thomas. Roy, after determining that his opponent was not at all afraid of a broadside fight, completely lost all his hole cards and had no choice but to surrender.

Half an hour later, the commuter boats and standard transport boats of the 'Revolutionary Army' Navy continued to arrive, completely stabilizing the situation of the war. Sir Roy said that he wanted to meet the Chinese commander of the naval battle, and when he handed over his command knife, he said to Zhu Chengxiu from the bottom of his heart: "Your Excellency's warship has amazing ability, and your courage is also admirable!" ”

Hahaha...... Zhu Chengxiu's buttocks were injured and he was limping when he walked, but he still laughed when he heard the words relayed by the interpreter. He later wrote in his memoirs: "At that time, the war situation was extremely urgent, and I was ordered to attack decisively. In the bad situation of having many enemies, with the grace of His Majesty's promotion and the responsibility of the trust of the people, the only way to fight to the death is to win the victory. ”

Zhu Chengxiu's battle situation was transmitted back to Lushun, to Jinzhou, and soon to Shanhaiguan. According to the battle report received by Zhou Qingfeng, there was not only news that Zhu Chengxiu had sunk and damaged several enemy ships, damaged the enemy's flagship, and forced the enemy's main fleet, but also that the warships of the stubborn Jiangnan Naval Division and the remnants of Li Dan had entered Bohai Bay.

Zhao Ze, who was in Jinzhou, had already sent commuter ships to pursue these ships, but because there were too many enemy ships and too few commuter ships, it might be difficult to clear them in two or three days. In order to avoid greater losses, Zhao Ze asked the ships in Bohai Bay to suspend sailing.

Zhou Qingfeng was both pleased with the victory in the naval battle and worried about the impact of the suspension of sailings. He asked Xu Bing: "The troops we sent to intercept Mang Gurtai's back road will not have backup in these two or three days?" ”

Xu Bing was preparing clothes for Zhou Qingfeng with her own hands, and she only said lightly to the man's questions: "You should adapt to delegating power and let the people below handle specific affairs by themselves." Now that you're going back to the capital with me, we have to choose a date for the founding ceremony. You have to learn to be a ruler, to be a good emperor. ”

Zhou Qingfeng's attention was really diverted, and he reiterated angrily: "I said that I am not the emperor. ”

Xu Bing chuckled slightly, undeniable.