339. Heavy casualties [1/2]

The bombardment was almost instantaneous, and twenty Daifuku ships opened heavy fire on six Dutch galleons, and the sky was covered with black shells that made a sharp whistling sound as they flew through the air, and a huge yellow column of sand when they fell into the sea......

All of a sudden, the sand pillars rose in all directions, the wind blew, the yellow sand fluttered, and it was a fog.

Almost all of the Daifuku ships of the Great Meng Country are ordinary artillery, and the cannonballs they send out are very different from those released by professional artillery, not only the hit rate is worse, but the power is also relatively bad. First of all, it is not easy to hit, only one out of ten cannons can hit it, and then even if it hits, it will not be able to cause great damage to the enemy ship, and only a small hole can be drilled, or the side of the ship can be smashed into a dent, and it will be bounced into the sea.

Only a few shells fired by the second-order artillery of the Shenji Battalion could pose a certain threat to the Dutch galleons, and they could hit the Dutch galleons relatively accurately and cause great damage.

On the other hand, on the Dutch side, it was a bit terrifying, all the cannons on the Dutch galleons were all controlled by professional artillery, and they fought accurately and ruthlessly, at least five or more of the ten cannons could hit the battleships of the Great Meng Kingdom, and each cannon could blast a big hole in the Fu ship.

From time to time, the sailors of the Great Moe Kingdom are hit by shells!

The power of the cannonball is really too great, it doesn't need to directly hit the vital point of the human body, it only needs to rub the hands and feet, stained with a little oily skin, and the huge force it carries can spread the power to the whole person's body through the bones or meridians of the human body, and shock the person to death.

Therefore, the sailors of the Great Meng Kingdom who were hit by the shells almost without exception fell to the ground and suffered heavy casualties!

Yi Yun was very heartbroken when he saw it, and Li Huamei couldn't help but sigh.

On the Royal One Dragon Boat. Zhu Qingqing, Qingqing, the Eunuch Party, and the Donglin Party were also a little flustered. Zheng Shuliang couldn't help but scolded Ye Lou loudly: "General Ye, why are your people fighting? Against a small country. Why did you fall behind?"

Ye Lou said with a calm face: "Don't talk nonsense, watch quietly, the other party is very strong...... What we have to do now is to get close. As long as we get close to a certain position, our shells will be easy to hit. The power can also become greater, and the advantage of more ships and more guns can be reflected at that time...... If we fight in the Jump Gang, the advantage of our large number of people will be even more obvious. ”

He took out the order flag. Desperately give orders: "Surround the enemy!"

Twenty ships of fortune are desperately speeding up. Wanting to get close to the enemy, even the lucky boat, whose mast was broken, took out the pulp and rowed desperately, trying to rush over.

Li Huamei sighed deeply and said, "Alas, it's this tactic again...... Our Dameng country is whether it is an officer or a pirate. Is this the only tactic that can be used against Western warships?"

Iyun listened. Curiously asked, "It's all this tactic?"

"Hmm!" Li Huamei nodded: "Whether it is facing the Spaniards, the Portuguese, and the current Dutch, the pirates are the same as the tactics of the officers and soldiers, desperately approaching, because in the long-distance artillery battle, they are not the opponent of the Westerners at all." I had to adopt this style of close combat. ”

Yi Yun frowned, unhappy.

At this time, the Dutch galleons in the distance began to move, and they were obviously accustomed to dealing with this scene of being approached by many small boats, and immediately took corresponding countermeasures.

The Dutch galleon in the lead spread its sails, and the five behind it also hoisted their sails...... The huge Dutch galleon began to accelerate.

The Galion is the most cutting-edge warship in the West, due to the low bow design, so that this kind of ship has little wind resistance, so the speed of the ship is very fast, if it is in the calm Mediterranean, its speed may lose to the Venetian gunboats, but in the rough sea, the Gallion warship is the fastest warship of this era. ...,

The speed of the Dutch fleet increased in an instant, heading towards the side ahead, and the fortune ships of the Great Moe Kingdom hurriedly chased after them, but this chase was discovered...... The speed of the ship is not at all in a class. No matter how the Daifuku ship accelerated, it was always at a certain distance from the Dutch fleet, and the Dutch relied on this distance to fire non-stop.

The Dutchman's ship walked in an arc, revolving around the fleet of the Great Moe Country, and kept firing with the side side, and the Great Moe Country wanted to chase after it, so it kept charging the Dutch with the bow of the ship, but not only could not catch up, but also made its own side ship guns unable to fire...... Under the flying of cannonballs, the fleet of the Great Meng Kingdom suffered heavy casualties......

It didn't take long for a Daifuku ship in the Great Moe Country to finally be unable to withstand the flying cannon fire, and its bottom was pierced by a falling cannonball and began to enter the sand...... Once something like this happens, it's only a matter of time before it sinks. The officers and men had no choice but to lower the dinghy from the ship and abandon the ship......

However, a Daifuku ship carried more than 200 officers and men, and it was impossible to escape all of them by relying on small boats, and another Daifuku ship hurriedly rushed to the rescue, trying to pick up friendly troops on their own ships, but the treacherous Dutch seized this opportunity and launched a fierce artillery bombardment on the two battleships that were glued together......

"Ahh

Screams rang out from the two warships, and the later Fubunes not only failed to rescue the friendly forces, but instead took themselves in, and the two Fufu ships were sunk at the same time, and only about two dozen sailors on board escaped in small boats, and all the others were swallowed up by the Great Sand Sea.

All of them were heavy and felt a little out of breath......

Zhu Qingqing Qingqing finally couldn't stand it anymore, she jumped up on the ground, and said angrily: "The Royal No. 1 Dragon Boat is also participating in the war!"

"Huh?" The Donglin Party suddenly shouted urgently: "The emperor can't, the emperor has a body of ten thousand catties, how can he come to the front line in person." ”

"Your Majesty...... Don't go up......"

"Your Majesty, focus on the dragon body!"

Zhu Qingqing was furious: "Now the battle situation is urgent, our fleet is falling behind, and there are heavy casualties, only my giant dragon boat with eighty artillery can still turn the tide, how can I watch the battle here?"

"But...... It doesn't matter if you lose a naval battle, our Dameng country has a ship, and some people have people, even if these are all gone, you can re-recruit them, and if you lose a war, you can fight again, but if the emperor has anything...... Then ......," Zheng Shuliang said in sweat.

"Fart!" Zhu Qingqing said angrily: "What do you mean to re-recruit again? These soldiers are also my subjects, how can I watch them die, I must participate in the war, even if I die, it doesn't matter, just find a prince to inherit the throne anywhere...... The King of Jinling, the King of Qiantang, the King of Shu, the King of Yu, the King of Jiashan, the King of Hu, any king!"

She waved her hand violently and said: "Give me an order, the Royal No. 1 giant dragon boat, attack! No one is allowed to persuade again, and those who persuade again will be hit with fifty boards." ”

"Your Majesty......" Zheng Shuliang opened his mouth to speak.

Before his words came out, Zhu Qingqing said loudly: "Come on, drag Zheng Shuliang down to play fifty boards." ”

"Ahem...... I'm not trying to advise you. Zheng Shuliang complained with a wry smile: "I just want to remind the emperor that King Jiashan and King Hu are the same person." ”

Zhu Qingqing Qingqing: "......"

She pouted and said angrily: "Those who care about the details are stupid! Stupid people also have to hit fifty boards." ”

At the same time that Zheng Shuliang was spanked by the big board, the Royal No. 1 giant dragon boat opened its full sails, and began to sail to the battlefield from the postponement viewing position.

As soon as the giant dragon boat sailed out, it suddenly looked extraordinary, and the dragon head carved on the bow of the boat was proud to the sky, proud and mighty. Behind the dragon's head stood the brightly armored Imperial Guards, whose shields and steel knives were made of the finest fine iron, and painted with exquisite lacquer patterns. There are hundreds of third-order "guards", when this group of people uses the "shield block" together, even if they are fifth-order god generals, they may not be able to break through their defense line. ...,

The red-clothed cannon on the bow of the giant dragon boat also lifted the red cloth, which is a bronze cannon weighing 12,000 catties, the cannonball is as big as a football, and the barrel is also engraved with two dragons playing with pearls, and its exquisiteness is comparable to a work of art...... Its name is also very handsome, called "Thousand Miles of Mighty General Cannon".

And the bow gun corresponds to the stern gun, weighing 8,900 catties, and the barrel is engraved with a picture of a hundred birds and a phoenix, and the name is called: "Mighty Hundred Miles General Cannon".

The two wings of the hull also opened the gun doors together, and the seventy-eight thousand pound Franc machine guns poked out of the barrels together.

"The dragon boat is coming!"

"Royal No. 1 is mighty and domineering!"

"The emperor is here!"

The morale of the Beiyang sailors has soared!

At this time, the civil servants of the Donglin Party had already begun to withdraw into the cabin, after all, they were civil officials, and there was no need to stand on the deck to fight. Under the protection of a group of Imperial Guards, the ministers retreated into the cabin in turn.

But Zhu Qingqing Qingqing began to make trouble again, she said that she would not retreat into the cabin with the civil officials, but had to stand on the deck to supervise the battle.

"Your Majesty, the artillery fire is ruthless...... Ye Lou still wanted to persuade him.

Zhu Qingqing waved his hand violently and said, "Don't persuade again, otherwise there will be fifty boards!"

Ye Lou quickly shut up, he is a person who understands current affairs, he will not go against the emperor, and he is not as shameless as the Donglin Party, so he quickly turned his head and did his own work.

Zhu Qingqing surrounded a large group of imperial forest troops, raised his shield high, and the thirty-two father-in-law also drew his long sword with a calm face and guarded the emperor's body. He is a big eunuch, all the power comes from the emperor's favor, if something happens to the emperor, he, the head of the eunuch, don't want to mix, so he has to protect the emperor even if he tries his best.