372, the fireboat is coming [2/2]
The cannonballs shuttled between the flying Dutch and the Fort Middle, bringing up a large piece of wood chips in an instant, and the power of the salvo of more than two dozen naval guns was really extraordinary, and the decks on both sides were hit hard-1--Yi Yun's heart was actually full of nervousness, although he could transfer to the fourth-order "Tiger Guard", and his defense was extremely good, but the attack power of the second-order "artillery" was not more than the second-order level, and it was not too easy to bombard a fourth-order. If a stray bullet flies to him, he will have to finish the game even if he "turtles defend".
So Yi Yun has been carefully staring ahead, if there is a cannonball flying over, he plans to roll around Chen Yuanyuan as soon as possible. The thirty-second father-in-law also showed his profession, a fourth-order "eunuch", and he was ready to take Zhu Qingqing and Qingqing to dodge away with light skills at any time. His professional skill "Evil Warding Sword Technique" can make his body extremely fast, like a ghost, and it is not too difficult to dodge the cannonballs flying in the distance. (I think that at the beginning, Lin Pingzhi and Yue Buqun used the sword technique to ward off evil spirits, how fast it was!)
However, the luck of the group was that the shells did not fly towards them, most of them hit the side of the ship, and occasionally a few flew up to the deck, and they also hit the middle of the hull. Only then did Iyun understand why the captain liked to stand at the bow of the ship, because it was not easy to get shots here.
After the bombardment ended, the big ship began to break away from the right rudder, Yi Yun hurriedly checked the results, this look, he was immediately happy, although he was not lightly injured, but the Dutch side was more seriously injured, the main reason was that the 10,000-pound red-coated cannon, its power was stronger than the Franc cannon. A single shot opened a huge hole in the hull of the opponent's ship.
The hole was right in the middle of the other party's ship. After being broken by the shells, the contents of this lounge were exposed, there were thick bedding, and some pieces of paper were scattered, and the shells also smashed the small bed used by the crew to rest, and the legs and bed boards were also scattered and scattered, and I don't know whose underwear was confiscated and hung on top of a wooden plank.
Yi Yun secretly shouted that it was dangerous. If the crew lounge on your side is blown open, then the Coke // the fastest text update has no pop-ups and no ads // It's big, because there are many women on my side, and the artillery is all women. If the lounge is opened, it is not panties that float out, but belly pockets.
As soon as the belly pocket floats on the battlefield, the face of the big Meng country will be lost.
"I'm going to order them not to wear belly pockets when I go back!" said Yi Yun fiercely.
"Xianggong, which woman's idea is it? Actually not allowing others to wear belly pockets?" Chen Yuanyuan reached out and pinched the soft flesh on Yi Yun's waist and pinched it hard.
"I'm dizzy, I don't have the idea of hitting any woman!" Yi Yun shouted wronged.
At this time, Puttersmann was already dazed by the artillery, and he didn't understand, why did so many artillery suddenly appear in the Great Meng Country? It must be an elite like the Shenji Battalion. Yes, it must be the elite, and it is absolutely impossible for the ships behind to have any more artillery!
The ships that followed were Yiyun's Hyperion, and Li Huamei's Fu ship...... All of them were artillery, which was not weaker than the fighting spirit and artillery fire of the Westerners, and instantly bombarded Putmans's elite ideas to pieces.
Behind them were the rest of the heroes of Fengyun Eighteen Zhi, although there were not many artillery on their ships, there were always one or two of them, either from the Western Ocean. Either from Fuso, or from Persia, there was actually one person with Turkish artillery on board, it was simply varied, strange.
This main battle line. Fighting to par with the eight galleons of the Dutch, both sides were washed from head to toe by artillery fire. The battleship was covered with potholes and broken wood, and more than a dozen gun doors were knocked over by the enemy's artillery, and both sides suffered heavy losses. ...,
If there is only this battle line on the side of the big Meng country, then the Dutch don't need to be nervous, because they are quite strong, but ...... The Great Moe Kingdom is not only a ship, but also a small battle line composed of a large number of pirate ships is eyeing the side. If the Dutch continue to clash with the main battle line on the side of the Great Moe Kingdom, by the time they are covered in injuries, the surrounding pirate ships will be able to make them look good.
"Damn, don't fight against such a battle line!" Putmans screamed: "Maneuver, take advantage of our speed advantage, seize the upper hand!"
Gain the upper hand!
This is a very important discipline in naval warfare in the era of sails, when there were two naval tactics, one called upwind tactics and the other called downwind tactics, of course, this book is not a series of popular science knowledge of naval warfare, I can't go into detail here, I can only briefly say why Putmans used upwind tactics.
In naval battles, if your fleet gains the upper hand, the wind can make you fast towards your opponents, but will interfere with your opponents sailing towards you. As a result, the superior side can choose the timing of the battle at will, and when it is not happy to fight, it will not fight, and it will be fought again when you show a flaw, which can form a favorable situation when choosing the method of attack, of course, there are disadvantages to this, but I will not discuss it here.
In short, Putmans decided to seize the advantageous maneuver position and take advantage of the speed of the galleon.
Yi Yun saw that Putmans' fleet was rushing upwind, but the battleships on the side were too fast to stop it, and he couldn't help but think in his heart: What will Zheng Zhilong do at this time?
I saw Zheng Zhilong take out a conch and whin.
With the sound of conchs, small boats began to emerge from the islands in all directions, and there were many of them, covering the sky and the sea, and those boats hiding in the reef piles, in the long grass, and in the shadows of the islands, were like ants, shuttling out from all directions, and closing in the middle of the battlefield.
Most of these boats are rowed by two people, and many are rowed by three people, or even twelve, and they carry not only people, but also some cloth bags, and God knows what they contain. But the ship was too small to hold anything remarkable. Since these small boats poured out from all directions, even if the Dutch had the upper hand, they would inevitably be surrounded by these small boats.
"These little boats are a fart!" Putmans laughed a little arrogantly, "such a small boat, our galleon sailing ships need a slight collision to send them to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish." ”
The boat was approaching the Dutch, and Putmans did not give the order to open fire, because to hit such a small ship with a cannon was to fight mosquitoes, and even a professional artilleryman did not want to hit accurately, and he did not order the fleet to change course to avoid these small boats, joking, the huge galleons would be afraid of these small boats?
I saw that those small boats rushed to the vicinity of the galleon, and some of the small boats began to shoot rockets, and the "archers" also had a range of 200 meters, and they could engage in a certain degree of firepower confrontation with the gunners. Due to the large number of small boats, and the number of archers on them, a large number of rockets flew up and poured down on the Dutch battleship. The Dutch immediately returned the favor with firearms, and the two sides engaged in a fierce hand-to-hand battle, but it was obvious that the Dutch were condescending, and it was the firearms against the bows and arrows that took a big advantage, and many pirates were shot and fell into the sea, and the losses were very heavy.
Putmans began to be smug again, and he laughed twice: "I just said it, monkeys can't win civilization." ”
He laughed dryly, and suddenly realized that something was wrong, and among the many small boats, some of them, under the cover of bows and arrows, finally rushed to the front of the galleon, and they were not sunk at once, as Putmans thought, but gave way, and before they could hit it, they threw their hooks and hooked the hull to the side of the galleon. ...,
"What are you doing? You want to jump into the gang? The difference between the side of the small boat and the big ship is a few meters high, no less than the distance between the top and bottom of the city wall, can you get up?"
I saw that the pirates on the boat suddenly opened the cloth bags on the ship, and it turned out that they were full of flammable materials, and they lit these cloth bags, causing the small boat to burn. The flames jumped up, and not only swept the boat into the red lotus, but also enveloped the huge hull of the Dutch galleon.
The Dutch galleon's planks were very thick, and although they did not burn for a while when they were caught in the flames, they were quickly burned black, and if the fire continued, even the thick hull of the Dutch galleon would inevitably catch fire.
"Are they crazy? Ignite the boat, and they don't want to die?" Putmans was stunned.
"Your Excellency, look at ......" the Dutch soldiers shouted together, only to see the pirates who set fire to the boat, suddenly jumped into the sea of sand, if the human body fell into the sea of sand, it would be quickly torn to pieces by the sand, but these pirates were not torn apart, they actually swam in the sand, the Dutch soldiers wanted to hit them with firearms, they actually stabbed down and dived......
Putmans' eyes almost fell out of their sockets: "This ...... It's impossible!
"Your Excellency......" The interpreter on the ship shouted: "That's a special clothes made by the second-order armor dealer of the Great Meng Country, called the perch skin water refuge, the sand perch is a strange creature, with incomparably strong defense capabilities, wearing clothes made of its skin, you can make people swim in the sea of sand......"
"Oh my God! It's amazing. "Putmans has always thought that Western whites are the smartest race in the world and have the most advanced civilization, but when he saw the perch skin clothes made by the skilled craftsmen of the Great Meng Country, he realized that the world is full of wonders, and if you underestimate a civilization that has been bred for thousands of years, you must pay the price for Ken.
"Your Excellency, what about the fireship?"
"Ask me about such a trivial matter?" said Putmans angrily, "bring out all the spare drinking water on the ship, and put out the fire for me, and besides, use a bucket to get sand from the sea of sand, and use the sand to extinguish the fire." ”