Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 320 The Collapsed Cohen

The sun gradually rose, and it didn't take long for it to reach the sky.

The hottest time of the day is approaching.

Except for the armed merchant ship led by Hilde, all other armed merchant ships have been assembled, raised their sails, and launched a mighty attack towards the port.

In this attack, Cohen did not let these armed merchant ships attack all at once, but adopted a triangular attack method, rushing forward like an awl.

Each small formation forms a triangle, and these triangles finally form a large triangle.

Cohen led twenty third-class sailing battleships at the rear.

Zhao Wen looked at the mighty fleet coming towards us through the binoculars, with a smile on his face.

"Pass down the order to launch an attack when the enemy ships are within two miles. This time I will eat them all."

Zhao Wen shouted to the orderly behind him.

After receiving Zhao Wen's order, the messenger hurriedly climbed to the watchtower on the port to convey Zhao Wen's order.

All of a sudden, the port, the two defensive positions, and the soldiers on the treasure ship all moved.

The air became heavy.

The sea breeze blew on the sails, continuously reducing the distance between the armed merchant ship and the port.

Finally, the foremost armed merchant ship came to a position two miles away from the port.

This position is the best firing point for the artillery on the armed merchant ship.

In this position, these armed merchant ships can be deployed better, and the artillery on them can also attack the port, and it can also guarantee a certain degree of accuracy.

Zhao Wen looked at the armed merchant ship in front of him and shouted loudly: "Attack with all your strength, leave no room, attack with all your strength."

The messenger standing on the watchtower hurriedly passed on Zhao Wen's order.

The armed merchant ship at the forefront has already begun to turn the ship sideways, aiming its artillery at the five treasure ships floating in the port.

Cohen looked at about [-] armed merchant ships approaching in front of him, his face was full of excitement.

"Okay, pass on my order, give me a full attack, first aim at the five big ships in front, and sink them first."

Cohen pointed to the five treasure ships ahead, and shouted to the orderly behind him.

At this time, Zhao Daniu, Song Hu and Mao Chengzuo also received Zhao Wen's attack order.

Song Hu stood at the forefront of the defensive position on the north side of the port. He looked at the armed merchant ship in front of him, drew out the long knife from his waist, pointed forward, and hissed: "Give me a full attack!"

There were ten cannon-howitzers on each of the north and south defensive positions.

After hearing Song Hu's order, the gunners who were manipulating these cannon howitzers on the defensive position in the north hurriedly loaded ammunition into them.

After a few breaths, the barrels of the ten cannon howitzers shook suddenly, and the shells weighing 45 kilograms roared towards the armed merchant ship ahead.

In addition to the ten cannon howitzers, the shells of the 120 mortars and the 107 rockets also fell forward.

Not only Song Hu's defensive position, but also the ten coastal defense artillery batteries commanded by Mao Chengzuo, Zhao Daniu, and Zhao Wen kept spitting out flames and shooting shells forward.

After a few breaths, one after another explosions sounded in the fleet of armed merchant ships.

All of a sudden, flames erupted, and the fragments produced after the explosion swept away in all directions.

Cohen stood on the deck of the flagship, his expression changed drastically as he watched the scene in front of him.

"How did this happen? Why did this happen?"

Cohen held up the binoculars, his face full of horror.

He never expected that these Ming people were so powerful.

The artillery power in their hands is so powerful.

A 152mm high-explosive shell fired from a cannon howitzer landed on the deck of an armed merchant ship.

The powerful explosion directly blasted the merchant ship in half.

The gunners in the gun bays below the deck were killed and injured numerous, and the flames from the explosion ignited the flames in the gun bays.

"Bang!!!"

A huge explosion occurred on the sea surface, and the powerful force generated by the gunpowder explosion blew the armed merchant ship to pieces.

The sailors above were instantly killed by the explosion.

A huge water column formed on the sea surface, and the water spray flew into the air, and finally fell back on the sea surface.

The resulting ripples shook the surrounding armed merchant ships.

Cohen looked at the armed merchant ship that had been shattered into pieces, his face was full of horror.

"Why, why is this? Why are these Ming people's artillery so powerful?"

Before Cohen could finish speaking, a white phosphorous shell fired from a mortar landed on an armed merchant ship in front of the flagship.

Burning white phosphorus was splashed everywhere by the explosion, and the deck of the entire armed merchant ship was covered with burning white phosphorus.

"boom!"

After a few breaths, the flames directly enveloped the armed merchant ship.

The sailors above were covered in flames, and they jumped out of the ship one after another.

However, the flames on their bodies did not stop burning because they fell into the water.

The flames burned on their bodies like maggots attached to the bones, and there was no sign of extinguishing even in the water.

Cohen lay on the side of the boat, looked at the flames burning in the water, and exclaimed in disbelief: "This is the devil's flame, this is the devil's flame, and it can still burn in the water, this is the devil's flame."

The flames on the burning armed merchant ship suddenly increased at this moment, scorching the surrounding area with scorching heat.

Cohen hurriedly took a few steps back, holding on to the mast above the battleship, panting heavily.

"Whoosh!"

At this moment, a high-explosive shell fired from a cannon howitzer hit the burning armed merchant ship.

The huge explosion blasted the burning wood into the air and fell towards the surroundings.

A few unlucky ships nearby were unfortunately ignited by the burning wood, and for a while, these armed merchant ships also burned together.

The burning flames are connected together, scorching the sea surface with scorching heat.

Standing on top of the treasure ship, Zhao Daniu looked at the battlefield in front of him and said excitedly: "This cannon howitzer is really powerful, it can blow up these warships to pieces with one shot."

The launcher of the 107 rocket launcher near the port also opened fire.

For a moment, like locusts all over the sky, they flew towards the armed merchant ship.

These 107 rockets kept falling on the armed merchant ships like rain.

"Boom, bang, bang!"

The successive explosions were like firecrackers set off during the New Year, crackling non-stop.

An armed merchant ship under such a degree of blow is as vulnerable as a canoe on the vast ocean subjected to a hurricane.

"Counterattack, counterattack, counterattack!"

The captain of an armed merchant ship pointed at the port ahead and shouted loudly.

The sailors on these armed merchant ships have basically undergone militarized training, and they are much better than Zheng Yiguan's sailors in battle.

The gunners in the gun bays below deck of the armed merchant ship hurriedly backed the guns out of their muzzles and ignited the fuzes on them.

After a few breaths, ten solid shells flew forward.

However, comparing these ten solid shells with weapons from later generations is like comparing a slingshot with a pistol.

Six of the ten solid shells landed on the sea in front of the port, causing several jets of water.

Two of the remaining four flew over the port, landed on the open space behind the port, bounced a few times in the open space, then lost their kinetic energy and stopped on the ground.

The last two rounds hit a coastal defense battery.

The two solid shells hit the turret of the coastal defense gun with only two shallow white marks, and then bounced off and landed on the port.

Zhao Wen looked at the solid shells that fell motionless on the port, his face was full of sarcasm.

"Give me no spare power, attack with all your strength." Zhao Wen pointed to the battlefield ahead and shouted.

After Zhao Wen's order was issued, the density of attacks suddenly increased.

A round of shells roared and flew forward.

The gunpowder smoke above the defensive position could not dissipate for a long time.

Under the fierce firepower, the armed merchant ships on the sea collapsed one after another like mud.

In addition to the armed merchant ships, the sailing battleships behind the armed merchant ships were also attacked by artillery fire.

A 107 rocket flew through the sky and passed directly through the sail of a sailing battleship.

The tail flame behind the rocket instantly ignited the sail.

Western-style soft sails are more likely to be ignited by flames than Chinese-style hard sails.

The flames above the sail diffused and spread downward.

The sailors on the sailing battleship looked at the burning sails, hurriedly picked up the water basin, and poured it on the sails non-stop.

However, the height of the sail is relatively high, and it is difficult for the splashed water to touch these flames.

Coupled with the sea breeze now, the fire took advantage of the wind to burn more intensely.

Before long, the whole mast began to burn.

The sails began to fall downwards, igniting other sails as they fell.

In an instant, all the sails on the sail battleship burned.

The flames roared, and thick smoke rose into the sky.

The sailors on the deck jumped into the sea one by one under the scorching heat.

Flames began to envelop the entire sailing battleship, and the crackling sound of the wooden battleship burning could not stop.

The flames gradually engulfed the entire sailing battleship, and it didn't take long to burn through the top deck.

Flames spread from the deck above into the gun bays.

The gunner in the gun bay looked at the flames spreading in, and screamed loudly in despair.

Large quantities of gunpowder stored in gun stores were ignited by flames.

"Chucky!"

The gunpowder began to burn, and a moment later, a huge explosion occurred on the sea.

"Oh!"

A puff of thick smoke rose, and the entire sailing battleship was blown into several sections under the explosion of gunpowder in the gun bay.

The shock wave generated by the explosion splashed the sea water in all directions, and the sea water fell on the burning wood, making a crackling sound.

The sailors and gunners of the sailing battleship were killed countless by this explosion.

Cohen watched this scene with a look of horror on his face.

"Withdraw, withdraw, withdraw!"

Cohen hurriedly shouted loudly at the orderly behind him.

However, it was too late to think of retreating now.

How can the overwhelming shells make them leave?

When the armed merchant ships in front were almost destroyed, the artillery targets were gradually placed on these sailing battleships.

"Crap, chuckle, chuckle!"

"Whoosh whoosh!"

"Chi chi chi!"

All of a sudden, all kinds of strange screams rang out in the sky above the sailing battleship.

The sailors on the sailing battleship are professional soldiers, but even after seeing such a terrifying blow and these shrill and terrifying cries, their psychological defenses were destroyed layer by layer.

"Mom, I'm going home!"

The sailor on a sailing battleship finally couldn't bear the pressure. He roared loudly and jumped off the side of the ship.

"Pfft!"

Water splashes everywhere.

Just after he jumped off, a 40-fire rocket flew towards the sailing battleship.

The 40-fire rocket with orange tail flames directly hit the waterline on the left side of the sailing battleship.

"Oh!"

After a loud noise, a huge hole was blown out around the waterline of the sailing battleship.

Under the pressure of the sea water, this hole is still getting bigger.

"crunch, crunch!"

Seawater continuously intruded through this opening, and under the pressure of the seawater, the planks rubbed against each other violently, making a teeth-stinging sound.

As the sea water kept pouring in, the entire sailing battleship began to sink gradually.

"Closing the gap quickly."

The captain led a dozen sailors from the deck to the cabin, holding sealing tools, trying to seal the gap.

Sea water poured in through the gap, and these people couldn't stand steadily in the swaying cabin.

But the sailors on the sailing battleship were experienced veterans, they rushed to the gap and nailed the planks to the gap.

As the saying goes, blessings never come together, and misfortunes never come singly.

Just when they were about to seal the gap, a high-explosive shell fired from a cannon howitzer broke through the wooden board they used to seal the gap and flew into the cabin.

The moment it flew in, the high-explosive bomb exploded directly.

Under the powerful explosion, these people were blown into blood foam.

Huge explosions hit the top, bottom, left, right, front, and rear, constantly destroying the hull.

The flames broke through the wooden boards and rushed into the gun compartment under the left side deck, igniting the gunpowder inside.

In an instant, the left side of the ship seemed to be hit by a sledgehammer wielded by a god, and the left part was broken into pieces under the huge explosion and flew towards the surroundings.

The ship also began to sink rapidly.

When the focus of the attack was on these sail battleships, these sail battleships were quickly destroyed.

Not long after, only five of the twenty sailing battleships were destroyed.

"Surrender, we surrender, signal them to surrender, hurry up."

Cohen's whole body was limp and trembling constantly. If he hadn't held the mast tightly, he might have collapsed to the ground long ago.

The orderly on the ship also hurriedly climbed up the watchtower, waving the flag in his hand towards the front, and issued a signal of surrender to the port.

　Thanks to the evil scarecrow for the reward, and thank you for your support! ! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)