Lu Ming

Chapter 213 Killing the King ([-])
The Fu fleet of the Zheng family first sailed from north to south.

After discovering the enemy coming from the opposite side, the Fuchuan changed its course in time and fled towards the west to the mainland.When the task force caught up at an unheard of speed, they found that Zheng Zhilong couldn't run away, and changed the entire formation back to the charge formation from north to south.

In the late June season, going north to south comes at a price: headwinds.

Whether it was the charge just now or the current fleeing, in fact the Fuchuan were in an unfavorable wind direction.

However, these are not important now.The Fuchuan fleet suffered heavy casualties, and the speed of the ship was slowed down due to water ingress. At this moment, like an outstretched palm, it is splitting into two strands, trying to escape from the cormorant island in front of it.

The task force, which had circled to their rear and was fully firing, discovered the opponent's attempt to disperse and run away in time.By this time, if the wolves don't pounce on and bite fiercely, they will lose their reputation.

As a result, the three destroyers immediately assigned tasks through the walkie-talkie: the destroyer "Xingangxi" with the hull number 303 was responsible for chasing and killing the two blessing boats from the east of Cormorant Island, while the other two destroyers went to hunt and kill the Zheng Zhilong flagship. the three enemy ships.

Zheng Zhilong's flagship is easy to recognize, because the banner on it is different from others.In addition, the trackers in the hands of the crossing people have accurately marked the location of the pocket watch when the two parties approached within 5 kilometers.

So ships No. 301 and No. 302 chased after the target without hesitation, and quickly narrowed the distance between the two sides to a range of 200 meters: there was no artillery at the rear of the Fu boat, and there was no chance to kill the carbine.

Great guns.

Within a range of 200 meters, the army soldiers on the destroyer finally started to play a role: the pirates were knocked into the water like cutting wheat with a volley of guns.In addition, taking the three cannons at this distance is no different from shooting from the forehead. Amidst the roar, iron balls hit the opponent's stern every round.

After today's actual battle, the battle between the caliber and the rate of fire that existed in the Navy will come to an end.

In the era of iron ball guns, the damage effect of 12-pound guns and 24-pound guns is actually not as big as imagined.

The caliber of the 12-pound gun is 117 mm, and the caliber of the 24-pdr gun is 148 mm.In other words, although the weight of the iron ball bullet has doubled, its diameter has only increased by about 3 centimeters. If it also hits an enemy ship, the 24-pound gun is nothing more than digging a slightly larger hole.

However, the additional requirements for heavy guns are much higher: additional reinforced decks and wells, additional auxiliary loading systems, additional mounts and slides, additional gun crews, and so on.
In short, the huge total weight of the system and the increase in the requirements for the shooting platform are a bit tasteless in terms of the damage effect that heavy artillery can cause.

In addition, if it is to attack dense crowds like today, the effect of the 24-pound gun and the 12-pound gun is actually the same: they are all made out of a bloody alley, and the iron ball 3 cm larger cannot kill a few more people.But just as the heavy guns were slowly reloading, the 12-pound guns had already fired several rounds of shells—the overall efficiency was higher than that of the light guns.

In the 17th century, smoothbore guns also had a flaw that was extremely unfavorable to heavy guns: the way of viewing and aiming.The tragic trajectory and aiming method of iron ball bullets lead to the result that whether it is a light artillery or a heavy artillery, the hit rate is quite horrible in long-distance shooting of about 1000 meters.

There is no way to pass through the crowd.

Most of the crossing is to use various eyepieces to measure the distance and angle, but they cannot install the gunner's laser rangefinder sight, gunner's day and night sight, digital-analog hybrid fire control computer, and target angular velocity measurement for the iron ball gun. device and various ballistic correction sensors
In terms of comparison, the crossing crowd is currently the number one in the plane, but in terms of strength and distance, everyone is almost the same at long distances, but at short distances, the high rate of fire of the 12-pound Napoleon gun and the comprehensive damage caused by it , is more than a 24-pound cannon.

The premise of the phrase "the caliber is just" is that half a catty.3 taels of explosives can be stuffed into the shells. Iron ball guns are not included.Therefore, the heavy artillery party will die down from today, and the light artillery rapid jet will be the mainstream configuration of the fleet in the future.

back to the battlefield.

Soon, under the close-range fire of the two destroyers, the Fuchuan, which fell last and was hit by iron balls frequently, began to sink slowly.The sailors on board dived one after another, some swam to the Fuchuan ahead, and some swam to Cormorant Island.Seeing this scene, Liu Zhe picked up the walkie-talkie and started shouting: "Circle around, fight from the outer circle, allow the remnant enemies to go to the island, and don't allow escape from the outer circle!"

As a result, the army soldiers on the three destroyers shot at the pirates who were trying to swim out to sea, forcing them to swim to Cormorant Island.

The Fuchuan, already aware of the doomsday, made a final struggle: the two ships on the east saw that only one destroyer was chasing them, so the two ships parted ways, trying to escape one of them in the chaos.

However, Ship 303 is no ordinary ship—there are big bugs on board.

The next moment, the No. 303 ship lowered its full sails, turning the ship into a full gas-powered propulsion: the propeller power can provide stable output, is not affected by the wind, and can be operated delicately.

The destroyer, which slowed down, quickly slid past the stern of a lucky boat smoothly.At this time, the distance between the two sides was deliberately adjusted by the destroyer to only about 40 meters. The pirates on the opposite ship can now clearly see their beards.

Then, a big man wearing camouflage trousers and a two-finger vest stood up from the side of the ship.At the same time that this person flicked a Yuxi cigarette butt into the sea, a soldier with a large birthmark on his face swiftly took out a set of RPG from an aluminum alloy box and handed it to the boss.

Wei Yuan's feet were uneven at the moment, and he stood firmly on the shaky ship plank: After a loud "bang", accompanied by the intense flames from the tail of the bazooka, the tail of the opposite Fuchuan exploded at the same time, and the fireball exploded. And thick smoke accompanied by blocks and helmsmen flying into the sky, the momentum is amazing and the scene is cool.

Seeing that the Fuchuan started to burn violently after being in close contact with the high-explosive incendiary warhead, the No. 303 ship immediately dropped the dead body, began to speed up in a short distance, and went straight to another guy who was trying to escape.

And the people on that ship are not fools, they don't know what RPG is, but they only need to understand the effect of this thing-a large number of sailors began to jump into the sea, and this ship has become the most powerful ship captured by the navy since the war started. The first booty.

While the 303 side was bombarding the sea and organizing people to board the ship, Liu Zhe's main force also drove the two Zheng's boats to a dead end. The platoon of guns and guns within 200 meters made Zheng Zhilong, a generation of heroes, finally give the final order: rush to the beach.

Cormorant Island is a palm-sized island.

Cormorant Island, located off the coast of Putian, is 10 nautical miles away from the mainland, with an area of ​​less than 2 square kilometers.This island has no fresh water, and there is no dangerous terrain for defending. The only thing that can hinder the task force is probably some beautiful corals and sea trees.

Of course, the obstacles caused by these corals are limited: Cormorant Island has a natural deep-water bay of "Eagle Head" that can accommodate [-] tons of giant ships.

So the fleet is currently organizing a landing in the big bay in the island.

It took time to land. After all, the destroyer couldn't just rush to the beach like the two lucky boats that had been stranded on the beach, ignoring the damage to the bottom of the ship from the reef and coral.

The current situation is: two warships are moving around Cormorant Island, killing all the pirates who are still on the sea.Destroyer No. 301 has assembled all three small boats of the fleet in Deep Water Bay, and the landing operation presided over by the commander of the Marine Corps, Qian Tieshan, is in progress.

The first wave of assault is the most important, so the commando with a total of 22 people divided into three small boats and started to grab the beach.

The Marine Corps, which has a small number of people, is currently used by the time-traversing crowd as a special force, so all the members are well-equipped and highly skilled.Every 7-person team is equipped with various individual protective equipment. The main equipment is the MK17 rifle and the M9 pistol, and one of the M7.62 squad machine guns using 60MM NATO bullets is also in the hands of Qian Tieshan.

After the Marine Corps was quietly established, the crossing army implemented a weapon deployment plan.

In view of the fact that the "import" mode of materials of a certain force is hell-level, the consequence is: all firearms are ultimately limited to a few models and bullet calibers, so that parts can be interchanged and ammunition can be used to the maximum extent.

Through that internal deployment, all the MK17 assault rifles purchased by Cao Chuan in the early days were all assigned to the Marine Corps.This is a mistake: the expensive rifle Cao bought at a high price is actually the best special warfare weapon today.The United States can't even use the SEALs, and only the First Airborne Special Forces is equipped with this advanced assault rifle.

In this way, the weapons routinely used by the army and navy to house towns have become the AK47 assault rifle, which shares 17MM bullets with the MK7.62.

In addition, there is only one general-purpose pistol in the army: the 45-inch M9 pistol.The intelligence agencies and some civilians use two types of pistols: P226 and HKP7.These two expensive pistols for law enforcement use the NATO 9MM pistol cartridge in common.

The landing craft carrying the MK17 and M60 machine guns quickly washed up on the beach in the middle of Cormorant Island.At the same moment, the pirates who had been driven to a dead end saw the first chance to fight the enemy hand-to-hand-this made their eyes filled with tears.

Therefore, there was no need for the big boss to encourage a wave of charge proverbs. More than 300 heroes who had been aggrieved for a long time and had not been on the island for a long time rushed over from all directions automatically.Even though the sea water on their bodies was still wet, and even though many of them lost their weapons, they still followed closely behind their companions, expecting to pick up a steel knife and plunge it into the enemy's chest.

(End of this chapter)