My son A Fei has the appearance of a sword master

Chapter 142 Bombardment of the Portuguese Fleet

"Mr. Li, we have already signaled to the other party to stop approaching, but the other party ignored it."

Zhang Qianhu walked up behind Li Tianxin and looked forward to reporting.

Li Tianxin smiled and said calmly: "Then let's fire. In the future, my Ming Dynasty will conquer Liuhe and sweep across the world. The Fo Langji people are destined to be our formidable enemies."

"Since we met here and the other party is ignorant, there is no need to be merciful."

"Yes."

Zhang Qianhu responded loudly and excitedly, turned around, took a breath of energy, and shouted: "Fire, let me sink them."

There was no need for a messenger to deliver the order. His roar was clearly and unmistakably transmitted to all the warships.

The artillery commanders of each ship immediately began to measure distances. Now that they had professional rangefinders, they no longer needed to use the jump-eye distance measurement method, and the distance measurement became faster and more accurate.

"Everyone pay attention, the target is the Fo Lang machine ship, the ruler is [-], the reference direction is [-] due south, one shot after another, prepare..."

Each gun position on each ship has its own number, but the command must be as concise as possible when issuing commands. For example, the No. [-] gun position is referred to as "First Artillery", the No. [-] gun position is referred to as "Second Artillery", and so on.

One shot per shot means that only gun position No. [-] fires one shell. This shot is to test the ballistics.

The mortar commander on the ship shouted one after another. Because the mortar fired a curved trajectory, it was necessary to adjust the shooting elements.

The cannon shoots straight, and even if there is a curve, the amplitude is very small. The principle is the same as that after the bullet flies out, it will fall if the distance is too long.

But for this cannon, which has a muzzle speed of more than 900 meters per second and a range of more than ten kilometers, the drop of the shell is almost unnoticeable at a distance of less than 600 meters.

Even before the sound of the cannon reached the other side, the shell had hit the target.

Therefore, they only need to aim directly and ensure that they are aiming without calculating the shooting elements.

"Good shot."

The mortarman quickly adjusted to shoot Zhuyuan, then took out a shell and placed it in the muzzle.

"put."

After the command was given, the gunner let go, turned around and lowered his head in one breath, and the shell slid to the bottom of the barrel.

"tom"

Cannons were fired from other ships one after another, and a few seconds later, water jets suddenly exploded among the Portuguese fleet.

Only three of the ships were directly hit, and all of them hit the stern part of the ship. Most of the shells fell behind the Portuguese ship.

Li Tianxin raised his eyebrows, turned around and shouted: "Pay attention to calculating the lead time when measuring distance. Your instructor should have taught you this."

The artillery commander on Li Tianxin's ship blushed, but he did not hesitate. His eyes never left the rangefinder.

This time he looked at the speed of the opponent's ship, calculated the advance, and commanded again: "Everyone pay attention, correct the direction, zero zero two to the left, modify the up and down orders minus three, fire a salvo, prepare..."

"The first shot is good...the second shot is good...the third shot is good..."

"..."

"Nine shots are good...Ten shots are good."

"put."

"tom"

There are three types of artillery firing methods: rapid fire, salvo fire, and constant rapid fire.

After rapid firing, after adjusting the shooting elements, don't worry about anything. Just fire out the cannonballs one after another according to the number specified by the command.

For example, ten-shot rapid fire means that each gun fires ten shells continuously without stopping in the middle, just fire one shot after another.

This method of firing is to create a covering bombing effect and is usually used for artillery preparation before beach landing or infantry charge.

There is no need to worry that each shot will land at the same impact point, because after each shot is fired, the gun frame will vibrate slightly.

The result of that subtle vibration is that after the artillery shell is fired, the impact point is no longer where it was, so that artillery fire coverage and carpet bombing can be formed.

The chance of two artillery shells falling into the same crater is lower than the chance of winning the first prize in the lottery, so on the battlefield, those large craters are usually the best natural bunkers.

Salvo fire is when all the artillery positions are ready and then fire together. This method of firing is generally used to destroy certain specific targets. Salvo fire can make it impossible for the enemy to evade in time.

For constant rapid fire, the guns are fired in sequence from the first shot to the last one. For example, the command is: "One second apart, one shot for constant rapid fire."

That is, after the first gun fires, the second gun fires again one second later, and so on.

This can form a continuous artillery strike, mainly used to deal with skirmishers.

After the commander gave the order to fire the salvo, ten mortars fired at the same time.

A few seconds later, two of the adjacent Portuguese ships suddenly fell into a sea of ​​fire and were blown to pieces visibly to the naked eye.

Mortars on other ships also fired one after another. At this time, nine Portuguese ships were hit by cannonballs, their masts were blown down, and their cabins were torn apart.

"Attention everyone, correct the direction, zero zero three to the right, correct up and down by two, fire a salvo, release..."

This time he didn't say anything about preparation, but directly shouted "Let it go."

After correcting the direction, the gunner fired directly.

Another volley was fired, and this time all the Portuguese ships were baptized by shells, and no one was spared.

After two shots, the mortars stopped and it was the cannon's turn to show off.

The reason why the mortars were allowed to fire first was to eliminate the active forces on the other side's ship.

If the cannon directly sank the ship, the sailors on the ship might not die. This place is not far from the Maldives, and it is very likely that some people would survive, leaving behind troubles.

Either don't take action. Now that you have taken action, you must get things done. This is Li Tianxin's code of conduct.

After mortars bombarded the deck of the Portuguese ship, the twenty cannons on the bow finally opened fire.

"Tom tom tom..."

After a burst of gunfire, the gunners found that they no longer needed to fire a second shot.

Because the power of the cannon was greater than they imagined.

At this time, the Portuguese ship was facing them. The shells penetrated directly from the belly of the ship and then exploded inside the opponent's hull.

Although the warhead is an impact fuse, it stands to reason that it should explode when it touches the hull.

But the detonation process will take some time. Even if the time is so short that it can be ignored, it is still enough for the shell to get into the cabin.

The result was that with one shot, the bottom of the opponent's ship was blown to pieces and began to sink at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The main reason is that the ships of this era are all wooden structures. If it is an ironclad ship, even if holes are blown out of the edges, the bottom of the ship may not be broken.

Unless special torpedoes are used to hit the bottom of the ship, it is difficult to use naval guns to sink enemy ships.

In this short period of time, the ships from both sides came within 400 meters.

The sergeants withdrew the mortars, retracted the cannons, then picked up automatic rifles and sniper rifles, and moved closer to the shooting window and the edge of the deck, preparing to fire additional shots at the enemy in the sea.

There were not many people fluttering in the sea. After the double bombardment of mortars and cannons, both the people on the deck and the people in the cabin were basically dead.

But there were still some people who survived. Instead of running away, they quickly approached them on small sampans.

Bai Feifei held up the monocular telescope and said, "Are these the martial arts masters among the Folangji people?" Li Tianxin looked at those in the sea, standing in the small sampan, slapping the sea surface with his palms from the air, and quickly moved towards The corners of the Portuguese's mouth curved as the battleship rushed towards him.

The Portuguese use fighting spirit as their driving force, and their small sampans are extremely fast, but they are still far behind Li Tianxin.

He did not need to slap the sea surface, but directly wrapped the entire sampan with his true energy, controlling the sampan to slide forward at a speed that could reach the speed of a speedboat.

Moreover, his true energy never dries up. If he were alone or with a family, he would have no problem crossing the Pacific Ocean on a small sampan.

"That's right. If your martial arts skills are not high enough, you won't be able to survive such a bombing. Why don't we go meet these Folanji masters?"

Panda'er said eagerly: "There are more than fifty people here, how do we divide them?"

Li Tianxin waved his hand and said, "Don't break up. They are all chickens and dogs anyway, so just deal with them casually."

As he spoke, he stretched his hand back, and the Qingfeng sword hanging on the cabin wall unsheathed itself. It flew out of the cabin with great agility, avoiding the sergeants on the ship, and fell into Li Tianxin's palm.

The sergeants suddenly became excited. The most respected Duke of Jin in the Ming Dynasty was also the best master in the world and the recognized sword god in the world of the Ming Dynasty. If they could see him take action in person, his trip to sea would be worthwhile.

Zhang Qianhu quickly ordered the sergeants not to fire, and the orderlies also reported the situation to other ships through the radio.

As soon as they heard that Li Tianxin and his party were preparing to take action personally, the sergeants immediately stopped their looting and looked at the battleship in the center.

At this time, Shen Lang, Ruyi Huancui, and the others had already drawn their swords, but Zhu Qiqi had no intention of taking action.

She didn't like fighting, let alone killing, and Bai Ling had no interest in it, so she accompanied Zhu Qiqi on the boat to watch.

Ten people, Li Tianxin, Shen Lang, Panda'er, Bai Feifei, Ruyi, Huancui, Yingchun, Pinellia, Jianqiu, and Lonicera, all jumped out of the battleship and walked through the air, heading towards those who were not killed by the shells and preparing to come. The Portuguese master responded with revenge.

……

A moment ago, in the Portuguese fleet.

"Captain Paul, the other party is signaling us to stop approaching, otherwise we will launch an attack."

"Attack?" After hearing what the flag bearer said, Paul said amusingly: "Attack from nearly half a mile away? Then I really want to see how they attack."

"Ignore them, put down the sampan, and after entering the distance of 400 meters, let's board it first to see the situation. If we can control the leader of the opponent, then things will be much easier to handle."

This is the self-confidence from the world's advanced countries. Their artillery is already the longest-range firearm. It is invincible in wars with other countries, but its effective range is only 500 meters.

He did not believe that the opponent's firearms could be more powerful than the firearms of the Kingdom of Portugal.

Being able to build such a large sea-going ship can only prove that the other party's shipbuilding industry is very developed, but shipbuilding and cannon casting are two different things.

It's not that he hasn't visited some Eastern countries in recent years, such as Tianzhu, Persia, Dashi, Uzbek Khanate and other countries, either they don't even have gunpowder, or they are still using extremely backward fire guns.

That kind of fire gun with a range of less than [-] meters is a joke in their eyes.

"Yes."

The flagman immediately notified his companions on other boats with flags, and soon one sampan after another was lowered into the water and towed by ropes.

Paul asked the swordsmen and great swordsmen to prepare. When they entered the range of their own artillery and had basic protection, they jumped on the sampan and boarded the giant ship first to investigate the situation.

However, just as the boats were putting their sampans into the water, they suddenly heard a dull roar coming from the opposite side.

"what sound?"

All the Portuguese people looked around in surprise. They could only see smoke rising from those huge ships, and they couldn't help but feel a little confused.

The mortar's discharge speed is not very fast, only about 180 meters per second, and it shoots in a curve, so it takes several seconds from firing to hitting the target.

Because it did not exceed the speed of sound, the sound of the cannon came first, and there would be no scream when it broke the sound barrier.

"Boom boom boom..."

There were a series of explosions, a column of water rose up behind the ship, and the sterns of three ships were blown up with sawdust flying everywhere. The Portuguese were immediately stunned.

Paul said in shock: "What kind of cannon is this? It can really hit that far."

The first mate, who is a swordsman, said with an ugly face: "Captain, we may have hit an iron plate this time. Let's turn around quickly."

Paul gritted his teeth and said: "It's too late to turn around. The only way now is to use the sampan to rush over and directly control the people on the boat."

"The opponent's aim was not correct in the first round of bombardment. It will be corrected in the second round. We don't have time to hesitate. Quick, let all the swordsmen and great swordsmen get on the sampan. The others will jump into the sea first to save their lives."

"Tom tom tom..."

As he spoke, a more violent roar sounded than before. Paul's expression changed drastically and he shouted loudly: "Get off the sampan quickly."

After speaking, he took the lead and jumped down into the sampan. He drew his sword and cut off the cable. The first mate and other swordsmen and swordsmen also jumped off the sampan.

"Boom boom boom..."

More violent explosions covered the sea area. Paul looked back at the ship that was blown to pieces, and his eyes were suddenly split.

This was a fleet that he had spent all his efforts to build, but not only was it blown to pieces by the opponent, but the crew also suffered heavy casualties in an instant, with only a few who reacted quickly and jumped into the sea.

But jumping into the sea is not absolutely safe. Some shells did not land on the ship, but on the sea around the ship. Many sampans were also blown up, and the people who jumped into the sea died extremely miserably.

He had already understood at this moment that the opponent was actually using explosive shells. This kind of shells were usually used in land battles and were rarely used on ships.

Because the explosive ammunition had to ignite the fuse at the same time as the cannon was fired, it was difficult to control the length of the fuse in naval battles.

In naval battles, it is usually only necessary to sink the enemy's ship, and there is no need to consider the range of damage at all, so solid bullets are much easier to use than explosive bullets.

But the opponent's cannonball exploded instantly when it hit the ship. Obviously, the opponent's cannonball was not the same thing as the explosive shells he knew.

He stared angrily at the five giant ships opposite, gritted his teeth and said, "If you destroy my fleet, use your own giant ships to pay for it."

After speaking, he slapped the sea behind him, and the sampan carrying five people immediately flew away towards the five giant ships.

"Tom tom tom..."

There was another muffled sound that made his scalp numb. All the ships were blown to pieces, and more and more crew members died.

He looked around and sadly discovered that there were only a dozen sampans that had rushed out of the bombing range, some carrying six or seven people, and some with only three, four, or even two people.

Only a dozen swordsmen and about forty great swordsmen escaped. The others either died in the bombing or jumped into the sea in panic and failed to board the sampan.

When the sampan moved forward for a certain distance, they discovered that fire and smoke were also coming from the bows of five giant ships.

This time, before they heard the sound of the cannon, they first heard the explosion behind them, and then the sound of the cannon came.

Looking back, I saw that the deck of the sailboat had been blown to pieces, and a huge hole had been blown open in the belly of the ship. The fifteen ships began to sink at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Paul's heart also sank. All the food and supplies were destroyed, and they now didn't even have fresh water to drink.

He had nothing left, and if he could not seize these five giant ships, he would not even be able to return to Portugal.

However, the next moment, he knew that he might not be able to go back.

Because he discovered that a group of people holding swords actually flew out of the five giant ships.

That's right, it's flying, not jumping.

They did not fall, but stepped in the air as if they were running on the ground, killing towards them.

This is something that not even the sword god of the German Holy Roman Empire, Johannes Richardnar, could do.

So, who are we targeting?
(End of this chapter)