Win the Ding 1617

Chapter 295 Fighting Yingyi

"The roaring Dutchman is over!" On his own boat, Sir Wedel put down the binoculars in his hand with a pale face, and made such a judgment.

Two small gunboats and a few shells killed the "Roaring Dutchman". This is amazing in terms of the shooting accuracy of the artillery and the weight of the shells.

"It's a pity! There are still a lot of good things we bought on the ship! It's all over like this!"

The captain of the "William the Conqueror" on which Weddel was on board lamented the fate of the friend ship with regret.

Sir Weddell snorted, dismissive of him.

On the river, the navy of the South China Army headed by the Seven Seas surrounded the remaining four merchant ships of the English East India Company with an arc-shaped encirclement.

On the river, the small boats of the Guangdong Navy were dispatched one after another, traveling to various places, either delivering news, or salvaging captives who fell into the water, in short, they were extremely busy.

There were also some naval officers who had a flash of thought, "What's the point of capturing a few captives and getting something?! If you want to make a lot of money, go up there and fight Yingyi with the direct descendants of Marshal Li. This is the best way to get in." step!"

So, in the eyes of Sir Weddell, a strange scene appeared on the Pearl River.

The Seven Seas is like a lioness, standing in the center of the encirclement, (Praise God! I really didn't know its commander was a woman! Sir Weddell swears.) Up and down the Seven Seas, four or five double The square-masted sailboat is like a few vigorous leopards, eager to try.

And on the innermost side of the encirclement.Dozens of small boats of the Guangdong Navy, like hyenas, stared with green eyes, waiting to step forward and tear the fat meat off the dead body of the East India Company.

"Big class! What should we do?!" The accountant of the company, who accompanied the fleet to the east for trade, exclaimed in panic at Sir Weddell, who was frightened by the densely packed warships on the river in front of him.

"This group of damned Portuguese! They told us that it is easy to trade in the east, and that the army of the Ming Dynasty is very weak. Although it is large in scale, it is much worse than Ottoman's fighting power! Now it seems that this group of guys led us to the In a deep well. Then light the rope ladder!"

Sir Weddell cursed the Portuguese in Macau countless times in his heart.

At first in Macau.When Sir Weddell traded the Nanzhong goods carried by his fleet with nearby merchants in Haojingao, the Portuguese told him that the Ming army here was extremely weak, and any merchant ship could defeat a Ming army. force.Subsequent looting and conflicts also proved this point.but.Just now there was the sound of the cannons and mortars.Wake up Weddell's dream completely.

on the river.More and more ships of the Ming army flocked to the vicinity of the encirclement, first to please the South Central Army, and second, to show off their abilities in front of this future new boss.

"Let them go away! Don't get in our way! Let's fight. And watch out for the shells falling on their heads!"

Standing at the bow of the ship, Li Huamei looked at the ships of the Guangdong Navy of the Ming Army densely covering the river, feeling a little disgusted.

The signalmen on the Seven Seas hurriedly boarded the mast and signaled to the two-masted ships on the left and right wings. Soon, the ships on the two wings returned with signals.

"The military order has been received! Immediately drive them away and clear the shooting area!"

"Miss! Look!"

From the direction of the Pearl River estuary, a brigantine sailed upstream like flying.

"The Changsheng has led twelve ships from the left wing fleet to blockade the Pearl River Estuary!"

As the flagship of Shouhan and the flagship of the Navy of the South China Army, the Changsheng has been replaced several times and has become a large warship with a double deck and nearly 28 large and small cannons, 24 10-pound and 12-gun The [-]-pound artillery is used as the main firepower, and there are nearly [-] large and small Franglers, which are enough to sweep across the entire East Asia and the Indian Ocean.

"Captain! What should we do?! The guys on the left and right wings called semaphores, asking whether to fire?!"

The gunner on the Seven Seas asked Li Huamei nervously, hoping to get the answer she wanted from her mouth.

As a large ship with nearly [-] crew members and nearly [-] large and small artillery pieces, Qihai is also the backbone and flagship of the South China Army Navy on the Pearl River at this moment.All ships follow the actions of the Seven Seas.

"Sign out and order someone to come forward and tell Hongmao Niyi to surrender within 10 minutes! Those who don't surrender will be sunk!"

After thinking for a while, Li Huamei made a decision.

Someone immediately climbed onto the mast with both hands and feet, and loudly conveyed the captain's instructions to the signalmen on the mast. The signalmen waved the small flags in their hands, and the flags faithfully sent Li Huamei's instructions to the brigantines on the left and right wings. issue.

"Miss, what's next? We just wait for Yingyi to surrender?"

"No! Shi Lang! You go to the port gun position and act as a gunnery officer. You can complete loading, range measurement, and shooting preparations within 10 minutes. If Yingyi does not surrender within this period, or there is any abnormality, immediately shoot Shen Zhi!"

The shouts one after another on the river were sent to Wedell's boat by Jiang Feng.

"They want us to surrender? If we surrender, will our lives and properties be guaranteed? Can we leave safely?"

Accountants are still there to calculate the pros and cons.

But on both sides of the Pearl River, the Guangdong people who watched the official-army battle against the red-haired fangui also heard clearly the words of the South China Army ordering the fangui to surrender.The blood-boiling emotions inspired by the feat of sinking a fangui's boat with a few shells just now were pushed to the climax again with the cry of ordering the fangui to surrender.

"Dou Na mother's fan ghost! You also have today!"

"Let you snatch our pigs! Burn our boat! You also go to see the Dragon King today!"

While drinking tea, they bought some snacks from the hawkers who shuttled through the crowd, and the people watched this proud and elated scene happily with friends and companions.

"It's been 8 minutes." Looking back at the huge navigation clock installed in the command room of the bow, Li Huamei's voice was clear, but to the ears of the sailors, it was like good news from the sky.By this time it has not surrendered.Then wait to see the Dragon King!

"Boom boom boom! Boom!"

From the port gun deck came the sound of a dense volley of gunfire.

Seeing that the fleet of the East India Company has no intention or action to surrender, on the contrary, there is a ship moving slowly, is this okay?Planning to take advantage of the time we give you to consider whether to surrender?Who is Shi Lang?Since he was more than ten years old, he and his father have been in Zheng Zhilong's maritime merchant gang. In fact, this maritime merchant is not much different from pirates, and he has seen a lot of various maritime schemes and tricks!

Seeing that this British and barbarian ship had the intention of moving to the lower reaches of the Pearl River, Shi Lang made a decisive decision.

"Prepare the cannons! Fire the cannons!"

The gun port on the port side of the Seven Seas was quickly opened by the sling, and the gunners extended the muzzle of the artillery out of the gun port.

"Attention all guns! Twelve-pound guns aim at the British and barbarians first! Ten-pound guns follow! The artillery at all levels must not be confused, and those who violate the order will be dealt with by military law!"

Five twelve-pound guns and ten ten-pound guns were arranged on the left and right decks of the Seven Seas.And four Dafolang machines equivalent to ten-pound guns.In order to prevent too much recoil from a salvo, our artillery officer Shi Langshi gave the order to shoot in batches like this.

"My lord! If you fight like this, the artillery fire seems a little too weak. It is better to fire the [-]-pound gun and the big Buddha Lang machine in salvo. To strengthen the firepower. Prevent the hull from being unable to withstand the shock of the gun!"

An old gunner gave his opinion on Shi Lang's order.

Although this era does not have the concept of military democracy.However, under Shou Han's intentional or unintentional indoctrination and cultivation over the years, the people in the army will not accept the orders given by the chief.You can put forward your own views and opinions on technical and tactical issues, and such opinions and opinions will be recorded truthfully and become the basis for post-event evaluation and reward.

"Okay! You are right!" Shi Lang also discovered the loophole in his order, and immediately redistributed the firepower.

A sharp copper whistle sounded in the gun emplacement, and the gunners on the gun deck touched the fire ropes in their hands to the fuse, and the fuse triggered a series of cannon shots. Nine shells flew out of the gun window, surrounded by white smoke and red flames. Against the backdrop, he flew towards the English merchant ship hundreds of steps away.

"my Lord!"

Seeing the gun windows on the big ship opposite them open quickly, the people in the English East India Company fleet instinctively realized that something was wrong.In an instant, there was a flash of fire, a burst of white smoke, a burst of loud noise, and shells whizzed towards his own fleet. Just now, he adjusted the sails and moved the hull of the "Nine-tailed Cat" merchant ship. Thick jets of water were stirred up in the surrounding area, providing free ship washing service for the "Nine-Tailed Cat".

A few cannonballs that skimmed the hull of the Nine-Tailed Cat and fell into the water roared past the bow, punching thousands of holes in the mast and sails, causing the sailors on the deck to knock each other's teeth, While reciting the prayer silently, the whole body broke out in a cold sweat.

A [-]-pounder shell skimmed over the Nine-tailed Cat, and fell into the water far away, splashing a high column of water, which made the people watching the battle on the shore exclaim incessantly, shouting in their mouths that it's a pity, it's a pity! Can hit the ship of the red-haired fan ghost.

However, this shell was not without achievements. Its flight trajectory happened to hit the main mast of the Nine-Tailed Cat, knocking the mast to pieces of sawdust, and several sail ropes were also swept. The sail fell to the ground.Seeing that there was no way to escape.

"Go and tell Shi Lang, don't shoot the second round, turn the bow, and attack with the starboard cannon. Also, the starboard cannon raises the muzzle five degrees, and modify the elements! Don't hit the red again The Maoyi ship is going behind!" Seeing through the binoculars that the second wave of ten shells created huge waves around the hull of the Nine-Tailed Cat, Li Huamei raised her beautiful eyebrows twice.But still carefully observe the trajectory of the shell with a telescope.

"Miss, the two gunboats on the right wing have sent a semaphore and want to join the battle!"

"can!"

After a little thought, Li Huamei immediately agreed to the request.

"All the gunboats on the left and right joined the battle together! The guys from the Guangdong Navy will watch the three boats!"

"Order the gunboats! This time is the best target! Give me a good shot! Take out all the things in the daily training and drill!"

For a while, the semaphore was happily passed on the masts of the gunboats, and bursts of cheers erupted from the gunboats that received the order.

Soon, a battle similar to a cat teasing a mouse, or an artillery shooting activity will be staged on the water of the Pearl River.

"This!? This way!? This is okay?!"

The telescope in Sir Weddell's hand almost fell into the river.His trembling hands could barely hold the telescope's brass barrel.

With the end of the first round of shooting, Qihai adjusted its direction and pointed the artillery on the starboard side at the Nine-Tailed Cat. best target.A mortar shell landed on the stern of the Nine-Tailed Cat, smashing nearly half of the stern, broken boards, broken limbs, materials and goods stored in the cabin immediately covered the nearby water surface.

There was only a momentary pause.Two Cron gunships rushed up with their respective 68-pound Cron guns.Aim at the waterline of the Nine-Tailed Cat for bombardment.

With the deafening sound of cannonballs, a large iron ball drew perfect ballistic trajectories in the air, seeming to smash the sky and cover the Nine-Tailed Cat merchant ship.

"God! Forgive the poor man!"

Accountants no longer calculate profits and losses.losses etc.All he can think about now is how to keep his capital!

The poor Nine-Tailed Cat adjusted the sails because of an untimely adjustment.Then it moved a bit, and then it became a fat duck in a bucket, being bombarded and beaten with huge cannonballs.I don't know if I can escape the baptism of the next round of shells.

After each of the four gunboats fought for a round, the Nine-Tailed Cat was tortured to the brink of death. There were three or four holes in the boat, and the water from the Pearl River happily poured into the boat.

"Okay! It's our turn!"

Shi Lang adjusted the direction of the Seven Seas, his eyes were full of eagerness.

They adjusted the muzzle slightly higher, so that the shooting effect of the twelve-pounder and ten-pounder guns became much more accurate, and they no longer skimmed the merchant ship and fell into the water like in the first round of firing just now.More than [-] artillery pieces, large and small, first fired at the same time with the [-]-pound cannon and the big Frang machine, followed by the bombardment of the ten ten-pound cannons.It is divided into two rounds and one round of firing, so that the gunners of each gun have the opportunity to practice their hands.

Unfortunately, such an opportunity is fleeting.

"Okay, send a signal to let the two mortar gun boats withdraw from the battle, and go to monitor the three red-haired Niyi ships. The rest of the ships, reload! Get ready to focus fire!"

The shells whistled in the air with a sharp whistle, and white smoke mixed with flickering flames rose from the gun window, quickly wrapping the gunboat's hull.

A volley of nearly fifty artillery pieces, following Li Huamei's order, spewed fiery flames forward one after another. Dozens of artillery shells weighing more than ten pounds hit the armed merchant ship Nine-Tailed Cat like raindrops. The shock brought by the solid iron ball to the English and Guangdong military and civilian officials watching on the sidelines, every shell passing through the air seemed to be tearing their nerves.

"Oh! my God!"

"Is this the scene of the end?!"

On the William the Conqueror, the people of the English East India Company under Sir Weddell were fighting, praying unceasingly, hoping that God in heaven would show mercy and see this tragic scene of his people and believers.

"Okay! Good fight!"

"One more shot! The red-haired ghost's ship is about to sink!"

The people who watched the excitement kept shouting and cheering just like the audience watching football in later generations.

"Look! What I said is right? With such sharp artillery fire, let's look at the troops in the Lu camp. If we don't take refuge in such a lord, who should we go to?!"

On the bank of the Pearl River, a deputy general bragged about his foresight to several generals, garrison officers, guerrilla officers, etc., with a serious expression on his face.

Shi Lang proudly acted as the temporary artillery commander of this small fleet, commanding and coordinating the firing of dozens of artillery pieces at the same time.But this artillery battle is more appropriate to say that it was a unilateral target shooting.

The ballistic trajectory of the shells streaked across the air, and the fleeting traces of the ballistics left a vaguely visible large net on people's retinas. The sharp whistling sound of the shells kept hitting people's eardrums. The shells landed on the ship of the Nine-Tailed Cat and in the nearby water, and the huge water column stirred up after the shells fell into the water continuously washed the blood stains on the ship and flowed streams of blood into the Pearl River.

The impact of these heavy iron balls combined with the kinetic energy imparted by gunpowder is enormous.They bring powerful destructive power. Regardless of whether it is a solid wooden plank, a three-pound gun, a small French machine, or even a human body on the way forward, as long as it is hit or swept by a shell, it will be instantly broken down. The result of flying around.

After being bombarded by dozens of calibers of heavy artillery with a heinous weight, the poor Nine-tailed Cat, like the roaring Dutchman, turned into a pile of tattered logs, floating on the surface of the Pearl River.

"Image! We image!"

As if the Black Death was spreading on the East India Company fleet, the sailors on the remaining three ships kept yelling in broken Chinese.

The sailor swung his big ax and cut the rigging of the sail, and the huge sail fell on the deck covering the people on the deck.

"Damn it! Pigs! Maggots in the bacon bucket! Hurry up! Raise the white flag!"

Someone hurriedly removed the flag representing Great Britain on the top of the mast, which had just been enacted for 30 years. It was formed by the crossing of England's St. George's cross flag and Scotland's St. Andrew's flag, and the Union Jack flag composed of red, white and blue was removed. , Throwing the red cross on a white background, representing the St. George's cross flag of the English Navy, into the river.

"Quick! Get the sheets! White!"

The accountant yelled loudly, ignoring the flag of the English East India Company that was trampled on under his feet, which consisted of a red cross and red and white horizontal stripes.

White flags made of bed sheets and torn sailors' white shirts were hoisted on three English merchant ships. The sailors on board had learned the etiquette of this great eastern country without a teacher: they all knelt on the deck and begged the forgiveness of the victors. . (To be continued..)

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In addition, friends in the book review area, please calculate how much transportation capacity a 1-man army needs.And not only people, but also horses, vehicles, supplies, and ammunition. Calculated in this way, pig feet must concentrate at least 10,000+ tons of transport capacity in a short period of time.Do you think it can be done in a short time?

Even if there are so many ships, can so many ships be built within ten years?Can sailors be trained?

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