Win the Ding 1617

Although five or six fireships turned into huge torches, the morale on board the fireships immediately improved a lot.

"Brothers, charge up! Their skills are just a few hits! Nothing new!"

The sailors on the fireboat shouted frantically, but they held the rudder firmly in their hands, and operated the sails according to the command of the officer, so as to provide the most powerful power for the ship to move forward.

"Hua Mei, what should we do now?" After this battle, Ao Lei Yilan, who was called one of the two deadly women "Mei Lan" in the Nanyue Army Navy by the Zheng family's army, looked at her nervously. Those arson boats speeding over the sea, and the huge iron nails appearing and disappearing in the waves, like the fangs and claws of wild animals, made her feel frightened.

"Flags and trumpets! Get the rocket ships back from the sides! Get behind the big ships and stand by! Get those Cron gunships ready!"

A series of orders were issued to the fleets on both sides of the battle line, and the rocket ships immediately took action, the front row turned to the left, the rear row turned to the right, and retreated to the rear and flanks of the fleet in an orderly manner to serve as security missions.

As if the rehearsal was finished, just now the rocket ship turned backwards, the last ship disappeared in the bow of the big ship, and more than 40 arson ships were killed in three waves.

Looking at the battle line standing like a city wall in front of them, and those dark gun muzzles, the soldiers on the arson boat lost their timidity.

"Burning a naval warship of the Southern Guangdong Army will reward you with 1000 yuan in silver dollars. If you burn Li Huamei's ship, you will be rewarded with 3000 yuan in silver dollars! If anyone captures Li Huamei, the young commander will reward you with [-] silver dollars!"

The sound of repeated rewards could not be heard on the boat.

"Young Marshal has an order! Miss Li is captured. Be sure to treat each other with courtesy! There must be no mistakes! Those who disobey the order will kill the whole family!"

Hearing the yelling faintly sent to her ears by the sea breeze, the corners of Li Huamei's mouth were full of disdainful smiles, and Ao Lei Yilan who was next to her heard the soldiers telling her what those people were shouting, and she was so angry that she put the fire behind her back. The gun came along, pulled out the cap of the gun and fired a gun into the distance to express her anger.

"Miss! Why hasn't the Kelong gunboat come over yet?"

I have always wanted to use Kron gunboats, that is, brigs equipped with Kron guns, to deal with the gunners of these arsonist ships. From the other side of the ship, I saw those sailboats still struggling against the wind. A little impatient.

"No hurry!" Seeing that the Zheng family's arson boats had reached the blind spot of the cannons on their own boats.When rejoicing for the upcoming victory results.A cold light shot out from Li Huamei's eyes.

"Command! All ships use Thunderbolt Cannon!"

"Bombard these fireships that come within range!"

The so-called thunder cannon is a nickname given by the navy to the rear-mounted rotary cannon installed on the ship's side, because although this kind of artillery is small in size, it uses sub-guns to feed bombs like the Franc machine.The rate of fire is fast.Like thunder and lightning.Hence the name.

Although this cannon has a small caliber, about the same as the usual one-pound cannon, it is light in weight.The lugs are mounted on a Y-shaped wrought iron bracket.The shooting angle can be adjusted up and down (huh? A bit like a dual-purpose machine gun?); the bracket is set on a pivot, which can be rotated 360 degrees; the pivot is fixed on the ship's side or column, and the solid hull is used to offset the recoil caused by shooting Force, like the Franc machine, uses sub-guns for bombs.The slight difference is that it can only use shotguns.However, this small cannon, which was completely used to fill the gap between the range of the ship's cannon and the firecracker, became a magic weapon to defeat the enemy at this moment.

The small cannon, which was usually regarded as tasteless and could only be used to shoot seabirds, immediately became a favorite in the eyes of everyone.

With an order, the gunners of about [-] Thunder cannons on the ship's side immediately took their positions, and the aiming hand adjusted the height angle, making sure to send every shot into the place where they should go!

"All guns are free to fire!"

Twenty pieces of shotgun shells weighing about 25 grams were tied together, and about a catty of gunpowder was used to hit the sailors of the Zheng family who were about 20 meters away from the ship's side and were about to light the match.

"fire!"

There was another bang, and as the projectiles pierced the air, there was a sharp whistling sound. Outside the ship's side, an arson ship of the Zheng family's army was swept by dense projectiles. Stronger ships are useless at all, but for those Zheng Jun sailors who only have a single shirt and no armor at close range, they are weapons of mass destruction!

In the first round of shelling by the Aomei, three sailors of the Zheng Jun arsonist ship that was targeting it were overturned in the water, and in a blink of an eye a pool of blood surged in the waves, and they disappeared in an instant.

This Thunder Cannon may be the smallest caliber artillery in active service in the Southern Guangdong Army. The cannon body made of ductile iron weighs only a few dozen kilograms, and its effective lethality is only [-] to [-] paces. There are no large shells in the gun , all of which are small lead pellets of one color.

Sailors once joked that this cannon was used by the lord to shoot seabirds because he was afraid that everyone would be lonely at sea, but which sailor would fire at a bird that symbolizes that there is an island not far away, representing life and hope at sea?Even if they shit on the sailors' heads, it's just to scare them with empty guns. How can they be willing to bombard them with artillery?

But today, these artillery were put to the greatest use!

While talking, the loader assisting the shooter had already removed the sub-gun with an iron rod and replaced it with a sub-gun that had already been loaded. Inside, there was also a catty of gunpowder accompanied by a catty of projectiles!

"Aim each gun and shoot freely!"

After hearing the order to prepare, the gunners rotated the muzzles on the gun mounts, and selected those arsonist sailors who were still high-spirited and planned to exchange these huge warships in front of them for generous rewards.It is conceivable that when these lead pellets loaded in the guns are ejected out of the gun bore in a fan shape, what kind of power they will have on the sailors of the Zheng family navy on the arsonist ships who are less than 30 meters away from the Nanyue Army's large and small ships on the sea!

Those arson boats that were lucky enough not to be targeted by the Thunder Cannon gunners were still trying their best to steer the boats, carefully avoiding those teammates who had already been beaten to the ground with blood and flesh, and galloped forward along the waves. .With the help of the north wind.Already five or six ships rushed into the defensive circle of the Aomei and the Fubo-class ships that escorted her. Even the Thunder Cannon had to be adjusted to the maximum dive angle in order to aim.But then some sharp-eyed people on the ship saw hundreds of black gun muzzles protruding from the black gun muzzles on the bow, and everyone recognized what it was!As long as anyone with ears knows the power of the Southern Guangdong Army's volley, their faces are ashamed for a while!

Those people were about to shout loudly, when Ao Lei Yilan's excited and slightly weird accent came from the bow: "Fire!"

Compared with the sound of the thunder cannon, the sound of a platoon of guns is not a loud noise, but dense flames and thick smoke rose along the side of the ship in an instant.Connected in an instant.Lead pellets fired by more than a hundred firecrackers.Like a big broom, the sailors on these arsonist ships who were almost close to the ship's side were beaten screamingly, turned over and fell into the water, the icy cold sea water.The blood that kept gushing out.In the blink of an eye, their lives will be killed!Fortunately, it was swept down on the board of the ship.Many were mangled and covered with thick holes from the bullets, and some were still alive for a while.All he could do was lie on the deck and scream miserably.

The power of the firecracker salvo is like a sudden storm.After being hit by firecrackers at this distance, the human body was overturned to the ground like grass in a typhoon. As long as the sailors on the ship were hit, they would all be bleeding profusely, covering their hands with blood and blood. His head and face screamed and rolled to the ground.

The swift north wind blew away the smoke on the bow in a blink of an eye, and the black muzzles of the guns once again appeared in front of these poor sailors.

Those sailors were so frightened that they completely forgot that they only needed to pull the matchlock, let the burning fireboat hit the big ship of the Nanyue Army along the wind, and use the big iron nails erected on the bow to connect the two boats into one.Then you can turn around and go back to claim your bounty.

"Escape!" They had only one thought in their minds.

Regardless of the cold sea water, sailors on more than a dozen boats jumped into the water one after another.

Several sailors beside Ao Lei Yilan held up their firecrackers and aimed at the people floating in the water, ready to pull the trigger.

"Stop!" Without thinking about anything else, he stopped a few sailors who were about to beat up the dog in the water, and everyone looked at the seventh lady in front of them in a daze.See what she plans to do?

Ao Lei Yilan took off a tripod made of moso bamboo from the nearby ship board wall, picked up a thick rope and wrapped it around a few times, and threw it out casually.

"Pull them up! Catch them alive! They are already powerless against us. Don't kill them anymore, it's useless to kill them!" Ao Lei Yilan explained the reason for her move to the sailors with her unique accent. significance.

"So that's how it is!" Unexpectedly, the seventh lady who fired four or five firecrackers in a row just now also has a kind-hearted side.

Dozens of bamboo tripods tied with long ropes were thrown into the seawater, and as these tripods fell on the sailors' heads in the seawater, there was a burst of shouting from above: "I don't want to die myself, my wife will remarry my children!" Those who change their surnames will come up!"

"Everyone lives in the water! There is no such big hatred!"

Li Huamei was very pleased to see that her Seventh Aunt was able to salvage the first batch of captives sent by the Zheng family from the sea without a teacher. She waved the order flag in her hand, "Let Kelongpao go up and teach this Zheng family boy a lesson!"

Maybe it was the shadow left when they met for the first time. Every time Li Huamei mentioned Zheng Sen, she didn't like it at all.Now that he knows that the person who sent a fireboat to burn him is this guy, how can he swallow this breath?

Eight Kelong gunboats stepped on the waves, crossed the arsonist fleet struggling in the sea from the two wings of the fleet, and swooped towards the flanks of the Zheng family fleet, which was struggling to adjust its formation. That fierce today made people feel It must be that the gate of the Dragon Palace of the Dragon King of the South China Sea was not closed properly today, and a few dragons that were disturbing the sea were released!A cron gun at the bow that can fire more than 60 kilograms of heavy shells is the horn of this dragon. The eight-pound guns and twelve-pound guns on both sides and the stern of the ship are the fangs and claws of this dragon!

The eight one-horned dragons were divided into two teams, and under the leadership of their respective leaders, they swooped towards the red-haired boats in front.

"Aim at those red-haired boats and fire!"

The commanders of the two teams gave orders almost simultaneously.

"Yes, sir!"

The gunnery commander replied excitedly, and then waved the contact signal flag that had been sweating in his hand for a long time, and tried his best to send a signal to the three neighboring ships: "Commander, sir! Fire!"

His voice just fell to the ground.The cannon installed on the bow of this ship let out an earth-shattering roar.

The huge muzzle flame flickered and jumped at the bow, and the whole brig trembled.

The huge muzzle flame formed a huge fireball with a diameter of nearly one meter, and this fireball was replaced by a larger ball of white smoke after flashing for less than a second.The white smoke was quickly dissipated by the violent north wind at sea, and for a while the entire hull of the brig was shrouded in the thin smoke.

The power of the full charge of the cron cannon to approach the direct shot is huge, so great that it is staggering.The huge air pressure of the gun muzzle pressed out a wide shallow pit on the sea surface beside the ship's side, and the huge recoil forced the hull of the ship about half a meter backward. All the people on board saw this powerful weapon Although it was the first time for many people to see the launch of the Cron cannon, they still felt deep awe of this terrible man-made destructive power.

When the two-masted sailing fleet rushed out of formation.Shi Lang instinctively realized that the danger was coming!When I saw through the telescope that the sailors on the ship were struggling to stabilize the hull.When protecting the bow of the ship, he couldn't help exclaiming loudly, "Not good!"

Before he finished speaking, a hissing sound hit people's eardrums.It was a huge cron cannon shell raging in the air.The sound that came straight.

Didn't wait for him to react.A loud and dull explosion had already started to hurt his eardrums.

In panic, Zheng Sen and Shi Lang rushed to the side of the ship and looked towards the direction of the explosion. A spectacular scene that would appear in their nightmares countless times in the future appeared before their eyes.

at the forefront.A red-haired boat serving as the left flank protection for Zheng Sen's flagship, the bow of the ship was covered by a thick water column, almost as thick as a water tank, soaring into the air, far exceeding the red-haired ship's mainmast mast.

Made in imitation of the Dutch plywood boat, the hull of the red-haired boat with a displacement of nearly [-] tons looks as weak as a small bamboo raft in a fish pond in front of this huge monster.

Before Zheng Sen and the others marveled at the sight, three more shells flew from three directions of the red-haired boat.

There were screams and exclamations from the stern of the ship, and a Kronon shell hit its stern rudder tower. The huge impact pushed the shell into the cabin, splashing countless broken wooden boards with flesh and blood residues. .The red-haired boat that lost its rudder was spinning around in front of Zheng Sen and Shi Lang.

The trajectory of a shell was a little higher, and it didn't shoot towards the waterline as insidiously as other gunners did. It skimmed the side of the ship, flew over people's heads, and hit the main mast of the ship.

The mast more than ten meters high suddenly turned into a huge shot, projecting countless high-speed wood fragments and sail rigging parts around.

The huge mast was lifted up by the impact of the brutal shells, as if an invisible yellow turban wrestler pulled out the mast abruptly from the plank of the ship, and then slowly raised it upwards, as if After jumping up to the height of a person in the flames and smoke, it fell slowly, and finally collapsed at the stern of the ship. A beam was put into the sea water at the stern. The broken ropes and sails were wrapped around the mast and burned. Lying sailors and gunners were everywhere, crying loudly while hugging their bodies that had been beaten bloody by the flying splintered planks.It was a sight to behold.

Before the screams from the red-haired boat on the left disappeared from the ears of the officers and soldiers of the Fujian Navy standing in panic on the side of the ship, an earth-shattering roar sounded from their right side.

Two huge water jets suddenly appeared in the terrified eyes of the officers and soldiers, making them unable to believe their eyes.The huge water column roared into the sky, standing majestically like a huge water column connecting the sky and the ocean.

If it is said that a Dragon King is about to appear in front of these people from the separated seabed at this moment, I believe no one will say no.And no one can keep calm in front of this miraculous scene full of violence. Some people standing on the deck screamed and looked around for hidden places that they thought were safe. Some believed in Catholicism and Zheng Zhilong. A man with a Christian name was holding on to everything he could, and then praying to God by reciting scriptures aloud, praying that the omnipotent Lord would make them quiet.

And more people were stunned by the scene in front of them just like Zheng Sen. They just stood at their original posts and stared blankly at the spectacular scene in front of them.

No one can tell the height of those water columns at that time, because they are so close to people, so close that people feel that they can be touched by reaching out, and they are too huge, so huge that people can't help themselves. be in awe.

The enormous power displayed by those water jets and the threat of death behind them exerted such a strong psychological pressure on the witnesses that no one dared to raise their heads in front of them at that time.

The water column stands abruptly on the right side of the flagship, and time seems to have stopped. It seems that these two huge water columns have stood here for a long time, and maybe they will stand like this forever.

This is the result of the four Cron gunboats on the left taking advantage of the gap between the red-haired boats escorting the flagship to rush into the defensive circle!

After a few short seconds, the water column began to fall slowly, and the officers and soldiers finally recovered from the extreme panic. Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief in their hearts, and it seemed that everything had passed. (To be continued..)

ps: It's the end of the month, everyone cast their monthly tickets!Smashing like a Kroner shell!