Chapter 179: Great Battle (1)
At the moment when met, two hostile warships fired at each other at the same time!
Along with the dull roar of cannonballs, clouds of smoke rose up like demons with teeth and claws, and the cannonballs roared out.
The second shell of the "Baram" was blown by the wind, the hull was tilted, and the muzzle was raised up and missed. It probably flew from the height of the upper mast of the Kaohsiung One.
however, the officers and soldiers of Kaohsiung No. 1 were taken aback. Kostit said nothing, "Record the time! Xiao Xiao!" He greeted the clerk on the ship with a strange voice.
This kid is a newcomer. He went into battle for the first time. He lost his face in shock, his face was pale, and his eyes were almost falling off.
He was responsible for recording the speed of the opponent's shelling, and he hadn't heard anything from the chief.
Give him the courage to our first shot. With a loud sound similar to a sledgehammer falling on an anvil, the shell hit the claws of the bow anchor of the "Balam", which turned it over nearly half a circle. , And then fly off into the distant sea.
This is considered a first hit. People shouted "Mazu bless you!", so the paper returned to his soul and quickly began to record the opponent's shelling speed. He was standing on the stern tower with a wide view and could see clearly.
"Really rare!" Kostit smiled.
Fortunately, it is the deep sea. Otherwise, the Dutch ship will stop when the ship is anchored near the sea. Everyone will be crowded together, and the people of the Southeast Fleet will laugh to death.
"Eighteen-pounder!" Kostit explained to the clerk after observing.
The opponent’s ship is similar to the warship on the side, and it dared to mount the 18-pounder (the 12-pounder was used by the side). It seems that the new warships will need to be structurally strengthened in the future, so that they can carry heavy artillery in the war and increase their power. .
During the shelling of the side gun, there are ropes and steel cables connected to the bulwark of the battleship. If the recoil force is too strong, the wood of the bulwark will be torn, but there is no way to solve it, such as adding stiffeners to the bulwark. Old ships can also be similarly modified.
Both sides entered the attack range and fired one after another.
Costitte personally commanded the battle from the gun deck (under the weather deck): "According to the previous training...relax the gun body and level the gun body, pull out the gun plug, extend the muzzle, and ignite. , Played well, deputy captain, the next round will continue to fire (one shot after one shot, and a salvo will fire all at once)!"
He returned to the open deck. Before he could return to the stern tower, an 18-pound shell hit the middle of the two guns behind the starboard side of Kaohsiung No. 1. A piece of wood was one metre long and heavy. It knocked down a sailor on the crowded deck, and then hit the main mast before falling.
The pieces of wood fell one after another. From the screams and screams of people, they did have a destructive effect. Soon, two medical soldiers carried a wounded accomplice hurriedly out of the cabin, and there was a slip of blood behind.
Kostit didn’t change his face and shouted at people for firing guns and controlling sails. The clerks ran over and reported statistics happily: “We hit the enemy with 10 shots, and the enemy hit us with 8 shots. I counted. The enemy It's 16 artillery on one side (32 guns in total, 28 guns on our side)!"
"Very good!" As soon as the voice fell, another round of enemy artillery struck, and there were fifty-one ships immediately behind!
Thinking of the horrible place, Xiao Xian's face turned pale!
Kostit didn’t scold him. I’m afraid it’s normal. Since he has been serving the navy, he can only fight hard and leave his fate to God to judge!
It's useless to be afraid, let's fight!
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Two battle lines as long as serpents fought one by one, and the roar of artillery shook the East China Sea.
"Hold! Hold on! The black warrior Siresma yelled. He saw a large enemy ship, so he didn't order to fire and watched the enemy ship approach until the two ships were almost parallel and the positions were equal, which is now. !
"Fire, fire!"
His gunners lit the fuse on the fire door together, which burned out in less than three seconds, and it blasted loudly.
The searing net of 13 24-pounders, 13 12-pounders, and 9 6-pounders shrouded the 42-gun "Maid of Rotterdam", devastating the poor girl. .
Especially with the 24-pounder gun, the power of the attack was like a giant siege hammer hitting the enemy wall. It shook and exploded a large number of wooden walls of the opponent. Two shells actually hit the "Rotterdam Maiden" through each other. , The shells entered from the starboard side of the "Maid of Rotterdam" and flew out from the port side.
The captain of the "Maid of Rotterdam" said annoyedly: "Fire! Fire!" The organization gunners replied with color.
At this time, because the Dutch were at a leeward, their guns often shot high, but the Taiwan was not able to enjoy this "benefits". Because of the ship's height, it was firmly eaten by the cannonballs.
The dull noise continued and was shot one after another.
Then, it fully accepted the attack of the main guns on the gun deck of the six enemy ships!
These six ships used open deck guns to fight against the Mingren battleships on the battle line, and the main guns on the gun deck were waiting for the Taiwan to endure.
In an instant, this large ship of the Southeast Fleet underwent continuous shelling. After six consecutive ships, its starboard side was blown into countless gaps and collapsed, and it flew across the gun deck. The opponent’s attack was not covered. It was a veteran who directed the firing of the cannon, and the one who fired it was also a veteran. The 18-pound heavy artillery shell penetrated the bulwark, and the cold water poured into the cabin like a puff.
There was a lot of noise on the lower deck. Under the shadowy lights, people were busy draining water. They used barrels of water, and the people on it carried water. The southeast mansion’s warship had an advantage, that is, it was equipped with water pump channels, so people on the upper deck could Rotate the water pump vigorously to pump out the water below.
Then the sailors used putty and twine to close the cracks, and the large gaps were nailed to the wooden board, and then the cracks were closed.
"Quick! Quick!" When the noise was like a pot of porridge, there was a loud noise, and several people near the noise fell one after another, knocking the crowd down.
was shot again!
Breaking through the wooden wall, sea water poured in, and the ship's damage management personnel were busy~www.wuxiaspot.com~ However, it did not make the Dutch feel well. The 36-gun "Golden Lion" was under the terrible fire of the Taiwanese. After the salvo, there was a loud bang, and the plume of smoke rose high and fell sharply to the right.
The unfortunate "Golden Lion" was hit in the gunpowder depot, causing the gunpowder to explode!
It became the first Dutch battleship to be sunk!
Siresma commanded very well. Every time Taiwan fired a volley, there was always a Dutch warship that was devastated. Even if it was not sunk, it suffered severe damage and became silent.
bang!
Siresma on the open deck only felt a shock to his head, and his helmet was hit by a musket bullet, but fortunately it failed to penetrate.
"Keep your demeanor!" Even if he encountered the danger just now, Siresmas was not afraid. He took his calm wherever he went. The officers and soldiers on the ship controlled the ship and fired artillery in an orderly manner. They did not know if they had to bear it. How many enemy shells were fired, but their artillery still roared.
The role of a good naval officer is decisive. Even if it is hit hard, the battle flag of the USS Taiwan will never fall, and the gunfire will not stop!
Battleships in the sailing period are generally hard to get a fatal blow. They often change from quantitative to qualitative, and it takes a lot of shots before the results come out.
The two opposing battle lines spit out smoke and fire from time to time, and the two sides blew their eyes and shelled each other face to face.
"We are finally here!" The battleship Southeast arrived!
Yan Changwu upstairs has done a good job. He always uses a volley to pour all the firepower on an enemy ship, so as to make the opponent dizzy.
"Hit me! Fire!"
A round of Cyclonus swept across the hapless Dutch battleship "Sam", and in a blink of an eye it was beaten as miserable as if it had been struck by a storm.
