Chapter 274: Lucky Hong Xiguan
Peng!
A shell landed on Kaohsiung No. 8 on the right front side. The landing point was a bit close. The splash of water happened to meet the help of the wind. It showered a group of officers on the stern tower from head to toe. It was as sour as the Songkran Festival. .
"Special M!"
The officers cursed the logistics of the Southeast Fleet together, and they discovered a terrible fact: Kaohsiung 8 had neither a stern gun nor a bow gun, only a side gun. In other words, it couldn’t fire a cannon when it moved straight ahead. Rear and front.
The problem is that there are four dogs chasing behind Kaohsiung 8 and they are all clippers. Although Kaohsiung 8 has a streamlined hull that makes it faster, it’s just that the Dutch captains on the chasing ship ate a lot of bread--- --They are older and have enough experience in sailing on the sea to make up for the disadvantages of the ship, and they still bite on the Kaohsiung No.8.
Kaohsiung 8 only used the side cannons to fight back when slashing, but the effect was not good.
Damn they all have bow guns. Although they are not many, each has only two guns, but the Kaohsiung 8 is smashed. The officers on the ship tickles their teeth with hatred and yells at the logistics department for rubbish.
"Stop scolding!" Yan Zhang said listlessly, "My (Yan) Donglai brother went to ask about logistics, do you guess what the logistics **** say?"
"How do you say?" Everyone asked hurriedly.
"They said that when you go into battle, you are fighting. If you encounter an enemy, you must use the side cannon. Don't waste it if you want the bow and stern guns!" Yan Zhang said after learning the logistics.
Everyone got angry as soon as they heard it, yes, no one would run away, no need for a tail gun, okay, no problem! But the enemy will flee, so what will be used to hit the fleeing enemy in front?
Various vulgar words actively greeted logistics and shipyards-----The warlord Yan Changwu on the flagship of the South China Sea No. 1 hit and chirped, he said suspiciously: "Is it because you have a cold?"
The instigator of this incident is Yan Dashao. This guy admires offense, and he greets warm side guns when he meets the enemy ship, lest the firepower is not enough, no matter what stern guns and bow guns are concerned, it is not a budget!
Let me say that the officers of Kaohsiung No. 8 scolded them, but the other party was bombarded. It was dangerous!
a thump, a shot on the starboard side!
smashed a hole in the bulwark, which shocked the officers.
Then a cannonball flew by less than one meter above everyone's head, and two cannonballs once again allowed everyone to try the baptism of sea water.
That's okay! Official Hong Xi made a ruthless shot and ordered the tail wall to be demolished, and the artillery door was dug out!
The crew was large and powerful. They dismantled a large section of the captain’s main cabin, lifted sandbags as a barrier, and pushed two 18-pound guns over.
During this period, there was a bullet in the rear compartment, and the shell that penetrated the bulkhead discounted the right leg of a sailor!
Now everyone stepped up their actions. It was difficult to build the ship and easy to dismantle. Soon, the captain’s main cabin and the outer corridor were connected to make it easier for the artillery to sit back.
Temporary modification. Fortunately, the Kaohsiung No. 8 hull is streamlined. There is no problem with the artillery mount in the aft compartment. If it is like the tall stern of the Galen ship, it will be a trouble.
The artillery was in place, reloaded, an old gunner took aim, ignited the fuse, and shot!
In the sound of everyone’s "Mazu Blessing", the enemy ship was shot and it went sideways all at once!
The officers holding the telescopes on the stern tower were silent, and the gun broke the bowsprit of the enemy ship in front of them!
Although it was a solid bullet, it hit the opponent's mast and broke.
"Brother Hong, I really think you are Mazu's son-in-law. I went back to see my sister-in-law. I have to be polite to her!" Yan Zhang said seriously to Hong Xiguan.
"Don't talk nonsense!" Hong Xiguan hurriedly said.
The next two 18-pound guns, one for you, and one for me. It’s the Dutch's turn to be depressed. Their 12-pound gun is the opponent of the 18-pound gun. They hit one after another, collapsed the bow of the ship, wounded people, and hit it. It was super accurate, almost hit by a cannon, like a blessing, made the Dutch start to wonder if it is a good thing to follow?
Since it's not a good thing, stop pursuing it.
Seeing that the four Dutch warships behind were no longer advancing, Kaohsiung 8 gradually opened up the distance from them, and everyone was relieved.
Without their pursuit, the journey home would be smooth.
But what they didn't expect was that even bigger surprises were waiting for them.
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"What did you say you found?" When Hong Xiguan was eating lunch and was gritting his teeth against hard biscuits and jerky, suddenly a piece of good news came.
"We found a Dutch merchant ship, it did not fly the flag, it is heading towards us!"
"There is such a good thing!" Hong Xiguan was refreshed, chewing something in his mouth, and immediately left his messy cabin (there was an 18-pound artillery beside the bed, plus other "supporting" items), and went up to it. Open deck.
"Great, UU read www.uukanshu.com and kill it!" Hong Xiguan was overjoyed.
As expected, it was a Dutch merchant ship. The reason it did not evade was because the Kaohsiung 8 was flying the British flag.
Kaohsiung 8’s contribution is already great enough. In order to avoid trouble and return home safely to receive the reward, Officer Hong Xi came to the ship to be deceitful and ordered the ship to fly the British flag (the flag was given before and after the voyage. The original intention was that it might happen in case of escape. Use).
The relationship between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom is good or not, and there is nothing wrong with each other, so the Dutch merchant ship did not notice, and the quality of the telescopes at that time was average, and I didn’t see much clearly. When I saw it clearly, the distance between the two ships was quite close. .
"There are 16 blastholes on one side, a total of 32 cannons, all weighing more than 12 pounds! But there are not necessarily 32 cannons. After all, this should be a merchant ship." Yan Zhang reads what he saw in the telescope. In fact, they saw It was the Dutch merchant ship "Holland Province" that went to Manila to place orders for spices. Its tan hull was bright and dazzling in the sun.
The poor relationship between Spain and the Netherlands is well-known, but it does not affect the profitability of both parties. This Dutch ship is a beautiful three-masted galen ship with a length of 56 meters, a midship width of 10 meters, and a draft of 5 Meters, light-duty displacement of 650 tons, heavy-duty displacement of 1200 tons, can be regarded as a big ship, because of its good practicability, Speke is reluctant to let it participate in the war, but use it to transport goods.
But the Governor’s painstaking efforts are no match for the Kaohsiung No. 8, which was blessed by Mazu, and the “Dutch Province” actually met on the vast sea.
"Holland Province" saw that peculiarly shaped "British ship" suddenly a skull flag was raised.
International universal signal, I am a pirate!
Seeing that British ship fired at it, the Dutch couldn't see it. They were so angry that they immediately fought against such shameless people!
