871 The Battle of Linga Island III
Cheng Yu wore a helmet with three stars paint (which indicates that he is a lieutenant general) and a bulletproof vest. The most obvious sign of his identity was a golden ribbon.
The Southeast Army is not a fool, and officers no longer wear fancy clothes, but strengthen their defenses to ensure the safety of officers.
He was holding a cane and watched the Red-Haifan warship approaching coldly. The opponent's leading ship was a battleship with a double-layer gun deck, with 74 cannons facing the 76 cannons of this ship. Hoho, there is a good show.
Advance in unison, the warships behind them came one after another, all heading south to north.
The wind is increasing, shaking the hull.
Cheng Yu observed the wind and saw that although the opponent's lower gun deck door was open, the gun port pointed to the water surface in front of the ship. In this way, the enemy had to fight the guns on the upper gun deck and the open air deck.
All three deck cannons can start war, just now!
"Open fire!" he ordered decisively.
As a senior general in the army, he has the power to fire artillery!
"Boom boom boom..." The artillery fired, and the ships behind them also followed suit and fired.
Rapid shooting!
A few seconds later, the rumbling group of bullets flew over the sea between the two sides, and the sound of the projectile tearing through the airflow was shocking. The dense group of bullets covered the Red-Haired Fleet.
The rumbling sound of cannons echoed at the sea, and the carrot head Black counted silently, and his face cramped.
A little more than a minute!
The artillery returned and fired again!
The Chinese are indeed very well-trained and can reach a gun speed of one minute, and they are a first-class strong army!
British warships advocated taking the lead and putting it to death before they survive. Therefore, British naval captains usually strictly required lower-level officers and sailors to carefully train combat skills in order to defeat the enemy first in battle. In the long run, combat effectiveness was only trained, and the artillery speed was also one round per minute.
Similarly, Chinese who learn from the British role models have learned their lessons and can fire three rounds of artillery in three minutes, and they can’t stand it!
Radish Head Black no longer hesitated and ordered the fire to fight back.
"Boom boom boom!" For a moment, the cannon sounded loudly, and dazzling flames emitted from the ship's body. The shells were piercing edges above each other's heads and around them, and water columns emerged from the front, back and left and right of each ship.
The officers and soldiers on the battleships that were hit screamed. The shells broke the bulwarks, wood chips burst, and the chain bullets broke the cables, and some warships fell off their sails.
Everyone took battle lines, and the two battle lines were parallel, with a distance of less than 300 meters. At around 10 a.m., the two sides fired more and more fiercely. All the artillery fired together, and the rumbling sound of cannons was deafening, mixed with the crisp sound of muskets. Everyone tried their best to make a bloody and murderous intent.
On the tall flagship "Mas River", there were volleys of forty artillery guns on the starboard side.
The sound of the 6-pound cannon hit everyone's hearts with great power. The shells hit the walls with heavy blows and they would blow up the wood chips and pieces of wood that flew up all over the sky.
But the Southeast ship is not willing to be outdone. The Mas River has dropped multiple shells five or six meters on both sides, stirring up high water columns!
The Chinese fired very accurately. The "Mashe" and a battleship of the opponent's battleship were bombarded. The opponent's seventy-six guns actually hit the "Mashe" with no less than fifty shells, which made the Dutch chief general Tromp shrunk his head!
The shell monsters roared and shrapnel flew everywhere. Many places on the Maas River were damaged, from the bulwarks to the brokenness of people, casualties and cables were cut.
The other party found a good opportunity to let the Maas River artillery take full advantage of the shells when it was seated behind.
"Te M's yellow-skinned monkey is really accurate!" Tromp cursed in disappointment.
He was not completely right in scolding. It was the foreign general Siresma in the Southeast Palace, a Dutch fellow villager!
In addition, there are at least ten naturalized red-haired men in the Siresma ship. The entire Southeast Prefecture fleet has more than a thousand naturalized Dutch, British, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Germans (Holy Roman Empire)!
They sacrificed their lives for the Southeast Prefecture, without any mercy in their efforts.
Yan Changwu, the Southeast Prefecture, was very generous, and paid attention to absorbing foreign populations. He was called the prosperous Tang Dynasty!
In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, there was a power of stubborn thinking. Asunaser, Qieheli, Heichichangzhi, Li Jinxing, Gao Xianzhi, Ge Shuhan, Li Guangbi and other naturalized generals fought for the Tang Dynasty, protected the country, and achieved good reputation.
There are also Mr. David, Storm, Barents (ship builder expert), Costite, Siresma (navigation general) and Lubers (military doctor) in the Southeast Prefecture. These people shine. They are all turtles and are determined to follow Yan Changwu's work.
Of course, they are not always welcome. For example, foreigners are under the age of 20 and receive at any time (depending on their physical conditions). In addition to the qualifications, those over the age of 20 also require marriage and family in the Southeast Prefecture, so that they have family concerns, so they are not afraid of their rebellion.
There are also at least tens of thousands of Chinese followers who have naturalized in Southeast Prefecture, and there are various regulations on their requirements.
Siresma trained his men to be effective, fired at a fast speed, and liked to fire volleys. He fired when he was parallel to the enemy ship. The volley shells were poured onto the enemy ship, blowing the enemy ship to pieces, and the personnel screamed. At this time, he was hidden in the mask and felt a strange pleasure!
"Battle, beat the labor and capital hard, beat it to the fullest!" He walked around the ship, shouting, and inspiring morale.
He happened to run into the Dutch flagship and let it eat enough shells on the port side. He showed his superb ship control skills and rotated 180 degrees. The shells on the starboard side were powerful, which made the Dutch almost lose its temper.
Taking advantage of the Dutch's silence, he left without giving the Dutch a chance to fight back.
People like him are really born to be suitable for the navy. Not only him, the officers and soldiers on various warships of the Southeast Army fought hard. Every time they shot accurately on the enemy ships, the red-haired men cried and called for their parents!
There are 18 "Tainan-class" fifth-class cruisers (8 guns, 18 pounds/6, 1 pound/1) in the battle line of the Southeast Army. They only have one gun deck, but with the 18-pound cannon, they can still cause damage to the battleships.
However, the red-haired men were tough, especially the British had good gun speed, and they also blew the Southeast ships into wood all over the ground.
The two sides fought fiercely, and smoke filled the sea. After more than three hours of fighting, no warship sank.
This is also the charm of ship fighting during the sailing period. Everyone can shoot hard and can fire the gun for a long time. It’s a great pleasure to shoot the gun.
The battle lines of the Southeast Fleet were about to end, and there was a long string of warships behind the Hongmao Fan. The British ship arts in the front were very brave and rushed straight towards the Southeast Fleet, wanting to drive from the north and encircle the Southeast Fleet.
"Dangdangdang..." A sound of gold sounded on the Chinese flagship. At this time, the wind direction had not changed. The Southeast ship immediately took the wind and left the contact with the red-haired ship at high speed!
The red-haired men did not make any profit, and all the Southeast ships retreated safely.
However, it was still early, and the red-haired fans were not good at letting go, so they continued to chase them all the way. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!