"Mother-child ship, the first one, the second one, get on top of it!" General Xu Shen stood firmly on the ship's roof and gave the order.
Under him, the huge ironclad ship had just completed its turn. At this moment, the gunners were adjusting the angle and making final preparations before launching.
The enemy's artillery was too fast. At this time, he had no time to think about why the opponent loaded ammunition so much faster than his own warship. He just knew that with the number of enemy artillery and the speed of loading, his Fujian water force
The division's usual tactics are of no use at all - the navy's artillery is only an auxiliary weapon to suppress the enemy. The real victory depends on the soldiers approaching the enemy in the cabin and firing firearms and arrows. If possible, boarding the ship for combat
, the officers and soldiers of the Navy also thought that they were not inferior to these Western Yi warriors.
However, all this is just delusion.
Xu Shenjiang somewhat realized that although the Guangdong Navy had fewer ships and fewer soldiers than the Fujian Navy, why it ended up with the entire army destroyed? These Xiyi people simply played their cards according to irregularities. The navy's warships,
Under the opponent's outrageous artillery, it was impossible to get close to the local ships. Could it be that these Westerners only relied on firearms to fight!
There were no long-range firearms on the carrier ships. Under such an order, he never thought about how many carrier ships could approach the enemy ships. He only knew that the Haicang ship was lying in front of these six super-large fortune ships.
The fleet had vanished in front of him, and there was no longer any obstacle between the enemy fleet and his last hope.
Yes, the six lucky ships brought by Mr. Qian of the Jinyiwei are his last hope. Once the Haicang fleet is destroyed, basically only a small half of the navy's main combat strength will be left. He knows that this
It was a brutal battle, but he didn't expect it to be so brutal. In less than a stick of incense, half of the fortune the navy had accumulated over the years turned into flying smoke, and the enemy ship
, only one ship was sunk!
"Sir, please leave some seeds for our Fujian navy!"
A guerrilla general next to him twitched his face and said to General Xu.
Xu Shenjiang did not look at him. He stared at the waters where the Xiyi fleet was in a mess after a round of shelling. A dozen warships were slowly sinking, while three lightly damaged ships were holding up the sails.
The holes in it are swaying and turning.
Yes, they are still trying to maintain their formation, blocking in front of the Chinese army, and buying more time for the lucky ships behind them.
"The seeds, Commander-in-Chief, have left them with the navy. Let us put them here to serve the imperial court. Brothers all know these things!"
"Order the brothers of Jinyiwei to fire the cannon on their own once preparations are completed!" He said calmly: "Don't worry about our sons!"
"How is this possible!" the guerrilla general shouted: "This is asking our brothers to die!"
Xu Shen glared: "How dare you disturb the morale of the army!"
His face was so gloomy that it seemed to be dripping with water. The soldiers around him looked at the guerrilla general coldly, holding their hands on the handle of the knife. At this time, they knew best what to do. As long as the general gave an order,
No matter who you are, if you have rectified the Fa, you have rectified the Fa. If you dare to question military orders, do you not know the laws of the military?
The guerrilla general swallowed his saliva and looked at General Xu: "I don't dare, the enemy ship's artillery is fierce, and the mother ship is in a dense formation. If we rush up like this, we will suffer huge losses. I think that the second armored warship will be damaged."
, we are downwind at the moment, and we can no longer keep up with our speed, why not let them cover Liu Youqi’s warships, and let Liu Youqi and them withdraw!”
Xu Shenjiang stared at him for a while, and the guerrilla general felt a little embarrassed, and said hurriedly: "The last general is willing to lead the brothers in the second armor of the mother ship to support Liu Guerrilla!"
"No need to come back!" General Xu Shen stared at him: "You can take the second armor with you. If we lose this battle, you and I won't have to go back to Quanzhou!"
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On the top of the mountain in the distance, Qian Wubing witnessed with his own eyes the destruction of the navy's Haicang fleet. The people around him saw their commander's face expressionless, but they didn't know that at this moment Qian Wubing was
In my sick heart, I was in a state of turmoil.
He had already highly underestimated the fighting power of the Spaniards, but the battle situation in front of him still taught him a lesson. In the Ming Dynasty, except for his Sihai fleet, all firearms were used for auxiliary purposes, and the Fujian Navy was no exception.
, fighting against the Spanish fleet that used firearms as its main means of attack, the Fujian Navy was really frustrated.
They only had one chance to fire their artillery, and the soldiers who were in the cabin, preparing for close combat or boarding the ship, did not even see the enemy, and became unjust ghosts.
At this moment, the situation of his six ironclad ships was not very optimistic when faced with dozens of enemy ships. At least, he began to feel that his act of coming to rescue was a little rash.
You should wait, your troops should not be dispersed, and wait until the tiger ministers convert the merchant ships from the south of the Yangtze River into warships, then wait for an opportunity to fight the Spaniards! I am too impatient.
His eyes were a little dull, so he put down the telescope in his hand, rubbed his eyes, and put the telescope in front of his eyes again.
In the telescope, the carrier ships on both wings have slowly begun to move towards the enemy ships, and the Spanish fleet, which has tilted its artillery fire behind the Haicang fleet, has slowly finished painting in front of the wreckage of the Haicang fleet.
An arc, at this moment, they were turning around, preparing to turn the other side of the ship's side to face the row of towering Ming fleets like a city.
The six armored ships completed their turn and remained silent. Qian Wubing knew that they were waiting for the best opportunity. Perhaps, when these Spanish warships turned around, they would understand that silence
What kind of surprise will the explosion bring to them?
A small group of mother ships bit the tail of the enemy fleet. There were not many ships, but five or six ships rushing ahead. The stern cannons of the Spanish warships rang out at this moment. This was the biggest attack they could provide to the enemies behind them.
of damage output.
Those mother-and-child ships and the last Spanish warship always maintained a route. What they faced was just a stern gun. Once such a good opportunity was missed, it would never happen again.
, presumably, the naval officers and soldiers on the carrier ship at this moment are also very aware of this.
Close, close!
Qian Wubing put the telescope in his hand tightly around the front mother ship, and could even clearly see the fire starters piled on the mother ship.
The Spanish warships were accelerating, and the mother ship was struggling to close the distance with the enemy warships. Behind them, a mother ship was hit by the enemy's artillery at the stern.
The man's sub-ship was torn apart by this shot, and the remaining mother ship ignited a raging fire and slowly stopped.