He Kegang didn't take this broken boat that looked like a river ship seriously.
In his opinion, although these smugglers would hire some desperadoes as thugs, they would not be enough to stand up to the regular navy of the imperial court.
He was also full of confidence in the largest battleship of the Longhu Navy under his feet.
This was a sealing ship. The other two ships were sentry boats. He took command of this largest sealing ship and asked the two sentrying boats ahead to capture the prisoners.
His ship is a large sealing ship. It is more than 66 meters long and about 17 meters wide. It has 24 cabins and can carry 31,500 stones. Each ship is equipped with sailors, more than 30 boatmen and 380 sailors. On the artillery,
Equipped with 8 Hongyi cannons and 40 Qianjin Folang machines.
Zhuzi and Hong'er didn't know that they were in big trouble. The red cannon on this ship actually had eight 500kg Fran cannons, which were not much worse than the 500kg copper-fired cannons equipped by Yang Fan in the car camp.
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Although due to air leakage, the firing range is only 300 meters, which is not as far as the 500-meter range of the copper-fired cannon of the muzzleloader. However, the rate of fire is much faster. Even though Yang Fan's cannon uses a custom-made silk powder bag, it does not have a firing range of 500 meters.
The Folan cannon, which can quickly replace its guns, has a fast rate of fire. The first three rounds only take 26 seconds.
As for the red cannons at the bow and stern, and three red cannons on each side, the effective range is at the kilometer level, and the maximum range is more than five thousand meters. Of course, the maximum range is meaningless, and it is impossible to hit it.
It's of no use.
These eight red cannons were specially bought from Macau by the people of Donglin. They were transferred from the British East India Company. This is an important guarantee to support Yuan Chonghuan in controlling the military power in Liaodong. Yuan Chonghuan's control method is to send all money, food and weapons to
Juehua Island is under his control.
The power of the navy plays a decisive role. As long as you control the sea transportation, you control the army.
In addition to its fierce firepower, the Feng Ship is an imitation of a Dutch warship. It is not a Ming ship. It got its name because the Ming Dynasty court used this type of ship to go to Ryukyu for canonization.
This kind of ship has a huge hull, can sail quickly, and is not afraid of wind and waves.
This ship is the flagship of the Longhu Navy and the treasure of Commander Yuan. This ship is the most powerful warship on the Liaodong Sea. It has always been a special warship used by He Kegang, who is in charge of the Longhu Navy.
With this ship watching, no one on the warships in front dared to run away, because even if they couldn't escape, they couldn't fight.
The two rushing boats in front are not easy to deal with either.
A rushing ship is a type of large Fu ship. The word rushing means that this kind of ship is very fast and can reach a speed of five knots. The steering control is very flexible, so it is very suitable for combat ships.
It can be used outside the boat, and can also be used for fishing and transporting wood. Because the bottom of the boat is often painted with white ash or white paint to prevent corrosion by barnacles and other sea insects, it is also called a "white bottom boat."
The other two warships are Zhongganzhuan, 23 meters long, 6 meters wide and 2 meters deep. They are equipped with sailors, more than 20 boatmen and 90 sailors.
Both of these boats have two masts, two rudders, and two iron anchors.
The later Zheng Chenggong Navy and the main warships of the Navy in the early Qing Dynasty also had this type of ship.
The construction of this kind of boat is also very unique. The length of the boat is generally more than 20 meters, and various auspicious patterns are painted on the stern of the boat to pray for a good harvest and safe sailing.
Because the auspicious patterns are rich in color, they are called "flower butts".
The rushing boat combines the advantages of the design and construction of the Fu Chuan. It is considered an excellent type of ship among the Fu boats.
When building a rushing boat, the most important thing is to determine the keel. The craftsman must first determine the length of the keel, and then determine the lengths of the head keel, middle keel and tail keel in proportion. Then determine the curvature of the two ends of the keel.
After the keel is set, the craftsman selects several positions for placing the beams at the front, middle and rear of the keel, symmetrically determines the upper and lower width of the ship on both sides, and then determines the beams and other components to form the basic line shape of the hull.
The Longhu Navy uses warships, not cargo ships or merchant ships. The main difference is in the length of the keel and ribs. The keel of the warship is made of the best hardwood and must be dried in the shade for more than ten years. The keel is much thicker than that of cargo ships and merchant ships.
Merchant ship.
The main factors that determine the ability to resist artillery shells are the ship's siding and ribs.
The ribs of the Longhu Navy are every one foot, while merchant ships and cargo ships only have one every one foot. The wall panels of the Longhu Navy are half a foot thick and are three-layer seamed.
Made. But merchant ships and cargo ships are only three inches thick.
Of course, with less materials and fewer processes, you can save two-thirds or even four-fifths of the money. But once you start fighting, it will be over very quickly.
Therefore, since ancient times, military products have not adopted the standards of civilian products. Military products and civilian products are completely two different things.
Later, because John Bull was short of money, the 60,000-ton aircraft carrier used conventional gas turbine power and adopted the construction standards of civilian ships. What happened? When it was launched, the propeller fell off and it leaked again.
He Kegang could see clearly from the monocular telescope that although the other party's boat was not small, it was about the same size as his two medium-sized escort boats, and even thicker.
But that ship had no cannons, because no gun windows were visible, and the deck was closed except for the middle.
Such a ship is like a lamb to be slaughtered in front of naval battleships.
The two ships sent by He Kegang were better equipped.
The ship is tall, with an upward tip, a raised head and a stern, two masts, and a three-story cabin. There are buildings in front and behind the ship as high as a castle tower. There are shields on the side of the ship, allowing soldiers to cover behind it and shoot arrows at enemy ships.
Fire bombs, throw fireballs, fire bricks, and fire barrels.
This rushing ship is fast and flexible, and can use ramming tactics. The keel of the bow is equipped with a bronze ramming horn. When the current and wind are favorable, it can use ramming to sink the enemy's ship.
The ship is equipped with a large copper tribute cannon at the bow, six Qianjin Folang machines on each side of the ship, three bowl-mouth blunderbuss, 20 thunder cannons, and 60 spray canisters.
Thunder cannon, a light artillery created in the late Ming Dynasty.
The gun was more than 1 foot long and weighed 20 kilograms. There was a fire door at the rear. There were round holes drilled into the barrel wall behind the fire door, which were nailed with iron prongs when firing to reduce its recoil.
The pitch angle when launching changes with the amount of the charge. Roughly, for every 2 taels of charge, the muzzle is raised by 1 inch. The range of the shot changes with the size of the projectile.
This thing is actually a large carrying gun.
There are 80 soldiers on board, equipped with 10 muskets, 10 gunpowder crossbows, 500 crossbow arrows, 10 swarm rockets, a total of 300 rockets, 100 fire bricks (incendiary bombs for throwing), and more than 100 cold weapons.
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For the convenience of fighting, soldiers are organized into 5 armors.
One is the Fo Lang mecha, which controls the ship's bow cannon and the Fo Lang mecha, and throws fireballs and fire bricks at close enemies.
The second armor is the shotgun armor, which is specialized in shooting shotguns.
The third and fourth armors are javelin throwers and boat operators for close combat.
The fifth armor is the fire crossbow armor, which is specialized in shooting rockets.
He Kegang watched as the other party stopped the boat and lowered the sails. He smiled contemptuously. He didn't know what Li Yongfang's good-for-nothing son thought of him, so he actually had Liu Xingzuo's family members kidnapped in Shenyang.
Now, it depends on how you can settle this matter. But in the future, Liu Xingzuo will be controlled by Dong Lin because his family is in Dong Lin's hands. From now on, nothing will happen to Li Yongfang.
It's all their fault. It's not that Donglin is untrustworthy.
"Sir, the enemy ship is trapped. The hook lock has been locked. They can't escape."