There are many types of chain bullets. The 203mm heavy gun like this uses multiple lead balls connected by iron chains.
First put the propellant into the gun barrel, then put a cork board to seal the gun barrel, and then load a bunch of chain bullets into it. After firing, the chain bullets will spin and hit the target.
There is a kind of chain bomb. In addition to two lead balls, there are several iron chains connected to a small crescent-shaped iron sickle. In this way, when the chain bomb flies up to the deck of the enemy ship, the rotating sickle will cut everything it encounters.
into two sections. Whether it is the mast or the enemy's sailors.
However, the range of spinning bullets such as chain bombs cannot be too far. Therefore, they must be fired at a close range.
As the signal command was conveyed, the three cruisers cut inward and began to approach the Japanese interception fleet at the east entrance of the strait.
Soon the cruiser was puffing black smoke from its chimney and reached a distance of 150 meters.
General Fujiwara was immediately overjoyed. He didn't know how to get close to them because they were too fast. Fortunately, they drove over on their own.
"Quick, quick, turn the sails, go up, meet up. Join the fight, jump to help, go up, quick, quick."
Fujiwara shouted excitedly and incoherently.
At this distance, they were still powerless because they lacked artillery, and their only long-range weapons were bows and arrows and iron cannons. Bows and arrows had a range of thirty meters, and iron cannons had a range of only fifty meters. They couldn't shoot.
Dong Tianpeng saw that the distance was close, and immediately ordered, "All of them are here, all the heavy guns on the port side should be replaced with chain ammunition, and fire one round."
Following the order, the Hengshan took the lead, starting from the first gun window on the port side, boom boom boom!
A series of shelling began. As thick smoke and flames erupted, chain bullets flew out of the gun barrel one after another.
At present, these heavy artillery are fired using the type of flintlock engine used on flintlock muskets. At the moment when aiming is good, you can use a match rope to pull the flintlock engine to ignite, and you can fire instantly.
If the flintlock engine fails, the backup method is to use a grenade to pull the flame tube.
Insert the fire tube into the fire door. Pull it hard and it will ignite instantly.
These chain bullets will be pushed by the propellant and the cork board and fly forward. The cork board will shatter at the moment of firing. After flying three meters out of the barrel, the chain bullets will spin open and spin towards the target.
The densely packed number of Anzha boats and small morning boats at 150 meters away were swept away by fifty-four spinning chain bombs.
Kohayabune is a small military ship from the Warring States Period to the Edo Period. "Kohayabune" means "small Hayabune (seki ship)" in Japanese.
The Kohaya has less than 40 oars. It does not have a general arrow warehouse for storing arrows that Anzabune and Kanbune have, and its defense is poor. However, it is flexible in action, so it is mainly used for reconnaissance and reconnaissance in war.
Send orders.
In addition, due to its flexible movement, it is also used to raid enemy forces. Just after the general gave the order, a large group of small boats took advantage of the small size of the boat to turn around, and collectively turned around and swarmed forward, preparing to approach the enemy ship and board the ship for hand-to-hand combat.
These boats are similar to the ones we commonly see for dragon boat racing during the Dragon Boat Festival, except they are much wider and have more than one meter high fenders on both sides of the boat. People can hide inside and get cover.
On this kind of boat, rowers and combatants are arranged alternately from front to back.
Under the protection of the walls on both sides, the oarsmen rowed, and the combatants sat and used the shooting ports to fire iron cannons or crossbows. They also had long weapons such as cross guns and naginata. In addition, there were grenades on this type of ship.
soldiers.
That is, after approaching an enemy ship, throw a baked jade, which is a ceramic shell bomb tied to a hemp rope. It is filled with gunpowder and poison. It can not only explode, but also produce poisonous smoke.
Although the boat is simple and lacks protection, with only one mast and one set of sails, it is the smallest galley in Japan. It is very maneuverable and flexible. There was a record of famous generals using small early boats to defeat the Oyasha ship during the Warring States Period.
Now Fujiwara has the same idea. Let the small boat take advantage of its fast speed and maneuverability to get close quickly. Fire the iron cannon at fifty meters, the bow at thirty meters, and throw the baked jade at ten meters. Then
Taking advantage of the explosions and smoke filling the enemy ship, launch a surprise attack and board the ship by force.
At this time, it depends on the skills of the warriors. They will jump to help and fight hand-to-hand with the enemy on the enemy ship.
If these small morning boats are raiding Japan's Anzha ships, there are also defensive measures. That is, let the sailors control the oars and use them to attack these small morning boats trying to get close to board the ship from a high position.
These sailors are all masters of dexterous use of oars. They can hit the boat accurately, and they can also create waves to overturn the boat.
As the leader of a small morning boat, Shinbei has seen clearly.
These three big white boats didn't have oars at all, so there was no need to be afraid of being slapped overhead by the oars. He smiled contemptuously. Although these enemies thought the boats were big, they had no means to deal with the small early boats.
These offensive and defensive routines were all familiar to all the great names during the Warring States Period.
These big white boats have bare sides and not a single oar.
In other words, they can't stop the morning boat from approaching. As long as the small morning boat can get close to it, they can climb aboard. When the time comes to fight hand-to-hand on the boat, they are full of confidence.
Because they are all veterans who have fought many battles. They are skilled in sword skills, flexible in footwork, and agile in jumping.
The guns of the three cruisers were also pointed at these small morning boats rushing over. Who made them rush the fastest and the most forward? According to naval maneuvers, priority is given to shooting at targets with the greatest threat on the battlefield.
Boom, boom, boom! A series of gunshots fired, and thick smoke sprayed out for more than thirty meters, and was blown away by the sea breeze.
However, the whirling chain bullets flew towards the small morning boats one after another.
All Shinbei saw was a dark mass spinning and flying towards him.
Before I could see clearly what it was, my vision went dark and I didn't know anything at all.
A burst of blood and flesh flew everywhere. Starting from him standing at the bow, a ship was emptied from head to stern by a spinning chain bomb.
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Cut to pieces.
The remains of human bodies and limbs were flying around, and the Japanese-style armor on their bodies was also cut into pieces by the sickle, and the armor pieces were flying around. Blood spurted all over the ship.
The high-speed spinning lead balls and sickles ignored the small morning boat's wall panels, the armors and bodies of the personnel. They flew past and chopped them all into pieces. The walls on both sides of the boat were stained red with blood and flesh spraying out.
The person who was hit by this kind of chain bullet was very frightened. From the waist up, everything was broken into pieces.
Kinoshita Tokichiro was holding the rudder at the stern of the ship. He was instantly frightened. He saw a black thing spinning at high speed and flying towards him with a scream, and then his flesh was chopped into pieces.
sound.
The small leader of their group, Shinbei, had a wooden baffle in front that could block iron cannon bullets. However, it was instantly destroyed by these whistling iron balls, and a long line of people behind him were turned into blood mist and fragments.
Throw it everywhere.
Kinoshita Tokichiro froze in fear and lost the ability to move. He watched helplessly as the chain bullets hit the people behind the mast after killing all the people in front.
Suddenly, there was a click, and the chain of the chain bullet was entangled in the mast.
Once the chain bullet is blocked by something, it will spiral around the thing. Just watch the chain bullet wrap around the mast. After spinning at high speed for several times, there was a click, and the mast was twisted and fell diagonally.
It fell into the sea. It made a popping sound and splashed into the sky.
The few survivors in the back of the boat were so frightened that they almost collapsed. The water fell and drowned them.