At this point, the three ships are connected together, although the weight and resistance are greatly increased. However, the powerful power burst out from the two triple-expansion steam engines quickly increased the speed to more than five knots. This is the maximum speed that Fuchuan can reach.
However, as it approached the enemy ship, its speed continued to increase. Now the three boats are more like a trimaran. The boat is thin and has little resistance. The speed began to exceed expectations, and at this time, the speed reached seven knots.
He Kegang just gave the order to turn the whole boat sideways, and saw the three boats on the opposite side rushing over menacingly. For a moment, he was so scared that his hands and feet were numb.
Are these people crazy? This is not a war, this is death together.
Even though the boat under his feet was much larger than theirs, both boats had underwater collision angles on their bows. Getting hit is no joke.
Moreover, the other party dropped all the sails, and only saw billowing black smoke coming from the thick black chimney. The speed of the boat is getting faster and faster, almost reaching twice the speed of Fuchuan's usual sailing speed.
What kind of ship is this and why is it so fast?
"Fire the cannon and sink them." He Kegang shouted loudly.
Boom boom boom! The Miezan finally opened fire.
Now the three boats were connected together and rushed within 300 meters at high speed. The reason why He Kegang didn't give the order to fire until this moment. It's because the red cannon has a long range. However, in order to increase the firepower and kill with one hit, He Kegang decided to wait for the enemy ship to enter the range of the 300-meter Fran cannon, then open fire on all the ships and concentrate the attack.
First, on the upper deck, five red cannons opened fire one after another. These twenty-four caliber cannons had shells weighing 18 pounds. This is a solid piece of heavy artillery. Forget about this special operations ship. Even if the clipper ship was hit, a hole would have to be made.
Within three seconds, five artillery shells flew in, and four of them flew away, flying past the left and right sides. Only one shell hit the Lantau on the left, an eighteen-pound lead shot. There was a loud bang, hitting the bow of the ship.
The kinetic energy of this shell was so huge that it directly collapsed the top floor of the forecastle at the bow of the ship. The shell refracted through the forecastle, flew up again, and finally plopped into the sea.
Although Zhu Zhu, Hong'er and others were lying on the ground in the cab, they still felt that the left side of the boat had been shot. But Captain Li remained unmoved, as if nothing had happened.
He was completely unaware of the dense raindrops on the forecastle that had been shattered by cannonballs, and the pieces of wood falling on the curved roof. He firmly held the steering wheel and looked at the Mie Mountain in the distance, which was constantly spewing out flames. Drive away.
He had ordered the steam engine to be turned on to maximum power. He just wanted to rush over and ram the enemy ship. And it crashed with three ships.
He knew that the boat under his feet was an iron-ribbed wooden hull. In other words, except for the metal structure of the keel and ribs, the ship's siding is made of wood and cannot withstand artillery bombardment.
But the collision is no problem. Because the collision is a competition of whose keel is stronger. The impact force will all act on the keel. The vulnerable party will have its keel broken and the entire ship scrapped.
Captain Lee saw the enemy ship on the opposite side getting closer. At this time, a line of fire crossed from the front of the ship to the back. Then a series of deafening cannon shots rang out.
Captain Li understood that it was the gun room on the lower deck of the opponent that opened fire. A total of twenty thousand-pound French cannons opened fire. Six-pound shot put came flying in densely.
Captain Li squatted down suddenly. A lead ball whizzed into the roof of the cab. Although the roof is made of two layers of wood sandwiched between a layer of three-millimeter-thick steel plate, it is impossible to block the direct fire of a six-pounder at such a close distance.
With a bang, the top cover of the cab was blown away. The shell made a groove on the top, and then ricocheted to another place and fell into the sea.
Hong'er screamed and looked back. I saw a large hole more than one meter wide and three meters long in the ceiling, and the armor on the roof was twisted and deformed, wrinkled like waves.
The back of the pillar was hurt by the flying debris. Fortunately, both he and Hong'er were wearing stab-proof clothing. Otherwise you will have to get injured.
At this time, the Lantau Island on both sides
and Xiqishan. One hit three shots, the other hit five. All were hit in the bow superstructure. The ship's superstructure was all destroyed and collapsed.
"Hurry up and load the red cannon. Hurry up. They're coming." Deng Changchun's nervous voice changed. shouted.
However, it was definitely too late to reload. These days, it takes three minutes to reload. Especially heavy artillery like the red cannon.
Deng Changchun saw that the red cannon was still more powerful. If the shot just now hit the waterline, it would definitely penetrate the enemy ship and cause a large amount of water to enter.
As long as the bow of the boat enters water, the speed will slow down all of a sudden.
The Fran cannon quickly changed its musket and fired another salvo. The three ships were again baptized with six-pound shells.
After the superstructure of the ship's bow was completely destroyed, this time several trenches were opened on the deck. But the substructure of the bow was not damaged. The three boats continued to speed up and rush forward.
At this time, the three ships were already in sight, and it was too late to fire the third round of Folan cannon.
"Everyone, hurry up, we're about to hit you." Captain Li shouted loudly. Now the cab has become open-air driving.
Zhuzi and Hong'er quickly rolled to the side of the ship and grabbed whatever they could around them.
At this time, there was a loud bang, and the three ships finally ran at a huge speed of ten knots and slammed into the port side of the Miezan.
The impact was so violent that the entire Miezan jumped sideways due to the force of the water, and a large area of the bottom of the ship was exposed to the water. Then it hit hard again and fell back into the sea.
The whole ship made a terrifying creaking sound. I wonder if the keel was cracked by the impact.
On the Miezan, many sailors were knocked sideways and fell into the water. He Kegang grabbed the cable in advance, but when the battleship jumped out of the water, he fell bruised and swollen.
"Cut off the steel hooks and cables immediately. Hurry up and get away from the two boats. We will reverse and run away." Captain Li shouted loudly.
He knew that they couldn't defeat such a big ship. There were more than a hundred Lumi gunslingers on that boat. There are also three hundred other troops. It would be wise to run away while they crashed their ship now.
Zhu Zhu and Dong Jin suddenly woke up. Jumped up immediately. He led his men to rush up to the sides and slashed at the fixed cables with knives and axes.
Then, all the cables were cut off. The three boats immediately broke away.
Because the three ships all had collision angles, and because they were facing the shelling just now, the impact speed was very high, and all of them drove the bows of the ships deeply into the port side of the Mieyama. Stuck inside.
Although the Miezan had 24 watertight compartments, sea water still surged in.
"Reverse the car immediately and get out of the corner." Captain Li shouted into the microphone.
The chief engineer immediately moved the wrench, put the car in reverse gear, and started reversing. ap.
The propeller began to rotate in reverse. There was a crunching sound, and the huge collision angle actually retreated from the inside of Mieshan's ship's side. When exiting, the huge force pulled the sunken ship planks and broken ribs outward again, creating a huge hole.
The sea water roared in. The Miezan was hit by three ships at three angles, causing three large holes. Seawater poured in, causing serious flooding in one side of the cabin. The entire ship immediately lost its stability. Begin to tilt.
The roll caused heavy equipment such as artillery to point toward the water, making it impossible to fire.
He Kegang looked at the fat boat and retreated from the Sanchongshan. After falling backward for a while, he turned around with the smashed bow and drove away at high speed.
He Kegang punched the guardrail angrily. Now the Sanchongshan was flooded with water and the ship was tilting seriously on the left side. There were two other shuttle boats stuck on it, making it impossible to pursue them. The cannons were also tilted and pointed toward the water, making it impossible to fire. All I could do was get stuck in the boat and run away.
