Yang Fan stood on the balcony and used binoculars to observe the battle ahead.
This is actual combat, not a drill. Only the real battlefield can test the strength of the army.
Yang Fan has been in battle for a long time, and any cruel scenes are no longer strange. But at this time, seeing the chain bullets cutting people, I still felt uncomfortable. Naval battles are a hundred times more brutal than land battles.
"Master, show me." Xiao Niangpi raised her little face and said.
"Don't look at it, it will make you have nightmares at night." Yang Fan said without looking back.
"Hey! Do you think I'm scared? I've never seen anything before, and I'm still afraid of this." Xiao Niangpi curled her lips and said.
Also, people who come from a place like Dongchang are hard-hearted and are used to seeing all kinds of cruel things. Their mental training is extremely powerful.
So, Yang Fan had nothing to say and handed the binoculars to her and Lin Yueru. They both looked at each other naughtily with one eye.
As a result, the battlefield in front of them was full of blood and flesh and blood.
Seeing that a small morning boat was hit by a chain bullet fired from the front, the flying iron chain with a sickle swept across the surface of the boat. A bloody alley was created. .
Then another chain bullet hit the side, directly smashing the siding and ship planks into pieces, and countless sawdust and pieces of wood flew into the sky.
With just two shots, the people on this small morning boat were basically emptied. The hull was also damaged by a lead ball. Sea water poured into the cabin like crazy. This small morning boat was leaning sideways for a long time, but it capsized because too much water entered on one side.
The three boats quickly fired fifty-four rounds of chain bombs.
More than a dozen small morning boats were destroyed, some sank, some only had their hulls left, and everything on them was bulldozed.
Looking at the miserable situation of some small boats, they were beaten to pieces before they even reached the shooting range. The person behind the boat was so frightened that he did not respond for a long time, causing the boat to continue to rush forward.
At this time, the captain of a closed ship, Teru Maeda, came to his senses and quickly ordered a U-turn and retreat.
Compared with the small Anzhabune, the Kanbune is relatively similar. The overall structure of a Kanbune is similar to that of an Yabune. There is a "Soyakura" on top for people to live and move around. Generally, it only has one floor. The lower hull is used to store cargo.
The biggest difference between a Seki-bune and an Anzha-bune is that the Anzha-bune has a small length-to-width ratio, that is, it is a short, stubby and fat type, which is relatively stable but slow. The Guanfeng is much slender and faster. There is no castle tower in Sekifune. The samurai are all on the deck on Soyakura. Sekifune has a mast and can hang sails. But the mast can be lowered when not in use.
So the difference between Anzhabune, Kanbune and Kosenbune is very clear. The Anzhai ship has two layers of main yakura, one layer for rowing oars and one layer for iron cannons. The top deck is for the samurai.
In the main Yagura on the first floor of Sekifune, all the oarsmen and cannonmen were inside, arranged in staggered positions. At the top are the warriors.
The small morning boat simply doesn't have a total Yagura, it's just a hull with bulwarks.
Anya ships were used as ships for feudal lords, generals, and other officials. It has a command function and a solid structure, making it a maritime fortress. The ship has poor protection, but is fast, and is used for boarding battles and gang-hopping battles. These ships were the main battleships and were numerous in number. The small morning boat is lighter, smaller, and less protected, and is used for reconnaissance and raids.
Compared with Anzha ships, Guan ships have a shallow draft, lower load capacity, and lower dead weight, so they have better flexibility and speed. This kind of ship got its name because it was first used to collect customs duties in the Seto Inland Sea.
If you don't have flexibility and speed, you won't be able to catch up with the merchant ship, and you'll have to pay ridiculous taxes.
Just like today's coast guard ships must emphasize speed. Otherwise, if you encounter Da Fei, you can only watch him disappear.
But it was too late to retreat at this time.
"The second shot, use incendiary bombs, fire freely." Dong Tianpeng continued to order.
The biggest threat to the morning boats was destroyed by more than a dozen boats. Suddenly, all the boats turned around and ran back. The danger was temporarily lifted.
At this time, the cruiser only needs to keep its distance and turn around in a circle. Their iron cannons couldn't hit them at this distance.
The armor of the cruiser is not even afraid of artillery, let alone these iron cannons. Mainly to prevent the matchlock gun from hitting the personnel operating the sail on the deck.
, causing unnecessary casualties.
Now these cruisers have formed a generation gap in attacking the Japanese navy fleet. This is a dimensionality reduction strike that cannot be made up by the tactics and bravery of the officers and soldiers.
Cruiser gunners love nothing more than free fire. This is to give the gun crew the bottom of the shooting target, and they decide what target to shoot.
At this time, no one was shooting at the small boat. They were all running towards the big boat with all their strength. After all, with the same cannon, the merits of sinking a large ship and a small ship are different.
At this time, if you hesitate, the victory will become someone else’s.
The Yan Jinhua gun crew of the Hengshan immediately became excited after hearing the order to fire freely. Now we all know that there are opportunities for promotion in the Navy once you first achieve success. Everyone is gearing up and preparing to do something big.
"Boss, which one should we fight?" Xiaodouzi asked. He is the second gunner and the youngest in the artillery crew. Only fourteen years old this year.
In this era, the fleet generally likes to recruit some children on board and train them from an early age, usually thirteen or fourteen years old is the most suitable.
For example, the British Navy also has this tradition. Vice Admiral Nelson joined the ship at the age of thirteen. When he was a teenager, he lost an arm in a naval battle and an eye in another naval battle.
"Of course it's the big ones. Who cares about those little shrimps? Have you seen the tallest boat? The tiles in the castle tower are all covered with gold foil." Yan Jinhua pointed with his hand.
The gun crew put down their binoculars and took a breath. That boat is the farthest, a full thousand meters away. But this boat is also the largest. At first glance, it looks like a big shot ship.
"Boss, can we hit him from such a distance? Don't waste time, let's hit him from close range." Lu Aiqiu, a fat black man, said in an angry voice.
This distance is not easy to hit, and you need to calculate the wind speed and direction. Although there is a shooting table at the boss, it is very difficult. Although the effective range of these heavy artillery is 1,500 meters. However, hitting the 1,000-meter target is no joke.
This is a moving-on-moving shooting. Both ships are moving, both moving in six directions.
This is not target shooting on land. It's as simple as calculating the wind speed.
"You know what the heck, this is a big fish. Catching it will do more for you than sinking ten small morning boats. It's better to eat a mouthful of peaches than to eat a basket of rotten apricots. Get moving and reload quickly." Yan Jinhua ordered.
Seeing that the leader had made up his mind, everyone stopped persuading them and had no choice but to honestly start loading the propellant, and then move the heavy gun back along the slide rail to its final position.
Two people carried a forty kilogram pointed cylindrical copper shell and loaded it from the muzzle.
The shells were very heavy and loading from the muzzle was very troublesome. The barrel must be placed in a horizontal position to push the shell in.
After loading the shells, Yan Jinhua was the gunner and aimer. He squinted and looked over the gun's aiming device. Following the largest ship, the castle tower was covered with gold foil and glittered in the sun, aiming towards it.
