In fact, according to experience, in a confrontation between a naval fleet and shore-based artillery, the navy generally has the advantage, because the navy has a natural advantage in artillery.
The first point is that the warship floats on the water and the artillery is placed on the ship. People do not need to consider the long-distance movement of the artillery. Therefore, as long as the ship's load and hull structure can hold up, the caliber of the cannon can be made larger.
The Army cannot do this. What field artillery needs to consider is mobility. Excessive weight of the artillery will increase the difficulty of movement.
When the calibers of artillery are different, the large-caliber artillery on the battleship has an advantage. It has a long range and can fire outside the range of the field gun. It can hit you casually, but you can't reach the battleship.
Different calibers naturally lead to different firepower. Large-caliber artillery naturally takes advantage!
Another point is the flexibility of warships. They can fight and run. If they can gain advantage, they can fire their guns. If they don't, they can raise sails and move their positions.
The confrontation between field artillery and battleships is really a disadvantage, so countries will desperately build permanent coastal defense forts!
Of course, warships will suffer against the permanent fort. The permanent fort has high defense, is strategically placed, and the cannon firepower far exceeds that of the warship.
Although the firing rate is slower, it is powerful! As long as one shot hits the battleship, it will either kill or cripple it!
Therefore, in historical naval battles, field guns were rarely used against battleships. Of course, battleships rarely relied on their own strength to fight against permanent coastal defense forts.
In fact, the Spaniard got into the pocket unprepared this time, and actually suffered a loss from empiricism!
Before the liberation of Brunei, it was just a small sultanate that had a friendly relationship with the Dutch colonists. The domestic system belonged to a very old medieval theocratic system.
Science and technology do not exist here, and economic development is also very poor. Brunei is rich in the 21st century because of the rise of the oil industry.
The impoverished Brunei certainly does not have those advanced and large-scale coastal defense forts to protect the city, and the Chinese have just taken over Brunei and have not had time to build forts.
This made the Spaniards neglectful. Their thoughts were all on the Chinese warships on the sea, and they never thought that the Chinese would use field artillery to attack the warships.
The error of empiricism! They did not expect that the Chinese would be so barbaric and not afraid of death, and they forgot that the night itself provided cover for the Chinese.
Moreover, the blocked Brunei Bay restricted the mobility of the warships. As a result, this bombardment, which violated empiricism, actually caused very heavy casualties to the Spanish fleet.
The bombardment lasted only half an hour. The three warships had burned all their sails, the entire ship had lost its ability to move, the deck and hull were riddled with holes, and there were dead bodies everywhere.
The other warships didn't get there either, and all suffered minor injuries. The five warships were desperately fighting the fire, while the remaining warships had broken away from the formation and started rushing toward the open sea in a panic.
"Haha, can you really run away? Do you know that we Chinese have a saying!" Fangdong suddenly said with murderous intent, "I dare to pull down the emperor even if I am willing to be killed!"
"We are willing to die, so don't even think about escaping!"
"Send the signal! It's Wu Haoran's turn to take action. Where are our dead soldiers!"
Bang bang bang... Three fireworks soared into the sky. From the western waters of Cape Peron in the northwest of Brunei Bay, a light suddenly lit up. It was a unique signal light on sea ships, and then the sound of rushing water sounded in the distance. .
Twenty small steam paddle steamers rushed out from the darkness. These ships were very small and had a full load capacity of no more than forty tons. They were very common inland waterway transport ships in Europe and the United States.
In the early history of the development of the western United States, these small boats made a huge contribution to economic development. They can travel on almost all rivers. They can haul thirty or forty tons of supplies at a time without any problem and run very fast. With a little modification, they can Become a cruise ship that attracts guests.
This kind of ship is small in tonnage, fast, and very cheap. However, the only disadvantage is that it was originally designed for inland navigation and cannot adapt to the wind and waves on the sea.
But this kind of old steam paddle steamer, which is about to be eliminated, appeared on the Brunei sea today. They moved quickly along the area with the least wind and waves on the coast. The sailors and sailors on the ship all had desperate expressions on their faces.
Wu Haoran was standing on the largest steamship among them. On the front deck of this steamship, there was a huge cylinder with a diameter of more than 70 centimeters.
The cylinder made of pure steel was more than five meters long and was firmly fixed on the deck with rivets. The front end of the cylinder was pointed straight ahead. Wu Haoran held the cylinder with his hand and said a murderous expression on his face.
What’s even more weird is that there are three small paddle steamers leading the way at the front of the steam paddle steamer fleet. These three paddle steamers do not have these cylinders, but have a long iron rod inserted directly into the sea water.
I don’t know how long the iron rod is. The part above the water is more than ten meters long. It seems that it is at least four or five meters under the water!
Twenty steam paddle steamers lined up and rushed sideways towards the outlet of Brunei Bay.
Ahead was a Spanish warship that was firing wildly. The soldiers on the paddle boats could only look up at the tall hull. However, everyone showed no fear on their faces, but there was a bloody madness on their faces.
On the first three paddle steamers, the captains and sailors were going crazy. They held porcelain bottles with one hand and bit open the corks with their mouths. The burning knives shipped from far away China were like fire lines burning into their stomachs.
Everyone's eyes were red, and the captain yelled, "Ten large yellow croakers per person! We have already handed them over to my wife and children! If we don't work hard at this time, the Lord of the Sea will not let us go!"
"A man who eats food from overseas...is not afraid of death..."
"Crash into it!"
In addition to ordinary sailors, there are also navy soldiers on each paddle steamer. Some of them have young faces that look like they are student soldiers who have not graduated from the Naval Academy.
They didn't drink strong alcohol, they relied entirely on discipline to suppress fear!
"Don't be afraid! As long as we follow...the previous training...we won't die!"
"At least... at least the chance of death is much smaller... Listen to me and follow the training!"
Before he finished speaking, the student soldier had been lifted up by the unshaven boss of the ship. The eyes of the old man who had spent his whole life on the sea were full of tenderness at this moment!
"Child... can you swim? If you can swim, run away..." After saying that, he threw the student soldier into the sea with one hand.
"Yazi... swim quickly! Mazu bless you... you are educated and will become a general in the future, you don't need to die here!"
"Stay alive... I'll earn some merit today!"
"Speed up and hit me!"
The student soldier who was thrown into the sea burst into tears. Before he could shout, a wave came over and his words and tears were mixed in the sea water.
When he looked up again, he saw that the paddle steamer had already rushed towards the nearest Spanish warship!
The Spanish screamed in horror, and the cannons on the deck began to fire at the paddle steamers. Unfortunately, these ships faced the flanks of the battleships, and the small cannon on the bow alone was useless.
At the entrance of Brunei Bay, a group of sea bosses who didn't care about their lives rushed towards the Spanish ship, and the fifteen-meter-long pole slammed into the waterline of the enemy ship.
Just hearing a loud bang, the entire body of the Spanish battleship shook!
