The torpedo is a very powerful naval damage weapon. It has a simple structure but extremely powerful power. When scientists studied underwater weapons in the early 19th century, they discovered a multiplication effect. Guns of the same weight exploded underwater. It is a thousand times more powerful than an explosion in the air.
This kind of experiment always results in a large number of dead fish, so people just call it fish#雷!
Why are fish mines so powerful? That's because the density of water is about 1,000 times that of air, so the energy transferred by the same equivalent explosion underwater is 1,000 times greater than in the air. This is the so-called multiplication effect.
When a gun explodes in the air, a lot of energy is consumed when compressing the explosive air, so the actual lethality of the gun is much smaller.
In underwater explosions, since water is incompressible, water pressure can increase the directionality of the released energy. Some small-tonnage ships will be directly broken by the water pressure, thus accelerating the sinking of the ship.
The dinner that the Chinese brought to the Spanish fleet today was twenty powerful torpedoes, three of which were old but reliable pole torpedoes, and the rest were the latest model steam torpedoes.
The pole torpedo is a type of fixed torpedo. You can also think of it as a mobile mine that is pushed by a battleship!
The torpedo is fixed underwater by a long pole. The distance of fifteen meters can provide a limited safety distance for the own ship. Although this distance is not very safe, it can at least give people a little room to escape.
The pole and the fish mine hit the battleship below the waterline, triggering the fuse and igniting the gun directly. Fifty kilograms of powerful gunfire exploded underwater, and the powerful destructive force directly tore apart the fragile iron Wood deck.
The entire battleship shook. The captain was thrown to the deck by the force of the impact. He rolled and broke his ribs. When he endured the severe pain, he stood up and looked outside.
Only then did I realize that a vortex had appeared on the port side of the bow, and tons of seawater was pouring into the bottom tank!
The soldiers screaming strangely fled upward from the bottom cabin. The ship had already tilted significantly. Countless sailors on the deck were completely frightened and jumped into the sea desperately.
"Oh God! What happened to the explosion... What's the situation in the bottom cabin?"
"Captain, please abandon the ship! There is no way to save it. The bottom compartment is all submerged, and the underwater part of the bow has been blown to pieces..."
"It's impossible to describe how big the gap is. The keel has been completely blown away..."
It's over. The captain put his hand on his forehead and kept feeling dizzy, "*! It's actually *! Why are the Chinese equipped better than us? Why do they have the most advanced *, but we don't..."
"O God! Why did you send down such a satanic devil to punish your believers..."
"Stop praying, captain, leave quickly..." The second officer rushed over and pushed the captain to escape. The sea was full of floating lifeboats.
In the first wave of attacks, the three pole fish# mine boats were completely victorious. What was even more gratifying was that none of the three steam paddle steamers was destroyed.
The distance of fifteen meters protected the structural safety of the paddle steamer, but the powerful underwater shock wave caused huge waves. Five sailors fell into the sea and their lives were unknown.
The surviving ship boss was so excited that he shed tears, "Mazu bless you! We survived! The Lord of Hell confiscated us!"
"Hahaha! The head of state is indeed a real dragon. We work hard for the head of state, and the Dragon King has to keep us clear of the way!"
"Left full rudder, make way for friendly forces..."
These ship bosses and old sailors are all soldiers who were bought for ten big yellow croakers. After rigorous training, they will fight to the death today!
At present, the gun technology is not very stable, and the danger is still very high. These people all go into the battle with a certain death intention, but they did not expect that with the blessing of the Dragon King and Mazu, the first batch of attacks would be a great success.
Except for the five missing people, the remaining people are all safe!
"Long live!" The paddle steamers behind were all crazy. Even the pole mine boats were safe and sound. These steam fish mine boats must be safer!
"Search for prey according to the established target... launch in three batches! Don't let any one go, wipe out all enemy ships!"
The old-fashioned strut-fixed torpedoes were retired, and the more advanced pneumatic-launched torpedoes entered the launch state. In 1867, the Chinese quartermaster bought the design drawings of the steam-pressure torpedo from the British Whitehead.
After modifications by Prussian and Chinese engineers, coupled with continuous capital investment, the torpedoes produced by the Chinese are not only more powerful than the Black torpedoes produced in Britain, but also have better power.
The sixteen-inch long torpedo lay quietly in the cylindrical launch tube. The paddle steamer's steam engine continuously provided pressure to the torpedo launcher. When the launcher turned on the switch, the high-pressure gas would Launch huge fish mines into the sea water.
Steam pressure not only exists in the launch tube, but also high-pressure gas is added inside the torpedo. These gases drive the reciprocating engine and drive the propeller to rotate.
These high-pressure gases are enough to move 220 yards underwater at a speed of 23 knots, which is a full distance of 200 meters.
However, Wu Haoran was obviously very courageous. He decided to launch three torpedoes at an ultra-close range of 100 meters to improve the hit accuracy. For this victory, all these dead soldiers risked their lives.
"Ship No. 5...launch!"
"Ship No. 4 determines the target...launch!"
"Steam failure occurred in the No. 1 boat... The left rudder left the battle sequence and joined the last firing team..."
Bang bang bang... There was a muffled sound of the steam cabin suddenly popping open on the sea surface, and the high-temperature and high-pressure gas pushed the huge gun into the sea with a whooshing sound.
The sailors watched as white tracks appeared on the sea surface, which were bubbles stirred by high-pressure gas ejected from the tail.
The Spaniards were desperate. No matter how fast they were, they could not beat these underwater killers. The second wave of four heavy steam bombs all hit the target, and a huge explosion echoed on the surface of Brunei Bay.
The sneak attack of the fish # mine boat brigade, seven Spanish warships suffered devastating blows in just two attacks!
What's even more frightening is that these heavy-duty torpedoes are designed to attack steel giants like the Zhiyuan. They are so powerful that they are unimaginably powerful. These wooden sail battleships from the last century are simply unable to withstand them.
Even the strongest ironwood battleship is as fragile as a paper boat under such damage!
The most terrifying battleship, the entire bow of the ship was blown down, just like a cross section under a scalpel, and the entire internal structure of the battleship was presented to people like a model.
This is the astonishing result caused by the technological generation gap, which is simply not something that human power can resist!
The Spanish national destiny had already passed away with the wind with the end of the Age of Discovery. After encountering such tragic battle losses, these warships hung out white flags without even asking the flagship for instructions.
"Don't fight...surrender! Our ship surrenders to you! Please, don't fight...we surrender!"
There were countless corpses floating on the sea, as well as Spanish sailors who fell into the water. They waved their arms to the Chinese and shouted in a crying voice, "We surrender! Stop firing, we won't fight! Surrender..."
Wu Haochen, Fangdong and others were all dumbfounded: "Stop firing, pause shooting!"
"It hurts your lungs! Why are you so cowardly? We surrendered before the last wave of ambush troops showed up? Are these foreign devils too soft-boned?"
Amidst the ridicule and scolding, in the dark night in the far north, five warships supported by Ryukyu were approaching Brunei Bay according to the prescribed time.
Originally, they were the last group of ambush soldiers to intercept them, but now it seemed that they were useless!
