"Peng" under the guidance of Wang Mazi, the gunner on Wang Mazi's ship began test firing.
"boom"
This mortar directly hit the waterline of Fort Meade as if it had eyes.
The violent explosion directly opened a large hole of about a foot in the Fort Meade. The water rushes towards the cabin of the Fort Meade.
"Hit, hit the waterline, from this angle, ten more shots." Wang Mazi said excitedly.
Under normal circumstances. The result of the test firing is 3 points depending on technique and 7 points depends on God’s will.
Especially in sea battles, you are lucky if you can hit one of the first three test shots.
Now one shot hits, and the first shot hits the waterline of the opponent's warship. Definitely lucky to be laid off.
"Peng, Peng... Peng"
"Boom, boom,"
A mortar exploded at a muzzle of the Fort Meade, directly igniting the gunpowder next to it, and the Fort Meade exploded violently.
The explosion directly caused the fire on the USS Fort Meade. Coupled with the shelling just now, the Fort Meade was in chaos for a while.
"This ship is finished." After saying this, Wang Mazi looked at the other Xiyi warships.
The Fort Meade is indeed a qualified battleship, but in the final analysis it is still a wooden battleship. Once it explodes and catches fire, it is doomed to sink.
Not to mention, the other party is now in chaos, and there is a big hole on the waterline of the ship.
The attack method of the Ming army's eagle ships greatly exceeded the expectations of the Western Yi coalition forces.
Upon seeing this, the captains of the other Dutch ships ordered to bombard the Ming army's eagle ship, regardless of whether they would gather their teammates, while trying to distance themselves from the opponent as much as possible.
But it was too late at this time, a large number of eagle ships had already reserved their positions.
Each of the 35 warships of the Western Yi Alliance was targeted by at least 4 eagle ships.
The rest of the pirate ships. Each ship was also targeted by at least one Eagle Ship.
Wang Mazi and the others had just finished their attack, and the other eagle ships also launched attacks.
After all, military merit is calculated based on the number of ships sunk by the opponent. And cannonballs cost no money.
In order to ensure firepower, each Eagle ship is equipped with 2 mortars and 100 rounds of artillery shells, which is enough to support a big battle.
"Peng, Peng...Peng" With the fierce attack of the eagle ship, sparks appeared on many ships of the Western Yi coalition.
"Boom, boom, boom." The Western Yi coalition launched a crazy counterattack, hoping to kill the opponent.
The method of the Western Yi Allied Forces, although the ship was large and had many cannons, was limited by the firing speed and accuracy of the artillery.
In addition, the Eagle Ship is relatively small and extremely flexible. The artillery's hit rate is extremely low.
On the other hand, the Ming army used grenade launchers, although the range was far inferior to the naval guns of the Xiyi fleet.
However, the rate of fire is extremely high. As long as it finds that it can hit the opponent, it will fire several times to increase the damage.
for a time,
Almost all the Western Yi warships were decorated.
Although occasionally artillery shells concentrated on the Ming army's eagle ship, causing explosions.
But this situation is rare after all.
Soon the Xiyi fleet fell into a disadvantage.
"Stop the bombardment of the whole army and quickly turn around and attack." On the Dinghai, Zhu Dinghai ordered through the command flag.
Although I don't want to admit it,
But I have to admit that the ships and guns of the Xiyi fleet are better than those of the Ming Dynasty.
The faster speed and longer range established the opponent's position as the ocean's dominant force.
If it were someone else directing the battle here,
Or if you don’t have the treasure of a grenade in your hand, even if you can win, you can’t stop the opponent.
The Ming Dynasty's navy owed too many debts, and the years of maritime ban basically destroyed the strength of the corresponding craftsmen.
Although over the years, Zhu Youjian had secretly trained some shipbuilding craftsmen, and after he ascended the throne, he even plundered most of North Korea's shipbuilding craftsmen.
In Jinzhou, they vigorously developed ships and artillery for public welfare.
But there is still a certain gap between the Ming Dynasty and the West.
Especially after seeing the warships that brought the Xiyi fleet, Zhu Youjian was even more disappointed with the Ming Dynasty's warships.
So we decided to conduct a boarding battle and shoot a few warships back to study.
Seeing the main force of the Ming army approaching, the pirates who had been beaten were dumbfounded and hurriedly hoisted the white flag high.
The eagle ship attacking him took a look and hurriedly stopped the bombardment.
When the other pirates saw this, they didn't care about the morality of the world and directly raised the white flag.
The surrender of these pirates completely crushed the Western Barbarian Allied Forces and saw countless eagle ships approaching. These Western warships also hurriedly hoisted the white flag.
"General, 10 more warships from the Xiyi fleet were discovered later." Just as the fleet was accepting prisoners, the scouts on the island once again conveyed a message.
"Good guy, these barbarians are so cunning, they actually hid the fleet."
"Tie up all the prisoners, and then all the large fleets will drag their trophies with me to meet the guests."
Miss Fort Nalo was lying on a chair, carefully tasting the red wine in his hand.
"No, the Ming fleet has come out. Our coalition forces have been defeated." A messenger rushed in in panic.
"Pfft." The precious red wine in Naluo's mouth was spat out in one breath.
"Why is the coalition defeated? Do you know that falsely spreading military information is punishable by hanging?"
"Sir, I'm not talking nonsense. If you don't believe me, go out and have a look. Lord Naci has been defeated. Now the main force of the Ming army is heading this way."
"No, the coalition has 35 warships and more than 150 pirate ships. Even if the people on them are all pigs, they will not be defeated by the Ming army so quickly."
"Sir, it's true. If you don't believe it, go out and have a look. Order a retreat quickly, otherwise we won't be able to escape." Seeing that Naluo didn't believe it, the messenger hurriedly shouted.
"Bring the binoculars here," Nalo hurriedly shouted to the deputy on the side while holding the deck.
Following the direction of the lookout's finger, he saw nearly a hundred Ming warships, charging towards him menacingly.
Behind them were several dilapidated Xiyi warships. The flag above has long been replaced by the dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty.
There was also a group of gray-headed white men tied to the deck.
"General, the opponent has entered the range of our super invincible general's artillery. Do you want to attack?"
"Can we guarantee a hit?" Zhu Dinghai asked.
The Super Invincible General's artillery is strong, but it has few shells.
All added up to only a few hundred shells.
In order to successfully regain Taiwan, Zhu Dinghai licked his face and borrowed two super invincible general artillery pieces from Zhu Dingguo.
It is usually placed in the cabin and wrapped in thick oil paper. Even the previous battle was reluctant to take it out.
If it weren't for the sudden appearance of the enemy, the physical strength of the soldiers on the Eagle Ship would have been almost exhausted. Zhu Dinghai couldn't bear to use the super invincible general's artillery.
"General, if we were on land, I guarantee that we could sink a Western warship within 2 rounds at this distance. But now on the ship, the waves are undulating. I can't guarantee that if the distance is any closer, If we enter the 6-mile range, I can confidently sink a Western warship with 2 cannons."
