The Haicang ship, also known as the winter ship, is a medium-sized ship with a displacement of about 130 tons. It is equipped with 2 3-pound general cannons, 6 large-scale Folang machines, 3 Baizi guns (i.e. tiger squatting guns), 6 shotguns, and spray canisters. 50 pieces, 50 smoke cans, 50 fire bricks, 200 rockets, 6 medicine crossbows, and 120 crossbow arrows. It is the No. 4 ship type of Fuchuan, the main battleship of the Ming Navy.
Bird ship, also known as wave boat, is a medium-sized ship with a displacement of about 66 tons. It is equipped with 1 3-pound general cannon, 4 large-scale Folang machines, 3 Baizi blunderbuss, 6 shotguns, 40 nozzles, and 40 fire bricks. block, 150 rockets, 5 medicine crossbows, and 80 crossbow arrows. It is the No. 5 ship type of Fuchuan, the main battleship of the Ming Navy.
Therefore, from a simple data point of view, the bird ship, which is a Fuchuan No. 5 ship type, cannot be compared with the Haicang ship, which is also a Fuchuan No. 4 ship type, in terms of tonnage and equipment, but Kanglin's ship But it is not an ordinary bird ship. After the transformation of the imperial system, it has successfully overcome its own weaknesses. The thickened ship plates and more durable cannons allow it to compete with Haicang ships that are larger than itself. Not falling behind at all! Therefore, after several rounds of lackluster shot put exchanges, the rhythm of the battle was gradually controlled by the seemingly weaker Bird Ship side!
"Clean the barrel, cool down the barrel, replace the musket, close the gun door, adjust the rudder stock, okay, brothers, give me a hard hit!" On Kanglin's boat, there were a group of mud-legged farmers who had never touched a cannon. After the initial panic, they have begun to slowly adapt to the large-sized Franco machine cannons in their hands. Under the command of the commander Yan Si, they have been able to make those Franco machine cannons with slender barrels into a realistic shape. So here it is:
"Bang!" "Bang!" The red-hot iron drill lightly touched the blunderbuss of Fo Langji. Suddenly, in the pungent white gunpowder smoke, the shells flew out from the slender mother blunderbuss with orange flames. He pounced on the Haicang ship a few hundred meters away! The next moment, regardless of observing the results of the battle, the gunners with mud-legged backgrounds immediately rushed forward and disassembled the hot musket, and then quickly replaced it with a new musket... To be honest, their growth rate really made Kang Lin was stunned. In his opinion, these people had not received much systematic training and were not familiar with the Folan machine, but they were able to fire the Folan cannon in an orderly manner under the command of their respective armor commanders. They cooperated with each other in a tacit understanding and were busy. Without chaos, they can be called a group of qualified gunners (although they still have a lot to learn)!
"Put the plank up and hold it for me, the gunners continue to fire!" Opposite them, the situation of the vicious shark thieves on the Haicang ship was not so good: a middle-aged man with two moustache was in After seeing the thick smoke rising from the enemy ship, he hurriedly put down the telescope in his hand, and shouted anxiously to his men who were still busy on the deck! However, before he and his pirates could react, the sound of a burst of cannonballs tearing through the air rang in their ears like a reminder, and what made people even more heartbroken was that those The lumpy thing made of lead and iron is still approaching at a speed that is difficult to detect with the naked eye!
"Crack, puff puff!" So, the dull tearing sound quickly warned many pirates on the ship. They followed their opponents' tricks, and the temporary wooden boards they found could not protect their lives and the ground under their feet very well. On the warship, the cannonballs propelled by black powder unceremoniously tore through the wooden planks, and then plunged into the crowd behind the wooden planks. In an instant, a bloody storm was created on the deck, and several seamen standing together Before the pirate sailor had time to take precautions, his calf was broken off by the rolling cannonball, and then he fell to the deck with his center of gravity unsteady! The other pirates and sailors who were very close to them were also shocked by the tragic situation in front of them, and they began to hesitate to move forward.
"Fire, fire for me, I want to see who dares to challenge our Fierce Shark Village on the border of the East China Sea!" On the deck of the Haicang ship, a middle-aged man with a mustache hidden behind the wooden board said The henchman who was standing in front of him shook the ashes from his clothes and angrily yelled at the group of men who were hiding behind the wooden planks to avoid the gunfire.
Just kidding, ever since we defeated many of our counterparts in Southeast Shandong and dominated the three hundred miles of sea, no matter whether it is the gangster or the white, no one has dared not to give face to the fierce shark pirates in these three hundred miles of sea. Today's gang Shengguadanzi dared to fight against him so desperately. He was clearly deliberately trying to create a fight with his own gang of vicious sharks...
"Boom!" "Boom!" However, it was obvious that the person in charge of the opposite fleet did not intend to let him, the second boss of the Fierce Shark Village, go back alive to cause trouble for him. Therefore, the five large Buddhas on the two bird boats Lang Ji started to speak one after another! Opposite them, the pirate sailors who were unwilling to sit still and wait for death also began to follow the orders of the second master and launched a tenacious counterattack tit for tat! However, since there are only three French engines on either side of the Haicang ship, the number is still less than the number of the two bird ships combined. In addition, there is also a French engine on the Kanglin ship that has been systematically modified, which can strengthen any ship. The firepower on one side, therefore, in the eyes of a discerning person, the balance of the battle has clearly tilted towards Chiyang!
However, judging from the pitiful lethality and poor hit rate of artillery in this era, as long as the commander of the Haicang ship does not make principled errors, small-scale maritime battles like the one between the two sides will continue for a long time, and even more What's more, if one party sees that the situation is unfavorable and retreats while fighting, the advantage of being familiar with the terrain and capable sailors will not prevent them from retreating unscathed.
But at this moment, both warring parties believe that they have the upper hand, and all they want is to defeat the other party as soon as possible and end this unexpected battle. Therefore, a more intense and cruel bloody battle is inevitable! (Conlin's side is eager to escape from the battlefield before enemy reinforcements arrive, while the fierce shark pirates want to defeat these blocking dogs as soon as possible, and then set sail to pursue the small sand boat escaping into the distance!)
"End the broadside bombardment, helmsman, adjust the warship with your hands. Brothers, let's go up and kill all these bastards!" On the Haicang ship, the second master no longer wanted to fight with the enemies on the opposite side who were also skilled in artillery battles. What kind of long-range combat is he doing? Having already damaged two cannons, he is ready to use the last "trick" of pirates on the sea - boarding combat to solve the battle in one fell swoop!
Yes, it’s melee combat! These fierce shark pirates who are good at sea combat understand deeply that the enemy ship has many cannons but their own ship has few cannons. If they continue to fight like this, they will definitely lose in the end. Their Folangji is not like Kang Lin's. Those on the ship can also move freely, so in long-range artillery battles, their number of guns has no advantage at all. Therefore, they decided to give up artillery bombardment and wanted to defeat the enemy by relying on their best skills of boarding and jumping gang battles! These old seals are very proud of their close combat abilities, because they have defeated many of their peers and even the Tengzhou Navy's Biwahai Waterproof Battalion with boarding battles more than once. This kind of record makes them no matter whether they are facing merchant ships or the navy The warships all have the confidence to decide the outcome in one battle!
Therefore, they must and must engage in close combat!
"Keep firing the Folan cannon. Everyone except the sailors gathered on the deck. The enemy is about to engage in a close combat with us! We must not panic later. We must follow the order and use volleys of guns and crossbows to tell the enemy that long-range artillery battles are underway. They can't defeat us, even in close combat, they are no match for us..." Looking at the enemy ship that was adjusting its hull and speeding towards us, the actual commander of the fleet, the chief manager Liu Laoliu, put down his monocular telescope and slowly Xu slowly pulled out the exquisite Yan Fei Dao hanging from his waist and roared at the sailors on the deck.
"Send a signal to the Hebei Ren and ask them to continue firing guns to attack the enemy ships and not to participate in the close combat. This time we will fight against these arrogant sea owls alone and fight our Chiyang in this sea area (Kang Lin thinks The name Kang's fleet is too common, so after consulting his subordinates for their opinions, he named his fleet after his favorite sect in the novel "Star Transformation" - Chi Yang, and also named his fleet after the gate of Chi Yang. With the Ziyang Yunwu flag as the battle flag of the fleet, the fleet is coming with great majesty!" Liu Laoliu looked at the excited sailors and turned to give orders to his personal attendant who had been standing beside him early in the morning. The latter, after receiving Immediately after his order, he took out a horn made of conch from his waist and blew it vigorously.
Note: The displacements of the Haicang ship and the Bird ship are calculated based on the standard displacement of 132 metric tons of the 400-material battleship in historical data. According to the author's analysis, this 400-material battleship should be one of the Fuzhou series. Haicang Ship No. 4.
Note 2: The modified Folan machine can spend a certain amount of merit points to modify the Folang machine cannon. At that time, it will have an extra gun mount and wheels. When the battle begins, the Folan machine with the gun mount and wheels can be used by the gunner. It can move on the deck more freely under the adjustment.
