Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 294

On the largest black-tailed warship of the Nanyang Navy, Yu Zigao, the commander-in-chief, was staring at the slowly approaching enemy ships with a binoculars.

The Dutch warships have lined up and collectively deflected to the right, and the gun ports of the two building gunships have been opened, and all the artillery has been pushed out.

With this posture, don't think about it, the Dutch are going to fight without declaring war, and they fired directly!

He had never seen such unreasonable behavior.

what?
He ran over without saying a word, and started to fight when they met, he really thought Daming was easy to bully!

To be honest, if he really had to fight for his life, the hundreds of warships under his command could overturn the Dutch fleet.

However, the emperor has already confessed that it is enough for him to guard the mouth of the Jiulong River, and there is no need to fight desperately with the Dutch.

Alas, there is no way, the emperor's order must not be violated!

If the emperor knew that he was not obedient at all, then he would be finished.

He hesitated for a moment before decisively ordering: "Order, all sailboats turn to the right, all oarboats shrink back, and avoid a wave first."

You turn to us and turn to us, keep a distance, and see how you can get us!
Gao Wenlu saw the movement of the sailing boat opposite, and couldn't help showing a hint of arrogance on his face.

At this moment, he doesn't know how to talk about etiquette, let alone talk about reasoning.

They only talk about etiquette and reason when they can't beat them, and when they can't do it, they just rush forward and do it!
Obviously, the other side is avoiding!
He thought that the navy of the Ming Empire was really afraid of them.

So what about hundreds of ships, the range of the artillery is not as far as ours, and that is our target!
The reason why he dared to rush forward so blatantly to fight against hundreds of ships of the Ming Empire was for this reason.

Because he has seen the local artillery of the Dongying people, and the Dongying people also said that the artillery of the Ming Empire is the same as theirs.

The earth cannons are a joke, the range is simply not comparable to their cannons.

Their cannons are the most advanced artillery, and their range is four to five times that of earth cannons!
With such a large range advantage, it is natural to crush it casually, so he dared to lead more than a dozen warships to charge against hundreds of other ships.

The movements of the sailboats of the Ming Empire seem to confirm this point.

He immediately ordered without hesitation: "All warships, turn the rudder to the left, close the distance, and prepare to fire."

When Yu Zigao saw that the Dutch battleship was still pressing up so recklessly, he immediately became angry.

That's right, in the past, all the warships under his command were loaded with earthen artillery, and the range could not be compared with the artillery of the Dutch.

But not now.

Because the emperor equipped them with two hundred medium-sized Thor cannons for the Nanyang Navy and the Beiyang Navy.

In other words, at this moment, all the galleons of the Nanyang Navy are loaded with [-]-jin Thor cannons, and some of them are loaded with more than one.

The reason why he chose to avoid a wave was because he didn't want to eat that wave of broadside salvo.

After all, the emperor has confessed, there is no need to fight desperately with others.

If he resisted the broadside salvo of others and confronted them with artillery, casualties would be unavoidable.

If there are too many casualties, it will be difficult for him to explain to the emperor.

The problem, now the Dutch are clearly bullying them!

Who can bear this kind of thing?

He immediately ordered: "All the sailboats turned around, and the bows were aimed at the Dutch warships, ready to fire."

Damn him, I really think I'm afraid of you, right?
come!

Shoot!
Who is the grandson!
With his order to turn around, the distance between the two sides quickly narrowed to within two or three miles.

This is already the range of the cannon.

Seeing this, Gao Wenlu ordered without hesitation: "All warships, fire one by one, and then turn around after firing a salvo."

"Boom, boom, boom," the Dutch warship fired first, and the first gunboat quickly tilted out with more than 50 shells, followed by the second one.

"Booming", a huge roar of artillery sounded almost at the same time, and the warships of the Nanyang Navy also fired, and they fired two hundred shells at a time!

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" there was a scalp-numbing whistling sound.

Immediately, the water column shot up to the sky on the sea surface, and sawdust flew across the warships of both sides, crackling and crackling.

The result of such confrontation is that everyone eats cannonballs together!

Yu Zigao had expected it a long time ago, so he had already ordered his soldiers to spread out as much as possible, squatting on both sides against the side of the ship.

In this way, even though many warships suffered shells, the casualties of his soldiers were not too great.

The Dutch are different.

Gao Wenlu never expected that the Ming Empire would have artillery with such a long range!
Fake, don't the Japanese people mean that the imperial navy is full of artillery?
This is not a soil gun, it is either a howitzer or a cannon!

And it's not just a few doors, but one or two hundred doors!
One or two hundred shells bombarded him, and almost all the twelve warships under his command were shot. He didn't know how many people were killed by the shells.

This is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that the water column stirred up by the shells wets many artillery pieces.

If the cannon gets wet, it will be a big trouble. If you don't dry the water inside, it won't work at all!

This is the reason why the gunboats of the building ships are equipped with gun ports. In naval battles, it is not a common trouble for the artillery to get wet.

Those who have fired cannons are better, as long as they poke a cloth in and wipe them vigorously, they can always be wiped dry.

Those who haven't fired the guns are going to die. If you don't take out the shells and gunpowder inside, you won't be able to wipe them!

The cannonball was poked in with force, and it was really not that difficult to get it out.

At this moment, the entire fleet was thrown into chaos. They hadn't finished their round of broadside salvo, and many of the artillery went silent. The gunners were in a hurry and ran around.

Gao Wenlu was stunned at the moment, he didn't know if he should continue working with others.

Just as he was standing there dumbfounded, there was another loud roar of artillery from the opposite side.

"Bang rumbling" was another dense pile of black spots whistling, and the twelve warships were hit by an unknown number of shells.

How is this going?

How could the artillery of the Ming Empire reload ammunition so fast!
He even wondered if the three or four hundred cannons were fired in two salvos.

Of course, no matter whether it is the speed of loading ammunition or the fact that they have three or four hundred artillery pieces, this battle cannot be fought.

They only have three or four hundred artillery pieces in total!
Moreover, many cannons were wet at the moment, and it was impossible to load ammunition and fire in a short time.

Obviously, they can't do it anymore!
But what to do?
Of course he ran!

Gao Wenlu ordered without hesitation: "Hurry up, all warships turn around and leave the battlefield."

The twelve warships were originally lined up and headed to the left. With his order, all the warships immediately turned to the right, lined up, and headed eastward.

"Booming", there was another roar of huge artillery, another pile of shells smashed over, and another burst of crackling noise. The twelve warships did not know how many shells were hit.

Gao Wenlu shrank his neck in fright, his face that was as red as a monkey's butt was now completely drained of blood.

The loading speed of the artillery of the Ming Empire is too terrifying, they are simply incomparable!

Fortunately, their boat is big enough, even if it is hit by a few shells, it will not sink. Otherwise, after eating these three rounds of shells, they might not be able to run away.

Seeing this, Yu Zigao couldn't help snorting coldly.

He also thought that the Dutch were so fierce, they didn't say anything, they just started doing it when they met!
This is the virtue of doing it for a long time!
He only thought for a while before ordering decisively: "All the sailboats catch up, and all the oarboats stay behind."

At this time, the Dutchman started to run away, so he naturally didn't have to be polite anymore.

The situation on this battlefield is really incomprehensible.

The Dutch rushed forward recklessly, as if they had decided on the Daming Navy, but they ran away in despair before a round of broadside salvo was over.

It's unreasonable to think that you are better than others, rush up and do it, and turn around and run away when you find that you can't do it. Their behavior is exactly like pirates!
Is this still a fleet representing a country?
(End of this chapter)