Ming Zuo

Chapter 654
Seeing Zuo Hua fire, not only Babu Dewei was surprised, Hong Xu even changed his face.

"Bastard, who told him to use the new cannon?"

The new type of artillery that Zheng Zhilong bought from Shandong has not been used once until now.

The purpose is to confuse the Dutch and wait until the critical moment to give the Dutch a fatal blow.

But now, just to besiege the single Dutch warship, Zuo Hua actually used a new type of artillery.

Of course Hong Xu knew what it would mean if the Dutch found out about this situation.

Before he had time to blame Zuo Hua, he saw the rest of the warships approaching, and hurriedly said: "Tell everyone, these Dutchmen must be killed, none of them are allowed to go, and all of them are dead."

Hong Xu's boat quickly issued a semaphore.

The other Zheng's warships that had been sluggish all changed their posture, trying to approach the Wenluo from all directions like mad dogs.

"Look, general, what is that guy going to do?"

Hong Xu was summoned, looked at the situation ahead, and couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Zuo Hua stopped in front of the Wenluo, missed the target twice in a row, but did not let it go.

Instead, he headed straight for the Wenluo, with an attitude of fighting for his life.

"He's crazy. Even if he has new guns on his ship, how can he be an opponent of the Dutch?"

Hong Xu scolded, but he also knew that Zuo Hua's actions were delaying the progress of Wenluo.

"Full speed ahead, bite the Dutchman for me."

"Minister, it would be great if there was an artillery mirror."

Both artillery pieces missed, and the combat staff complained everywhere.

Bapu Dewei was amazed by the new artillery, but the new army was very dissatisfied with the effect of the bronze cannon.

This gun not only has weak lethality and insufficient range, but also has no artillery mirror, and its accuracy is also very poor.

Zuo Hua laughed out loud.

"How can good things be seen by outsiders? Just come here."

"Minister, the Dutch are turning."

Seeing Zuo Hua coming straight at him, Bapu Dewei remained calm.

The Wen Luo drew an arc across the sea, and slowly turned the side of the ship towards Zuo Hua's ship.

Bapu Dewei is very confident that it only takes one salvo to sink this lonely Junk ship.

But in the process of Wen Luo's turning, Zuo Hua's ship had already started running again.

The staff officers of the new army are all high-achieving students, and their ability to calculate ballistics is absolutely unparalleled in the world.

In the second shot, two shells accurately hit the Venlo at a distance of three kilometers.

The first shell drilled into the hold from the ship's side on the left front, then rolled wildly in the hold, and finally hit it from the other side.

There was a big hole on both sides of the Wenluo's hull, and four or five people were killed or injured.

The damage caused by the second shell was even more terrifying.

The shell actually landed near the podium. While overturning the two cannons, the splashed sawdust pierced through Bapu Dewei's left arm.

"This must be artillery like we've never seen before."

As a veteran military general, Bapu Dewei knew that the enemy in front of him had very powerful weapons only after seeing the damage effect of these two artillery pieces.

Fortunately, the opponent's commander does not seem to be very smart.

Even with such a powerful cannon, they didn't distance themselves, but rushed straight over.

This is to give Wenluo a chance.

"Captain, [-] meters!"

Bapu Dewei was reminded by the observation post, and immediately shouted: "Fire!"

Although this distance was somewhat beyond the range of Wen Luo's artillery, Zuo Hua's ship was heading towards Wen Luo.

Therefore, there must be shells on the way.

Ten cannons destroyed two, and the remaining eight roared collectively.

The eight shells turned into black lightning in the sky, covering Zuo Hua's ship.

The observation post shouted: "Bombardment, pay attention to evasion!"

Everyone carefully searched for cover and tried their best to save themselves from the shelling.

Only Zuo Hua was fearless and stood upright on the podium.

"Hurry up, hurry up, we're going to pick up the ship and grab everything on board."

As he shouted, shells fell in the air.

Six of them landed in the water.

There is also a direct into the cabin from the bow of the Fuchuan.

The cannonball rolled from the front to the back, and the place it passed along the way was like a mad dragon rolling around, creating a mess.

Another shell just hit the podium at Zuo Hua's feet.

The thin wooden board was pierced by the shells, but Zuo Hua did not suffer any damage.

The shell had great inertia, and flew out from the rear deck again, and fell into the sea.

The huge impact caused Zuo Hua to fall, and when he got up, he roared angrily: "Your cannons are aimed at me, they are not hard enough."

The staff officers were all furious when they heard the words.

The bronze cannon fired for the third time.

This time the distance between the two sides was only more than a thousand meters.

As the distance gets closer, the accuracy of the shelling soars.

The excellent embodiment of the Napoleon cannon is more vivid.

This time one of the two shells hit, breaking one of the Venlo's masts.

The naked eye could see that Wen Luo's speed suddenly slowed down.

This broken mast had serious consequences.

That is to make the Venlo tilt to the left.

This caused the artillery on the right side of the Wenluo to be unable to fire, and also saved Zuo Hua's ship from suffering a round of shelling.

Zuo Hua drew out his knife, pointed at the Wenluo and shouted, "Crash into it."

Bapu Dewei had just finished bandaging with the help of soldiers, and when he saw Zuo Hua's boat getting closer, he became anxious.

"Go and cut off the mast and restore the stability of the battleship."

Several sailors rushed up and hacked with knives and axes, and finally chopped off the broken mast and pushed it into the sea.

The Venlo slowly returned to a stable state, and finally roared again.

Within a distance of several hundred meters, Zuo Hua's ship was hit by five shells.

Three combat staff officers were killed on the spot and seven others were injured.

The entire hull made a loud creaking sound, as if it was about to disintegrate at any moment.

Zuo Hua was also hit on the left shoulder by a flying iron rod.

Fortunately, he was wearing armor and only suffered a minor fracture to his left shoulder, rather than a serious injury.

The severe pain made Zuo Hua even more excited.

He personally ran to the bow of the ship, pushed away the staff officer, shook the barrel, and aimed at the constantly enlarged Venlo in the eyes of the naked eye.

He had already seen Bapu Dewei yelling on the ship, but the muzzle of the artillery was aimed at the gun port of the Venlo.

boom……

The shell flew hundreds of meters away, arriving in the blink of an eye.

The shell was poured through the gun window, and it happened to hit the gunpowder barrel.

The cabin of the Wenluo was a little quiet, and then there was a loud noise like an angry dragon.

I saw that the entire hull seemed to be lifted from the sea by some horrible monster, flew high out of the sea, and then fell heavily.

Then there were flames flying all over the ship.

The Dutch sailors and soldiers all panicked, ran around, and even started jumping into the water.

Apparently the end of the Venlo has come.

On the other side, Hong Xu hurried and hurried, and had just reached the range of three miles.

He was completely stunned to see Zuo Hua destroying the Wenluo by himself.

"This... this lunatic!"

(End of this chapter)