Blood from Daming

Chapter 490 Counter Shots
The warships of the first fleet of the Xue family army were attacked by the flagship artillery of the Dutch fleet in the second round. Three warships were hit by the Dutch artillery. Three solid bullets hit three Xue family army warships respectively, and one was hit by a solid bullet. , the entire mast was discounted in the middle, and the mast was seriously tilted, looking crumbling; another ship was jumped from the deck by a solid bullet, leaving several holes in the deck of the warship; the third solid bullet directly It smashed into the hull of a warship and passed through several cabin partitions; for the Xue Jiajun First Fleet, it is gratifying that there have been no casualties.

The warships of the Xue Family Army's First Fleet headed towards the Dutch flagship at the fastest speed. Since the First Fleet was surrounded on three sides, the other side of the Dutch flagship's gun port was temporarily unable to exert its power; at this time, the Xue Family Army's Second Fleet was also attacked by another Dutch three-masted ship The bombardment of the battleship, because the shooting had just started, the gunfire of the Dutch three-masted battleship had not yet been able to accurately hit the warships of the Xue Family Army's Second Fleet.

The vanguard of the Xue Family Army's first fleet is less than three nautical miles away from the Dutch flagship. The third round of artillery fire from the Dutch flagship has arrived again. At the end, facing the best distance for shelling, the gunners on the Dutch flagship did not disappoint their captain. At least five solid shells hit the warships of the First Fleet.

The Xue family's naval fleet has received the traditional experience of Western pirates. In addition, according to Xue Yun's imagination of later generations, the Xue family's naval fleet already has a very high defense against Western warships. It is the density of artillery and the attack distance that put Xue's army in a passive position. Therefore, the strategy of Xue Jiajun's naval fleet is to rely on it, and fight hand-to-hand to seize the ship.

The gunner on the Dutch flagship fired five solid bullets and hit the warships of the First Fleet. Three of the solid bullets caused damage to three warships of the First Fleet respectively, and the other two solid bullets smashed into the cabin of the warship, directly Passed through several cabins and hit the cabin of a Tibetan soldier. The solid bullet passed through this cabin, causing one death and two injuries in the cabin. One of the dead lost his head, one of the injured had his right hand broken, and the other lost his life directly. The left arm, I'm afraid I won't survive;

Another solid bullet also took the lives of three soldiers in two cabins of the Xue family army, and two soldiers were seriously injured. What was more serious was the tragic scene of three deaths and four injuries, which shocked the soldiers in the same cabin. Not to mention the mental stress of ordinary recruits, even the veterans who have been baptized in the desert and Liaodong have a heavy heart.

After the commander of the First Fleet, Wu Dahai, fired the third round of artillery on the Dutch flagship, he immediately ordered the ships of the First Fleet to activate the Franco cannons on the bow, and the gunners of the ships quickly rushed to the bow from the hidden deck, According to the gunner's rules, Xue's army has very few Franco cannons, and the main guns are all placed in the main gun position on the bow. rounds of shelling.

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom" "Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

Youdao beat the old master to death with random punches. Of the dozen or so shells fired by the ships of the Xue Family Army’s First Fleet, two of them hit the Dutch flagship. One made a hole in the sail of the Dutch flagship. The flagship gun window flew in, and I believe it was enough for the Dutch to drink a pot.

The officers and soldiers of the Xue family army had no time to cheer when they saw the gun windows of the Dutch flagship flashing fire. Everyone knew that the Dutch fired again. The solid bullet hit the Xue family's army ship.

Xue Yun, who was standing on the flagship of the First Fleet, saw with his own eyes the gunners of the Xue family army smashing a solid bullet into the gun porthole of the Dutch flagship. Xue Yun said excitedly: "The military governor, order to reward this group of gunners."

The governor of the First Fleet, Wu Dahai, quickly agreed: "Yes."

But then the Dutch six-shot solid bullets hit Xue Jiajun's navy corpses all over the deck. Xue Yun glanced at it, and estimated that at least [-] Xue Jiajun gunners were killed or injured. The blood was everywhere on the deck, and some even splashed on the sail On the top of the tent, the remains of the gunners of the Xue family army flew all over the place, hanging the warships everywhere.

Xue Yun felt a little guilty. He suddenly pushed the soldiers who were in the exercise onto the battlefield. Although the officers and soldiers who returned home had already completed their combat preparations, the naval officers and soldiers were far from ready. The equipment is also missing.

However, the Dutch fleet is so arrogant that they dared to pass through the military exercise area of ​​the Xue Family Army Navy, and the Dutch three-masted battleship is also very coveted by Xue Yun. There is no reason not to eat the fat delivered to the door. The mast warship will definitely go to war against the Dutch on Taiwan Island. This Dutch fleet going to Japan will become a dead dream for the Xue family army.

The gunners with Xue Jiajun and Datong Army as the backbone did not hesitate at all, and immediately filled the gun positions of the Franco machine guns on the bow, quickly cleaned and filled the shells, rushed to the front of the seventeen warships, and there were thirteen warships. The guns fired the artillery before the Dutch fifth round of shelling.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom"

Xue's army hit the Dutch three-masted warship with five guns. One mast of the Dutch three-masted warship was discounted by solid bullets, one pair of sails fell on the battleship deck, and the other sail was torn apart. Lost direction, hit the sea sideways.

The remaining three shells hit the window of the three-masted warship, and three shells smashed through the window. For a while, sawdust flew, leaving three holes in the window, and faintly heard the tragedy of the Dutch. There was a cry, and almost at the same time, the Dutch three-masted battleship rang out the gunfire again.

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom" "Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

The Dutch three-masted warship poured out its sixth round of bombardment at the Xue Family Army Navy. This time, due to the Dutch three-masted warship turning in a circle, the Dutch three-masted warship lost its best shooting angle. Although eleven shells hit the Xue Jiajun warship, it was hit The position was not very fatal, but it still took the lives of more than a dozen Xue Jiajun gunners, and 30 people were injured to varying degrees. However, Xue Jiajun's observation post found that two gun positions on the Dutch three-masted warship had not fired.

The gunners of the Xue family army waited until the gunfire of the Dutch barque stopped, and regardless of the sacrifice of their comrades, they rushed to the gun positions and continued to clean and fill the shells. The Dutch on the opposite Dutch barque were busy repairing the sails and regained control of the barque. For a while, the Dutch on the battleship were in a hurry.

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom" "Boom" "Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

The gunners of the Xue family army fired twelve solid bullets this time, and two of them flew into the gun ports of the three-masted battleship.Another two solid bullets smashed into the pile of people on the deck of the Dutch battleship, and a dozen Dutchmen fell on the deck at once. The Dutch were shocked and fled. the Dutch.

However, the artillerymen of the Xue family army and the Dutch were not idle. The two sides bombarded each other with Francophones. The Dutch three-masted warship bombarded four rounds in a row. Li, took advantage of the confrontation between the two sides, and killed more than 40 officers and soldiers of the Xue family army, while the Dutch only paid the lives of less than 20 people.

However, the three rounds of bombardment by the Xue family's army turned the sails of the Dutch three-masted warship into rags, which completely made the Dutch three-masted warship lose its maneuverability, and then drifted in the sea. The three-masted battleship, the officers and soldiers of the Xue family army all held short shields and sharp knives and began to dance.

"Bah bah" "Bah bah" "Bah bah"

The mercenaries on the Dutch three-masted battleship opened fire, and the dense projectiles fired the Xue family army's jumping gang assault soldiers. Although the Xue family army soldiers held up their shields to resist, they were still knocked down by the Dutch bullets. A dozen soldiers were knocked down. The mercenaries are too close, so there is no defense against Dutch mercenary flintlocks.

""Bah bah..." "Bah bah..." "Bah bah..."

The flintlock guns of the Dutch mercenaries kept ringing, and the soldiers of the Xue family army kept falling, "boom", "boom", "boom", the soldiers of the Xue family army who were still fighting, struggling to throw their own grenades, the muskets of the Dutch mercenaries The team was suddenly bombarded by grenades, and the battle formation was immediately disrupted, causing casualties of twenty or thirty soldiers in a short while.

However, the soldiers of the Xue family army found that after the two ships collided, there was a distance of two people between the sides of the ship, and it was very difficult to climb onto the Dutch three-masted warship. Windows, one, two, three, "Boom" "Boom" "Boom".

Three consecutive bombings occurred in the gun ports of the Dutch three-masted warship, and the Dutch three-masted warship began to vibrate violently. At this time, two more Xue family military ships approached the Dutch three-masted warship. The ladder began to climb the side of the Dutch barque.

The Dutch three-masted battleship was bombarded overwhelmingly by the hands of the Xue family army ships that surrounded it. On the deck of the three-masted battleship was the Dutch mercenary musketeer team, whose bodies had been bombed all over the deck. The Dutch mercenary musketeers fled to the ship one after another. In the window, only a dozen or so people were still able to stand on the deck and fight.

Finally, soldiers from the Xue family army climbed onto the Dutch three-masted warship, one, two, three, four, five... Nine Xue family army soldiers have already touched the deck of the Dutch three-masted warship.

(End of this chapter)