Daming One Piece

Chapter 202 Chicken Coop Sea Battle (First update, please subscribe)
In the sea in 1626, there was no semaphore, let alone a modern semaphore.

The communication between the two parties was through small boats. When the Spaniards sent small boats to communicate, the Ming army kept it in check.

"This is the territory of Ming Dynasty, you are restricted to evacuate immediately!"

Before the Spanish priest on the boat finished speaking in Chinese, Shi Yiwen replied loudly in Spanish.

"Otherwise, war will be the only option!"

Half an hour later, the priest brought back the answer. Faced with this answer, both Valdes and the other Spanish officers had only one thought—to show the Chinese some seriousness.

"The Dutch gained a foothold in Dayuan only after fighting the Chinese. Now we have to fight the Chinese!"

Wades said swearingly.

"Gentlemen, God bless you, we will surely win this naval battle!"

For Asians, Europeans are conceited whether they are at sea or on land. At sea they have excellent warships, and on land they have strong bastions.

Coupled with the sharp firearms, they have the confidence to stand out from the crowd, and now they are also extremely conceited.

In fact, in European culture, the bandit mentality is the real mainstream. For bandits... if you can't get something, then grab it!

"Gentlemen, for Spain, for the Father! Fight!"

The shouts echoed on the deck, whether it was the spearmen wearing breastplates preparing to meet the gang, or the gunners who were filling the cannons with gunpowder and shells, they were all preparing for the final encounter with the enemy.

From 36:[-] in the morning, the two sides discovered each other, until [-]:[-] noon, the two sides finally saw each other's open gun ports, and saw the naval guns sticking out of the gun ports.

"put!"

Just like any naval battle, when the distance was about half a nautical mile, the Spaniards fired first. Although they only had six warships, each warship had at least forty or more naval guns. The flagship of Valdes , and even possessed as many as seventy cannons.

With an order, the rumbling gunfire broke the tranquility of the sea, and clusters of fireworks and gunpowder burst out from the side of the Spanish warship.

The sea is boiling!
The roaring shells slammed down like raindrops. At the same time that the shells blasted water columns around the fleet, the shells also penetrated the canvas, broke the rigging, and penetrated the slats at the moment. The flying wood chips pierced through the bodies of many sailors like sharp knives.

For a moment, there were screams everywhere on the deck.

But in fact, the Spaniards' shelling accuracy was very limited. Only about a dozen shells hit the warships of the Ming army. After all, the accuracy itself was average when firing on the undulating sea, and the distance was still so far.

"grown ups!"

The moment he put down the binoculars, Guo Huaiyi said.

"The Spaniards are firing!"

"hold on!"

Shi Yiwen said.

"If you don't see the opponent's eyelids clearly, you are not allowed to fire! All sailors, lie down and hide!"

Just like what Nelson did during the Trafalgar naval battle, Shi Yiwen did not let the soldiers waste shells in vain at long distances, but chose close-range artillery battles. Of course, this also allowed the gunners to conserve their energy and wait until the approaching When it is time, it can display a faster shooting speed, and the preparation head at close range is higher.

On this day, the wind speed was so slow that the two sides were only slowly approaching at a speed of two or three knots. There, even though the shells kept falling around, and even though there were occasional shells whizzing past the battleship, he stood there as if he hadn't noticed.

"At least ten meters away!"

Once again, Shi Yiwen said to himself when the shell flew "close to" his scalp.

Now, he finally understands why in the naval battles of the age of sails, the captains can stand at the stern of the ship in full clothes and command the battle. Hardly anything accurate.

Even if the Spanish cannonballs rain like rain, if they hit them, they will be lonely. More than half of the cannonballs will hit the water and make water columns. Even if they hit, they will make a hole in the sail. .

that is it.

Even if the shells pierced through the warship's slats, the shaking of the ship's hull would at most be Shi Yiwen's frown.

"My lord, it's almost done. If the fight continues like this, before we can fire, they will all of us..."

Before Guo Huai finished speaking, Shi Yiwen said.

"I can't sink!"

Although his warships are actually armed merchant ships, Shi Yiwen is still extremely conceited about the robustness of the hulls of these merchant ships. Perhaps they will not be like some sailing warships in the 19th century, where light shells hit the side boards and bounce directly away, but Its hull is extremely important and strong. Even if the side boards are pierced, the buoyancy of the wood itself is enough to support the warship from sinking. After all, the artillery shells of this era are, to put it bluntly, a lump of iron.At most, it is just a watermelon-sized hole in the ship. In the days of sailing warships, many times, a warship could still float on the sea in good condition after being hit with hundreds of shells.At most, the loss of more than half of the personnel.

"Come closer, we'll be more accurate!"

Shi Yiwen said calmly.

"The principle of naval warfare is not only that a big ship wins a small ship, a big gun wins a small gun, more guns wins fewer guns, and the accuracy of shells is more important!"

"This this……"

Looking at the battered and battered sail, Guo Huaiyi had only one thought in his mind—is this the way to play naval battles?
If you want to defeat the enemy, you will be beaten first!

Silently chanting these words in his heart, Shi Yiwen stared coldly at the Spanish battleship, the distance was not close enough!

"Why haven't they fired back?"

Wades looked suspiciously at the approaching enemy, and now, through the binoculars, he could even see that the warships of the Ming people were empty.Except for a few people at the stern of the ship, there were neither gunners running around on the deck nor infantry waiting to be boarded.

what are they doing?
"Your Excellency, Commander, we are ready to take over!"

The adjutant's joyful words made Wades frowned.

Something seems wrong?
But what is wrong?
Could it be that they want to fight again when they get closer?

This seems to be the purpose of the Chinese, but they can't just be beaten like this!No one seems to have ever implemented this style of play in a naval battle.

Just when Wades was puzzled, the distance between the fleets was getting closer, and he saw some figures suddenly appear on the deck...

(End of this chapter)