Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 352

Daming's fleet, whether it was a navy or a pirate, was equipped mostly with small cannons in this era, which were mainly used to kill and injure the enemies on the local deck, and then jumped to fight.

During the Ming Dynasty, pure artillery long-distance sea battles would only appear when Zheng Zhilong’s power developed to its peak. At that time, Zheng Zhilong monopolized the entire trade with the East and the West, built a powerful fleet, and bought a lot of red clothes from Western Europeans. cannon.

But now, Li Dan no longer has this ability.

When Li Dan saw the flight trajectory of the shells in front of him and heard the loud sound of the cannons, he immediately realized that the opponent definitely had heavy artillery.

Moreover, there are definitely a lot of these heavy artillery.

Judging from the smoke emitted when the guns were fired, there were at least 60 artillery pieces on one side of the three opposite ships.

Under such circumstances, one can only brave the artillery attack and rush forward to fight the enemy hand-to-hand.

Whoosh! Boom!
At the next moment, there was only a roar, and a shell hit the bow of a ship in the fleet severely.

The huge kinetic energy of the shell quickly smashed a hole in the bow of the ship.

This is not the scariest thing, the scariest thing is, just hearing a bang explosion sounded, the bow of the ship was instantly torn apart.

Next, countless seawater poured in, which immediately brought the speed of the ship to a standstill.

However, the sound of artillery in the distance still continued, and countless shells were still quickly fired towards the pirate fleet.

From time to time, a shell would hit a ship, and with an explosion, the pirates would suffer heavy casualties.

However, with several rounds of shells fired, the distance between the two sides also quickly approached.

"Rush up and kill!"

A few fast boats rushed towards the three warships like desperately.

The three gunboats also adjusted their muzzles to shoot at the approaching fast boat.

Boom boom boom boom!
On one side of the Tianjin ship, a salvo was aimed at the pirate fleet.

Immediately, more than 20 shells flew neatly towards the pirate fleet.

"Hit, three rounds." Many people on the Tianjin saw this scene. Three shells hit three ships 300 meters away.

Two of them were shot a little off. The huge kinetic energy of the shells pierced through the hull and exploded after flying outside the ship, which did not cause much damage.

However, when the third shell exploded near the waterline of a ship, the huge explosion immediately opened a large hole in the waterline directly below the ship's side, and immediately caused the ship to start tilting.

However, with this round of shooting, countless pirate ships came closer to the three warships.

There are too many pirate ships, as many as hundreds. Although the Tianjin, Luoyang and Chang'an are powerful, there are only three, and the number is forty to one. It seems that there is a huge difference in combat effectiveness.

"Full left rudder, widen the distance." Seeing the enemy ship getting closer, Wei Zhongxian immediately gave an order.

Following Wei Zhongxian's order, the three warships began to turn and prepare to leave.

Naval battles in the era of artillery are like this. They run while fighting, and they won't play side-to-side battles with you at all.

According to historical records, in 1633, during the naval battle of Liuluowan, Zheng Zhilong led hundreds of warships to attack the nine Dutch Galen warships, losing more than 100 small boats and dozens of gunboats, and finally captured two Galen warships. The Lun ship also let the remaining seven run away, which is a tragic victory.

But now Li Dan doesn't have so many ships and warships.

The ratio of the number of the more than 100 ships led by Li Dan to the three Galen warships is higher than that when Zheng Zhilong attacked the Dutch, and it seems that they should be able to win.

Moreover, most of the gunners on the three Galen battleships were recruits who were sailing for the first time.

However, compared with the powerful fleet of Zheng Zhilong's period, the pirate fleet led by Li Dan at this time did not even have a cannon, all of them were small cannons.

Western Galen warships can be hit by more than 100 solid shells without sinking, while Li Dan's pirate ship only needs to be hit by a few shells, and if it is unlucky, it may sink.

Wei Zhongxian ordered the three Galen warships to turn around and distance themselves. However, when the three warships turned around, many pirate clippers had already caught up.

The two fast boats were the closest, and they rushed within [-] meters of the three warships.

"Musketeer, free fire..."

"Cannon chain ammunition..."

Faced with such a situation, Wei Zhongxian quickly issued an order.

Following Wei Zhongxian's order, on the deck of the ship, there were countless men standing on the side of the ship holding broken guns.

Bang bang bang bang!

Numerous musketeers fired.

There were at least three hundred musketeers on three ships.

As the musketeers opened fire, countless bullets shot towards the pirates on the deck of the nearest fast ship like a torrential rain.

On this ship, there are already dozens of hundreds of pirates who are ready to jump into battle, as well as a dozen pirate crew members manipulating the sails.

As countless flintlock guns fired, the next moment, countless pirates on the ship tens of meters away were shot one after another, and then fell down one after another.

Such a situation immediately frightened the other pirates who were about to join the gang to fight. Seeing so many comrades die tragically, the others ran away one after another.

Even the sailors who were sailing fled to the cabin below the deck after a while.

Relying on the speed advantage of the Galen battleship, Tianjin, Luoyang and Chang'an quickly distanced themselves from the pirate fleet.

"Full starboard rudder, broadside attack..."

Not long after the two sides separated, Wei Zhongxian secretly calculated the distance, and then gave the order to turn the rudder again.

Soon, the three warships began to turn, and in less than a minute, the side strings of the three warships aimed at Li Dan's pirate fleet again.

Boom boom boom boom boom!

Dozens of artillery pieces fired again.

This time, it wasn't the blooming bullets or the solid bullets, but the chain bullets specially used to deal with sails.

More than 60 chain bombs whizzed and flew towards the enemy's sails. These chain bombs were like sharp sickles, as long as they were touched by them, even a thick mast could be brought down.

Following a round of chain bombing, at least seven pirate ships were hit by the sails and suffered more or less damage.

A chain bullet directly hit a pirate watching from the mast. The huge kinetic energy directly cut the pirate's body and mast in half.

The speed of the pirate ship that was attacked by chain bombs was greatly reduced.

After the three warships attacked a round of chain bombs, they chose to continue to turn their heads and flee and then distanced themselves from the pirate fleet.

The pirate fleet slowed down because the sails of the first few ships were damaged, and was soon overtaken by other ships that caught up with the ships behind.

Under such circumstances, it didn't take long for the three warships in front to turn again, aiming the other side at the pirate fleet behind.

Boom boom boom boom boom!

With the sound of rumbling guns, more than 60 chain bombs roared and flew towards the pirate fleet behind.

This time, these chain bombs hit more targets. The sails of at least ten ships were torn by the chain bombs, and the mast of one ship was smashed in two.

"It's his grandma's, how can you beat him?"

Seeing such a situation, the pirate leader Li Dan couldn't help but swear.

(End of this chapter)