Lord of Ming Dynasty

But his thinking still remained on how many large-caliber cannons the enemy had and how many Tier [-] battleships he could equip.

According to the calculation that the bottom compartment of a battleship can be equipped with 16 32-pound cannons, he estimates that with such powerful firepower, at least five battleships can be equipped, and the Dutch and the Portuguese don’t mention it. Their battleships are definitely not as many as the Dutch. Not that big either.

The battleships of the Dutch can be equipped with 60 to 74 cannons. The battleships they own belong to the third-tier battleships in the West. This is also a new standard for the division of warships in all Western countries.

As for the second-tier battleships, first-tier battleships, and even super-class battleships, those ships are too far away. Even Spain, which has a lot of people and money, does not have a few second-tier battleships, and the British only have a dozen second-tier battleships. The main force is still the third-tier battleship, not many, but more than 30 ships, mainly to cause trouble, and they need too much money.

The Dutch are mainly used for armed merchant ships, which can be equipped with more than 20 cannons. The maximum caliber of the cannon is only 18 pounders. One pounder gun each, fourth-class warships belong to battleships, a ship is equipped with 36 guns, the bottom cabin is equipped with 24 56-pound guns, the second deck is equipped with 8-pound guns 24, and the third deck is equipped with 18 ten-pound guns. Two-pounder gun, a 36-pounder gun at the bow and stern.

As for the second-class battleship, the bottom cabin is equipped with 32 32-pound guns, the second deck is equipped with 32 18-pound guns, the third deck is equipped with 12-pound guns and 9-pound and 6-pound guns, and the bow and stern are equipped with two 32-pound guns. The artillery, with a total of 82 to 96 artillery pieces, can be called a monster, with amazingly powerful firepower.

The first-class battleship is equipped with 108 guns, with a longer deck and a taller hull.

The super battleship is equipped with 117 guns, one 36-pound gun at the bow and one at the stern.

The fleets of the Dutch and Portuguese fought all over the world, but their second-class battleships were no more than four or five, and they were all placed in the homeland to defend the homeland. They were never used when they were actually used. Not to mention the high cost, they also needed royal approval once dispatched, which cost a lot , Most of their ships coming to the east are armed merchant ships. A merchant ship equipped with a dozen cannons can beat the navies of all the countries in the east.

Deploying a dozen or so fourth-class warships will be able to engage in national wars with Western countries except Britain and Spain. The dozen or so warships coming to the East really have nothing else to do except escort.

Only five or six third-class battleships from the Netherlands and the Portuguese came, which was enough to ensure the safety of the eastern colonies.

And now John de Boer felt that he had been bombarded by a dozen third-class battleships, plus five or six second-class battleships.

This made him feel powerless, and the idea that the governor could return and lead the fleet to expel the Ming army was completely shattered.

Just as he was sitting there in a daze, another loud noise woke him up from his distraction, and he asked blankly, "What's wrong?"

No one answered him.

Because everyone has already felt numb, failure is certain, the question is what should they do?

Zhang Qiang watched from a distance that the trench 200 meters away from the city wall was blown open. Before the smoke cleared, the tide of soldiers entered the passage, and reached the bottom of the tunnel through the underground passage. Through the collapsed passage, the soldiers entered the trenches that were bombarded by the enemy's heavy artillery in World War I, and then quickly found the team.

After waiting for 5 minutes, the gunpowder smoke had just cleared, and the [-]-pounder guns began to extend and hit the walls of the third layer of Red Inlaid City. In fact, when the Dutch first came here to build a small castle, the soldiers stepped on the soft ground. The assault began, led by the captives.

Don't think Zhang Qiang is too good, he also uses cannon fodder, but his cannon fodder is not farmers, not those miscellaneous soldiers, but captives. As long as they work hard, they can be free if they survive, and they can also become freedom on the territory of the Jinhua Rebel Army civil.

Captive soldiers are used to test how many enemies are still resisting on the enemy's walls.

Use their blood to ensure that Zhang Qiang's soldiers can take the enemy's castle at a very low cost.

Sure enough, as soon as he rushed to the enemy's city wall, the enemy's counterattack came.

A few Dutch soldiers who barely escaped the artillery attack rushed out from the ruins of a gatehouse in heavy armor. After a gunshot, a prisoner fell down.

It was a surviving Dutch colonial musketeer. He was holding a rifle. There were five unused bullets in the gun. Dodging everywhere, I don't know where I fell.

"There are still enemies alive?" Zheng Tai was a little disappointed, he thought that under such artillery fire, his army would have already fled.

Zhang Qiang didn't say anything, because this is just a large-caliber solid bullet, not the armor-piercing bullet of later generations. It is protected by a solid city wall up to two meters thick. The solid bullet can collapse the enemy's city wall, but it will definitely not stop some lucky Guys survive the enemies hiding in places where the walls can't collapse.

That's why he arranged for the captives to rush ahead, just to prevent these people from causing harm to his regular soldiers.

Besides, the enemy still has a small castle, and the third layer of the city wall has not been damaged much. Although some places have collapsed, due to the long distance, the large-caliber Carron cannon obviously cannot take care of it. It may be able to hit it at a distance of 800 meters, and its power is certain. No, it can kill people, but it is definitely not as powerful as bombarding the first city wall, and only 18-pound guns can be relied on.

This equalized the level of the two sides. Fortunately, the enemy deployed heavy troops on the first and second layers of the city wall. The half-hour bombardment used countless shells and consumed most of the enemy's troops.

As long as there is a gap left, rush in, and the enemy will only resist or surrender.

Chapter 2 Fifteen Never Surrender

The artillery of Chixian City became sparse, while the artillery of the Jinhua Rebel Army outside the city became denser, and twelve-pound guns joined the attack sequence. 【No pop-up window.】

Thousands of captive soldiers rushed to the front, followed by a team of five musketeers, like a comb, combing the outer castles of Chixian City.

But the most important task is to attack the small castle of the Dutch. The walls of the small castle are quite high, five or six meters higher than the second-story wall. Many places have been blasted, and some places have even collapsed, forming a steep hillside. .

In the troubled times, the captives began to have no formation and charged desperately. If they could make meritorious deeds, they would immediately become free citizens. Who would not yearn for freedom?

But the rest of the Dutch people are not cats or dogs, they can be frightened by scaring.

The only remaining artillery was firing, hitting sand and stones, and as soon as the cannon went down, a dozen or so prisoners fell to the ground and were seriously injured. The wailing made the others tremble with fear.

Zhang Qiang also didn't expect the Dutch to be so stubborn. He thought that with the cannons that were more powerful than the Dutch, with the shocking artillery bombardment, the enemy's confidence would soon be shaken, and their morale would soon collapse. Soon the enemy will hoist the white flag and surrender.

But at this moment the enemy is still stubbornly resisting.

The casualties of the captives were increasing, and enemy musketeers appeared on the top of the city, row after row, braving the artillery fire of the Jinhua Rebel Army.

Zhang Qiang led a group of generals of the Ming army to watch the battle on a intact wall on the second floor of the outer city.

The surrounding area is controlled by a group of Zheng Jun soldiers, and the inner circle is Zhang Qiang's Jinhua Rebel Army cavalry guards and other guards, family members.

The soldiers of the Jinhua Rebel Army reacted quickly, and the officers began to gather the troops, and the troops were deployed one by one. The captured soldiers returned to a safe area under the control of the officers sent by the Jinhua Rebel Army, relying on the houses and buildings in the outer city to avoid the bullets from the enemy. and shells.

Soon, the cannons from outside the city were pushed in, and the cannons approached and fired, which was even more powerful. The six [-]-gang guns turned many Dutch musketeers into broken guns, and many places collapsed.

The militia rushed in and began to control the outer city, and the regular army began to prepare to attack the enemy's walls.

This time, Zhang Qiang was going to join the musketeers. Although the muskets used by his soldiers were matchlock guns, their quality was better than that of the Dutch. The main equipment of the Western army at the moment.

Most western armies still use matchlock guns, but only a few in the army use rifled guns. As for the rifled guns that Zhang Qiang and his team captured from the Dutch assassination, Zhang Qiang's understanding of history, those rifled guns will definitely be eliminated.

Because those rifled guns have many problems and the delivery rate is not high, they seem to be very advanced, but they have not been remembered by history, so they must have been eliminated in the selection of history.

According to Zhang Qiang's idea, those rifled guns are very advanced, almost comparable to the rifles of the World War I period.

The magazine feeds the ammunition, the automatic fire mode of the gun, has a rifle, and the S range is far. If a little improvement is made, the steel wheel ignition is changed to flint ignition. Although the delivery rate is still not too high, it can be [-]% to [-]%. With a stable fire rate and an extremely fast S-speed S-fire, it can make up for the loss of blind fire.

Think about it, with five bullets, even if someone gets jammed due to the problem of feeding ammunition, or has other problems, if the minor problem is dealt with, and you can continue to shoot, the speed will be five times the enemy's S speed, at least about three times.

The enemy shoots one bullet, and I can shoot three bullets. In the era of dense queuing to shoot, the enemy fires one bullet. Because it is a smoothbore gun, the distance is too far, and 50 meters may not be able to hit the target I want to shoot, but I At 50 meters away, if you want to hit you with three shots, you will definitely hit you. Even if you can't hit you with three shots, there are still teammates.

Teammates may not hit you with two, and another one aimed at you will definitely hit you. The advantage in numbers makes up for the advantage in accuracy, and the advantage in speed makes up for the disadvantages in mentality and speed. Training a master may require one One month, but it may only take five days to train an idiot who can shoot and shoot the enemy from 50 meters away.

Increase the delivery rate, reduce the failure rate, reduce the magazine to three bullets, and turn the steel wheel into a flint fire. This gun is twice as advanced and stable, which is equivalent to six bullets hitting an enemy. , It is more confident and efficient than not knowing whether your bullet is flying towards the enemy or towards the sky.

Therefore, Zhang Qiang is going to equip the troops with this kind of firearm next time.

This is much more powerful than the rapid-fire guns in history that can only fire one bullet, and have a high rate of misfire, laborious loading, and slow loading.

Now is the show time for these sudden shooters.

The Dutch are tenacious, but when countless Jinhua Rebel musketeers braved the artillery fire and set up a formation at [-] meters to shoot at the Dutch on the wall, the Dutch fell from the wall like dumplings. .

The Dutch arquebuses also had some success, and the stray bullets from their arquebus wounded a few unlucky fellows, and one unlucky one was shot in the head and died.

De Boer stood on the main building of the castle on the fourth floor, looking out with a binoculars, his heart was about to bleed, those were his subordinates, in order to train them, he spent four years, making them just Sailors, farmers, vagabonds, thieves, gay guys have shed every drop of sweat in their bodies, but now, all they need is a lead bullet from the Jinhua Rebel Army, so that they don't have to shed a drop of sweat anymore, and they start to bleed .