Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 782
The roaring of artillery, the collision of warships, the flashes of fire one after another, the loud noise of collision of warships, and the screams of dying sailors became the main theme of this blue world.

The red lady didn't take part in the battle, so it's useless for her to take part. She can neither shoot nor cannon, adding to the chaos?Quite self-aware, she quietly stayed aside to watch the battle.She saw that countless warships were fighting each other in this blue world. Zheng's fleet was in groups, launching fierce attacks on the Denglai Navy time and time again. The ferocity was similar to that of piranhas who smelled blood. spell.The Denglai Navy has always struggled to maintain a neat front, and never fights alone. Compared with Zheng's fleet, the tactics of this young navy are extremely monotonous and rigid, but when their naval guns roared At that time, no one dared to question the power of this monotonous and rigid tactic anymore—every time a salvo was fired, there must be warships torn to pieces by them, and there were more than one!Zheng's fleet tried to use the ram to destroy the battleship of the Denglai Navy, tried to ram the battleship of the Denglai Navy to disrupt the front of the Denglai Navy, and tried to outflank the two wings. All kinds of tactics were played. They have used all the tactics that the fleet can display, but the Denley Navy is like a reef in the sea, no matter how you hit it, it will remain motionless!
The only thing that moves is the naval gun.No matter which direction Zheng's fleet came from, what greeted them was fierce artillery fire.The number of artillery equipped on each battleship of the Denglai Navy is far inferior to that of the opponent. There are only a few guns on the bow and stern, port and starboard. The bow has the strongest firepower, followed by the stern, and the two sides are weaker. The configuration makes people laugh out loud.But now no one can laugh: those damn breech-loading rifles are firing too fast!The sailors of Zheng's fleet are also well-trained, and their loading speed is one of the best in the whole of Asia. However, the Denglai Navy is faster than them!The time for Zheng's fleet to fire a salvo is enough for them to fight five or six rounds. Coupled with the longer range and excellent accuracy, the Denglai Navy suppressed Zheng's fleet with a much smaller number of artillery than their opponents. Fleet firepower.The old broadside gun tactics also made Zheng's fleet suffer a lot. They had to stop at a distance of about 300 meters and turn the hull in turn to let the artillery on both sides fire. This made them a live target for the Denglai Navy— ——The projectile surface of the ship's side facing the enemy is several times that of the bow facing the enemy, and if it has to stop there, it will be hell if it doesn't get shot!The large number of high-explosive incendiary bombs used by the Denglai Navy also made it difficult for the warships that were shot to leave the battlefield. To no avail, the only thing the sailors can do is jump into the sea and flee for their lives before the fire ignites the powder kegs!

This is not the combat method that Zheng's fleet is good at, what they are best at is fighting gangs.However, after seeing the battleship full of armed sailors rushing up to try to seize the ship was mercilessly shredded by 120mm naval guns, Zheng's fleet temporarily gave up the idea of ​​rushing up to fight hand-to-hand, and could only use inaccurate, The front-loading smoothbore gun, which was reloading so slowly, continued to die.

Seeing that his fleet was slowly turning into broken planks floating on the sea, Zheng Zhibao almost went crazy. He hit the mast with his fist angrily, and shouted: "Won't their naval guns be hot? Their gunners Wouldn’t it be tiring? Don’t they worry about the bombing of the naval guns? Why can their naval guns keep firing, and the more accurate they are? Why!?”

All the generals looked stern, and no one could answer.

Of course, the guns of the Dunley Navy will be hot, and the gunners will be tired-they only use receding artillery, not particle cannons!No, the gun barrels are starting to glow red.But the red-eyed gunner didn't care about it at all, and just hit it right, and when it was too hot, he took a bucket of water and poured it on the cannon body, and the white water vapor rose up, like a thick fog.The gunners are also exhausted. You must know that the shells of naval guns are very heavy. Without any mechanical assistance, they are all carried by people.But no one complained, because everyone knew very well that Yang Menglong was watching!This guy looked friendly with a smile on his face, but he was very ruthless in his attacks. The troops who were beaten badly were immediately disbanded, and there was no sympathy for them!In all fairness, the treatment of the Denglai Navy is one of the best in the world. Even a handyman earns a salary equal to that of the two infantry regiments. The materials and ammunition needed for training They were all open to supply, and the expensive shells were shot for free, which made the infantry go crazy with jealousy-the two main infantry regiments could only fire ten shells per gun a month, except for wars, of course.Yang Menglong has done his best to them. If they still can't achieve a good record, they don't need Yang Menglong to speak up. They have no face to continue messing around. Let's take the initiative to disband!
The casualties of the Denglai Navy were also quite large. Some ships' hulls were punctured, some ships were punctured below the waterline, and even the rudders were damaged.Zheng's fleet found that the warships of the Denglai Navy were too fast and maneuverable, so they changed their tactics one after another, using red-hot solid shot puts to attack the rudder position, and at the same time fired a large number of chain bombs to attack the sails.Once the red-hot lead ball hits the wooden hull, it will catch fire immediately. If it can hit the ammunition depot, it will definitely be a huge profit, and the chain bullet will tear the sailor's body while tearing up the sail. The sails of the battleship were broken, the deck was a mess, and the sailors writhed in pain in a pool of blood.The losses of each ship were summarized to the flagship through semaphore. Shen Tingyang looked like iron, and said coldly: "Reply to them: I don't want to see the casualty figures, I want to see Zheng's fleet fleeing in front of us!"

Seeing the semaphore coming from the flagship, the captains were silent.It seems that not only the sailors are red-eyed, but even Shen Tingyang is also red-eyed.

At this moment, the rumbling sound of gunfire came from both wings of Zheng's fleet. When they and Shen Tingyang were exhausted, the two roundabout fleets that Shen Tingyang sent out before finally completed the outflanking of both wings of Zheng's fleet, overwhelming the sea. Press it up!The Wind Queen commanded by Jiang Yan took the lead and rushed to the front. In a short period of time, it fired two salvos at a large warship facing itself on the port side and struggling to turn the hull.Two 120mm high-explosive incendiary bombs dug two large holes in the deck of the battleship. The violent explosion overturned a mast. Fire spurted out along the holes dug by the shells, and thick smoke billowed from the deck. , flames burst out, and the frightened sailors jumped into the sea like dumplings.The flaming arrows came whizzing towards her, and she didn't even bother to hide. She commanded the battleship to rush straight towards the center of Zheng's fleet.She had her eye on a huge armed merchant ship that looked like it weighed two thousand tons, and she was drooling to snatch it away. She didn't like those little characters at all.

However, small roles can also create problems for her.No, a battleship with a tonnage similar to that of the Queen of the Wind rushed towards the starboard side of the Queen of the Wind, looking at the speed, once it collided, it would not be able to smash the Queen of the Wind in two!Jiang Yan hurriedly commanded the Queen of the Wind to make an emergency left turn, narrowly avoiding the fatal collision, but the two warships still inevitably collided.The armed sailors on the warship screamed wildly, brandishing their knives and axes, and rushed towards the Queen of the Wind.The dozen or so marines who were in charge of covering the battleship shot at each other and knocked down a few, but there were at least 100 armed sailors on that battleship, and there were only a dozen of them, how could they stop them!
Jiang Yan was furious, and sternly shouted: "Dare to spoil the good things of my aunt? I will blow you up!" She grabbed the grenade, tied it into a bundle, pulled the fire, and swung it over with all her might!
Seeing this, the marines, who were pulling out their revolvers and trying to block those crazy armed sailors, screamed in their hearts: "My mother!" They lay down on the deck regardless, refusing to look up!
Zheng's sailor looked at the sizzling grenade that fell on his deck with some doubts, very curious.What the hell is this?Is it a novel firearm?

Yes, there is a prize!
In the next second, a loud noise shattered the deck, and the sailors with knives and axes flew into the air like clouds and fog. The scorching shrapnel shot out at an explosive speed. Or the organs that flowed out fell on the ground and thumped, and the blood flowed wherever it rolled!
Of course, a grenade will not have such a terrifying lethality, but if ten grenades are bundled up and rolled over, it will be very difficult to say... This unlucky battleship that fell to my grandma's house suffered from such a bundle, and the deck was almost blown Collapsed!The surviving sailors were completely blinded. Seeing the crazy female captain start strapping grenades again, they made the most wise and powerful decision in their lives:
Hands up!

After settling this little trouble, the Queen of the Wind continued to rush forward. When encountering obstacles, she fired a naval gun from a distance, and a hand grenade from a short distance. Whoever stood in her way would die!Behind the Queen of the Wind is the artillery fire of the entire fleet.The two wings of Zheng's fleet quickly collapsed, throwing down a dozen burning warships and fleeing, exposing the main force.Zheng Zhibao immediately fell into siege from three sides, the entire fleet was in chaos, more and more warships were hit by fire, and the flames soaring into the sky and the bright red rays of light in the sky complemented each other, as if the sky was also burning.

Yang Menglong put down the binoculars, let out a long breath, and said, "We won!"

Before he finished speaking, he saw the surviving warships of the Zheng fleet turning their bows one after another, turning their backs on the Denglai Navy and fleeing, leaving thousands of sailors who fell into the water to the Denglai Navy.The Denglai Navy was unyielding and chased after any warships that could still move, biting the butt of Zheng's fleet and beating them hard. They continued to catch up with warships, and then they were broken and burned under the bombardment of naval guns. , that terrifying murderous aura frightened Zheng's fleet, and they fled even faster.Zheng Zhibao's eyes were so red that they almost gushed blood, and he roared repeatedly, but to no avail. His fleet was already completely defeated. No matter how powerful he was, he could not reverse the defeat, not to mention that his ability was far from as great as he thought!

So, let's leave the wounded warship and the sailors who fell into the sea and flee, as far as possible, don't look back, turning back is a dead end!
The first battle between the Denglai Navy and Zheng's fleet ended in a crushing defeat for Zheng's fleet.In this campaign, Shen Tingyang slashed Zheng Zhibao's bloody wound, and then sprinkled a thick handful of salt. Of the 220 five warships brought by Zheng Zhibao, 61 were sunk and [-] were captured. Zheng Zhibao's fleet has already lost nearly half of the losses caused by the war of mouth.The most terrible thing is that most of the warships that were sunk were large warships. It can be said that the backbone of this fleet has been broken.

In this battle, the Denley Navy had 630 casualties, three sailors, five warships were seriously injured, and eleven warships were injured to varying degrees, but none of the warships were sunk.The young Denglai Navy has withstood the test and told Yang Menglong with excellent results that they have lived up to his trust and they are worthy of his love!
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