Da Ming started to ascend the throne

"Eastern Palace Guards, have you all heard, now immediately go to work as assistants to the naval artillery, and those who disobey the order will be punished on the spot."

"Yes"

The Zhengde speeded up and sailed towards Anbo Island with the wind and waves. The observation post was five nautical miles away from Anbo Island and saw three pirate ships bombarding Anbo Island.

The sentry immediately reported to Ma Bao:

"Report to the captain, we found three pirate ships shelling Anbo Island."

Ma Bao grabbed the binoculars and went out. He wanted to stand at the observation post and direct the battle.

Although the observation post is not big, it can still stand three sentries. When Ma Bao was stationed at the observation post by the big chimney, he suddenly found that Zhu Cihong also quickly climbed up.

Seeing that the prince's agility was not inferior to him, Ma Bao couldn't help being shocked. In his heart, he thought the prince was a frail scholar, but now he saw that it was not the case at all.

After reacting, Ma Bao hurriedly said:

"Your Highness, it's dangerous here, you can't come up."

Zhu Cihong smiled slightly:

"General Ma, don't worry about me. I feel that this place seems to be safer than the command cabin. During naval battles, no one should fire at such a high place." Recommended reading m.tv./.tv./

Zhu Cilang was right about this point. At that time, the artillery shells did not have parabolas, and they hit the hulls of warships in a straight line. Iron-clad warships had no sails, and no one went to play a sentinel.

Ma Bao didn't say anything, he raised his binoculars to look at the three pirate ships, and Zhu Cihong also raised his binoculars to look at Anbo Island.

At this time, the fort on the island was confronting three pirates, but there were too few cannons on the fort, and those bombarded by the three pirates had almost no ability to fight back, and the artillery suffered heavy casualties.

"Your Highness, this does not seem to be a pirate ship. There are eighty cannons on a battleship. It is an authentic battleship."

Zhu Cilang made a point:

"Yes, I don't even look like it. Isn't the Ming battleship an iron-clad battleship? We can directly intersect between the two battleships and use the guns on both sides of the iron-clad battleship to give them a surprise attack. General Ma, what do you think?"

Zhu Cihong's words immediately reminded Ma Bao, yes, it is absolutely possible to penetrate among them and kill them.At worst, it will take a few shots, and the rough skin and thick flesh of the ironclad battleship can fully bear it.

At that time, in naval battles, the battleships were lined up and fired at the opponent. After a round of shelling was over, the rudder was immediately turned to bombard the opponent with another row of artillery.

Sail warships are all wooden structures, and no navy dares to intersperse among opponents, otherwise they will be sunk by concentrated firepower.

But there is no problem with the Ming warships at all, because they are real iron-clad warships, and the tactics that Zhu Cihong and Ma Bao are about to use are also the first time in history.

Zhang Jiexu has been on Anbo Island for so many years. Although there have been pirates who have landed and robbed, they have been repelled by the Chinese on the island. There has never been a large-scale pirate attack on them.

The island was originally populated by Chinese fleeing refugees, and they did not have much wealth at that time. Later, although the Chinese on the island became rich, their equipment also went up, and even had artillery.

Attacking an island with artillery is far less safe and profitable for pirates than robbing merchant ships, so the island has not been attacked for many years.

After receiving the order from his superiors to build defensive bunkers on all islands, Zhang Jiexu immediately carried out the order and began to build the bunkers according to the drawings. .

But when they were building a defensive bunker with all their strength, three large pirate ships suddenly arrived, and without saying a word, they fired bombardment at the fort on Anbo Island.

After fighting with the opponent, Zhang Jiexu discovered that this was not a pirate ship at all, but a Nima warship, and a salvo was more than 200 shells.

Compared with the opponent's naval guns, the twenty-odd shore artillery pieces were simply child's play. Many of the shore artillery pieces were destroyed by them in the first two rounds, and more than half of the artillerymen were killed or injured.

Zhang Jiexu hastily ordered to abandon the fort and retreat, but they bombarded the coastal defenses violently. Zhang Jiexu and the others concealed the simple city wall and were quickly bombed down.

With nowhere to hide, he could only choose to retreat, but Zhang Jiexu did not choose that. Once the pirates landed under the cover of naval guns, the island would be devastated.

Zhang Jiexu had no choice but to give the order to die, and he and his subordinates crouched behind the small rocks, ready to fight to the death with these bandits.

Suddenly, he found a large battleship, dragging billowing smoke and galloping towards the pirate ship. It was the Daming Tiejian warship, and only Daming had this kind of warship.

"Brothers, we are saved, Daming has not forgotten our Anbo Island."

"Really, that is the Ming warship, but is only one useful?"

The Chinese who just shouted excitedly began to worry about the fate of the Ming warship when they saw that there was only one warship.

Chapter 595 Intense naval battle

Hearing his subordinates say that Daming has only one battleship, and that he might not be able to protect himself, Zhang Jiexu sternly reprimanded them:

"Shut up, don't be crowed. Daming is an iron-clad battleship. Even if it can't sink the three pirate ships, it will definitely be undefeated. Go and see if there are any artillery that can be used, and prepare to support the Ming battleship."

"That's right, we need to use artillery to support the Ming battleship. Even if we can't hit the pirate ship, it will definitely distract the pirates."

Dozens of artillerymen immediately got up, braved the bombardment of shells, and quickly rushed to the bombed fort.

Both Zhu Cihong and Ma Bao stood at the observation post, seeing that the battleship was getting closer and closer to the pirate ship, Ma Bao immediately sent an order:

"Order, the battleship rushes directly into the middle of the three pirate ships, and quickly fires at the pirate ships on both sides with solid bullets."

"Yes"

……

"Look, captain, what is that?"

The three pirate ships were still firing on the island, when someone suddenly saw a huge ship rushing towards them and hurriedly reported to the captain.

The captain of the pirate ship hurriedly looked in the direction of the soldiers' fingers, only to find a huge battleship rushing towards them with billowing smoke.

"Nimma, this is the Daming ironclad battleship, quickly turn the rudder and bombard them."

The captain was taken aback, and hurriedly ordered the warship to turn the rudder and fire at the Zhengde.

They were all sailing battleships. After firing shells on one side of the battleship, the rudder had just been turned, and they could not fire at the Zhengde at all, so they had to turn the rudder again.

However, it is not so easy for the sailing warship to turn the rudder. As soon as the pirate ship turned halfway, the Zhengde rushed to the middle of the two pirate ships.

"fire……"

"Rumble..."

"Boom bang bang..."

With Ma Bao's order, 100 naval guns on both sides of the Zhengde fired their anger, and more than [-] shells instantly bombarded the sides of the pirate ships on both sides.

The distance between the Zhengde and the two pirate ships was only tens of meters. The range was too short, and almost none of the warships missed the target. The two pirate ships were immediately bombarded with sawdust.

The side of the ship was also riddled with holes, and most of the gunners on the two decks were killed by a round of shelling from the Zhengde, and many sailors were blasted into piles of flesh by the flying solid bullets.

"Reload, fire"

Ma Bao refused to let others go, and the order for the second round of bombardment was issued, and soon the second round of bombardment began: