Chapter 391: The traditional arts of the Angsa people!
Click! Click! Click!
The tall sail battleship on the hull moved, and the sails were fully spread, like movable mountains on the sea, heading out of the harbor.
The Qing warships blocking the road were crushed by the British and Dutch sailing battleships!
One after another, the sampans were pressed to the bottom of the sailing battleship, and were instantly crushed into broken pieces of wood by the terrible weight.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Shi Lang's eyes were about to burst and he roared loudly.
"Shameless and treacherous!"
"If they dare to betray our Qing Dynasty, one day our Qing Master will make them pay the price!"
Amidst Shi Lang's roar, the Ming army's warships also began to fire at the British and Dutch warships that jumped out of the formation.
Sail battleships were lined up one after another, and on the sides of the ships, the black muzzles of the guns were full of pressure.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Countless artillery fired one after another, and the entire sea off Zhoushan was instantly obscured by thick smoke.
Amidst the rumbling sound of artillery shelling, artillery shells flew across the battlefield!
The British and Dutch sailing battleships kept flying flags to indicate that they were a neutral country, a third party, and that they were here to watch the war, not to participate in the war, etc.!
All in all, they are asking the Ming fleet not to fire on them!
However, in the face of the flags issued by the British and Dutch fleets, the Ming army ignored them and continued to fire fiercely.
neutral?
You've already opened fire on my fleet and fortress, and now you're lying about being neutral?
Want face?
Ganlin Niang, why, are you really going to give full play to the traditional skills of Angsa people?!
Unlike the grievances of later generations, today's China is a kingdom of heaven in the true sense.
Faced with all the countries in the world, we will fight at will without any scruples!
Zhu Hongyu stood on the bow of the boat and said loudly.
"Go down with the order, open fire with all your strength, and sink those foreign warships!"
"Let them know what will happen if they dare to cooperate with the Qing Dynasty and offend the Ming Dynasty!"
Zhu Hongyu gave an order, and the Ming army's artillery fire became more and more fierce.
His ship's command flag changed, and the roar of heavy artillery became more violent.
As the smoke filled the air, countless cannonballs were fired at the British and Dutch sailing battleships!
Click! Click!
Boom! Boom!
The Ming army's artillery was incredibly accurate.
The cannonballs flew across the sky and splintered sawdust from the sail battleships that were hit.
Explosive bombs were embedded one after another on the sides and deck of the sailing battleship.
Boom! Boom!
The fuse burned out and then ignited the gunpowder in the shell.
In the rumbling explosion, the rapidly expanding air tore apart the cast iron casing of the cannonball in the blink of an eye.
The gunpowder envelops the fragments, and the shock wave rages!
Big holes were blown out of the ship's deck and sides by explosive bombs!
The water began to flood into the hull!
The Ming army's shelling continued, and shells kept hitting one after another.
Some hit the hull, while others fell into the seawater around the hull.
A lot of water sputtered!
Vanderlaan's face was full of surprise, and he said blankly.
"Ming Guo... Ming Guo's artillery fire is so accurate!"
Compared with their naval guns, the Ming Dynasty's naval guns are both accurate and far away. The current situation on the battlefield is completely crushing.
The distance between the two sides was not close, so it was naturally impossible for the Ming army's artillery to be extremely accurate.
However, the impact point of the Ming army's artillery shells was quite similar.
Even if it is a deviation, it is not much different!
Feeling the rocking of the ship, Vanderlaan shouted an order.
"Anne and Newland come forward to resist the bombardment for the flagship and provide the fleet with a chance to break through!"
He was prepared to pay the price of two sail battleships in exchange for his ship leaving the battlefield!
Anne and Newland accelerated forward, blocked the flagship, and began to block shells for the flagship.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The sound of artillery fire continued one after another, and the heavy artillery roared one after another.
In the blink of an eye, numerous large holes were smashed into the hulls of the Anne and Newland by naval gun shells.
The Anne even began to slowly sink!
As the distance between the two sides continued to shrink, the British and Dutch fleets also began to fight back.
Amidst the rumbling sound of shelling, shells from forty-eight-pound and twenty-four-pound heavy guns were fired at the Ming army's warships.
A cannonball the size of a human head roared over and hit the bulwark of the Ming army's warship.
The thick bulwarks are vulnerable to the shells of naval guns!
As sawdust flew, the sailors of the Ming army around them screamed!
One shell after another even blasted big holes in the side of the Ming army's warship.
The Ming army's warships rocked rhythmically as the cannons fired.
Due to the shaking, the large holes on the side of the ship would occasionally be below the waterline, and seawater would take the opportunity to pour into the hull.
However, as the distance got closer, the Ming army's heavy artillery bombardment became more and more sharp!
Sparkling bullets, solid bullets, hot bullets, chain bullets, shotguns...
Several British and Dutch ships began to sink one after another.
Vanderlaan was more unlucky. He was standing on the deck directing the battle when he was hit by a chain bomb, and his whole body was directly torn into two pieces by the chain bomb.
Blood mixed with smelly internal organs was sprayed everywhere!
However, Vanderlaan had not yet breathed his last, struggling painfully and wailing...
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Amidst the piercing screams, rockets roared towards the British and Dutch warships.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The amount of rocket charge determines the power of its explosion.
The sailors on the decks of the British and Dutch ships were almost wiped out.
The hull of the ship was also turned into countless pieces of wood amid the continuous explosions.
Sinking toward the bottom of the sea!
The few surviving warships did not dare to continue to resist and raised the white flag.
The sailors of the Ming army jumped into gangs to fight and turned the surviving British and Dutch into prisoners of war.
…
Shi Lang looked at what was happening on the battlefield and felt happy in his heart.
You foreigners, do you think you can survive by betraying the Qing Dynasty?
Haha, it depends on whether the thief is willing to let you go!
However, as soon as he was happy, he realized how serious the problem he would face next was.
After the Ming army's fleet dealt with the British and Dutch fleets, it continued to move forward towards the port.
The Qing army began to disperse and break out!
In an instant, the entire battlefield was filled with the sound of shelling.
Water jets kept splashing out from the sea, countless cannonballs flew, and gunpowder smoke filled the air.
The rumbling explosions are as dense as exploding beans!
Qing warships were constantly sunk, and the sea was filled with broken corpses.
The blood is stained with blood on the sea.
Zhu Hongyu stared at the battlefield without blinking and gave instructions casually.
"Send the order, open fire with all your strength, sink the Qinglu flagship first, don't let Shi Lang go!"
"promise!"
The entire Ming army agreed.
…
At the same time, the naval battle on the sea progressed to a critical moment.
In the Zhoushan Fortress, the remnants of the Ming Army looked at the mighty reinforcements on the sea and couldn't help but burst into cheers.
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
"Long live His Royal Highness the Governor!"
"..."
Amidst the shouts, the morale of the Zhoushan Ming army, which had been somewhat low, returned to its peak.
Zhao Erhu had gauze wrapped around his chest and was helped up to the top of the city.
Looking in the direction of the sea, my eyes filled with tears quietly!
This feeling of not being abandoned is really good!