Yang Fan stood on the balcony and used binoculars to observe the battle ahead.
This is actual combat, not an exercise. Only the real battlefield can test the strength of the army.
Yang Fan has been in battle for a long time, and any cruel scenes are not surprising. But now when he saw the chain bullets cutting people, he still felt uncomfortable. Naval battles are a hundred times crueler than land battles.
"Master, show me." Xiao Niangpi raised her little face and said.
"Don't watch it, it will make you have nightmares at night." Yang Fan said without looking back.
"Hey! Do you think I'm scared? I've never seen anything before, and I'm still afraid of this." Xiao Niangpi curled her lips and said.
Also, people who come from places like Dongchang have a heart of stone and are used to seeing all kinds of cruel things. Their mental training is extremely powerful.
So, Yang Fan had nothing to say and handed the binoculars to her and Lin Yueru. The two of them naughtily looked at each other with one eye.
As a result, the bloody battlefield ahead was visible to everyone.
Seeing that a small morning boat was hit by a chain bullet fired from the front, the flying iron chain with the sickle swept across the surface of the boat, creating a bloody alley.
Then another chain bullet hit the side, directly smashing the siding and ship planking into pieces, and countless sawdust and pieces of wood flew up into the sky.
With just two shots, the people on this small morning boat were basically emptied. The hull was also smashed by the lead ball. Seawater poured into the cabin crazily. This small morning boat was crooked left and right for a long time, or because there was too much water on one side.
Too much and it overturned.
The three boats quickly fired fifty-four rounds of chain bombs.
More than a dozen small morning boats were destroyed, some sank, some only had their hulls left, and everything on them was bulldozed.
Looking at the miserable situation of some small boats, they were beaten to pieces before they even reached the shooting range. The boat behind them was so frightened that they did not react for a long time, causing the boat to continue to rush forward.
At this time, the captain of a closed ship, Teru Maeda, came to his senses and quickly ordered a U-turn and retreat.
Compared with the small Anzhabune, the Kanbune is relatively similar. The overall structure of the Kanbune is similar to that of the Anzhabune. There is a "general yakura" on the top for people to live and move around. Generally, there is only 1 floor. The lower one is used for storage.
Cargo hull.
The biggest difference between Kanbune and Anzha-bune is that Anzha-bune has a small length-to-width ratio, that is, it is a short, thick and fat type, which is relatively stable, but slow. Kanbune is much more slender and faster. Kanbune does not have a castle tower.
, the samurai are all on the deck on Soyakura. The ship has a mast and can hang sails. But the mast can be lowered when not in use.
So the difference between Anzha-bune, Kanbune, and Kohanbune is very clear. An-a-bune has two decks, one for oars and one for cannons. The top deck is for samurai.
In the main Yagura on the first floor of Sekifune, there are all the rowers and cannons inside, arranged in a staggered manner. At the top are the samurai.
The small morning boat simply doesn't have a total yakura, it's just a hull with bulwarks.
Anzha ships are used as ships for feudal lords, generals, and other officials. They have command functions and are sturdy in structure. They are maritime fortresses. Seki ships have poor protection, but are fast, and are used for boarding battles and gang-hopping battles. These ships are the main battleships.
There are many of them. The small boats are lighter, smaller, and less protected, and are used for reconnaissance and raids.
Compared with the Anzaku ship, the Kansai ship has a shallow draft, lower load capacity, and lower dead weight, so it has better flexibility and speed. This type of ship got its name because this type of ship was first used to collect customs duties in the Seto Inland Sea.
If you don't have flexibility and speed, you won't be able to catch up with the merchant ship, and you'll have to pay ridiculous taxes.
Just like today's coast guard ships must emphasize speed. Otherwise, if they encounter a big fly, they will just watch them disappear.
But it was too late to retreat at this time.
"The second shot, use incendiary bombs, fire freely." Dong Tianpeng continued to order.
More than a dozen of the morning boats that threatened the most were killed. Suddenly, all the boats turned around and ran back. The danger was temporarily lifted.
At this time, the cruiser only needs to keep a distance and circle the ship. Their iron cannons cannot hit them at this distance.
The cruiser's armor is not even afraid of artillery, let alone these iron cannons. It is mainly to prevent matchlock guns from hitting the people operating the sails on the deck, causing unnecessary casualties.
Nowadays, these cruisers have formed a generation gap in attacking the Japanese navy fleet. This is a dimensionality reduction strike that cannot be made up by the tactics and bravery of the officers and soldiers.
Cruiser gunners like free fire the most. This is to give the gun crew the shooting target below, and they decide what target to shoot.
At this time, whoever was shooting at the small boat was rushing towards the big ship with all their strength. After all, the merits of sinking a big ship and a small ship with the same cannon are different.
At this time, if you hesitate, the victory will become someone else's.
The Yan Jinhua gun crew of the Hengshan became excited immediately after hearing the order of free fire. Now everyone knows that there will be promotion opportunities for the first time the Navy succeeds. Everyone is gearing up and preparing to do something big.
"Boss, who should we fight?" Xiaodouzi asked. He is the second gunner and the youngest in the artillery crew. He is only fourteen years old this year.
In this era, fleets generally like to recruit some children on board and train them from an early age, usually thirteen or fourteen years old is the most suitable.
For example, the British Navy also has this tradition. Vice Admiral Nelson joined the ship at the age of thirteen. When he was a boy, he lost an arm in a naval battle, and in another naval battle, he also lost an eye.
"Of course it's the big ones. Who cares about those little shrimps? Have you seen the tallest boat? The tiles in the castle tower are all covered with gold foil." Yan Jinhua pointed with his hand.
The gun crew put down their telescopes and took a breath of cold air. The ship was the farthest, a full thousand meters away. But this ship was also the largest. At first glance, it looked like a big shot ship.
"Boss, can we hit him from such a distance? Don't waste time, why not hit him from close range." Lu Aiqiu, a fat black man, said in an angry voice.
It is not easy to hit at this distance. You need to calculate the wind speed and direction. Although there is a firing meter at the boss, it is very difficult. Although the effective range of these heavy artillery is 1,500 meters. However, it is not easy to hit a target of 1,000 meters.
Just joking.
This is a moving-on-moving shooting. Both ships are moving, both moving in six directions.
This is not target shooting on land. It's as simple as calculating the wind speed.
"You know what the heck, this is a big fish. Catching it will do more for you than sinking ten small morning boats. It's better to eat a mouthful of peaches than to eat a basket of rotten apricots. Get moving and reload quickly."
" Yan Jinhua ordered.
Seeing that the leader had made up his mind, everyone stopped trying to persuade him and had no choice but to honestly start loading the propellant, and then move the heavy gun back along the slide rail to its final position.
Two people carried a 40-kilogram pointed cylindrical copper shell and loaded it from the muzzle.
The shells are very heavy, and loading from the muzzle is very troublesome. The barrel must be placed in a horizontal position to push the shells in.
After loading the cannonballs, Yan Jinhua, the gunner and aimer, squinted his eyes and looked at the artillery's aiming device. He aimed at the largest Anzha ship, with its castle tower covered with gold foil and shining in the sun.
