At this time, Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru had returned to the Hengshan. They put Mei Xiang and Chen Xi in the bottom warehouse because there was no risk of bombardment there. Then they changed into rear admiral uniforms, which were trousers, and arrived.
The bridge. After all, short skirts are only suitable for showing off to the master.
At this time, Dong Tianpeng and First Officer Huang Hai saw the two ladies coming and said quickly: "Madam, it is dangerous here. Please move to the bottom warehouse and come out after the battle is over."
"How can that be done? The master and his people are suppressed behind the rocks over there. I want to personally command and sink these broken ships and rescue the master." Xiao Niangpi said with wide eyes.
"Captain Dong, just take command. We won't interfere with you." Lin Yueru said quickly.
How do they know about naval warfare? They don't dare to let the little girl take command blindly. It's better to let the officers on the ship take command.
Seeing that he really couldn't persuade him, Dong Tianpeng had no choice but to say: "Then please two ladies not to leave the command podium. There are eight-inch-thick steel plate armor on the walls here. It is safer here."
The bridge is the highest place on the whole ship's deck. It is mainly to obtain a good view and facilitate driving. When it was built, it was considered to protect this important command position. Outside the 1.5-meter-high wooden wall, 203mm riveted
Thick steel armor protects this area.
"Okay, we will listen to you." Xiao Niangpi also agreed.
Immediately afterwards, Dong Tianpeng ordered to open fire. The first round of artillery fire was very good. All of them hit the Prince at a distance of more than 200 miles. Seeing a burst of sawdust flying on the port side of the Prince, a row of holes was punched out. There were
The place is even crossed, so that you can see the light from the opposite side from here.
However, they soon discovered that the enemy was very well-trained. Faced with a sudden attack, they quickly ended their panic and entered a combat state.
Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru came into contact with military affairs and administration. In fact, it was Yang Fan who deliberately trained them. They also understood what the master meant and seized every opportunity to learn.
Starting from working as a secretary for the master, he gradually became familiar with various affairs. Yang Fan's system is completely new, completely different from the Ming Dynasty. Yang Fan hopes that they can be consistent with him and not fall behind the overall development.
The two of them stared at the naval battle intently, just to see how the naval battle was fought and how the navy operated. At least they wanted to understand the situation of the navy.
But in less than a minute, the four ships on the opposite side quickly entered a fighting state. They saw that all the ships turned sideways, facing the Hengshan, and then opened the gun windows one by one.
Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru understood that this was going to be a shooting.
Immediately afterwards, four ships and more than eighty artillery pieces of various calibers opened fire on the opposite side.
Boom boom boom! A huge noise came, a white smoke filled the harbor, and more than 80 lead bullets flew in. The moment he saw the enemy ship firing, Dong Tianpeng shouted: "Squat down!"
The people on the command platform immediately squatted down. Then a crackling sound was heard. Countless metal objects hit the armored steel plate outside the fence and were ejected.
"Use grapeshot in the first round, these bastards." Dong Tianpeng cursed and stood up to look at the damage to his ship. The three armed merchant ships all had twenty guns, and there were only ten guns on one side. He was not worried.
With this tonnage, the heavy artillery is only a twenty-four-pounder.
At this distance, the Hengshan's planks were made of oak, a full foot and a half thick, and there was no problem in blocking it. He was focusing on the 74-gun ship with three gun decks. There must be more than thirty pounds on it.
Heavy artillery. And it cannot be ruled out that there are mortars on the bow and stern of the ship.
Just now, the enemy ship's artillery fire came fiercely, because the distance was more than 200 meters. The long guns they were equipped with had an optimal shooting range of 100 meters, so a lot of them were shot away. The remaining shells that hit the Hengshan were six.
The pounding gun just scratches the itch and bounces away directly.
The 12-pounder guns also failed to penetrate. There were only 18 usable 36-pounder guns and twenty-eight 24-pounder guns on the Prince. There were also twelve 24-pounder guns on the other three ships.
The design standard of the Hengshan is that it can block direct fire from an 18-pounder gun at 100 meters and a 24-pounder gun at 200 meters. At this distance, more than 20 rounds of 24-pounder guns hit the port side of the ship.
board, but only a few left scars and basically no breakdown.
The port side of the Prince had just been swept by shelling, and there were only seven 36-pound guns left to be used. On the other side, there were 11 more 36-pound guns. Five of these seven guns hit the Hengshan ship.
One shot hit the bulwark of the deck, directly making a large V-shaped hole in the bulwark. Then the lead bullet plowed through the oak deck, shattering everything it encountered. The piled boxes on the deck were scattered everywhere.
From this point it can be seen that Yang Fan's navy is still inferior to the English in terms of experience and training.
The wooden support of a pulley crane was broken, and the crane fell directly into the sea. This crane is used to lift supplies from the dock when berthed.
Another hit the bow, punching a hole in the side of the hollow bow, and bounced off the windlass.
The other three rounds hit the gun warehouse. The three 36-pounder heavy artillery shells all penetrated the bulwark ship plate and directly entered the gun warehouse. A 203mm heavy gun was hit. The barrel was deformed. The other two
The bomb smashed into the crowd, killing five people and injuring 13 others.
"Carry away the wounded and corpses and prepare to fight back immediately," gunner Zhang Xujing shouted.
Yang Fan's navy was not as cruel as the English, throwing dead people and people who were not worth saving into the sea. Yang Fan's army was prohibited from abandoning his comrades. If the morale of the army collapsed due to abandoning his comrades, he would be beheaded. This is also a thing
Differences in army-building ideas of the Fang army.
This was the first time since the Hengshan was formed into the army that it had been involved in such a cruel artillery battle. In the previous battle with the pirates, the pirates had no power to fight back. The battle with the Japanese Navy was also one-sided, as they had no artillery that could penetrate the Hengshan.
But this time is different, the opponent can also penetrate them.
"Retreat immediately and keep the distance." Dong Tianpeng immediately changed his strategy after seeing that the opponent's heavy artillery could also penetrate the Hengshan.
The Hengshan's artillery has a large caliber and a long range. As long as the distance is increased, the opponent will be unable to do anything to the Hengshan. Hard steel like this is disadvantageous now.
The steam engine of the Hengshan had reached pressure. At this time, the engineering crew immediately started the propeller, and the Hengshan turned around and sailed towards the open sea.
The eight-inch heavy gun has a direct range of not less than 500 meters. It also has a very impressive hit rate at a distance of one thousand meters. This is because the gun barrel is long, the medicine chamber is large, and the charge is large. The 36-pound gun on the Prince is only 22 times
diameter, the firing range would not go in a straight line beyond 300 meters. The shell speed also dropped quickly, and it could not penetrate the Hengshan's wooden armor.
Theodore gasped when he saw that only five of this round of shelling penetrated the enemy ship. He instantly understood that only the thirty-six-pounder gun was an effective weapon against the opponent.
"Rush out of the bay, disperse and evacuate, and meet up off the coast of Macau." Theodore understood that this battle could not go on. His side did not have the advantage. After dealing with the enemy for a while, he must escape from here as soon as possible.
