"Monster!?? Are you sure our soldiers didn't interpret it wrong??"
It is not difficult to see from the mocking smile on Major Darrens's face how disdainful he felt when the flagship chief sergeant reported this military information to him... But when he personally walked onto the deck and took out his binoculars and looked at When the Master Chief looked in the direction he was pointing, he also fell into complete silence...
"Your Excellency Major, the Harlingen ahead is asking you whether to launch an attack?"
"Wait a minute... let me take a look first..." Darrens was a little hesitant at the moment, and quickly raised the telescope to look in that direction. However, because the distance was too far, he could only see a rough outline, not at all. He couldn't see the specific details clearly... In the end... he gave up thinking completely and gave the attack order loudly!
"Let the Harlingen ahead use full starboard rudder and fire a salvo! The other ships will immediately raise half sail! Slow down!!"
"yes!!"
After receiving this order, the sergeant major repeated the order loudly, and the soldiers on the observation deck also typed out the flags immediately...
"Full right rudder!! One shelling!!"
"Half sail slow down!! Starboard full rudder!!! Port side ready for bombardment!!!"
"Dangdangdangdang..."
Suddenly, the bells on the Harlingen rang loudly, and all the officers and soldiers entered the first-level battle sequence, quickly ran towards their posts, and strictly implemented every order issued by the first officer!
The halyards of the three sails... were pulled up by the crew on the deck. As the ship's speed dropped sharply, the helmsman of the sailboat quickly turned the steering wheel to the right, and the huge sailboat then tilted slowly, but this This slight elevation had no impact on the Dutch officers and soldiers who had been drifting at sea for many years. Under the ship's deck, nearly a hundred gunners had already raised their torches, just waiting for an order...
And this slight elevation angle just allows the artillery to reach the farthest range at that time, a full three kilometers away...
"fire!!!"
A full ten seconds in advance, the first mate gave the order to fire into the microphone. This was his precise calculation based on years of maritime combat. At the moment the order was given, from the time the artillery responded to the time the gun was fired, Then the cannon is fired to the end and the cannonball is finally fired, no more, no less... exactly ten seconds!!
It was at this moment that the starboard side of the ship also entered the appropriate shooting angle. In an instant, thirty-six artillery roared one after another in the gun window, and thirty-six shells followed the bursts of fire and white. The smoke flew towards the "monster" that everyone could not understand!!
Yan Bing... First of all, she must be grateful that the muzzle velocity of artillery in this era is very low... so low that it is much slower than the speed of sound, so she has the opportunity to follow the sound of the artillery...
Yan Bing... also thanks to the very low accuracy of artillery in this era... So when she was shocked, she slashed with her sword and cut off a few shells in front of her, but a large number of shells just landed on her All around... But even so, after the shelling... she was directly turned into a "soaked rat" by the surrounding waves...
Dutch battleship!!
Yan Bing raised his hand to smooth the curtain of hair that blocked his sight, and immediately made a reasonable judgment...
The Japanese army...should have completed the landing!!
At this time, Xingtian, who is responsible for patrolling in her camp, should have just taken off and has not floated here yet!!
The next moment, two more thoughts rushed into her brain at the same time!
Are you rushing towards the cannon fire to see if you can compete with the sailboat now?
Or should you turn around and leave immediately and notify the entire army to prepare for the enemy!?
As a conductor, she should undoubtedly choose the latter...
But as a warrior... she squinted her eyes again and thought...
It wasn't until she saw clearly through the heavy sea fog and gunpowder smoke that there were nearly a hundred warships behind the ship that she... simply gave in...
Why are you waiting!! I’ll go back and call someone!! If you have the guts, don’t run away!!!
"Shua——!!"
Yan Bing turned into a meteor and flew towards the military camp twenty miles away!!
At this time, the officers and soldiers of the Harlingen were still loading artillery shells with all their strength!!
Seventeenth-century artillery... averaged two to three shots per minute...
By the time their gunners had loaded their shells, Yan Bing had already disappeared...
"Major!! Did you see it!!! That monster seemed to cut through the cannonball out of thin air!!!"
"Stop yelling!! I didn't make a mistake, Lieutenant Hughes! I can see it!!" Major Darrens slowly put away the telescope and glared at the other party fiercely. He didn't want this kind of thing to be revealed to anyone on the ship.
Other soldiers heard it, because this is likely to cause panic among the crew! And affect the combat capability of the entire ship...
"Then we...are we still going to attack? Your Majesty Major...??" Lieutenant Hughes's voice seemed to be trembling slightly, and the panic in his eyes was exactly what Darrens didn't want to see in the eyes of other soldiers.
What he saw... So Darrens warned in the coldest tone:
"Of course we have to continue the attack! And... I don't want you to tell anyone what you just saw! If you let me know that you told any officer or soldier on this ship, I guarantee you, Lieutenant Hughes
!You will be sent to a military court by me! And I! will also write a special letter to the judge! Let him impose the most severe punishment on you!! Do you understand! Lieutenant!!"
"Yes! Yes! I understand! Your Excellency Major! I promise to God! I will swear to death to keep this secret...until...the end of the war..."
"Very well... continue with your duties Lieutenant!"
After saying this, Darrens quickly walked to the wheelhouse of the sailboat, where... that's where he and the first mate should stick to their posts...
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On the other side, Yan Bing had already plunged into the handsome tent like lightning. The movement was so loud that it directly woke up Lin Jiaxi from his sleep...
Rubbing her eyes, she looked at Yan Bing in front of her as if she had just been fished out of the water. She asked her first question in a low voice: "Did you... go swimming??"
"I'll explain it to you later..." Yan Bing curled his lips and smiled bitterly, then picked up a quilt and wrapped it around Lin Jiaxi, shouting loudly: "Xiao Liu! Protect Madam to the tunnel in the southwest corner!!
Call me the messenger!!"
"yes!!"
Xiaoliu responded at the tent, but then asked hesitantly: "Then coach...can Xiaoliu go in now...?"
"Nonsense!!" Yan Bing retorted angrily, then turned to Lin Jiaxi and ordered: "Follow him to the tunnel and wait for me!"
"I won't go!! This is going to be a war! Didn't you let me stay with you during the previous battles? Why didn't you let me watch this time!??"
"Tsk! Be obedient! The tunnel is safe! I will gather the soldiers in a while, and we will go too! After all, this time... we have to be 'beaten' first!!"
"Being beaten??"
Lin Jiaxi, who was not sure why, gradually frowned...
