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Volume 1 Chapter 88 Naval Battle 2

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    "Ah! Bastard" Matthew's relatively normal nerves were completely broken after hearing this voice. You must know that the contrast between what happened just now was too great. Matthew wanted to sink the enemy ship and destroy Bunuco.  He wanted to show his face well in front of him, but he didn't expect that after one round, not only did he fail to hurt the enemy at all, but he also caused varying degrees of damage to the sails of his own battleship.  This result has brought him to the edge of explosion. Now that Carlos stimulates him again, Matthew is completely crazy.

    "Don't expect me to surrender" He jumped up suddenly!  He yelled at the messenger: "Hit me!" [bsp; "Hit me??" Everyone was startled by Matthew's order.

    "Your Excellency," the adjutant Karl said cautiously on the side: "If we use a small battleship to ram a large warship, we are likely to be directly hit and destroyed. And even if our warship does not fall apart, it will take a long time to start again.  , our artillery can't hit their deck, but the people on their deck can attack us"

    "It has to happen" Matthew rolled up his sleeves fiercely, revealing his fluffy arms.  He said fiercely: "Order all warships to collide together. The enemy's warships must only be covered with iron sheets on important parts of the hull, and other parts are still wood. They can defend against lead bullets, but they certainly cannot defend against collisions."

    The more Matthew talked, the more he felt it made sense, so his eyes shone brightly and he continued to speak to several of his subordinates: "Several of our warships hit it together, and then we rushed up to fight hand-to-hand, killing all their sailors, and seized the  Get off this battleship"

    "Think about it" Matthew raised his hands in the air with an intoxicated look on his face: "By seizing this battleship our empire will be able to build the same iron-clad battleship. By then, our great navy will be invincible.  Dominate all sea areas, and part of these achievements will belong to you and me By then, we may become a noble duke, or even a prince"

    "Okay! Let's collide"

    Matthew's method of inspiring people is very good. Several subordinates who just looked like their dead fathers suddenly became more confident and shouted one by one: "Flagman, pass the order quickly let all the warships collide together."  past."

    "Raise the sail!"

    "Except for the sailman, all the other sailors went on deck to stand by We ran into it."

    Following Matthew's order, the sinking Dutch fleet went crazy. They no longer lined up in a row, but formed a semicircle. Three warships with intact sails were in front, and other warships with damaged sails were slowly moving.  He followed slowly and rushed towards the Dafeng with great force.  .

    "God bless!" The Dutch warships kept ringing the prayers

    "President! These Dutch people are crazy! They want to die with us"

    Seeing the Dutchman¡¯s actions, Wu Shunkun screamed fiercely.

    "Really? If you can't win, why don't you act like a rogue?" Wu Yiping laughed contemptuously in front of the command platform of the Dafeng battleship.  He said to Carlos: "Look, you arrogant guys are so stubborn. You actually came up with such a trick."

    Facing these warships, Wu Yiping was not worried at all. The sails of six of the nine warships had been damaged to varying degrees.  If there are dozens of sail warships surrounding the Dafeng, it's really hard to say, but with just these warships, are you trying to hit the Dafeng?  That is simply a foolish dream.

    You should know that in order to better attack the enemy, the Dafeng was always traveling at half the speed.  Now, as long as the speed increases by another level, the Dutch sailing warships will no longer be able to keep up with the Dafeng.

    ¡°And even if there was a real collision, Wu Yiping would not be afraid of him.

    Of course, now Wu Yiping will not use the Dafeng to ram the enemy; they will die together - that is a sign of jumping over the wall in a hurry and a rogue move. Now Wu Yiping can kill the enemy with a little time.  It is absolutely impossible for him to risk the threat of damage to the battleship and collide with the enemy.

    Even the shelling and the "ding-dong" sound of the Dafeng just made Wu Yiping feel distressed for a long time, because even if those lead bullets could not cause substantial damage to the Dafeng, they could destroy the hull of the ship.  The waterproof paint was removed!  At present, Wu Yiping cannot find a replacement

    Seeing the enemy getting closer and closer, Wu Yiping finally became serious. He spoke loudly into the microphone:

    "Order! Three-quarter speed, left rudder 70 degrees!"

    "The ultimate crossbow! Prepare two bursts of No. 3 mine blasts! Target, enemy flagship."

    Following Wu Yiping¡¯s order, the speed of the battleship began to increase significantly, and the brackets of the ultimate crossbow on the front deck also began to be replaced.

    This attack on Keelung City was in order to reduce theIn order to blow up the city wall, Wu Yiping spent a lot of money. In order to blow up the city wall, he used a total of twenty No. 3 mines, and many more were fired from the battleship; now there are only five mines left, otherwise Wu Yiping would have ordered them to be destroyed.  The enemy warships were bombarded into broken planks, and they were used to hide and seek with them.

    Now that the enemy's confidence has been severely damaged, if we destroy the enemy's flagship next, I believe the Dutch will be frightened out of their courage.

    The sudden increase in speed of the Dafeng was beyond Matthew's expectation, but he immediately thought it was a sign of cowardice on the part of the Dafeng and thought that the Dafeng was trying to escape. He always thought that the Dafeng relied on manpower to move forward, so he felt  As long as you can keep chasing, it won't take long for the Dafeng to stop due to exhaustion of manpower;

    Therefore, his flagship did not hide behind, but roared at the front.  He completely failed to see that the six warships with damaged sails were getting further and further away from him, and the formation of the fleet changed from a semicircle to a straight line.

    The distance between Dafenghao and the opponent slowly widened.  Gradually it exceeded 500 meters, and Wu Yiping nervously paid attention to the distance between the two sides.

    The ultimate crossbow has a shooting range of two thousand meters, but at this distance, the accuracy is really disappointing. In addition, the deck of the Dafeng is relatively high, so the ultimate crossbow still has a shooting dead zone.  Even if it's close, it can't be hit either.

    In order to hit the target absolutely, Wu Yiping planned to shoot at a distance of 200 meters. The ultimate crossbow was installed on the front deck, so the Dafeng needed to turn around from a longer distance, and then quickly detour to the side of the Dutch flagship before firing  

    "Helmsman: Right rudder 90 degrees! Engine room: Full speed ahead. Ultimate crossbow: Prepare to fire"

    The Dafeng, which was sailing straight, suddenly turned to the right, and at the same time, its speed increased instead of decreasing. The huge warship brought up a huge breaking wave on the sea, and turned in one direction lightly;

    Facing the Dafeng, which suddenly became extremely flexible, the Dutch warships behind it seemed to be in a hurry. The sailman desperately changed the angle of the sail, and the helmsman quickly turned the helm. In such busyness, the side of their flagship had already  Perfectly exposed in front of Dafeng's ultimate crossbow.

    "Ultimate Crossbow: Launch"

    Following the command, the ultimate crossbow vibrated, and two black dots rushed out like lightning.  An attack at this distance, the mines it launches are very little affected by gravity, and hit the front of Matthew's ship almost straight, and then with two "pops", they penetrated the wooden planks of the hull and entered the interior of the hull.  The two thunderbolts that had lost their kinetic energy penetrated two more layers of thin wooden boards, and finally bounced to a stop.

    "Earl, be careful!" As soon as the ultimate crossbow was launched, Matthew's adjutant spotted the black dots flying towards him, and he threw Matthew onto the deck with a sudden movement.

    Matthew, who was thrown violently onto the deck, heard two "puff" sounds, and then his heart immediately relaxed. From the sound, it should have hit the hull not far from him, so  Two small projectiles would not cause any damage to the huge sail battleship.

    There were no exploding projectiles in Matthew's memory, so he stood up with confidence and touched his chin that hurt when he was hit just now.

    "Boom" But just when his hand hit his chin, an unexpected scene occurred. A violent explosion suddenly occurred at the front of the battleship under his feet.  The solid deck became extremely fragile at this time, and was turned into countless sawdust and scattered in all directions by the shock wave of the explosion.

    As soon as the unlucky Matthew stood up, his head was badly beaten by the overwhelming sawdust, and then a huge shock wave swept him away. He hit the ship with a bang and fell to the ground with a thud.

    There was also a big hole in the waterline at the front of the battleship, and seawater kept seeping inside.  The main mast in front also began to tilt due to the explosion, and then fell to one side driven by the huge force of the sail.

    "Helmsman: Right rudder 90 degrees! Full speed forward Command, ultimate crossbow, prepare chain bombs, we will knock off all the sails of the remaining two battleships!"

    Seeing that the enemy's flagship was hit and a violent explosion occurred, Wu Yiping jumped up, pointed at a warship with intact sails and shouted: "This is the one, hit the one on the left first."

    The fewer Dutch warships there were, the less they would be able to contain the Dafeng. Soon, the sails of the other two warships were also hit one after another, and their speed slowed down.

    At this time, Wu Yiping said to Carlos next to him: "My interpreter, sir! Tell them to lower their sails and surrender immediately. Tell them that this is your last chance. If they don't surrender, I will blow up and sink all their warships."  ¡±

    Carlos¡¯ annoying voice sounded again

    Although the fighting lasted only a short time, facing the Dafeng and the DutchIt still feels like there is nowhere to start, he can run faster than you, and he is not afraid of being hit. The most terrifying thing is that he also has a weapon that can explode. Just looking back at the slowly sinking flagship, every Dutch sailor feels like  With a flurry of hair, they sank their flagship in just one attack.  This has never happened before in history.

    Faced with such an opponent and Carlos¡¯s endless persuasion to surrender, the remaining eight warships with damaged sails finally lowered their sails.

    "Great! Hahaha" Seeing these warships finally choose to surrender!  Wu Yiping couldn't help laughing, but he also knew that the matter was not over yet, so he immediately ordered:

    "Close to the beach and attack the Dutch who came ashore with Liang Yong!"

    Having said this, Wu Yiping looked at Carlos again and said coldly to him: "Carlos, I think you should understand very well that although there are about three thousand Dutchmen on the shore, they have our solid defense line in front of them.  Then there is my battleship with powerful firepower, and I have countless mines like the one just now. So"

    Today I checked online and found a classification method for sailing warships. I posted it here. All sailing warships that appear in the future will be classified according to this standard.

    After the 1770s, the navy classified ships according to the following standards:

    First-class ship - a three-layer gun deck, more than 100 guns, a crew of more than 875 people, and a displacement of 2,500-3,500 tons.  The representative ship is Admiral Nelson's flagship Victory in the Battle of Trafalgar

    Second-level ship - three-layer gun deck, 90-98 guns, a crew of about 750 people, and a displacement of more than 2,000 tons.

    Third-class ship - two to three gun decks, 64-80 guns, a crew of about 490-720 people, and a displacement of 1,300-2,000 tons.  This is the most numerous capital ship in the British Navy.

    The fourth-class ship¡ªtwo gun decks, 50-56 guns, a crew of about 350 people, and a displacement of more than 1,000 tons.

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