Section 213 Naval Battle 3
I've never had a good impression of little devils. The same defeated country, completely different expressions. The radically different attitude towards the crimes of the past has proven that the Japanese must be spurned. It is also a defeated country, a country that faces history squarely and regains the self of a great country in the process of self-reliance and self-reliance, and the other is the face of a dog fighting against people and a villain, and in the final analysis, there are only two words to describe them -- they are indebted!!
Since its birth, naval warfare has been far more cruel and fierce than other battlefields. Because the losing side will always face an unfathomable ocean, irresistible natural violence, and the difficulty of rescue, naval warfare is the best stage for cultivating and testing a nation's courage and blood.
The afternoon wind was not only much stronger, but even the wind direction also changed, these factors offset the advantage of the speed of the Minjiang-class ships, and the right wind direction made the Dutch warships much more flexible, and finally their advantage in firepower was brought into play.
"The Fuzhou was hit." Yue Xiaofei, who refused to return to the ship and was at the mercy of fate, poked his head out of the side of the ship and looked at the "Fuzhou".
In order to maintain its speed, all the quadrangular sails on the mainmast were retracted, and only the spinnaker remained, and even then it was seized by the enemy "Alvin" and "Tempest" to seize the opportunity to besiege it.
After the sudden artillery fire, the second "Fuzhou" of the Minjiang class floated lonely on the sea. Most of the masts were broken, some of the fallen canvases covered the deck, and even the stern sail was spewing flames in the billowing smoke. There were also some sail bars that were hung by broken sail ropes and dragged to the side of the boat.
Looking through the binoculars, it can be seen that the "Fuzhou" has stopped, and a large group of soldiers have jumped into the sea from the side of the ship, Yue Xiaofei sighed in his heart, "Fortunately, their armor is improved." "Because the honeycomb holes in the improved armor are well sealed, the buoyancy stored is enough to save lives.
The Dutch cruisers "Alvin" and "Stormwind" approached the "Fuzhou", and they were no longer firing their guns, apparently trying to capture the "Fuzhou".
From a distance, those Barracuda-class boats did not rush to the rescue in the direction of the "Fuzhou", but went in groups to besiege the remaining cruiser. At the same time, the "Minjiang" also adjusted its course.
"There's still a chance to fight later, why don't you save people first......" Yue Xiao flew towards the stern of the ship, he was going to question Yu Huzi. Murong Zhuo didn't hold it, so he had to shake his head and follow Yue Xiaofei over, Chu Chu, who was dressed as a soldier, didn't move, her eyes were filled with tears, and a pair of slender hands were tightly grasping the side of the boat, worrying about those soldiers in the water.
"Yu Huzi, what's the matter, don't let the dinghy save them" Yue Xiaofei shouted loudly as soon as he rushed into the command cabin of the stern.
"You're yelling fart, and now I'm in command." Yu Huzi, who became the temporary commander of the navy, didn't buy Yue Xiaofei's account at all, and replied coldly, so he ignored him anymore, but issued a series of orders.
"All the small boats, lined up in a melee formation, quickly approaching the enemy's lone battleship to gather fire and attack, must hold it and wait for our big ship to approach. The Fuzhou was ordered to wait for the enemy ship to approach, complete the attack, and then abandon the ship. And put the tanks below deck into the water as much as possible......"
It turned out that when the "Fuzhou" slowed down sharply due to the direction of the wind, the enemy's attack was due to the long distance, and most of the shells hit the waterline part of the ship, causing a large amount of water, and the manpower propulsion system located in the bilge was no longer usable, but the weapons on the deck were not seriously damaged, and it was guessed that the enemy was captured and not sunk for the purpose of attacking, so it attracted the enemy ship to approach and launch a surprise attack.
It's a pity that the sky does not follow people's wishes, and changes in the situation on the battlefield are often difficult to divert people's expectations. The Dutch, "Alvin", "Tempest", lined up in a separate column.
With the surging smell of alcohol, a large amount of smoke erupted from the side of the "Minjiang," which rushed to the vicinity of the enemy's lone "Dilan," and because the distance was close enough, firearms such as the "Franc machine" fired a large number of scattered bombs in an instant, except for the four red-coated cannons on the side of the string.
The Barracuda-class dinghys approaching from the bow of the "Dilan" crossed less than eighty meters to the west of the enemy ship in a stepped herringbone formation of eight ships. Except for a volley of guns fired during the first salvo and hit three Barracuda-class boats, the "Dilan" spent the rest of the time tormented by a rain of arrows and grenades.
You must know that when the warships fought at this time, there would be between one and two hundred people on the deck alone, and a round of attacks from forty Barracuda ships caused nearly a thousand crossbow arrows and nearly 100 grenades on its deck. The people on deck were killed almost instantly. Many of the sail cables were broken by the debris that flew in all directions after the explosion of the grenades, and the snow-white sails either fell or hung upside down on the masts, unable to swing in the sea breeze. The all-out salvo of the Minjiang was even more of a disaster for the "Dilan". The captain of the "Dilan", who was hit hard, asked everyone to abandon ship. The white flag was hung directly on the life-saving dinghy laid down on the big ship.
The "Fuzhou," which had been flooding in the distance, fired its last salvo before sinking, and the "Tempest," which was walking in front of the "Alvin," was heavily damaged because it was too close, and the ship burst into flames, and in a hurry turned its rudder to the side.
Annoyed by the ambush, the "Alvin" fired a salvo at close range at the "Fuzhou". A large number of spherical shells pierced the hull of the Fuzhou, but fortunately, the rest of the "Fuzhou" had already evacuated except for the people in the battle positions on the ship, and even five or six chariots had been put down on the sea, and the crew members who had fallen into the water swam over one after another.
But the last salvo of the "Alvin" was a fatal wound. Of the nearly 100 crew members who remained on board to fight, including the captain, only three survived the salvo.
The full-body creation made the "Fuzhou" more and more seriously flooded, and the stern of the ship slid to the surface of the sea, and the bow of the ship was raised high. The white jade-like porcelain bottom armor under the hull of the ship is exposed. Finally, the hull could no longer withstand such a force, and broke into two with a loud and extremely tragic **, and sank to the sea.
The proud "Alvin" sailing near it not only did not stop attacking, but instead used rows of muskets and small cannons on the side of the ship to shoot at the soldiers of the Shenzhou Army who were fleeing on the sea, and a large number of scattered bullets shot at the soldiers who abandoned the ship as they sank and floated on the sea. Patches of blood rippled in the waters of Bilan.
"Sink it" Yue Xiaofei and Yu Huzi, who were furious, looked at each other with blood-red eyes, nodded lightly, and roared together.