The Shandong ironclad and its sister ship, the Jiangsu, were only 1,200 meters away from the Papora Battery, which was already very close, and although the rifled artillery shells fired at such a close range could not be said to be 100 shots and 100 hits, the hit rate was as high as 60 percent or more. The two ironclad ships turned sideways over the hull, allowing the two 203 mm main guns to work, and the two 152 mm secondary guns to rain shells at the battery.

The two ironclad ships spat out tongues of fire in turn, and four 203-mm shells and four 152-mm shells smashed into the Spanish batteries with a piercing whistling sound.

At the same time, the four old ironclad ships also spewed out a ball of fireball, each ironclad ship has eight 152 mm rear-loading rifled guns, the length of the barrel of this gun is shorter than the 152 mm secondary barrel length of the Shandong-class ironclad ship, the Shandong class uses a 38-fold caliber 152 mm cannon, and the old ironclad ship uses a 25-fold caliber 152 mm cannon, in terms of power, naturally the secondary gun of the Shandong-class ironclad ship is much more powerful, Whether it is the muzzle velocity of the shell or the armor-piercing ability, the main guns of the old ironclad ships are not as good as the secondary guns of the Shandong-class, and the accuracy is slightly inferior. But when it comes to shooting at the battery, the main guns of the old ironclad ships are completely competent.

Rows of shells whistled and fell on the Spanish batteries, with a hit rate of more than fifty percent. Although they were all solid iron bumps, the rifled cannon shells that rotated at high speed fell on the hard stone turret, hitting the stones, and the stones that were hit immediately broke into countless fragments, splashing everywhere like shrapnel, and the Spaniards standing behind the gun emplacements suddenly fell with blood and flesh, screaming and falling down a large piece.

One of the shells accurately hit one of the gun emplacements, and the nine-ton 32-pounder cannon "banged" from the base, and the heavy cannon rose into the air, the gun mount was torn apart, the heavy barrel rotated in mid-air, and the person who was hit was immediately crushed.

After the cannonballs that fell on the turret smashed the stones, the cannonballs spun and plunged into the ground, raising countless earth and gravel, and the energy of the cannonballs had not completely disappeared, and countless gravels were turned up from the ground, and the Spaniards' turret was suddenly filled with smoke and dust.

"Oh my God! How could the artillery of the Ming people be so accurate? "The Spaniards on the battery were completely shocked.

"Their cannons make a piercing whistling! That sound is terrifying! Someone screamed.

The Spanish officer shouted hoarsely: "Hurry up!" Shoot back at them! Kill these damn Ming people! ”

After all, the Spanish soldiers were elite in those days, and they had just been shelled, and the Spaniards, who had been panicked for a while, immediately came to their senses and began to hurriedly turn the muzzles of their guns, preparing to fire at the Ming fleet. When the Ming army issued a warning just now, the Spaniards knew that a war was inevitable, and they had already loaded gunpowder and shells, but the Ming fleet was too far away and fired more than a thousand meters away, and the hit rate of the battery guns was too low, so the Spaniards did not fire.

Now, the Ming fleet opened fire from a thousand meters away, and the accuracy was frighteningly high, which made the Spaniards no longer ignore the frighteningly low accuracy of the smoothbore guns at a thousand meters away, and they used their artillery one after another, aimed at the Ming fleet, and ignited the artillery.

The heavy artillery on the "Boom Boom" fort roared, dozens of cannons fired at the same time, it looked amazing, and countless small black dots rose into the air and smashed down on the head of the Ming fleet on the sea. However, the smoothbore cannon opened fire from a distance of a thousand meters, and if it could hit the Ming warship, it would be a matter of complete luck.

A row of shells fell in the water around the Ming warships, raising columns of water that soared into the sky. The nearest column of water rose in the sea 60 meters away from the ironclad ship Shandong, and the water splashed onto the ironclad ship.

"Great, dangerous! Get back in the cabin! Several naval officers stepped forward and hugged Wang Yu to pull him down from the control tower.

"At this distance, the Spaniards' battery guns pose almost no threat to us!" Wang Yu pushed the officer away, "Even if they hit us with great luck, they can't pose any threat to us!" Our ironclad ships have a central ironclad fort, a conning tower where the main domain is located, and armor around and on top. ”

It can be said that it is almost impossible for the Spaniard's battery guns to hit an ironclad ship at a distance of a thousand meters. Even if the Spaniards hit the ironclad ship, they would not be able to penetrate the armor of the ironclad.

The six ironclad ships sailed slowly at a speed of six knots, and the twenty-four cannons that had been loaded roared again, and rows of shells fell on the Spanish battery, causing the Papora battery to rise again with smoke and dust, and the Spaniards who were loading gunpowder and shells suffered heavy casualties.

Wang Yu held a telescope and observed the effect of the shelling. After looking at it for a while, he put down his binoculars: "With the main and secondary guns of the six ironclad ships, the effect is still too poor, we should go within a distance of eight hundred meters, so that the seventy-six-millimeter secondary guns of the four ironclad ships, as well as the machine guns on our ironclad ships, can play a role!" ”

"That's too close, isn't it?" Zhang Yukun was taken aback, "Within eight hundred meters, the Spanish shells are likely to hit our ironclad ships, and they may have a certain killing effect." ”

"Then wait, when they are reloaded, and after firing another round, we will immediately accelerate to within 800 meters, and suppress them with small-caliber secondary guns and machine guns. I don't believe it, our machine guns suppressed the past, and the Spaniards could still reload the shells and fire at us? Wang Yu sneered.

"Attention ships, prepare to go within a thousand meters!" The soldiers on the Shandong issued a flag order.

The six ironclads spewed billowing black smoke, and the hull of the ship turned slightly at an angle, cutting in at a large angle, getting closer and closer to the Spaniards' batteries. Soon, the fleet approached a kilometer from the battery, then turned and continued to form a parallel line with the battery. It was at this time that the Spanish battery roared again, and retaliatory shells whizzed down.

Although the Spaniards suffered heavy losses, the Spaniards of this era were very stubborn in their fighting will, and they simply ignored their own heavy losses and methodically loaded gunpowder and shells. When the Ming fleet entered a thousand-meter position, the Spaniards lit the artillery and fired another shell.

Overwhelming shells fell on the sea, raising dozens of columns of water. One of the shells hit the ironclad ship Jiangsu, the shell hit the outer covered iron plate, and was bounced into the sea, and the huge ironclad shook slightly.

Although the Ming naval guns were rear-loading rifled guns, the reloading speed of those retreating giant cannons was not much faster than that of the front-loading guns, and after the Spaniards fired the shells, the Ming naval guns launched the third round of shelling.