When the gunners kept smashing all kinds of shells weighing 30 kilograms, 20 kilograms, 4 kilograms, and so on on on the enemy ships on both sides, the pointed shells easily smashed large holes in the thick planks. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although many of the high-explosive shells fired are ineffective, only one or two can explode occasionally, and most of them can only be used as solid shells, but the weight is there.

The barrel of the 105mm howitzer is not long, the rifling distance is not large, and because the number of guns is not large, the number of shells fired is also the least, but the huge weight of 30 catties still easily tore the ship's board, and then in the enemy's cabin, it kept rolling and tearing anything along the way.

Partitions, stakes, masts. People, everything, are torn apart.

There was even a cannon in front of a shell, and the 30-kilogram shell smashed on the barrel, deforming and shattering the cannon weighing 1,000 kilograms.

The main force of the shooting is the 88mm cannon, which is a little more than the 105mm howitzer, and the 20-pound shell is just enough for a gunner to move quickly.

Although it is about 10 catties less weight, the 20-kilogram shell is also not something that can be blocked by manpower, and it may be because the length of the projectile body is longer than the howitzer ammunition, and the penetration depth is deeper, and the destructive power of the enemy's ships is not much weaker than that of the 105mm howitzer.

Before the kinetic energy was exhausted, these shells continued to ravage the enemy's hull at a rate of 6 rounds per minute.

By now, only 40mm caliber direct-fire guns remained.

As an addition to the Sea Shark class as a small-caliber secondary to combat close-range targets and deter enemies, these direct-fire guns were not used to blindly fire at enemy cabins on either side.

Instead, he raised the muzzle of the cannon and began a rapid bombardment of the enemy ships that were docked on both sides of the Sea Shark-class No. 2 ship in the encirclement.

The recoil of these small-caliber guns was much smaller than that of other guns, and under normal circumstances, as long as they were fixed to the hull, they could fire rapidly.

However, because it was mounted on a ship, it was not as sensitive to weight as the army, so the artillery design unit added a gun mount to assist it in firing.

With the help of the gun mount, this direct-fire gun, which is still being improved experimentally, in most cases, is capable of firing up to 10 rounds a minute, or even faster.

Moreover, with the help of heavy gun mounts, these 40mm direct-fire guns are able to quickly switch targets for firing.

This is of great help to the current situation of the No. 1 ship.

The shells from the eight 40mm direct-fire guns on the No. 1 ship continued to hit the superstructure of the enemy ships, tearing apart all the enemies and wooden houses along the way.

This way of firing made the enemy unable to raise his head, so that the follow-up enemy did not dare to continue to land on the No. 2 ship, and effectively provided support for the No. 2 ship.

With the help of the first ship, the second ship was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, and the non-commissioned officers on the front line of the battle quickly eliminated the remaining enemies on board, and then worked hard to cut the hooks that hooked their ships while organizing their men back to the gun deck.

The gunners on this floor, when the previous encirclement was formed, were killed and wounded by the enemy's artillery, and some were paralyzed by fright, and later the enemy boarded the ship and died some during hand-to-hand combat.

It can be said that now there are few professional gunners on the second ship.

, the non-commissioned officers personally adjusted the angle of fire of the guns, and then grabbed the errands indiscriminately, and let some bilge sailors act as coolies to carry the shells.

In less than 2 minutes, several large-caliber guns let out a roar, knocking out several large holes in the two ships surrounding him.

However, the No. 2 ship is even more troublesome than the No. 1 ship, and although the storage time of the No. 1 ship is too short, one of the remaining high-explosive bombs will explode from time to time.

However, the No. 2 ship, in the previous indiscriminate fire, fired all the shells that could explode, and now they were left with solid "armor-piercing shells".

In such a short distance, the rifled artillery against the wooden ship was already a bit excessive, and now with this "armor-piercing shell", after being fired, the shell passed through the side close to oneself, passed through the other side of the ship, and smashed on the enemy ships that came to support the gang fight.

This time, it can be regarded as a crooked hit, and the large-caliber shells are like strings of sugar gourds, causing great damage to the enemy, and the enemy is a little confused.

In the place where the outer Kanshu drove the No. 1 ship into it, although several rounds of shelling failed to sink the enemy ships, they caused tremendous pressure and casualties to the enemy, so that these two ships involuntarily changed their course and sailed towards the inner circle.

The chaos in the inner circle, coupled with the two boats in the outer circle turning inward, directly made the scene a little out of control.

Several ships scrambled to avoid each other, and at that time, the poor maneuverability of the sailboat still caused the two ships to brush against each other, and damaged a considerable section of the side hull.

Another ship, after successfully evading, fell into an undercurrent, and the 600-ton armed merchant ship carrying the flowing sea water slammed into the bow of the second ship.

The collision was so violent that the bow of the ship was shattered, and a large number of people standing there became flesh, and blood mixed with wood slag continued to fall into the sea, staining red.

Fortunately, the ships of the Xuan Army are basically made of steel keels, which are more than one grade higher than the wooden keels used on the opposite side, both in terms of hardness and toughness.

This, combined with steel components that have been reinforced elsewhere, adds to the overall strength of the boat.

Therefore, after the bow collision consumed a lot of kinetic energy, the No. 2 ship directly inserted into the opposite armed merchant ship, reducing its own personnel losses.

"Don't stop the steam engine, continue to add coal, connect the water pump, and pump the seawater out."

"No, don't connect the pumps yet, reverse the car first, and pour our ship out of the enemy ship, or we will be sunk by the enemy ship."

"What about the incoming seawater?"

"Bring in more sailors, get the planks, and we'll plug the big hole here first to reduce the amount of water coming in."

"There's no way to burn rivets now, how do you fix the planks?"

"Then take the felt blanket and asphalt, and apply the felt blanket with asphalt, and the felt blanket sticks to the breach, as long as you keep reversing, there will be no big problem. Now our first problem is to break out of the encirclement. ”

"What are you doing in a daze, the asphalt is on the aft deck on the upper deck, hurry up and get it, inside the felt carpet, who knows where it is?"

"There is a felt blanket in the captain's room, but it has long been locked, and the captain has been killed in battle, and I don't know where the key is."

"I'm going to find some kind of key and smash it open."

"Yes."

"We also have a blanket in the rear warehouse of the engine room, so I'm going to get it."

In the midst of a gossip discussion, one of the officers present quickly worked out a strategy to save himself with the help of several non-commissioned officers.

Everyone got busy.

Everyone knows that at this time, at the time of their own lives, their enthusiasm is unprecedentedly high, and many recruits can't help but join in.