075 Pound the flagship
The cannonballs fell into the water, and the waves set off overturned one Muslim warship after another, this scene is very similar to the battle between the Nuwa ship and the arrow warship, although the explosion power of the Spanish warship's shells is not as strong as the Nuwa's shells, but these Muslim warships are smaller than the arrow warships, and they are not as stable as the arrow warships.
The formation of the Muslim warships was very dense, because their ships were too small and carried few people, and only when everyone rushed up could they have a chance to destroy the large ships of the Spaniards, so they were very close, hoping to form a situation of fighting more and fighting less, but the formation was dense and easy to be killed by shells, and more than a dozen Muslim warships sank in the process of approaching from 3,000 to 2,000 meters.
But the Muslim warriors were not afraid of death, and they silently watched the people around them struggle in the water, sink, and use their hatred on the arms of the oars, and in the blink of an eye they were 1,500 meters away from the Spanish fleet, which was more accurate from the Spanish fleet's artillery, and the Muslim warships sank more.
On the Casillas ship, Captain Antonio said to Commander Banderas: "Your Excellency, Commander, do you want the troop carrier to sail away from the sea first and take refuge in the open sea?" ”
Banderas thought for a moment and said, "Don't do it first, although there are many of these Moros, our shells are also fierce, and their boats will definitely break through our defenses. Antonio nodded, and did not signal the troop carrier to evacuate.
The Muslim warships were attacked by the fire of the Spanish fleet, and immediately pointed the spearhead of the attack at the Spanish fleet, and their original plan was to sneak attack the troop transport ships parked on the seashore, but now they found that the Spanish fleet was there, so they wanted to destroy the Spanish fleet first.
Seeing this, Banderas frowned at the fact that the Muslim warships were turning their course and besieging the Spanish fleet, thinking that there were many Moro warships, and it was entirely possible that a few of them would be close to him......
Banderas shuddered when he thought of this, he knew that these Muslims had a lot of strange weapons, such as chili bombs, make a jar, fill the jar with chili powder, and throw the jar when they get close to the enemy ship, and when the jar is broken, the chili powder inside will float out, and people will cough and cry when they inhale the chili powder.
Muslim warriors also have an even more powerful poison bomb, which is to put poisonous snakes, poisonous scorpions, poisonous centipedes in jars, and then throw the canisters on enemy ships, these poisons on the ship and start attacking people, Banderas once saw a sneak attack on a troop transport ship, on which poisonous snakes bite and kill a dozen people.
Thinking of this, Banderas was determined not to let the Muslim ships come near under any circumstances, so he commanded in a loud voice: "Full left rudder and turn course." ”
Banderas's order was exactly the same as Lin Fei's order at that time, all of which were to let the battleship turn, so as to form a situation of tail pursuit, and the five warships rushed diagonally towards the Muslim warship at the beginning, so it only took a short time to turn to the direction of letting the Muslim warship chase the stern, but the Muslim warship still refused to let go of the Spanish fleet and pursued closely.
At this moment, a battleship quietly approached from a distance, and under the cover of night, the Spanish fleet did not notice it at all, it was the Nuwa ship led by Lin Fei!
The Spanish fleet did not find the Nuwa, but the Nuwa had already discovered the Spanish fleet! The reason is very simple, in order to see the Muslim warships on the sea, the Spanish fleet turned on the searchlights on the ships, and although the searchlights illuminated the Muslim warships, they also exposed themselves.
Lin Fei stood in the watchtower on the mast, he also had to indicate the rate of distance change of the enemy ships for the whole ship like he had sunk the Columbus, he observed the Spanish fleet, and found that five battleships were lined up in a column, with the Casillas ship in front and the other four gunboats close behind.
Lin Fei estimated the speed of the Spanish fleet based on his rich naval command experience, and found that they were sailing at a constant speed of about eight knots, and he couldn't help but feel a surprise in his heart, this speed is not fast, but it is also a constant speed, the distance change rate must be well estimated, and the artillery must be more accurate.
Lin Fei gave an order to turn around, letting the Nuwa ship and the Spanish fleet sail side by side, so that the firepower of the Nuwa ship could be carried forward, and the Nuwa ship quickly turned into place, Lin Fei picked up the microphone and notified the various gun positions: "First hit the front protective cruiser Casillas, the distance is forty-three meters per second, the distance is two thousand meters, and the high-explosive bomb is ready." ”
The guns in the bow and stern of the ship have been turned to the side of the ship, and the guns on the side have also been prepared, just waiting for Lin Fei's order, as soon as Lin Fei's order came out, the four guns roared one after another, and the four high-explosive shells flew towards the Casillas ship in unison.
At this time, the Nuwa and Casillas ships were in the same course stage, so the distance change rate was not large, and the Casillas ships had searchlights on, and the measurement distance was very accurate, so the shells of the Nuwa ships were very accurate, and the luck was excellent, so the first shells hit the guns on the stern of the Casillas ships.
In order to quickly fire the shells, the gunners of the Spanish fleet piled up the shells and propellants next to the artillery, and this shell exploded next to the artillery, directly detonating the shells and propellants.
The stern gun is a 150 mm gun, and the amount of propellant needed to fire the shell is relatively large, and the shell is filled with a lot of explosives, and the explosion can only be described as earth-shattering.
A bright yellow flame rose into the air, accompanied by a thick cloud of smoke and a deafening loud noise, and under the strong shock wave, the searchlight shade and porthole glass shattered into pieces, and the Casillas shook like a drunken strong man.
The shaking lasted for a few seconds, and many people were shaken to the ground, Banderas was one of them, and when he fell to the ground, the shattered porthole splashed down, scratching his head, and blood flowed down his eyes and cheeks, Banderas only felt that his eyes were blood-red, he raised his hand and wiped his eyes, and the world in front of him returned to its original color.
Banderas shouted loudly, "What's going on? ”
Antonio also got up from the ground, his head hit the rudder, and a big bag bulged out on his head, Antonio was hit, his head was not too conscious, and he said in a daze: "The explosion came from the stern, it should be that the shell from the stern gun position exploded." ”
Banderas said angrily, "How can it explode? How do you train? ”
Antonio looked dazed and overwhelmed, they hadn't guessed that they had been attacked at this time, and they would never have dreamed that it was Lin Fei, the guy who had ransacked their plantation and taken away their warship, who led the warship to attack them.
Banderas grabbed a microphone and shouted, "Chief Loss, Chief Loss!" But after calling for a long time, there was no movement, he threw down the microphone, turned back and shouted to the herald: "Call the chief of the loss management!" ”
The herald, who had also been wounded in the explosion just now, stumbled out, and as soon as he ran to the door, he ran back, and Banderas scolded angrily, "Why did you come back?" ”
The herald trembled and said, "No, no, we have been attacked with shells!" ”
Banderas frowned and said angrily, "Attacked by a cannonball? How is this possible? Who is attacking us? The Moros don't have shells! ”
The herald pointed in the direction of the Nuwa ship with his hand and said in a trembling voice: "The cannonball came from that direction!" ”
Banderas asked, "How do you know?" ”
The herald replied, "I ...... I saw just now, a column of water rising up next to our warship, which must have been blown up by a shell. ”
Banderas didn't even think about it and scolded, "Nonsense! You must have read it wrong, don't say it again, hurry up and find me the damage manager, no, don't look for it, Antonio, you go to the stern with my herald to have a look. ”
Antonio agreed, and walked to the stern of the ship with the herald in three steps and two steps, but just walked to the middle of the hull, only to hear a loud "bang" from the deck, and the hull was shocked, Antonio was surprised, and suddenly saw the deck door open suddenly, and a sailor screamed out of it, Antonio looked at the sailor, and suddenly felt a shock!
I saw that the sailor ** was wearing his upper body, there was no inch of intact skin on his upper body, and his bright red muscles were exposed, and this sailor was actually skinned alive!
The herald, a young man, screamed in fright at this scene, and fell down on the deck, bowing his head and vomiting vigorously, Antonio rushed up and asked the skinned sailor, "What happened?" ”
The skinned sailor didn't answer, he fell to the ground and died, and then another sailor came out, and this sailor was also wearing the upper body, but there were not many burns on his body, Antonio knew that they were sailors in the steam engine room, and the steam engine room was very hot, so the sailors liked the ** upper body, so he went over and asked, "What happened?" ”
The sailor cried "wow" and said, "The steam generator made a 'boom' sound, and the steam spewed out at once, and the main pipe wheel was burned to death, and the skin of his whole body was burned...... "As he spoke, he pointed to the dead sailor.
Antonio knew that the temperature of the water vapor in the ship's steam generator was extremely high, which was more than enough to burn people to death in an instant, but he couldn't figure out why the steam generator made a "boom" sound. Why does the steam come out all at once?
Antonio hurriedly asked, "Tell me more about what happened?" ”
The sailor slumped on the ground and shook his head desperately, crying: "I don't know, I really don't know!" ”
A terrible thought crept into Antonio's mind - the Casillas ship has been shot, and someone is attacking the Casillas ship!
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