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The Dutch governor Kruzner held a telescope, stood on the fort of Gaolangbu Harbor, looked out of the bay, and saw the black and oppressive fleet of the Qin army approaching, like a dark cloud pressing down on the city. In particular, the huge hull of the treasure ship, such as the island moving above, makes people marvel and feel sorry for it.

The wind blowing from the vast Indian Ocean was a bit hot, and Cruznal didn't pay attention to it, and the top hat on his head had to be dropped, revealing a curly golden hair.

He had four hundred soldiers under his command, two hundred of whom were on the batteries of the port, and his lieutenant Passat helped him to pick up his top hat and said: "Your Excellency, God is with us, you see, the wind is getting stronger, but there is a sultry feeling, and if I am right, a storm is coming." ”

"May it, God Almighty, let the storm come soon." Cruznar prayed heartily.

Indeed, the wind was getting tighter and tighter, but the air was getting more and more boring, which was the prelude to the coming storm, and Ke Chenshu on the battleship also felt the change in the weather.

At this time, due to the strong wind, it is already difficult for the glider to take off, and even if it is forced to take off, it is easy to lose control when it reaches the sky.

Ke Chenshu stood in front of the huge command cabin, looked at the sun that was gradually moving westward, and then ordered: "Order, let Liu Hucheng take two hundred people to find a place nearby to land on the beach, and before the second watch tonight, the fort must be taken." ”

"Whoa!"

The heralds immediately issued their flags, and the two clippers immediately sailed along the coastline to find a suitable landing site.

And because he was worried that the storm would come at any time, Ke Chenshu couldn't wait any longer, and had to do his best to capture Gaolangbu Port so that he could go in and escape the storm.

However, considering the large size of the treasure ship, the obvious target, and the relatively clumsy rotation, it was not suitable for attacking the fort. So he ordered twenty flying shear warships to take charge of the attack.

The entrance channel of Gaolangbu Port is about three miles wide, and the entrance is surrounded by green hills, towering on both sides, and the Dutch have built four forts on each side, which are condescending and block the entire entrance.

On the southern fort, Governor Cruznar personally held the eternal mirror to observe the enemy's situation, and he paid special attention to the sky, and he was greatly relieved to see that the Qin army did not have glider wings taking off.

"Artillery preparation. Get ready. "Captain Passat, a veteran army officer, is not so optimistic.

The twenty slender clippers of the Qin army had been lined up in battle, and all the guns had been pushed out of the portholes, and it could be clearly seen that this slender battleship had 22 cannons on each side;

Twenty battleships combined, a single side of the 440 guns, and their batteries, north, south, south and south each have four guns. That's not a little bit of a difference.

"Concentrate all the artillery, aim at the lead ship of the Qin army for me, don't panic. Aim and hit again! The Passat kept giving orders.

On the battleships of the Qin army, all the guns were also loaded, and the gunners were patiently adjusting the firing angle according to the rotation of the battleship, and there was a gun commander and a deputy gun commander on each side. Responsible for coordinating the firing of the various gunners.

The clipper sailed downwind, reaching a maximum speed of 14 knots, and swept across the sea, but the bow was like a slanted blade. Light yì cut through the waves, under the high speed, but see the sides of the bow of the ship. Plough open two white waves, like two wings growing from the bow of a ship.

Such a speed was a miracle in this era, and the Dutch on the fort could hardly believe their eyes, so fast, so fast that they barely had time to adjust the angle of their shots, and were a little hectic.

As the battleship got closer to the battery, the clouds of war grew heavier,

"Rangefinder gun, shoot!"

With the gun commander Sun Da on the port side of the lead ship, he gave an order, only to hear "Boom!" With a bang, a cannon roared in an instant, and the cannonballs whistled away, and the cannonballs were affected by the strong wind, and the landing point was as much as twenty feet from the Dutch battery.

Before the Great Qin Navy concentrated its fire, it would first use one or two shells to measure the range, and the gunners would observe the landing point of the shells through the guò telescope, and then quickly report a series of numbers such as the angle of fire and the influence of wind speed, and then all gunners would further adjust the angle of fire according to these numbers.

"Fire!" In the end, it was Passat of the southern battery who gave the order first.

Boom Boom!

The four guns of the southern fort roared almost simultaneously, and the shells swept through the sky and flew towards the first ship of the Qin army, stirring up columns of water near the first ship.

All in all, the battery is very advantageous, first of all, unless the shell hits their gun directly, it can destroy the battery, and the battleship is huge, and the shells fired from the battery can cause damage to the battleship as long as it hits the hull.

In addition, the battleship was affected by the waves, which fluctuated, making it more difficult for the gunner to aim and shoot, while the battery was fixed, so the hit rate was often much higher.

All in all, although the Passat had only four guns on one side of the battery, and the disparity in numbers was huge, it did not necessarily have a disadvantage.

Boom Boom!

Four more shells burst out of the chamber and smashed hard next to the Qin army's first ship, and one of the shells landed less than three feet away from the ship's hull, posing a great threat to the Qin army's warship.

However, the Qin warships never fired back immediately, and it was not until the third round of shells fired by the Dutch that the guns on the Qin warships suddenly roared.

Looking down from the high fort, I saw tongues of fire, densely emerging from the battleships of the Qin army, bringing out clouds of gunsmoke, and projectiles across the sky like meteors.

Hundreds of shells before and after, flying non-stop, the picture is so spectacular, people shudder, although the accuracy of the shells fired from the artillery is limited, but the number of cannonballs can not be supported, the sky full of shells flying, the momentum is huge, moving, one by one bombarded the mountain, so that the whole mountain trembles.

And there were always a few that landed near the fort, and the rubble flew so hard that one of the two Dutch soldiers was slashed through the neck by the rubble, and in an instant blood rushed wildly, and he fell to the ground clutching his neck and convulsed violently. The other was directly smashed into the front door, and his facial features were suddenly blurred with flesh and blood, and he screamed endlessly.

"Shoot, quick, don't stop," the Passat yelled, holding a command knife.

As the Qin army's warships approached closer and closer, the number of battleships that opened fire increased, and before this one could finish shooting, the shells of the other ship burst out again, countless tongues of fire were uncertain, and the thick gunpowder smoke covered the sea, but fortunately, the wind was strong, and the gunpowder smoke was quickly blown away.

In the sky, the cannonballs flew endlessly, and they bombarded the Dutch batteries like hailstones, and the terrifying sound alone was enough to make the faint of heart pee their pants.

"Peng!" A cannonball from the turret smashed the foredeck of the Qin army's lead ship, causing the planks to fly, and a Qin soldier was rushed away, "Great! God forbid," the Passat shouted excitedly, for he clearly saw that the battleship was struck at high speed, and it was very exciting, "Come again, come again, reload quickly"

The cannonballs around him fell like hail, and Passat's voice was barely audible, and at that moment, a projectile slammed down on him less than three feet away, "Phew! Passat was shaken to the ground and fell to the ground;

The projectile bounced off and smashed the two soldiers next to him into a bloody blur, and one of them exploded his entire head, splashing Passat all over his face.

Passat hurriedly wiped his face, quickly got up, and shouted hysterically: "Hurry up and shoot back!" He personally rushed up, picked up a projectile, and urgently reloaded.

As the Qin army's battleships approached, the landing point of the cannonballs in the sky was getting closer and closer, and from time to time one fell next to the fort, "Bang bang!" The sound was heart-wrenching, and the Dutch soldiers on the fort were so frightened that they sometimes fell down with their heads in their hands.

Passat loaded the bullet and personally aimed and fired, this time he could be said to be like a god, after the cannon roared, but saw a huge projectile across the sky, ready to smash on the tower of the Qin army's first ship;

There was a cry from the sea, "Peng! Seeing that the entire ship building was blown away at once, the deck was in a mess, and the soldiers of the Qin Army on the deck rushed to the ship building quickly, desperately picking off the wooden planks and rescuing the wounded who were pressed below

"God is with us, fire! Fire! ”

Passat shouted in obsessive emotion, kicking the slow-moving soldier and hurrying to reload.

Li Rui, the captain of the first ship of the Qin army, saw that the battleship was bombarded in a mess, and couldn't help but jump like thunder: "Damn, what are you doing to eat, give me a bomb, bomb this mountain, quickly, approach, try to get as close as possible to the southern battery!" ”

The wind and waves on the sea are getting bigger and bigger, surging endlessly, and the warships of the Qin army are fluctuating and suffering a lot, so they can only press up recklessly

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PS: Today's three watches, please ask for a monthly pass! (To be continued......)