The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1864

[1864. Chapter 1774 Vulnerable]

The huge iron armor slowly revealed its hideous appearance.

There was billowing smoke from the chimney, and the huge smoke dyed the hazy sky in the early morning even darker.

Countless people cheered and jumped aboard the scumbag Wang Bushi.

When going to sea, all the sailors feel uneasy. Although they have gone through countless sea trials and countless drills, once they actually go to sea and step into the deep blue ocean, this fear of the future still remains. lingering in everyone’s heart.

But when they endured more than half a year of bumps.

Endured various canned food for three meals a day.

Endure the unparalleled loneliness on this large ship.

At this time…this group of energetic young men quickly began to pray that they would encounter the enemy as soon as possible, regardless of life or death.

Now…it finally begins.

Zhu Houzhao suddenly became extraordinarily calm after changing his excitement after entering the Mediterranean Sea.

Fang Jifan witnessed with his own eyes the transformation of this restless little teddy into a Chinese pastoral dog. He seemed very silent, constantly watching the opponent’s movements with telescopes. After that… the fleet spread out and set up an attack formation. The formation of ironclad ships plunged into the densely packed Armada without hesitation.

“Command, don’t rush to fire… save ammunition, this is a thousand ships… not a thousand pigs.”

Turning around, he saw Liu Jin and kicked him: “Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat, whenever you want. Alright, hurry up and notify the flag soldiers to convey the order.”

Liu Jin yelled and hurriedly ran away.

“Old Fang, come here, let’s go to the gun cabin.”

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, and Fang Jifan immediately understood what was going on.

Next, is the battle.

Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan are no longer needed to take command here.

At this time, communication between ships almost relied on flags and roars. Once a battle began, expecting to command each ship was a fool’s errand.

Now… there’s only one thing to do, fight.

“Have you ever fired a cannon?” Zhu Houzhao said to Fang Jifan as he walked away.

Fang Jifan blushed: “Your Majesty, I have never been beaten before…”

Zhu Houzhao said: “Then you come and load the ammunition for me. I will fire a few shots myself.”

Fang Jifan trotted and nodded: “This is for me. Yes. “

In fact… Fang Jifan underestimated the difficulty of loading ammunition.

In the past, sailing battleships often had smaller guns onboard and not very powerful because of the recoil and the structure of the gun cabin.

But now that steam power is available, those crazy designers have not hesitated to move the artillery on land directly to the ship. Not only that, they also increased the power because they thought it was not powerful enough.

The Scum of the World King Bushi was designed with three decks and 407 guns.

Crazy artillery was spread across the three decks. At this time, each artillery piece was pushed out along with the hinges and underground pulleys.

Thereafter…fixed.

The dark muzzle leaned out of the ship with a ferocious look.

Boxes of artillery shells were moved out of the gunpowder magazine.

Fang Jifan worked hard to push the shell through the pulley to the vicinity of the artillery.

Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan were on the other side, firing artillery into the boring machine. Both of them were panting.

At this time, an Armada warship began to approach quietly.

In fact, the Spaniards were a little surprised when faced with this smoking giant ship.

But then, when they realized that they were ten times stronger than the Ming Navy, their courage returned to them.

They have the best sailors in the world, and they began to attack skillfully. Each ship performed its duties. Among them, the large-tonnage battleship of the Warrior had begun to slowly get closer to the scum of the world, the Wang Bushi.

“Keep getting closer, keep getting closer… we are about to enter the shooting range.”

The excited first mate yelled hysterically.

It’s time to start.

As soon as you get into range, start attacking, no matter what the opponent is, send them to the sea to feed the fish.

The gunners were already in position.

A good helmsman steers the ship.

At this point…it’s getting closer.

The lookout hand has begun to clearly see every detail on the ship Wang Bu Shi, the scum of the world.

“Soldiers…”

the captain shouted: “God has chosen us to fight for the glory of God here today. Pick up your weapons and fight resolutely against the devils…”

However, the word struggle Before it fell…

suddenly…

countless flames suddenly burst out from the opposite ship.

Immediately afterwards, rumble… rumble…

countless cannons sounded.

The captain was stunned.

This is unscientific…

The distance between the two sides now… is clearly not within range yet.

Although we are almost close, there is still some distance to go.

And… the opposite side is not shooting from an angle?

Why a flat shot?

You must know… that the cannonball has an initial velocity when it is fired. This speed means that the fired cannonball is constantly falling.

At such a range, it is necessary to shoot horizontally unless… the opponent’s initial speed is… very…

just as the captain was thinking…

and the next moment.

Rumble…

the hull began to shake violently.

The sailors on the ship were calm at first.

They have experienced hundreds of battles, what storms and waves have they not seen?

If a ship is shot, it will not be fatal under normal circumstances.

But then…

when the shells that smashed through the hull of the Warrior’s wooden ship entered the cabin and deck mixed with countless debris, the next moment… there was a boom…

and it was Ming’s explosive shells again.

It’s just… it’s more powerful.

Bombs exploded like fireworks with impact and gunpowder.

Countless sailors who approached were suddenly bloody and bloody.

Boom…

Someone walked straight from the deck, blasted several feet into the sky, and then… fell vertically to the ground.

Even more terrifying… was the fire that followed.

In just an instant, the Warrior was riddled with holes.

From the bilge, from the deck, from the mast, from the gun cabin, the flames spit out tongues of fire and kept jumping up.

People chanted.

In just this moment, the people who had just gritted their teeth and vowed to let the Ming Dynasty Navy send them to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish, were already jumping into the sea one by one.

The wind at sea was strong, and the fire swept through the entire ship in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, the hull of the Warrior… began to tilt, and then… the bow of the ship slowly submerged into the cold water.

Once the bow of the ship entered the water, the speed of the ship’s sinking in the sea of flames began to accelerate, with countless people crying, and finally only the charred sails and debris were left on the sea.

This was obviously just the beginning…

boom…

the sound of cannons resounding throughout the sky.

The armored ships fought on their own. Like wild beasts, they broke into the densely packed invincible fleet, spitting out tongues of fire.

The Spanish fleet frantically wanted to get close, or they were shot before they even got close, but occasionally a few lucky ones started to fight back.

The iron ball flew out of the Spanish cannon.

With a bang, a huge crater was smashed into the hull of the ironclad ship.

But then, they desperately discovered that it was just a crater.

Only by careful observation with a telescope did I discover that part of the armored ship’s hull was slightly dented.

“Get closer to them, keep getting closer to them…”

Although the brave sailors noticed that the ships around them were starting to sink one after another, with fires everywhere and miserable wailings everywhere, at this time… everyone was also red. With their eyes blinded, they were not timid. Instead, this group of hunters roaming the sea became fanatical.

The helmsmen showed their bravery and superb skills. Even at this time, they still carefully controlled the ship and began to approach the ironclad.

As long as they get close… it is the most beneficial close combat for them. When they board the opponent’s ship, the opponent loses the protection of the iron armor, and the brave sailors can seize the ship.

This is the only way for a ship to win at an absolute disadvantage.

So… on the lucky battleship, the sailors drew their swords one by one, with murderous intent in their eyes.

Seeing that the ships and armored ships were getting closer and closer, they were all eager to try, with unparalleled excitement on their faces.

“Close, close, soldiers… we will never retreat!”

“Kill!”

The sailors grinned, showing their yellow teeth, and drew their swords ferociously, getting ready for close combat with their flesh and blood.

The two ships began to get closer and closer.

But at this time…the helmsman suddenly felt tremendous pressure, and the wheel began to become less and less obedient.

wrong.

Because the tonnage of the huge ironclad ship was too large, the continuous power caused water flow to form on the bottom of their ship, like a whirlpool in the water. This sailing ship with only poor power actually began to tilt its bow and completely lost control. Head-on collision.

But the Spanish sailors on the ship didn’t understand the situation… As they leaned on the armored ship that was getting closer and closer, they became excited and even shouted together: “Close, close…”

“Not good… “

It’s about to hit… Stop, stop, stop now…”

But these frightened calls obviously had no effect at all. The wooden boat, which had lost control, still accelerated and headed towards the other side.

Boom…

Many people could only watch as the bow of the ironclad ship mercilessly hit the wooden ship.

Immediately afterwards… like cutting tofu, sawdust began to fly across half of the Warrior’s hull. Countless flesh and blood bodies near the side of the ship that were eager to try fell into the sea instantly under the huge impact. There are even more people… just like grinding tofu, no bones are left.

The bow of the ironclad ship was suddenly lifted from the middle of the wooden ship, and the Warrior was immediately… split into two.

With the howls of countless people, it submerged completely and quickly into the sea.

Vulnerable!

Duke Derek held a telescope in the distance and kept looking around. On the sea, there were countless shipboard fragments, and fires were scattered all over the sea. At this time, the Duke… was completely shocked.

The so-called bravery, the so-called skillful skills were completely useless against this huge power. He didn’t see any heroic fighting, it was all just a massacre.

A one-sided massacre.

(End of chapter)