Chapter 1110
Lushunkou
Chapter 1110 Lushunkou
This streak of black smoke slowly rises into the air, like a black dragon entrenched between the sky and the earth, it stands out in the clear sky and can be seen even more than ten miles away.Obviously, this was not an accidental forest fire, but the smoke from the police on the mountain. The Houjin Army obviously did not ignore Laotieshan, which is an excellent observation point, and deployed people from high places to monitor the situation at sea.Haihan's fleet came from the south, and it didn't look like a good way to come. The Golden Sentinel on the mountain saw it and immediately warned the rear.
"These wild boar skins are quite vigilant!" Wang Tom was also a little moved when he saw this. Hou Jin attached great importance to coastal defense. It seems that most of them will deploy a certain scale in the Lushun area behind Laotieshan army.
However, the main purpose of Wang Tom's trip was to conduct on-the-spot investigations at Lushunkou. If the Hou Jin Army wanted to take countermeasures against Haihan, it would suit Wang Tom's appetite.After going north to Shandong this time, the army took care of several large and small battles, and the navy did not get any credit.He also deliberately sent an exploration-class warship to the upper reaches of the Jiahe River to assist the army. As a result, the opponent's Wanjia army was too weak to enter the range of the naval guns. In the end, the navy still had no shots and could only act as a mascot. Role.
Naturally, Wang Tom was unwilling to let the soldiers under his command continue to be so mediocre. He planned this trip to the north to inspect the Bohai Strait and the Liaodong Peninsula. In fact, he also wanted to find something for the navy.Haihan can complete the infrastructure project of the Zhifu Bay base this year. It is already a consummation of merit. He has no spare energy to launch a formal attack on the Liaodong Peninsula across the sea, but Wang Tom still hopes to have the opportunity to let the navy train for a while. The skill is rusty.Moreover, Hou Jin's maritime armed strength was far inferior to that of Daming. It should be a pleasant thing to squeeze this soft persimmon from time to time to keep Hou Jin's army busy for a while.
Lao Tieshan is full of cliffs on the sea side, and there is no suitable terrain for docking ships. Wang Tom ordered the fleet to turn northeast and continue along the east coast of the Liaodong Peninsula.About five nautical miles forward from here is Lushunkou, an important harbor at the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula.
In the fourth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, that is, in 1371, Ming generals Ma Yun and Ye Wang led an army from Dengzhou, Shandong to land here by boat across the sea. Because the voyage was smooth, the old name of Shizikou here was changed to Lushunkou, and it was used accordingly. down.
The harbor of Lvshunkou is surrounded by mountains, with Jinjin Mountain in the east, Baiyu Mountain in the north, and Huhuwei Peninsula in the west. The harbor is connected to the open sea through a long and narrow waterway. The harbor is sheltered and windproof, and it is a rare ice-free port in the north.Of course, in the current Little Ice Age, whether the sea in the harbor will freeze in winter depends on the actual situation.
If Zhifu Bay is more suitable for building a civilian trade and immigration port, then Lushunkou on the Liaodong Peninsula is undoubtedly one of the best choices for a military port.The terrain of this place presents a semi-enclosed structure, wide inside and narrow outside. There are commanding heights on both sides of the channel entering and leaving the port. It is naturally easy to defend and difficult to attack. It can be regarded as the favorite terrain of the Haihan military port.Wang Tom's interest in this place even exceeds that of Dalian Bay, which has a larger harbor area in the north.
Before the Liaodong Peninsula was captured by Houjin, it was under the jurisdiction of Jinzhouwei, the capital of Liaodong.Jinzhou Wei was established in the eighth year of Hongwu, with more than 20 staff and six thousand households under its jurisdiction, namely Jinzhou Zuoqianhusuo, Jinzhou Youqianhusuo, Jinzhou Zhongqianhusuo, Jinzhou Qianhusuo Household Office, Jinzhou Middle Left Thousand-Household Office, Jinzhou Back Thousand-Household Office, among which the first four Thousand-Household Offices are deployed in Jinzhou City.The Zhongzuo Qianhu Office was established in the [-]th year of Hongwu, on the northwest coast of Lushunkou Harbor, and it was also the main stronghold of the Ming army at the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula.
However, the guards deployed by Daming in Liaodong failed to hold the territory in the end, and it was Kong Youde, the rebel general who once guarded Liaodong, who gave them the final blow.Now the Jinzhou Guard's jurisdiction has been fully occupied by Houjin.
The fleet quickly passed Laotie Mountain from the east. Although the smoke on the mountain continued to rise, the soldiers on board did not feel much nervous about going into battle. They had a general understanding during the pre-war preparation meeting. After understanding the situation of the Jin army, on the premise that it is clear that the opponent does not have enough strength to pose a threat to itself at sea, it is natural to be able to face the enemy's reaction in a relatively relaxed state.
When he was about to arrive at the Huowei Peninsula, Tom Wang saw through the binoculars a few small sailing boats parked on the shore, which should not be military ships.Sun Bing next to him explained to him: "This place was originally a salt field. Jinzhou Wei once set up a special salt hundred households here. I think Jin should have kept it after coming here."
The salt field is only a few miles away from Laotie Mountain, and you can clearly see the smoke rising from Laotie Mountain here. If someone lives here, they will definitely receive a warning. You can’t see the shore from the boat. Human activity.
Wang Tom asked: "How was the output of this saltworks in the past?"
Sun Bing scratched his head and said, "The humble officer did not serve here, and I don't know the inside story, but in the past, the salt consumed by the Jinzhou Guard was basically supplied from here."
Wang Tom made a little calculation in his mind. The Golden State Guard has about 6000 people. Taking into account the needs of the people in the jurisdiction, there is at least [-] catties of salt a year, which is about [-] tons of salt. In this era, In terms of production capacity, it is not too low.
Wang Tom asked again immediately: "How many salt farms of this size are there in the Liaodong Peninsula?"
Sun Bing replied: "As far as I know, there is a salt field on the coast of Fuzhouwei and Gaizhouwei respectively. As for the scale, I don't know."
The reason why Tom Wang asked about the situation of the saltworks was naturally because of these places.If fleets can be dispatched from time to time to harass and harass these salt fields, the salt supply in the Liaodong Peninsula will inevitably fall into an unstable situation, and in this bitterly cold place in Liaodong, materials such as salt, iron, tea and cloth are all It is a hard currency, and the supply will directly affect social stability.It is a very good choice at this stage to target the salt field near the sea and flat terrain that is not suitable for guarding, so that the rule of Hou Jin in the Liaodong Peninsula can affect the whole body.
However, the current task was to investigate Lushunkou, and there was no rush to attack the salt field. The fleet quickly arrived at the entrance to the southwest of the harbor.
The reason why this place is called Tiger Tail is because the tail of the peninsula here goes deep into the sea, showing a long and narrow S-shaped curved embankment, so it is vividly called Tiger Tail, which can be regarded as a natural barrier of Lushunkou Harbor.
Seeing that the tiger's tail had appeared in the field of vision, Wang Tom ordered all personnel to prepare for battle. All the artillery on the ship entered the combat position, and the steam engine on the flagship also switched from preheating standby to power supply state.Although the post-Gold Army's maritime armed forces are not strong, it is very likely that there will be warships deployed in this harbor, so it is necessary to prepare for battle in advance.
The narrow waterway entering the harbor is only about 300 meters in width and about 1000 meters in length. The west side of the channel is Huwei Shabar, and the east side is Jinjin Mountain, the commanding height at the entrance of Gongwei Harbor.At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang chose the small harbor behind the Golden Mountain to build Lushun Dawu as the logistics maintenance base of the Beiyang Navy. At the same time, he also built a large-scale coastal defense fort on the Golden Mountain.
With this narrow waterway as the dividing line in Lushunkou Harbor, on the east side is a small harbor with a diameter of about 300 meters, which is suitable for logistics maintenance or construction of shipyards, while the area of the harbor on the west side is larger, at least more than [-] meters. The sea surface of six square kilometers is available for ships to navigate, and it is also the key inspection area of the Haihan Fleet.
However, before they actually sailed into the harbor, the enemy warship appeared at the other end of the narrow waterway, blocking the way of the Haihan fleet.However, the opponent's lineup is obviously far inferior to that of Haihan, with only four sailboats with a displacement of less than [-] tons, and the appearance standard is obviously a lucky boat that once belonged to the Ming Dynasty Navy.
"Dengzhou rebels!" Of course Tom Wang knew where these warships originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty Navy came from. When Kong Youde defected to Liaodong last year, he took away all the floating ships in Dengzhou Water City. It also includes the entire naval force that Shandong Dusi spent several years building up with countless silver coins since the reign of Tianqi.
There is no detailed information on how many warships and sailors there are in the navy that was coerced by Kong Youde and defected to Liaodong. However, judging from the appearance of the ships that appeared on the opposite side of the waterway, at least they have maintained a relatively complete hull. , and Wang Tom also confirmed from the telescope that the opponent's bow has artillery deployed.
In such a narrow waterway, it is difficult for the larger Haihan warships to deploy their formations and use their side artillery to confront the opponent's bow. If both sides do not flinch, then they can only hedge head-on at this place.
Wang Tom didn't hesitate after seeing the situation clearly, and immediately issued a combat order: "Rush over and destroy them!"
Wang Tom has full confidence in the firepower advantage of his own warships. After dealing with the Ming army for so many years, he still has a good understanding of the Ming army's standard warships.The standard weapons on this tonnage Fuchuan are one Dafa Gong, six Flang cannons, three bowl-mouth guns, and ten bird-billed guns. Weapons up.On the opposite side, the big fat tribute on the blessing boat was mounted on the bow. With its firing speed, Wang Tom judged that there would be three or four shots at most.As for other weapons, including the Fran cannon, it is basically impossible to penetrate the sideboard of the majestic warship at a distance of about 30 meters.
As long as they can withstand the first few shots from the opponent's bow gun position, once the two armies are in a state of interlacing, Haihan's shipborne artillery fire can teach the opponent how to behave.With the tonnage of this lucky ship, Wang Tom can be sure that its hull will never be able to withstand the close-range bombardment of a six-pound gun.With more than 20 cannons on the side of the flagship alone, one round of firing is enough to paralyze it.
After Wang Tom's order was issued, the flagship immediately blew its whistle to convey the combat signal to the other ships that followed, and the Haihan fleet, which was in a row, took Wang Tom's flagship as the pioneer and headed straight north. rushed over.
When the two sides were still about 300 meters apart, the 48-pound cannon on the bow of the flagship ship fired first, and the heavy shells roared through the air, passing four or five meters away from the mainmast of the opponent's bow ship.If it hit the mast straight, it would definitely be broken into two pieces at once, which made Wang Tom, who was watching the battle, cry secretly.
Seeing this, the other party was not to be outdone, and used the Dafa Gong on the bow to fight back. However, the range and accuracy of the shot were quite poor, and the projectile fired was more than 20 meters away from the bow of the Haihan flagship before falling into the water with all its strength.
The two sides were walking toward each other in this waterway that was only a kilometer away, and the approach speed was extremely fast. The gunner on the bow completed the ammunition loading at the fastest speed, and fired a second shell at the opponent before the bow crossed.This time, the distance between the bows of the two ships was only more than ten meters. The cannon shot out and hit the bow of the opposite ship firmly, turning the artillery position where it deployed Dafa Gong upside down.In the cloud of smoke and dust, the chaotic screams from the opponent's ship could be heard, and it was unknown how many lives were lost by this cannonball.
But this was just the beginning. When the ships of both sides began to stagger, the sideboard guns fired one by one, and at this distance, almost no one missed the hull of the enemy warship.Even though the opponent's Fran cannon was fighting back desperately, but because of its limited power, the projectiles hitting the Shanghai Han warship only left a small dent on the ship's plank before being thrown into the sea.
The firepower competition between the two sides on the deck was not just an artillery battle. Several rockets flew up from the deck of the Houjin warship and shot at the sail of Haihan's flagship.It's just that Haihan's canvas is not only thick, but also fireproof. Even if these rockets can hit, it is difficult to get immediate results.But these rocket-firing archers have to face the intensive grape shells fired from the Haihan warship.The upper deck of Haihan's flagship is equipped with [-]-pound guns loaded with grape shells and chain bombs. These two types of projectiles are standard deck harvesters. The soldiers couldn't avoid it, and a large piece of it fell down as soon as the gun went down.
When Haihan's flagship sailed past the first enemy ship, the ship had already been mutilated by a round of bombardment. Although there were still crew and sailors on board, they had already lost most of their combat effectiveness.However, their nightmare did not end there, followed by the bombardment of the second Haihan warship.
The only thing that the post-golden warship could cause Haihan any real trouble was the rockets that were fired over. However, Haihan already had a way to deal with this naval warfare method that the Ming army used to. The team members waited with water guns made of bamboo tubes. The rockets would be quickly extinguished before they ignited the surrounding area when they were shot on the boat.There are even two human-driven high-pressure water guns on the deck to ensure that the rockets that hit the height of the sail can also be extinguished in time.
(End of this chapter)
This streak of black smoke slowly rises into the air, like a black dragon entrenched between the sky and the earth, it stands out in the clear sky and can be seen even more than ten miles away.Obviously, this was not an accidental forest fire, but the smoke from the police on the mountain. The Houjin Army obviously did not ignore Laotieshan, which is an excellent observation point, and deployed people from high places to monitor the situation at sea.Haihan's fleet came from the south, and it didn't look like a good way to come. The Golden Sentinel on the mountain saw it and immediately warned the rear.
"These wild boar skins are quite vigilant!" Wang Tom was also a little moved when he saw this. Hou Jin attached great importance to coastal defense. It seems that most of them will deploy a certain scale in the Lushun area behind Laotieshan army.
However, the main purpose of Wang Tom's trip was to conduct on-the-spot investigations at Lushunkou. If the Hou Jin Army wanted to take countermeasures against Haihan, it would suit Wang Tom's appetite.After going north to Shandong this time, the army took care of several large and small battles, and the navy did not get any credit.He also deliberately sent an exploration-class warship to the upper reaches of the Jiahe River to assist the army. As a result, the opponent's Wanjia army was too weak to enter the range of the naval guns. In the end, the navy still had no shots and could only act as a mascot. Role.
Naturally, Wang Tom was unwilling to let the soldiers under his command continue to be so mediocre. He planned this trip to the north to inspect the Bohai Strait and the Liaodong Peninsula. In fact, he also wanted to find something for the navy.Haihan can complete the infrastructure project of the Zhifu Bay base this year. It is already a consummation of merit. He has no spare energy to launch a formal attack on the Liaodong Peninsula across the sea, but Wang Tom still hopes to have the opportunity to let the navy train for a while. The skill is rusty.Moreover, Hou Jin's maritime armed strength was far inferior to that of Daming. It should be a pleasant thing to squeeze this soft persimmon from time to time to keep Hou Jin's army busy for a while.
Lao Tieshan is full of cliffs on the sea side, and there is no suitable terrain for docking ships. Wang Tom ordered the fleet to turn northeast and continue along the east coast of the Liaodong Peninsula.About five nautical miles forward from here is Lushunkou, an important harbor at the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula.
In the fourth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, that is, in 1371, Ming generals Ma Yun and Ye Wang led an army from Dengzhou, Shandong to land here by boat across the sea. Because the voyage was smooth, the old name of Shizikou here was changed to Lushunkou, and it was used accordingly. down.
The harbor of Lvshunkou is surrounded by mountains, with Jinjin Mountain in the east, Baiyu Mountain in the north, and Huhuwei Peninsula in the west. The harbor is connected to the open sea through a long and narrow waterway. The harbor is sheltered and windproof, and it is a rare ice-free port in the north.Of course, in the current Little Ice Age, whether the sea in the harbor will freeze in winter depends on the actual situation.
If Zhifu Bay is more suitable for building a civilian trade and immigration port, then Lushunkou on the Liaodong Peninsula is undoubtedly one of the best choices for a military port.The terrain of this place presents a semi-enclosed structure, wide inside and narrow outside. There are commanding heights on both sides of the channel entering and leaving the port. It is naturally easy to defend and difficult to attack. It can be regarded as the favorite terrain of the Haihan military port.Wang Tom's interest in this place even exceeds that of Dalian Bay, which has a larger harbor area in the north.
Before the Liaodong Peninsula was captured by Houjin, it was under the jurisdiction of Jinzhouwei, the capital of Liaodong.Jinzhou Wei was established in the eighth year of Hongwu, with more than 20 staff and six thousand households under its jurisdiction, namely Jinzhou Zuoqianhusuo, Jinzhou Youqianhusuo, Jinzhou Zhongqianhusuo, Jinzhou Qianhusuo Household Office, Jinzhou Middle Left Thousand-Household Office, Jinzhou Back Thousand-Household Office, among which the first four Thousand-Household Offices are deployed in Jinzhou City.The Zhongzuo Qianhu Office was established in the [-]th year of Hongwu, on the northwest coast of Lushunkou Harbor, and it was also the main stronghold of the Ming army at the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula.
However, the guards deployed by Daming in Liaodong failed to hold the territory in the end, and it was Kong Youde, the rebel general who once guarded Liaodong, who gave them the final blow.Now the Jinzhou Guard's jurisdiction has been fully occupied by Houjin.
The fleet quickly passed Laotie Mountain from the east. Although the smoke on the mountain continued to rise, the soldiers on board did not feel much nervous about going into battle. They had a general understanding during the pre-war preparation meeting. After understanding the situation of the Jin army, on the premise that it is clear that the opponent does not have enough strength to pose a threat to itself at sea, it is natural to be able to face the enemy's reaction in a relatively relaxed state.
When he was about to arrive at the Huowei Peninsula, Tom Wang saw through the binoculars a few small sailing boats parked on the shore, which should not be military ships.Sun Bing next to him explained to him: "This place was originally a salt field. Jinzhou Wei once set up a special salt hundred households here. I think Jin should have kept it after coming here."
The salt field is only a few miles away from Laotie Mountain, and you can clearly see the smoke rising from Laotie Mountain here. If someone lives here, they will definitely receive a warning. You can’t see the shore from the boat. Human activity.
Wang Tom asked: "How was the output of this saltworks in the past?"
Sun Bing scratched his head and said, "The humble officer did not serve here, and I don't know the inside story, but in the past, the salt consumed by the Jinzhou Guard was basically supplied from here."
Wang Tom made a little calculation in his mind. The Golden State Guard has about 6000 people. Taking into account the needs of the people in the jurisdiction, there is at least [-] catties of salt a year, which is about [-] tons of salt. In this era, In terms of production capacity, it is not too low.
Wang Tom asked again immediately: "How many salt farms of this size are there in the Liaodong Peninsula?"
Sun Bing replied: "As far as I know, there is a salt field on the coast of Fuzhouwei and Gaizhouwei respectively. As for the scale, I don't know."
The reason why Tom Wang asked about the situation of the saltworks was naturally because of these places.If fleets can be dispatched from time to time to harass and harass these salt fields, the salt supply in the Liaodong Peninsula will inevitably fall into an unstable situation, and in this bitterly cold place in Liaodong, materials such as salt, iron, tea and cloth are all It is a hard currency, and the supply will directly affect social stability.It is a very good choice at this stage to target the salt field near the sea and flat terrain that is not suitable for guarding, so that the rule of Hou Jin in the Liaodong Peninsula can affect the whole body.
However, the current task was to investigate Lushunkou, and there was no rush to attack the salt field. The fleet quickly arrived at the entrance to the southwest of the harbor.
The reason why this place is called Tiger Tail is because the tail of the peninsula here goes deep into the sea, showing a long and narrow S-shaped curved embankment, so it is vividly called Tiger Tail, which can be regarded as a natural barrier of Lushunkou Harbor.
Seeing that the tiger's tail had appeared in the field of vision, Wang Tom ordered all personnel to prepare for battle. All the artillery on the ship entered the combat position, and the steam engine on the flagship also switched from preheating standby to power supply state.Although the post-Gold Army's maritime armed forces are not strong, it is very likely that there will be warships deployed in this harbor, so it is necessary to prepare for battle in advance.
The narrow waterway entering the harbor is only about 300 meters in width and about 1000 meters in length. The west side of the channel is Huwei Shabar, and the east side is Jinjin Mountain, the commanding height at the entrance of Gongwei Harbor.At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang chose the small harbor behind the Golden Mountain to build Lushun Dawu as the logistics maintenance base of the Beiyang Navy. At the same time, he also built a large-scale coastal defense fort on the Golden Mountain.
With this narrow waterway as the dividing line in Lushunkou Harbor, on the east side is a small harbor with a diameter of about 300 meters, which is suitable for logistics maintenance or construction of shipyards, while the area of the harbor on the west side is larger, at least more than [-] meters. The sea surface of six square kilometers is available for ships to navigate, and it is also the key inspection area of the Haihan Fleet.
However, before they actually sailed into the harbor, the enemy warship appeared at the other end of the narrow waterway, blocking the way of the Haihan fleet.However, the opponent's lineup is obviously far inferior to that of Haihan, with only four sailboats with a displacement of less than [-] tons, and the appearance standard is obviously a lucky boat that once belonged to the Ming Dynasty Navy.
"Dengzhou rebels!" Of course Tom Wang knew where these warships originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty Navy came from. When Kong Youde defected to Liaodong last year, he took away all the floating ships in Dengzhou Water City. It also includes the entire naval force that Shandong Dusi spent several years building up with countless silver coins since the reign of Tianqi.
There is no detailed information on how many warships and sailors there are in the navy that was coerced by Kong Youde and defected to Liaodong. However, judging from the appearance of the ships that appeared on the opposite side of the waterway, at least they have maintained a relatively complete hull. , and Wang Tom also confirmed from the telescope that the opponent's bow has artillery deployed.
In such a narrow waterway, it is difficult for the larger Haihan warships to deploy their formations and use their side artillery to confront the opponent's bow. If both sides do not flinch, then they can only hedge head-on at this place.
Wang Tom didn't hesitate after seeing the situation clearly, and immediately issued a combat order: "Rush over and destroy them!"
Wang Tom has full confidence in the firepower advantage of his own warships. After dealing with the Ming army for so many years, he still has a good understanding of the Ming army's standard warships.The standard weapons on this tonnage Fuchuan are one Dafa Gong, six Flang cannons, three bowl-mouth guns, and ten bird-billed guns. Weapons up.On the opposite side, the big fat tribute on the blessing boat was mounted on the bow. With its firing speed, Wang Tom judged that there would be three or four shots at most.As for other weapons, including the Fran cannon, it is basically impossible to penetrate the sideboard of the majestic warship at a distance of about 30 meters.
As long as they can withstand the first few shots from the opponent's bow gun position, once the two armies are in a state of interlacing, Haihan's shipborne artillery fire can teach the opponent how to behave.With the tonnage of this lucky ship, Wang Tom can be sure that its hull will never be able to withstand the close-range bombardment of a six-pound gun.With more than 20 cannons on the side of the flagship alone, one round of firing is enough to paralyze it.
After Wang Tom's order was issued, the flagship immediately blew its whistle to convey the combat signal to the other ships that followed, and the Haihan fleet, which was in a row, took Wang Tom's flagship as the pioneer and headed straight north. rushed over.
When the two sides were still about 300 meters apart, the 48-pound cannon on the bow of the flagship ship fired first, and the heavy shells roared through the air, passing four or five meters away from the mainmast of the opponent's bow ship.If it hit the mast straight, it would definitely be broken into two pieces at once, which made Wang Tom, who was watching the battle, cry secretly.
Seeing this, the other party was not to be outdone, and used the Dafa Gong on the bow to fight back. However, the range and accuracy of the shot were quite poor, and the projectile fired was more than 20 meters away from the bow of the Haihan flagship before falling into the water with all its strength.
The two sides were walking toward each other in this waterway that was only a kilometer away, and the approach speed was extremely fast. The gunner on the bow completed the ammunition loading at the fastest speed, and fired a second shell at the opponent before the bow crossed.This time, the distance between the bows of the two ships was only more than ten meters. The cannon shot out and hit the bow of the opposite ship firmly, turning the artillery position where it deployed Dafa Gong upside down.In the cloud of smoke and dust, the chaotic screams from the opponent's ship could be heard, and it was unknown how many lives were lost by this cannonball.
But this was just the beginning. When the ships of both sides began to stagger, the sideboard guns fired one by one, and at this distance, almost no one missed the hull of the enemy warship.Even though the opponent's Fran cannon was fighting back desperately, but because of its limited power, the projectiles hitting the Shanghai Han warship only left a small dent on the ship's plank before being thrown into the sea.
The firepower competition between the two sides on the deck was not just an artillery battle. Several rockets flew up from the deck of the Houjin warship and shot at the sail of Haihan's flagship.It's just that Haihan's canvas is not only thick, but also fireproof. Even if these rockets can hit, it is difficult to get immediate results.But these rocket-firing archers have to face the intensive grape shells fired from the Haihan warship.The upper deck of Haihan's flagship is equipped with [-]-pound guns loaded with grape shells and chain bombs. These two types of projectiles are standard deck harvesters. The soldiers couldn't avoid it, and a large piece of it fell down as soon as the gun went down.
When Haihan's flagship sailed past the first enemy ship, the ship had already been mutilated by a round of bombardment. Although there were still crew and sailors on board, they had already lost most of their combat effectiveness.However, their nightmare did not end there, followed by the bombardment of the second Haihan warship.
The only thing that the post-golden warship could cause Haihan any real trouble was the rockets that were fired over. However, Haihan already had a way to deal with this naval warfare method that the Ming army used to. The team members waited with water guns made of bamboo tubes. The rockets would be quickly extinguished before they ignited the surrounding area when they were shot on the boat.There are even two human-driven high-pressure water guns on the deck to ensure that the rockets that hit the height of the sail can also be extinguished in time.
(End of this chapter)