Beiyang new warlord

"Our army is four times larger than your Excellency, and your firepower is not comparable to your Excellency. Your Excellency cannot win!"

"How do you know if you don't try?"

Seeing Huang Degong's old fox-like smile, Murphys, who was full of confidence when he came here, shook his head helplessly, bowed slightly, and then left the room, watching him. asked the staff officer.

"Have all the barbarians read?"

This battle was not easy. Facing the humor of his coach, Gu Moyi could only respond with a wry smile.

At noon, Bishop Murphys returned to the coalition forces. Immediately afterwards, the neatly arranged sea fortresses visibly stirred up slightly. The sails were pulled up violently, and the large iron anchor thrown into the sea was rattling with the winches. The metal sound was slowly pulled up, and the outermost row of magnificent three-masted three-story first-class battleships rushed out in a row like greedy snakes.

The most classic maritime formation of this era, the linear formation was slowly deployed by them, and this was the beginning of the official offensive.

But what Murphys said is really good. In terms of firepower, the two armies are not at the same level. There are almost 7000 battleships, more than [-] artillery pieces, and two to three thousand heavy artillery pieces. There are only about [-] guns plus coastal defense guns. It seems that the defenders in Manila are in a state of being crushed.

Fortunately, Daming always has a bit of black technology!

The overlord cannon independently developed by Ming was not only assigned two by the Central South Division, but three were installed here, two were installed on Fort St. Philip, and one belonged to the former enemy Fort Front Tooth. And here, the Overlord The cannon is in full shape. The outer layer of the cannon is built with thick reinforced concrete for a wall more than half a meter thick. The baffle is the same as the cannons of later generations, except that this baffle is also much thicker than the cannons, made of cast iron, and is self-sufficient by one centimeter.

Under the tight protection, the gun body completely lost its vision, and it completely relied on the observation post above the artillery fortress to measure the unit. While the huge three-story battleship was crawling slowly, the several-ton gun body was also at the observation post. While shouting, creaking and dragging the iron chain to adjust the muzzle.

Almost at the moment when the opponent's heavy extended naval gun fired, Chen Xinghua, who was waiting impatiently, swung his command saber violently. On the front sea fort, there was a sound that could shake the ground, and the deafening gunfire was also Followed by a bang~

A muffled thunder resounded across the sea!

Chapter 869. Like God

This is a pure firearms duel belonging to this era. On the outskirts of the spacious Manila Bay, the Western battleships used the same tricks as the British in the Sino-British Opium War more than 200 years later. The warships continued to move and misplaced to avoid damage, but the Hessian But the muzzle kept spraying artillery fire at the sea fort.

However, Manila is different from any of the fortresses attacked by these western powers, and it is not the kind of crude fortress that was empty and empty at the end of the Qing Dynasty and allowed the opponent's artillery to pour down. Although the round fortress has much less artillery fire than before, its defense and tonnage are much stronger than before.

The solid iron cannonballs were like ping-pong balls, crackling and hitting the thick wall. Amidst the dull heavy sound, cracks were smashed out on the wall, and even the shells fell on the fortress like hailstones. A large piece of broken cement burst out, and where the shells passed, the steel bars were all broken out.

A small fortress faced overwhelming bombardment from more than 600 twelve-pound to eighteen-pounder guns.

There was a bang, probably another cannonball hit the roof of the shed. A large piece of plaster wall leather fell down amidst the crackling sound, and hit Chen Xinghua right on the body. The medal was all gray, but he didn't even look at it, and kept observing the battlefield with the binoculars.

Beside him, the observer who was also holding a telescope was already sweating profusely, his eyes were red looking at the Western warships swaying back and forth in front of him, and he shouted in a hoarse voice: "04:30 direction, scale five Degrees! Ready!"

The turntable with the iron chain was creaked and creaked by the four gunners. The gun body was more than six meters long and weighed several tons. From the sweat beads on the head flowed down bit by bit.

"Fat Master!"

Suddenly, the sound of observing hands erupted like gunpowder exploded, and the next second, the explosives really exploded in response, with a loud bang, and the explosion was louder than being shot several times, shaking the entire fortress violently. shuddered.

A second later, a Spanish warship that was moving forward also trembled violently.

From the outside, it seemed that this behemoth only had a big hole, but the speed of the ship slowed down significantly, and even tilted slightly to one side. Three or four minutes later, a battleship that was marching and firing slammed into the ship. on the poop of the ship, causing chaos among the well-ordered fleet of battleships.

In the gun fort, unlike other heavy guns, the heavy guns were not pulled back along the gun rails to reload from the muzzle, and the sticks behind the gun buttocks were directly unscrewed with a wrench, and the two burnt tail covers were removed one after another. Then, a hot brass-colored cannonball casing that was also burning fell out with a bang, and a cannonball with a sharp head about one meter in length was stuffed in again.

Since Mao Jue ruled Liaodong, he has promoted industrialization for more than ten years. Nearly half of the essence has been used on the Bawang cannon in front of him. First of all, the breech-loading cannon! It saves the trouble of installing a series of front-loading cannons. It was forged with a super-powerful steam engine hammer and engraved with rifling, turning this several-ton thing into a super-sized sniper rifle.

Secondly, fixed shells are finally available here!

Don't underestimate a fixed shell. First, the gunpowder needs to be upgraded. In the old days, black gunpowder was not enough to create such a powerful power. According to the periodic table of elements that Mao Jue couldn't remember clearly, he took the opportunity to be abducted in the West. The sorcerer had practiced with the eastern alchemist for more than ten years, and even cooperated with Mao Jue at first, and now the honorary chairman of the Imperial Taoist Committee, the Xuankong old Taoist, had become immortal in an accident, and only then did he fiddle with the yellow gunpowder he wanted.

Moreover, Mao Jue didn't know what chemical formula they used to develop a matching propellant, which made a small shell so powerful.

Fortunately, Mao Jue pointed out the direction and took a shortcut. It will take two to 300 years of research and exploration to be responsible for the advent of this thing.

At this time, the technical content of the Overlord Cannon of the Ming Army was almost at the same level as the Armstrong Cannon when the British army attacked the Dajiao Fort in the Second Opium War, but the specifications were slightly higher than the Armstrong Cannon.

The only pity is that as a high-tech, just like the roadsters of later generations, the cost is high, the parameters are small, and the Luzon Islands can produce about 2000 million taels a year. Up to now, they can only be equipped with three doors.

But the effect is amazing!

Looking at the bay guard fortress that was constantly trembling under the artillery fire, Kurt's face that was slack due to aging even twitched a little. Indeed, after more than four hours of fighting, the former enemy fortress had been bombarded and riddled with wounds. Kong, even if it is a concrete fortress, it can't withstand the continuous bombardment of many joules of heavy artillery, and it has collapsed a lot, but with this progress, ten days may not be able to blow down the fortress.

Especially in the largest artillery barracks in the middle, Curt doesn't know what kind of monster with fangs is crouching in it. Although it hasn't sunk a warship of the coalition forces until now, its hit rate is extremely accurate. Excluding the cooling time, this thing can fire about twenty cannons per hour, and eleven or twelve cannons can hit the hull. Even the hardest big oak deck in the Spanish mountains can't withstand its bombardment. If it hits the bow or stern Fortunately, if it hits the middle deck directly, the condescending bombardment will basically destroy the three decks and blow up to the bottom of the cabin.

And this thing is not as simple as just piercing a hole. I really don't know what vicious devil curse Ming added to it. The power of the shell explosion is enough to catch up with more than a dozen barrels of gunpowder. A big hole was blown out.

Even if you have learned the extreme speed of the Eastern watertight cabin, the battleship can't stand the holes so connected, basically after being shot, you have to go down for repairs!

The only lucky thing is that there is only one door!

"Dreadful oriental devil!"

It really responded to Cohen's exclamation. Just as he was looking at the battlefield in horror, a huge explosion suddenly erupted in the battleship group bombarded in turn. It was 52 meters long and had three decks and five masts. The big thing exploded into a big fireball in an instant, and the mast was like a toothpick broken by a giant. It snapped and broke, and half of the hull of the rear poop disappeared, turning into burning fragments of planks all over the sky, falling on the ground. Everywhere, as for the people, they are like rag dolls, blown everywhere by the explosion of fireworks.

Of course, even yellow powder is not so powerful, but this cannon was fired into the gunpowder compartment of this unlucky Portuguese ship. On the first day of the battle, more than ten tons of black powder, which was still sufficient, were detonated together. The explosive power is enough to tear apart even the solid rammed earth walls of Kaifeng City back then, let alone the hard and brittle wooden hull!

The raging fire not only shocked Curt, but also the entire coalition.

Finally, when the setting sun slanted and reflected the entire sea red, the main battleships that were still in the artillery battle turned around flexibly like a school of fish, and withdrew from the range of the artillery shells of both sides.

A half-sunken capital ship raised its bow upwards. The entire sea surface was covered with broken ship boards, and occasionally corpses could be seen floating around.

Coming out of the artillery barracks, looking at his own results, Chen Xinghua excitedly slammed his fist on the crenel that had collapsed and peeled off a large piece, but the excitement dissipated, and when he looked back, he was not far away. In the collapsed fortress, a bloody hand stretched out from the ruins made him feel heavy again.

War is always fair! No matter which side, it will pay the corresponding price! It's just that whoever pays the heavier price is the one who can't hold on first!

In today's battle, after a long journey of more than half a year, the United Holy See Crusade Fleet, which came from the west to the east to fight for world supremacy, was even more serious.

Silver candles illuminated the restaurant brightly. On the dining table, exquisite lobsters, large bottles of Bordeaux red wine, roast goose and pork shoulder, all kinds of delicacies were available, but all the outstanding nobles had no appetite at all.

"Portuguese San Corando was sunk, Polia, Dasta, Paris Maid and other ships suffered first-level damage, casualties, one thousand and one!"

The United Fleet originally thought to be assembled under the common interest is already the most powerful fleet in the world. With this power, even hell can be conquered!However, the results of the first day of firefighting obviously made these Western gentlemen, who thought they were the center of world civilization, unable to accept it.

"Gentlemen!"

Picking up a glass of wine, Sir Curt from the Dutch side was finally the first to break the silence.

"This is a fact! The opponent's firepower is not as large as ours, but the opponent's artillery tonnage exceeds ours! And the fortress of Maejima is stronger than we expected!"

"Everyone, I suggest, retreat!"

"retreat!"

The commander of the Frenchman, Prince Condai, with the usual arrogance of his Gallic rooster, raised his voice heavily, and sneered sharply and contemptuously.

"It's said that the Netherlands is a group of inferior people who have mastered the power that should be held by the nobles. It's true. This small injury is frightening!"

"A true warrior of the Lord will not compromise with infidels!"