The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 544
"Ming people are looking for death." Dorset saw Seinfeld's boat approaching quickly, and he ordered: "Hit me hard."

The rudder of the Gnar, which had been turning sharply, suddenly slowed down, and then fine-tuned backwards to face Seinfeld's ship. It took only 2 minutes to point all the guns on the right wing at Seinfeld's ship.

Seinfeld's boat was originally facing him, and when he saw Gnar's fine-tuning, he also felt something was wrong.

"Turn right quickly." Zhang Yougui screamed quickly.

This wave of guns must be dodged before they can keep up.

Creak creak, Seinfeld's boat also desperately turned right.

Both sides are competing for speed.

But the Dutch ships were more advanced and turned around faster.

Seinfeld's ship was only half turned, and the Gnar was fully adjusted.

"beat"

With the order from above, bang, bang, bang, more than 20 shells flew over like meteors.

Everyone on the Seinfeld ship stared, and many of them could only pray secretly, hoping that they would not be hit.

Boom, the first shot hit Seinfeld's left bow.

"Crash!" The Fran's cannon on the bow was instantly torn apart, and the gunner on the side was directly beaten into the sea, and a big hole appeared in the bow.

The warship shook violently.

Plop, plop, and then shells fell into the sea one after another, the water shook, and the Iron Mountain seemed to be crumbling, and there were screams on board.

"Get down, general." Zhang Yougui yelled.

Seinfeld quickly lay down on the boat.

Before he finished speaking, bang, another shell hit the middle of the left side of the ship.

Two shots from this round hit Seinfeld's boat.

The Dutch people on the opposite side shouted in unison, extremely excited.

"Ni Niang." After the bombardment, Sein Fei quickly stood up and took a look through the binoculars: "Turn around, catch up, turn around—"

Needless to say, Zhang Yougui has already returned to the bow of the boat again and continued to drive forward.

At the same time he ordered a report of casualties.

After a while, he reported to Seinfeld: "It's fine for now, it won't sink."

The interior of the ship is separated layer by layer. Sometimes with luck, if one part is broken, only one part will have water, and it will not enter other places. Therefore, sometimes the ship can continue to float on the water after being shot more than a dozen times.

But if the old ship is hit, it will seriously damage the morale of the soldiers.

So try to avoid being hit by artillery.

"Is this Ming army crazy? Is it a suicide attack?" Dorsey slowly retracted the telescope.

The other three ships that besieged him were all bombarding him. It was almost an hour now, more than two hours, and his ship was also hit twice, but it was completely indifferent, and only a little bit of skin was hurt.

As for the Ming military ship, it is obviously not resistant to beating.

"Since they want to die, let them be fulfilled." Dorsey quickly ordered, slowed down, and leveled the hull with the opponent.

He fought with the Ming army until now, and found that most of the Ming army's ships were 12-pound guns, and only a few 24-pound guns, which did little damage to the Nar.

As long as he doesn't hit a vital point, he can withstand dozens of shots.

As for him, as long as a few shells hit Seinfeld's boat again, he is very sure that he can sink Seinfeld.

Following his orders, the Nar quickly pulled the hull to level with the Iron Mountain.

But the Iron Mountain was straightening up again, coming straight along him.

In just 10 minutes, the distance between the two sides was reduced to within 400 meters.

Dorset was not in a hurry, but smiled on his face: "Send him down and fire."

Boom, boom, boom, the right wing of the Nar fired again.

The hit rate is higher at such a close distance.

But Seinfeld's luck was really good, plop plop, the bow and stern were hit again, and they were all 32-pound shells.

"Damn it." Dorset could see clearly through the telescope, and couldn't help cursing. He turned to face the following: "Didn't you eat enough in the morning?"

The artillerymen blushed and continued to load.

Ming's ship was getting closer and closer, and they panicked.

This wise man rushed forward like a lunatic who was not afraid of death.

Never let them come near.

"Colonel." Someone behind him was talking to Dorsey: "I suggest not to worry, and keep a distance from him first."

This is a Dutch navy lieutenant commander who participated in naval battles between the Dutch and the Spanish. He felt that Dorset was too hasty. Naval battles are inherently slow, and he can use his advantage of having more guns to grind slowly.

"Are you teaching me to fight?" Dorsey gave him a cold look: "Just follow the order."

The major had no choice but to back off.

Dorce picked up the binoculars again, Mingren's ship had entered 350 meters, and it was getting closer.

"Kill to the right, full rudder to the right, kill." Dorsey quickly ordered.

The major hesitated to speak from behind.

Dorset turned on the spot, and when he turned, Mingren's boat could be pulled closer by at least 50 to 100 meters.

At such a short distance, the Ming people's 24-pounder guns can already threaten their ships.

Of course, he also has great confidence in his ship.

If this wave was fired by their right-flank artillery, it would be enough to tear Ming's hull to pieces.

But for some reason, he felt a strong uneasiness in his heart, as if there was something terrible facing him.

"Turn around, turn around." Opposite Seinfeld and Zhang Yougui were overjoyed, the Dutch really wanted to knock them down.

They slowed down and turned in place.

This gave Seinfeld the best chance possible.

"Quick, speed up, speed up." The Ming army ships accelerated wildly, and everyone used their utmost strength.

Be sure to pull to the nearest before the other party completes the turn.

330 m.

320 m.

300 m.

The ships on both sides are getting closer.

When entering 300 meters, Dorset's boat hadn't fully turned around.

"Turn the rudder" Seinfeld also turned around, turning his left side to the opponent's right side.

Squeak, Dorsey saw Seinfeld's hull tilting sharply to the left.

This is, move the guns on the right side to the left side?Dorset quickly understood what Mingren was doing.

The cunning and down-to-earth Mingren moved all the cannons on the right side to the left side.

But what's the use?

At this time, on Seinfeld's side, all the movable guns on both sides were moved to the left side, and a large number of people stood on the right side, trying their best to balance the hull, but the guns were too heavy, and the whole ship turned to the left side.

The front muzzle is very low.

Fortunately, the distance between the two sides was very close at this time.

If it was more than one mile away, Seinfeld's cannon would definitely hit the sea directly.

"Reload." Zhang Yougui yelled frantically.

The gunners of the Ming army reloaded one after another, and all the cannons were replaced with fuzed shells in an instant.

There are 9 cannons on the left (three of which have been destroyed), and nine fuze cannons. According to the firing rate, as long as half of them hit, then half of them will be ignited.

"Get ready." Dorce screamed on the opposite side.

More than 20 black cannons pointed at Seinfeld's ship.

They finally made the turn.

All the guns have been aimed at the ship of the Ming army.

And Song Feizhou has not yet completed the turn.

"Welcome to the shelling." Zhang Yougui called again.

One by one, the Ming soldiers clung to the places they could grasp, squatting halfway, and some directly prostrated themselves on the ground.

At first glance, Seinfeld was running out of time, they didn't complete all their turns, the other had already completed.

If you don't fight, you may not have a chance. Fight hard.

"Hit." Sein Fei yelled directly, and the island of death turned to the sky, and hit Lao Tzu.

The Ming army who heard the order did not hesitate, and hurriedly fired regardless of the shelling.

"Hit." Dorsey called from the opposite side.

"Boom" in the earth-shattering cannon sound.

The ships on both sides shook at the same time, and the shells flew in the air, staggering.

On the entire battlefield at this time, the distance between these two ships should be the closest.

The scene is extremely spectacular, both sides are firing at close range.

Bang bang bang bang, at least eight shells from the opposite side hit the left wing of Song Fei.

The powerful 42-pound gun, with a click, tore open the hull of the Haicang ship.There was a sudden burst of people on the deck turned upside down.

The entire Haicang ship was almost torn to pieces.

After a round, there was hardly a piece of the left side of the hull intact.

Five of the nine cannons were shot directly into the sea, and many gunners were killed on the spot.

The hull tilted violently to the left, and a large amount of seawater poured into it.

The Iron Mountain was directly destroyed by one round, and it will sink in a short time.

But the Gnar on the opposite side is not having a good time.

Both sides opened fire at the same time. The Ming army fired in a hurry, and six artillery pieces missed.

A shot hit their deck with little damage and no explosion.

Two shells hit their right side of the hull, directly punching two large holes.

There was a burst of cheers on the Dorsey boat. Looking at the Ming army's ship, one knew that the Ming army's ship must have sunk.

"Desa." Dorsey put away the binoculars triumphantly at this time, and said in an old-fashioned tone: "There are risks in fighting, as long as you are brave, nothing is impossible."

Lieutenant Commander Dessa was convinced.

Their ship was completely fine after being hit twice by the Ming army, while half of the Ming army on the opposite side had sunk.

"The colonel taught me that I was the one who was worrying too much." Desa quickly admitted his mistake.

Dorsey laughed out loud, with a smug expression on his face. When it comes to naval battles, it's up to me, Dorset.

Just when he was extremely proud.

Sudden.

"Boom" sounded from under his feet.

With a chirp, the deck shattered in an instant, and Dorset was torn to pieces by the powerful explosion.

"Ah!" There were countless screams on the deck, and a huge hole appeared on the deck.

"??"

There was a panic on the Nar, and everyone didn't know what happened.

Many people behind looked to the front. The place where Dorset was standing just now was empty. Captain Dorset, Major De Sar and several other officers were completely gone.

"This is? The gunpowder of the artillery below exploded?" Some people thought that the gunpowder of the artillery on the lower deck exploded.

Things were pretty bad for the Nar at this point.

Of the three fuze bombs that Seinfeld hit, although only one bomb exploded, it directly killed all the chief officers headed by Dorcet, and ignited a fire in the middle of the deck.

The bombed area on the left side of the hull was two or three meters long, and a large amount of seawater poured in.

Originally, the ship had isolation layers, and it was fine to penetrate one layer without hitting the other, but the fuzed shell exploded directly, tearing several decks, and the sea water kept pouring in.

The remaining commanders soon realized that something was wrong.

If the gap cannot be plugged, the ship will surely sink.

"Quick, quick, send people down." At this time, a captain on the ship stood up and directed, and immediately arranged for people to go down to drain water.

Their ship is very technically built, and it can divert the water entering the cabin to other places, but this takes time and needs to be implemented safely, and now, it is on the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)