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Chapter 966 Battle of Port City ()

"Come, rush, rush, rush in with me, grab money, grab food, grab women~"

Wearing a three-cornered hat, her hair was braided into a small braid, she wielded a samurai sword in her hand, and her already thin waist was tightened tightly.

Continuing down, she is wearing a bright red skirt and a pair of long boots.

In short, COSPIAY became the concubine of a pirate captain.

With extremely excitement, he stood on the deck of the flagship of the Xuange Camp Fleet, the ‘Queen’, and shouted excitedly in the direction of the harbor city.

Although Hu Biao, Caishen, Lang Qing and others were sitting next to her, they did not speak.

But the excited expressions and eyes on their faces showed that their current mood was also quite hot at the moment.

Because from their current angle, after looking over with telescopes in their hands, the port city of 61 and everything in it can be completely seen.

Comparing the modern dimension with the "Pearl of the Orient" in Hu Biao's memory.

The port city of this year is extremely small in size and has an indescribable messy feel.

Only on both sides of Victoria Harbor, the Yin people built some European-style buildings, which were not many in number and looked slightly better than those in Xiangyang.

In the surrounding area, there are many low wooden houses that should be the residence of Daqing people.

In terms of overall scale, it is not as good as the modern plane and some slightly larger towns in the mainland.

However, considering the history of the port city, it seems that such a situation has occurred, which is not so difficult to understand.

Because this place was occupied and ceded by the Yin people, the total history here is only about twenty years.

In the limited time, the Yin people seemed to have no time to build such a prosperous city.

Another point is that the place Daqing was initially targeted by the Yin people and wanted to occupy was actually Zhoushan in Zhejiang Province; so in the first few years when they occupied the port city, they did not pay much attention to running the place.

However, it was later discovered that Daqing would not cede Zhoushan even to death, which was not far from their pocketbook and a wealthy place in the south of the Yangtze River.

After taking a step back, we began to build the port city step by step with peace of mind.

Finally, after a hundred years of development, it became that famous international metropolis.

Of course, the fact that the port city is currently prosperous or not is not important to Hu Biao and the others at present. They are not here for business and tourism, but for a vote.

Therefore, the most important thing for them at present is how good the defense capabilities of the port city are and whether their next battle will be easy and smooth.

Regarding this, under the lenses of the telescopes in their hands, it can only be said that everything is very optimistic.

From their observations, they found that the Eastern Fort, which is relatively famous in the modern world, has not yet been built on several mountains near Victoria Harbor.

For port defense, the most important coastal defense forts are the Murray Battery, the Wellington Battery, and the Royal Battery.

The Yin army did not pay much attention to the construction and configuration of these forts.

According to intelligence, even the Murray fort with the strongest firepower contained only four 4-pound caliber front-loading smoothbore cannons and one 24-inch caliber mortar.

They are all old-fashioned artillery pieces dismantled from some Indian warships more than ten years ago. They are really not very powerful in terms of power.

In addition, at the dock of Victoria Harbor, in addition to numerous merchant ships, part of the Great Yin Empire's Far East Fleet was also parked there.

There are not many of them in total, there are more than 20 ships of various sizes.

It's just because Dayin's Far East Fleet, among the opponents that it usually needs to deal with, does not have decent maritime capabilities, and it cannot use the most advanced warships at all.

Therefore, Dayin has the most advanced armored warships driven by propellers.

I haven't seen one at Victoria's Secret; the few steam battleships are small iron-hulled battleships driven by paddle wheels.

Therefore, most of the warships that Hu Biao and the others currently need to deal with are wooden warships that are driven by sails and will gradually be eliminated.

And when the loud warning bells in Victoria Harbor rang one after another.

A large number of Yin troops rushed out of the military camp and rushed toward the forts and warships on the berths.

Not long after, the muzzles of the cannons in the fort were being adjusted, and the warships at the dock were also hurriedly furling their anchors and raising their sails.

Needless to say, the quality of the Yin army, especially the quality of the navy, is really pretty good in these days.

Under such circumstances, the Battle of Harbor City officially began.

As for what the outcome will be, some of the judgments that Daniel, the white-skinned man who participated in the battle, made in his mind before the battle began, can explain some problems.

"I am willing to swear on the name of my grandfather that these Yin country guys and their Far East fleet will be completely destroyed today~"

Looking at those in action, the Yin Fleet actually showed quite a level of prowess. One of Ms. Anne’s loyal lickers, the Dutchman Daniel,

He whispered something like this in a voice that only he could hear.

There was indescribable schadenfreude in his tone.

Mainly because after more than two months, as a special instructor of the Xuange Camp Fleet, he has been leading a group of sailors for continuous training at sea.

As a former major of the Dutch Navy, he was not qualified to enter even key areas such as the power cabin.

But it didn't hinder it at all. After seeing some other things, he determined one thing from a professional's perspective: the three warships of Xuan Ge Camp were almost an era ahead of the Far East Fleet.

Coupled with the shameless tactics formulated by Xuan Ge Camp, there was no suspense in this battle.

As for why Daniel was so happy to see the Yin people defeated?

joke! The Dutch people's identity as the overlord of the sea was snatched away by these Yin people; so he has no good impressions of these people...

******

After the battle began, the tactics used by the Xuan Ge camp were not as what the imperial concubine had ordered. Three armored warships rushed forward, relying on their rough skin and thick flesh and the hard steel of the Yin Army's Far East Fleet.

Those shouting sounds were just the imperial concubine yelling and having fun.

The most important problem at present is that the Yin fleet has too many ships and more cannons.

Although in theory, the 32-pound rifled gun on the Yin Army fleet can only penetrate 285 mm of wrought iron armor in terms of power.

For the Xuange Camp fleet, the key parts have reached 380 mm thick armor, which is simply impossible to break through.

But theory is just a theory. Without a real fight and a few solid shots, no one can be sure of the real defensive effect of the armored battleship.

In addition, the Yin Army has a large fleet and a large number of cannons, and the density of firepower received once it gets close will be quite terrifying.

Because after the battle officially started, the three armored warships did not move forward. Instead, they turned around and put a little distance between themselves, and then the warships fought side by side.

Prepare to use three 150 mm caliber Krupp naval guns to fire at the Yin fleet.

During such a torment, those Yin army warships that had been driven by the wind and slowly sailed out of the dock began to fire on them first.

Then the cannons on the fort started firing one after another after a few seconds of delay.

Immediately, at least thirty or forty solid rounds of iron gunpowder came over here.

It's a pity that although the movement looked quite scary, in fact, none of the shells hit the target; the nearest shell also landed five or six meters away from the Imperial Concubine, causing a huge splash of water.

Directly, Lang Qing, who was standing behind the rangefinder and measuring the distance between the two sides, was heartbroken.

It is normal for such a result to occur.

The current distance between the two fleets has been stretched by at least three miles; the distance from the cannons on the fort is even further.

Therefore, on the fort with a stable ground, the range of the Yin army's cannons was simply not enough.

The flying shells landed in the sea far away. Apart from killing some innocent fish and shrimps, they did nothing.

The cannons on the Yin Army fleet could barely hit the three armored warships of Xuange Camp; but on the uneven sea, their accuracy was somewhat difficult to say.

Precisely because he knew this, Lang Qing, who was soaked in the rain, couldn't care about such trivial matters. He was doing something more important at the moment: first, at Hu Biao's request, he and two other ships locked in their first hunting target.

According to the information, one was built in 57 and was a large ship with a displacement of 2330 tons, the "Compass".

This thing is a wooden-hulled sail warship with a thin layer of brass inlaid near the waterline and underwater, presumably to prevent barnacles from adhering.

Anyway, as long as this thing is killed, two-thirds of the requirement of "sinking and capturing 3000 tons" in the side mission of the Magic City Team can be completed immediately.

After using the rangefinder, he calculated the distance between the 'Royal Concubine' and the 'Compass' where he was.

Lang Qing directly stuffed a piece of beef jerky about half the size of a palm into his mouth, frowned and chewed it for a few times before swallowing it.

With such an effort, he had successfully calculated the firing rate of the three 150mm naval guns on the Imperial Concubine against the Compass.

He turned around and took another look at the muzzle angles of several naval guns on the Imperial Concubine.

There were already several clear ballistic trajectories in this guy’s head; immediately under the tracheal Dantian, he shouted at the top of his lungs:

"No. 0.5 naval gun, adjust upward by 1 degrees and to the left by degree.

The No. 1.5 naval gun, adjust 1 to the right; the No. 2 naval gun goes down degree and degrees to the right~"

After the loud order reached their ears, the gunners did not dare to delay at all, and quickly adjusted the direction of some muzzles under the auxiliary steam power.

Each of these 150 mm caliber naval guns weighed more than 4 tons when purchased.

In order to increase the defense and protect the operators of the cannon, they later installed a semi-open turret, which was naturally even more shocking in terms of weight.

Therefore, a 15-horsepower small steam engine is installed in these turrets as auxiliary power.

It was precisely because of this that the muzzle of the gun was quickly adjusted; with a huge roar, the three naval guns fired in unison, and each of them fired a pointed cannonball.

Rather than the solid iron weights in the Yin Army's naval battle.

It should be noted that the largest caliber naval gun on the warships of the Western Navy has reached 64 pounds.

After comparison, the caliber of the 150mm naval guns on the three armored battleships of the Xuange Camp was undoubtedly much smaller, and they suffered a lot after the artillery battle started.

what to do? Of course, in terms of artillery shells, I will find a way to make up for it.

The pointed cannonball that was just summoned was a brand-new ammunition produced by Langqing and Cross based on some related armor-piercing projectile technologies of later generations, combined with the 150mm breech-loading rifled cannon on hand.

There are two types of armor-piercing projectiles and armor-piercing explosive projectiles. The specific difference is that the former is solid and has stronger penetrating ability.

The latter's warhead is loaded with explosives, which is the type that explodes when it hits the target.

The three shells just fired were all the latter's armor-piercing explosive shells; mainly because Lang Qing thought that this kind of ammunition alone was enough to penetrate the opponent's hull.

This brand-new artillery shell uses smokeless nitrocellulose as the propellant and explosives.

In history, it would take twenty or thirty years for this thing to be invented by the legal person Weyer.

Therefore, based on the above, the cannon tubes of the Xuange Camp fleet may not be very thick, but their power is not small at all.

No! Soon after, this epoch-making artillery shell showed its terrifying power.

Three new armor-piercing bullets roared through the air and flew more than three miles in the air.

Unfortunately, one of the rounds was fired directly. After the impact fuse hit the sea surface, it unfortunately failed to detonate the ammunition and ultimately sank into the water.

One shot flew over the deck and just grazed the arm of a sailor. The unlucky guy's left arm exploded into a ball of blood mist.

Then it continued to hit the mast and exploded, causing the explosion to directly break the mast.

By the way, a large number of sailors who were working on the deck were directly knocked to the ground, not to mention causing a fire.

The last shot hit the hull of the ship, and even hit the waterline.

The accuracy of the artillery between the two sides is not a concept at all.

After being hit by the bomb, the "Compass" was immediately blasted with a terrifyingly large hole amidst the splash of sawdust, allowing seawater to pour into it immediately.

For a time, the accuracy of artillery fire from both sides was no longer a concept at all.

Faced with such serious damage, even if the Yin Army damage control team on board the Compass was very powerful, it would be quite difficult to plug such a big hole.

If it weren't for the watertight cabin, this big guy would have sunk.

Upon seeing this, everyone on the Imperial Concubine suddenly burst into cheers.

As for Daniel, a Dutchman, after seeing such a scene, his expression turned out to be terrifyingly calm, with no trace of excitement at all.

Indeed, what’s so surprising?

Long before the battle began, he had anticipated such an outcome...

About ten seconds later than the Imperial Concubine, the two iron-clad battleships, which were adjacent to the Not Far Away and the Fenghuahui, finally opened fire.

The reason for this is mainly due to the sighting hands above them, which are the God of Wealth and the Cross.

Comparing it to Lang Qing, who both had a 'flawed intelligent auxiliary chip' installed in his head, the computing power of the two was naturally quite different.

But then again, the two's mathematical abilities are already quite strong at the moment.

At least as the Great Yin of the Empire where the sun never sets, the spotters on the battleship are definitely not as good as the other two.

You know, the God of Wealth has a CPA, or Certified Public Accountant, certificate in the modern dimension; just this certificate shows that her ability in mathematics is one of the top in the team.

If it's a cross, he's pretty good as an engineering male.

When the 'Compass' was hit, the girl was lying on the rangefinder, mumbling words and calculating quickly.

Even though she is the same as the concubine, the cosplay looks like a female pirate captain, and even puts on a leather eyepatch to look like a one-eyed dragon.

But at the moment, he looks extremely focused.

For a moment, the scumbag who was so twisted that she flew up in this mission was nowhere to be seen.

Under her command, the three adjusted cannons on the Kick opened fire; I don't know whether the trajectory calculated by Xiaomei, the God of Wealth, was really accurate, or whether she was just lucky.

Anyway, three shells were fired, two of which missed the target, and one hit the waterline of the "Compass".

In the huge explosion, another large hole appeared on the hull of the large warship of more than 2300 tons, close to the water.

Soon after, the ship visibly tilted due to water on one side.

Only Brother Cross, who commanded the cannon sighter on the Fenghuahui, missed all three shells one by one.

Originally, in such a long-distance artillery battle, when the hit rate was only one or two percent, it was normal for the shells to empty.

The problem is comparing the brilliant results achieved by these two teammates, Lang Qing and Caishen.

Although Cross is a semi-rookie in the team, doesn't he have no need to lose face?

While cursing, he shouted to the gunners to reload quickly and prepare for another round of shelling. But he didn't believe it anymore and he couldn't hit the target.

But before the gunners on the Fenghuahui began to reload, the three warships suffered at the hands of Hu Biao again.

Relying on the powerful drive of the propeller, it moved further back.

As for the merchant ships they captured, they had already sailed far away from such an area and had no intention of participating in this battle.

Because Hu Biao’s tactics are simple to say:

The main thing is to rely on the stronger defense power, more powerful attack power, and better observation equipment on your own ship; as well as the sighters' general mathematics and ballistic calculation capabilities, and then engage in bombardment with the opponent after widening the distance. .

Like walking a dog, knocking down Da Yin's Far East Fleet bit by bit...

(End of this chapter)