The continuous roar of artillery on the sea sounded again, and the two sides began a second round of confrontation.

Putmans said that he had nothing to do after he issued the order to fire with all his might. Because the maneuverability of the sailboat was limited, it took a long time to turn around. At this time, they were sandwiched between two rows of gunboats. If they turned around rashly, they would be completely a target for people to attack.

He could only look at the water column that was constantly moving forward, clenched his fists, hoping that this round of luck would be better and sink several gunboats on the other side.

This is the case in naval battles these days, and luck is very important because the cannons now have no aiming system at all, so they can only use luck to blast them.

If the artillery is accurate these days, there would be no monster-level existence like the tower ship gunboat.

It is precisely because the artillery is not accurate these days that such building ship gunboats that increase the probability of hitting by quantity has emerged.

If the artillery is accurate, there is no need for a warship to be equipped with hundreds of artillery. As long as the artillery is powerful enough, it will only take a few guns to overturn a warship on the other side. Why have hundreds of artillery? A few cannons are enough.

This is also the reason why the number of warships and guns in later generations is generally relatively small. Unless it is used for air defense or super battleships that specialize in covering the coast, other warships basically only have one main gun and one or two secondary guns. Because it is meaningless to have too many. Anyway, there is a targeting system, and basically one or two cannons can hit the target in one or two cannons. It is better to pursue power than to pursue power. A large cannon with a caliber of more than 100 mm is definitely much more effective than a small cannon with a caliber of 40 or 50 mm.

It's different now. Without a targeting system, it really depends on luck to hit the target at a distance of several miles. Generally speaking, ten cannons can hit one shot, which is considered good luck.

Of course, this refers to the general situation, but the fifty gunboats commanded by Qi Yuanfu and Qi Yuanbi are not ordinary.

Because they all have special telescopes that can measure the distance between both sides, and the angles of the artillery up and down and left and right can be adjusted, which is equivalent to adding an artificial auxiliary aiming system to the artillery.

After a round of side volleys, Qi Yuanfu couldn't help but raise his telescope and scan the side of the last gunboat opposite.

At this time, the opponent has not fired yet, so his vision is pretty good.

Unfortunately, his judgment seemed to be a little problem. Most of the fifty shells in this round of volleys fell into the water, and only a few hit the opposite side.

The elevation angle is still a bit high, just one or two degrees away!

He quickly shouted: "Hurry, send orders, all gunboats, the elevation angle of the right cannon is adjusted to twenty-four degrees!"

A wave of order flags, the gunboat behind him seemed to stagnate for a moment, and then a huge roar sounded.

"Boom boom boom", another fifty shells blasted over.

This time, more than a dozen shells hit the side of the enemy ship, and more than half of the shells landed on the water in front of the enemy ship.

In other words, the gunboat behind him wasted a little time because it was time to adjust the elevation angle, so the landing position was a bit too forward after the shells were bombed out. Otherwise, at least more than twenty shells would hit the side of the enemy ship in this round.

Now there is no problem.

Qi Yuanfu ordered decisively: "Tell me, all gunboats will fire armor-piercing bombs in order according to the current elevation angle. As long as the enemy ship enters the range, fire with all its strength, don't stop!"

This is more terrifying.

Originally, after a side volley, all artillery must be retracted and the door must be closed before the ammunition can be loaded.

Because this is the basic operation of gunboats these days.

Get close to the target, load ammunition, then open the gun door, then push the gun cart up, let the gun barrel extend out of the side of the ship, then fire the gun, then quickly pull the gun cart back and close the gun door to prevent sea water from splashing in and wet the gun barrel.

You should know that most artillery artillery these days are loaded with the front bore, and the warhead and gunpowder are separated. Every time, the gunpowder has to be poured into the barrel and compacted, and then stuffed the shells into it.

If sea water splashes into the gun barrel, it will be troublesome. The wet gunpowder cannot be lit. You must wipe all the water in the gun barrel before you can reload the ammunition again. In that way, more time will be wasted.

Therefore, the operation process of gunboats in the past is to quickly pull the gun in and close the gun door after firing the gun. Then load the ammunition.

However, they don’t need to do this at all, because they use shells that integrate warheads and gunpowder, and they are loaded with breezes. Even if the barrel is inlet, it doesn’t matter. Just open the gun door, release the water, and then use a rag to wipe the fuse position. There is no need to worry about other places. If wet, it will be wet and will not affect the launch at all.

At the beginning, the reason why they took the cannons and closed the door after a round of volleys was that they only fired two rounds of volleys during the interlacing period was completely paralyzing the enemy.

In fact, they didn't need to close the gun door at all, and they loaded shells at an astonishing speed. Even when they were just crossing each other head-on, there was no problem with them firing five rounds in less than half a cup of tea.

Problem, that round was just luring the enemy to fire the gun. The distance between the two sides was six miles, and they could not hit the opponent at all. There was no need to waste shells at all, so they pretended to be similar to the loading speed of the enemy to paralyze the enemy.

Now, the firepower is different when it is fully opened. That guy, the shells hit the enemy ship like it is raining, and the density is so scary that it is so intense.

"Boom boom boom", the dense roar of artillery sounded, and the Dutch warships suddenly flew across the wood chips, riddled with holes. The last warship only ate the five gunboats in front of them, and then began to sank slowly.

This is just the beginning. Even if each of the twenty-five gunboats fired only ten rounds, it would be 250 rounds!

Five wheels can sink an enemy ship, and the result can be imagined.

Putmans heard the roar of artillery that was more than twice as dense as before and felt something was wrong. Unfortunately, he didn't know what was happening behind him, because the shells that fell into the water were too dense, and the water columns stirred up formed a water curtain. Even if he held up a telescope and tried hard to see, he could not penetrate the water curtain.

He could only watch the water curtain keep approaching his flagship, and then there was nothing, because then the dense shells were smashed down, and the entire flagship was flooded with shells in an instant!

About a quarter of an hour later, the roar of artillery finally subsided, and the two rows of gunboats slowly sailed out of the mist in the sky, pulling longer and longer.

Zhu Qizhu counted carefully, and fifty gunboats, one of which was a lot, all came out, and there were no obvious signs of being shot on all gunboats.

He couldn't help but give thumbs up to Qi Yuanfu and Qi Yuanbi in the telescope respectively.

These two little guys have grown into qualified navy generals!

The mist in the sky gradually dissipated, and there was no trace of the Dutch tower ship gunboat on the sea surface. All that was left was a large piece of debris and the red-haired man floating on the sea in despair with a broken wooden board.

Details determine success or failure.

In fact, the Dutch were missing in this battle only a few small details.

For example, a dedicated telescope with scales.

It’s not that they don’t have telescopes, they just didn’t expect to mark the telescopes to accurately measure distances.

For example, artillery adjustment device.

They are not without artillery, they just didn't expect to add adjustment devices to the artillery so that the landing point of the shells is basically controllable.

For example, a shell with a warhead and ammunition integrated.

According to the historical development process, the encapsulation shell should have been invented first by Continental. Unfortunately, it was invented by the Crazy King Zhuqizi now.
Chapter completed!