Due to location and height reasons, the coastal defense artillery on the northern turret can effectively supply targets at a distance of about six kilometers. The aiming equipment of this era has not yet matured, and the attack range of the artillery is still very close. It is too far away for human beings to see clearly.

For example, five years later, the Japanese naval combined fleet's latest Yoshino attack was also at about two thousand meters. It was not that it couldn't hit far. It was no problem to hit five kilometers with a 150mm cannon, but it was not accurate.

On the northern fort, the temporary leader Zhao Jiaxing has received the order to drive away pirates and artillery exercises, and is inspecting each gun. This is the first time he has used a large-caliber gun. One word to describe his current mood is

"anxiety".

The artillerymen in his hands have not been trained on how to use large-caliber guns, let alone how to use coastal defense guns. Most of the artillerymen have only fired one shot of the three-inch sampan gun, and only the personnel responsible for the strength of each gun have been trained.

They received practical shooting experience with three artillery pieces, so they became gunners.

There are no teaching materials for artillery at all. They only have a little experience left by the British. They supplement their own operation manuals based on the problems they encountered during training. However, it is far from actual combat. How can I put it? Now artillery can only guarantee firing at about one thousand meters.

Medium bungalow size target.

After inspecting the last 120mm gun, Zhao Jiaxing hurriedly returned to the headquarters, staring at the pirate ships heading towards him, waiting for them to enter the firing range.

This time, Zhao Jiaxing was going to use a tactic mentioned by the British instructor, that is, zoned bombardment. Setting the parameters in advance can greatly reduce the aiming time in actual combat. Only fine-tuning is needed to effectively shoot the enemy.

The Dutch have shooting parameters. As for fine-tuning, that is the purpose of this training.

After waiting for a long time, until the pirate ship was two thousand meters away from the fort, Zhao Jiaxing estimated that he should be able to hit a few shots, and then ordered the attack.

The pirates were still excited that even though they were close to this distance, no Dutch came out to stop them. This confirmed that the Chinese were fighting with the Dutch, and both sides could not spare the energy to control them, so they could rob them at will.

The pirates who dreamed of getting rich were greatly frightened two thousand meters away from the fort!

"Start shooting as planned! Prepare, fire!" Zhao Jiaxing ordered into the microphone.

There was a loud bang, which was the result of having never done any salvo training.

Accompanied by a whistling sound, the artillery shell fell into the predetermined sea area, stirring up dozens of water jets. The deflection was a bit outrageous, especially for a 203mm 1894 Krupp cannon, which had an effective range of ten kilometers. A distance of two kilometers was basically a direct shot.

As a result, the impact point of the missile was more than 100 meters away from the nearest pirate ship. The most important thing is that this pirate ship was not within the target strike area.

After a round of shelling, the battlefield became quiet for a short time, and only the sound of the sea breeze was heard. Half a minute later, the 120 gun spoke again. However, the familiar 120 gun gunner could fire out a super high rate of fire of ten rounds per minute. As for the 150 and 203,

The fastest rates of fire are six rounds and two rounds respectively. Of course, there is no reaction at all now, and since it is on the shore, the reloading speed can keep up, and the rate of fire can be increased.

The sound of cannons broke the temporary silence, and the restarted bombardment seemed to have magic power. The pirate ships began to panic and scramble to turn.

Pirates are pirates after all, and organizational skills are limited to teamwork and mutual cooperation? Stop making trouble. If you see each other from hundreds of meters away, you will have to spit at each other and even have a fight. How do you expect them to cooperate? They just want to run away now.

Be quick and hope that the cannons will hit other ships. It is best if you just run away and everyone else dies.

In this way, the pirates began to circle only two kilometers away from the port, avoiding the bombardment that no one knew where the next shot would hit.

The bombardment continued, and the accuracy was hard to say. The rate of fire increased. The 120mm Armstrong rapid-fire cannon gradually showed its ferocious side. The advantage of custom-mounted metal shells was fully demonstrated at this moment. The six guns fired six rounds per minute.

The speed continued to spit out tongues of fire.

Under normal circumstances, it only takes a minute or two for a small pirate ship to turn around, and it may take longer for a larger one, but now all kinds of ships are mixed together, and they are all turning, some with large steering angles, some with small steering angles, and more than a dozen pirate ships are acting randomly.

A lump, and then a collision inevitably occurs.

The first casualty of the pirates came from a collision. Two small boats collided with a slightly larger ship. Dozens of people were injured or fell into the water, and the big ship had a hole.

The bombardment continued, and the water column got closer and closer to the pirate ship. By the tenth minute of the bombardment, the pirates had basically completed the U-turn. Except for the eight ships that had collided, the remaining twenty ships had traveled about 2,500 meters away from the fort.

location.

The first trophy of the fort was obtained. A small boat that deflected outwards and tried to escape from the sight of shelling along the coastline was accidentally hit by a 203 gun. This was only the size of a fishing boat, with a displacement of perhaps dozens of tons.

wooden boat.

Boom! Unlike the sound of a cannon falling into the water, the cannon

It was directly hit by a 203mm artillery shell and broke into pieces. The dust dispersed, and only debris floating on the sea and partially burned wood fragments could prove traces of its existence.

"Okay!" Zhao Jiaxing didn't know that this was a huge misunderstanding. He thought that although the artillery fire was not very good, it was not too far away.

It was also the beginning of the tenth tenth minute of the bombardment. The 120mm cannon that fired the most fire gradually mastered techniques such as firing advance. Although it was very unskilled, the effects gradually showed up. The slow pirate ship became the best and most perfect training target.

Similarly, due to the need to estimate and grasp the lead time, the bombardment speed dropped rapidly, and at the same time the skills were uploaded. For a time, the firepower projection of the entire fort was only one-third or less of the original, but the efficiency continued to increase.

Two minutes later, a 120mm howitzer penetrated into a large wooden ship with a displacement of about 100. The shell was fired from the rear left side of the ship and exploded in the middle of the ship. The cabin was blown out and sealed, and the water continued to flow.

In addition, the high temperature of the burning gunpowder also caused a raging fire, the main mast also collapsed, and the ship had no chance.

The people on the ship obviously knew better about this. A large number of crew members jumped into the water and swam to the shore. They might die if they jumped from the ship, but they would definitely die if they didn't jump. Pirates knew how to choose.

Visible to the naked eye, the technology of artillery is improving rapidly. Half an hour ago, they were pointing east and west. In just half an hour, they were already able to attack roughly ahead of schedule. Now, these artillerymen only have a little bit of theoretical foundation, and this

Items would soon be replenished, and the British left with a large amount of raw materials and a huge order.

The artillery bombardment continued. Zhao Jiaxing thoroughly implemented Liu Yiming's order to train troops. The artillerymen were not so wealthy in ordinary times. Before, firing a cannon had to go through layers of approval. Most of the time, they could only do simulation training on wooden models. This time

It's a hard fight.

Shells continued to hit the target, more than 20 ships, and finally a dozen ships were left. Only six slightly larger ships were lucky enough to escape without being hit in fatal positions.

There were many pirates floating in the sea, desperately swimming towards the shore holding a piece of rotten wood. It was not until the pirate ship passed 3,500 meters and the bombardment had lasted for forty minutes that Zhao Jiaxing ordered the bombardment to stop.

More than a thousand shells were exchanged for the victory of eighteen ships. According to the normal navy, this exchange ratio is actually very profitable and profitable, but the premise is that the target is a warship, and at the very least it must be a transport ship. However, the target is

Since pirates are not the world's police, this is undoubtedly a loss to grandma's house.

However, Zhao Jiaxing was quite satisfied with this result. More than 40% of the shells were fired in the first ten minutes. Except for one stray bullet that hit a ship that was trying to escape, the others made a loud noise.

In the next half hour, especially the last ten minutes, one ship was hit every minute on average. Although this was the result of more than a dozen cannons working together, it was still a remarkable thing. It was said that one could be hit after only having experienced cannon firing training.

Having the instructor tell the story, and then summarizing and figuring out how to divide the shooting area and advance the lead may sound like a trivial matter, but this is exactly what a cultured army can do, and it is what enhances the army's combat effectiveness the most.

When the results of the battle reached Liu Yiming, Liu Yiming was also surprised by the results of the coastal defense artillery. He was like a person with a primary school education who only received a primary school education. Without any teaching materials, he relied on listening to the bragging of high school students and calculated the following teaching materials by himself.

It was a surprise to finally get into college.

"Let people clear the channel, and ships will pass through soon." Liu Yiming only said lightly. As for those pirates? Do they still want to be treated as prisoners of war?

Now Liu Yiming needs to focus more on procurement. The merchant ships sailing this time are all ships in the port that can sail to Singapore, because once the Dutch react, these ships will not be able to stay in the Dutch port, and the crew may also be in danger.

There are a total of twelve Dutch and Chinese steam transport ships in the port with a transport capacity of more than 30,000 tons. The Chinese recruited hundreds of people before they could barely operate the five captured ships, which were all 3,500 tons manufactured by the Amsterdam Shipyard in the Netherlands.

The transport ships are all of the same model and are used for ocean transportation. The remaining seven ships have five 2,000-ton and 1,500-ton two-day cargo ships.

Now Liu Yiming is trying his best to make full use of his transportation capacity. If he moves quickly enough, it is very likely that he can complete a shipment before the port is blocked.

This is the reaction speed Liu Yiming expected from the Dutch. The first detection should not be too late, but Liu Yiming doubted whether the Dutch would believe the pirates' words. Maybe the first detection would come very late.
Chapter completed!