Chapter 359 The Roar of the Battleship
The first volley of Yue Fei shocked the Goryeo stick on the Qing naval warship. The first thing that was attacked was a large turtle ship called indestructible.
The two sides were 15 miles apart. At this distance, the 24-pound Red Cannon on the Yuefei was relatively accurate. The heavier the shells of the smoothbore cannon, the higher the accuracy. In the original time and space, the Victory battleship that appeared in the British in the 18th century increased the long-barrel cannon to 32 pounds in order to improve accuracy and attack power.
The 28 24-pound long-barrel cannons on the Yuefei were actually not fired at the same time, but the 28 cannons fired one by one from beginning to end, with the firing interval between each two cannons about one second. If they were fired within the same second, the strong recoil would cause the warship to tilt to the other side, so the firing method was adopted.
Twenty-eight shells roared towards the large turtle ship, and the heavy shells dragged the afterimage and smashed them hard on the turtle ship. A total of twelve shells hit the target.
The iron plates outside the turtle ship could not block the violent bombardment of the twenty-four-pound shells. The first heavy shell hit the port side of the turtle ship, and instantly knocked off a large piece of the iron plate covered by the outer edge of the turtle ship, revealing the wooden handle inside. Then the second shell hit the turtle ship, and directly tear a huge hole in the turtle board, and the scorching shell drilled into the cabin.
When the first shell broke through the iron armor of the turtle ship, the inner layer of the shipboard inside shattered, and the broken wooden handle was scattered into the cabin like shrapnel. The rod sailor inside screamed and fell down a large area.
The second shell pierced the board and smashed a big hole on the side of the boat. It drilled into the cabin with scattered wood fragments. Several bars standing nearby were beaten into a horse's nest by broken pieces of wood and fell down screaming. Then the shell drilled into the cabin with blue smoke, and just hit a bad Korean soldier. The North Korean didn't even scream, and his whole body immediately turned into a scattered blood mist.
The shells that had not lost their remaining momentum continued to drill into the cabin, directly penetrated the hull, hitting the bulkhead opposite, leaving a huge pit. The shells rebounded back into the cabin, rolled around on the deck in the cabin, and finally fell on a pile of debris, emitting blue smoke and igniting flames.
The shell hit the opposite bulkhead. Although it failed to penetrate the turtle ship, the iron armor opposite the turtle ship also fell off the hull, and the scorching shell ignited a flame in the cabin.
The third, the fourth... A total of twelve shells hit the large turtle ship. Five of them were bounced into the water by the iron armor, but destroyed the outer iron armor. The remaining seven shells penetrated the turtle ship, drilled into the cabin, and ignited flames.
"Extinguish the fire quickly!" The North Korean sailors on the ship shouted at the top of their lungs.
"Boom boom boom" Another turtle ship and two slab boats poured out a row of shells towards the Yuefei. A total of ten shells roared towards the Yuefei battleship. Four nine-pound shells hit the Yuefei, but they were all bounced open by the strong composite armored ship boards, landed into the sea, splashing huge splashes.
Because there are two inner and outer ship boards, and there is also a layer of cork layer with excellent toughness in the middle, the shells fired by the North Koreans not only failed to penetrate the Yuefei, but also the inner wall of the Yuefei was not peeled off, and the entire giant ship was intact.
Although the first volley of Yue Fei failed to sink the North Korean turtle ship, the turtle ship that was shot was severely damaged. The cabin was already covered with blood and fire, and a raging fire ignited in the cabin.
"Left full rudder!" Zheng Sen shouted.
The huge Yuefei turned rapidly, and the entire ship was inclined to more than fifteen degrees. The sails hanging on the cross-mast of the ship were almost touching the water surface. It seemed that the ship was about to capsize, but in fact it was a surprise, because the center of gravity of the ship was very low, and even if the ship was inclined to more than thirty degrees, it would not be overturned.
At a speed of 11 knots, Yue Fei quickly left the North Korean naval fleet with only seven knots of speed, and turned around on the sea surface, and the port side, which had not opened fire, faced the already smoked turtle ship.
Seeing that the enemy ship could not break his defense, Zheng Sen ordered: "It is close to within five hundred steps!"
Yue Fei cut into the North Korean Navy fleet, and the warships on both sides quickly approached. When there were only 500 steps left on both sides, the Yue Fei battleship and the North Korean turtle ship opened fire almost at the same time.
"Boom boom boom boom" The sound of cannons rumbled on the sea surface, and the water columns soared into the sky. Almost all of the twenty-eight heavy shells shot out by the Yue Fei hit the turtle ship, while only four of the eight shells fired by the opponent hit, and all of them broke through the Yue Fei's defense.
At the same time, the turtle ship, ravaged by twenty-eight twenty-four-pound shells, suddenly ignited a huge fire, and countless huge holes appeared on the hull, and rolling flames gushed out of the hole.
Yue Fei quickly escaped from the enemy ship. When the two sides were two miles away, they heard a loud noise suddenly sounding on the opposite sea. The turtle ship with flames soaring into the sky. A huge explosion occurred. This was a fire caused by the burning bomb. The gunpowder barrel on the turtle ship was ignited, causing the ammunition inside the turtle ship to explode. After a loud bang, the turtle ship was crushed to pieces and a huge mushroom cloud rose from the sea.
"Beat beautiful!" Zhao Peng shouted, "The turtle shell of the stick was blown away and there was no residue left!"
The battleship of more than 1,500 tons of battleships fought a turtle ship with a displacement of only more than 200 tons. Are they not adults bullying children? Although the turtle ship has a board of boards of more than 100 millimeters thick, the outside of the key parts is covered with iron plates, but in front of the twenty-four-pound long-tube cannon, the defense of the turtle ship is not worth mentioning at all.
Once the turtle ship's defense is broken, the turtle ship with a displacement of only more than 200 tons will be vulnerable. The space inside the turtle ship is small and the artillery deck is crowded. The burned red shells penetrate the artillery deck, which can easily cause fires and ammunition explosions.
This large turtle ship was hit by multiple bombs and ignited a fire, which eventually triggered the explosion of ammunition and disappeared from the sea in an instant. More than 150 Korean sailors on the ship were buried at the bottom of the sea, none of which survived.
"It's so terrible. Two rounds of artillery attacks actually sank our army's invincible turtle ship!" Park Xingtong said in a daze. A large turtle ship was instantly killed by the Yue Fei, shocking all the stick sailors.
"Such a giant red ship is strong and powerful. Our army's cannons cannot penetrate them at all!" said a North Korean sailor.
Shuosai said: "To deal with such a giant ship, you can only use fire to attack the ship!"
Park Xingtong knelt on the ground and beaten thousands: "Zhe! The prince is wise! The villain will now order his men to prepare for the fire attack ship!"
The Korean navy quickly changed its formation. The slab boat and turtle ship, which were originally the main shelling force, were on the periphery, and the small boat and fire attack ship were placed in the middle of the formation. At this time, the slab boat and turtle ship outside the North Korean navy quickly dispersed, released the fire attack ship and clutch ship in the middle of the formation, and rushed towards Yue Fei.
"Damu, the Bangzi Fire Attack Ship is coming!" Seeing the large fleet of the North Korean navy dispersed and countless small boats were released from the middle, Zhao Peng shouted anxiously at Zheng Sen.
"Don't worry, we still have a clutch nearby?" Zheng Sen replied calmly, "Have Zhongyonghou forgotten our Princess Clipper?"
Chapter completed!