Chapter 956: The world's general trend, long-term unity will be divided, long-term unity will be combined...

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On the side of the Tiger Ben Army, each of which has six Dragon God Ships, each with sixteen red cannons, which add up to ninety-six. The red cannons that can be shot at the same time are exactly forty-eight. In terms of quantity, they are not much different from the Zheng family fleet.

However, in terms of the number of flying dragon cannons, the Dragon God Ship has an absolute advantage. Each Dragon God Ship has forty-eight flying dragon cannons. Six Dragon God Ship has a total of one hundred and forty-four flying dragon cannons, which can be fired at the same time. The number of flying dragon cannons alone is enough to destroy a three-masted gunship. It should be noted that because of the mother-child cannon, the speed of the flying dragon cannons is very fast when firing the first five shells.

On the Zheng family fleet, the three-masted gunships cannot be fired at the same time due to design reasons. This is definitely a fatal flaw for the three-masted gunship. When the three-masted gunship bullies enemies who are weaker than them, this shooting mode that can fire from all directions is indeed very powerful and can sweep across the board. However, once you encounter a professional opponent, the three-masted gunship will be depressed.

Why, as a local snake in East Asia, Zheng Zhilong could not fight against the Dutch attack? A big factor is that the original warship design in the East was not suitable for combat. Most of the warships under Zheng Zhilong were both commercial and war-making. This type of warship is mainly based on trade and supplemented by combat. Compared with professional combat ships, it is indeed a great distance.

If Zhang Zhun was not a time traveler and had four hundred years of knowledge to cross time and space, he would have adopted the traditional dual-purpose ship type of business war, and his performance would definitely not be so outstanding in combat. With the development of the times, the division of labor in war is becoming clearer and more professional. The same is true for the navy. Only the most professional and advanced warships are qualified to dominate the ocean.

"Oh shit!"

Seeing the Dragon God Ship set up by the Hu Ben Army Navy, Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but curse. He had already clearly realized the combat effectiveness of the Dragon God Ship last time. The big reason for the failure of the Zheng family fleet last time was that these Dragon God Ship of the Hu Ben Army Navy were simply crazy. If the three-masted gunships and the Dragon God Ship fought one-on-one, the defeat would definitely be the three-masted gunships.

The number of gunfires in each warship and artillery of the Hu Ben Army is very exaggerated. The number of warships and artillery of the Zheng family fleet is at most more than 40. However, these dragon god ships of the Hu Ben Army Navy have a total of 64 artillery. It feels like there is nothing else except artillery. Once all the cannons are fired, they are simply hedgehogs made of artillery, and no one can get close to them.

Zheng Chenggong felt that his luck was so unlucky. Originally, he was going to take over Nanjing City and organize a resistance to the Tiger and Ben Army Alliance. Unexpectedly, before Nanjing City was taken down, he was blocked in the dead end of the Yangtze River. There was no more depressing thing in the world than this. In the eyes of outsiders, he was completely trapped in the trap!

At this time, even if he wanted to run away, he had no way to run away. The only way to escape was to break out of the ranks of the Hu Ben Army Navy. If he couldn't do this, he would have to die.

"fire!"

Li Jichengcai immediately ordered the firing, regardless of what Zheng Chenggong thought.

The scene in front of him was also beyond Li Jicheng's expectations. He did not expect that Zheng Chenggong would appear here secretly. However, it doesn't matter. As long as he encounters it, he can't let it go!

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

On the side of the Hu Ben Navy, the sound of artillery sounded suddenly.

Forty-eight red-clothed cannons and one hundred and forty-four flying dragon cannons fired together. The rumbling sound of cannons suddenly trembled the entire river surface. Balls of fire and white smoke raged on the river surface near Nanjing City, raging.

The powerful recoil generated by artillery shooting caused the river surface to stir up layers of waves and spread around. The waves constantly collided with each other, creating more ripples. Gradually, the river surface began to boil. Huge waves kept hitting the shore, making loud bangs and loud sounds.

The shells fell unceremoniously in the middle of the Zheng family fleet, making a crackling sound, just like hail in the sky, falling down fiercely. The sound of hail fell, there were also screams of people and the sound of debris falling into the water. Even though the distance between hundreds of meters, the shrill screams before death were clearly heard.

The three-masted gunships of the Zheng family fleet are arranged in a very dense manner, with a distance of less than five meters. When dense shells fall, a considerable part of them fall on the three-masted gunship. Although the shells cannot completely penetrate the deck and cause effective damage to the cabin, it is undoubtedly the most miserable for people above the deck.

In the fierce battle, in addition to the gunners who had to operate the artillery as fast as possible, there were also a large number of sailors on the deck, responsible for cleaning up debris, repairing damage, and making up for the death of sailboats. In the series of shelling attacks, the casualties of these sailors were actually very large. Among them, the one with the largest casualties must be the sailboats.

At a distance of several hundred meters, the ballistics of the red-clothed cannon are basically straight. If the shells either hit the target's side, they will pass by hard from the mast. Solid bullets and the like will not cause much damage to the mast, but the chain bullets are different. The continuous chain bullets flying over will still cause serious damage to the mast.

If the red-clothed cannon fires grape bullets, the situation of the sailboat is the most dangerous. The red-clothed cannon has a large caliber, and the number of grape bullets and marbles fired is very large. A grape bullet falls and a range of twenty meters will be covered. The human body within this radius will have a chance of being damaged by more than 80%.

At the beginning, the Dragon God Ship of the Hu Ben Army did not launch chain bullets or grape bullets, but continued to launch solid bullets. These heavy iron balls occasionally landed on the deck, smashing deep holes on the deck. Some solid bullets could even fall into the cabin.

In addition to the iron balls of the red cannon, the shells shot out by the dragon cannon are also quite powerful. More than 100 dragon cannons are continuously fired, and in just a few minutes, thousands of solid bullets can be shot around the target. Especially the five volleys in the previous five times, the speed of the cannon ejecting the bore is very fast.

In a blink of an eye, a three-mass gunship in the Zheng family fleet was hit by continuous shells and suffered heavy losses. The front mast of the three-mass gunship hit the continuous shells and broke from the middle, and then tilted down to the side. Finally, with a loud bang, the mast broke from the middle.

Because the warships of the Zheng family fleet were arranged in a very dense manner, after the mast was broken, it hit the three-masted gunship next to it, smashing all the sailors on the deck and various equipment to pieces. The scene was in chaos, screams and screams continued, and blood poured into the river like a waterfall.

The unlucky deck sailors avoided the attack of the overwhelming shells of the Hu Ben Army, but did not escape the sweeping of the mast. After falling down, due to the involvement of the sails, the broken mast cleaned the deck of the three-masted gunship next to them, sweeping all the debris and personnel on it into the river.

The originally clear river water gradually became turbid, and then the color of the river water slowly turned dark red. The dark red river water kept flowing downward, and soon rendered the entire river surface into a dark red area. When the sun shines, the entire river surface has a red feeling, just like the legendary red river red.

However, this is not the most exaggerated thing. The most exaggerated thing is that the side of the three-masted gunship was actually fired by the Hu Ben Army. The river water kept surging and pouring in from the hole. The sailors of the Zheng family fleet tried desperately to block the loopholes and clear the accumulated water, but failed in the end.

As a large amount of river water poured in, the unlucky three-mass gunship gradually sank. The sailors on the ship had to abandon the ship to escape. Suddenly, with a gurgle, the three-mass gunship slowly sank into the Yangtze River, with only the mast still outside. Perhaps because the river water was not deep enough, the middle mast of the three-mass gunship was never swallowed. It pierced the river side and stretched out of the river surface, as if it was a hand for help from a person.

"fire!"

"Change the fire!"

Zheng Chenggong yelled quickly.

The artillery fire of the Hu Ben Navy caught the Zheng family fleet off guard. When they reacted, they were forced to be at a disadvantage. This is the case with naval battle. Under the conditions of equality between the two sides, whoever sinks the other's ship first will have a higher morale and will gain the upper hand.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

The red cannons of the Zheng family fleet also roared.

Putting aside the design flaws of the warship, the Zheng family fleet has a very rich combat experience. After all, the Zheng family fleet has fought with many enemies and defeated many powerful opponents. The Western powers have almost fought with the Zheng family fleet. Twenty years of experience have also allowed the Zheng family fleet to train a large number of qualified sailors.

In terms of the reserves of seamen and sailors, the Hu Ben Navy is completely inferior to the Zheng family fleet. It is like a nouveau riche, and in terms of foundation, it can never be compared with the nobles. However, Zhang Zhun is a time traveler and knows how to use the most limited resources in the places where it is needed most. Zhang Zhun knows how to train sailors on a large scale as soon as possible. Otherwise, it would be almost impossible for the Hu Ben Navy to defeat the Zheng family fleet.

During the fierce battle, artillery shells continued to fall on the warships of the Hu Ben Army, causing a certain degree of casualties to the Hu Ben Army Navy. In the battle between the two armies, the warships of both sides were almost fixed and there was no possibility of moving. Such a counterattack, even the most incompetent gunners, could accurately hit the target.

In this case, what needs to be measured is the ability of the warships of both sides to resist and strike. Before the invention of the tnt explosive, there was no such possibility that the naval battle would directly sank the other side's ship. Therefore, as long as the warship was injured to a certain extent, retreating in time and repairing in time can prevent the warship from sinking.

Speaking of the strength of the warships, the three-masted gunships of the Zheng family fleet and the Dragon Godship of the Hu Ben Army Navy are actually comparable. The manufacturing technology of the three-masted gunships is already very mature. As long as there is no major problem with the raw materials, the three-masted gunships produced are all quite solid.

However, these three-masted gunships of the Zheng family fleet could only use two red-clothed cannons on the bow, and the Folang machine cannons on the side were completely unusable. In this way, the gun density of the Zheng family fleet was a bit insufficient. If the gun density was not enough, it would not be able to quickly destroy the opponent.

In the naval battle at that time, it was very difficult to completely destroy an enemy warship. There must be a large number of shells, including chain shells and grape shells. Someone has calculated that in the naval battle in the 18th century, the hit rate of artillery above 500 meters was less than 10%. In other words, among the 100 shells, only ten can accurately hit the target.

The most effective way to destroy the target as soon as possible is to increase the number of artillery. A salvo of hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of artillery can cause fatal damage to the target even if it only has a hit rate of ten percent. This is an important reason why the battleships dominate the sea.

In order to increase the hit rate, the navies of various countries were desperately developing large battleships, hoping to install as many artillery as possible on the battleships to achieve the best salvo effect. For a country, if the number of artillery in the largest battleship does not exceed 100, you will be embarrassed to say hello to others when you go out.

"Chain bullet!"

"Grape bomb!"

As the commands were issued, the artillery fire of the Tiger Army warships became more and more fierce.

In addition to being a good staff officer, the British Heberthomas was also a good artillery instructor. He made full use of the power granted by Zhang Zhun to make many specific and detailed improvements to the artillery techniques of the Hu Ben Navy, and at the same time strictly required all gunners to meet his requirements.

In real history, one of the secrets for the British to dominate the ocean was the strong and strict and rigid shelling technique. The British adopted the method of aiming one person and shooting with the others according to the parameters of the person, and achieved good results. The Spanish Invincible Fleet was defeated by the British Fleet.

Now, the main fleet of the Hu Ben Navy has fully implemented such artillery techniques. Each warship has the best artillery commander on top of it. This artillery commander is definitely a gunner who has experienced many battles. All artillery attacks are left to him to command, and others just need to follow his orders and bury their heads.

Although the gunners of the Zheng family fleet have rich combat experience and the morale of the sailors is not low, they are still technically different from those of the Hu Ben Navy. Some technologies will play a role at critical moments.

Zheng Zhilong is definitely not as urgent as Zhang Zhun in pursuit of technology. The limitations of the times have made Zheng Zhilong unable to invest too much energy in technological progress. This is destined that in the battle between the two armies, the Hu Ben Navy can achieve better results by relying on its technological advantages.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

On the surface of the river, the sound of cannons rumbled and the smoke filled the gunpowder.

In Nanjing City, there was also tension. The Zheng family fleet and the Hu Ben Navy fought on the river, which was a torment for all the officials in Nanjing City. Almost every official had his own little one in his heart.

I hope that the Zheng family fleet will win a little less. The main reason is that the Hu Ben Navy once defeated the Zheng family fleet in succession, which made them lack confidence in the Zheng family fleet. However, because they are in a position of opposing the Hu Ben Army, they still hope that the Zheng family fleet will win. Although, judging from the current situation, it is not easy for the Zheng family fleet to win.

I hope that the number of people in the Hu Ben Army will win is a little more. These people may not be the supporters of the Hu Ben Army. A considerable number of them are masters who change their responsibilities. They feel that the Hu Ben Army will ultimately unify the world, and the various policies of the Hu Ben Army have not been completely eliminated, leaving them with a certain way out. Instead of waiting for the verdict to arrive, it is better to know the result as soon as possible.

Of course, some people hope that the two will die together. For example, Liu Zongzhou had this idea. It would be even better if Zheng Zhilong and Zhang Zhun fought each other and died together in the end. However, Liu Zongzhou himself knew that his ideas were unrealistic. The world would eventually fall into the hands of someone.

Especially the Hu Ben Navy, it is impossible to completely die out. The news obtained by Liu Zongzhou from various channels clearly shows that the Hu Ben Navy is desperately creating various warships. The wood from Liaodong is being cut down continuously and sent to various shipyards, continuously transforming into ferocious warships.

What did Zhang Zhun want so many warships to do? Of course, he was freezing his hands against Zheng Zhilong. Speaking of the increase in warships on both sides, Zheng Zhilong was obviously not as good as Zhang Zhun's pace. Zhang Zhun's shipbuilding speed was simply too crazy.

In just three or four years, Zhang Zhun had so many warships. If he was given ten years, he would be afraid that the warships of the Hu Ben Army Navy would fill the Yangtze River. As long as he thought of this, Liu Zongzhou felt a little chilling. Even if Nanjing City could continue to last for several months, he would not be able to escape the Hu Ben Army's vicious hands.

Alas, let it go with the flow! Whether it is the Hu Ben Army controlling Jiangnan or the Zheng family fleet controlling Jiangnan, the battle will always end. The world's general trend will be divided after a long time of unity, and long time of division will be combined. This is an irrefutable truth.
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