Chapter 901: Three-round artillery battle, both sides suffered heavy casualties...

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The second round of column artillery bombardment ended, and neither side immediately launched a battle. The warships of the two armies confronted each other in a sea area of ​​more than one thousand meters, but did not move to get close. The battle just now was too intense and cruel, and both sides had to take a breath. The respective commanders all had to use some time to adjust the fleet, and at the same time summarized the experiences and lessons just now in order to make new arrangements.

Experienced naval commanders know that after two rounds of column shelling, the battle will enter a white-hot stage. In the next stage, warships on both sides may withdraw from the battle in large quantities, and personnel on both sides may sacrifice a large number of them. There may be a gap in the strength of both sides. In the face of these situations, you must be mentally prepared.

“Statistical Loss.”

Yang Guohua shouted hurriedly.

The battle just now was extremely fierce. What everyone noticed was the dynamics of the enemy and the deployment of the enemy's operations and did not pay special attention to their own casualties. For them, the battle process was not important, and the final result was the most important. As long as you win, no matter how many people you sacrificed, it was worth it.

After about half a cup of tea, Yang Guohua obtained preliminary loss data. According to incomplete statistics, there were always three sword-tooth ships in the Hu Ben Army who lost their combat effectiveness, five Cangshan ships sank directly, and eleven Cangshan ships were seriously damaged and they had to withdraw from the battle.

The losses of personnel are also very large. It is estimated that the number of people who died or disappeared will not be less than 500. The number of wounded people is also more than 300 or 400. Such losses have never been seen in the history of the founding of the Hu Ben Navy. The losses of the Hu Ben Navy were not so great in the last battle with Yang Tiansheng's fleet.

This is just the first two rounds of battles! In the next time, there will be more intense battles waiting! No one can estimate how many times such a column artillery battle will take place. Since even this cannot be estimated, it is even more incomprehensible. How many warships and personnel will be lost between the two sides.

Although there are only three columns on both sides fighting, the battle lasts really long. Each warship starts shelling when the enemy's first battleship enters the range, until the enemy's last battleship exits the range and stops shelling. In the middle, it takes at least one hour. It is definitely impossible to get violent shelling for one hour without casualties.

The situation on the Zheng family fleet is not very clear, and the losses are probably quite large. Just now, the six dragon god ships of the Tiger Ben Army Navy were crazy, and the ninety-six red-clothed cannons never stopped shooting for a moment. From the Qianli Mile Mile, it can be clearly seen that most of the ammunition fired by the red-clothed cannons fell on the enemy ship.

Zhang Zhun held up the Qianli Mile Mile Mile and carefully observed the situation of the Zheng family fleet. From the Qianli Mile Mile Mile, we can see that the Zheng family fleet should also be counting the losses and constantly exchanging flag words. Based on the situation seen, in the Zheng family fleet, the main three-masted gunships may not suffer much loss, and those armed merchant ships may be huge.

In fact, on the sea where the battle just now, there were at least three armed merchant ships of the Zheng family fleet who were broken and unable to move because of their masts, they could only float with the waves. In addition, there were definitely more people who barely left the battlefield.

"Reorganize the team!"

"Prepare for the fight!"

Zheng Chenggong said with a gloomy face.

Taking stock of the losses, the Zheng family fleet lost eight armed merchant ships, and two three-masted gunships were also hit hard, so they could only barely fight. If they continued to suffer a blow, it would be very likely that these two three-masted gunships would be impossible to withdraw from the battlefield. In desperation, Zheng Chenggong had to order the two three-masted gunships to withdraw from the battle.

Such losses are indeed a bit uncomfortable for Zheng Chenggong. He has never suffered such heavy losses since he led the fleet. He really did not expect that Zhang Zhun had suffered such a big loss. Zheng Chenggong secretly swears that if Zhang Zhun doesn't knock him out, he will definitely not be able to swallow this breath!

"Young Master, our red cannon cannot exert its power!"

Zheng Shouyuan said worriedly.

He had been observing the battle just now. He found that what caused losses to the Zheng family fleet were the red cannons of the Tiger Ben Army Navy. Those armed merchant ships were basically damaged by the red cannons.

Compared with ordinary Folang machine cannons, the power of the red-clothed cannons is indeed too powerful. If they are hit directly, the consequences will be quite serious. The destructive power of dozens of red-clothed cannons from the Tiger and Ben Army Navy is indeed too strong.

In fact, the Zheng family fleet itself has a large number of red-clothed cannons, but they don’t have the opportunity to exert their power. Because all red-clothed cannons are either on the bow or at the stern. If you want to use red-clothed cannons to bombard the opponent, you have to give up dozens of cannons on both sides. Obviously, such a formation does not meet the needs of combat. Of course, the power of the four red-clothed cannons is not as good as dozens of cannons!

If you want to blame, you can only blame the three-masted gunship for the unreasonable design and the red-clothed cannon and other cannons cannot be fired at the same time. Fish and bear paw cannot have both, which is indeed depressing. If you want to blame, you can only blame Zhang Zhun's cannons is indeed powerful, and they also loaded the red-clothed cannons and other cannons together. Fish and bear paw and the Tiger Ben Army have both, so the Zheng family fleet is even more depressed.

At the beginning, the Zheng family fleet was not so bad when fighting with the Dutch fleet. The war loss ratio between the two sides would not be much different. Of course, when the Zheng family fleet was fighting with the Dutch fleet, they always had to pick and hold on. If the strength of the two sides was not much different, they would never fight head-on. Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhun's naval fleet was even harder to deal with than the Dutch fleet! I really underestimated them before!

"Continue to fight!"

"I want to see when Zhang Zhun can hold on until!"

Zheng Chenggong said gritting his teeth.

Soon, the Zheng family fleet was dispatched again.

The Hu Ben Navy naturally followed suit.

The third round of column battle begins!

The three fire dragons soon became entangled again.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

The rumbling sound of cannons was like a sonata, which made the sea surface boil again.

A large amount of white smoke rose up, covering the entire sea. People outside the white smoke could basically not see clearly what was happening inside, and could only barely see a ball of fire. When the fire shone, they could still see the chaotic battlefield.

"Click!"

Suddenly, a loud bang came.

Zhang Zhun raised the thousand-mile mirror and looked over the sound. Through the layers of fog, he vaguely saw a three-masted gunship of the Zheng family fleet. The mast fell down, causing a great impact. The mast of the three-masted gunship was thick and long. When it fell down, it almost sank a nearby armed merchant ship.

The mast of this three-mass gunship was hit repeatedly by chain bounces before, and was already scarred. This time, it was hit hard again and could not hold on. Without the main mast, the maneuverability of this three-mass gunship was immediately affected. Faced with the brutal artillery fire of the Hu Ben Army Navy, it had no choice but to withdraw from the battle. If it did not withdraw from the battle, it might be really sunk by the Hu Ben Army Navy.

Unfortunately, only one of the three-masted gunships of the Zheng family fleet was knocked out, and the others still looked intact. At least, the appearance seemed so. Therefore, the artillery fire between the two sides was still so fierce, with no sign of calming down.

One hour later, the third round of column battle ended reluctantly. Statistics the losses, the Hu Ben Navy had three sword-tooth ships, twelve Cangshan ships withdrew from the battle, and the other warships were basically injured. The number of officers and soldiers lost exceeded 600.

The Dragon God Ship commanded by Zhang Shenggao was also torn apart and lost at least half of its power. Fortunately, such a column artillery battle requires a neat formation and not very flexible for the warships. As long as it is not a melee, the Dragon God Ship can continue to participate in the war. For the time being, the firepower of the main warship of the Tiger Ben Army has not been greatly affected.

I don’t know the losses of the Zheng family fleet. However, from the Qianli Mirror, we can also see that the Zheng family fleet is also rectifying the warships. They took a long time to rectify this rectification. Obviously, three consecutive rounds of fierce shelling will definitely not lose the losses of the Zheng family fleet.

"Sir, will you continue?"

Wang Shide bit his lip and said nervously.

In such a column artillery battle, the distance between the two sides was actually quite far, but the result of the battle was quite cruel. Thousands of cannons were bombarded with each other, and such a scene made outsiders tremble. After a round of artillery battle, the losses soared in a straight line.

It seems that there is nothing special about the column artillery battle. In fact, if you think about it seriously, you will feel chilled. Because every warship must be bombarded by the entire fleet from beginning to end. In other words, it is equivalent to a warship that is one of its own battleships, and it is a one-on-one battleship. What kind of courage and luck does it take to survive the shelling of the entire fleet of the opponent!

In such artillery battles, I am afraid that the most awesome captain will never dare to say that he will survive. Such a column battle is not a melee, and there is basically no chance of playing. What you have to do is a gear on a machine, which will be implemented in a solid manner according to the above provisions.

The three rounds of artillery bombardment have caused the Hu Ben Army to lose six sword-tooth ships, and one Dragon God Ship is injured. If you continue, the number of sword-tooth ships will be lost. Perhaps, warships will sink directly. Several of those Cangshan ships have been directly sunk.

In such a fierce column artillery battle, almost every warship was injured, and it was basically impossible to be unscathed. As the number of battles increased, the number of artillery bombardment was more and more warships were forced to withdraw from the battle.
Chapter completed!