Chapter 902: Grudge your teeth and hold on!

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"Whether to continue depends on Zheng Chenggong's meaning."

Zhang Zhun said slowly with a cold expression.

Will the column artillery battle continue? Zhang Zhun actually doesn't know. Because, for the time being, the initiative is still in the hands of Zheng Chenggong. Of course, the Hu Ben Navy does not want to fight with the Zheng family fleet. Now is not the time to fight. However, as long as Zheng Chenggong continues to dispatch the column to fight, the Hu Ben Navy will only be with him.

The arrival of Zheng Chenggong posed a great threat to the Hu Ben Navy, and the Hu Ben Army was under great pressure. If Zheng Chenggong's offensive was not blocked, the Hu Ben Navy would have no chance of development in the future. Therefore, even if it had to pay a great price, Zhang Zhun had to accompany him to the end.

Half an hour later, the Zheng family fleet dispatched again. From the Qianli Mile Mile, we can see that behind the Zheng family fleet column, more than a dozen warships were left, probably all of whom had lost their combat capabilities and were not ready to participate in the new round of column artillery battles.

"Catch!"

Zhang Zhun coldly spoke flags.

The warships of the Tiger Ben Army Navy set out again in two columns. Of course, the six Dragon God Ships were still the ones who took the lead, and the sword-tooth Ships followed behind. Judging from the battle just now, the red-clothed cannon of the Dragon God Ships had a very good killing effect. Although they did not directly sink the enemy ships, they caused considerable damage to all enemy ships.

The tactics of column artillery battles are very rigid. Once the warship enters the state of combat, there is basically no tactical change. It just keeps firing artillery until it is forced to withdraw from the battle or breaks out of contact with the enemy ship. However, in this process, many miracles, or unimaginable accidents may occur.

Idiots all know that in such a battle, if the main warship of one side is the first to destroy the main warship of the opponent, or the main warship of the opponent loses part of its combat power, or even loses all its combat power, then the other warships following behind can avoid being attacked by the main warship of the opponent, and can also hit the dogs in the water to continue to expand the results of the battle.

Therefore, both sides of the war will arrange the most powerful warships or the best-protective warships in front of the column as pioneers. The three-masted gunships of the Zheng family fleet and the Dragon Godship of the Tiger Army Navy play this role. The two fleets passed by, and they were the first to fire the artillery and the first to receive the strike.

Obviously, in the previous three-wheeled artillery battle, the three-masted gunships of the Zheng family fleet were definitely at a disadvantage. Because their red-clothed cannons could not shoot effectively and could not cause effective damage to the Dragon God Ship of the Tiger Ben Army Navy. On the contrary, the Dragon God Ship of the Tiger Ben Army Navy could use the Red-clothed cannon to bombard the opponent fiercely.

There is no doubt that the result of the battle must be that the three-masted gunship of the Zheng family fleet was beaten to the point of being able to fight back. If the three-masted gunship had not been good in its protective performance, the purlins in the cabin had played a great role, and would have been directly sunk by the Dragon God Ship. The volley of ninety-six red-clothed cannons could make big holes on the side of the three-masted gunship. The sea water poured in, and the three-masted gunship would be finished.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

The fourth round of artillery battle begins again.

Compared with the previous three column artillery battles, the fourth round of column artillery battles seemed to be a bit slow. The fleets of both sides slowly entered the battlefield after sailing for a period of time. The reason is that a large number of warships on both sides were damaged, and the speed of their operations was more or less affected. In addition, the number of sailors on the warships was greatly reduced, reducing the flexibility of the warships.

However, when the warships of the two armies entered the range, the artillery fire was still always brutal. All sailors, except for the necessary sailors and helmsmen, were all guest stars. Therefore, the shooting of the artillery was basically not affected.

With the rumbling sound of cannons, the battlefield became even more tragic, and warships were forced to withdraw from the battle. There were more and more debris and corpses floating on the sea. In some sea areas, at a glance, you could not even see the sea surface. You could only see layers of corpses of personnel, or messy debris. Only when the shells landed in the middle would high waves splash.

After the three rounds of artillery battles in front, most of the warships, whether it was the Zheng family fleet or the Hu Ben Navy, were already injured. At this time, they were attacked by more artillery fire, and there were too many warships that were forced to withdraw from the battle.

This was quite obvious in the Zheng family fleet. For a period of time, the masts of five or six Zheng family fleets broke, and the sound of the mast breaking was like an explosive pack exploded. The masts kept falling down, as if an earthquake occurred, making the surroundings mess.

Almost every of these scarred masts was repeatedly baptized by chain bounces. Some of them were even hit by fifty or sixty chain bounces, and they were still tenaciously attacked. However, they did not survive the fourth round of shelling and finally broke.

Similarly, on the side of the Hu Ben Navy, there were many Cangshan ships withdrawing from battle, and the sword-tooth ships also withdrawing from battle one after another. Some of them were damaged by masts and sails, some were injured and killed by sailors, and some were knocked out of the rudder wheel, for all kinds of reasons. There were even several Cangshan ships quietly withdrawing from battle because of fear of fighting. It seems that they were frightened by the tragic battle scenes.

The battle was indeed very tragic, with great casualties. It seemed that the Dragon God Ship, commanded by Huang Shijun, rushed to the front of the column, and while desperately attacking the enemy ships, it also attracted the artillery fire of most enemy ships. The Dragon God Ship also had three masts, the main mast was in the middle, and two secondary masts in the front and back. At the beginning of the battle, there were 330 full sailors on the Dragon God Ship.

However, after the three rounds of artillery battle, the number of sailors had dropped to about 250. Among them, forty people were killed and missing, and forty people were injured. When the fourth round of artillery battle was halfway through, the number of sailors had dropped to less than 180. At the same time, the front mast of the Dragon God Ship was also knocked out.

In addition to the front mast being knocked out, the Dragon God Ship suffered many severe damages. Among them, the most serious one is the second deck where the red-clothed cannon is located. The Zheng family fleet also knew that the red-clothed cannon was the killer weapon of the Tiger Ben Army Navy, so the enemy's artillery fire all came toward the second deck. Under the dense bombardment of solid bullets, four of the sixteen red-clothed cannons on the side of the ship on the left were knocked out.

Fortunately, the gun window was knocked off, and the red-clothed cannon itself was not seriously damaged, and it could continue to fire. The original gunners who were the red-clothed cannons had almost almost any casualties. Now the gunners are all gunners transferred from the flying dragon cannon. The gun positions of the flying dragon cannon are filled with other sailors. Fortunately, the guns were fired on one side, and if both sides fired at the same time, the sailors would be far from enough.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

On the sea, gunpowder smoke filled the sound of cannons.

The soldiers on both sides were gritting their teeth and constantly firing the shells out. Most of them were actually numb. Their daily training required them to enter such a numb state. Because, only by entering a numb state can they not feel scared or panic. Even if they were hit by the other party's shells, they would not feel anything before they died.

In fact, such a column artillery battle is more challenging than a melee. Because, you know that there is a sea of ​​swords and fires ahead, and you know that there is a deep abyss ahead, you must step in without hesitation. You have no chance to choose the enemy. Of course, your enemy also has no choice.

But at this time, your warship may have a lot of problems. If you continue to move forward, you may be killed by the enemy's cannon. Your life may be taken away by small marbles, small wood chips, or a huge solid bullet.

However, you cannot stop. Strict military law is right behind you. If you don’t die in the hands of the enemy, you will die in the hands of your own people. You cannot hesitate. Once you are indecisive, the enemy’s shells will fall down immediately. On the battlefield, the most unforgettable thing is hesitation, which will take your life at any time.

From the moment you start line up, you understand that what you need to be tested is not the artillery fire of one enemy warship or several warships, but the artillery fire of all enemy ships. Starting from the first enemy ship to the end of the last enemy ship, it is the end of a cycle. If you survive by chance, you will be the winner.

Another hour passed, and the fourth round of artillery war ended. Statistics the losses, the Hu Ben Army lost more than seven sword-tooth ships, twenty-five Cangshan ships, and the Dragon God Ship commanded by Zhang Shenggao were also forced to withdraw from the battle. Zhang Zhun did not know the losses of the Zheng family fleet for the time being, but the losses of the Hu Ben Army Navy were quite large.

The losses of personnel cannot be roughly counted. Most warships and personnel losses have exceeded more than 30%. In particular, the losses of the six Dragon God Ships and sailors are almost half. In order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the Dragon God Ships, sailors must be allocated from other battleships to continue to maintain the gunfire power of the Dragon God Ships.

At this time, the only thing we need to do is persist. The losses of the Zheng family fleet will definitely not be small. After the fourth round of artillery bombardment, the Zheng family fleet left more than a dozen scarred warships on the battlefield. However, their large warships are relatively large, and even if there are losses, they are not so easy to see.

"Grudge your teeth!"
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