Chapter 418： Equipment advantage

Not every ship of the UOB Navy is equipped with artillery, so it is not so luxurious.

Only the thirty-odd ships ahead of the fleet, and the thirty steamships equipped with cannons.

Moreover, on a sailing ship, there are only about twenty doors per ship on average.

There are more steamships, each with nearly fifty doors on average.

Moreover, not all of these cannons are red cannons, there are some small-caliber Thunder cannons.

This number is actually quite high, and even the number of naval artillery has surpassed that of the army.

There were fewer artillery pieces on Daming's side, and the total number was only over a hundred.

With the sound of the guns, whether it was the Chinese army, the Ming army, or the Dutch passers-by, they could clearly see the black spots flying in the air.

Those black spots fell into the fleet of the Daming Navy, blowing up water columns. The first wave was a bit off, basically all of them were in the sea.

Immediately afterwards, the second wave of shelling began.

The accuracy of this wave was greatly improved. Many shells fell on Daming's ship and exploded accurately.

The shrapnel shot in all directions, suddenly harvesting people's lives crazily.

"Hide, hide under the board."

The Ming army also made preparations before going to sea. Knowing that the artillery was at a disadvantage, they installed some heavy wooden planks on the ship and built some bunkers.

The strength of these wooden boards cannot stop the direct bombardment of the shells, but they can block the shrapnel fired four times after the shells explode, which can effectively reduce the casualties of shelling.

However, with such a precise blow, the general of Daming still frowned, and a bad feeling arose in his heart.

The artillery commanders in the Huajun came from military academies and colleges, and their mathematics was at the top level in this era.

Precise calculations are more useful than those who rely on intuition and experience for artillery.

After calculating the speed, angle and other factors of the two sides, the artillery has removed a large part of the factors that are likely to cause errors.

Although the hit rate at this time is still relatively low, and it is estimated that only one shot can be hit in ten shots, it is a big improvement compared to before.

"The quality of Dahua's artillery is so high that they can fight well and accurately."

West was shocked again, he couldn't understand why it could be so accurate.

This is the sea, dozens of cannons fired together, and the recoil generated by them can cause the hull to retreat.

In this case, it is not easy to hit the enemy.

"I think they may have used mathematics to make precise calculations. Last time I went to Suzhou and Nanjing, I found that Dahua is now vigorously promoting mathematics education.

Moreover, their research on astronomy, geography and science far exceeds that of Western Europe. When I came to Dahua this time, Descartes asked me to bring some Dahua books back. He was willing to buy them heavily. "

Russeff guessed.

"Descartes? The great mathematician and philosopher who published "Methodology" and established the coordinate system?"

West asked hurriedly.

Descartes is very famous in Western Europe, especially in the Netherlands, because Descartes currently settles in the Netherlands.

"Of course, besides René Descartes, there is another Descartes worth mentioning."

Russeff's words surprised everyone on the ship. The university asked their family there to ask for books and knowledge from the East.

In terms of astrophysics and mathematics, Western Europeans have always had a strong sense of superiority.

Because wherever they go, there is no science as good as Western Europe.

Needless to say, America, before they went, it was just a barren land, and the Indians didn't even have any decent writing. Africa is still a primitive society, and Oceania has only just been discovered.

In West Asia, there is still some brilliant culture.

And now, these people who came into contact with East Asia earlier have finally discovered a place comparable to Europe.

Even, in some places, it is more advanced than Western Europe.

"You are ignorant. As far as I know, all the knowledge and knowledge in Dahua was obtained by their king, Wu Changqing.

It is said that Wu Changqing was born intelligent, able to read at the age of one, and memorizing poems at the age of three. He began to watch the stars at the age of six to understand the secrets of heaven. At the age of sixteen, he had an epiphany. From an ordinary civilian, he rose up all the way, became their king, and led his people to wealth. "

Another businessman said that he didn't know where he heard the rumors, and he said that he was very confident, and they couldn't help believing what he said.

Of course, he heard that this version is not too exaggerated. Among Dahua folks, there are all kinds of jade emperor reincarnations, gods descending to earth, and all kinds of messy versions.

They are still in the mood to gossip about it, but Daming's navy is already extremely nervous at this time.

Dahua’s shells were thrown over as if they were free of money, and shells fell on their boats almost every moment.

The screams that sounded from time to time around made them panic.

It was the most difficult time for the Ming army during the time when it was close to the Dahua fleet.

When they are far away, the enemy's artillery cannot hit them, and when they are close, they have the power to fight back.

Daming's fleet desperately wanted to get closer, and Dahua's navy naturally knew its own advantage, so it had been deliberately keeping its distance, just wanting to make a few more shots before the battle.

If it is a small-scale naval battle, in this case, Daming’s navy can fly the opponent’s kite and hang them behind him all the time.

However, the fleets of both sides are too large to perform such agile operations.

Therefore, their fleet can only make some minor adjustments, and the general course has not changed.

"Speed ​​up, let the sailors use all the power of feeding me, and rush to the enemy and we will win."

Some of the boats rushed ahead, and the generals of Daming urged the sailors to row desperately.

These are Da Ming's fire ships, vanguard forces.

Their task is to violently hit Dahua's big ship, then ignite the combustibles on the ship and die with the local big ship.

These small boats are faster and more flexible than big boats.

At this time, they are accelerating.

However, Dahua's navy was prepared for this situation, and there were small boats among them.

At this time, these small boats also came out of the large fleet and rushed to the front line to stop these fire boats.

If the two fleets are compared to an aircraft carrier battle group, the fireboat is a bit like a torpedo boat, using lightning strike tactics. Dahua’s boats are destroyers, destroying these torpedo boats to prevent them from destroying capital ships.

Ten of these small broken ships are not as expensive as a large ship, and if they are all put together, it will be a big loss.

The first contact between the two parties was these small boats, some of them directly collided with each other, and some soldiers on the Chinese army's small boats started shooting.

People who were close also threw hand grenades at the opponent, trying to kill the soldiers who controlled the boat by the Ming army.

In contrast, the boats of the Ming army obviously did not want to be in love with the battle, and tried to break through the blockade, and then rushed into the main fleet of the Chinese army.

Some Ming army boats succeeded, because of their large number of boats, the Chinese army had two fists hard to beat four hands.

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