Chapter 1863： Humen Artillery Battle (Part 2)

Because of the warning nature, when the A-gun and the B-gun of the Ming Army Weiyuan Fort were fired, they did not use full charge or iron ball shells, but used a little stone to deal with it.

As a result, the two guns were insufficiently powerful when fired. Listening to the ears of experienced Dagama, these two guns are five or six pound artillery, which is similar to the main 6-pound gun on the Portuguese warship, and can not keep up with the main 12-pound gun in Portugal.

It was based on such misjudgment, and the Ming artillery was shrunk in the stone fortress, and Dhama did not have a telescope to look closely, so a serious misjudgment occurred.

"Hey, I didn't expect this country to have artillery fortresses. However, the power is a bit lower ..." Dagama quipped confidently. Then he ordered:

"Order the Viseu and Braga to come up and use the artillery on the boat to teach the small cannon fortress of the Ming people and let the other party see how powerful we are!"

The Viseu and Braga are the main battleships in the fleet, with displacements of two hundred and tens of tons. Each ship was equipped with two 12-pounder guns and six 6-pounder guns, as well as 10 three-pounder guns. Except that the 12-pound gun is a front-mounted gun, the 6-pound gun and the three-pound gun are rear-mounted Folang guns.

Even for side salvos, there are 3 six-pound guns and 5 three-pound guns on each side, plus two 12-pound guns at the bow and stern.

Under the command of the roaring voice of the loud-sounding sailor, the two main battleships Viseu and Braga stepped forward without delay, intending to use shells to teach the Ming army ...

However, when the artillery was fired, the shells used by the Portuguese were mostly stone bombs ...

There is no way. Stone cannonballs are now popular throughout Europe, and only the wealthy North Sea country is vigorously promoting iron ball cannonballs.

This is so because European steel production was too low in this era ...

In Europe, steel production was quite low from the stage of bulk iron making to pig iron ingot making decades ago. The output of a Krumhorn steel plant in the North Sea country is comparable to the whole of Portugal.

No way, Portugal's geographical location is remote in Europe, and the mineral resources are very barren. It was because of the lack of mineral resources that Portugal was forced to vigorously develop maritime trade. If there is no foreign trade, it is estimated that there is not even iron for manufacturing weapons and armor in Portugal.

Therefore, in the absence of metal resources, the Portuguese artillery can only generally use stone bombs. In fact, not only Portugal, but even a rich country like Venice, generally uses stone ball shells. Without him, the countries along the Mediterranean coast of Europe, especially several countries in the southwest, are very poor in mineral resources and expensive in steel.

The Ming dynasty was different. The national steel output was as high as more than a hundred thousand tons, and the price of a pound of pig iron was only a dozen liters. Therefore, the shells of the Humen Fort can use iron ball shells, while Portugal is mainly dominated by stone shells due to lack of mineral resources. This situation continued in Europe until the late Henry VIII, in the mid-16th century. It was not until later that with the rapid advancement of steel technology and the advancement of shipbuilding technology, the ships became more and more solid, and the stone bombs had been difficult to destroy the hull, so they had to be fully upgraded to iron ball shells.

"Go up, go up! Let those Ming people often use our great Portuguese artillery!" The captains of the two battleships stood on the deck and shouted boldly, as if the victory was in their hands.

Seeing that the two Portuguese ships were approaching, Humen Fort Guard Lin Pingan was a bit puzzled.-Am I wrong, the two ships came to negotiate?

But after approaching, it was found that the sailors on these two ships began to aim at the turret with a copper gun, Lin Pingan died ...

At this time, Lin Shoubei ordered loudly:

"The soldiers listened to the orders, loaded the bullets, and taught the gangs a profound lesson!" Then, Lin Shoube turned around and ordered aloud:

"The whistle tower, point the wolf smoke to warn!" Since it was determined that the comer was not good, it was natural to point the wolf smoke to warn, so that the nearby Ming Army would realize the danger.

Subsequently, the Ming artillerymen in front of the artillery began to tear open the oil paper bag, pour the gunpowder in the oil paper bag into the muzzle, and poke it into the inside with a thick wooden stick. Then, the 10-pound (12-pound) iron ball shells in the wooden box are inserted into the muzzle and poke into the bottom of the barrel. At the same time, another artillery took a tailored fuse from the purse and inserted it into the fire hole at the rear of the barrel ...

At this time, the arrogant Portuguese warship was only more than 300 meters away from the fort, which was the effective range of the Frang machine gun. And this distance happens to be the best range for flat shots ...

"The barge is really arrogant!" Lin Shoube pouted after looking through the lookout.

At this time, the 10 12-pound guns of the Weiyuan Battery were all ready. The gunner of each gun reported loudly:

"Report, the A-size gun has been loaded, please show me!"

"Report, the size B gun has been loaded, please show it to adults!"

"Report, the C-shaped gun has been loaded, please show it to the adults!"

"Report, the T-shaped gun has been loaded, please show it to adults!"

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Following a series of reports from the gunner, all 10 12-pound guns were fully loaded.

Lin Ping'an nodded to Zhang Ke, a household of Weiyuan Battery, Zhang Ke immediately shouted:

"Let all the guns fire together!"

"Yes, the A-size gun fires!"

"Yes, the size B gun fires!"

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After a series of shouts, 10 gunners in charge of ignition, holding wooden sticks tied with fire ropes, stretched the burning fire ropes towards the fuse ...

After a burst of "chirping" burning sound, 10 12-pound guns made a "bang-boom-boom-boom ..." explosion sound in a very short time.

Then, 10 iron **** of 10 pounds flew out of 10 artillery whistling and slammed into two Portuguese warships hundreds of meters away ...

"No, I misjudged!" Dagama's complexion changed greatly when he saw the ten flames erupting from the Ming Fortress on the shore before the sound came.

But what makes his face even more exciting is still behind—as the sound came later, Dhagama realized a serious problem—the artillery in the Ming Army Fortress was larger than he thought, and may have Portugal The power of the main gun on the bow of the warship ...

"How can the Ming people have such a powerful artillery?" Dagama's brow furrowed, which is not in line with the news he found from Malacca ...

According to the Ming Dynasty smugglers in Malacca bought by the Portuguese, there was no artillery in the Ming dynasty. A few years ago, Malin, the proprietor of the North Sea Kingdom, presented dozens of Folang cannons, but fired two or three pounds of small artillery shells. Even if the Ming people are equipped with artillery, it should not be a large caliber gun like a 12-pound gun, but it should be the most common two or three-pound gun ...

"Could it be that the Ming smugglers deceived me?" Dagama began to doubt.

But the current situation has changed drastically, and he can no longer allow him to think more. Because the Viseu and Braga were hit hard ...

When the Ming artillery fired, two 12-pound main guns, three 6-pound guns, and five 3-pound guns on each of the two warships also opened fire.

However, because the enclosed turret designed by Marin only has a small shooting hole, the turret is very safe. The Portuguese warship swayed again and again due to recoil. As a result, the 20 rounds of stone fired by 10 Portuguese guns on each of the two Portuguese battleships either hit the thick stone wall of the turret or simply did not hit the turret.

On the contrary, the artillery of the Ming military battery was absorbed by the stone platform because of the recoil, and the shooting and aiming were very stable. Although only 10 shots of 10 iron ball shells eventually hit the target ~ www.novelhall.com ~ but it caused huge damage to the Portuguese warship ...

The stern of the Viseu was hit by a 12-pound iron ball into a large hole, and a sailor was hit by the iron ball into the chest and died on the spot. Fortunately, the Braga, which is closer to the Weiyuan Fort, is more miserable-one of the 12-pound iron **** broke the Braga ’s front mast, resulting in the Braga ’s front mast. Smashed on the spot. The other two shells were more deadly-they hit the side of the Braga and two holes were opened in the side of the Braga ...

"No, the sideboard is leaking!" The sailor on the Braga shouted in horror.

"Quick, plug the gap! Plug the gap!" Captain Braga shouted.

But before the sailors on the Braga had closed the two loopholes, within a few minutes, the second round of shelling came again. The Braga hit three more iron ball shells and was wounded more.

If Captain Ang was helpless, he shouted:

"Sail sail, leave this position!" Just now, in order to facilitate the aiming and shooting, the sailors of the Braga specially put away the sails, so that the warship could stop. But now, when I stopped, I was waiting to be sunk. If Captain Ang had to order the sails, it was the right thing to hurry away ...

At the same time, Pereira, the captain of the Viseu, also ordered the ship to maneuver its sails to avoid violent shaking with the Weiyuan battery. Because, he also saw it-the firepower of Ming Guo Fort was stronger than them ...

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