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"We should kill them." Wang Ben continued.
"I'm going to kill them in the Hexi Corridor. Pull out their intestines. Boil their skins into oil to lubricate my gun." At this time.Wang Ben said.
The staff officer said nothing.Wang Ben has been staying in the Western Regions. His Marine Corps Expeditionary Corps fought very bravely and achieved outstanding results, but as the war in the Western Regions calmed down.Wang Ben began to hate this kind of calm.He longed for his Legion to play their part on another battlefield.
Now, the highland Qiang people suddenly came and attacked.Let him feel very excited.Haven't gotten an order yet.Wang Ben had already begun to give orders.Get his troops ready to rally.However, when the war situation occurs.His troops were still gathering.the reason is simple.The Western Regions are huge.His troops were widely dispersed. More than 1 troops were scattered to many places for defense, and it was very troublesome to assemble.
Although he was a cavalry soldier, Wang Ben also spent quite a long time to gather troops, during such a long waiting process.Wang Ben felt very anxious and had no other choice.He immediately assembled several different cavalry units to form two units for military operations.Wang Ben's troops were all improvised.An army of mixed formations from various units.
Wang Ben's troops were still far away from the Qiang forward.And when Wang Ben was eager to eliminate the Qiang people.The navy of Chu State in the south is rapidly expanding their armed forces.
"There is an armed merchant ship ahead. Judging from the flag, it should be a noble cargo transport ship of the Jing clan." A small merchant ship apparently loaded with cargo was sailing in the same direction not far from the armed merchant ship.
"That armed merchant ship has cannon." This time.The first mate on the small merchant ship saw through a telescope.But the first mate was looking at it with a binoculars lying behind the barrel.This is a camouflaged small Chu State water army gunboat.The number of cannons equipped on this gunboat is only ten.They are respectively located on the left and right sides of the sailboat.
But the firepower of the noble armed merchant ship was very fierce.The number of artillery they equipped was as high as 35.The firepower is very different.
"There are more than 30 cannons on it." At this time.The captain standing at the bow said at this time.He counted the number of artillery pieces carefully and said.
"There are fifteen cannons on one side. And we only have five cannons." At this time, the first officer lying on the deck exclaimed.
"They are three times as many as we are. If there are guns on the deck, our ship will be penetrated with one shot." At this time.said the first mate.
"I know that," said the captain.
"But I believe in miracles. You know? A lot of our warships are doing great work. But all they captured were small boats. We need big boats. So things like this. We need to do something. Our captured The number of ships is too small. We need a big ship." At this time, the captain of the small warship said.
"We can use our new tactics to play our role. And, they definitely don't expect us to attack suddenly. This is where we have an advantage. And, we can use the quick turnaround tactics to shoot them." Said the captain at this time.
The so-called transshipment tactic is actually just a tactical idea of the captain.But no one has ever tried this tactic.The reason is that most of the ships robbed by the Chu State's water army were ships without artillery, and such small warships only needed to launch artillery.The opponent may surrender.No one has used such a tactic, and this tactic is in practical application.How useful it is, no one knows.Because I haven't tried it.
A merchant ship robbed by the Chu State Navy in the Yangtze River Basin.They are all merchant ships with weak armed forces.These merchant ships are basically not equipped with artillery.
And only those large merchant ships.For example, the cargo merchant ships of the nobles of Chu State, they have such a strong capital to equip them.In fact, the cargo merchant ships of the nobles of the Chu Kingdom were equipped with artillery.Most are rarely fired.They are actually just pretending.Use these to frighten water pirates who try to rob their goods.
In fact they never used much.Gradually, he relaxed his vigilance.
"There is a small boat next to us. It may be a water pirate." At this time, the lookout sent a loud alarm.
"Look at these slaves." The captain of the noble cargo ship picked up the binoculars and looked at the small camouflaged warship.
"They are all dressed in tatters. They don't have many weapons. They are water pirates, and they have nothing to do with us." At this time, the captain said loudly.
On a small warship.The first officer was still lying on the deck and asked.
"What shall we do?" asked the mate.
"We need to get close to them. Then shoot at their mainmast. Try to knock out their mainmast and take them out of steam. Then we turn the bow. Shoot the other side. Take out their gunner. Will again if possible Shoot. Then attack," said the captain, looking at the big ship.
"Oh my God." The first officer said in surprise.
"Don't be surprised." At this time, the captain said.
"Everything is possible. We have to try. You go down and prepare, I need you, kill their mainmast within five shots, so that they can't escape." The captain said at this time.
"That's right. What's more, I will shorten the distance for you as much as possible." The captain said at this time.
"Thank you." The first officer stood up at this moment, and quickly walked towards the cabin below.
"Close to that cargo ship." The captain roared loudly at this time.
"Close to that cargo ship." All the sailors responded.
Be careful that the warship is quickly approaching the cargo ship at this time.
"They're approaching us." The first officer in the cargo hold shouted in panic at this moment.
"Don't panic. Push out our cannons," said the captain of the cargo ship at this time.
"Give them a hit or two. They will know that we are strong." At this time, the captain said confidently.
"I didn't expect it. There are people who are not afraid of death." Said the captain.
"All the artillery?" said the first officer at this time.
"No, there's no need. Just use the artillery on the deck to shoot." The captain ordered his subordinates disdainfully.
"Yes, Captain." The sailors stepped forward quickly, firing their cannons.Due to space constraints, the remaining five cannons were equipped on the deck.In addition to being equipped with large-caliber and five-inch caliber artillery at the front and rear.The deck is equipped with wound-inch small-caliber artillery.These guns are superior to those of large caliber guns in terms of reloading speed and firing flexibility.But the power is much smaller, but this kind of artillery can scare away water pirates.As long as the cannon fires.Those water thieves knew they had met their opponents.They will not take the initiative to play the idea of a cargo ship.
"To deal with these slaves. There is no need to fire salvos from the large-caliber artillery below." The captain said with a look of disdain.He saw them as water thieves with poor equipment.
1193 Artillery Shots
"Guns, shoot," shouted a gunner on board the noble freighter,
"Boom," there was a violent sound, and a shell roared out,
On the camouflaged small warship, the sailors of the Chu State Navy shouted loudly,
"Bombardment," some sailors yelled loudly, and immediately lay down on the ground, while their captain stood motionless on the boat. He stood still and watched the shell "slowly" fly over,
"Crack," the shell knocked off the crossbar of the sail, and then fell directly into the water,
The captain said nothing, the ship was still approaching the noble cargo ship,
"That ship is still approaching us," the chief mate on the noble cargo ship said anxiously at this time,
"Turn on them, and fire," cried the captain,
"Shoot, hurry up," the first mate urged loudly with a binoculars,
"It's really dangerous," the captain looked at the approaching small warship. At this time, he still regarded this carefully camouflaged small warship as an ordinary pirate ship. He still believed that there was no one on these ships. Any heavy weapon, for ships equipped with artillery, these ships are simply vulnerable,
"The distance is less than a hundred steps," said a sailor on the small warship nervously,
"Come closer," the captain replied at this time, but he never took his eyes off the opponent's warship.
"Boom," a violent running sound,
"Clatter!" Then there was a violent shaking on the small warship, his ship was hit, the building on the deck in the center of the ship was knocked down by a shell from the artillery, and pieces of wood flew everywhere ,
"Captain..." a sailor said nervously,
"Come closer, hurry up," the captain called out loudly at this time,
The sailors on the small warship are busy, they are speeding up to approach the other ship,
"Give them the last blow, all the artillery is pushed out of the emplacement, fire, hurry up," the captain of the noble cargo ship shouted loudly at this time, seeing the small warship still approaching the small warship that did not take any measures, the noble captain was very annoyed , So, he wanted to give the opponent a heavy blow and sink the opponent all at once. Only one volley was needed, and the opponent's ship would sink into the water.