I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

Not every ship of the Dahua Navy is equipped with artillery, and it does not have that luxury.

Only the thirty or so ships in front of the fleet, and the thirty steamships, were equipped with cannons.

Moreover, on a sailboat, an average boat only has about twenty doors.

There are more steamboats, with an average of nearly 50 per boat.

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

In fact, this number is already quite large, and even the number of artillery pieces of the Navy has surpassed that of the Army.

The number of artillery pieces on Daming’s side was even smaller, adding up to just over 100.

The sound of the cannons sounded, and 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 biased and basically all hit 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 with precision.

The shrapnel that shot in all directions, suddenly harvested people's lives frantically.

"Hide, hide under the plank."

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

The strength of these planks cannot stop the direct bombardment of the shells, but they can block the shrapnel that is shot after the shells explode, which can effectively reduce the casualties of the shelling.

However, such a precise blow still made Daming's general frown, and a bad feeling rose in his heart.

The artillery commanders in the Chinese army all came from military schools and colleges, and their mathematics level was first-class in this era.

Precise calculations are much more effective than those artillerymen relying on intuition and experience.

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

Although the hit rate at this time is still relatively low, it is estimated that only one of the ten shots can be hit, but compared to the past, it is already a big improvement.

"The quality of Dahua's artillery is very high, and they are very accurate."

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

This is at sea. Dozens of cannons are fired at once, and the recoil generated can cause the hull to retreat.

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

"I think they may have used mathematical methods for precise calculations. The 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 our Western Europe. This time, when I came to Dahua, Descartes asked me to bring back some Dahua books, and he was willing to buy them with a lot of money. "

Rusev guessed.

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

West asked hastily.

Descartes is very famous in Western Europe, especially in the Netherlands, where Descartes currently lives.

"Of course, besides Rene Descartes, who else Descartes is worth mentioning."

Rusev's words surprised everyone on the boat. The university inquirer there was going to beg 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 went, there was simply no science compared to Western Europe.

There is no need to say more about America. Before they went, it was just a wild continent, and the Indians didn't even have a decent word. While Africa is still a primitive society, Oceania has just been discovered.

That is, the West Asian region, and there are some bright cultures.

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

Even, in some places, even more advanced than Western Europe.

"You must be ignorant. As far as I know, all the knowledge and knowledge in Dahua were created by their king, Wu Changqing.

It is said that this Wu Changqing was born intelligent. He could read at the age of one, recite poems at the age of three, began to watch the stars at night to understand the secrets of heaven at the age of six, and finally had an epiphany at the age of sixteen, and then became a blockbuster. From an ordinary commoner, he rose all the way, became their king, and led his people to become rich. "

Another businessman was talking about rumors that he heard from nowhere, and what he said was similar. When everyone saw that he was very confident, they couldn't help but believe what he said.

Of course, he heard this version is not too exaggerated, in the folk of Dahua, there are versions of Jade Emperor reincarnated, gods descended, and all kinds of messy versions.

They were still in the mood to talk about it, but Daming's navy was already extremely nervous at this time.

Dahua's artillery shells were thrown over like no money, and almost every moment, shells fell on their boats.

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

The period when it was close to the Dahua fleet was the most difficult time for the Ming army.

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

Daming's fleet was desperately trying to get closer, and Dahua's navy naturally knew its own advantages, so they had been deliberately keeping a distance, just wanting to fire a few more shots before the battle.

If it is a small-scale naval battle, its

In fact, in this case, Ming's navy can fly the opponent's kites and hang them all the time.

However, the fleets on both sides were too large for such dexterous maneuvers.

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

"Speed ​​up, let those sailors use all their milk-feeding strength for me, 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 Ming's fireboats, the vanguard.

Their task was to ram Dahua's big ship violently, ignite the inflammables on board, and perish with the local big ship.

These small boats are faster and more agile than larger boats.

At this point, they were speeding up.

However, Dahua's navy has long been prepared for this situation, and they also have small boats.

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

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

The cost of ten of these small broken ships is not as good as that of a big ship. If they are all perished together, it will be a big loss.

The first contact between the two sides was these small boats, some of which collided directly, and some soldiers on the Chinese boats began to shoot.

They were so close that they also threw grenades at each other, trying to kill the soldiers who controlled the boats of the Ming army.

In contrast, the Ming army's boats obviously did not want to fight, they kept trying to break through the blockade, and then rushed into the main fleet of the Chinese army.

Some Ming army boats succeeded, because they had a large number of boats, and the Chinese army was no match for the four.

Moreover, in fact, because of the lack of weapons that can sink the opponent, there are not many ways for these soldiers responsible for interception.