Chapter 112 The Battle of New York Harbor!
"It's so fucking satisfying!" The old guy John Erikson took another sip of wine. The alcohol burned his throat and felt very stimulating, but this could make the old guy feel energetic.
To be honest, John Erikson recently felt that he was on a pirate ship, a pirate ship named Clint Lee!
The Chinese thoughts are too hard to guess. Erikson doesn't know what that guy is thinking. He, a Chinese, can actually make such a big revolution. This is simply shocking.
Fortunately, this guy has never cut off his money anyway, so he can let Erikson complete what he wants to accomplish.
Erikson!
It is the ship that others call a monster, an iron-clad ship!
"It's all a group of idiots! I don't understand the value of good goods at all!" When I think of the cold eyes and rich people I met before, Erikson was so angry that he was angry.
"Maybe that Clint Lee is a little crazy, but I like it!"
To be honest, Erikson just doesn't like this Great Revolution, and in it he feels like he's being used, that is, many of the weapons used in the Great Revolution were designed by him, and the big revolver was improved by him, so that's to say...
That bastard Clint was planning to carry out such a great revolution in the morning?!
It should be said that only Erikson in the world can think of this, and as for the others, it seems that they are a little bit short of it.
But now the world outside is in chaos, and Erikson is staying in Rhode Island, it's boring, okay?
"Hey! Mr. Erikson! Is our Erikson capable of combat?" The big man Bill was also very happy now. Because Mr. Clint had such a big thing, it was so shocking. Then he was the old man who followed Mr. Clint, and then... he was just around the corner!
"Of course! My Erikson has completed various tests. Although it has not been actually launched, I don't think there is any problem!" Erikson slapped his chest and then took a sip of wine.
"That's great!" The big Bill cheered. You know, the ship is really fucking too much money, and it can be considered as spending less. Besides, "Mr. Clint sent a telegram to tell you to drive the boat to New York now, as if you were going to have a practical battle."
"Practical combat?" Erikson heard this,... to be honest, he was very excited because who didn't want to experiment with the weapons he made himself? But, "We don't have many people now, we have sailors? There are only a few shipbuilders!"
"That's right." The big Bill had a trick to cheat people, but he didn't understand what he said. But because he didn't understand, he was a layman. "Can't shipbuilders drive ships?"
"This..." Erikson suddenly thought, yes, those shipbuilders are at least familiar with mechanical teaching. The engines on the ship all have the ability to understand mechanical knowledge, and he himself is a navy.
"Okay! This battle can be fought!"
You really want to say that Erikson is so brave. He just took a group of shipbuilders to sea!
He did it right away, and the Erikson really got into the water and held a small ceremony. But our boat is quite weird. It is an iron guy with the main hull below the waterline. This thing is different from an ordinary boat.
"Ha! My baby is so strong!" Erikson drove his own boat. He originally wanted to show off his power, but he didn't expect that the boat was too controllable and would not go straight when he went to sea.
She is like a drunken man, just like her designer!
Who designed a ship, but fortunately, it just turned around. The Erikson really drove to Manhattan, New York, and it wasn't far anyway.
...
Boom! Boom!
With almost unlimited ammunition and without any opponents, the Minnesota was simply walking sideways on the seas of New York!
Well, in fact, they are indeed walking sideways, because this is the only way to exert the power of side guns. You should know that the side ports of warships are very powerful these days, and there are many more cannons.
"That bastard! Are you sure to kill him?"
"It's just her? There's a lot of shit!"
On the dock, Li Mengyang and Eriksen were holding a telescope together, while our bald inventor took pictures of his breasts.
"In this way, I'll drive out my boat and kill this guy!"
"Okay! It depends on you!"
Erickson didn't say much and walked straight to his iron fish, while Li Mengyang was a little dazed, as if he had killed Hua Xiong with warm wine.
So is our Erickson related to the ability of the second brother?
On October 29, 1861, this day was destined to be recorded in history, because this was the first ironclad ship participation in the war in human history!
"God! Look at that guy's slim waist!" The guy Erikson drove his big iron fish and soon approached the Minnesota.
"What the hell is that?" At this time, Samuel DuPont, who was on the side of the ship, discovered a monster with a telescope.
Really, General DuPont swears to God that he has never seen such a thing before, even in the Far East, and the things that appear on the sea are simply indescribable!
It was a black one with a chimney on it, but the hull was not big, but looking at the shape of the bow, it was just a ladder-shaped thing, it seemed to be saying that a large part of the hull of this ship was below the waterline.
"ho-my-god! What is that?"
"Is that a ship? I've never seen it before."
"It seems like the tail of a demon!"
The sailors on the Minnesota were all a little surprised. You should know that the sailors of this era were all a little superstitious, so they were all a little scared after the shape of this ship came out.
"What's the panic?" Samuel DuPont was completely like a famous general, "ordered the gunners to clean up the rag!"
“yes-private!”
Gunners these days use their eyes to aim at them, so this is accurate.
Boom! Boom!
Palala...
The Minnesota side gun fired with all its might. For a moment, it was really like the New Year, and the huge waves on the sea were lifted up, but it was a pity.
Not hitting!
Yes, Erikson's ship was originally a strange shape, and the part that remained above the sea was not big. In addition, the ship was not easy to drive, as if it was a drunk. But the drunk man's actions were difficult to predict. How could the gunners in Minnesota find it accurately through their eyes?
"Hahaha! These idiots! Let you taste my awesomeness!" Erikson could have driven the ship to the range. He could not fire a fool, right?
"Add a new weapon!"
New weapons?
That’s right, this thing is what Li Mengyang drew on the “Chicken Rice Pecking Picture” before, that is, a torpedo!
The power problem was finally solved. It should be said that this problem is quite incredible, because it is not the engine that was put in, but the compressed air.
This idea was proposed by the girl Elena. She really helped Erikson a lot. At the beginning, Erikson felt that this woman was not simple. It seemed that some heroes cherished their heroes.
Of course, Eriksen doesn't know who the captain on the opponent's ship is now. If you know, hehehe... it would be a good thing to use the DuPont family's things to pay back and forth to the DuPont family.
"preparation!"
"aim!"
The latest weapon now, namely torpedo, requires a very close range. It is not possible to be too far. And you must know that this is the first time this weapon is used.
"Start!" Erikson yelled, and the shipbuilders immediately started to take action.
Kerala, Kerala... There was a sound of a machine, as if it had experienced extremely complex deformations. I saw a water line suddenly appearing in front of the Eriksen!
The torpedo was launched successfully!
The launch was successful, but this hit...
Whoosh... The waterline walked to a place not far from the Minnesota and stopped!
"Shit!" Erikson cursed. To be honest, he doesn't know the range of this new weapon now. He has tried it before, but when he really went to sea, he is really indefinitely.
In fact, compressed air is not very reliable in this era, because the compressed air technology is not strong, who knows how far it can be?
"Get close! Get close!" Erikson was angry, he was going to get closer!
Boom! Boom!
The Minnesota fired continuously, and smoke was scattered on her side.
"Fake!" still failed to hit!
Samuel DuPont was so angry that he had never seen such a situation. He was already very close, but unexpectedly, he just couldn't beat his opponent.
There is no way, the cannons these days are too unreliable, and the opponent's ship is too weird.
"Preparation!" Erikson saw that this time it was already very close, and the two ships were about to collide. So there was no problem this time, right?
"emission!"
Whoosh...the torpedo comes out again!
Two times, what about this time?
A shadow appeared in the sea. Samuel DuPont was looking at the shadow and his heart was thumping. Although he didn't know what it was, he felt very scared. But...
The waterline appears behind the Minnesota!
The hull of the Erikson is below the waterline, and this time it is too close, so... hey~ I crawled through under someone's boat.
"Ah hahaha!" Anyway, this is something to celebrate, and the Minnesota burst into laughter.
"**!" Erikson was furious, and he suddenly shouted: "Roar over! Rush over me!"
"rush?"
Yes, it's a rush, because the current situation is that the Eriksen is rightly facing the side of the Minnesota!
With a loud bang, the Erikson hit the Minnesota...
"Yeah! Not bad!" In the telescope, Li Mengyang watched the Minnesota sink! (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
Chapter completed!