Chapter 290 Torpedo Attack
The speedboat that Han Huanzhang saw was the "Thunder 1" lightning strike speedboat.
At this moment, Guan Dachuan was in this speedboat. Guan Dachuan, the captain of the boat, was originally a pirate under Bu Dafa. Now he has transformed into the captain who commanded this magical speedboat. Although the speedboat is small, it is really magical. Guan Dachuan is still recalling the successful attack just now. It has to be said that eleven soldiers under him perform their duties and cooperate with each other. The attack just now was perfect. All the crew members were still excited.
"I bet that little Japanese ship will sink soon." Although Zeng Erbao was working as the assistant at the bottom of the boat - taking turns to wait for two charcoal furnaces, it did not prevent him from evaluating the first result of this boat. Zeng Erbao was the guy who talked the most on this boat, and was recognized by the boat. He was not finished yet: "What a good ship! It would be great if the prisoners came here, but the Japanese pirates' things were not as good as my Song Dynasty ship. The workmanship was a bit shoddy, probably not a few watertight cabins, or there were no watertight cabins at all, otherwise, they wouldn't be so useless. Brother, oh, captain, tell me, is that the reason?" It's impossible not to say that the closed cabin was very loud, but Zeng Erbao was strong and his voice was bright, and it was nothing to him.
Guan Dachuan was observing through the periscope and the lookout window. After hearing this, he couldn't help but feel proud. After spending a mine before, he finally achieved the first result this time. He rushed to the tonnage of this large ship, which was at least 170 to 80 tons. Our mine has a good performance.
Today, "Thunder 1" was the pioneer, but the first time he attacked with a pole mine was not smooth. The pole mine was accidentally discovered by the sailor on the enemy ship at the final impact distance. A guy was quick to throw a shield out and hit the fuse part of the head of the mine. As a result, the mine exploded at a distance of four or five meters from the enemy ship. When testing the power of the explosion, Guan Dachuan understood that the explosive power of this mine was limited. Within two meters, the destructive power to the ship was quite considerable, but more than two meters, the destructive power was very limited. Therefore, the first mine attack was just a large water column that exploded, and the water column rolled the two Japanese sailors on the ship into the sea. The enemy ship itself seemed to have no damage at all except for a violent shaking.
Fortunately, I was lucky just now, and a big ship was suddenly overwhelmed. Well, it was a bit exaggerated to say that the ship was not small and was far from the largest warship of the enemy. In general, the Japanese ships were not as good as the Song Dynasty in any aspect. Not to mention that they were not as good as the big ship of seven or eight hundred tons, even the shipbuilding skills were very despised. As Zeng Erbao said, the shoddy statement was really not to destroy them. The problem is that Zeng Erbao just glanced at the lookout window. This kid took it for granted. His words were always just to speak nonsense, just to have fun, you don’t have to believe him.
"Look, there is a large enemy ship, which is bigger than the one just now! Captain, let's blow it up next." The observation hand sat in the observation position and captured the latest target through the periscope. The speedboat is equipped with two periscopes and three observation windows. Because it is an armored ship at least, it is covered tightly around, so there are configurations such as periscopes and observation windows.
This speedboat is a catamaran with a piece of body on both sides - in layman's terms, it is equivalent to two thin monohulls. The two monohulls are parallel and connected horizontally. On the middle, there is a closed cabin built. The cabin cover is streamlined, which is a bit like the pattern of catamarans in later generations, and more like the 022 stealth catamaran missile boat of later generations. OK! I can only say that the appearance of 022 was copied, and as for the others, it is not at all.
Since the middle cabin is designed with a suspended design, the cabin is above the water surface, and the height of the cabin is therefore limited. The crew can only arch its waist and move in the cabin. However, the observer's treatment is good, and it is equipped with a swing chair, which can easily scan the 360-degree full-view angle. When he turned his butt, he observed the large ship at the side and rear. In his mind, it was the most valuable target of attack. The observer quickly reported to Guan Dachuan.
Guan Dachuan carefully rotated the movable blinds of the lookout window and saw the target from the slits of the louvers. The scenes seen in the periscope always make people feel a little unreal. It is easier to observe through the lookout window. He is more willing to believe in the results of direct observation. After seeing the situation clearly, Guan Dachuan shook his head:
"The enemy ship is entangled with our warships, "milk"! There is no way to attack at all. Do you want to blow up our own ships together! Idiot!"
When the observer thought about it, he quickly turned the periscope, observed from a different angle, and stopped saying a word.
Zeng Erbao said a lot: "Brother, oh, captain, isn't the torpedo not used? You have to use torpedoes when you hit that big boat. Isn't it said that the torpedo is powerful, and one hit is accurate? Of course, our No. 1 boat needs to hit a big boat, right! You can't let No. 2 have the upper hand."
"Stop talking nonsense." The torpedo mentioned by Zeng Erbao is the big killer weapon of this boat. There are only six "torpedoes" in total. Of course, Guan Dachuan is not as unaware as Zeng Erbao. This kid seems to understand the torpedo attacks. He is a rookie and a living treasure, but he likes to express his opinions. Guan Dachuan laughed and scolded: "Zeng Erbao, shut up, don't understand the bullshit, you don't show your eyes."
It’s also a big blame for the crew of this boat that they were temporarily pieced together. It was only less than twenty days since the speedboat was launched and tried. It was basically nothing to do. Zeng Erbao had always followed Guan Dachuan and was also a pirate. With this live treasure Zeng Erbao, he would not be lonely when he was on the boat. Of course, Zeng Erbao, a rookie, was "chaotic" and the torpedo was a long-range powerful weapon, and its power was strong enough. But compared with the pole mine, the torpedo must fire the long-range and pole mine, and the pole mine was close to the attack. Naturally, the pole mine attack was much more accurate.
At this time, the observer suddenly shouted:
"Two enemy boats rushed over and were paddling, what should I do?"
"Oh, if someone comes to die, then I'll help him. It just so happens that our small pole thunder has not yet been eaten, so I'll try my luck with these two small boats." It should be noted that this boat is equipped with two pole thunders, one with booster, the kind of pole thunders that was made by the bombing ship just now, and the other is without booster, which is a small mine with a small amount of medicine. It was originally specially used to deal with the boat.
The speedboat turned flexibly and rushed to the side of one of the small boats. When it was approaching 30 meters, Guan Dachuan ordered:
"Prepare the shotguns on the left and right, follow my instructions to send a 'fire'."
As soon as he finished speaking, the shotgun on the left couldn't wait to extend the shotgun out of the "fire" hole, and glanced through the cat's eyes, and pulled the trigger without waiting for Guan Dachuan to order.
"Idiot! Did I let you shoot!"
Before he finished scolding, the shotgunman on the right also fired. Guan Dachuan sighed and thought to himself that these two kids were just "wasting" bullets.
As soon as the two shots were fired, someone on the Japanese boat opposite was immediately shot, but the distance was far away. Except for a bad guy who was yelling with a lead bullet on his face, the other injured were swept by the lead bullet at the end of his speed, which was a little bit of skin and flesh. However, in this way, the people on the boat recognized it very well and immediately raised their shields.
Two shots were not released in vain. Guan Dachuan wanted this effect. After the enemy raised his shield, his vision was blocked, and Guan Dachuan's goal was achieved.
Soon, Lin Ji, the pole holder on the left, pushed a small mine out of the boat. With Guan Dachuan's "release", Lin Jifei quickly pushed the pole out of the pole. Through the lookout window, Guan Dachuan saw that the mine only showed a little black back and rushed towards the enemy ship like a black fish.
But at this moment, the noise of the hot ball engine on the right suddenly became dull. Damn, what's the situation! At the same time, the speedboat's heading rapidly deflected to the right, and it was broken!
"Quick! Pull the line and explode!"
Lin Ji followed the order and pulled the line suddenly, and the mine exploded.
I felt a shaking in the speedboat, but it was just a shaking. This is the best thing about the catamaran. The structure of the two ships makes the hull much more stable than that of the monohull, and its resistance to "waves" is not ordinary. Looking ahead, the small boat has been overturned, the bottom of the boat is facing the sky, the stern of the boat was completely blown up, and the original board was restored to wooden boards and firewood, and the tail rudder is even more unknown. The ship is finished.
I was lucky. I was going to blow the middle of the boat, but the course deviated and hit the tail. The effect was slightly inferior, but it was enough.
"It can be blown up two pieces at a time, but why did it hit the butt of the boat!" Erbao vented his dissatisfaction and expressed deep regret for the explosion effect.
When Lin Ji heard this, he was unhappy and immediately said:
"I just went to the butt of the ship, and I would like to blow it up. In my opinion, if I want to blow it up, I have to blow it up. Even if it doesn't explode or overturn, after the rudder is blown away, it will at least not be able to turn, right?"
"What's the noise?" Guan Dachuan was very dissatisfied with blowing up an enemy boat. However, there was a problem with the hot ball engine on the right, which was worrying. Cui Jin, who was in charge of waiting for the hot ball engine, was at a loss for the hot ball engine. Originally, two hot ball machines drove two propellers, so he could run a stunning highway at sea. Now that the one on the right is stopped, the speed advantage is not so obvious, and the combat power will be greatly reduced.
"Erbao, go down and see if the propeller is entangled with something."
Erbao was the owner of the ship who specialized in groceries. When he was instructed by Guan Dachuan, Erbao never bargained. He took off his clothes in a few seconds and climbed down from the hole where the torpedo was cast in the middle. After a while, Erbao climbed up and shouted, "Okay, brother-in-law--oh, the captain is indeed wise. He really entangled the propeller with a broken fishing net. Now it's okay."
Soon, the engine on the right resumed work, the noise in the cabin increased again, and Guan Dachuan's fighting spirit also increased again.
"Now, let's go blow up that big ship."
Aren't you afraid of blowing up your own ship that was entangled with that big ship? The observer said he was puzzled, and Erbao didn't understand, so he asked:
"Brother, oh, captain, that, isn't that wrong?"
"Don't worry, I just exploded the boat. Lin Ji's words reminded me that we should use a small mine to blow up the stern rudder of the big ship first, so that the big ship could not be entangled with our big ship again. Then, we will use a torpedo to explode it." The small mine is not powerful, and it is still certain to blow up the tail rudder. This mine is pushed with a six-meter-long pole, and it is six meters away, which just prevents the speedboat from being affected by underwater explosions.
"Yes, why didn't I expect it!" Erbao was not idle, scratching his head with his hands, looking admiring. Lin Ji thought to himself, "What's your IQ?" In terms of reading ability on the battlefield, we are really not bragging, we are much better than your Erbao. Of course, the captain Guan is still a little better than me.
The next moment, the speedboat rushed towards the tail of the Japanese ship. When it was about fifty meters, Guan Dachuan ordered:
"Prepare the smoke bomb, I count three times, one, two, three, release!"
The "performance" performance of Mao's smoke bomb is very average, but Guan Dachuan already thinks that this magical smoke bomb is already very powerful. To get closer to the big ship, the smoke tactics must be used.
Under the cover of smoke, Lin Ji, a small mine professional, skillfully used a pole to push out the mine. When the mine was almost at the stern, Lin Ji suddenly pulled the long pull rope, and the mine exploded at the stern. While shaking, Guan Dachuan saw a hole in the stern of the ship, and the sea water was pouring into it, and the tail rudder had turned into a wooden piece and floated on the sea surface. After this explosion, the Japanese ship was immediately taken off by Han Huanzhang's ship, and the next moment, it was thrown away.
The speedboat quickly circled around, then pointed the direction towards the head of the Japanese ship and began to accelerate. Seeing four black smoke coming out of the speedboat, the sea's vision became blurred. This was the smoke preparation before the attack, and this time it was still done the same.
In the cabin, a "torpedo" is already in the position of firing. The lower part of the "torpedo" is rounded, and the shape of the upper part is specially designed to look like a big fish's back. Its color is painted black. This thing weighs 120 kilograms, and the shell is made of wood. It uses compressed air as a power. The piston connecting rod crankshaft mechanism is actually a miniature version of the steam engine. When the compressed air is released, it drives the live
The plug-in linking rod crankshaft mechanism then drives the propeller to rotate, and the torpedo gains power. Since the pressure of the compressed air is not high enough, its "fire" range is only 60 meters, which is the maximum "fire" range that can be achieved by the speedboat's initial speed of fifteen knots. As for its first "drug", in addition to the black/fire "drug", it is also mixed with potassium chlorate. The power of the torpedo in later generations is certainly different, but in this era, the power of the explosion is already extraordinary.
"Open the air valve and prepare! One, two, three, release!" Guan Dachuan was very excited, and the sound of the sound of the hot ball machine seemed particularly high.
The torpedo sinks into the water from the V-shaped groove in the cabin. The propeller that had already started to rotate pushed the torpedo up the speed, and then passed through the bottom of the middle deck of the speedboat and rushed towards the enemy ship. At this time, the torpedo only showed a small amount of back. If you don't pay attention carefully, it looks like a big fish swimming. It has no deep-dependence mechanism. It just relies on buoyancy to keep the back slightly exposed, and with a bunch of blisters, it rushed straight to the enemy ship.
Due to the influence of the smoke, the people on the Japanese ship did not notice the torpedo that was "forcing" in a semi-submersible posture. When the speedboat fired the smoke, the people on the Japanese ship realized that this should be another new attack. However, after the speedboat approached thirty meters, they suddenly turned a sharp turn, and the speedboat rushed back under the cover of the smoke. The people on the ship thought that the attack was still at the tail. It seemed that this was the rhythm of attacking while the iron was hot and blowing the stern completely. Well, needless to say, it must be like this!
What's going on! Why did the speedboat suddenly run away again? What are you doing! Isn't this playing with people?
Just as the Japanese on the boat felt relieved, there was a loud bang, and the hull under the seat suddenly rushed up, and then their bodies flew out one by one.
Everyone in the speedboat felt a huge shock. The tail of the speedboat jumped high. Erbao's forehead hit the wooden board in the cabin heavily, screaming in pain, and others were not relaxed.
The observer then shouted madly:
"Look, look, the big ship of the little Japanese was blown into a piece of wood. Oh! My mother! A huge big ship was blown into this way!"...
Chapter completed!