Chapter 1001: What we fight with you is human life!

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The Hu Ben Navy took the lead in firing artillery, and of course the Dutch Navy was not to be outdone. The shells of both sides fired back and forth on the sea surface. The sea surface, which had been calm for less than half an hour, boiled again. The recoil generated by the shelling surged waves after wave, constantly expanding around. The warships of both sides were gradually shrouded in white smoke.

In the continuous artillery attacks, the distance between the two sides was shortened to about 300 meters. The warships of the Hu Ben Navy were in the north and the warships of the Dutch Navy were in the south. The wind direction at that time was the southeast wind. In terms of the wind direction, the Dutch Navy occupied a certain advantage. The ocean currents at that time were slowly surging from the south to the north. In terms of the ocean currents, the Dutch Navy also had a certain advantage.

However, the Dutch were unable to take advantage of the upwind and ocean currents because they had no chance to develop the T-shaped tactics. The warships of the Tiger Ben Army Navy were arranged quite rigorously. If the Dutch Navy wanted to launch the T-shaped tactics, they had to move first. During the movement, they were very likely to be attacked by the Tiger Ben Army Navy.

Originally, the T-shaped tactic is the tactic of mobile warfare. If the Hu Ben Navy arrived during the day, the Dutch Navy might have adopted such tactics. However, the Hu Ben Navy arrived at night. At dawn, the queues of both sides had been fixed. In this case, there is only the choice of conducting artillery battles in a regular manner.

The warship with the largest tonnage owned by the Hu Ben Navy is the Dragon God Ship with a displacement of about 600 tons, which is loaded with 16 red-clothed cannons with a caliber of 120 mm. The warship with the largest tonnage owned by the Dutch Navy is the fourth-class ship with a displacement of about 1,200 tons, and the caliber of the artillery is also about 120 mm.

The Western powers called this caliber artillery forty-pound cannon. As the name suggests, it is a solid bullet fired, weighing about 40 pounds (about 36 pounds). The destructive power of this weight is imaginable after being fired from the barrel. If the place where it is hit is not blocked by thick raw cowhide, a hole will definitely be made.

This is the real cannon fight.

At a distance of 300 meters, the hit rate of the shells will greatly increase. The destructive power of the shells will also reach the best state. This is the cannon of the Hu Ben Army Navy, and the same is true for the cannons of the Dutch Navy. It can be said that in terms of the power of the cannons, the two sides fighting are equal. The factor that determines victory has nothing to do with the cannons.

In the raging artillery fire, solid bullets can directly hit the side, causing substantial damage to the warship. Chain bullets can rage wildly, tearing up the sails and cutting off the masts. Grape bullets can fall overwhelmingly and knock down all unprotected sailors. No matter what kind of shells the enemy fires, it is definitely a tragedy if the human body is hit.

It can be said that at such a close distance, both warships on both sides will suffer considerable damage. The masts, sails, and sail handlers are the most dangerous shooting targets. The side of the ship is also the main attack place for solid bullets. If you are very lucky, you will be directly penetrated into the side, causing a large amount of sea water to pour in. There are also examples of the final shipwreck.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

Amid the continuous sound of artillery, several sword-toothed ships of the Hu Ben Navy suffered heavy damage on the side and had to temporarily withdraw from the battle. Similarly, on the Dutch, there were also five-class and six-class ships that were severely damaged and needed to withdraw from the battle. As the artillery continued, more and more warships on both sides withdrew from the battle.

It is no longer meaningful to describe the details of the naval battle. Whether it is Bluffhead or Li Jicheng, they are concerned about the result of the battle. They are not interested in the process of the battle or the casualties of personnel. Every warship and every personnel, at this special time, is just a cold number.

For two evenly matched fleets, it is basically impossible to decide the outcome of such a battle. The battle is completely the speed of loss between the two sides and the ability to withstand losses. The damage speed of warships is something that everyone pays more attention to. Whenever a warship exits the battlefield, the combat effectiveness of the side will definitely be affected.

However, the withdrawal of warships is not the most fatal. The damage to personnel is the most fatal. In the era without TNT explosives, naval battles are still mainly about killing people. When bullets are flying, the casualties of sailors also rise sharply. Once there is no one, even if the warship is still intact, what's the use?

The artillery art of the Hu Ben Navy is actually very monotonous. Whether it is the red cannon or the flying dragon cannon, all the grape bullets were fired. The chain bullets and solid bullets were temporarily cancelled. The grape bullets of the large cannons were like raindrops, and they were shot at the Dutch fleet. For a moment, the entire sky was covered with black marbles.

The Dutch warships were completely covered by grape bombs, and there was no possibility of avoiding them. Anyone who was exposed was definitely baptized by marbles. Especially their sailors had almost no chance of avoiding them. The only thing they could pray for was God. However, it may be that there were too many people praying for God and God was too busy. So, the people who were hit by the marbles were like ripe persimmons, falling down one after another.

The Dutch Navy launched mainly chain bombs, mainly to severely damage the warships of the Tiger Ben Navy. This is a very traditional combat method. As long as the opponent's mast and sail are knocked out, the next thing will be easier. In the past, the Dutch Navy relied on such combat methods to achieve continuous victories.

One by one, the chain bombs drew crooked trajectories in the sky and smashed towards the warships of the Hu Ben Army. In the terrifying sound, the warships of the Hu Ben Army were constantly torn apart by the sails or the masts were cut off. As for casualties, it was naturally no problem. As long as the chain bombs passed by, they were in a mess.

Whether it is the Hu Ben Navy or the Dutch Navy, the sailors who were hit by various shells made very short screams. They had no more time and made longer screams. Even if someone didn't even have the chance to scream, they had already returned to heaven. Everyone in the artillery fire, including Bluffhead and Li Jicheng, could not guarantee that they would be able to survive until the end of the battle.

"ah!"

"puff!"

Such voices kept coming from the Dutch warships.

These were the sounds made by those who were hit by the sailboats, constantly falling from high places and falling hard on the deck. The marbles of the Hu Ben Navy were indeed too dense, and the sailboats on the masts had no chance of survival. After even the marbles came down, most of the Dutch warships had empty masts, and there was no one.

The sailors responsible for cleaning the decks also suffered heavy casualties. Most of the Dutch warships were covered with sailors' corpses. In some places, the bodies of sailors even overlapped. Marbles as big as thumbs were rolling back and forth in pools of blood. Many corpses were covered with such small marbles.

The originally dark black iron marbles turned dark red after being stained with blood, which looked quite weird. Sometimes the deck swayed, and a series of marbles fell into the sea and would splash out rhythmic waves. The marbles collided with each other, making a crisp sound similar to the impact of glass balls.

Major General Bluffhead's flagship, the sailors were also quite injured. His flagship was a fourth-class ship with a displacement of 1,200 tons, with more than 300 sailors. After the battle lasted for a period of time, more than 50 sailors were killed and killed. Most of them were sailors and deck masters. The spare sailors and deck masters were constantly drawn out to make up for the vacancies. As a result, they also suffered continuous casualties.

In a short time, Bluffhead's flagship had no spare sailboats. Without sailboats, the warships could not be effectively controlled. Therefore, no matter how serious the casualties were, someone had to take over. Without professional sailboats, they could only use ordinary sailboats instead. Unless all the sailboats were killed.

During the battle, Bluffhead ordered a rough count of casualties, but was surprised to find that the casualties of the Dutch fleet had exceeded 1,300 sailors. On average, the casualties of each warship were about 30. The larger the warship, the more casualties there were. This was his flagship.

"One thousand three hundred people?"

"How could so many?"

Major General Bluffhead was truly shocked.

God, such casualties are like fighting against the Spaniards! Even if they are fighting against the Spaniards, there seems to be no casualties for so many people! This is human life! Not anything else!

In fact, there is no need to make a fuss about Bluffhead. On the side of the Tiger Ben Navy, the sailors may have more casualties. The Dutch artillery fire was not covered. The Dutch, who could become the overlord of the ocean, did have their own skills in naval battles. However, the two sides' ability to withstand deaths was completely different.

For the Hu Ben Army, the casualties of 1,000 or more people are simply ignored. In the wars in the Eastern Kingdoms, tens of thousands of people will die in a random border conflict, let alone large-scale wars. Even a civil strife will die in tens of millions. What is the point of death of a few hundred people? Is two children fighting in a group?

However, for the Dutch, the casualties of more than 1,000 or even hundreds of people were already a little distressed. Europe was not large in population, and the scale of the war could not be too large. If a war was killed or injured tens of thousands of people in a war, it would be a war of a considerable scale. As for a war of 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands, it can definitely be called a world war.

"Tiger Army..."

Major General Bluffhead held the sword and almost bit his lip.

He felt that his stomach seemed to be spasm. This was the most painful feeling. He also felt that the Hu Ben Navy was not fighting at all, but trying to die with them. The Hu Ben Navy did not take human lives seriously.

This is a bunch of lunatics!

A group of unreasonable madmen!

...

That's right, Li Jicheng's strategy is to put it to death and live.

Isn’t the Dutch’s shelling technique very strong? Isn’t the accuracy very high? If we don’t compete with you, I will fight you to death! I don’t care about anything else, just hit your sailors and your sailboats until you can’t bear the casualties!

Such tactics are very cruel and cruel. They are also quite unkind to the sailors. They are humans, not objects, not objects that can be abandoned at any time. However, this is the fastest way for the Tiger Army Navy to defeat the Dutch. Only this is the most deadly weakness of the Dutch.

Perhaps, only Ming people in the world can compete with such tactics. The Hu Ben Army will not feel heartbroken strategically, the Hu Ben Army will not feel heartbroken at all. The number of posts that were missing in this battle will be replenished immediately after returning to the port to replenish rest. The Hu Ben Army will never be short of reserve troops.

The Ming Dynasty lost millions of people in Liaodong. The Ming army who died in battle or surrendered would have more than 500,000. If these 500,000 sailors were placed on the sea, they would definitely sweep the oceans of the whole world. Not to mention the tens of millions of people who died due to civil strife in Shaanxi. Tens of millions of people were placed on the sea. What does that mean?

Let’s calculate it based on the sailors needed by the Dragon God Ship. The standard configuration of the Dragon God Ship is 240 crew members. If the configuration is enhanced, it is 360. Ten million sailors can standard configuration of more than 40,000 Dragon God Ship. What is that concept? I’m afraid even Zhang Zhun himself can’t think of it.

The British once classified battleships in detail. Among them, the highest-level one was the first-class ship, with a displacement of about 2,500-3,500 tons, three decks, and more than one hundred large-caliber artillery pieces, with a capacity of about 900 people. According to the equipment of the first-class ships, the Tiger Army Navy can easily meet the needs of sailors of one thousand first-class ships.

What does it mean to have a thousand super-large warships? At its heyday, the British Navy had only a dozen such super-large warships. If the Hu Ben Army had 100 ships and dominated the world, it would be no problem.

What is the biggest resource advantage of the Hu Ben Army? Of course it is human power! The human resources of the Hu Ben Army are endless! When the battle is the most cruel, the Hu Ben Army must give full play to this resource advantage to the extreme!

As long as the casualties ratio of both sides hovered around 1:1, no matter who came to provoke, the Hu Ben Army could be with him to the end! With the population base of Ming Dynasty, even if the population of the entire Europe rushed over, the Hu Ben Army was not afraid of it.

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Half an hour passed, and the fierce artillery battle continued. From the perspective of the bystander Zheng's fleet, they could no longer see the details of the artillery bombardment. A large amount of gunpowders enveloped the entire battlefield. Only the firelight from the muzzle could be vaguely seen. The two sides in the war were probably relying on experience to shoot.

Zheng Zhilong's face was quite complicated. The powerful combat power of the Hu Ben Navy made him feel completely convinced. At the same time, he began to worry about the fate of the Hu Ben Navy. Due to his inertial psychological thinking, Zheng Zhilong always felt that the Hu Ben Navy had no chance to defeat the Dutch. The final victory still belonged to the Dutch Navy.

Since the navy of the Western powers continued to arrive in the East Asian sea, the Zheng family fleet has dealt with them all and has a certain understanding of their strength. Zheng Zhilong has enough reason to believe that the current Hu Ben Navy is not an opponent of the Dutch. The Dutch have even defeated the Spanish. No matter how strong the Hu Ben Navy is, it is not as strong as the Spanish fleet, right?

In fact, Zheng Zhilong's guess was incorrect. At this time, Bluffhead felt a little unable to bear it. Nothing else, the sailors suffered heavy casualties. The Dutch's warship losses were not much compared to the Tiger Army. However, the sailors' casualties made Bluffhead feel a suffocating feeling.

The large-caliber artillery used by the Hu Ben Navy was all shooting grape bullets. This was an abnormal tactic, a depressing tactic. Because there was basically no need to aim, the dense marbles enveloped all the Dutch warships. The Dutch sailors were killed and injured by such shameless and frustrated tactics.

Such tactics also appropriately covered up the gap in artillery art by the Tiger Ben Navy, which led to the Dutch a bit of a heroic useless place. Although the Dutch killed many Tiger Ben Navy sailors and forced many Tiger Ben Army warships to withdraw from the battle, the Dutch themselves were already scarred.

People with inaccurate marksmanship and people with inaccurate marksmanship will face off against people with inaccurate marksmanship. If they use sniper rifles, they will immediately argue. However, if both sides use shotguns at close range, it depends on luck. For the Hu Ben Navy, firing grape bullets is firing shotguns.

Rear Admiral Bluffhead is definitely not a fool. A fool cannot appear here. He quickly understood the strategic intentions of the Hu Ben Navy. He deeply despised the strategic policies of the Hu Ben Navy, but felt a deep sense of powerlessness. Competing with the Ming people with population resources is simply too fatal.

From far away Europe to the sea of ​​East Asia, no general had no knowledge of the Ming Congress at all. Bluffhead knew very well that the Ming Dynasty was a terrible behemoth. It had the vast territory and the richest population resources. It was a total suicide to fight for population with such a big country.

Another half an hour passed, and the sailors had been drawn on Bluffhead's flagship. If the sailors were continued to be drawn, the power of the artillery fire would be seriously affected. Due to the large number of sailor casualties, the morale of the Dutch was a little unsustainable. Obviously, the battle could not continue like this.

"Your Excellency Commander..."

A staff officer said carefully.
Chapter completed!