Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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With Hilde's order, the sails of the ten armed merchant ships were all raised, and they headed towards the port at high speed.

Standing on the port, Zhao Wen looked at the ten armed merchant ships rushing towards this side, and shouted to the orderly behind him: "Send me an order, tell everyone not to attack first, let them in first."

The messenger standing behind Zhao Wen rushed up to the watchtower that had already been built, and conveyed Zhao Wen's news to Zhao Daniu, Song Hu and Mao Chengzuo.

"My lord has a life, don't open fire yet, everyone just wait and see what happens."

After Zhao Daniu received Zhao Wen's order, he shouted at the soldiers around him, and at the same time asked the messenger to convey the order to other treasure ships.

Mao Chengzuo and Song Hu also conveyed Zhao Wen's order.

Soldiers on the five treasure ships, two defensive positions and ten coastal defense artillery batteries quietly watched the ten armed merchant ships approaching the port.

"You can't defeat them all at once. If you attack too violently, maybe this group of people will be scared away."

Zhao Wen held up his binoculars and looked at the ten armed merchant ships approaching, muttering in a low voice.

The ten armed merchant ships were getting closer and closer, less than two miles away from the port.

Zhao Wen looked at the ten armed merchant ships approaching, and said to the messenger behind him: "Send the order, let the treasure ship Yangwei fire, remember, you can only let the treasure ship Yangwei fire, and you can't attack with all your strength. Slow down for me."

After a few breaths, Zhao Daniu received Zhao Wen's order.

Zhao Daniu held up the binoculars and looked at the ten armed merchant ships in front of him, and shouted loudly: "The treasure ship Yangwei fires once every 107 breaths. Don't fire the [-] rockets on the ship. This thing fires too fast and is not suitable."

When Zhao Daniu received Zhao Wen's order, Hilde also issued an order.

He looked at the treasure ship lying in front of him, and shouted to the messenger behind him: "Turn all the warships sideways for me, and attack me violently with the side of the ship."

With Hilde's order, the ten armed merchant ships began to slow down and turned the ships sideways.

"Fire!"

Hilde looked at the five treasure ships ahead and shouted loudly.

Although the number of cannons on armed merchant ships is not many, they are still around twenty.

There are ten cannons under each ship's side.

The artillery on the side facing the treasure ship adds up to a hundred artillery pieces.

Although these artillery are all traditional artillery of this era, the range of two miles can still be achieved.

When Hilde's order was given, the artillery of ten armed merchant ships began to fire.

"Bang bang bang!"

More than 100 solid shells flew towards the treasure ship.

The solid shells roared towards the treasure ship.

Although the artillery of this era was poorly aimed, the treasure ships were very large, and with five treasure ships lying side by side, the chances of being shot were higher.

Nearly twenty of the more than 100 shells hit the treasure ship.

However, the treasure ship was huge, and these twenty shells hit the treasure ship like tickling, and did not cause substantial damage.

"Fire!"

Zhao Daniu looked at the armed merchant ship that had already opened fire, and shouted loudly towards the front.

As soon as the words fell, the 120 mortars and 40 guns on the treasure ship Yangwei under Zhao Daniu flew towards the ten armed merchant ships.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Mortar shells and 40-fire rockets flew forward continuously with the sound of breaking through the air.

"Oh!"

A mortar shell landed on the deck of an armed merchant ship.

The moment it landed on it, the mortar shells exploded.

The fragments produced by the violent explosion swept away like a gust of wind and showers.

Knock down the Red Barbarians around the deck.

"Puff puff!"

The sound of fragments piercing into flesh sounded one after another, and the blood of the Hongyi soldiers on the deck kept bubbling out.

Not long after the Yangwei treasure ship attacked, the ten armed merchant ships became scarred, and two of them had begun to sink.

Hilde wiped off the sweat on his face, and shouted behind him with a loud voice: "The goal has been achieved, retreat!"

The ten armed merchant ships fled towards the rear like rabbits.

Zhao Wen watched this scene and shouted: "Stop attacking, let them go."

A few quarters of an hour later, Hilde returned to the fleet with the remaining armed merchant ships.

Hilde himself also changed a boat and headed for Cohen's flagship.

After a little effort, Hilde came to the flagship where Cohen was.

Cohen looked at Hilde, who was covered in water and was still stained with blood, and asked in a deep voice, "What do you think?"

Just now, Cohen had already seen all this scene in his eyes.

To be honest, the weapons on these huge ships are really powerful.

The power of these artillery is indeed powerful.

Hilde said: "Your Excellency, it seems that only one ship fired back at me, and the other ships did not attack.

But looking at their attack density, this kind of firepower is still within my tolerance. "

The artillery fire on the treasure ship Yangwei did not attack at all, and there was only one Yangwei, so it seemed that the attack density was not too high, and only two armed merchant ships were sunk.

But if the firepower is fully fired, few of these ten armed merchant ships can survive.

Cohen nodded, although he couldn't see how many cannons were on those big ships.

But with such a big ship, there must be a lot of artillery that can be installed.

But judging from the effect just now, the attack density of this big ship is not high.

"It seems that these smart people are not good at manipulating artillery. The attack density is too low." There was a hint of mockery on Cohen's face.

"However, Your Excellency Governor, just now, we were only attacked by one big ship, and the other four ships did not attack." Hilde hurriedly reminded.

Cohen laughed loudly when he heard the words, and he said conceitedly: "What does this mean? It means that these Ming people don't have enough artillery. Except for the artillery on the port, they can only install artillery on one ship." .

If not, they would have attacked with all their strength just now.It now appears that, except for the ship that fought back, all the other ships made up the numbers. "

"But Your Excellency Governor, there are still a lot of artillery on the port." When Hilde was attacking, he saw the artillery near the port through the binoculars, and hurriedly reminded.

"Can those things be called artillery? Can those palm-sized things be called artillery?" Cohen said sarcastically.

The artillery of this era, especially artillery such as coastal defense artillery and naval artillery, are all bulky artillery.

And Zhao Wen's artillery is much smaller than the artillery of this era in terms of volume and shape.

Therefore, Cohen did not put those artillery in his eyes.

"Quality is not equal to quantity. If the artillery of these Ming people is really powerful, then there is no need to deploy so many artillery.

The more artillery they deploy, the more guilty they are.I really can't imagine how a backward eastern empire can produce artillery that is more powerful than ours?

Besides, if their artillery is really powerful, why didn't the artillery on the port attack you just now?Presumably the range of those artillery pieces is not enough, otherwise, how could they not fire? "

Cohen couldn't help but despise Zhao Wen's cannons.

Indeed, Hongyi of this era was able to conquer so many places thanks to their powerful navy and powerful artillery.

If the Eastern Empire is really so powerful, why can they still occupy the city of Zeelandia?

If their weapons were really powerful, places such as Java and Luzon, which were close to the Eastern Empire, had already been occupied by the Eastern Empire, so how could they be occupied?

Hongyi's strength and invincibility on the sea have covered Cohen's eyes. In Cohen's eyes, Hongyi's strength is the most powerful.

"Okay, don't talk anymore. Your formation is seriously damaged, so you don't want to participate in the next battle." Cohen waved his hand at Hilde, and then shouted at the orderly behind him: "Pass me Order, when the sun rises to the sky, let all armed merchant ships rush to the port.

This time I'm going to deliver a devastating shelling of the port, crushing their forces completely. "

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Chapter 320 The Collapsed Cohen

The sun gradually rose, and it didn't take long for it to reach the sky.

The hottest time of the day is approaching.

Except for the armed merchant ship led by Hilde, all other armed merchant ships have been assembled, raised their sails, and launched a mighty attack towards the port.

In this attack, Cohen did not let these armed merchant ships attack all at once, but adopted a triangular attack method, rushing forward like an awl.

Each small formation forms a triangle, and these triangles finally form a large triangle.

Cohen led twenty third-class sailing battleships at the rear.

Zhao Wen looked at the mighty fleet coming towards us through the binoculars, with a smile on his face.

"Pass down the order to launch an attack when the enemy ships are within two miles. This time I will eat them all."

Zhao Wen shouted to the orderly behind him.

After receiving Zhao Wen's order, the messenger hurriedly climbed to the watchtower on the port to convey Zhao Wen's order.

All of a sudden, the port, the two defensive positions, and the soldiers on the treasure ship all moved.

The air became heavy.

The sea breeze blew on the sails, continuously reducing the distance between the armed merchant ship and the port.

Finally, the armed merchant ship at the front came to a position two miles away from the port.

This position is the best firing point for the artillery on the armed merchant ship.

In this position, these armed merchant ships can be deployed better, and the artillery on them can also attack the port, and it can also guarantee a certain degree of accuracy.

Zhao Wen looked at the armed merchant ship in front of him and shouted loudly: "Attack with all your strength, leave no room, attack with all your strength."

The messenger standing on the watchtower hurriedly passed on Zhao Wen's order.

The armed merchant ship at the forefront has already begun to turn the ship sideways, aiming its artillery at the five treasure ships floating in the port.

Cohen looked at about [-] armed merchant ships approaching in front of him, his face was full of excitement.

"Okay, pass on my order, give me a full attack, first aim at the five big ships in front, and sink them first."

Cohen pointed to the five treasure ships ahead, and shouted to the orderly behind him.

At this time, Zhao Daniu, Song Hu and Mao Chengzuo also received Zhao Wen's attack order.

Song Hu stood at the forefront of the defensive position on the north side of the port. He looked at the armed merchant ship in front of him, pulled out the long knife from his waist, pointed forward, and shouted: "Give me a full attack!"

There were ten cannon-howitzers on each of the north and south defensive positions.

After hearing Song Hu's order, the gunners who were manipulating these cannon howitzers on the defensive position in the north hurriedly loaded ammunition into them.

After a few breaths, the barrels of the ten cannon howitzers shook suddenly, and the shells weighing 45 kilograms roared towards the armed merchant ship ahead.

In addition to the ten cannon howitzers, the shells of the 120 mortars and the 107 rockets also fell forward.

Not only Song Hu's defensive position, but also the ten coastal defense artillery batteries commanded by Mao Chengzuo, Zhao Daniu, and Zhao Wen kept spitting out flames and shooting shells forward.

After a few breaths, one after another explosions sounded in the fleet of armed merchant ships.

All of a sudden, flames erupted, and the fragments produced after the explosion swept away in all directions.

Cohen stood on the deck of the flagship, his expression changed drastically as he watched the scene in front of him.

"How did this happen? Why did this happen?"

Cohen held up the binoculars, his face full of horror.

He never expected that these Ming people were so powerful.

The artillery power in their hands is so powerful.

A 152mm high-explosive shell fired from a cannon howitzer landed on the deck of an armed merchant ship.

The powerful explosion directly blasted the merchant ship in half.