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Bang!
Just as Plummer closed his mouth, the small warship in front was instantly smashed into pieces by the falling shells. As the hull fell apart, all kinds of fragments splashed rapidly along with the rumbling of cannons and wailing sounds all around. Plummer's mouth, which had just closed, seemed to be blown open, and his eyes were bloodshot.
He never knew that his small warship was so fragile, so vulnerable, like paper. Just a whistling shell directly broke the warship into two pieces, and then the front and back parts instantly scattered and turned into pieces of broken wooden boards.
Not many soldiers on the ship were actually killed. Most of them were blown into the sea, and their lives or deaths were unknown.
The small warship in front of Pramor was just one of many unlucky warships. Two hundred steps away, the Qin army's warships were still spewing flames, and the rumbling sound of the cannons was like the roar of the gods, deafening. Countless shells, like a meteor shower, came from the sky and densely hit the Mughal Empire Navy warships.
The cold moon was in the sky, cumulus clouds were flying, and the sea was pounded by the shells like a violent storm, with countless water columns rising and splashing, just like a dragon in the sea tumbling and rolling up the raging waves.
Under such violent attack, the sails and oars of more than 200 warships of Plummer were broken, the warships were tilted, and wood fragments flew everywhere. Some warships that were sailing with the wind and waves rushed around in panic and collided violently with friendly ships, making a huge crash.
The smaller ships were directly knocked over and all the soldiers were thrown under the hull, the scene was tragic.
In the distance, cannons roared. In the near distance, waves roared and screams were heard. The scene was so tragic that even the devil would be scared out of his wits. Not to mention Plummer. His flagship was lucky not to be hit, but he had not issued a single effective command since the Qin army opened fire. He seemed to be stunned.
If Ke Chenshu had known that an enemy charging straight at him could be so easily frightened, he would definitely not have let his bastards fire so fiercely.
At this moment, the Qin army's artillery was still roaring, and tongues of fire were constantly spitting out, forming an extremely spectacular wall of fire on the sea. The thick smoke was blown away by the sea breeze and quickly dissipated. Gao Zhao kept roaring, and his throat was almost broken.
He could hardly believe his eyes, because hundreds of enemy ships did not slow down or escape under their torrential bombardment, but continued to rush forward with the wind.
"How can this be?"
"How can this be... ... .."
Gao Zhao wiped the sweat off his forehead and muttered to himself, he didn't know he was facing such a fierce attack. With such heavy casualties, he still dared to rush forward without hesitation.
I really underestimated the Mughal Navy before. I didn't expect them to be so brave and ready to die.
Gao Zhao stared at the enemy warships that were approaching. He shouted, "Fire!" Gunner Chen Yang and others ran back and forth, shouting and yelling. The cabin was in chaos. Shells were brought in, loaded into the guns, and fired.
The incessant roar made people's eardrums hurt and everyone's hands and feet were numb from exhaustion. Little did they know that Asan was not brave but was driven silly by the explosion. Most of the warships were just rushing forward with the wind and it was not the intention of the enemies on board at all.
"Change the shotgun shells! Change the shotgun shells quickly! Blast him!!..."
Gao Zhao's face was covered in gunpowder smoke, and he looked like a ghost. He was enraged by the enemy's "bravery" and rushed forward to load and shoot. He just couldn't believe it. You bastards are not afraid of artillery shells... ...
The next scene was even more terrifying. Many of the Qin army's artillery pieces were equipped with shotgun shells. Bucketfuls of marbles were poured into the barrels, and then spurted out with tongues of fire, forming a thrilling barrage of bullets that covered the sky and the earth.
Most of the Mughal warships had already rushed to the point within a hundred steps. A terrifying barrage of bullets was fired at them head-on. Countless marbles made a piercing scream, like a storm suddenly sweeping in, hitting the hull densely, making bursts of crackling sounds.
The Mughal soldiers on the ship were like ants in a rainstorm, with no escape or evasion. Some were hit in the chest and abdomen by the collective marbles, and were covered in blood. Some were also knocked flying by the powerful blows. Some had their entire heads shot out, and blood was flying everywhere; some had their limbs and hands shot through, and they rolled over and howled while holding their broken limbs, and their cries sounded like the cries of evil spirits... ... ..
This was a scene of hell on earth, and even Vernado, who was far away, was shocked. Like Qin Jun, he could hardly believe his eyes;
Vernado used to think he had a deep understanding of the fighting spirit of the Mughal Navy. He never expected that Pramor would be so brave and fearless, and he even felt very ashamed of his previous views.
Closer and closer, no matter how powerful the Qin army's firepower is, it is impossible to sink more than 200 Mughal Navy warships on the way of charge. Vernado looked at the remaining more than 100 warships of the Mughal Navy, which were about to crash into the Qin army's battle line, and he couldn't help feeling a mixture of surprise and joy.
This was exactly what he expected. The Qin army had only more than 20 warships. If half of them were intercepted by the Mughal Navy warships, the warships in front would either abandon the intercepted friendly ships behind or be dragged down as well, allowing him to grab a perfect T-shaped crosshead.
The development of the war has completely exceeded Venaldo's expectations. He regretted it a little. If he had known this, he would never have left the thirty most elite warships of Akidni. At this time, if those thirty warships joined the decisive battle, they might even annihilate all the warships of the Qin army.
Faster! Faster!
Vernado listened to the cannon fire in the distance and looked at the "brave" Mughal navy warships that were about to crash into the Qin army's battle line. He wished that the warships under his feet could fly up, immediately get ahead of the Qin army, and then draw a crescent-shaped arc to the east to hit the Qin army head-on... ... ...
On the huge treasure ship, Ke Chenshu's face was tense and his eyes were as cold as a sword.
Although the enemy's "bravery" far exceeded his expectations, up to now, his eyes had not lingered on the Muwoer fleet that was rushing towards him without any formation.
Through the dense smoke and the dark night, he had been paying attention to the movements of the Dutch. He knew very well that they were his real enemies.
The Dutch were two miles away, keeping parallel to them. It was obvious that the Dutch wanted to take advantage of the Mughal navy delaying them, rush ahead, and then deliver a heavy blow.
At this time, Ke Chenshu's fleet was still sailing towards the northeast. If he continued to maintain this course, the warships behind him would fall behind once they were rushed in by the Mughal warships.
If he turned to the northwest, he could have truly completed a perfect "T" cross section and dealt a devastating blow to the Mughal fleet (the horizontal section of the T-shaped cross section in naval battles is not a straight line, but a circular arc similar to a diameter. Only in this way can the artillery of all warships be concentrated to attack the enemy ships that are rushing up.)
But turning northwest could form a perfect T-shaped crosshead, but on the other hand, it also gave the Dutch who were sailing parallel a T-shaped crosshead.
If Ke Chenshu ordered a turn to the southeast, he could avoid the attack from the Dutch, but the warships entangled by the Mughal fleet behind him would fall behind.
Because of the unexpected "bravery" of the Mughal fleet, Ke Chenshu was once again put into a dilemma.
Ren Zhong, the deputy chief, could not help but ask, "General Ke, what should we do?"
Ke Chenshu gritted his teeth and looked back to the left.
The Mughal fleet originally had more than 200 large and small warships, and nearly 100 of them had been sunk by being hit or colliding with each other. Such heavy casualties were unprecedented, but the enemy still rushed forward, and with the wind, at an astonishing speed.
Ren Zhong saw that the Dutch were desperately moving forward, and could not help but urge him again: "General Ke, make a decision quickly!"
The wind was coming from the northwest, and the Qin army was heading northwest at the moment, taking advantage of the broadside wind. With just a clipper-type battleship, they could at least increase their speed to ten knots. Not only would the Dutch not be able to overtake them, they would only be quickly overtaken by them, and then they would cross over and seize the T-shaped head.
But at this moment, at the front of the Qin army's battle line were two huge treasure ships. The speed of the treasure ships could not be compared with that of the clipper ships, which slowed down the speed of the entire fleet.
Unless Ke Chenshu ordered all the clipper ships to break away from the battle line headed by the treasure ship, move out diagonally, face the treasure ship, and form a new battle team, otherwise, this passive situation would be difficult to break quickly.
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