I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

"My son understands."

Shang Zhixin learned another trick.

Tiger father has no dog son, it may not be genetic inheritance, it may also be because there is a good teacher one-on-one teaching by words and deeds since childhood.

After Shang Kexi's order was issued, the artillery pieces scattered all over the city were urgently transported to the northwest corner, and then began to bombard the Chinese army.

There are not many of them, just over seventy.

However, this still poses a great threat to the warships of the Chinese army, because the distance between the two sides is too close, and it is easy to hit accurately.

The artillery on both sides sounded, and the artillery of the Chinese army again caused some damage to the enemy's city walls.

If this trend continues, it will take another hour or two to knock down the city wall.

After all, the city wall of this small county is really not thick, nor is it strong.

But just as they were wreaking havoc on the city walls, they were also being ravaged by enemy shells.

A shell hit the deck, killing several Chinese soldiers and causing some damage to the deck.

Another shell was even more ruthless, hitting the draught of Jiangning's hull, denting a part of Jiangning's wooden hull, and some river water had begun to seep into the hull.

Wooden warships with extremely limited defense against solid shells.

The distance between the two sides is close, the kinetic energy loss of the shell is small, and the kinetic energy acting on the ship is naturally more, which is amazing.

"Change shells, change howitzers, and give priority to killing enemy artillery."

Hua Jun's reaction was also quite fast. They immediately gave up the act of bombing the city wall and decided to kill the enemy who could threaten them first.

Suddenly, the ship was in a hurry.

A large number of solid rounds were moved back to the ammunition depot, and howitzer rounds were removed from the ammunition depot.

This took a little time, and in the meantime, another ship was shelled.

However, what followed was the disaster of the Qing army.

A large number of howitzer shells fell on the Qing artillery positions, killing their artillery.

From the artillery positions of the Qing army, there was a scream of misery.

"You are not allowed to retreat. Those who retreat will be killed without amnesty, and there is still a chance of life left behind. Even if they die in battle, their families will be taken care of and given preferential treatment. It's a death both horizontally and vertically, so consider more for your family."

Seeing that the artillerymen started to panic, the people in the supervising team immediately drew out their knives, threatening and threatening them, and talking about big truths on the other.

Coercion and enticing, two-pronged approach, there are still some effects.

Of course, the most important thing is that Shang Kexi has arranged enough supervising teams, so many that the artillerymen can't see any hope of escaping, so they can only insist on gritting their teeth.

The artillery of the Qing army was in great pain, and the Hua army was not so bad either.

Jiangning has already been hit by the second shell, although not in the same position, but the situation of Jiangning is a bit worse.

Both places are flooding, and if they continue, they will sink.

Other ships were also hit to varying degrees.

"Captain, we can't fight like this. We are too disadvantaged. The Jiangning has already been shot and needs to retreat, or if it hits a few more shots, the Jiangning will sink into the water and sink. If the Jiangning sank, we cannot afford this responsibility. ah."

On the main ship, a staff officer said to Liu Wanghai, the naval commander this time.

"However, the order we received was to blow up the enemy's city wall. Now that we are retreating, the army will have opinions."

Another general said that this is also an issue that has to be considered.

"At this time, there is no need to take care of the army. It is important to keep the ship first. The total value of this Jiangning is almost 100,000 taels. If it sinks here, we will all be dismissed. So what if the army is not happy, they still Can you manage us and remove us?"

The chief of staff urged.

A war must be considered a matter of profit. If it is a battle with the enemy's navy, it is not a problem to sink one or two ships, because they can sink more enemy ships and obtain a large enough profit.

And now, the enemy can destroy their expensive ships, they can only destroy the enemy's worthless walls.

This kind of broken city wall can be built by recruiting a few civilians. You don't even need to spend your wages, just take care of your meals.

"Retreat first, go back and think about countermeasures."

Liu Wanghai ordered the entire army to retreat, and Taijiazhuang still had to fight, but he couldn't do it recklessly.

"Hahaha, the so-called Huajun, that's all."

Shang Kexi laughed when he saw Hua Jun retreat on the city wall.

Of course, this kind of laughter is actually fake, in order to build confidence in his subordinates.

Shang Kexi's heart was actually very regretful at this time.

He really hoped that Dahua's navy would not retreat, so it didn't matter if all the artillery was reimbursed, as long as it was able to sink a single ship of the Chinese army.

Moreover, judging from the situation just now, if the Hua army did not withdraw, more than one ship would have sunk.

The shot just lasted less than ten minutes, and a boat in the Chinese army was flooding.

It's a pity, it's really a pity, Shang Kexi sighed in his heart.

If those ships hadn't been blown up and sunk, the loss would not have been great.

Where it was destroyed by shells, just go back to the shipyard for repairs.

It's all made of wood, and it doesn't cost much to repair.

The navy retreated to the temporary dock on the south bank, and then the maintenance workers began to rescue the Jiangning.

Other damaged warships also need to be repaired

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Although the location of damage to other ships is not too important, every part of the ship has its role, and if it is damaged, it will definitely have an impact.

The navy's sudden and disheartened return greatly displeased the army.

The city wall hasn't been knocked down yet, so how can they attack the city?

"Master Liu, why did your department retreat halfway?"

Qian Sule asked.

"The Jiangning is about to sink. If we don't retreat, will we continue to fight? If the ship sinks, will your army pay?"

Liu Wanghai complained that they were full of anger when they ate.

"Master Liu, what you said is going too far. According to what you said, our army has killed so many brothers in battle. Don't those lives have to be compensated by your navy?"

A head of the army immediately started spraying. After all, what Liu Wanghai said was too outrageous.

This battle was fought for Dahua, not the Army, so there is no reason to seek compensation from the Army for battle damage.

"A Jiangning is worth 100,000 taels."

Liu Wanghai said with air.

"Oh, I see, what Mr. Liu means is that the lives of soldiers in our army are cheap and worthless."

The Army men continued to taunt.

"Old Yan, you don't have to put me in a trap, it doesn't make any sense."

In Liu Wanghai's view, the lives of soldiers in the army are definitely not as valuable as the Jiangning. But this kind of words cannot be said or admitted, otherwise the soldiers will definitely have opinions in their hearts.

"Stop arguing, and think about how to solve the problem next."

Qian Sule interrupted their mutual sarcasm. This sarcasm was meaningless.