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Chapter 1425 Hong Xi¡¯s cannon shows its power

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    Duke of Goa.

    Fleet Commander Domingo was on the deck, sending the drunken pirate leaders off the ship.  He folded his hands and clasped his fists according to the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, and repeatedly said some polite words in a weird tone, such as "the reception was not good" and "the uncle is here to play again".

    This was one of the many mistakes Domingo made tonight. It may not seem big, but it caused great harm.

    Because whether in Ming Dynasty or Europe, the very act of the host seeing off guests means that the servants can clock out and get off work.

    The sailors, who had been busy all night, were already extremely tired, so they naturally relaxed after seeing this.  Those on the weather deck were better off, and could barely stand without yawning.

    On the gun deck where the commander could not see, the sailors fell over and snored loudly in the blink of an eye.

    Even the Portuguese officer turned a blind eye, left his post and ran to the rear porthole of the ship to smoke a cigarette.

    So when the cry of ¡®ataque¡¯ rang out, they thought someone was talking in their sleep.

    They were about to laugh at them when the thunderous sound of cannons exploded in their ears!

    Everyone on the Duke of Goa couldn't help but change their expressions. Commander Domingo looked up blankly and saw the orange tongue of fire, shadowy in the thick fog.

    The sea masters only felt their feet tremble slightly, followed by a bang, a banging sound from the artillery deck, and the screams of many people.

    Lin Daoqian was so frightened that he immediately lay down on the deck. Looking at Zeng Yiben and others, they all immediately hid in the blind spot where the artillery could not reach them.

    "You don't have to be like this, Western sailing ships are not afraid of cannons" Lin Hongzhong also wanted to earn some face for his master.

    Before he finished speaking, there was another cannon shot.  And this time there was gunfire not only on the port side, but also on the starboard side.

    Domingo also saw clearly at this time that his flagship was being attacked by two large sailing ships, one from the left and one from the right.  As their hulls slowly intersected with the Duke of Goa, more and more guns began to roar and thick white smoke rose.

    "What are you doing standing still? Fight back, fight back!" Domingo roared at his confused men.

    The officers and crew on the open deck just woke up from a dream, quickly opened the gun doors and loaded the shells.  The powder hand rushed down to get the powder keg.

    For safety reasons, ammunition is separated on Portuguese warships.  The shells could be placed in a box next to the cannon, but the propellant powder had to be kept separately¡ªusually in the safest part of the warship.  The gunpowder cabin of the Duke of Goa is located on the lower floor of the gun deck, in the center.  It was less vulnerable to attack and easily accessible to the gun deck gunners.

    The gunpowder men were all agile young men of thirteen or fourteen years old. They rushed down the weather deck like the wind. Before they could continue to the next level, they were stunned by the tragic scene on the gun deck.

    ¡°I saw that several holes as big as a basin had been drilled into the several-foot-thick oak hull on both sides.

    And where every shell was fired, the ground was in a mess, and everything was beaten to pieces.  The flesh and blood bodies of the crew and gunners were no exception. The floor was covered with broken limbs and broken internal organs, and even the roof of the warehouse was splattered with blood.

    How can this be?  The teenagers were shocked.  In their understanding, the hull made of double-layered thick oak planks should be super strong, and cannonballs fired from long distances cannot penetrate it at all.  Even cannonballs fired at close range can only make a hole as big as a bowl in the hull.  Crew members can usually lie down to avoid damage and are rarely harmed.

    Fortunately, shells continued to come in, and their doubts were answered on the spot.

    The sharp-eyed young man saw that after the huge cannon shell broke through the hull, it would not only destroy everything on the trajectory, but also have the effect of scattering grape bullets. It would be useless to lie on the ground. It would still be shot into pulp.  .

    What the hell kind of weapon is this?  !

    ??~~

    This weapon is called the Super Hongxi Cannon!

    After Mr. Zhao determined that the Coast Guard¡¯s main focus was cannons, he ordered Zhao Shizhen to design and manufacture three types of cannons:

    The Yongle Cannon is based on the Big Napoleon Cannon; the Xuande Cannon is based on the Small Napoleon Cannon; and the Hongxi Cannon is based on the Caron Cannon.

    The Hongxi cannon has a large caliber and a short barrel, which looks very funny.  Its shells are heavy and extremely powerful, but because the barrel is too short, the range is too short, and the trajectory is very random, it is naturally unable to attack long-distance targets.  Therefore, it has always been used as a close-in defense artillery in the coast guard fleet, used to attack enemy ships trying to get close to the shore.  It can also fire grapeshot or shotgun shells, and cooperate with the large-scale aircraft to clear out personnel on nearby enemy ships.

    So at first, the status of this short and heavy gun among the Coast Guard was not high.  Even Zhao Shizhen clamored that the Yongle cannon was the best cannon and there was no need for a larger caliber.

    Until passedbsp; ~~

    At this time, ships 102 and 103 sailed past the Duke of Goa and headed towards the Regales dozens of meters away.

    The pressure on the Duke of Goa was relieved.  Domingo immediately took the opportunity to gather his subordinates who had suffered heavy losses and seize the time to restore their combat effectiveness.

    The three most important things right now are: one is to extinguish the dozens of fire spots caused by those rockets and rescue the sail gear; the other is to quickly pull up the anchor and let the warship resume action; the third is to get the damn gunpowder!

    ¡° Domingo had just assigned tasks to the captured officers, and the sound of artillery sounded again

    "It's endless" Seeing two more battleships approaching, Domingo was about to cry.

    The 104th ship was on the left, and the Zhenwo was on the right. They once again clamped the Duke of Goa, which had been hollowed out, and sprayed out orange tongues of flame!

    The gun crews of the two ships have pushed the tail screws of all the guns to the highest position, so that the muzzles can be fired as downward as possible in order to penetrate the waterline of the Duke of Goa!

    As for why the muzzle is not raised, what if a projectile hits one of our own people on the opposite side?

    This is a cannon

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