Chapter 289 The Start of the Sea War
If it was in the era of sail battle, it would be indispensable to fight a gun line to fight.
However, the problem is that the method of fighting the paddle sailing is actually very rude. It can even be said to have only three types, that is, accelerate the hitting corner, and find a way to jump to kill the rabbits on the opposite boat, or use weak remote projection with weak remote projection Weaken the enemy on the opposite deck.
When giving up the speed and turning to the defense formation, it actually means that they have given up this way of fighting.
Zakaria, as a coach of the Ayubu dynasty, was pushed by the drowsiness of the duck. He did know how to fight naval battles. After all, he was a pirate -born man from the Mediterranean.
But today's Salaxon pirates are not the bold Barbari pirates in the future.
When Barbari Pirates was strong, he said that he was able to be the Holy Alliance Navy, and there was also an Ottoman Empire as his godfather behind him.
What is his Zakaria? When the brothers under the hands were the most, it was only more than 200 people. A 30 -meter paddle sailing boat was the flagship. Then there were a small boat of less than 15 meters.
Then, Master Saladin recruited soldiers to buy horses. He took his brother under his hand to come and go early. Relying on the water than the drought duck, he climbed higher and higher.
But the question is that it is a very different number of things to fight with dozens of ships to fight naval battles. Go to fight hard.
But now it is different. He has become the commander of the Ayubu dynasty. Saladin ordered him to fight. Can he escape without fighting?
Even if he escaped, can the captain under his hands run with it?
How to fight, he has no clue at all. He thinks about it. It is nothing more than a lot of boats and more people. Thinking about posted it to jump to help. What else can there be other things? He couldn't think of it anyway.
Having said that, now they have been so much distance from north. Why haven't you found those Frank fleets?
"The enemy fleet has a total of 35 paddy sailing boats, with an average speed of 2.5 knots. After about 15 minutes, their pioneer ship walked across the battle point. In this case, we all shocked at ten minutes to calculate the time required for the acceleration. To increase the speed to about 7.5 knots, you can directly hit the middle section of the opponent's fleet. Even if they respond, it takes time to reorganize the formation.
Water and Captain made complex calculations, listing the formulas, and drawing according to the data. Arnold on the side was confused, who am I, where am I, and what are they doing?
Not to mention anything else, the European Navy in this era has not actually produced the concept of the festival.
For the ships sailing in the Mediterranean, it is quite simple to find a reference object, while the ocean navigation is another matter.
In fact, it is not until the 16th century to have a clear navigation unit.
The rope section is a very simple and practical method.
First, prepare a longer rope, and then hit a knot on this rope every fixed length.
In this way, the rope is evenly divided into several sections. Next, fix one end of the rope on a wooden product equipped with heavy weight, and ensure that the other end can be released naturally.
Throw the wooden products from the stern into the sea, and use an hourglass timing at the same time. Due to the reasons of weight, when the wood products sink into the water, they will be greatly resistant, so it is similar to the sea surface.
When the ship continues to sail, the wooden products will lend the rope on the boat to release naturally.
In this way, the sailor can describe the speed of the boat: how many ropes are released at the end of the hourglass timing, and how much the speed is.
Based on his own pace, Garris roughly determined the most basic measurement unit: step.
The so -called one step refers to the left and right feet to take it once, and use it as a measurement to start promoting in the army.
Garris's step in later generations is actually about 1.5 meters, which may be less than a little.
The time unit does not need Garris to be invented unified, because when the Confucian calendar was 1,000 years, Islamic culture already had the same minute and second concept as the later generations.
The "festival" of the Jerusalem navigation units is actually calculated based on Garris' "step" and the concept of minutes -in half a minute, how many 10 Garris steps are available, which is how many festivals.
In the later generations, it is about 1800 meters, which is similar to the sea.
It is not too precise to want to be extremely accurate, but it is enough to use it this year.
Extending, there are actually a thousand steps concepts. It can be said that this is exactly that Garris measures the earth with his feet.
From theology, there are also related explanations, after all, everyone has to follow the correct path to follow Garris.
"Drive the order Arnot, the Venice Fleet will start with this flagship later, and it will be carried out normally according to the previous plan."
Although Arnold was confused, at least he understood the picture, and realized that Water really rely on mathematics to calculate the battle time, and as long as they cut into the battlefield at the right time, they can play the Salaon people. One byfender was caught.
Ten minutes later, Water issued an offensive order to other ships through a banner signal. Everything was performed as planned, and the prey entering the trap did not notice their existence.
Zakaria was a little uneasy. He felt wrong. This intuition had rescued his life several times. In the past, he noticed that he was wrong. He could always find a precursor, and then introduced the risks that might face it.
But today is not the same. The kind of uneasiness is unreasonable. No matter how observed, he did not find the danger from this peaceful and vast ocean.
Then at the location of the sea and the sky, several black spots appeared.
"What is that? Is the past merchant ship?" Zakaria would never think that he had been discovered by the enemy forces anyway, and he couldn't think that he had stepped into Water's scheduled place.
So when he identified the black spots in the distance was actually the paddle sailing, he hurriedly ordered the ships to prepare for the battle.
At this time, the Navy of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Venetian Navy had brought their speed to the extreme. Their Salaon's fleets were still using sails slowly.
Faced with this sudden hostility, I do n’t know what to do between the ships for a while, and the naval battle this year has no radio, and even the signal flag represents the meaning.
As for Zakaria, it is unclear what the signal flag is. In the face of naval battles, naturally, it can only be a battle. Or a few ships leaned together to hold a group and communicate through the roar.
This chaotic situation has continued, and the five warships in Jerusalem began to reduce the rate of 500 meters apart.
Then, Zakaria heard some dull artillery, and he realized that the Franks fired at them.
The artillery is a fresh thing, but he still knows Zakaria. To be precise, there are a few of his boats.
When Saladin created artillery, it was not just carried out in Aka City. His old nest was Egypt. Only in Egypt can he mobilize sufficient manpower and resources to carry out this huge cost.
While Turdin created a large number of artillery for Saladin, he also left a part of the provided to the local Maruk, as well as the navy stopped in Egypt.
Although there are not many artillery, at least Zakaria recognizes the power and effect of the artillery. It is clear that the artillery can create in the naval battle.
There is no mistake, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one 619, one book, one, one, one, one, one, one, a book!
However, because he has some understanding of the artillery, he doesn't care about the shells of the Frank. After all, this distance is hundreds of steps, and it is still on the bumpy sea. How can it be accurate!
Zakaria was obviously misunderstood by the level of artillery of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Anyway, Garris's artillery level has actually been the standard of the 15th and 16th centuries. This level refers to the casting level, and if it is a thing such as artillery, it is far ahead.
How far is the battle distance of the 16th century naval battle? Generally speaking, it is maintained in a state of 100 meters to 500 meters.
Although it is still difficult to hit the efficient hit, for the fleet of the Jerusalem Kingdom, a one -hundred -step shot is not just listening to a fire.
After the flagship's head was transformed, a total of 6 artillery was equipped, and the ordinary system ship was raised on the top of the navy.
When the captain ordered the firing as the Captain of the flagship Tirl ship, the other four other ships on the side also fired one after another, and the goals they targeted were the same ship, namely No. 16.
Before the battle, Water and Captain had already numbered those ships according to the formation position and the inconsistency of some ship shapes. Although these numbers were only temporary, and with the beginning of the war, after the enemy fleet formation changed, the enemy fleet changed, and the enemy fleet formation changed. It is also difficult to accurately identify.
But at least the first round of shooting, all the five ships were fired towards the enemy.
Under the concentration of firepower, there were really two artillery shells hit the deck of the paddle sailing.
And that is a 25 -meter -long paddle sailing boat with a width of about 3.5 meters and a small physique, with only one layer of deck. The deck area of this ship is about eighty or ninety square meters, but at least 120 people have been stuffed, including paddlers, soldiers, commanders, and helms.
The hull of the paddle sailing does not have the thickness of the later generations. It is two hundred steps, that is, a 300 -meter -away shooting. Naturally, it is impossible to listen to the sound of the shell.
The artillery shells penetrated the ship's side, raging in the narrow space of the deck. It was just that moment of time, and there were more fleshy beh on the deck.
When the wounded groaned, everyone was stunned.
This is the first time that artillery has participated in naval battles. Everyone has never thought of the scene when the paddle sailing ship filled with people was hit by the artillery.
"It's like hell, it is a warning given by the devil."
The hit of this cannon bullet just put the ship in a panic. No one dared to assert that if anyone was hit again, anyone would be able to survive.
The blood flows, and the breath of the internal organs is permeated on the deck, and the roar and moaning continue. However, it is not the redemption of them waiting for them, but another round of relentless shells.
When another cannonball fell into this group of people, someone couldn't stand the pressure and jumped directly into the sea. The wise, but hysterical Salaon sailor has shouted and hurriedly transferred the bow to evacuate the battlefield.
The chaos that first came into contact with the artillery war made the ship stopped directly, and the speed decreased, and even in the end, it only followed the wave.
After seeing the situation on the boat through the telescope, Water ordered to change the target.
This year, it is very troublesome to sink a 2030 meter -long ship. After all, the wood is lighter than the water.
Rather than staring at the boat to fight, it is better to shoot a few more ships before the battle.
"After the Jerusalem fleet retired with the flagship! The shooting target turned to No. 19, three rounds of shooting, and the shooting target turned to the 20th after the end.
The flag -signs on the Tir ship passed an order to other Jerusalem Navy, and while they passed the order, the Venetian fleets rushed up like a wolf.
(End of this chapter)