Chapter Ninety-Seven: Specializing in Assists The caliber of the cannon of Fort 9 is too small, and it is fine to deal with small ships, but if it is the right large warship and troop carrier, it will not be enough, but most of the small ships are hidden in the shadow of large ships, and it is difficult for Fort 9 to spare large ships to hit small and medium-sized ships......
Besides, small ships are easier to sink, but small ships are also smaller, making them more difficult to hit than larger ships.
Seeing that the No. 9 battery was about to be exhausted, chain bullets appeared, and the first shot pierced the two sails on a warship, completely delaying the speed of the enemy ship, and providing a strong guarantee for the next ship to be covered by artillery fire.
And because the enemy ship was destroyed by artillery fire, the credit of this ship was about forty percent in addition to the assist (the credit of the assist also depends on the quality of the assist, the assist of the ninth battery this time is too beautiful, directly delaying the speed of the enemy ship, so the credit is very large, if this time only hit the side of the enemy ship, then it can only be regarded as a wound, and the credit obtained is very weak, and even half of it may not even be done), and the rest will be divided equally by all the guns that shot, so subdivided, On average, the credit for each battery is not as much as that of him, who plays assists, which makes Zhang Chong even more angry.
"Quick, quick, everyone shoot all the chain bullets out of me."
Zhang Chong was so excited and excited, he almost pinched the forehead and neck of the No. 1 gun and yelled, almost not being strangled to death by him.
"But Captain, the number of chain bullets is limited, and the Deputy Governor has ordered us to pick up important targets to shoot......
Also, can you let go of your hand?
Old Wu is about to be strangled to death by you.
"The No. 2 artillery commander slandered in his heart, you didn't behave like this just now, you almost fought with the deputy governor, but when you saw that the No. 1 artillery commander was about to be pinched, his eyes rolled white, and he hurriedly opened his mouth to relieve the siege - if you don't remind you, the No. 1 artillery commander will really be strangled to death, and this attack is too uncertain.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm so excited, are you okay?"
Zhang Chong came to his senses and hurriedly embarrassed to send the No. 1 artillery commander away.
"Ahem...... cough cough" finally broke free from Zhang Chong, the No. 1 cannon commander gasped, quickly took the water handed over by his subordinates, and hurriedly poured a few mouthfuls of water, and then took a long breath: "You almost strangled me, Lord Captain, you really killed me......
We don't have many chain bullets, and even if we don't say it, if we want to make more contributions, we must read that we have to choose important targets to shoot. ” "That's true, but I didn't expect the chain bullets to be so easy to use, since the shells, then save some use, and when this war is over, I suggest that Your Highness make us a little more chain bullets......
Even if His Highness doesn't allow it, we have to order a batch ourselves, and we will specialize in assisting in the future.
Zhang Chong patted his forehead, he had no choice but to wait until the end of the war, even if Li Zhen didn't agree, he was ready to use the name of the fort to order a batch of chain bullets from the arsenal - this thing is too easy to use.
After what happened just now, he also understood his next path, unless the battery gave him a cannon, otherwise he who was guarding the 120 mm coastal defense gun, if he wanted to make military merits, the only way was to assist others and help his colleagues to assist, only in this way could he get more credit, otherwise it would be difficult to destroy large sea targets by relying on these small cannons around him, and if he only relied on injuries, the credit would be very small.
It is definitely not possible to change the gun, if the large-caliber artillery can be sent to this stone mountain so easily, then Zhang Chongshou is not equipped with a 120-mm modified version of the naval gun - the naval gun is light in the same caliber cannon, this stone mountain is too steep, together with the caliber, but the heavier mass of the army gun can not be transported, let alone the coastal defense gun with a larger caliber.
Because this stone mountain is so steep, three of the sides are 90 degrees, and they are all around the sea, and only one side is facing the land, but the slope is also 50 degrees, and it is so rugged that large items cannot be sent up at all - such a terrain is destined to be sent up by rope hoisting, and the rest of the methods are not at all.
As for digging the mountain road, this is even more impossible, this is perennial wind and sea erosion - can survive thousands of years of sea erosion, it can be seen how hard this stone mountain is, if you dig hard, although it can be opened, but it takes a long time, and the resources required are not a small amount, and the gains outweigh the losses.
At the beginning, Coconut Harbor didn't want to send better cannons to this larger position, but they used a lot of methods, and at least three hundred slaves died for this, but in the end, they didn't send heavier cannons, and in the end they had to settle for the next best thing, dismantling a few 120 mm battleship guns, and after modification, they could be regarded as sending them up, otherwise such a good position would really have to be abandoned.
"It's a real idea, and maybe we'll be very popular because of it."
Several of the gun commanders all nodded and laughed.
And their speculation is indeed very likely to come true, the position of the No. 9 battery in all the batteries was very awkward, and the status was also very low, so it was not even considered a member of the coastal defense battery, but regarded as the manpower of the army in the coastal defense battery, and suffered a lot of cynicism, which really made the people of the No. 9 battery feel ashamed, but because their own artillery was not powerful, they could only endure it silently.
But now this batch of chain bombs has given them a new way out, since they can't attack the main attack, then specialize in attacking auxiliary, and in this coastal defense artillery group, there are main guns for the main attack everywhere, but none of them are auxiliary, and the choice of the No. 9 battery may also increase its status as a result.
"Hahaha......" everyone laughed.
"Alright, don't talk, the enemy won't give us a chance to talk."
Zhang Chong finally ended everyone's chat, took out the binoculars and said, "Everyone quickly take out their binoculars and look for important targets." ” "Yes......"
The artillery commanders have received orders, in fact, it is most appropriate to use a lookout far above the altitude to observe the target, after all, standing high and seeing far, but Zhang Chong did not do this - it is not that he is not equipped with hot air balloons and lookouts, the problem is that the range of 120 mm coastal defense guns is so far, less than 20 kilometers, this distance is enough with a telescope.
After all, even if the lookout sees a target farther away, their shore defense artillery can't hit it, so what's the use of this?