v2 Chapter 232： Listen to me (1/2)
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”Stabilize !!! Keep your position !!!” Billy yelled back and forth on the deck, ”Ammunition, when will the next batch of ammunition be delivered?”
”On the road, you'll be right there, Mr. Billy.” A short sailor ran over with two boxes of ammunition sweating.
”Mr. Billy, two more artillery pieces were destroyed and three gunners were injured.” Another reported.
”Let the reserve staff up immediately.”
Billy's words just fell, and his side was less than half a meter away from him. A cannonball penetrated the hull and hit the short sailor who delivered the cannonball. The latter's arm completely shattered and fell to the ground. Mourn.
”Send him to Vincent, hurry! The others continue firing.”
After hearing the words, someone dragged the wounded down immediately, but nearby people seemed to have become familiar with this scene. No one was distracted by this. Most of the recruits of Jackdaw were experienced sailors, plus they have recently Almost always fighting, even rookies are now mature.
”Abominable, their artillery is more powerful than ours, if only those 24 pound artillery were still there.” A gunner wiped the blood on his face unwillingly.
”Fight harder, get rid of them and grab that gold again!”
It is said that now the most busy person on the Jackdaw is the ship doctor Vincent. The young ship doctor who once dreamed of becoming a botanist has now fully entered his role. The infirmary on the ship is full of wounded people. Beds are not enough anymore. There are people lying on the table and the blood is flowing everywhere.
Fortunately, Vincent had been prepared to sprinkle the fine sand collected from the beach on the ground, so that the problem of slippery feet was solved. As soon as he finished handling a pirate shot in the hip, he saw a short sailor with an injured arm lifted in. Vincent briefly checked and found that the bones of the opponent's arm had been completely crushed, so that he could only amputate .
He took out a piece of wood to make the latter bite, and then people held the injured sailor's hands and feet, and Vincent himself took out the wood saw for sawing the wood. He was planning to do it, and thought of Zhang Heng's advice, The wood saw was roasted on a candle.
While taking this time, he removed the wooden stick and let the injured sailor take a few sips of rum, then raised the wooden saw, ”I'll do it when I'm ready.”
The countermeasures discussed by Zhang Heng and Billy and others have played a role. The musket team that Walden has been relying on this time has not played enough roles. Instead, it was suppressed by the Jackdaw. Walden is now in The boat couldn't even lift its head.
But his look was still calm. Even though the Musketeers' casualties were more than half, he never gave an order to retreat, because the Kent had always firmly prevailed in the artillery's firing.
This has nothing to do with courage and gunner technology. It is purely a gap in firepower. Jackdaw and Kent are the same type of warships. The firepower configuration is similar, but because of lack of ammunition, Zhang Heng had to force the 24 pounds on board. The gun was replaced with a 12-pound gun, which left a gap with the Kent.
In fact, the performance of the gunner on the Jackdaw has far exceeded Walden's expectations, even compared with the trained Royal Navy.