The sailors on the ship originally thought that they were dead this time, but they didn't expect that they were just beaten and let go. They were overjoyed! And they took this opportunity to carefully observe the fleet in the distance.
Since the flags were all messy pirate flags, they thought it was a small number of Ming troops leading a group of pirates!
The chaotic pirates who boarded the ship also confirmed their thoughts, so they felt that they had been robbed by a large pirate group! So after escaping with their lives, they immediately raised their sails and fled! And because their ship was empty, it was fast.
It's unbelievable. I'm afraid they even used their skills to keep the bottom of the box, for fear that these pirates would regret it!
Seeing their embarrassment, the soldiers in the fleet couldn't help but smile so happily! Liu Haojia looked at the ships going away and said: "Everyone will be on alert from the day after tomorrow. The Shimadzu family's fleet may come at any time!"
Li Wenliang agreed and passed on the order, and the soldiers started gearing up after hearing the order. The monotonous days of sailing at sea were really boring, and they couldn't wait to prepare for a fight!
In fact, Liu Haojia was also preparing to fight against the Japanese navy. This time he brought three cruisers, just to have a clash with the Japanese navy, so as to test the combat effectiveness of the new warships! In order to make the Shimadzu family's navy
The divisions were all out. He had just ordered all three cruisers to hide in the fleet. The Japanese ship should not be able to see the existence of the cruisers.
The reason why Liu Haojia did this was because he knew that the Japanese people also understood that this kind of Western ship was powerful, and it would be pointless if they were scared to death and dared not leave the port!
After the fleet sailed for four days, judging from the chart, they were already very close to the coastline of Japan! Liu Haojia estimated for a long time and felt that the Shimadzu navy was very likely to appear today, so he ordered the entire army to prepare for war! There was a sound!
After the order was given, all soldiers, including pirates, began to clear the deck and clear the artillery.
When the time was close to noon, Liu Haojia saw the two leading ships inflating all their sails and retreating quickly, and flying the "enemies encountered" flag from a distance! After the two ships returned to the formation, it could already be seen on the sea level
A large sail shadow!
Liu Haojia looked through the telescope and saw a large fleet coming from a distance, especially ten giant ships. It seemed that the Shimazu family was out in force!
Seeing the giant ship in the queue opposite, Liu Haojia was not worried but felt that the battle would be won, because he knew the Japanese ships too well! In his opinion, those giant ships were just fake!
There are currently three main types of ships in the Japanese Navy: Anzha-bun, Kanbun and small morning ship.
Let’s talk about the Anzabune first. The bow of this ship is square, unlike the Kanbune and the small morning boat. In order to pursue speed, the bow is pointed. The thick shield that protects the crew from arrows and bullets surrounds almost the entire sea.
The boat is called Soyakura.
Gaps and holes are left on the shield for easy shooting, allowing protected combatants to use iron cannons or bows and arrows to shoot outwards. In addition, during boarding battles, the shield is flattened as a springboard to facilitate warriors rushing to enemy ships.
Carry out hand-to-hand combat on the ship; and the hull of your own ship is very tall, and the enemy cannot build a springboard for you to engage in boarding combat.彡彡訁凊
After removing the shield, we can see that the internal structure of the entire Anzha ship will be built with 2 to 4 floors depending on the scale, which shows its tallness and huge capacity!
Anzabune is the same as Sekibune. It uses sails to obtain power when cruising. When fighting, the mast is lowered and the sails are furled, and the power is obtained entirely by rowing. However, the huge hull is equipped with heavy protective measures and more
Weapons and personnel, so there is no speed at all!
Because the sails cannot be used during the battle, it relies on the cooperation of dozens of oarsmen, so it is still very flexible in a short period of time, but as time goes by, the crew will be exhausted and there will be no way!
As for the Kanbune, it is a medium-sized warship. The design idea is to improve mobility while taking into account defense. It is a simplified version of the Anzha ship. The grooves on both sides are between 40 and 80. The weapons are large barrels and iron cannons, which are water
The main battle force of the army is also called "Morning Ship".
This kind of ship has a pointed bow and a slender hull. It uses plates as armor. The hull is light and has good maneuverability. The reason why "sekisuke" is named is because the daimyo and pirates at that time set up "sekisho" at sea strongholds to control passing ships.
Ships collect tolls and get their name from the fact that they speed up to catch up with tax-evading ships and attract attention.
It was used as a warship during the Warring States Period. The "seki-bune" was surrounded by planks. In contrast to the armor of the Anzha-bune, which was thicker, the side of the seki-bune was thinner. Bamboo and other materials were often used to lighten the hull, making it a fast ship.
Boat.
The "little morning boat" is a small boat. The design idea is to give up defense and increase mobility as much as possible. It has less than 40 oars on both sides and is mainly responsible for reconnaissance and communication. However, because of its lightness and flexibility, its cost is not high.
It has low technical content, so it has become the mainstream ship of pirates and is often used in groups.
"Small morning ships" can be divided into iron gun ships, long-handled ships, odd ships, monojian ships, ban ships, military and food ships, etc. The staffing is taken as an example of the eight hundred stone ships. Generally, it is equipped with a hundred tanks and requires a hundred sailors.
, there are five helmsmen on the bow, about a hundred musketeers, and combatants account for half of the total number. If sails are used as power, the number of sailors required can be greatly reduced.
Beginning in the late Muromachi period, Japan's navy evolved into a hybrid ship fleet with the Atakubune as the core and equipped with more flexible and agile Kanbune and Kobayabune to share different combat tasks.
If you look at them purely based on their body size, Anzake-bune is a battleship, Seki-bune is a cruiser, and Kohayabune is a destroyer. Of course, I am only distinguishing them based on body size, not combat function.
These types of ships look good, and like other ships, they are equipped with watertight compartments to deal with hitting rocks and sinking after water leakage. However, they have obvious weaknesses as warships! They do not use keels! Therefore, this kind of fragile hull is only suitable for coastal navigation.
Combat and ocean navigation capabilities are really limited.
Just as Liu Haojia was observing the opponent, they themselves were discovered by the Shimadzu navy! They actually slowly spread out their formation and came forward.
Liu Haojia saw the Shimazu ships moving and said with a smile: "I can guess what formation these Japanese are using!"
Zhang Zhiyong stepped forward and said jokingly: "Master Hou, what formation will these people use?"
Liu Haojia said: "Look, there are a total of ten Anzha ships here. The Japanese must have formed a horizontal formation with the Anzha ships as the core to entangle us, and then used Guan ships and small morning ships to circle around and attack."
Li Wenliang raised the telescope and looked at it for a moment and then said: "It seems that Mr. Jean was right! But the only error is that they seem to have set up a crescent moon formation."