Because in this era, we are in the transition period from boarding battles to long-distance firearms battles, and boarding battles still occur from time to time. If you wear armor, you will be taken directly to the bottom by the heavy armor once it falls into the water, so no matter where it is,
People on one side never wear armor when fighting on the water.
Soon, the distance between the two sides was close to four or five miles. At this time, Liu Haojia, who was standing on the bow of the ship, finally gave the order: "Sign the flag and ask the ship in front to move out of the channel, and order all three of our cruisers to fully sail.
Get out!"
It turned out that Liu Haojia was afraid of scaring the enemy away, so he wrapped the cruiser in the fleet at the beginning and lowered half the sail. In this way, from a distance, he could not see the three new warships in the fleet.
boat, so that the Japanese can be caught off guard!
Now that the distance was close, the Japanese could not avoid this battle no matter what. They could finally release the three patrol ships! Moreover, Liu Haojia did not retreat into the cabin after giving the order, but only retreated to the highest point of the deck, allowing
His servants wrapped him in a thick iron shield.
Originally, according to the requirements of naval regulations, when the war started, the commander-in-chief must retreat to the cabin. However, Liu Haojia bullied the Japanese because they did not have enough firearms, and the freeboard of the ship was lower than his ship, so he ignored this regulation
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As the sailors shouted and pulled up all the sails, the benefits of soft sails became apparent! The soft sails have a large area and can catch a lot of wind, so the ships sail very fast, and they form a long queue in the blink of an eye.
The ship in front rushed out of the channel given by the ship!
Their appearance shocked the Japanese on the opposite side! Especially Kutaka Kayama grabbed the railing and his eyes almost flew out of his head! He subconsciously came to the conclusion that the Westerners and Akito colluded.
Together!
However, he reacted quickly, because he saw that the flags of the Ming army were still flying on the three large ships, and he breathed a sigh of relief! But he still thought quickly, after all, what did the Ming army buy from the Westerners?
New warships, or did they build them themselves?
If the ship is bought, it is acceptable, but if the Ming people can build such a large ship by themselves, it will be dangerous for them! Because if the Ming State masters this method of shipbuilding, then based on the national power of the Ming State,
I'm afraid that the sea will soon be covered with such large ships, and then there will be no way for our navy to survive!
But thinking of this, he became even more eager. He immediately said to the samurai beside him: "Give the order, we must block the opponent's attack, and we must tightly entangle the three Western ships in the front, and then order the samurai on each ship to
We must rush forward resolutely and seize at least one big ship back!"
Huashan Jiugao's arrangement was indeed good, but how could Liu Haojia live up to his expectations? All three cruisers were equipped with side sails and triangle sails. With the help of the crosswind, the ships were lifted up quickly and the ones behind them were lifted up quickly.
The fleet was completely thrown away and rushed straight into the middle of the Japanese navy!
In the middle of the Japanese formation, there were already five Anzha ships lined up, two in front and three in back, ready to block the cruiser. But they completely underestimated the speed of the cruiser! The two Anzha ships in front were ready to attack from a pincer attack.
Before the opponent, Monofilament, had time to get closer, Liu Haojia's flagship had already inserted itself into the middle of them!
As soon as he saw that he had entered the shooting position, he immediately ordered the ship to fire! At the same time, a large number of bows, arrows, iron cannons and cannons were fired at the Japanese Anzhai ship!
Because the Anzhai ship tried to intercept Liu Haojia, the two ships were less than a hundred steps apart. After Liu Haojia inserted himself in the middle, the distance between him and the two Anzhai ships was only fifty or sixty steps! At this distance, whether it was a bow or an arrow,
The hit rate of firecrackers and artillery pieces is frightening!
But now we can see the gap between the two sides. Let’s talk about the bows and arrows of the Japanese first. The Japanese learned a lot from China, but they just didn’t learn how to make bows! Because it takes at least more than a year to make a really good bow!
The Japanese who are eager for quick success simply cannot wait so long, so they generally use elastic bamboo to make bows and arrows. So even though their big bows, which are as tall as a person, look scary, their lethality is completely negligible!
Therefore, on the battlefields of Japan, you can often see samurai warriors with arrows inserted all over their bodies like arrows, jumping and continuing to fight. This is because the lethality of bows and arrows is too low!
However, the low lethality of bows and arrows has also given rise to another problem, which is that Japan's firearms are used in a high proportion of the military! Although firearms have problems with their rate of fire and cumbersome loading, their lethality is much greater than that of bows and arrows! Therefore, it also gave birth to the invention of Japanese firearms in Japan.
Arms like the Iron Cannon Ashgaru appeared.
Besides, the so-called big tube among the Japanese is just a bowl-mouth gun compared to the Ming army! But according to the exaggerated habit of the Japanese, they directly called the bowl-mouth gun a big tube. As for the artillery, they called it a national gun.
collapse!
There is no way that the mine manager is named like this. After all, the Warring States Period, when the Japanese saw the emergence of many heroes, looked to China as nothing more than a group of village chiefs fighting in groups, but in their eyes, it was already a great achievement! So!
It’s understandable to exaggerate!
So when Liu Haojia saw the densely packed arrows and lead bullets splashing over him, he didn't care at all! The arrows were blown by the sea breeze and fell into the sea before they hit the hull! As for the lead bullets hitting the hull, they were also hit by
Block it immediately!
At this time, he wanted to know how Japan's arrogant Anzhao ship would perform under intensive artillery fire. So after avoiding the Japanese's first attack, he stood up and looked outside! At this time, his flagship finally started
The first round of counterattack!
After the officer standing at the hatch of the ship heard the order, he rang the hanging copper bell vigorously! Upon hearing the sound, the gunner of the first artillery immediately pulled the rope in his hand, and the gear at the end of the rope rotated rapidly, and on the flint
Erase a series of sparks! The sparks ignite the gunpowder in the powder pool, and then burn into the gun barrel. The gunpowder inside burns violently and pushes the shell out of the muzzle!
Just as the ships were crossing each other, Liu Haojia's ships fired on both sides one after another! The dense sound of artillery was connected in a line, so that it sounded like a long horn sound! Along with the sound of artillery, heavy shells passed over
How do you think of the space between the ships?
The three-story building of those Anzhai ships was covered with a thick layer of wood. They were not afraid of attacks from feather arrows and ordinary lead bullets! But under the attack of solid cannonballs that were three times larger than a fist, that
A layer of wood is not much better than a layer of paper!