The squadron still had some advantages during the entire shooting process. Because although the squadron has not replaced all new ships, the ships currently in use were all manufactured when the country was at its peak. Although they are old, they are still relatively strong and have low freeboard.
Significantly higher than the ships of the Shimazu fleet.
And the most important thing is that Liu Haojia spared no effort to buy them artillery and muskets, especially the arrangement of a lot of artillery. Unfortunately, this kind of old ship did not consider the placement of the artillery at all when it was built, so every ship
At most six or seven artillery pieces can be added to the ship.
Moreover, both sides were relatively fast ships, and the sea was very bumpy, and the hit rate of the smoothbore cannon was really regrettable. Therefore, although the two sides fought fiercely, there were not many casualties.
But when both sides approached forty or fifty steps, the casualties suddenly began to increase! Because at this distance, both bows and arrows and firecrackers had a certain accuracy, and casualties on both sides were inevitable.
However, in the entire shooting process, it was the squadron with an absolute advantage in the number of firearms that had the upper hand!
At this moment, half of the forces of the Shimazu family's navy on the right were approaching, trying to attack the Ming army squadron from both sides. The squadron was not to be outdone, and while trying its best to maintain the formation, it shot to both sides as much as possible.
, especially the artillery never stops!
At this time, we can see the disadvantage of the old ships not having artillery decks! Since the squadron ships did not have shooting emplacements when they were remanufactured, all the existing emplacements were open-air. Therefore, under the intensive attacks of the Japanese, the emplacements were
Sailors always fell to the ground one after another! Especially the gun emplacement on the bow of the ship, the soldiers could only use shields to cover the gunners. Even so, some people were injured and dragged away from time to time!
At close range, every artillery attack would bring huge losses to the Japanese! Li Wenliang and Zhang Zhiyong also discovered the fact that the artillery was dominant, and they immediately ordered the fleet to try to keep a certain distance from the Shimazu fleet.
, using artillery to consume the opponent's strength, so the two sides fought fiercely!彡彡訁凊
On the right side of the battle line, it was another situation. Since Huashan Jiugao separated half of his men to try to flank the Ming Navy, his right wing became very thin, with less than half the number of pirates. But this group of pirates
At this time, they showed their cunning side.
Without any coordination, the left wing of their formation actually slowed down the speed together, turning the entire formation into a diagonal state. The purpose was to let away the ships that turned to the center of the battlefield. It can be seen that they did not want to fight a tough battle at all.
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Liu Guangting was anxious when he saw this situation while standing on his flagship, but he could not order the pirates to entangle each other! Because although he had the title of a leader in the sea, they were just a loose alliance after all. In essence, they were still
Everyone fights.
However, Liu Guangting still sent an order: "Speed up! Tell the people on the left to increase the speed as soon as possible and surround the remaining Japanese fleet. The ship that is captured by whoever captures it will belong to whoever!"
Liu Guangting had a good idea. He wanted to use profits to lure the pirates to fight hard. But he overestimated the pirates after all. You must know that even regular soldiers who are lax in training will perform better on the battlefield than a group of rabble!
Seeing that the superior enemy ships seemed to be trying to outflank them, the Japanese commander on the right wing immediately ordered to assemble and set up a circular formation with the two Anzha ships as the core, giving full play to the role of the Anzha ships as a sea fortress!
While covering each other, the two Anzha ships used iron cannons and large tubes to fire at long range. Once the pirates got close, they would be attacked by the Kanshu ships. The small morning ships would weave in and out of the fleet, and would attack the lone pirate ships when they saw them.
siege, so the pirates' first attack was repelled neatly!
At this moment, the three cruisers that had rushed out a long distance had already turned around. They raised their sails and inserted themselves into the battle line of the Shimadzu navy! As soon as they rushed over, the artillery fired.
, seriously damaged one Guan ship and slightly damaged two!
Moreover, the position they rushed in was very clever, directly cutting off a small section on the flank of the Shimazu fleet! Upon seeing this, Liu Haojia immediately ordered his own ship and the No. 2 ship to circle in place to prevent the battle lines from re-closing. Order 3
The No. 1 ship focused on attacking the opponent's core Anzha ship.
Liu Haojia's tactical thinking is very clear, that is, to rely on the firepower of his own ship to gradually divide the Shimadzu fleet, and then use their Anzai ship as a maritime fortress as the key target. As long as the Anzai ship loses its role, they can rely on the quality of the ship
The advantage gradually defeats the opponent!
After receiving the order, the third cruiser directly adjusted its course and rushed towards the Shimazu fleet. Zhang Zhiyong applauded repeatedly when he saw this, and immediately sent two warships to pick up the cruiser and protect the stern of the cruiser.
Don't let Japanese ships approach.
After the No. 3 cruiser rushed into the Shimazu navy, it immediately turned around, circled around an Anzha ship, and kept shelling! And he also used the most primitive arson bomb!
This primitive arson bomb is very simple. It consists of putting a solid cannonball in a charcoal furnace and burning it red, then adding a piece of cork on top of the gunpowder in the barrel, and then loading the red-hot cannonball into it to prevent the temperature of the cannonball from igniting.
propellant.
However, at this time, the gunners must fire the shell as soon as possible, otherwise the heat of the red-hot shell itself will easily ignite the propellant.
After being fired, this kind of cannonball lands on the opponent's ship. If no one notices it, or rolls to a corner, it will not take long to ignite the ship! If you are lucky and land directly on the gunpowder barrel, then
It was a shocking big explosion!
Although the Anzha ship suffered a serious blow, they did not give up the counterattack! The soldiers in the cabin yelled and rowed the oars, trying hard to get close to the cruiser! The seki ships and small morning boats swimming around it also
They continued to harass and try to slow down the cruiser.
At the same time, they kept gathering and throwing flying grabbers at the Ming army ships, hoping to enter the boarding battle as soon as possible. However, even if the flying grabbers successfully caught the cruiser, they would be quickly chopped off by the soldiers with swords and axes!
There are dozens of artillery pieces, so I would only engage in a boarding battle with you if I am out of my mind!
Moreover, the cruiser also hit the stern of a small morning boat during the operation! The heavy hull directly crushed the thin stern of the small morning boat to pieces! This unlucky little morning boat was on the sea after the cruiser passed by.
It spun around and sank, leaving only some soldiers on the sea swimming to their own ships!