In particular, the Japanese boats surrounding Zhang Zhiyong had already been tied to each other, and they could not escape in a hurry. Even if they were separated, there would not be enough manpower to drive the boats! Because the people on their boats had already gone to Anzhai to fight on the boats.
It was impossible to get away for a while! Therefore, the Ming army's counterattack was extremely smooth!
Moreover, Li Wenliang and Zhang Zhiyong were also fighting. When they saw the enemy showing signs of escaping, they immediately ordered their men to pursue them! Moreover, their method of pursuit was not to pursue them wildly, but to take advantage of their large and fast ships to catch up with the Japanese ships.
Focus on attacking their sails and masts!
As long as the Japanese ships lost their sails, how far could they run with only oars? So for a while, the sea was filled with the sound of whizzing chain bullets! Especially when the three cruisers raised all their sails, they were as fast as lightning and caught up with a group of Japanese ships.
A Japanese ship fired a volley of cannons!
When more than a dozen chain bullets hit the sail, bamboo and wood flew into the air, and a hole popped out! The sail was weakened by the wind! If the chain bullet hit the mast, the iron balls on both sides would fly very fast on the railings.
After coiling, the iron balls on both sides hit the mast heavily, often breaking a ship's mast with just one salvo!
Those Japanese ships that lost their masts could only rely on human power to sail forward in vain. They could still run very fast for a short period of time, but as the distance increased and people lost their strength, the ship's speed would slow down. By then, they would be meat on the chopping block.
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At this time, things changed again on the right wing of the battle line. Those pirates were best at watching the wind, so they were keenly aware of the Japanese's defeat when they first showed signs of defeat! After all, to be a pirate, you have to have a good eye, otherwise
I'm afraid they have been killed long ago!
So after they discovered that things had changed, they immediately began to step up their attack. After all, so many ships in front of them were military merits! And although these Japanese ships were not very useful, they were still worth a lot of money. At least the wood was good.
It’s a lot of money to take it apart!
But the pirates were smart, and the Japanese were not stupid either! As soon as they found out that the pirates were rushing to attack, they knew something had changed! The samurai in charge immediately ordered a breakout to the north! At this time, the pirates' bullying and fearing nature was revealed again, and the seemingly dense encirclement
It was broken by a Japanese attack!
Liu Haojia was standing on the bow of the ship and his eyes were red with anger when he saw this situation! Although he knew that these pirates were not useful, he never expected that they were so weak! It seems that the second young master was right, he expected these pirates to fight
It's okay to fight a smooth battle, but don't even think about a tough battle! It seems that you will have to expand your direct lineage in the future!
Just when the Japanese thought they could escape and ascend to heaven, a fleet rushed over at an angle. It was two cruisers rushing over with several ships, blocking them directly! Then countless chain bombs roared towards them, and they blocked the way.
The mast of the Anzhai ship that has just been hoisted is on sale!
Now, the Japanese who had just thought they had a chance to escape were panicking! Because they all knew that such a huge Anzhai ship had a mast. Without the mast, such a heavy hull would not be able to run very far if they wanted to break through with oars!
Sure enough, the sails of the two Anzha ships that opened the way fell down, and their speed immediately slowed down! The surrounding escort ships rushed forward like crazy, trying to protect the Anzha ships and escape! But at this time, there was no chance of escaping again.
!彡彡訁凊
The two cruisers led the fleet across the front, with continuous gunfire, smashing all the sails of the ships that tried to break through first, breaking the masts, and then making way for them to paddle forward.
They leaned on the sides and stared at the masts and sails of other ships, beating them!
In less than two-quarters of an hour, the sails of most of the ships in the entire Japanese fleet were either smashed or the masts were broken. They were just like fish with their tails cut off. They could swim, but only slowly.
Go slow!
When the pirates saw this, they became even more courageous. After selecting their targets, they formed a group of two or three ships. They approached the Japanese ships and used artillery to clear the decks. Then they jumped on to fight, preparing to seize all these ships!
Seeing that there would be no major changes here, the two cruisers immediately turned around and pursued the pursuit in the distance. The happy event was the time to beat the drowned dog, and it was absolutely impossible to let it go!
The entire chase lasted until nightfall. The Liu Haojia family ordered hundreds of torches to be lit on the mast of their flagship and on the side of the ship, illuminating the entire ship like a mountain of lights! Other ships saw such a conspicuous target.
Knowing that it was the call of the flagship, they returned one after another with loot!
After some inventory, the final result was that our side lost 13 ships and more than 300 soldiers were killed and missing. A total of more than 80 Japanese warships were sunk and burned, and almost the same number of Japanese warships were captured. They were able to escape.
No more than 30%!
As for the total casualties on the three cruisers, including Liu Haojia's ship, there were only 11 casualties, and the hull itself was unscathed! As for the hulls with many mottled scars, it made the hull more powerful!
After receiving the report, Liu Haojia lamented that this new type of warship was really powerful in combat, which naturally strengthened his idea of maintaining this new type of battle group. However, thinking about this made him feel painful again! Is this kind of ship good?
It’s just too expensive!
Liu Haojia put the statistical documents in his hands on the table and said, "Is everyone here?"
The servant nodded and said: "Everyone is here and waiting on the deck now!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Haojia stood up, pulled on his cloak and said, "In that case, go meet them!"
Then Liu Haojia was surrounded by his servants and opened the hatch and appeared on the deck. At this time, the deck was already full of people of all kinds. Still standing on the left were the officers of the squadron, and on the right stood the pirate leaders of all sizes. These people were all standing there.
They were overjoyed to see Liu Haojia come out. They all knelt on one knee and said in unison: "I've never seen the Marquis before!"
Liu Haojia did not speak immediately, but turned around and said after coming out: "Everyone, get up!"
After everyone thanked Liu Haojia, they all stood up and were all beaming with joy! After all, it was a great victory. After all, the Marquis was naturally happy, and he would give some rewards even if he had no choice but to give him some rewards! The officers here hope that their official status will be improved, and as for the pirates, they are planning to
Wouldn't it be possible to get more affordable stuff?
Liu Haojia was standing on top of the ship building and was already higher than everyone else. Under the blowing sea breeze, his cloak rustled fiercely. Coupled with the aura of this great victory, he was majestic! And he did not disappoint everyone.
Directly let people explain the gains and losses of this war first.
When everyone heard the result of this victory, everyone was overjoyed and congratulated each other in low voices. After that, Liu Haojia began to evaluate the battle. Most of the naval officers received awards, but Zhang Zhiyong was reprimanded by Liu Haojia.
!The reason is that as the commander-in-chief of the squadron, he actually led people to engage in boarding battles. It was simply ignorant! Don’t you know how to use your own advantages?