Xiong Meichengyi, who had always wanted to take revenge on the Jizhou Army, would not give up such a good opportunity. He immediately planned the ship hijacking incident. With the advantage of several times the number of warships, he won a great victory through mental calculation and unintentional calculations.
Needless to say, I really captured a lot of good stuff.
Having avenged his revenge and using these things to strengthen himself, Xiong Meicheng felt so happy. He was just waiting for the next opportunity to hijack a ship. He was even thinking that if he could continue like this, he could borrow the things he robbed.
, why can't he become the most powerful daimyo in Japan and eventually achieve the goal of dominating one side?
Unexpectedly, the response of the Jizhou Army was quick. The merchant ships were stopped and warships were dispatched. When he got the news on the first day of the year, Xiong Meicheng also opened his mouth wide, and then he looked up to the sky and smiled. These Jizhou Army are really
Damn it, do they think that if they are powerful on land, they will also be powerful on sea?
Even if they are so arrogant, then he should teach them how to behave. There are only fourteen warships, but this time he brought more than sixty warships, of which five were worth two thousand.
, there are more than a dozen ships with one thousand materials, and then there are countless ships with five hundred materials and two hundred materials. This is already two-thirds of his strength at sea. He just wants to use the advantage of numbers to eliminate them.
Jizhou Navy, let them know who is the overlord of this sea.
The two sides finally met, and Xiong Meicheng immediately knew that his opportunity to show off had come. He immediately ordered people to raise flags, and each ship used wolf tactics to destroy the enemy. If the enemy ship could be occupied, it would be occupied, and if it could not be occupied, the ship would be sunk.
In short, he said that he did not want to see warships from the Jizhou Army appearing on the sea.
The main ship gave the order, and as soon as the flag signal came out, the surrounding warships received the order, accelerated their speed, and surrounded the Jizhou Navy, which only had fourteen ships. Kuramoto Quan commanded a warship with two thousand materials.
The ship took the lead, and when he thought about it, he had to be the one to take the lead this time.
The Japanese army has its own rules. When encountering good things, whoever grabs them will get the most in the end. Although the warship is not a merchant ship, there will not be such a big harvest inside, but think about the Jizhou Army's
The armor and weapons you envy, those are all good things, exactly what the poor and backward Japanese people need. In order to get these, many ships speed up and fly towards it.
"They are treating us like fat. We are ordered to assemble according to the first plan and stay together as much as possible to show our artillery superiority." Feng Wanli put down the telescope in his hand with excitement in his eyes.
Said like.
In this way, facing the incoming Japanese warships, the Jizhou Navy began to assemble and get as close as possible, waiting for the enemy ships to appear and be within effective attack range.
Both sides are full of confidence and determined to win, and the time has come when they can finally see each other.
Eight miles...six miles...three miles...
When the distance between the two sides reached two miles, all the officers in the warships involuntarily looked at the main ship, but Feng Wanli, who was standing on the bow of the ship, was very calm and had no intention of shelling.
The so-called naval battle at this time is just a derivative of the land battle. The two sides will shoot at each other before getting close, and then get closer, capture the opponent's ship by setting up ladders, and launch a battle that can determine the outcome.
Hand-to-hand combat.
Of course, there are many water ghosts among the navy. These people with excellent water skills will dive into the sea without being able to do anything to their opponents, and cut a hole in the bottom of the opponent's warship, so that the opponent's warship will eventually be destroyed due to too much water. Sink to the bottom of the sea.
The latter method is not common. After all, the purpose of most naval battles is to plunder. If the ship is scuttled, you will get nothing, and the gain will outweigh the loss. Feng Wanli believes that the Japanese can still understand this truth. , they will not use water ghosts easily, at least not right away. The only option they can choose is to get close to them first and shoot at them.
Even so, wouldn't it be better to let the opponent get closer? This will not only greatly improve the accuracy of the artillery, but also allow the opponent to bombard the opponent when they find that something is wrong and want to escape.
Liangli is like a joke in the current navy, but during the Daqian period, this was an astonishing power. Even if it is amazing, of course it must achieve the best effect. Feng Wanli can imagine that after eating this The Japanese navy suffered a big loss once, and it will probably be even more difficult for them to take the initiative to cause trouble next time.
There were not many opportunities, and it was even more important to seize them carefully. Within two miles, Feng Wanli looked calm and did not give any orders.
One and a half miles, one mile...
There are even some small boats with strong momentum, and the distance is only two to three hundred meters. At this distance, a good observer can already see the general appearance of the opponent clearly.
"Brigadier..." Seeing how anxious the situation was, Chief of Staff Guan Zhi reminded anxiously.
"Haha." Feng Wanli laughed out loud. He had confidence in his warriors. Within this distance, the enemy could not do anything to them. Even if they were closer and started shooting with bows and arrows, the advantage would still be with them. No matter it was The strength of their bows and arrows, or the protection of their own armors, were so far apart from the Japanese that they didn't have to worry about any losses.
With full confidence, Feng Wanli was waiting for more enemy ships to come within two miles. Only in this way, when the bombardment was launched later, the harvest would be greater. Instead of just taking these ships as the vanguard, of small fish and shrimp.
"Haha, have you seen it? The Jizhou Navy must have been frightened." Standing on the bow of the ship, with hundreds of Japanese soldiers behind him, in order to cheer everyone up and strengthen their confidence in victory, Kuramoto Quan pointed while pointing The Jizhou warship was getting closer and closer, while laughing loudly.
The group of people also laughed cooperatively, and then each one was ready to board the Jizhou warship at any time.
"Order to fire arrows!" Seeing that the vanguard of the Japanese warships had reached within 150 meters and reached the attack range of bows and arrows, Feng Wanli finally spoke, and the flag soldiers beside him immediately waved two command flags, one red and one yellow. , and played the semaphore of bow and arrow attack.
The Jizhou Navy soldiers, who had been impatient for a long time, took out the bows and arrows they had prepared and launched a counterattack at the Japanese warships that were getting closer.
Not only are there horn bows and arrows, each warship is also equipped with four to eight Shen's giant crossbows. If these things are placed on land, their movement speed will be limited, but on a warship, they are the fastest One of the best attack weapons. When the foot-long crossbow arrows are released one by one, the attack distance reaches 500 meters. Even the effective attack distance is only about 400 meters. When they are shot across the sky, they fall When they reached the bows of the Japanese warships that were approaching, they heard wailing sounds one after another.
Almost everyone stood on the bow of the ship, waiting for the right opportunity to attack. Perhaps they also knew how powerful the Jizhou Army's bows and arrows were. There were more than ten shield soldiers guarding the bow of the ship in order to prevent
Attack of bows and arrows.
It's just that these ten people can block ordinary bows and arrows, but they have no resistance at all against Shen's giant crossbow. When the distance is so close, once the ten-foot-long giant crossbow hits, the power is amazing, very...
It was human power that could resist it. For a moment, it was a scene of Japanese soldiers falling into the sea one by one.
Some people who were unlucky were even hit directly by the giant crossbow. They vomited blood on the spot and saw that there was too much air coming in and not enough air coming out.
The giant crossbow opened holes one after another. Taking this opportunity, the other archers fired arrows quickly to expand the victory.
The first dozen or so Japanese warships that rushed in became living targets. When they were a hundred meters away, they received heavy blows. They could not make any progress and suffered heavy losses. This made Kuramoto who came after him
They all had angry expressions on their faces. "Accelerate the attack and get close to the opponent's ship no matter what. As long as we start a battle, we have sufficient numerical advantage and victory will be ours."
Perhaps it is because the resources are too few and the country is too poor. There has always been no shortage of desperate people in Japan. They are often willing to kill people just for a bite to eat. This also makes their hearts full of wildness and gambling. Although it is very difficult to rush over
You may die, but there is also a possibility of huge gains.
For this latter possibility, all the ships increased their speed and flew closer to the 14-ship Jizhou Navy.
The Japanese warship sped up, and the warships originally hanging behind also came quickly. More and more ships entered within two miles. Feng Wanli breathed out nervously. He knew it was time to use a big killer weapon.
"Command, all artillery is ready. After two rounds of salvos, attack freely!"
Feng Wanli finally ordered that the artillery can be used, and the chief of staff Guan Zhi couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. In just a moment, his underwear was already soaked.
Seeing the Japanese warships getting closer and closer, with insufficient troops, it is only a matter of time before the opponent breaks through the defense line. Once the opponent really gets closer, the artillery really cannot be used, otherwise it will hurt one's own people. But what about the artillery?
It can be used at any time, but it is up to Feng Wanli, the brigade commander and the military chief, to have the final say. This is an order given by Tang Ao, and an army can only make one voice.
Even if Guan Zhi is the chief of staff, he can only act in a hurry. Fortunately, he still issued the order for the bombardment. Looking at the current situation, this time was chosen well, because the first ones to rush in were small warships, two hundred
The warships with 1,000 and 2,000 rations are now two miles away. It is time to counterattack.
The flag soldiers quickly issued the order to seal Wanli. The ships, which had been impatient for a long time, quickly opened the curtains, revealing the dark bronze cannon bodies and the huge, human-eating muzzles.
