Ming Zuo

Chapter 908 The Battle of Tsushima Sea (8)

"It's a pity that we have too few heavy artillery, otherwise, it would definitely be enough for these Japanese pirates to drink a pot."

The warships of the Xia Kingdom Navy are completely inherited from the Ming Dynasty Navy, and the largest ship is just a lucky boat.

Even so, many ships could not withstand the recoil of heavy artillery due to years of disrepair, and there was no way to assemble them.

Even if it is an intact blessing ship, each ship can only be equipped with one heavy artillery.

The rest of the firepower can only be supplemented by light naval guns.

This caused the firepower of the Xia Kingdom Navy to be unable to maximize it.

If the light naval gun hits directly, the effect is not bad, and it can destroy a ship with one shot.But if there is no hit, even if it only falls in the water about three meters beside the ship, because of the resistance of the water, it can only tickle the Japanese warship.

Unlike the explosive power of heavy artillery, it can even push the Anzhai ship off course.If the distance is close enough, the waves just stirred up can overturn the Guan ship.

There were only five heavy artillery on the nine Fuchuan in the first column.Coupled with the hit rate, the blow effect can only be regarded as unsatisfactory.

This is also the reason why Zuo Hua put the Dongying people's warship within a thousand meters before firing.

He was dissatisfied with the damage effect, but the Dongpu people were all frightened.

"Shimadzu-kun, what kind of weapon do the Xia people use? Why are they so powerful?"

Date Xiuzong swore that he had never seen such a terrible scene in his life.

Such a large ship was completely blown to pieces without warning.You know, it will take more than a year to build such a ship.

Although he saw the smoke coming out of Xia Guo's fleet, he knew that it should be fired.

But where are the shells?
The performance of high explosives is already like God's magic in the eyes of Dongpu people.

Shimadzu Mitsuhisa couldn't answer at all, but just stared blankly ahead, a layer of haze floated deep in his heart.

Perhaps this battle will go to a point he didn't expect.

Commanding the first array of the Dongpu Fleet is Satsuma Fan's famous general Xinna Zhongqing.

The task he accepted was to lead his own fleet to disrupt the formation of Xia Guo's navy and provide conditions for the siege of the follow-up troops.

As a result, before approaching Xia Guo's warships, our side lost more than ten ships.What was even more unacceptable to him was the way the ships were damaged.

After Mitsuhisa Shimadzu purchased artillery from the Dutch, he tried it out.

Xinna Zhongqing saw with his own eyes that the Dutch's artillery was extremely powerful.

One shot down can make a big hole in the ship.Even the last remnants of rolling around on the ship will cause a large number of casualties.

In his mind, this is definitely the most powerful weapon in the world.

However, compared with Xia Jun's artillery at this time, one is in the sky and the other is on the ground.

However, the speed of the entire team has fully increased, and it is impossible to avoid it even because of timidity.

The experienced Xinna Zhongqing knew that if he dared to turn around and run away at this time, not to mention whether he would be punished if he went back, at least his formation would definitely be completely chaotic.

In that case, in the eyes of the enemy, it is no different from a slaughtered lamb.

Since there is no way out, there is only...

"Desperate assault, don't stop!"

Japanese people are absolutely second to none when it comes to obeying orders.

Although many people had fear in their hearts, under Xin Na Zhongqing's order, they still paddled their oars desperately, hoping to get closer to Xia Guo's fleet.

At this time, the first column had already glided across the sea, and only the last few Haicang ships were left facing the Dongpu fleet with their artillery angles.

"Let the next few ships fight again."

At this time, Zuo Hua regretted it very much. If he had known that the formation would have such an effect, he should not have used the method of artillery salvo.

He could only watch from the flagship as the last few Haicang ships fired another round of shells.

This time, because there was no participation of heavy artillery, the killing effect was even more unsatisfactory, and only one ship was sunk.

The Dongying people naturally saw the effect of the shelling, and their morale was immediately boosted, and the speed of rowing became faster.

But the performance of the first column surprised them very much.

I saw the first column turned to the southwest, without stopping at all, and walked away all the way.

They came from the northwest, fully relying on the wind speed.Turning to the southwest at this time also makes good use of the wind.

Dongpu was completely confused.

"Why did the Xia people escape? Did they abandon Busan?"

"What kind of play is this?"

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu's head was full of question marks.

There were too many unexpected situations in today's battle, making him feel that he can't fight?
Just as he was thinking hard, the warning horn sounded again.

"Enemy fleet, heading northwest!"

Shimadzu Mitsuhisa quickly put away his doubts, and looked northwest.Then I saw nine lucky boats and more than a dozen small boats coming rapidly.

Almost exactly the same as the Xia Guo fleet just now, it was drawing an arc on the sea, and then turned its side to this side.

A light flashed in his head, making Mitsuhisa Shimadzu suddenly realize something, and he was furious on the spot.

"Cunning Xia people, they are going to start a wheel war."

He guessed right, but it was too late.

It was the second column led by Zhang Keda who rushed over at this time.

According to the established combat plan, the second column followed the first column and formed a second line of defense one thousand meters behind it.

And unlike the first column, after receiving Zuo Hua's reminder, the second column no longer resorted to salvoing.

Zhang Keda's flagship was the first to bear the brunt. After entering the shooting angle first, it opened fire immediately.

Although there is only one ship's firepower, all the artillery on the ship can fire.Not only that, when the flagship sails past, the artillery at the end can make up for another round.

Although the gunfire on the sea surface was a little sparser, all the firepower could be put into use, which caused more damage to the Dongpu people.

When the second column also began to turn to the southwest, Xinna Chungcheong's front team was completely scrapped.

Thirteen ships and terrified soldiers remained in his hands.

What's the use of a sparse formation, even if you can rush up?
Xin Na Zhongqing was trembling all over, he didn't know what to do.

"Quickly ask the feudal lord to provide support."

The situation of the former team had not yet reflected on Mitsuhisa Shimadzu's side, and the third column of Xia Guo's navy appeared on the northwest sea again.

E Honglue was gearing up, his green eyes had already fixed on Xinna Zhongqing.

"Tell all the ships to aim more accurately and wipe out all the Japanese forwards."

(End of this chapter)