Ming Zuo

Chapter 909 The Battle of Tsushima Sea (9)

The Dongying people's information transmission method is very primitive, which caused great trouble to their operations.

If it is a simple attack and retreat order, it can also be transmitted through the horn.But when Xinna Zhongqing asked for help, he could only send a ship back to report.

However, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu's position was a full two miles away from the front team, and even the fastest Kohayafune would take a long time to come back.

When Mitsuhisa Shimadzu learned about the situation of the front team, the third column of the Xia Guo Navy had already entered the attack position.

"The second team, the first team on the left wing, and the first team on the right wing, all attack. Notify the Choshu and Kumamoto domains that they need their help now."

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu's original complacency no longer existed, and after he quickly issued a reinforcement order, he also looked at Hidemune Date beside him.

"Date-kun, please also send your soldiers and horses, we need to ensure victory."

Date Xiuzong couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

Before coming here, Date Masamune had given him face-to-face instructions, asking him to preserve his strength as much as possible during the battle.

After all, the Uwajima clan came here as the eyes of the Tokugawa shogunate, so there is no need to lose their strength here.

But now Shimadzu Mitsuhisa asked in person, so Date Hidemune didn't know how to refuse.

"Morita, lead your subordinates to show the power of our Uwajima Clan."

Date Xiuzong's surname, Sheng Tian, ​​quickly agreed and left hastily.

Seeing this, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu was very grateful.

"The friendship of the Uwajima clan will always be remembered by our Satsuma clan."

Yida Xiuzong smiled awkwardly, with a very strange expression on his face.

How did Mitsuhisa Shimadzu know that there was actually something tricky in the order he gave Morita just now.

Unless it is one of your own people, you can't taste this kind of code word at all.

Sheng Tian was very happy when he received the order, and he left very quickly.But when he got off Shimadzu Mitsuhisa's boat, he started to stall for time.

"Damn it, where are my soldiers?"

Sheng Tian pretended to be lost and couldn't find where his subordinates were. He let the boat go back and forth in the queue, and it took him half an hour to meet up with his subordinates.

Such a long time is long enough for Xin Na Zhongqing to die three times.

After the third column of the Xia State Navy entered the attack position, Xinna Chungcheong ushered in a catastrophe.

In the first round of shelling of E Honglue's flagship, Xinna Zhongqing's ship was hit by a shell.

Fortunately, the cannonball missed a bit and hit the flank and exploded, killing half of the ship on the spot. Even he himself was overturned by the blast wave, and a piece of wood was pierced through his left shoulder.

At any rate, the bottom of the boat was well preserved without any water entering, so it could still float on the water.

In the ensuing shelling, Xin Na Zhongqing was lucky, his ship was never hit again, but all his subordinates were unlucky.

Countless Japanese soldiers fell into the sea, looking for everything they could rely on, crying desperately, hoping to be saved.

Every time a shell explodes nearby, it will take the lives of a large number of Japanese soldiers.

The entire seawater has long been dyed red, like flowing red agate, gorgeous and weird.

However, with such a strong smell of blood, even sharks dare not come to eat.

The violence and cruelty of human struggles are far incomparable to beasts.Even the most vicious sharks know the danger here and have already avoided it far away.

Xin Na Zhongqing stood up staggeringly, his face was pale due to excessive blood loss.

At this time, he finally lost all his courage.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

But his orderlies had been killed, and no one could sound the trumpet.The surviving Dongpu soldiers couldn't hear his order, so they could only howl in despair, pushing the boat forward.

They didn't dare to stop at all, let alone turn back.Once there is no order to retreat, waiting for their end is more cruel than dying in battle.

But the three or four warships alone are so small on the vast sea, and they are completely insignificant.

Fortunately, at this time, reinforcements from the Dongpu Fleet came up.

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu's scalp felt numb when he saw the third column of the Xia State Navy crossing the sea like the previous two, while the fourth column began to enter the shelling position.

So far, he has fully understood the tactics of the Xia Kingdom Navy.

This method of rotating bombardment effectively avoided the embarrassment of Xia Guo's navy with fewer ships, maximized the advantages of its weapons, and established layers of defense lines in the sea in front of Busan.

He didn't know how many times Xia Guo's navy would reincarnate, but every bombardment caused huge losses to Dongpu's warships.

There is no other way.

"Order the gunboat to dispatch and sink the boat of the Xia people."

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu decided to put all his eggs in one basket and took out the secret weapon he had prepared.

Although the artillery purchased from the Dutch is far inferior to that of Xia Guo, it is the best weapon of the Japanese army.In times of crisis, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu must grasp this life-saving straw.

At the same time, his eyes looked towards the sea to the south.

When will the surprise soldiers under deployment arrive on the battlefield?

However, he didn't have the ability to transmit voices across thousands of miles, so he didn't know what the strange soldier was going through.

More than [-] Japanese gunboats speeded up, rushed out of the battle line, and merged with the warships in front.

These gunboats are all Ataka ships.

In order to accommodate the artillery, the position of the bow was modified.The front boards were removed and the cannons were placed in the houseboat.

Due to the size of the atake ships, only one cannon can be placed on each ship.And because of the blocking of the wooden boards, the shooting range of the artillery is very limited, only [-] degrees left and right.

These gunboats couldn't form an array across the hull like Xia Guo's navy did.You can only move forward while firing forward.As for the enemies on the left and right, there is no way.

Fortunately, Xia Guo's navy was on the opposite side, and the left and right were his own people, so the gunners of Dongpu had no scruples.

The commander-in-chief of the fourth column of the Xia State Navy is Bai Dasheng, the chief of staff of the Navy.

He had already seen Dongying's gunboats through a telescope.

"Hehe, the Dongying people finally know the benefits of artillery. It's a pity that this kind of old artillery is not worthy of carrying our shoes."

His flagship came into firing angle and immediately aimed all of its muzzles at the foremost gunboat.

One heavy cannon and five light cannons fired six shells, only to be hit twice.

The gunboat had just finished firing when it was shattered and disappeared in the bombing.

The gunners on Dongpu's side obviously had insufficient training and were of very low quality.

Also due to lack of training, the accuracy of shooting is very touching.

More than thirty artillery shells were separated by a distance of one thousand meters, and only two of them hit Bai Dasheng's ship.

One hit the bow of the ship, shattering the bow and killing two soldiers at the same time.

The other one hit the middle section of the warship. As a result, because of the strong protection here, the shell did not penetrate, but was thrown into the water.

After such a head-to-head contest, the two sides came to a conclusion.

(End of this chapter)