Ming Zuo

Chapter 912 The Battle of Tsushima Sea (12)

Shang Kexi's combat method is completely opposite to Zuo Hua's.

In order to kill as many enemies as possible, Zuo Hua hid his strength at the beginning.

Although the Dongpu people suffered heavy losses just through shelling, they still felt that they had an opportunity to spread out their formation.

Only then did Zuo Hua unleash the rocket launcher to wash the ground.

No, it is washing the sea.

The Dongying people were unprepared, and they were immediately defeated by the rockets, with no fighting spirit.

Shang Kexi can't do that.

He has too few troops, and not all ships have bazookas on board.

And he has no room to maneuver, so he can only fight to the death without retreating.

Seeing that the Dongpu fleet entered within a kilometer, he immediately shouted: "All the artillery fire is fired."

In his fleet, only the Cangshan ship was equipped with a rocket launcher.As for the centipede ship, because it is too small, there is no room to carry it.

In this way, due to the insufficient number of rocket launchers, they cannot produce astonishing effects like the main fleet.

But even so, the Dongying people were still confused when they saw the rockets flying across the sky.

Never seen this thing before, don't know what it is.

Then when the rockets exploded in the fleet, the Dongpu people finally understood the horror of this thing.

Seeing that one ship after another was blown up and the sea area was on fire, Shimadzu Hisaoki felt cold all over and hurriedly gave an order.

"All the boats went around, spread out their queues, and outflanked them left and right."

He didn't know that the rocket launcher was fun to fight, but it was troublesome to load it.

Shang Kexi had no other choice but to command the fleet to meet them.At the same time, the artillery of each ship was ordered to find the target freely and fire freely.

The distance between the two sides is rapidly approaching, and the accuracy of the artillery is getting higher and higher.

From time to time, a Japanese warship was destroyed, which made the scalp of the Japanese feel numb.I can only pray silently that this terrible artillery will not hit my head.

The artillerymen have tried their best to load the rockets, but they can't keep up with the development of the battle.

The distance of one thousand meters, when the two sides are rushing towards each other, it can be reached almost in the blink of an eye.

Soon, the two fleets were mixed together.

Although there were no artillery on Dongpu's warships, the Dongpu soldiers on it attacked with firecrackers one after another because they got closer.

From time to time, people on Xia Jun's side were hit by firecrackers and died on the spot.Many people were beaten so hard that they couldn't hold their heads up, which seriously affected the combat efficiency.

Of course, Xia Jun's musket counterattack was also very sharp.

According to their previous combat experience, the Dongying people stood full of people on the deck in order to create the effect of musket salvo.But with such a density of personnel, Xia Jun's soldiers didn't need to aim carefully at all, as long as they fired roughly, they could hit people in the past.

Except for the sailors who steered the sails, steered the rudder, and steered the oars, everyone on Xia Jun's side was engaged in the frontline battle.

The rear-mounted artillery embodies its superiority at this time.

Basically, one shell can be fired every minute, and because the distance is close enough, it is easy to hit.

What is also troublesome is that because the distance is too short, the shooting angle of the artillery often flashes by, and you have to find the target again.

The Dongying people knew that they had a large number of people, so they wanted to give full play to this advantage and kept driving their warships towards the Xia army in order to engage in boarding battles.

Xia Jun is more aware that firepower is his strong point, so the centipede boats with insufficient firepower are cruising outside the Cangshan boat.Once a Dongpu person bumps into them, they will take the initiative to meet them and take on the task of taking over the ship.

Under the protection of these centipede ships, the Cangshan ship worked hard to project firepower.

There was chaos on the battlefield, and Shang Kexi had no way to command effectively.

He simply acted as a gunner.

I don't know how many shells were fired, but I was exhausted and out of breath, but my spirit was extremely high.

"An enemy is coming!"

The sentinel exclaimed.

Shang Kexi was taken aback, followed the directions, only to find that the two Guan boats broke through the centipede boat's defense, and rammed straight towards his boat.

And the angle at which the two closed ships rushed, it was impossible for the artillery to hit them.

He was also anxious, and shouted: "Is the rocket launcher loaded?"

But in the gunner's answer, there was a cry.

"Squadron leader, the rocket launcher can't hit it."

Shang Kexi looked at it in astonishment, only to discover the problem.

It turns out that in order to maintain stability, the barrel of the rocket launcher must be slanted upwards.If it is to strike a target hundreds of meters away or thousands of meters away, there is naturally no problem.

But now that the enemy has rushed within [-] meters, the barrel of the rocket launcher cannot be suppressed, and it must not be able to hit it.

Seeing the two closed ships getting closer and closer, the Japanese soldiers on top swung their swords and claws.Just by visual inspection, there are at least four or five hundred people.

Once these two ships approached and fought hand-to-hand combat, the soldiers on their own ship would definitely be in danger.

How to deal with it?
At the moment of crisis, Shang Kexi's eyes suddenly fixed on the thin iron bars that bound the barrel of the rocket launcher.

This iron bar is about two fingers wide and as thick as dough.It is used to bind twelve rocket launcher barrels together to play a fixed role.

Shang Kexi groaned, picked up the ax next to him, and chopped down on the thin iron bar.

With a few clicks, clicks, the thin iron bar was broken by him.

The barrel of the rocket launcher immediately scattered around, and even hit someone.

Shang Kexi ignored it, picked up a bazooka barrel and carried it on his shoulder.

The gun barrel together with the shells weighed at least a hundred catties, and he was considered to be very strong, so he managed to hold it alone.

"ignition!"

The soldiers were all dumbfounded, they didn't expect him to be so brave.

"What are you still doing in a daze? If you don't want to die, ignite the fire."

Finally someone came to his senses and moved to the fuse with a torch.

Amid the piercing sound, the rocket roared and rushed out of the gun barrel, and went straight to the Guan Ship, which was already thirty meters away.

When carrying the bazooka on his shoulders, Shang Kexi discovered that it was actually very easy to aim at close-range targets.

Sure enough, after the rocket flew out, there was no deviation at all, and it directly hit the enemy's ship.

In the bang, the ship was turned into countless fragments, and immediately afterward, the surrounding sea was turned into a raging fire.

The violent explosion wave even spread over, pushing Shang Kexi into a somersault.

Only then did he let out a scream.

When everyone looked at it, they found that his right cheek, neck, and palms of both hands were all scorched black, and even smoke was still coming out.

It was obviously scalded by the intense heat of the rocket launch.

Shang Kexi couldn't care about his injury.

"Come again!"

But this time the soldiers had understood his intentions.

"Squadron leader, I'm coming."

Some soldiers rushed up, picked up other barrels and carried them on their shoulders.

And with him as an example, the soldiers have time to take better protection.

They wrapped the barrel of the bazooka several times with thick canvas before lifting it up, so they don't have to worry about getting burned.

Another rocket popped out of the chamber, blowing up another Guan ship on the spot.

When the crisis was resolved, Shang Kexi laughed like crazy.

"Tell the ships to fight like this. We will win this battle!"

(End of this chapter)