Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 590 Blood Sea

The largest naval battle that took place in the Asia-Pacific that year was the Luliang naval battle in the Wanli Korean War. At that time, the coalition forces of the Ming Dynasty led more than 800 large and small warships to jointly attack Tachibana. Munemo, Shimadzu Yoshihiro, and Kobayakawa Hidetaka Takahashi Tozeng led the main Japanese fleet to slobber.

However, 40 years have passed, and the navy of the Tokugawa family seems to be even worse than then.

"Bagaya Road!"

"Wu Lou has to give it!"

Amidst the harsh curses, the big tube fired towards the Ming army like fireworks. Due to the two consecutive sharp turns just now, the original distance of one nautical mile was pulled to less than 300 meters, and it stuck to the back of the Ming army fleet. The army desperately released their firearms, and the Japanese bow shot forward like raindrops. The sailors under the Guan boat desperately shook their big oars, trying to draw this distance closer. The Japanese army was also retreating steadily, and the confident Japanese warriors shook Japanese swords, big guns, and roared like beasts, waiting to catch up with the Ming army fleet and board the ship to fight hand-to-hand.

"It's just a group of land soldiers, but it's loud enough!"

A qualified general must replenish his physical strength anytime and anywhere to deal with possible threats from all sides.Anyway, that's what Shi Lang said, chewing another piece of beef jerky with rosin and oil in his mouth, looking at the big tube behind him like a sea of ​​fire, the rain of arrows, Shi Lang held his shoulders in disdain and hummed.

"My lord, don't play around!"

Behind him, a serious reminder sounded suddenly. Looking back, a young scholar in his early thirties with a stern face was like beef jerky. His name was Gu Yanwu, and he came from the second phase of the Jiangnan Lecture Hall. Sun Chengzong's staff officer, a student from Sun Chengzong, has participated in many wars in Nanyang with Song Qingshu.

Shi Lang's loyalty is loyalty, but sometimes the impulsive blood in the rivers and lakes is an occasional bad thing. Although there is no major problem, it is not good. Originally, Zhang Huangyan was here to restrain him, but Zhang Huangyan went to the Taifu. The guy was released again like a mountain monkey, so Song Qingshu promoted Mr. Tie Mian next to him to be the chief of staff of the navy to assist Shi Lang.

Seeing such an iron pot face, Shi Lang couldn't help but twitched his originally happy face, he threw the beef jerky helplessly, and patted his bulging biceps.

"Don't worry, Mr. Rizhi, Shi has fought more naval battles than any ship you've ever seen. With this, these Japanese ghosts can't turn the tide!"

"This is what the commander-in-chief is worried about. Fighting depends on brains, and relying on brute force alone is not a senior commander. That's why he sent his subordinates here."

Dumbfounded by Gu Yanwu's preemptive words, Shi Lang simply covered his head with a headache, and turned his head away again.

However, the form did make Shi Langnong a little confused. In an hour-long chase, the distance between the Japanese army at the front and the Iron Skin of the Songjiang Navy at the back was less than [-] meters away. On the aft deck of the Ironhide, the sailors on the ship with the big tube were terrified and put out the fire several times.

After all, there are more than 6000 Japanese sailors, and the Songjiang navy plus non-combat sailors are only about [-]. It is really troublesome to let Japanese people board the ship.

However, Shi Lang gave an order not to fight back!
Finally, it was really a waste of the whole day, the sun began to sink, and a wave of setting sun laid a long period of blood-like residual color on the sea level. Shi Lang, who had been eating beef jerky all afternoon, also became dignified , raised his right hand towards the sea, and after a while, he spat out a cloud of turbid air.

"The direction of the wind has finally fucking changed!"

As the sun sets, the surface temperature drops, and the wind that originally blows from the sea to the land also changes to blowing from the land to the sea. This is the fighter that Shi Lang has been waiting for!

"Order the fifteen ships in the rear of the palace to release mines!"

"Commander, the enemy and our fleets can't meet within 50 meters. If you release mines at this time, it is easy to accidentally injure our ship. The risk is extremely high, and it is against the Navy's regulations!"

"Then tell me, how to distance yourself from the Japanese ghost!" Just when his blood was boiling, Shi Lang finally turned his head angrily and yelled, but what made him vomit blood was that Gu Yanwu shrugged innocently: "My lord, The officer is just doing his duty to remind you, how to make a decision is your business."

To be serious with these civil servants, he would probably be mad at himself, the veins on his forehead popped, Shi Lang simply pointed forward speechlessly: "Mr. Rizhi, I ordered you to serve as the commander of the former enemy on the Storm, and execute it immediately! "

"Subordinate to obey!"

Fortunately, this iron noodle pot is very similar, pointing to where, giving an order, riding the lasso connecting the boat to the boat, and flying out on a sliding basket, seeing him sent away, Shi Lang finally let go. After taking a breath, he grinned grinningly and shouted again: "Throw mines!"

The [-]th ship, such as the Iron Sheet, carefully hoisted the vats one by one off the ship from the tall poop pulley crane, and threw them into the sea. Indeed, as Gu Yanwu said, this tactical move was extremely dangerous, and the Japanese shot at it. The rockets were like fireflies all over the sky, crackling and piercing on those wooden barrels. If one of them exploded, half of the ship would have to be scrapped.

However, it is not known whether it was Shi Lang's luck or the quality of the mines of the Qihuo Army. Fifteen boats and 120 barrels of mines fell into the water unharmed, and immediately floated among the Japanese ships.

This time, no one dared to use the trigger mine. The timed mine controlled by the incense sticks that were fully released, these wooden barrels passed by, and a curious Japanese salvaged one with a net. The incense sticks were controlled for a short time before they pried it. Open the wooden barrel, and the carefully prepared primer has been boiled with incense sticks and poured on the yellow gunpowder made of glycerin.

Boom~

It was like a bolt from the blue, when Honda was still on the Guan boat watching the battle ahead, the Guan boat in the third row and second row in the back row suddenly burst out sparks all over the sky amidst the sound of a violent explosion, crashing like the Guan boat next to him. The boat crashed hard.

This was just the beginning, and then there was a muffled sound when the boats in the second row and the first row were closed, and then amidst the horrific shouts of the warriors above, they leaned to one side, and the Xiaozao group in the first row became even more violent. A piece was blown up in the explosion.

Explosions sounded one after another in the Japanese fleet, and in an instant, more than a thousand Japanese fleets that were originally lined up in arrow formations chasing after them were in a mess.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Ming army fleet also got out of the distance.

"Don't panic, don't be chaotic! Send the order down, and the ships are anchored! Prevent attacks!"

This burst of sea mines also knocked Honda into a daze. Frightened, he tried his best to stabilize the army, but at this moment, a scene that made him desperate unfolded.

The Ming army fleet did not take advantage of this opportunity to escape. The battleships of the Ming army that had been lined up in a huge square began to unfold like blossoms. The outer battleships separated one after another to the two wings in an orderly manner. It is inclined to surround the entire shogunate fleet.

The muzzle of the black gun sticks out from the porthole full of murderous intent.

The cruelest thing in the world is Shi Lang's tactics today, first give you hope, and then turn it into despair in an instant!

With a unique muffled roar, the heavy rifled guns began to fire overwhelmingly at the Japanese fleet in the middle. The powerful power of the twelve to sixteen-pound guns tore apart the shogunate flat-bottomed ship without even a keel. *It is so easy to tear the girl's hymen, separated by a full six to seven hundred meters, beyond the range of all Japanese long-range weapons, the heavy lead bullets can easily penetrate two, three or even five layers layers of ship boards.

Often only a bang was heard, and the tall Guan ship collapsed with a bang, and the Japanese sailors on it fell into the sea screaming. Then, the spliced ​​Guan ship began to disintegrate, and the boards were hit by the hot shells. It started to burn under the blow, and a raging fire began to float on the huge sea!

Boom!

Even the huge and cumbersome Ataka ship was not spared. Honda watched helplessly as a meteor-like lead bullet smashed into the back of the general's throne. With a loud noise, the wood that turned into fire all over the sky splashed out.

The situation of the battle was almost reversed in an instant. After only 13 minutes of shelling, the Japanese fleet completely collapsed in a sea of ​​flames. The disintegrated ship was floating on the sea, and the densely packed warriors screamed desperately like ants falling into the water. Then, the terrified Guan boats collided with each other in the sea of ​​flames, and there was an apocalyptic atmosphere everywhere.

In 29 minutes, the two separate fleets completed the encirclement, and the lead ship met with each other. Seeing his masterpiece, Shi Lang excitedly raised his saber and shouted forward.

"attack!"

After learning the British heavy artillery long-range combat method in the British-Western naval battle, Shi Lang immediately changed it into a more passionate Spanish-style short-range combat method. The fleet cut close to the two wings of the Japanese fleet at a distance of less than 50 meters. This time, the close-range shooting was even more bloody and cruel. The cannons of the warships passing by roared, and the weak ships within the range were almost torn to pieces. Dozens of musketeers in a ship stood on the deck with flintlock guns and fired downwards. The dense bullets shot down, and the samurai on the closed ship, which was a head short, was beaten through like an electric shock.

But in this massacre like a Shura field, suddenly, the 27-meter hull of the No. 50 Mandrill in the right column trembled violently, and then the huge hull was knocked aside by brute force. Except for him, No. 28 Solanum nigrum and No. 29 Shanyang were also knocked open one after another. Along the gap, strange lead-gray closed ships rushed out like floods that opened the gates.

The only outstanding masterpiece in the Japanese fleet, the iron-clad warship of the Mori family!

Completely abandoning the heavy and luxurious Anzhai boat, sitting on top of an iron armored ship, Honda Zhengzheng's heart is bleeding. Now his battle goal has changed from defeating the Ming army fleet to escaping. The Ming army has a strong appetite. Big, they deliberately dragged it to the current land wind time, just to wipe out the fleet of the shogunate, so that they can't escape back to the Japanese archipelago by the wind direction, so the only way to escape is to follow the wind direction and go to the depths of the Pacific Ocean , and then use Jing Yi's method to turn off the lights last time, the sun has completely set at this time, and in the dark night, even the beggars can't find themselves in Wang Yang.

Following Honda Zhengze, hundreds of dilapidated Japanese boats rushed outward with their oars desperately as if they had grasped the last straw.

I really didn't expect this scene. Suddenly, the continuous team was cut off, and several follow-up ships chased after them in shock. The navy fled towards the Pacific Ocean along the curved fleet encirclement. Shi Lang, who was in a state of desperation, slammed his fist on the ship's plank, turning around to leave unluckily.

But at this moment, his adjutant shouted in horror.

"Captain, look!"

He snatched the binoculars again, and under Shi Lang's astonished gaze, a burst of raging fire suddenly spread on the sea surface at the tail end of the entire right-hand fleet. The fire wall of Dao Lie got stuck on the escape route of the Japanese army like that, and the sea surface of 500 meters between the leading ship and the stern ship on the right column was burned into a sea of ​​flames.

"fire!"

Once again, Shi Lang shouted excitedly...

(End of this chapter)