At this time, the sound of cannons was rumbling, and three cruisers were cruising outside the Japanese Navy, which was huddled together, somewhere between one hundred and one hundred and fifty. Continuously bombarded enemy ships with heavy artillery.
When the enemy approaches, they move away a little. When the enemy ships retreated, they moved closer, always maintaining this distance. At this distance, iron cannons and bows were completely useless. And this distance can almost be sighted.
Because there is a steam engine. It has good maneuverability and always maintains a horizontal posture facing the enemy ship.
There is a tactic in the navy called seizing the T prefix. That is to say, one's own fleet lines up in horizontal formation, facing the enemy's advancing column.
Because the firepower of battleships of this era was mainly the artillery on the bulwarks. Therefore, you can concentrate the broadside artillery of all the ships in your own fleet, and concentrate the fire to bombard the first ship in the enemy column that rushes vertically from the opposite side.
In this way, you can start from the first enemy warship and focus your fire and bombard it in sequence. Destroy enemy ships one after another.
In this way, the firepower can be concentrated to the greatest extent. Increase hit rate. Moreover, the enemy is a vertical column, and their broadside artillery cannot hit our vertical ships in the horizontal column at all.
Therefore, as long as you seize the T prefix, you will restrain the enemy and not be restrained by the enemy. Conducive to the invincible position. Therefore, both sides wanted to seize advantageous bombardment positions.
But whether you can grab it depends on whose mobility is better. This requires both the performance of the ship and the skill level of the sailor. It still depends on who God helps. If the wind is not strong enough, all the work will be in vain.
Therefore, until the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Mediterranean countries and Japan did not cancel the galleys. When the wind is not strong, rowing by human power can always change the direction flexibly.
Once steam power appeared, battleships no longer relied on wind direction and could maneuver and turn at any time. Sailboats have to be beaten to death by steamships. Even if the sailors were so tired that they vomited blood and tried their best to maneuver the sails to gain position, they would still be no match for a steam engine ship.
Regardless of whether the wind direction is favorable or not, people can always seize the T prefix several times faster and firmly grasp this favorable position. You can't hit them, but they can focus their fire on you. Knock out your ships one by one.
At this time, although the Anzha ship, the Guan ship, and the small morning ship were all in a group. However, the three cruisers kept a safe distance neither far nor close, and their guns fired freely. When the artillery on one side has finished firing and begins loading, the ship will be turned around and the artillery on the other side will continue to fire. This cycle continues with endless firepower.
"Don't move, don't move, hey, that's right." Yan Jinhua squinted one eye and looked at the golden castle tower roof that reflected the sunlight behind the rows of sails and rafters, and said.
He jerked the match rope. The 203mm heavy artillery blasted out smoke and flames. The entire artillery and its frame recoil on the rails. The heavy-duty springs make a jaw-dropping sound.
These springs are shock-absorbing springs used between the chassis and wheels of trains. It was collected by the idiot who collected scraps. It was removed because the train was scrapped and demolished. It is considered scrap and can be transported.
Although they are second-hand goods, these springs can basically be used. Used by Yang Fan in artillery. If you install a few more sets of this thing, it will be much easier to use than a rope pulley. Once the rear seat is at the bottom, the cannon will be pushed back by the spring. No manpower is needed at all.
Forty kilograms of incendiary bombs screamed and flew out. Draw a parabola in the air.
At this time, Vice Admiral Ozohei had just been rescued and was shivering wrapped in a blanket in the castle tower of Shochikumaru. The sea water at this time was too cold, which froze him badly. Fujiwara Takayoshi had to have someone cook miso soup for him to drink.
Fujiwara Takayoshi is worrying about how to solve the current dilemma. Only then did he realize that he had kicked an iron plate. Now, they were being ripped apart by three huge sailing ships, sinking the surrounding ships layer by layer. They couldn't get to them and couldn't escape.
"What should we do?" Fujiwara Takayoshi looked at the fireball rising in front of him and knew that another ship had been ignited by that terrible explosive bomb.
At this time, a scream came. An incendiary bomb hit directly into the front deck of a ship fifty meters in front of Shochiku Maru. Then there was a loud bang. The narrow Guan ship was directly blown to pieces. A huge fireball rose, and then there was a burst of white light in front of the eyes, shaking people's eyes.
His eyes were temporarily blinded.
Even though we were in the castle tower, the white light still penetrated the window paper and flooded the small room.
Then, the white light dissipated, his vision returned, and the ship in front of him was already burning. Burning pieces of wood fell into the sea and onto other ships. It was still burning, and the sailors rushed out to put out the fire.
Ozohei trembled and said: "My lord, we can no longer fight. We must retreat immediately, otherwise our entire army will be annihilated here." No matter what time it is, the businessman is always the calmest. They always calculate the benefits clearly, and they will never do things that cost money.
Fujiwara's eyes twitched as he looked at the seki ship that had been burned into a torch. The burning samurai were running around, howling and trying to take off their armor and clothes. However, the flames soon engulfed them. Burn into a burning man.
Fujiwara finally made up his mind. If they retreated back to Tsushima, at least people could abandon their ships and take refuge ashore. At least Jinshi City is still very strong. If we still stay at sea and are stuck to these white ships like bullshit plasters, they will all be sunk at sea sooner or later.
At this time, another incendiary bomb roared in. This time it passed the bow of the ship, fell into the sea, and then exploded violently. The sea water was blown up to a height of more than ten meters. Huge waves crashed onto Shochikumaru's deck. The warriors were all drowned.
"Send the order, retreat, everyone retreat, return to the port in Fuchu. Hurry up." Fujiwara finally gritted his teeth and made a decision. ap.
Ozohei rolled his eyes and said: "Sir, why don't we change to a small morning boat and return quickly. After all, Shochikumaru is too big and may become the target of enemy ships."
Now that the decision to escape has been made, Fujiwara's mentality is relaxed. At this time, the thought was right. I was planning on running away anyway. It's more important to keep yourself safe. The small morning boat is fast, so it is wise to reach Jinshi City as early as possible.
"You're right, we'll change ships right now." Fujiwara nodded immediately.
They hurriedly boarded a small morning boat, raised the sail, and sailed in the opposite direction under the frantic rowing of the oarsmen.
At this time, the entire fleet saw the semaphore command issued by the flagship Shochiku Maru. All retreated and returned to Fuzhong Port. You can abandon ship after reaching shore.
At this time, the enemy ships are so powerful, how to keep these naval seeds is the most important thing. The ship is gone and can be rebuilt. If these veterans are gone, it is not something that can be cultivated in ten years.
They were less than a hundred meters away when a third incendiary bomb roared towards them, this time hitting the castle tower. With a bang, the small attic made of golden hardwood and covered with gold foil was blown to pieces. Burning pieces of wood flew around.
The entire Shochiku Maru burst into flames.
Because those three boats are big and fast. They can't outrun and they can't win.
