Seeing that the warships of the Ming Navy were so fierce and even crashed into their own ships without being injured, the soldiers of the Shimazu family were obviously much more cautious and did not dare to approach the cruiser as hard as before. At this time, the cruiser saw that it was about to encounter a siege, so it immediately accelerated its speed and left. Under the cover of the other two cruisers, it merged together and used its own ship speed to sail away!
However, they were not in a hurry to leave. Just when the Japanese thought they were leaving and breathed a sigh of relief, the leading ship suddenly turned and rushed towards another Anzhai ship!
The samurai in charge of the Anzhai ship that was targeted saw that something was not going well and hurriedly ordered the people below to beat drums to summon reinforcements! However, the speed of these three large ships was so fast that they were within a hundred steps of the target before other ships came to help!
If it were against Western warships, Liu Haojia would never close the distance so closely! However, this time his opponent was a Japanese warship that was significantly smaller in size. Moreover, this kind of warship did not have a keel and the hull was relatively fragile, so he became bolder!
What's more, Anzhai's ship only had a dozen large barrels, which were bowl-mouth blunderbuss. The lead bullets fired fell on the cruiser's deck, which was as useless as scratching an itch. So Liu Haojia simply put on a show of "I" It's like bullying you, forcing you to get very close and bombarding you!
The Anzhai ship may have been a giant ship on the sea for the Japanese country, but it was incomparable to Liu Haojia's new warship! There is a big difference in armor and firepower! Therefore, although the warrior's counterattack was fierce, with the large barrels and iron cannons almost covering the whole body of the cruiser, it left only a few scratches!
When he approached the Anzhai ship more than 80 steps, Liu Haojia immediately ordered to fire, and then the artillery on the side of the ship immediately sprayed out smoke and fire! The dense lead bullets hit Anzhai's boat, making a loud banging sound, and wooden spikes flying!
Although I can't see the effect, judging from the weakened counterattack firepower of the Anzha ship, I'm afraid the casualties will be heavy! Then the other two cruisers also entered the battle position for bombardment! Like sharks eyeing their prey, the three cruisers circled the Anzha ship for most of the time and fired two rounds of artillery fire one after another!
The artillery on the other side fired sporadic artillery fire under the command of the result, driving away the seki ships and small early ships that came to the rescue. The soldiers on the deck also kept firing shotguns to block the other side, preventing the ships from getting closer!
However, Liu Haojia felt that he had to leave at this time, because there were already quite a number of Guanzhou and Xiaozaozhou gathered around him. If he got entangled by them, it would probably be the result of the ants biting the elephant to death! So he immediately ordered to rush out to the south!
The captain of the No. 2 cruiser was also a brave man. When he clearly received the order, he still ordered the ship to approach the Anzha ship, withstood the fire of the Anzha ship, and when he passed by, he ordered the sailors to They threw kerosene bombs at the Anzha ship!
This suddenly turned the bow of the Anzhai ship into a sea of fire! The clothes of a dozen Japanese soldiers hiding behind the female wall were set on fire. They screamed loudly and jumped into the sea to survive! At the same time, the cabin was pushed open, and many soldiers came out and started to put out the fire.
At this moment, the No. 3 cruiser approached and fired a round of shotgun shells directly on the deck, knocking almost all the soldiers fighting the fire to the ground! After this victory, they were not satisfied. The captain of the cruiser directly ordered a batch of arson bombs to be fired at the open hatch of the ship as much as possible. As for the effect, it depends on luck!
At this time, Liu Haojia's flagship had already found a way in front and was breaking out of the encirclement to the south. There was a Guan ship in front of him, and he wanted to block the ship across the waterway with the idea of sacrificing himself. However, the Japanese did not expect that such a large ship was quite easy to maneuver. They completed an emergency turn in a short distance and passed close to the stern of his ship!
The two ships collided, making a huge noise as the wood scraped against the wood. The soldiers on the Japanese ship were also quite brave. They actually took this opportunity to throw flying claws in an attempt to trap the cruiser! The soldiers on the cruiser who had been well prepared used their big axes to cut off the flying claws, and at the same time, they fired muskets and threw kerosene bombs from a high position! As a result, the Guan ship was knocked away with flames!
Liu Haojia's flagship was now like a volcano erupting flames on both sides. The artillery on both sides took turns firing, constantly driving away the approaching Japanese ships, and finally killed them among them! Then two other ships
The cruiser also rushed out following his trajectory!
At this time, Liu Haojia also broke out in a cold sweat, feeling terrified in his heart! He knew that he was a little too greedy for success just now! If he had moved a little slower and the opponent had a few more ships blocking the route, he might not have had the chance to escape!
Even though his ship has high freeboards and numerous artillery pieces, it will not be easy for him to escape under the siege of many ships! Maybe it will drag the other two cruisers into the encirclement!
Captain Liu Haojia reflected and turned back to look at the battle group, only to see that the battle line behind him had become a mess! The big ships fired firearms, bows and arrows at each other, and the smoke filled the air! When the ships of both sides crossed each other, the Japanese soldiers kept throwing flying claws at the Ming army's ships. However, the Ming army relied on the advantage of high freeboard and was unwilling to engage in a boarding battle with them. They cut off the flying claws and used firearms to continuously attack. other side!
Generally speaking, the Ming Navy has the advantage when it comes to large ships, but because it is a long voyage, there are no small ships in the fleet this time, which gives the small early ships the opportunity to give full play to their own strengths!
These early boats were transporting oars at high speed, and they constantly gathered into small groups to besiege the lone Ming army ships. Two Ming army ships were already surrounded by seven or eight small boats each! These small boats threw flying grapples to connect their own boats to each other, and the soldiers kept climbing up the ropes!
The soldiers on the Ming army's ships kept shooting from a high position to kill the climbing Japanese, and at the same time, they kept cutting off the flying claws in an attempt to break away from the encirclement. The battle was extremely fierce!
Just when Liu Haojia thought that these two warships were about to be besieged and captured, two more Ming warships came from the side and violently fired at the small morning boat with artillery! There was even a warship that directly hit a small morning boat and flipped it over on the sea! And this scene is just a microcosm of a naval battle!
Although the battle was fierce, Liu Haojia could tell that because he had added a large number of firearms to his own ship, although it seemed that the Shimadzu navy was suppressed by numbers, the actual losses were not great. On the contrary, the Shimadzu navy Slowly losing blood!
