In particular, the Japanese boats surrounding Zhang Zhiyong had already been tied to each other, and they could not escape in a hurry. Even if they were separated, there would not be enough manpower to drive the boats! Because the people on their ship had already gone to fight on Anzhai's ship, and they couldn't escape at all! Therefore, the Ming army's counterattack was extremely smooth!
Moreover, Li Wenliang and Zhang Zhiyong were also fighting. When the enemy showed signs of escaping, they immediately ordered their men to pursue them! Moreover, their method of pursuit was not to pursue them wildly, but to take advantage of their large and fast ships to catch up with the Japanese ships and attack their sails and masts!
As long as the Japanese ships lost their sails, how far could they travel with only oars? So for a while, the sea was filled with the sound of whizzing chain bombs! Especially after the three cruisers raised all their sails, they were as fast as lightning. When they caught up with a Japanese ship, they fired a volley of cannons!
More than a dozen chain bombs hit the sail, causing bamboo and wood to fly, and a hole popped out of the boss! The sail is weakened by the wind! If the chain bullet hits the mast, the iron balls on both sides will circle around the railing at high speed, and then hit the mast heavily. It often only takes one salvo to break the mast of a ship. !
Those Japanese ships that lost their masts could only sail forward in vain by relying on human power. They could still run very fast for a short period of time, but after a long distance and people lost strength, the speed of the ship slowed down. By then, they would be meat on the chopping block. !
At this time, things changed again on the right wing of the front. Those pirates are the best at watching the wind, so they were keenly aware of the Japanese's defeat when they first showed signs of defeat! After all, you have to have a good eye to be a pirate, otherwise you might have been killed long ago!
So after they discovered that things had changed, they immediately began to step up their attack. After all, so many ships in front of you are military merits! And although these Japanese ships are not very useful, they are still worth a lot of money. At least the wood is good, and it is still a lot of money to dismantle them!
But pirates are smart, and those Japanese are not stupid either! As soon as they noticed that the pirates were rushing to attack, they knew something had changed! The samurai in charge immediately ordered a breakout to the north! At this time, the pirates' tendency to bully the weak and fear the strong was revealed again, and the seemingly dense encirclement was broken by the Japanese!
Liu Haojia was standing on the bow of the boat and his eyes were red with anger when he saw this situation! Although he knew that these pirates were useless, he never expected that they would be so weak! It seems that the second young master is right. It's okay to expect these pirates to fight with the wind, but don't even think about a tough battle! It seems that I will have to expand my direct lineage power in the future!
Just when the Japanese thought they could escape and ascend to heaven, a fleet rushed over at an angle. It was two cruisers rushing over with several ships, blocking them directly! Then countless chain bombs roared in, knocking off the mast of the Anzhai ship that had just raised its sails!
Now, the Japanese who had just thought they had a chance to escape were panicking! Because they all know that such a huge Anzhai ship has a mast. Without the mast, such a heavy hull cannot run very far if it wants to break through with oars!
Sure enough, the sails of the two Anzhai boats that opened the way fell down and their speed immediately slowed down! The surrounding ships all rushed forward like crazy, trying to protect Anzhai's ship and escape! But now there is no chance to escape again!
The two cruisers led the fleet across the front, with continuous gunfire, smashing all the sails of the ships that tried to break through first, breaking the masts, and then making way for them to paddle forward. They leaned on the sides and stared at the masts and sails of other ships and beat them!
In less than two-quarters of an hour, the sails of most of the ships in the entire Japanese fleet were either shattered or their masts were broken. They were just like fish with their tails cut off. They could swim, but only slowly. Go slow!
Seeing this, the pirates became even more courageous. After each selected their target, two or three ships formed a group. They approached the Japanese ships and used artillery to clear the decks. Then they jumped on to fight, preparing to seize all these ships!
Seeing that there would be no major changes here, the two cruisers immediately turned around and pursued them into the distance. The happy event is the time to beat the drowned dog, and it is absolutely impossible to let it go!
The entire chase lasted until nightfall. The Liu Haojia family ordered hundreds of torches to be lit on the mast of their flagship and on the side of the ship, illuminating the entire ship like a mountain of lights! Other ships saw such a conspicuous target and
Knowing that it was the call of the flagship, they returned one after another with loot!
After some inventory, the final result was that our side lost 13 ships and more than 300 soldiers were killed and missing. A total of more than 80 Japanese warships were sunk and burned, and almost the same number were captured. Only 30% were able to escape!
As for the total casualties on the three cruisers, including Liu Haojia's ship, there were only 11 casualties, and the hull itself was not damaged at all! As for the many mottled scars on the hull, it makes the hull even more powerful!
After receiving the report, Liu Haojia lamented that this new type of warship was really powerful in combat, which naturally strengthened his idea of maintaining this new type of battle group, but thinking about it made him feel painful again! This kind of boat is good, but it costs too much money!
Liu Haojia put the statistical document in his hand on the table and said, "Is everyone here?"
The servant nodded and said: "Everyone is here, waiting on the deck now!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Haojia stood up, pulled on his cloak and said, "In that case, go meet them!"
Then Liu Haojia was surrounded by his servants and opened the hatch and appeared on the deck. At this time, the deck was already filled with people of all kinds. Still standing on the left were the officers of the squadron, and on the right stood the pirate leaders of all sizes. When these people saw Liu Haojia coming out, they were overjoyed. They all knelt on one knee and said in unison: "I have seen the Marquis before!"
Liu Haojia did not speak immediately, but turned around and said after coming out: "Everyone, get up!"
After everyone thanked Liu Haojia, they all stood up and were all beaming with joy! After all, after a big victory, the Marquis was naturally happy, and he would give some rewards even if he didn't even think about it! The officers here hope to improve their official functions, while the pirates are wondering if they can get more benefits?
Liu Haojia was standing on the ship building, already higher than everyone else. Under the blowing sea breeze, his cloak rustled fiercely. Coupled with the aura of this great victory, he was so majestic! And he did not disappoint everyone. He directly told people about the gains and losses of this war.
When everyone heard the result of this great victory, everyone was overjoyed and congratulated each other in low voices. Afterwards, Liu Haojia began to evaluate this battle. Most of the naval officers received commendations, but Zhang Zhiyong was reprimanded by Liu Haojia! The reason is that as the commander-in-chief of the squadron, he actually led people to engage in boarding battles. It was simply unbelievable! Don’t you know how to use your strengths?
