The warships of the fourth column moved into firing positions one after another, delivering firepower to the Japanese fleet one by one.
The Japanese ships were arranged very compactly, so the Xia Navy did not need to deliberately aim, and could just fire towards the opposite side.
It was obvious that heavy losses had been suffered before, but Japanese people were also famous for their toughness. Not knowing whether life or death would change, he still charged forward with his head down.
Therefore, under every fire attack, Japanese warships were damaged. Either it was destroyed, or it was damaged and completely lost its combat effectiveness.
On the whole, the Japanese are still in a passive position of being beaten.
But because more than thirty gunboats were moved to the front, they had a certain ability to fight back.
However, the Japanese people's low-quality gunmanship skills caused great trouble to the Xia Navy.
If the Japanese can fire a salvo of artillery, then based on their artillery reloading speed, they can basically only fire one salvo, and then they can only watch the fourth column walk away.
However, because the Japanese were unable to fire volleys, the order of firing was messy and the intervals were long.
This resulted in that when the fourth column passed horizontally, there were always ships within the range of artillery strikes.
The third to last Haicang ship was in bad luck. It was hit directly in the back by a cannonball, and the entire command platform was wiped out.
What's more serious is that the rudder of the ship was broken. The ship immediately lost its direction and began to spin on the sea.
This scene made the Japanese people very excited, and dozens of ships rushed towards them.
The officers and soldiers of the Xia army on the Haicang ship were struggling to save themselves. Looking at the Japanese rushing towards them at great speed in the distance, they tried to adjust the sails and fired guns non-stop.
If you can't escape from the battlefield, it would be good to kill one more enemy.
The Haicang boat from behind came up.
"What's going on? Can you still leave?"
On the damaged Haicang ship, all the surviving officers and soldiers had tears in their eyes.
"The captain died and the rudder was broken. You go quickly, we will cover you."
"What nonsense are you talking about? When can our Xia army abandon our comrades?"
While talking, several thick ropes with claw hooks were thrown over, firmly hanging the damaged Haicang ship.
Isn't the rudder broken?
Isn't it impossible to adjust the course?
Then let your comrades help!
Dragged by friendly ships, the damaged Haicang ship finally found its direction and picked up speed again.
Seeing the situation here, the last Haicang ship took the initiative to reduce its speed and desperately used artillery to attack the rushing Guan ship.
It wasn't until this moment that the Xia Navy's breech-loaded cannon fully demonstrated its rate of fire.
In the eyes of the Japanese, there was clearly only one ship firing cannons on the opposite side, but the cannonballs kept hitting their heads continuously.
The leading ship was penetrated by a cannonball, and the huge explosion wave stranded all the ships behind it, forcing them to slow down to avoid it.
When they went around, they could only see the Xia Navy dragging the damaged Haicang ship far away.
Just when they were still about to give chase, the sound of panicked horns filled their eardrums.
The Japanese looked to the northwest in surprise.
As a result, another formation of Xia Kingdom's fleet was seen rushing towards them.
"It's the fleet that appeared before. They've circled back."
That's right, the fleet that reappeared in front of the Japanese this time was the first column led by Zuo Hua.
After the first column completed the first wave of attacks, it drew a large circle on the southwest sea and circled to the rear of the fourth column.
In this way, the entire Xia Navy was like a stone mill, spinning clockwise in the nearby sea area.
When each column turned to the front of the Japanese, it completed its fire attack.
It was through this fighting method that the Xia Navy established a continuous output, causing great trouble to the Japanese.
By this time, Shimazu Mitsuhisa had completely understood the intentions of the Xia Navy.
"Send the order, attack with the entire army, spread out the sea. I will make their formation unable to operate!"
To deal with the rotating formation of the Xia Kingdom Navy, Shimazu Mitsuhisa came up with a way to crack it.
That is to no longer maintain the distribution of front, rear, left and right, but to order all warships to form a horizontal array, regardless of priority, to attack together.
More than a thousand warships, once stretched horizontally, will form a vast cross-section. As a result, the Xia Navy's point-to-point defense will inevitably lose its effectiveness.
At this point in the war, the Japanese people had suffered heavy losses, and they were already holding their breath in their hearts. After receiving Shimazu Mitsuhisa's order, all the warships immediately began to change formations, pressing toward the west like a black line.
It's a pity that Shimazu Mitsuhisa woke up too late.
Although the Xia Navy's array is still rotating, every rotation actually represents retreat. By this time, it was less than ten miles away from the North Korean coastline.
In other words, they don't have much room for conversion.
In this case, he can only use all his killing moves.
"Order all ships to use rocket launchers!"
Each ship of the Xia Navy is equipped with twelve rocket launchers.
The only difference is that large ships will be equipped with two doors, while small ships will be equipped with one door.
Rocket launchers are different from artillery in that they don't have much recoil, so these old sailing boats can withstand them.
The only thing you need to pay attention to is to place the rocket launcher well to prevent the strong tail flame from igniting your own ship.
More than thirty rocket launchers were fired almost simultaneously, and a large orange-red dot suddenly appeared in the sky, speeding towards the Japanese fleet.
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"what is that?"
The strange and brilliant scene makes the Japanese people intoxicated.
It's a pity that this beauty will harvest their lives.
The rockets directly covered a huge area of the sea. Whether they hit the warship or fell into the sea, they all exploded violently.
The damage effect of hitting a warship is no worse than that of cannonballs, one shot at a time.
What fell on the sea caused much more damage to the Japanese warships than the cannonballs.
Because the Navy version of the rocket is not only filled with collodion explosives, but also petroleum extract.
Xia Guo Military Industry's research found that once this kind of oil burns, it cannot be extinguished with water. Even on the water, it can still burn violently.
This kind of sharp weapon will undoubtedly have devastating effects when used in water battles.
This is it at this time.
As the rockets exploded, the sea where the Japanese fleet was located immediately burst into flames that spread endlessly.
All Japanese warships in this area were quickly set on fire.
The Japanese were all frightened.
With their knowledge, they couldn't figure out why fire could burn on water. Moreover, the bottom of the boat had long been soaked by sea water, which could not stop the spread of the flames.
The burning range caused by the rockets was several miles wide, and there were at least 500 Japanese warships surrounded in it.
At this time, all the ships were on fire. Let alone an attack, they could not even save themselves.
On some warships that began to shake, Japanese soldiers desperately jumped into the sea, hoping to survive.
However, as soon as their bodies touched the water, they were immediately ignited by the nearby flames.
Especially the surrounding sea water was extremely hot, turning them into fat meat that kept rolling in the boiling water.
On the tragic battlefield, the rich and strange smell of meat made both the enemy and ourselves want to vomit.
Seeing this scene, even the Japanese who were not harmed completely collapsed.
