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Chapter 751: The Beacon Fire of the Great Ming Tribulation (4)

Not to mention that the commander of the Pou Nu Army, Zhang Ping'an, made significant progress in the trial of Xu Xianchun. The army of Pou Nu Army, who had been waiting for the wind direction to change for several days, conquered the Japanese pirates on Jeju Island when the wind direction of the offshore of North Korea changed to northwest wind. The Pou Nu Army, Shang Hei, was mainly black, and even the sails of the warships were black. When the Pou Nu Army navy appeared in the sea outside Jeju Port like a black cloud, the Japanese pirates fought back in despair. They had no choice but to fight back. The Pou Nu Army navy's gunship was not accurate in attacking far away moving targets, but the standard of fixed targets parked in the port was quite good.

More than 20 main gun ships of the Ponu Army Navy opened fire in turn six miles away from the sea to bombard the Japanese pirate warships anchored in Jeju Port. Among them, the remaining Nobunaga Iron Armored Ship became the main target. The Ponu Army "Shangde" and the two main gun ships "Shangwu" had twelve kilograms of main guns and twenty flat-character ships, shelling into the Jeju Port, and the high explosion immediately caused storm waves among the Japanese pirate ships in the Jeju Port. Although the Japanese pirate Nobunaga Iron Armored Ship was known as a large ship, it was nearly twice the smaller than the Ponu Army's Pingzi ship. After being hit by a twelve kilogram, a huge shell exploded and smashed the keel in the middle of the Nobunaga Iron Armored Ship.

Just when Nobunaga's iron armored ship was sank at the same time due to a broken keel, another ten-pound * hit the stern of the ship. The orange-red air waves tore the hull to pieces, and the broken wood chips, ropes, iron cannons, and debris caused secondary damage. The three Guan Shibo and Xiaozai ships near Nobunaga's iron armored ship were also hit and exploded. Faced with the threat of death, the Japanese pirate warships paddled out to fight. Since the Japanese pirate naval division was fighting, the Ponu Army began to turn against the wind, and they had to shoot the enemy from a long distance with the advantage of fast ship speed and long range of artillery. Summary of experience from several naval battles, the Ponu Army naval division has grown rapidly on the battlefield.

The three flat-character ships that completed the turn first, led by the first "Ping'an" ship, sailed from west to east in a one-character naval battle formation. Their starboard double-deck gun positions were all in place, and the two artillery teams commanded the artillery shooting on the upper and lower decks respectively. The twenty small morning ships in front of the Japanese pirates were almost all fire ships filled with dry firewood. They faced the Po Nu Army's fierce artillery still rushed towards the Po Nu Army's naval warship. The "Ping'an" gun ship sailed on the sea with sails, and the starboard guns shot the Japanese pirate fire ships one after another. Under the fierce artillery bombardment, the "Ping'an" gun ships were the first to destroy the three fire ships.

However, when everyone's attention was all focused on dealing with the Japanese fire ships, the "Ping'an" captain Zhang Sen stared at the enemy fire ships on the starboard side. He completely forgot a reef off the sea outside the east side of Jeju Port. Captain Zhang Sen forgot the reef on the chart, and the helmman Mao Yongtao also forgot this. The current mast observer found that the ship rushed straight to the reefs in front of him, and the alarm bells around him sounded. "Clang! Clang! Clang!..." The continuous alarm bells finally attracted the attention of Captain Zhang Sen. He raised his eyes and looked at the foremast where the alarm bell rang, and saw the foremast in the foremast look at the front mast, and he yelled with his fingers in front of him, but the continuous shelling sound made Zhang Sen hear the shouts of the observation hand.

Zhang Sen raised his telescope according to the direction pointed by his observation hand and looked at it. He was so scared that his hair suddenly rose up. He saw the reefs that appeared and disappeared on the sea three miles away. At this time, Zhang Sen had two choices, turning to the right or left urgently. This reef area is extremely large, and the "Ping'an" ship may not be able to bypass the reef area, and it is very likely that it will hit the Japanese pirate fire ship to the left. Time is urgent and Zhang Sen could not think too much, so he immediately ordered to turn left. At the same time, he asked the flag spokesperson to remind the "pingdao" that followed behind, and the "pingbo" ships turned north to avoid the reef. As Zhang Sen expected, "Ping'an" turned left and plunged into the Japanese pirate fire ship formation.

"Ping An" rushed left and right in the siege of Japanese pirate fire ships, like a tiger trapped in a wolves. The Japanese pirate fire ships that ignited a raging fire, saw how they could easily let go of their prey. They all accelerated their paddle speed. After the fire ship ignited the fire, the sails on the mast were instantly rolled up a pillar of fire, and the generals under the deck had to lean on the enemy ship as soon as possible. Otherwise, when the fire burned into the lower deck, the pulp hand had no chance to escape. The Japanese pirates were eager to lean on the "Ping An" ship that was alone, while Zhang Sen, the captain of the "Ping An" ship, tried every means to escape from danger.

Facing the siege on all sides, the "Ping'an" ship was launched at the same time, and three Japanese pirate fire ships were sunk. The Japanese pirates were obviously very familiar with the sea conditions here. They surrounded "Ping'an" in a fan-shaped encirclement, leaving only a gap in the northeast. This gap happened to be the area where the reef was located. Zhang Sen did not dare to be careless at this time. He was preparing to risk passing through a very small area between the just-shattered Japanese pirate fire ships. Unexpectedly, there were experts in the Japanese pirate fire ships, and two fire ships cut across from left and right to block the road where the "Ping'an" ship was about to pass. Zhang Sen did not dare to face the enemy side. If he was nailed to death by the iron anchor in the front of the enemy fire ship on the side, the "Ping'an" ship would become a ball of fire.

The sailboat sailed on the sea and its turning radius was quite large. The "Ping An" ship was about to avoid the road ahead that was only thirty feet away, and there was no time to avoid it. The captain of the "Ping An" ship, Zhang Sen, who had no decision-making time, had only chosen the Japanese pirate fire ship with a smaller fire on the right side to hit the Japanese pirate fire ship. The "Ping An" ship wanted to use the size of the ship that was several times the enemy's fire ship to crush and impact from the stern of the Japanese pirate fire ship. The "Ping An" ship was not easy to turn. The Japanese pirate fire ship was burning to the lower deck at this moment, and 20% of the hand had been engulfed by the fire. Many Japanese pirate sailors began to jump into the sea through the ship window to escape.

The Japanese sailor who had just jumped into the sea rushed out of the water and was about to breathe a breath, he suddenly felt a mountain pressing from above his head. The "Ping An" ship was pressing three-foot high waves with the waves, and the sharp head plowed the man-headed gourd in the sea, and then he heard "bump!" "Boom!" Two loud noises, and the place where the "Ping An" ship passed was red. Burning dry firewood floated on the sea surface, and the sea water was stained red by the blood of the Japanese sailors. The "Ping An" ship passed the Japanese fire ship on the starboard side and was also ignited on the side in a short time. At this time, Captain Zhang Sen ordered to continue to turn sharply on the left at high speed, which was to use the turning ship to tilt to the right, and try to press the starboard fire into the sea water to extinguish the fire.

During the high-speed turn of the "Ping An" ship, two other fireboats were also approaching quickly. The waves more than ten feet high rolled up a large ball of white smoke in contact with the "Ping An" starboard side. The rope at the lower part of the main mast of the "Ping An" was burned by the fire. Although the fire did not spread to the sails, the unfixed sails slapped the mast, the speed of the "Ping An" ship also slowed down. The entire ship did not dare to load shells when extinguishing the fire, for fear that a fire would accidentally ignite the ammunition. The artillery of all ships of the Po Slave Army had quite closed ammunition cabinets, but no one could guarantee that a spark would ignite the ammunition.

Just as the "Ping An" ship completed its turn, a Japanese fire ship passed by three feet at the tail of the "Ping An" ship, which scared all the sailors of the "Ping An" ship thumped in their hearts. The "Ping An" ship, which escaped this time, had good luck ended. This time it failed to escape the hidden reefs under the sea. After the sour "Click!" sound, the hard reef cut the bottom warehouse on the left side of the "Ping An" ship, and a large hole, which was more than one foot long and wide, gushed into the cabin into the cabin. Even if the "Ping An" ship had a solid water compartment, such a large hole sank the hull for several feet in an incense stick of effort. Captain Zhang Sen did not hesitate too much at this critical moment, and immediately ordered the helmsman to break into the southeast beach.

The purpose of Zhang Sen's purpose was to take advantage of the current high tide period to strand "Ping An" from the battlefield and strand it on the beach to rescue himself. Fortunately, although the speed of "Ping An" slowed down, the Japanese pirate fire ships burned into the late stage. The Japanese pirate fire ships that were about to burn through the bottom of the ship were unable to launch a new pursuit at this moment. The other Japanese pirates found that the gunships of the Po Nu Army were severely damaged, and about ten ships and Xiao Zao Ship left the main fleet to approach "Ping An". The injured "Ping An" ship advanced hard toward the coast, while reloading shells and preparing for another shell. Yang Qiantu, the Navy Commander of the Po Nu Army who was in charge of the "Shangde" gunship, has always been paying attention to the safety of the "Ping An" ship.

This warship named after Zhang Ping'an, the commander of the Pound Army, is the first ship of the Pound Army Navy and the glorious location of the Pound Army Navy. Of course, Yang Qiantu would not sit idly by the "Ping'an" being besieged by the Japanese pirates. The trajectory of the "Ping'an" ship made Yang Qiantu understand Zhang Sen's intentions. He put away his telescope on the command platform of the "Shangde" and quickly walked to the fixed wooden table two meters away. With the military staff arranged a naval chart here. Yang Qiantu picked up the ruler placed on the chart and calculated the depth of the water marked on the chart. After a while, Yang Qiantu ordered five guard posts on the east side to go to the location of the "Ping'an" ship to rescue.

The Pou Nu Army Navy's Navy sentry ship is the fastest gunship among all ships. It has a shallow draft and a slender hull that is very suitable for shallow sea combat. In Yang Qiantu's view, Zhang Sen, the captain of the "Ping An" ship, is still experienced. The waters he went to are exactly the beach where Chu Liuxiang's troops landed. With the dual protection of the supporting sentry ship and Chu Liuxiang's troops, the "Ping An" gunship will definitely defeat the Japanese pirates who came to attack. The five sentry ships supporting the "Ping An" ship crossed westward over the slow-moving "Ping An" ship and directly penetrated the Japanese pirates' gate ship behind. The Pou Nu Army's sentry ship was 30% longer than the Nobunaga Iron Armored Ship, the strongest warship of the Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirate medium-sized passerby was like a child in front of the Pou Nu Army's sentry ship.

Five Bonnie Army sentry ships lined up in a small geese-winged formation on the sea. Their ship's side was only fifty feet away from the enemy. Although the five-kilogram artillery fired in such a short distance, they could still be beaten to one of five shots. The Japanese pirates who chased the "Ping An" ship were almost destroyed under the attack of the Bonnie Army sentry ship. However, the luck of a Japanese pirate ship was not very good. He actually avoided the attack of the two pirate ships and continued to chase the injured "Ping An" ship without any damage. He wanted to launch a jump gang battle with the "Ping An" ship. (To be continued)
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