344 Direct Dry Crash(1/2)
Huashan Jiugao may never have dreamed that the naval battle he commanded would fail so thoroughly.
He brought the spirit of Bushido to the extreme, abandoned life and death, and rushed forward without any chance.
Although he abandoned his subordinates' life and death, that was also a manifestation of martial spirit!
Why is this the result?
They were actually surrounded by the Ming Navy and could not escape!
More importantly, their suicide charge did not cause any casualties to the Ming army. They did not even burn a warship of the Ming Navy, let alone snatching the other person's ship from the side.
They seemed to be beating, they kept getting beaten, whether they were charging from a long distance, rushing forward to fight in close combat, or rushing forward to seize the ship without any chance of fighting back!
It was even worse now. The remaining nearly 500 warships were surrounded by the Ming Navy within a radius of less than ten miles, and they rushed left and right, and could not kill them no matter how hard they were.
What's even more terrifying is that the shells on their heads were like raining and never stopped. Even the ceiling of his flagship was almost knocked down by the Ming army's artillery!
Huashan Jiugao looked at his warships that were constantly being sunk around him, and a hint of despair appeared on his face.
They really couldn't rush out because the Ming Navy's warships were covered with iron shields.
No matter which direction they rushed, they saw dense shield walls and could not see the enemy at all.
Whether they set fire at close range or rushed up to seize the ship, it had no effect.
There are as many muskets and spears as there are!
If you want to shoot rockets at close range, throw turbulence tanks, or something, the musket bullets will be directly sieve for you just like it rains.
If you want to rush up to grab the ship, the spear is like the spear on the hedgehog's body, densely packed and everywhere, and if you lean up, you will be stabbed all over your body with holes.
The shells were still smashing down like raindrops. The Ming army's encirclement was tighter and tighter, and the fewer and fewer warships under his command were.
Several armored ships even had shells smashed the cabins, smashed through the decks, and began to sink.
If this continues, it will only be a matter of time before the entire army is wiped out!
Kazuma Kaori Kaori was broken down. In despair, he ordered helplessly: "Raising the white flag and surrender!"
Hehe, these Japanese pirates were finally fucked.
Aren’t you afraid of death?
Come on!
I will do it until you are afraid!
At this time, the thousands of warships of the Satsuma Navy had been fucked to more than a hundred. The sea was covered with broken wooden boards, and Japanese pirates howling in despair were everywhere.
On the side of the Ming Navy, no warship was sunk, and no warship was lit, and there were not many soldiers injured.
This is the crush of absolute strength!
You should know that the Ming Navy had nearly 10,000 advanced rifled cannons, and there were as many as 50,000 flintlock guns. Facing the Satsuma Navy, which had few local guns and cannons, it would naturally be one-sided crushing.
At this time, although the battle on the sea has ended, it will take a certain amount of time to receive and salvage prisoners.
Taichang looked at the broken wooden boards covered with the entire sea and the wailing Japanese pirates lying on top, and decisively ordered: "Transfer to Shen Yourong and Qi Jin to lead the Beiyang Navy Fleet and the Shenji Battalion soldiers to gather the prisoners here and clean up the battlefield. He ordered Zhang Yuanfang and Cao Wenzhao to lead the Dongyang Navy Fleet and the Shenwu Battalion soldiers to advance north immediately and head straight to Heman City!"
Soon, the Ming Navy was divided into two.
The Beiyang Navy remained in place and continued to gather captives from the Satsuma Navy. The Dongyang Navy set up a formation and headed straight for Tsurumaru Castle in the bay of Kagoshima.
At this moment, Koshimazu's family was anxiously waiting for the navy's war report in Tsurumaru City.
He really didn't expect that what he was waiting for was not the Clippers who had won the victory at Huashan, but the fleet of the Ming Navy!
How is that possible?
How long has it been since then? How could the Ming Navy defeat the Satsuma Navy and rushed to the vicinity of Tsurumaru Castle?
Even if the Ming Navy defeated their navy, it should be that Huashan Jiugao led the fleet to retreat first!
What about the Kutaka of Huashan? Where is the fleet of the Satsuma Navy?
Those are thousands of warships!
Why is it gone?
At this moment, Taichang was looking at Tsurumaru Castle on the top of the mountain with a look of surprise.
He really didn't expect that Japanese people would build city fortresses on the top of the mountain.
This Heman City was actually built on the top of a mountain more than 30 feet high!
Fortunately, Japan did not build a multi-layered castle. There was a circle of walls on the top of the mountain, and there were no walls or forts on the side and bottom of the mountain.
How to attack such a city?
He frowned and pondered for a while before he ordered: "Don't go up the Oriental Navy fleet first, drive the flagship to within two miles of the port to try it."
When Lu Xiangsheng and Yuan Keli heard this, they were stunned.
None of them expected that the emperor would take risks in person.
Yuan Keli couldn't help but persuade: "Master, although there are no traces of Japanese pirates at the port at this moment, there are obviously gun guns on the walls of Tsurumaru City. Otherwise, let's send a Dragon Tooth Warship to try it?"
Of course he knew that Taichang wanted to go up and try how far the range of the cannon in Tsurumaru Castle was.
Problem, I didn’t take any risk to the head coach!
Not to mention that this coach is still the current emperor.
Taichang shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, what if their artillery can be bombed closely near the port, wouldn't it be a death for sending the Dragon-Good Warship? The ASCHS is different. There is no artillery that can break through the defense of the ASCHSCHS. Go up and try it."
Well, the 500-pound Thor II cannon could not hurt the ASCH. At this moment, there was indeed no artillery that could break through the ASCH.
Upon hearing this, Yuan Keli could only wave helplessly to the cab and ordered people to drive the flagship near the port.
As a result, there was naturally no movement. The walls of Tsurumaru City were also earth cannons. Their earth cannons had a range of only about two hundred steps, and it was impossible to shoot onto the sea two or three miles away.
On the wall, Shimazu Ikuha held up a telescope and looked at the ASCH ship that was driving over unscrupulously, and a hint of horror appeared on his face.
What kind of warship is this?
Why is it so huge?
And there are also dense iron armor outside!
He had never seen such a terrible warship, nor was the Dutch tower ships and gunboats so scary!
This is simply an iron monster!
Their armored ship is incomparable to the armored ship!
Taichangming flagship wandered around the port, but there was no movement in Tsurumaru City.
He couldn't help but smile and said, "It seems that the Japanese have not bought the Dutch artillery yet. At least this Tsurumaru City does not have it. He sent an order to order all the Dragon-Tooth Battleships of the Oriental Navy to adjust the gun corners and come up to bombard the city walls on the east side of the Tsurumaru City, and flatten the battlements and women's walls above!"
The reason why he tried to test himself was to see if the cannons on the walls of Tsurumaru City could hit the sea two or three miles away.
Obviously, people can't.
Since you can't, there's nothing to say. The Dragon Tooth Battleship will directly hit the city wall!
Of course, he would not send infantrymen to attack such a mountain city that is more than 100 meters high, as that would have a great loss.
Although Tsurumara Castle is high, it can still be bombed by rifled cannons. As long as you pull a little further and raise the angle of the cannon, you can bombard the city wall east of Tsurumara Castle.
He directly used artillery to knock the east wall into a bald head, and there was nothing on it, so the infantry could naturally rush up easily.
Soon, the twenty-five Dragon-toothed warships of the Oriental Navy drove over.
With Zhang Yuanfang's order, a shocking roar of cannons suddenly sounded on the sea.
"Boom boom boom boom boom", twenty-five dragon-tooth warships all showed their power, and one thousand five hundred shells suddenly hit Tsurumaru Castle like raindrops.
Seeing this, Shimazu's family was so scared that they almost fell to the ground.
He finally understood why his naval warships disappeared.
The firepower of the Ming Navy is too terrifying!
With so many artillery, let alone wooden warships, the city walls built with stones cannot withstand it!
More than a thousand shells were smashed, and not only did the battlements and women's walls on the city walls splashed with gravel, but many houses in the city were smashed by the shells flying over them.
Shimazu Ikuha thought that the Ming army, like them, had to load a batch of ammunition before they could continue firing.
He poked his head out with lingering fear, staring at more than 20 giant ships on the sea with horror, and he didn't know how many messy thoughts came out in his mind.
What is Ming Jun trying to do?
Demonstration?
What can they do?
How many shots will you fire to fight back?
Their artillery can't hit that far!
He was thinking about it all, "Boom boom boom boom", another terrible roar of artillery fire sounded, and another pile of black shells hit him.
How is this possible?
To be continued...