The gunfire roared and the smoke billowed. The battle started at 11 o'clock, and by 11:25, at least the four battle lines in the middle of the battlefield had each completed drilling through each other.

"Wind direction? Strength?"

The leading ship, Ri-1, passed the last battleship of the Japanese fleet, and after siding with the Invincible, Yu Zigao's first question was not about the battle damage of the ship, but about the wind.

"Commander, the wind is from the northeast now, the wind force is about level 3."

"Okay, our ship will turn to the west. After the turn is completed, it will move to the southwest. Order the following ships in this battle line to follow!"

"Take orders!"

"Whether we can see it or not, we have to send a signal to the dog-raising general in the east."

"Yes, take the order!"

The captain went to carry out the order in person. At this time, Yu Zigao called the first officer on the ship: "How is the injury on this ship?"

"Commander, this ship was hit by two bombs in total, neither of which were at critical locations. Besides, except for the place where the gun was hit, the surrounding wooden boards showed no signs of cracking, which will not hinder subsequent operations."

"Where are our subsequent ships?"

"At present, we have not received any application for a ship to withdraw from the battle line."

"Okay! It seems that these warships are a bit shoddy, but as His Royal Highness the Emperor said, the protection is not bad. The whole battle line will carry out the previous order. The next battle line will bombard us, and we will try to get rid of the Japanese pirates.

The battle line is closer."

"Yes, General Mo will go down and deliver the order right now!"

At the beginning, because Yu Zigao was not too confident in the quality of his ships, he cautiously limited the distance between the two battle lines to between 600 meters and 800 meters in the first round of battle battles.

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At such a distance, for front-loaded smoothbore guns, the hit rate is a bit disastrous. But as the flagship of this battle line, the Ri-1 was the first to encounter dozens of Japanese ships taking turns to greet them, flying towards them.

Among the hundreds of shells fired, two were still hit.

But now it seems that this ship did not fall apart because of these two guns. The subsequent ships must have been hit by the guns, but none of them applied to withdraw from the battle line. This shows that the quality of these warships is still passable.

So Yu Zigao naturally became more courageous, thinking about getting closer to the next round of bombardment to increase the hit rate.

On his side, he was relieved and prepared to take bigger steps, but Tokugawa Yoshinao was a little depressed.

There are thirteen first-class battleships in our battle line. Some of them took one or two shots, and some were unscathed. Even the battleships that were shot were not damaged in the subsequent operations. But the forty second-class battleships following the first-class battleships

-class battleship, the situation is not very optimistic.

As a weirdo of the Japanese small boats with cannons, the Japanese 700-ton second-level battleships cannot fight alone against the enemy's second-level battleships due to their speed - otherwise they will be hit by the opponent from the outside. But, and

The enemy's first-class battleship is fighting, but it appears to be too thin. Facing the opponent's first-class battleship's 145mm cannon, if it takes two shots, it will easily become paralyzed.

"In the Gongfang Hall, the flag signals of various ships came in. The Matsukaze was hit by three shots, one of which was on the stern... The ship requested to withdraw from the battle line."

"Hey, the first battle bombardment is still so far away, and there is a battleship...Okay, permission. Let them continue to sail south and see if they can find an island nearby."

"Hi."

Shaking his head irritably, Yagyu Kanbei walked up: "Kongfangdian, the Ming Kingdom's fleet is turning westward, and it is estimated that it will come to us soon."

"So how should we deal with it now?"

"Gongfangdian, according to what you taught us before, the most important thing in the battle of sail warships is to seize the "T". Next, I expect the Ming fleet to gradually move from the northeast to the southwest, and we will move from the southeast.

Go northwest. Whoever reaches the intersection of these two lines first will get the T."

"Yoshi, Yagyu-kun, although I am your teacher, I have not put all my energy into this. Please continue to direct the next battle."

"Hi!"

Following the orders of Yu Zigao and Yagyu Kanbei, the two battle lines began to turn. After the turn was completed, the sails were slightly adjusted according to the existing wind direction and wind force. Both sides began to move towards the line extending out of their own lines.

At that intersection, run at full speed.

On the other side, Inukai Toji led the battle line from Japan 21 to Japan 40.

The situation of this battle line is very bad: in the first mutual penetration just now, this battle line was sandwiched between the Japanese fleet battle line and the Siamese first-class battleship battle line. Although these battleships are all this time

Things that are almost thrown away after a decisive battle. When firing, you don't need to consider the damage to the hull caused by firing simultaneously on the left and right sides. However, you fire on both sides at the same time, maximizing the firepower of the ship. But you can't hold it back.

Both sides are being bombarded.

Therefore, in Inukai Touji's battle line, seven or eight of the twenty first-class battleships were injured. But fortunately, the distance between both sides was relatively far in the first round, even if they were hit by cannons

, the damage to the hull is not great.

But Inukai Touji, who had experienced the attack from both sides, never wanted to do this again. Therefore, after his lookout reported that Yu Zigao's battle column was heading west, he decisively ordered: "Adjust the sails and head against the wind.

Move forward, head northeast, and then turn due south. The warships of this column will follow our turn."

"As you command!"

"I don't know if the other side can see it. It's better to give the flag to General Sun Guozhen and let him lead his battle column and continue to move east. Give us the width of the battlefield."

"As you command!"

So, with the adjustments of the commanders of each battle line, there were seven battle lines at first, a very neat battlefield about one kilometer apart from each other. It gradually turned into eight battle lines, divided into four groups, each fighting against each other.

.The distance between the four battlefields also became wider and farther as the two warring parties carried out various maneuvers in order to seize the T-prefix or to prevent the other party from seizing the T-prefix. In the end, a distance of more than 10 meters was formed.

Kilometers of super battlefield!

This made Li Guozhu and Yan Siqi's fleet, which were originally hidden in the southeast of the battlefield, a little depressed.

Originally, according to the pre-war scenario, the mission of Yu Zigao's fleet was to get close to the enemy fleet, and then use chain bombs to destroy the opponent's mast as much as possible - everyone expected that once the Li and Yan fleets appeared on the battlefield, the enemy fleet would

It is very likely that they will retreat. And if the enemy's remaining ships are still relatively large, then even winning this naval battle will not mean much.

Therefore, we must find a way to hold the opponent back. To hold the opponent back, the best way is of course to make the opponent's warship lose power - in the era of sailing battleships, in order to have more space, they were equipped with cannons, ammunition, oars and oars.

The hands are all eliminated. The wind is the only driving force. Without the sail, there is naturally no power.

"Commander! Our reconnaissance ship has come to report that seven or eight kilometers away from the northeast, General Sun Guozhen's flag has been seen, and fighting with it is a group of Siamese second-level warships. The current battle situation is that both sides have

The warships were injured and withdrawn from the battle line. General Sun's battle line still has twenty-three ships, and the enemy still has thirty-nine ships."

"His~ Seven or eight kilometers away, the lookout took a telescope and took a closer look in my direction. I can't believe that I was exposed. What did Sun Guozhen do? It's not like he didn't know that I was hiding here!"

It's a pity that Sun Guozhen is not here. If he heard Li Guozhu speak like this, he would probably spit on him: I am 30 against 47! And there are twenty battleships with mushrooms. How can I be easy? Of course I know you

Hiding here. But can I control the enemy's oppression, wind direction, water flow, etc.? There is nothing I can do to prevent the opponent from occupying the "T"!

"Hey, I can't say, we only have... Hey, Zhenquan, why are you here?"

"We are about to be discovered. I will come over now to discuss with you how to fight later. When will you come over?"

"Well, I mean attack, what do you want?"

"We will definitely attack, but we need to discuss how to do it specifically."

"How are you doing?"

"Simple, we still follow the previous division of labor. The sixty Jinling-class ships follow me to the north. First, help Sun Guozhen eat these Siamese second-class warships. You lead the thirty-five Beizhili-class ships and go first.

Go south."

"Going south? You mean going around in a circle?"

"Yes, go around in a circle. This place is close to Japan and far from Siam. The three thieves came so quickly this time, they must not have brought a supply ship. In other words, the food in their cabin may not last until they sail directly to the Mekong River.

Delta. As for Taiwan Island, the Spaniards only have a port and no fortress there. Running there will definitely lead to death... So if your fleet appears on the south side, they will all flee north. We can chase for three to five days at most and fight.

A pursuit battle. And if your fleet appears on the north side and they still have to flee north, then we can engage in a annihilation battle."

"Okay, okay, but now that Sun Guozhen has run so far, the entire battlefield must be huge. If I circle around like this, I don't know, it will take at least two hours. I don't know if Yu Shuai will be able to hold on by then."

Can you live there?"

"You have to have confidence in Yu Shuai. When people are galloping on the sea, you and I are still merchants! But you have to try your best to speed up. It's already one o'clock in the afternoon. It really takes three o'clock to get around.

Are you confident that the battle will end before the sun goes down?"
Chapter completed!