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Chapter 1083 The woes of the victor

In naval battles, the gang jumping is only part of it, and in many cases, there is no chance to gang jumping. While the Marines counterattack and seize the Turks' sailboats, the Turks no longer maintain the front line, but instead launched attacks from all directions with their numerical advantage.

At a very close distance, the Ming army gunners who were trapped in the encirclement operated cannons one by one, and bombarded the other at such a distance that they could even see the whites of the other party's eyes through the cannon window. At such a close distance, even the Ming army warships known as "iron armor" were broken through. After all, no matter how thick the wooden board was, it was not iron armor. The port side of the cruiser commanded by Zheng Sen was penetrated by about twenty holes, and even the bulwarks were even 68-pound cannons.

The bombardment cracked. Several cannons loosened from the retreat rope and rolled around on the deck. Anyone who blocked the way would be crushed by it. However, except for the 68-pound cannon, most of the Turkish cannons posed no threat to the Ming ships, but the shotguns they fired and grape shells always bombarded the Ming army gunners in the gun position from the open gun window. During the naval battle that lasted for several hours, many gunners were either injured or sacrificed in the gun position.

However, even so, they did not stop the shelling. At such a close distance, there was no need to aim at it. Each cannon would bring a fatal blow to the Turks. After more than a hundred kilograms of shells penetrated the Turks' shipboard, the devastating blow caused by the explosion of more than ten kilograms of gunpowder in the cabin was astonishing. Many Turkish ships seemed to be able to hold on for a while, but in fact, the gun deck was full of minced meat or wounded people struggling in the pool of flesh and blood. The cannon trucks moving back and forth in the waves crushed their flesh and blood like stone mills in the mill. What was even more fatal were the inconspicuous flames. If the fragments penetrated the powder barrels on the gun deck during the explosion, a slight inconspicuous Mars would ruin a warship.

At 6 pm, there were only less than seventy warships floating on the sea. Most of the Turkish warships either turned into pieces and sank into the sea or turned into a ghost ship, floating on the sea. The sea was filled with fragments of shipboards, and thousands of floating corpses, wooden boards, rigging, sails, and corpses.

Although the winner has not yet decided this naval battle. Anyone with discerning eyes knows that the Ming army has won the victory, and the Ming army's gunners are still bombarding the remaining Turkish warships with cannons.

The warship hit by the waist suddenly burst out with flames. The warship gangway made of Caucasian hardwood broke instantly. In the violent explosion, the bow and stern were completely separated, and then quickly sank into the sea.

The scene in front of us made the naval commander Mustafa feel extremely painful.

Failed!

Although he was unwilling to face it, failure was inevitable after four hours of naval battle.

He could even imagine what would be waiting for him.

It's death!

It is the Sultan's butcher's knife or twisted rope.

Looking at the warships fleeing towards the strait, the battle has ended. He now has two choices, either die or... In fact, there is no way to live, it is just death.

"Attacking the Chinese flagship!"

Suddenly, Mustafa issued this order, and at this moment, everyone understood what his intention was.

This is the final attack.

Although he knew it was dead, the helmsman turned the rudder and pointed the Chinese people at the head. Because the artillery fire of the Ming army was often concentrated on the side, the rigging of his three-deck warship with 112 cannons was still intact. He raised his sail and led the remaining warships in a nearly suicide manner to attack the Ming army.

Standing at the stern railing, Zheng Sen looked at the other person silently, with a solemn look and finally sighing.

"Only overestimate one's own abilities..."

Perhaps the opponent's will is worthy of respect, but such behavior is simply stupid!

"The firepower will be sent to the west!"

In a fierce shelling, the third-layer warship with multiple bed-sized gaps on the side of the side exploded violently and a shell directly hit his mainmast. The broken mainmast fell directly into the sea. The flagship dragging the mainsail suddenly slowed down.

At the same time, the artillery effect of the Ming army was reflected. In the violent explosion, it was the explosion on the cannon position. As the fire spread step by step, the cannon position exploded one after another. As the smoke erupted from the cannon window, the flames were connected to the fire, until the entire warship was shrouded under the black smoke.

The Turks are finished!

In the continuous explosions, the Turks began to jump into the sea, and soon the warship would explode. It was like waiting for a volcano to erupt. The Ming army was waiting for the explosion of the Turkish fleet flagship. They didn't know when the big explosion would happen, so they were looking forward to it more eagerly.

In the midst of a dead silence, its hull suddenly began to tremble violently, and the stream of light rushed out from both sides like a flash of lightning, followed by a violent explosion! Its rear deck was above the ammunition depot, and it was blown up and turned into countless pieces, flying away in all directions. The hull cracked from the middle due to the huge impact. The shaking bow and stern of the ship were divided into two pieces in the explosion, staggering forward and back for a few meters, and finally sank into the water, disappearing from people's sight.

The Turks failed!

There were cheers everywhere on the Ming army's warships, and the sailors cheered loudly. After the seven-hour naval battle, they seemed to be at an absolute disadvantage and won the naval battle. They completely destroyed the Turkish fleet. Although there were dozens of Turkish warships on the sea, the warships changed their courses and fled to the straits.

Zheng Sen did not order to pursue the remaining enemies. It was not that he didn't want to, but that he could not - after the seven-hour naval battle, their own losses were extremely heavy. Almost all warships were riddled with holes, the masts were gone, the hull was undulating in the waves, and the deck was full of wounded and dead bodies.

The scene on the deck was extremely terrifying. The Turkish grape bullets and shrapnel bullets caused great damage to the gunners on the deck. Broken skulls, brains, limbs and blood were everywhere, and the painful moans of the wounded came into their ears from all directions.

Looking at the Turkish warships captured in the Jump Gang War, two of which were sank at any time, Zheng Sen ordered the prisoners and wounded to be transferred to other ships. Looking at the severely damaged fleet, although they won the naval battle, what should we do next?
Chapter completed!
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