When Yang Fan's fleet rushed over, the speed quickly exceeded 22 knots because the steam engine had been started and the attack was facing the wind direction in the southeast direction.
In this era, the speed of sailing ships was not very fast. The Ming Dynasty's Fuchuan was only three or four knots, and its top speed could reach five or six knots. These Japanese garbage ships that did not comply with the laws of hydrodynamics could only run three and a half times using both oars and sails.
It was quarter four. So, before they could react, the entire fleet had already rushed into the central cluster.
Except for the Hengshan, the other two cruisers were preceded by small morning boats and Guan Chuan. Several of them were directly knocked over. The Guan boat was directly hit into two pieces by the sharp collision angle of the bow, and the small early boat capsized after being rubbed.
The water in this season is already very cold. People can no longer get into the water. After these boats capsized, all officers, soldiers, warriors and nobles fell into the water. The nobles and warriors on the first deck still had a chance to escape. In the cabin
Especially the sailors who were rowing, there was no time to escape even if they wanted to leave.
The Nanami Maru was directly hit, then overturned, pressed into the water, and broken into two pieces. Ozohei was carried by loyal samurai and found a large wooden board, which was floating on the water. Most of the people below sank with the ship.
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Yang Fan's ship was surrounded by three triangular-shaped cruisers. When he rushed over, he saw many Japanese who had fallen into the water and were struggling. They were soon swept into the water by the boats rushing behind them at high speed, and were even crushed.
At the bottom of the boat, when he came out from the back, he had drowned.
The general stood up in surprise. He looked from the castle tower and saw that the entire fleet was rushed over by this fleet of huge warships before they had time to open fire. When they recovered, they were rushed at such a fast speed.
When he woke up with a start, Yang Fan's fleet had already rushed over.
"Baga! Why are their ships so fast? Fire, fire, the iron cannons will fire immediately!" the general roared and gave the order.
So the samurai and iron cannons ran to the stern and side of the ship and opened fire at the rushing fleet. The samurai used Japanese bows to shoot, and the iron cannons used matchlocks. However, the speed of these ships was too fast. They had no experience in calculation.
The amount of extension was basically in vain.
As we watched, the fleet of these big white ships flew away.
The fleet rushed through the interception for five kilometers and then listened. Yang Fan's ship Royal Clipper, a supply ship, and two troop transports stayed here. Then, three cruisers rushed back.
Now that the master's ship has reached safe waters, they can let go and start a big fight.
Since the navy was established, it has never fought against a country's regular navy. It was just about taking down pirates or intercepting smuggling ships in the southeast.
This time everyone is gearing up and preparing to test their training results and advanced tactics and equipment in actual combat.
"Sir, no, those big white ships are back again." Hogyouemon shouted loudly.
Fujiwara Takayoshi was feeling annoyed for letting these people run away. Now that they rushed back on their own initiative, they felt a little uneasy in their hearts.
They did not see that these ships were armed, they were just large white ships. Although they were larger, they were not afraid. But it was different now. When those white ships rushed back again, they opened their gun windows.
Fujiwara Takayoshi clearly saw these huge white sailing ships with a dense row of gun windows on their sides. Because when these ships rushed to a distance of 500 meters from them, they turned and became parallel to them.
At this time, all the gun windows on the side of the cruiser were opened one after another. Then, one after another, the heavy guns and the dark barrels stretched out from the gun windows.
Fujiwara Takayoshi has personally experienced naval battles. He knows how badly the Korean navy was beaten by the Ming Dynasty navy at that time. There were more than 20,000 people and more than 400 ships. In the end, only 50 ships returned. Those of the Ming Dynasty
There is a cannon on the ship.
But the Ming Dynasty's artillery, which they called Guobeng, was not so huge. From such a long distance, you can clearly see the huge caliber.
At this time, he was also a little confused as to why he had to turn and drive parallel to his own fleet at such a long distance.
Japan's matchlock guns are at sea, and their effective range is only fifty meters. They will not fight at such a long distance. Because it is meaningless. Even if they use the projectile method, they will not exceed a hundred meters. They are still stuck on the two ships.
Get close to within fifty meters, drive parallel, and then use iron cannon to shoot at the enemy ship.
However, he soon no longer had any doubts, because three huge white sailboats opened fire. The three clipper ships were one mile away from the outer side of the Anzha ship cluster, and they passed in a tangent route.
As the Hengshan opened fire, dense broadside guns fired one after another. Thick smoke and flames spurted out from the muzzles, and were quickly blown away by the strong sea breeze. These fifty-pound lead solid shells roared towards Anzhai.
Ship fleet.
The Japanese were so shocked that their faces turned pale. Although they were not equipped with artillery, it was because their country lacked iron and even more copper. Copper was minted to make money. They couldn't afford copper cannons at all, and they had neither money nor technology.
The limited iron was used to make iron cannons.
They are even reluctant to use lead bullets for bullets and cannonballs, and metal like lead also needs to be imported. They use a large number of bullets ground from stones, and their national collapse is called stone fire arrows.
But people who have never eaten pork have always seen pigs running away. Their port of Nagasaki was visited by the Spanish and Dutch, and British and French merchant ships from India also came.
"Nani, so many countries have collapsed." Takayoshi Fujiwara opened his mouth in surprise.
They had already suffered heavy losses from artillery warships twenty years ago. At this time, they also summed up many experiences and lessons. He immediately ordered, "Turn around immediately, get close to them, get close to them, and join forces to fight."
The bombardment of 54 heavy artillery pieces arrived in an instant. From a distance of 500 meters, an unimaginable fighting distance in this era, fifty-four 50-pound lead balls flew.
At this distance, it is an effective firing range, that is, the cannonball travels in a straight line and does not sag.
A dozen Anzha ships and Seki ships on the outside were hit. About twenty shells hit these outer ships. From the view from the Admiral's ship, after the medium-sized Anzha ships on the outer side were hit, a shower of sawdust flew up.
.Then the shell flew out from the other side and fell into the sea.
The sides of those Anzha ships that were hit were illuminated. People inside could be seen running back and forth in panic. These medium-sized Anzha ships only had one floor of square warehouses, and the cannons and sailors were all in one large warehouse.
inside.
There were people collapsed on the deck, and others were struggling to get up.
On the Hengshan, Dong Tianpeng used a telescope to look at the effect of the first round of shooting and said: "Yes, the first round of shooting has a hit rate of more than one-third at a distance of 500 meters."
He turned around and ordered: "Close the distance to 150 meters and use complex chain bombs with sickles. Focus on killing their personnel."
