Chapter 364: Naval Battle

When Juan saw the ironclad battleship, his hand shook and the telescope fell from his hand.

He was completely shocked by the ironclad battleship, and he didn't even notice the telescope falling from his hand, and muttered God in his mouth.

Their warships were only more than 600 tons, and they relied mainly on sails and helmsmen to move forward.

But the Ming warship not only couldn't see the sails, but also couldn't see the helmsman's crank, so what did he rely on to move forward?

The sudden appearance of a new type of warship has made Juan forget his own situation, and he has been wondering what the Ming warship will rely on to advance.

"Captain, what are we going to do, let's talk?"

The soldier noticed that something was wrong with the captain and hurriedly urged him, and under the soldier's urging, Juan finally reacted.

"Quick, give me the binoculars."

The soldier reluctantly handed the binoculars to Juan again, already scolding Juan's wife in his heart.

In fact, it is useless to scold his mother, people only believe in his master, and they don't care about you scolding your mother.

Juan took the binoculars and took a closer look at the Ming ironclad battleship, and suddenly a smile appeared on his face.

"It's not a big deal, although their battleship looks weird, but there is only one artillery, it must be the Ming army to scare us, sink them after they enter the firing range, and immediately prepare for battle."

Juan saw only the gun in the bow of the ship, and did not see any other guns on the battleship.

He was relieved at once, a battleship with one gun, no matter how awesome, could not have an advantage in naval battles.

When this old miscellaneous man thought of the scene of capturing the Daming battleship, he couldn't help but laugh wildly, completely forgetting the embarrassment he felt when he first saw the Daming battleship.

"Brothers, fight hard, it's best to capture the Ming warship, and then move all our naval guns up, haha......"

Zheng Chenggong stood on the deck of the First Emperor, raised his binoculars to look at the five warships under the city of Macau, and a disdainful smile appeared on his face.

"The other warships obeyed the order, loaded all the shells, fought for a round of artillery bombardment to deal with the five barbarian warships, and then surrounded and attacked the city wall of Macao on three sides."

"Yes"

Originally, Macau was just a small island with no defenses, but after the Portuguese entrenched themselves, they not only built walls but also forts.

They did this on the surface to defend the island, but in fact, it was to prevent the Ming Dynasty from suddenly expelling them.

Seeing that the Ming warship was about to enter the range of their guns, Juan was ready to give the order to open fire.

However, it was discovered that the Ming battleship suddenly stopped outside the range of their guns, and began to slowly turn the rudder.

"What are these Ming people doing, they have the ability to advance two hundred meters, so that you can see the power of our naval artillery."

But before he could finish speaking, his face changed.

"God ......"

It turned out that he found that there were six battleships on one side of the hull, and many large holes suddenly appeared, and then countless black holes and cannon ports protruded from the big holes.

Now Hu Anbai understands that it is not that the Ming battleship has only one gun, but that the guns are hidden on the side of the ship, and the gun holes are well hidden, and they cannot be seen from the surface at all.

The guns of the Portuguese battleships were on two sides of the battleship, and the muzzles of the guns could be clearly seen.

"Bang Bang ......"

Suddenly, he found that the Ming fleet began to open fire, and black shells flew towards them.

Juan visually measured the distance between the two warships, but he shook his head:

"Firing the cannon at such a long distance, it is impossible to hit at all, and the commander of the Ming fleet must be a novice."

But before he could finish speaking, suddenly a cannonball bombarded their battleship.

Huge solid bullets jumped on the battleship, killing more than a dozen Portuguese sailors in an instant, and the battleship was shaken violently.

The Portuguese sailors on the five ships panicked and lit their guns one after another.

As soon as the shells were bombarded here, more than 20 flowering shells bombarded the Portuguese battleship.

"Bang Bang ......"

So many flowering bombs exploded, killing more than a dozen on the spot and injuring dozens of people.

And all the shells bombarded by Portugal fell into the water, and they couldn't hit the Ming warships at all, and the range was not at the same level at all.

The Portuguese sail warships were all wooden, how could it be possible to block the bombardment of the Ming heavy artillery, and soon some battleships began to leak.

"Quick Fire ......"

"Bang Bang ......"

Juan screamed desperately to open fire, but the Ming warships were all out of range of their guns.

The shells bombarded by the Portuguese naval guns fell into the sea one after another, causing no damage to the Ming warships and soldiers at all.

Seeing that the soldiers under his command suffered heavy casualties, but he couldn't fight the Ming army at all.

Juan's eyes were red, and he roared urgently:

"Quick, rush over, we must rush within the range of our ship's guns to bombard the Ming army, otherwise we will all become targets."

"Yes"

Five Portuguese sail warships immediately headed for the Ming warships.

Zheng Chenggong stood on the deck of the ironclad battleship, keeping an eye on the movements of the Portuguese battleship.

Seeing that they actually rushed over, Zheng Chenggong smiled coldly and immediately ordered:

"The wings of Hongwu, Hanwu, Guangwu, and Wendi spread out.

The Yongle, the First Emperor, immediately rushed over and sank the Portuguese battleship. ”

Zheng Chenggong gave an order, and the big chimneys of the six battleships immediately emitted billowing agricultural smoke, forming a fan-shaped rapid attack.

"Heavy guns on the bow of the ship!"

"Boom ......"

The bow heavy guns of the six battleships fired together at the Portuguese sail battleship.

Six shells came out of their chambers and bombarded the sail battleship at great speed.

Among them, three solid bullets bombarded the sail battleship fiercely, and suddenly the sail battleship sawdust flew sideways, and the sail battleship shook violently.

Then another shell bombarded the deck of the sail battleship.

The 84-pound solid bullet pierced two decks in an instant with a huge inertia.

There were more than a dozen casualties, and the battleship began to leak, and it was clear that shells had pierced the hull.

The Ming warships continued to shell the Portuguese sail warships, but Juan could only stare dryly and had no way to do it.

It was then that he realized that he had made a big mistake, and that it could have been fatal.

Their guns were on both sides, and the largest caliber was 32 pounds, so they couldn't fire at all when they charged forward.

However, there was a heavy gun in the capital of the Ming warship, although there was only one, but it was an 84-pounder gun, and if it bombarded the waterline, it would soon sink the battleship.

The fleets of the two countries were getting closer and closer, and five Portuguese warships had already sunk one by the time they came into range.

"Quick, turn the rudder and fire."

Finally, the Ming warship entered the range of the Portuguese warship, and Juan immediately ordered the rudder to turn around and open fire.

He also had no choice, the naval guns were on both sides, and he couldn't fire the guns without turning the rudder.

However, the rudder was finally turned successfully, and before the cannon could be fired, the Ming warships had already bombarded the Portuguese sail battleships from three directions.

Sixty-two guns frantically bombarded the tall Portuguese wooden battleship.

"Boom ......"

"Click......"

The hit rate in front was not high, and as the sail battleship turned its rudder, their tall battleship was completely exposed in front of the Ming gun.

A fat blow knocked the Portuguese sail warship to pieces, and two more battleships were sunk.

The Portuguese shells finally bombarded the Ming ironclad battleship, but their shells could only leave a white spot on the hull of the ironclad battleship, and it could not damage the ironclad battleship at all.

"God, their battleships are all real ironclad battleships, there is no way to fight this battle, withdraw quickly......"

Juan was furious and ordered to retreat, or more precisely, to escape.

"Boom ......"

"Bang Bang ......"

Before Juan could finish speaking, two flowering bullets exploded beside him......