Wang Rulong's agitation method really worked, and the gunners were all cautious now. Lying on the tail of the cannon one by one, they opened their eyes and closed their eyes to stick to the door, so that the door and the gap on the muzzle of the gun and the target in the distance were three points and one line.

The direct aiming of artillery is much the same as that of musket shooting, and usually a skilled gunner can shoot nine out of ten shots within a kilometer when training to shoot on land. But when it came to the sea, the warship shook and the enemy ship moved, and the hit rate fell directly to a miserable level.

Wang Rulong was very annoyed by this, and asked Chu Liuxiang to teach him experience, but he couldn't understand. It's not that Chu Liuxiang cherishes himself, but he really doesn't know why he hits so accurately...... Isn't this a matter of course?

It wasn't until Colonel Pinto became Mr. Ping that the coast guard was cleared up of this doubt. Because the biggest impact on the hit rate of the battleship is the roll, the gun barrel will shake up and down with the waves, and if it is raised, it will fly, and if it falls, it will enter the sea. So fire the cannon when the barrel is pointing horizontally.

Chu Liuxiang belongs to the kind of natural gunner who can find the horizontal plane by intuition by God's appreciation of food. But most of the gunners who did not have this talent did not need to worry, Colonel Pinto taught them a very simple method - hang the plumb pendant in the air on the line, and the line would always be perpendicular to the horizontal plane, so that when the deck was also perpendicular to the line, the deck was exactly at the horizontal plane.

It's not accurate, but it's easy to learn. After repeated practice, the gunners can greatly improve the hit rate by changing the angle of the plumb sinker and the burning speed of the lead - although the hit rate of hitting a moving target is still impressive, but when hitting a fixed target, the difference cannot be increased from one out of ten to three or four out of ten.

In a situation like this, when the enemy ship is almost stationary, it is basically possible to hit a fixed target.

As a result, soon after the battle began, it turned into shooting training, and the gunners even picked up paper and pens and conducted target shooting tests on the spot.

A hundred artillery pieces hit thirty or forty shells in one shot. How can Kobayakawa's naval army withstand this? Their pine boats simply could not withstand the bombardment of 11-pound iron shells. Even if it was a kilometer away, the Yongle cannon could still easily tear through their Guan Chuan and Xiao Zao.

Several of the guns of the Japanese ship company either fell apart or entered the water, and more than half of the sailors on board were killed and wounded...... In a few moments, more than a dozen boats leaked and disintegrated and sank into the strait, and the blood of the dead and wounded sailors stained the sea red, and was diluted by the turbulent tide in the blink of an eye.

Ichikawa's good protection for the Ataka boat is relatively thick, and it is safe for the time being. He looked at his subordinates who had become the living targets of the Ming Dynasty with a pale face. It won't be long before these 100 boats will be reimbursed.

"My lord, didn't the lord say that the Ming Dynasty people are far away and can't fight accurately?" The samurai of the Ichikawa family asked incredulously.

"The lord also heard from people!" Ichikawa Nobuyoshi is the best ship general of the Maori family, and he is a famous general who once participated in the Battle of Itsukushima and defeated the Otomo Naval Army. After some hard thinking, he finally realized the problem, and hurriedly ordered in a deep voice: "Pass the order, let them distance and move laterally!" ”

The sound of the taiko drum on the Ataka ship changed, conveying this slightly complicated command. The Japanese are really strong in their ability to work on details.

Those who closed the boats and Kozao spread out as much as possible according to Ichikawa's orders, and quickly cruised horizontally.

At this time, the hit rate of the Ming Dynasty's artillery fell again.

"Fuck, stop playing!" Wang Rulong took a sip and ordered in a loud voice: "The small ship detachment advances, kill them!" ”

The flagship hung the yellow lantern of the small ship attack, the command flag was raised by a bloody ship horse, and the sailors of the ten black-tailed ships spread their sails and slowly approached the enemy ship with the help of a strong northeast wind to resist the strong ocean current.

"This hellish place, the tide is too fierce!" Wang Rulong looked at the small ship detachment that seemed to be stuck in the mud, and his brows furrowed into chrysanthemums.

"It's normal that the Japanese Warm Current, which is one of the most powerful currents in the world, suddenly narrows the channel when it passes through the Kanmon Strait, and the tide is naturally fierce." Zhao Hao said lightly: "Niu Ruomaru didn't understand this back then, and he almost suffered a big loss. ”

"Hey, Childe knows so much." Wang Rulong couldn't help but admire, but what is this 'beef ball'? Sounds delicious.

Seeing that the main force of the Ming Dynasty fleet stopped firing its guns, a small fleet of warships was sent to approach. The two sides approached within two hundred zhang, and Ichikawa Jinghao gave the order to make a surprise attack!

As for the defensive line that they vacated, it was filled by the second team behind.

Hearing the sound of the drums urging the assault, the remaining 70 or so warships of the Ichiban team came to their senses. The helmsmen turned the rudder desperately, the oarsmen rowed desperately, turned the bow of the boat, and sailed rapidly to the vanguard fleet of the Ming Dynasty by the current.

"Change grapes, change shotguns!" The gunners on the small ship shouted orders one after another. The ammunition operator takes out the ammunition from the ammunition depot that has been converted into the ship's hold and places them in the basket on the back of the bombardier.

The bombardier, carrying a rattan basket of ammunition on his back, trotted back to the tail of the gun, while the loader took out the shell and loaded it into the chamber of a gun.

At such a close distance, there is no need to observe the range, the gunners directly fine-tune the muzzle of the gun, and aim to hit!

"Fire!" As soon as the gunners gave the order, rumbling cannons rang out on all boats! Not only the small-caliber Xuande cannon, but even the Hongxi cannon began to spray!

To a certain extent, the Hongxi cannon makes up for the shortcomings of small ships that cannot be equipped with Yongle cannons, so that they can shoot large firepower in small size!

Thousands of iron pellets, large and small, rained down on the approaching Kohaya and Seki ships of the Japanese, and when they boarded, they were shot into a sieve......

Almost in the blink of an eye, grapeshotpie bullets ejected from ten medium-sized Aconio boats left seven or eight Japanese ships without a living person.

Gunners who are becoming more and more proficient in gunnery, quickly scrape, reload, and fire!

Seven or eight ships of sailors were slaughtered......

Ichikawa Jinghao couldn't help but be dumbfounded, the power of the Ming Dynasty's close-range artillery was too terrifying!

"Rabbit give!" Although the remaining half of the army were already frightened, as long as they thought of their beloved lord watching them from the castle, they were not afraid of anything...... Fog. In fact, it was because Kobayakawa had a strict army, and those who escaped from the battle were killed.

Since escaping back is also death, dying face forward can at least get some bereavement.

They took out the speed of the 'dragon boat race', rowed desperately, and with the help of the ocean current, they only ate five rounds of shooting to get close to the warship of the Ming Dynasty.

The sailors raised their muskets and bows and arrows, and picked up their roasts, ready to fight back!

However, at this time, the Ming Dynasty warship changed its rudder! The revolving big franc machine mounted on the side door began to speak, and the rate of fire of seven rounds a minute suppressed the Japanese to death, and they could not raise their heads to fight back......

The oarsmen in the cabin rowed desperately to stop the Ming Dynasty's sailboat!

They had obviously not heard of the awesomeness of the blacktail boats......

"Ready for impact!" Seeing that the warships of the two sides were about to crash together, the officers and officers on the Wuwei boat hurriedly grabbed the railings and bulkheads around them to fix themselves. At the same time, he loudly reminded his colleagues to pay attention:

"Ready for impact!"

In the trembling crash, the waves splashed with the broken wood, and all the Japanese ships that hit them were shattered, but the blacktail ships were unscathed.

The sailors were dumbfounded, they didn't know what kind of material the ships of the Ming Dynasty were made of, why were they so strong? I could only watch as these nimble small warships turned and retreated.

"Ichiban team, assault!" Seeing that more than half of their own casualties were lost, but they still did not hurt the other party, the red-eyed samurai shouted hoarsely and gave orders.

I didn't expect those battleships to be big, but the guns were a lot. This time, it was the turn of the Hong Xi cannon and the Franc machine in the stern of the ship to open fire, and sprayed them again......

At this time, behind the Kobayakawa naval army, the gong of the troops suddenly sounded. As if they had been pardoned, the helmsmen and oarsmen quickly turned the bow of the ship and retreated, so as not to accompany the samurai who had broken their heads to die.

By the time they were out of the range of the Ming Dynasty's close-range guns, there were only about forty boats left, and almost all of them were wounded, and they looked miserable and miserable.

~~

On Moji Castle, Kobayakawa Takakei patted the folding fan and laughed.

"Now you believe it, right? They don't dare to fight in close combat! ”

"Sure enough, I was told by adults." Mr. Laidao Tong and other generals of the navy couldn't help but be convinced.

"Alright, guys, let's get back to the ship." Kobayakawa looked at the sun in the sky and said, "There is still half an hour, and the tide will change direction." ”

As he spoke, he folded the fan in his hand and said coldly: "Annihilate them for me and seize their firearms!" ”

Compared with the warships of the Ming Dynasty, he was more interested in those long and short artillery, and if the Maori family had this thing, they would definitely be able to defeat the Oda army!

"Hey!" The generals of the ships left the castle and prepared to board the ships to fight the enemy.

Kobayakawa has a seasickness problem, so he won't follow the chaos.

~~

Tanoura.

Ichikawa merged the first team and the second team into one, and then repeated the old trick, continued to move back and forth to avoid the shells, and provoked the Ming army to attack.

The people of the Ming Dynasty seemed to be really impatient, and this time they did not send a single small ship to attack, but more than 30 warships attacked at the same time.

"Hold them off!" After Ichikawa gave the order, he looked back at the crowd on the pontoon bridge, which was still flowing, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, these people didn't know that they had become bait for the lord to lure the enemy.

Of course, no one can blame the lord, because the Kobayakawa water army is the bait that bears the brunt. Regardless of this victory, it is doomed to heavy losses......

Calming his mind, Ichikawa turned his attention back to the front.

It's almost a repetition of the previous scene. No, it's an enhanced version. The Ming Dynasty dispatched all the warships this time, and the firepower increased several times!

Naturally, the losses of the Kobayakawa naval army also multiplied, and the warships were sunk one after another. When the two sides approached that the Hongxi cannon could open fire, the sailors finally could not support it, turned the bow of the ship one after another, and fled into the fjord.

That embarrassed appearance made Kobayakawa on Monji Castle unable to distinguish whether they were a feint or a real defeat.

But it doesn't matter, the people of the Ming Dynasty will definitely chase in, watching the miserable white sun rise to the middle of the sky, Kobayakawa clenched his fists tightly.

"The currents are changing! Plan to pass! ”

ps. There is also a more ha, after this battle, I will return home. This is a flag-......