Chapter 612: Battle of Tokyo Bay

"Kill Quack"

Tokugawa Hachiro pulled out his katana, his eyes glaring angrily, and he roared loudly.

More than 100 Japanese warships of all sizes blocked the mouth of Tokyo Bay, and there were countless Japanese ships behind them to support at any time, and Tokugawa Hachiro wanted to rely on the numerical advantage to prevent the Ming warships from entering Tokyo Bay.

This naval battle was about the survival of the Japanese naval army.

Although there were thousands of ships, they were of different sizes, the large ones were more than 20 ocean-going ships, the small ones were small boats that could only carry 20 people, and the gunboats had three 26-gun ships and five 16-gun ships, and in terms of the number of guns, none of them could compare with the 36 gunboats of the Ming Navy. With the exception of the eight gunboats, the rest were only ultra-melee ballistae and ramming fireships.

For the Ming Navy, only the gunboats are a threat, as for the bow and crossbow ships and ramming fire ships that cannot be attacked from afar, there is no threat at all, even the eight gunboats are not in the eyes of the Ming Navy.

The eighty warships of the Ming Navy quickly sailed to a place only two thousand meters away from the mouth of Tokyo Bay, which is already the range of all Ming warships.

"Fire!"

"Boom, boom, boom" Eighty Ming warships fired a salvo, and nearly 3,000 shells rained down!

"Bang! Countless water columns exploded, and the hull of the hit Japanese ship was torn apart, and the Japanese sailors on board were overturned into the sea by shrapnel and air waves.

The worst Shenwu-class warships in the Ming Dynasty have a range of two thousand meters, and the Shenwu-class warships have a range of up to three thousand meters, and they all use extremely powerful high-explosive shells, while the eight strongest gunboats of the Japanese Kou not only have a short range, only about a thousand meters, but also use solid bullets with little power.

The strength of the two sides is not comparable, in the face of the Ming Navy, no matter how many ships of the Japanese Navy, they will only be slaughtered.

Just one salvo was nearly 3,000 shells, and you can imagine how terrifying it was.

After the more than 100 naval vessels blocked by the Japanese at the mouth of the bay were bombarded by intensive shelling, more than half of the ships were sunk on the spot, and the other ships were also damaged to a greater or lesser extent, not only losing more than 60 boats, but also killing and wounding more than 3,000 sailor soldiers in the immediate aftermath.

In Tokyo Bay, on a Japanese flagship, Tokugawa Hachiro's eyes widened, his mouth opened wide, and he looked incredulous.

The scene in front of him was too shocking, and the strength of the Ming army was terrifying, and many of the soldiers of the Japanese army began to tremble.

"Boom Boom"

It was also at this time that the second artillery bombardment of the Ming warships began.

This second round of shelling was only separated by less than seven or eight breaths, and although only fifty Shenwei-class battleships could open fire, it was still a powerful firepower of nearly two thousand shells.

Another round of slaughter.

"Bang! Boom! Countless columns of water exploded at sea level, and almost all of the remaining warships blocked by the Japanese at the mouth of the bay were sunk under the second round of shelling, and very few could still float on the sea, and all of them lost their combat effectiveness.

"Yaga" Tokugawa Hachiro's face was already dark, and his eyes began to show fear.

He had to be afraid, more than a hundred ships, just able to withstand two rounds of artillery fire from the Ming army, almost all of them were sunk.

The Great Japanese Navy was so vulnerable in the face of the Ming warships.

To say that the two major fleets of the Ming Dynasty have been established respectively, this is the first time that the two major fleets of the Ming Navy have joined forces, dispatching such a powerful force, such a force, not to mention the Japanese Kou, even the foreigners have to retreat when they see it, and they dare not meet its edge!

"Full speed ahead!" After clearing the more than 100 Japanese ships at the mouth of Tokyo Bay, the Daming warship advanced at full speed as fast as possible.

Of course, there are more Japanese ships in Tokyo Bay, and the Ming warships will not rush into Tokyo Bay at this time.

When it reached a distance of only a thousand meters from the mouth of the bay, the Ming battleship reduced its speed again, and the gunners adjusted the muzzle to carry out a round of shelling.

In this matter, more than 200 Japanese ships were included in the firing range of the Ming warships, including three gunboats.

"Fire!"

"Boom Boom"

Shells continued to explode on the surface of the sea and on the ships of the Japanese who had been hit, and splintered wooden planks and corpses floated on the surface of the sea, staining large areas of sea water with blood.

The Ming warships occupied an absolute range advantage, and the Japanese ships, whether they were ordinary ships or warships, could not escape the fate of being slaughtered, and they were sunk one by one, and countless Japanese sailors were overturned into the sea by shrapnel and air waves, and suffered heavy casualties!

This time, because the ships in the bay are slightly denser than those at the mouth of the bay, the chances of being hit are also greater.

In just one round of shelling, more than 70 Japanese ships were sunk and hundreds more were damaged.

After the second round of shelling, this time because many ships were damaged, although only 50 Shenwei-class warships opened fire, they also sank more than 70 Japanese ships.

After two rounds of artillery bombardment, there were only more than 80 Japanese ships within a range of 2,000 meters, and more than half of them were damaged, and the 50 Shenwei-class warships no longer bombarded the Japanese ships within 2,000 meters, but instead adjusted their gun muzzles, adjusted the range of their cannons to the farthest range of 3,000 meters, and bombarded the Japanese ships that were farther away, while the remaining 80 or so Japanese ships within 2,000 meters were taught to 30 Shenwu-class warships.

In Tokyo Bay, countless water columns continue to explode.

Several shells hit the sea near where Tokugawa Hachiro's flagship was located, and the flagship shook violently, and the exploding sea water drenched Tokugawa Hachiro's whole body, and Tokugawa Hachiro grabbed a mast so that he would not fall on the deck.

"General, the Ming warships are too powerful, and dozens of our ships have been blown up and sunk!" A Japanese naval army general said to Tokugawa Hachiro with a look of despair.

Tokugawa Hachiro's face was dark, his eyes were staring and his teeth were gritted, and he couldn't say a word. He is also desperate, as the supreme general of the Great Japanese Navy, he is not a fool, he can't see the comparison of strength between the two sides, it is not symmetrical at all, the Ming warships are being slaughtered, and they are the objects of slaughter.

"Baga Crush! Amaterasu will bless us and knock down the Ming warship! Tokugawa Hachiro slammed his katana over a shattered ship's plank and roared wildly.

"Charge the whole ship, kill Gaga" Tokugawa Hachiro went crazy and brandished a katana, he wanted to take all the naval ships to heroically launch a counter-charge against the Ming battleship, and swore to rush to the Ming battleship to fight face to face with the Ming battleship.

"Kill Quack" The naval generals on a large number of Japanese ships stood on the bow of the ship and pointed their katana forward, roaring madly.

Immediately, the Japanese naval warships began to launch a suicidal counter-charge, and before the Ming warships had completely sailed into Tokyo Bay, they wanted to counter-charge, intending to rush to close range and fight face-to-face with the Ming warships.

The idea is good and heroic.

It's a pity that the nearest Japanese ship is also nearly two thousand meters away from the Ming warship, such a distance is like an insurmountable thunder pool, and it is obviously impossible for the Japanese ship to break through and get the distance to kill the Ming warship.

"Hehe, isn't Wokoumo crazy?" Shen Jingchao sneered.

"The Japanese are looking for death!" Zheng Sen said.

"Fire!"

"Boom Boom"