When Feng Qirong's ship began to bombard, the four frigates that followed behind also opened fire one after another, although their position was a little behind, and the angle of the shelling was a little small, and it was not enough for all the side guns to fire, but they also shelled with the bow and some of the side guns one after another.

At the same time as the rumbling cannon sounded, many shells also flew towards the fleet of the Zijima clan on the opposite side.

Poor people, they have never seen such a huge scale of shelling, when they saw a large number of shells constantly flying over, some hitting the hull of the ship, some falling into the nearby water, splashing the water column, they were a little stunned for a while.

In fact, the Zijima clan is the most frequent contact with the daimyo of the sea, although the strength is weak, but the knowledge is still very extensive, and began to have contact with merchants from various countries very early, and even with the Portuguese, and in recent years, it has been frequently in contact with merchants from the Tang Dynasty.

They had also seen galleons and naval guns.

However, it was the first time they had seen such intensive shelling!

Because they have been in contact with merchant ships before, even if most of the merchant ships in these years are armed, the number of naval guns is naturally far from being comparable to that of professional warships, not to mention, the previous merchant ships came here for trade, and they won't fire guns if they have nothing to do, let alone a whole fleet of hundreds of guns firing at them.

Today, strictly speaking, it is the first time they have been exposed to such large-scale shelling.

The scale of the bombardment was far greater than they imagined, and at first they thought that with more than a dozen ships and a total of twenty or thirty guns equipped on each ship, they should be able to fight a dozen.

But when it came to the end, they realized that the little cannons they were equipped with were of no use at all!

It must be explained here that the naval guns equipped by the fleet of the Zidao clan are actually just some shotguns, and the bowl-mouth cannons of the Ming army in the past, the general cannons, and the Franco machine guns are similar products, regardless of what name the Fuso people use to call them, these are all shotguns, and the caliber is relatively small.

This also means that the firing range is not far, and it is very good to be able to hit 100 meters, and at the same time, the projection density of artillery shells is naturally not comparable with professional large-caliber naval guns.

These shotguns are only used by the former Ming Army Naval Division and the current Fusang people, and the Koreans use them as treasures, and they are the most used as the main naval guns, but on the side of the Tang Navy, these shotguns are auxiliary artillery specially used for close personnel killing, and when calculating the number of guns on a battleship, they will not be counted at all.

This has created such an embarrassing situation today.

The Ryukyu Detachment of the Tang Navy was carrying out continuous artillery bombardment, but they were still more than 300 meters away, and due to the limited distance and artillery range, they could not return fire at all.

Keep rushing forward?

Shelling with shotguns after approaching and further engaging in broadside warfare is the mode of naval warfare in many contemporary East Asian indigenous countries, as well as the previous Ming naval divisions.

But keep rushing? Don't you see that people's firepower is so dense, now more than 300 meters away, the hit rate is not too high, and they are already frequently shot, if they get closer, every shell of other people's shells will fall on their own ships.

But what if you don't continue to rush?

Wandering around the periphery? , don't you see that the steering and speed of others are better than their own side, the five warships of the Ryukyu Fleet of the Tang Navy, two big turns in a row, successfully seized the upper hand, and then fought with the side side, and the Fuso people on the opposite side also wanted to maneuver to seize the upper hand at first, but they couldn't grab it.

Run away? It's a viable option, but the question arises again, where to escape?

Fleeing back to the port, isn't this looking for death, and after being shelled by the harbor blocked by the human fleet, there will be no chance to fight desperately at that time.

You can also retreat directly and flee to the open sea, so you don't have to worry about your life, but the Fuso people in these fleets are all retainers and samurai of the Zidao clan, and I have to say that the loyalty of the Fuso people is still relatively good.

Not to mention, the main generals in this small fleet are all members of the Zidao clan.

This escape means giving up the family business, how can this work?

Is it possible to escape back to Kyushu Island and send someone under the fence?

Samurai who have lost their masters can still be a wandering samurai, and they can also find other masters who can be loyal to them, but their Zijima clan is a daimyo, even though they are only a small, small daimyo, but they are also serious daimyos.

Having lost their territory, are they still big names?

So, now let the Fuso people is particularly tangled!

It's not going to rush up and fight, it's not going to flee back to the port, it's not going to escape to the open sea!

And when they hesitated, the four frigates of the Ryukyu Detachment of the Tang Navy also entered the best position one after another, and the side guns fired in unison, and at this time, the density of the shelling became more ferocious.

The leading Fuso boat continued to be hit by multiple arson bombs, the sails burned, and even the hull of the ship was burning, and dozens of Fuso people on the ship saw the ship on fire, and they all hurriedly jumped into the sea with various planks and barrels.

At the same time, on the largest ship in the back, about one hundred and fifty tons, a young man in plate armor was also chirping in bird language at this time, the color of his face was changing, sometimes angry, sometimes frightened, and finally when he saw a ship hit by a chain bullet, the chain bullet directly swept the main mast, directly causing the ship to lose all power in an instant.

At this time, his face was no longer changing, but frightened, and he immediately ordered in bird language: retreat, retreat!

However, he did not make it clear whether he would withdraw to the port or flee directly to the open sea, so this also caused the other ships to not know where to retreat at all.

Some began to turn around and want to return to port, while others turned to the open sea, which caused great confusion in the already somewhat overwhelmed Fuso fleet.

They did not have only a few ships, but seventeen or eighteen, although the largest was only one hundred and fifty tons, and the rest were small ships of several tens of tons, which were logically more flexible, but under this vague order, and at the same time they were constantly under shelling, and the result was confusion.

In the panic, two of them even collided when they made a U-turn, and the other ships also caused chaos due to inconsistent steering.

When Feng Qirong saw this scene, he didn't know what to say!

In fact, this battle did not last long, about ten minutes before and after, although the distance was more than 300 meters, so the hit rate of the cannon was not high, so although there were many shells fired, in fact the hit rate was not as high as imagined.

Strictly speaking, relying on such powerful firepower, they only let one of the enemy's ships catch fire and burn, the main mast of one ship was broken, and although the other ships were also hit by a lot of shells, the power of the shells was not as great as imagined, and many shells hit the hull, which only left a big hole, whether they can kill or injure people depends on luck, as for sinking the enemy's battleship, hehe, don't think about it!

In this year's naval battle, it is even more difficult to sink the enemy's ships directly than to capture them!

Even if they were set on fire with arson, the fire could generally be extinguished, and only in extreme cases could the fire not be extinguished, and finally burned and sank.

Therefore, most of the naval battles in these years were suppressed by firepower, killing and wounding the people on their ships, and then forcing them to flee and, better yet, surrender, if they didn't work, then in the end they could only be beaten to pieces, slowly grinded, and sunk.

Of course, the navies of other countries will more simply choose to engage in broadside battles, directly annihilating their crews and capturing their warships.

This is also why even if the Datang Navy does not like broadside battles, and prefers to kill and injure them with firepower, and finally burns them, it will still assign a large number of marines to each warship, in order to use it in broadside battles.

Just because you don't like it doesn't mean you won't use it!

But today's performance of the Fusang people is a little unbearable, it has only been a long time since the fight, according to Feng Qirong's experience in fighting with the Ming army's sailors in the early years, even if his own side occupies an absolute firepower advantage, it is quite difficult to defeat them in a short time, he is already preparing to spend hours in a naval battle.

But I didn't expect that this was just the beginning, and the Fuso people ran away directly, and they didn't run simply enough, and there was chaos when they escaped!

To be honest, this made Feng Qirong a little speechless!

He is also counting on a live-fire exercise to train his fleet with live ammunition for a fleet decisive battle, after all, the Datang Navy has not fought any serious naval battles since the Ming army sailors were taken down, and the occasional naval battles were only to pursue those pirate ships, and as for the decisive battles of the fleets above the size of the detachment, there has not been a single one.

Since he Feng Qirong became the commander of the Ryukyu Detachment, in addition to chasing pirates, he really has never led the fleet to fight such a regular naval battle as today, but he didn't expect that these Fuso people would be so faceless and run away as soon as they fought.

Forget it, there is no way to carry out live-fire training!

Immediately, he ordered the fleet to split into two and start a two-wing assault to intercept the ships of the Fusang people fleeing to the open sea, they wanted to flee back to the port Feng Qirong didn't care, but he didn't want to see them flee to the open sea, and then run to other places to fight against the Tang Navy.

Driving them back to the port and blocking them is Feng Qirong's goal.

Then there is nothing to say, these more than ten ships of the Zidao clan, except for a small boat that broke through the blockade by luck and escaped north, the other ships were all intercepted, and then rushed back to their port!

After driving them back to the port, Feng Qirong directly led the fleet to swing outside the port, and then Feng Qirong issued an order: Without an order, it is strictly forbidden to fire at the port without permission!

He said to his adjutant, "That's all money!" ”

Although the ships in the port of the Fuso are small in tonnage and not very good in performance, they are also ships, and the captives are trophies, and the navy itself will definitely not use them, but they can be sold for money.

This time, the cost of suppressing bandits in the western waters of Fuso is not small, but these shells are all money, and if you don't find some loot to come back and subsidize one or two, wouldn't it be a loss?

Feng Qirong knew very well that the top brass of the Navy did not want to see themselves doing loss-making business, or even hoped to make a fortune for themselves.

The army can make a lot of money by suppressing bandits, but what else can't the navy make by suppressing pirates?