Chapter 290: Was Zhang Dou Late?
Zheng Yiguan felt that he was lucky, not only sneaking up on the flagship of the shogunate sailors, but also successfully escaping. Just as he was rejoicing, a small morning boat crashed into his sideboard.
The sudden impact made Zheng Yiguan stunned for a moment before he reacted, and as soon as the word fireboat came out of his head, the small morning boat ignited a raging fire.
The little morning widow had already jumped into the water to escape, looking at the fire on the side of the ship, Zheng Yiguan's head "Buzz!" "I became the boss all of a sudden.
"Firefighting! Hurry up and put out the fire! Raise the sails, sail at full speed, and shake it off! Zheng Yiguan gave a loud order on the boat.
The sailors on the ship were also busy, and some of them went to get buckets to beat the sea water to extinguish the fire. Some were busy hoisting the sails and turning the rudder, while others wanted to use the long poles to just go to the fireboat.
No matter how busy the sailors on board were, the small morning boat still stubbornly pressed against the side and burned violently. The sailors poured seawater onto the fireship, but it had no effect but a white mist rising.
Although the sails had been raised high, with the cumbersome existence of the small morning boat, Zheng Yiguan's boat could not run fast at all.
Seeing the shogunate sailors getting closer and closer, the other nine ships turned around and greeted them. They wanted to buy time for Zheng Yiguan, and for a while, the sea was full of gunsmoke and the sound of artillery rumbled.
The shogunate naval warships that originally besieged Yan Siqi were divided into dozens of gunboats to welcome Zheng Yiguan, and there were as many as six large Ataku ships alone.
Zheng Yiguan's fleet, which had planned to escape, was suddenly dragged in place, and the shogunate sailor's small early fire ship hid behind the Ataku ship, and as soon as it approached, it immediately killed and rushed to the gunboat.
Despite the sharp artillery of Zheng Yiguan's fleet, their number was too small. When Zheng Yiguan got rid of the entanglement of the fireboat, they were already surrounded.
Tokugawa Iemitsu sat on an ironclad house and glared at the ten Chinese fortune ships in front of him, which nearly killed him.
This revenge cannot be avenged, in order to take revenge, he did not even command the fleet to encircle and suppress Yan Siqi, but personally sat here.
He gave his men the order that the leader of the pirates would be captured alive, and that the hatred in his heart would not be quenched by the torture of the daring pirates.
Zheng Yiguan, who was surrounded, was in a desperate situation, and everyone was going to die here today.
"Hang up the Sun and Moon Banner and fight to the death!" Zheng Yiguan ordered. Now there is no second way except to fight to the death, and a gap must be made to have the possibility of escape.
Tokugawa Iemitsu looked at the surrounded Zheng Yiguan fleet and said to his subordinates: "Kill!" Except for the pirate leader, kill the rest! ”
Zheng Yiguan's side was smashed into a large hole by a cannonball fired from the opposite boat, and the only 6-pounder cannon was destroyed.
Five of the ship's sailors died on the spot, and a dozen more lay on the ground moaning. The ship's mainmast was also broken, and the sailing ship, which had lost power, drifted at sea.
Looking at the shogunate ship surrounded by bee chrysalis, he knew that his last moment had come. Once he gets bogged down, his ship will soon be filled with shogunate sailors.
The two sides of the battle fought hard, and no one noticed that a clipper approached at high speed on the distant horizon.
Then the second, the third,...... Sails emerge from the sea level, and finally cover the entire surface of the sea.
It was only at this time that the warring parties noticed the approaching fleet, which was not much less numerous than the shogunate sailors.
Tokugawa Iemitsu couldn't help frowning as he looked at the fleet that collided directly with him without avoiding it. Who is so bold that he dares to ram the Tokugawa family's fleet in the waters of the Wakoku Kingdom.
The clippers at the front of this fleet were very fast, and they arrived at the battlefield in less than a moment. I saw them nimbly glide an arc across the sea, aiming their sideboards at the warships in battle.
Just when Zheng Yiguan was happy and the Japanese people were worried, these sea ships spewed out hot projectiles, and the projectiles with a whistling sound hit the shogunate sailors.
These cannons were not the 3-pounder cannons on Zheng Yiguan's ship, and the power of the 9-pounder guns was by no means something that Guan Chuan and Xiao Zao'an could bear.
If you are hit by one shell, you will have to fall apart, and if you are hit by two or three shells at the same time, you will have to look for debris on the surface of the sea.
Only one round of blows caused the shogunate sailors to lose more than a dozen warships, and seeing that the people who came did not say a word and started fighting directly, Tokugawa Iemitsu was so angry that he jumped to his feet and scolded: "Someone! Go and get all the Ataka boats up for me, so that these eyeless dogs can taste the power of the big tube. ”
While the samurai was busy giving orders, he finally saw the tall ships in the distance.
Tokugawa Iemitsu pointed to these large plywood ships and asked, "Where did they come from?" No one could answer him, and the Sea Shark crashed into the fleet of the Wokes in a domineering manner.
In front of them, whether it was Xiao Zao or Guan Ship, they were all smashed, and the sea shark battleship shook its huge figure, like a hungry wolf rushing into the flock, and the frightened widow ship scattered and fled.
When the gun windows on the side of the Sea Shark were opened one by one, and the guns were withdrawn from the gun windows, the shogunate sailors despaired.
What they saw was a thick cannon port, and even the strongest ironclad Ataku could not stop such fire.
The moment Tokugawa Iemitsu saw the cannon window open, he screamed: "Turn around! Hurry back! Come on! ”
Just now, I was shelled once by a small boat and almost lost my life, and now I am targeted by such a monster, and if I don't run away, I will definitely die.
The roar of artillery rang out on the Sea Shark battleship, and the guns spat tongues of fire. The sound of the cannon alone frightened the shogunate's sailors, and Tokugawa Iemitsu saw with his own eyes that an Ataka ship was pierced by a single shot.
Two large holes three feet square were cut in either side of the ship, and the wailing sailors in the cabin were faintly visible.
Everything in the cabin was a mess of destruction, and the bloody water had stained the deck red. Before the people on the ship could react, an even greater disaster struck. A cannonball rained down from the sky and hit the top of the Ataka ship.
The force of the destruction nearly split the ship in two, and the shells not only pierced the top deck of the ship, but also hit the bottom of the cabin.
The Ataka ship, which was broken keel, fell apart at sea in an instant, destroying the main battleship of the shogunate sailors with just two cannons, and the Xiyi splint was really so powerful?
"My lord! It's too dangerous here, please evacuate immediately! A guard samurai said behind Tokugawa Iemitsu.
Before Tokugawa Iemitsu could sigh, he was dragged by the guards to the deck, where a small one had already been released into the sea.
The guards pulled Tokugawa Iemitsu and jumped onto the Kozao boat without saying anything, and fled at full speed into the distance.
The shelling of the Sea Shark battleship just now frightened all the people of the shogunate, and Tokugawa Iemitsu was only less than three miles away from that terrifying Sea Shark battleship. If you are targeted by that monster, even the ironclad Ataku ship will not be spared.
"Brother Yiguan! Zhang Dou was late? Zhang Dou shouted loudly while standing on the Sea Shark battleship.