Chapter 123 The Battle of the Ryukyus
Although the Tiger Squat Cannon is not worth mentioning in later generations, it can be said to be the most advanced artillery of the Ming Dynasty now, with a range of more than two kilometers, and it can also shoot a very advanced artillery shell at that time. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The range of two kilometers may not be a big deal in the eyes of later generations, but in the 16th century, two kilometers was a moat.
In ancient China, the archery cow was described by a hundred steps through the Yang, even if it was a famous general in the world, as long as the range could be doubled, then the cow should not be wanted.
The average step distance of a normal adult is about 75 centimeters, a hundred steps is 75 meters, and the famous generals will double 150 meters.
300 meters is already the limit of human bows and arrows, but compared to 2 kilometers, it seems very short, and from ancient times to the present, there are only a few bow gods in China, not more than the number of five fingers.
Not to mention the Japanese on the tiny island, whose average range can reach 50 meters, even if they are well-trained.
Fang Hua and the others were already at the winning end of the scale, plus five hundred all-round war machine mechanical warriors as gunners, and two thousand qualified battleship fighters as auxiliaries.
Fang Hua's artillery was not too accurate, and the first round of shots basically hit all of them, and half of these 90 shells were solid shells and flowering shells.
Those solid shells directly sank nearly ten Japanese ships, and those flowering shells caused heavy casualties to the Japanese invaders, who were a little stunned by the sudden blow.
However, their ferocity once again made them fight for their lives, and they knew that it was impossible to turn the bow of the ship and escape now, and if they did, they would be completely sunk by the Ming army.
So now their only way to survive is to rush up and engage the Ming army in a broadside battle, only then can they survive to the death, which is what they did when facing the Francis.
The Woko's ships began to pick up speed, and the faster they were, the fewer they were beaten, but this time their enemies were much stronger than they expected.
Mechanical warriors are infinitely more skilled at handling artillery than so-called gunners, and with no deliberate aiming, their infrared electronic eyes are the best sights.
The artillery smashed rounds of shells on the Japanese ships, and countless Japanese ships were sunk, and many of the Japanese on board were killed on the spot, and even a few of the Japanese who fell into the water could not escape the whirlpool brought by the sinking of the ship.
When the warship of the Japanese was about to approach the treasure ship of Fang Hua and the others, they had already lost more than half of their ships, and even the ships that could rush over were still scarred.
When Fang Hua saw that the Japanese were approaching, he immediately told the banner soldiers, asking him to order all the soldiers to prepare bows and crossbows and weapons in preparation for the more fierce battle that was about to begin.
After receiving the order, the warriors immediately put down the red-hot tiger squat cannon that had been hit, picked up the bow and crossbow that had been prepared on the side, and prepared for the next battle.
When they saw that the other party had finally stopped shelling, they breathed a sigh of relief, if it weren't for the fact that the range of the Tiger Squat Cannon was indeed a little short, they might not be able to get close to each other's side.
Now that the swords in their hands can finally play a role, the Japanese robbers are staring at each other's warships with red eyes, ready to rush up and kill the people on it.
However, the next bow and arrow shooting made the Japanese ko's heart tremble again, the opponent's archery skills were much stronger than theirs, and the rain of arrows on both sides fell on the other's head.
However, they were seriously injured if they did not die after being hit, while the soldiers on the other side were only wounded and not killed, these people were too agile to be like ordinary soldiers at all.
What's even more excessive is that some soldiers simply ignore their arrow rain, they don't even bother to hide, they stand directly in the arrow rain and shoot at them.
These people were all copper-skinned and iron-clad, and many of them had clearly seen the other party's soldiers being shot by arrows, but the other party only shook his body slightly, and shook off the arrows that should have penetrated into his body.
The next thing that made the Japanese invaders crazy happened, the other party didn't even rub it, and directly raised the bow and arrow to immediately counterattack them, but the opponent's arrows killed them with arrows.
The complete defeat of the long-range attack weakened the fighting spirit of the Japanese Kou to a valley bottom, but they still fought hard and continued to attack Fang Hua and the others' treasure ship forward.
The distance of dozens of meters was in front of the speeding sea ship in an instant, Fang Hua and the others were already ready to collide, and with a "bang", the Japanese robbers finally completed this sea route composed of their flesh and blood.
However, their nightmare was only halfway through, Fang Hua's attack just now was just to train the crew's naval combat ability, and now it looks pretty good, and then Fang Hua is what they are best at, white-knuckle combat!
He took out the Nine Heavens Dragon Soul Spear that had been on his back for a long time, raised it high in his hand, and shouted, "Rush!" ”
Without waiting for the would-be robbers to throw up their flying claws and other climbing tools, Fang Hua and the others jumped down, and the difference in height between the two types of boats was more than three meters, and the dragon soul spear from top to bottom smashed heavily on the head of one of the robbers.
Like a smashed watermelon, the red and white thing splashed on the ground, and this scene fully boosted the morale of the ordinary soldiers under him, and all the two thousand ordinary soldiers jumped down except for the one hundred and ten who had just been injured.
Even Shang Jing and the others, who were on the boat halfway, jumped down, and for a while, there were shouts of killing everywhere on the boat, and the most striking thing was the military formation composed of five hundred mechanical warriors.
They were in small groups of twenty people, each of whom boarded a Japanese ship, and each boat was cleared with an astonishing speed.
After such a killing machine boarded the ship, the whole ship didn't want to have a gasping wolf, Shang Jing and the others were already in a daze with their killing speed.
If it weren't for Fang Hua's people on the side, they might all be taken advantage of by the Japanese robbers, but now these Japanese are beginning to regret it.
They rushed up desperately, only to be put down in pieces like straw, and the losses they caused to each other were basically zero, and this gap made these widows begin to doubt their lives.
Even Fang Hua's ship, Lao Wang, brought his sailors to join the ranks of killing the Japanese Invaders, although they were not good at martial arts, but there were many of them, more than a dozen besieged a Japanese Invader, and there were their own people next to them to respond.
Countless pirates were beaten to pulp by them, and the battle lasted for a total of an hour from beginning to end, and Fang Hua's troops were slightly wounded by 129 people, and none of them were seriously injured or killed.
All of these widows were thrown into the sea, whether they were alive or dead, and the smell of blood in the water would attract swarms of sharks, and the two beasts would be slaughtered against each other.
Fang Hua and the others rushed towards the main island of the Ryukyu Islands, which was later called Okinawa Island, and now the Japanese have lost all their maritime power, leaving only the Japanese on land to continue to clean up.