"Attention ships, act according to the original plan!"

Boss Huang's ship, the Blue Fox, quickly adjusted the command flag and conveyed the latest battle plan. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Before radio became widespread, the Lingqi would be an irreplaceable herald tool.

In Shimazu's clairvoyant mirror, dozens of large ships on the opposite side are adjusting their direction and facing their side with their sideboards. The muzzle of the black hole was filled with fear, and after the flash of fire, even Shimazu Tadashi had the urge to lie on the deck to dodge.

But he knew that even that wouldn't help. The lead ball fired from the 4-pounder gun, with a trail formed by thick smoke, slammed into the reunited Satsuma Domain battleship in a parabolic trajectory.

Speaking of which, many ships on both sides actually do not meet the standard definition of "ship". This is because, strictly speaking, only military ships of more than 500 tons can be worthy of the word "ship." Of course, large weapon platforms can also be called by this word. But neither side clearly has such ships as aircraft carriers.

Shimazu Tadashi's ship was almost hit, but the few ships around him were obviously not so lucky.

"Hold on a little longer!" Shimazu Tadatsune looked at the ever-shrinking distance between the two sides, and seemed to feel that the light of hope was blooming.

But that doesn't seem to be the case.

Although it was a new type of galen, and the superstructure was mostly moved into the hull, this did not mean that the side side would be much closer to the waterline. Ancient Greek warships in BC had side hulls that could accommodate three-tiered oars. Dutch warships, a few decades later, had countless gun muzzles in their side portholes. Today, the rows of side portholes are occupied by three-bow crossbows.

If there were enough artillery pieces and a strong enough hull, Boss Huang would not have chosen this kind of cold weapon. But after seeing his power in the Kangning army, I learned that the Northern Song army six hundred years ago was not as fragile as the history books described.

The difficulty of manufacturing the winding machine is not worth mentioning for Che Yongzhang at all, so the flash bow and strong crossbow no longer need to waste too much manpower to control, so when hundreds of strong crossbows are carried onto the warship, there is no need to add too many additional manpower.

"Target, enemy sails, put!"

The Wa people, who did not know the dynamics of hydrodynamics, also made the front of the hull very wide, which made it easier for the crossbowmen to aim.

So after a few volleys, the high hit rate turned the sails of the enemy ships into tattered rags.

Tadashi Shimazu realized the slowdown in the ship's speed. His sailors had to rely more on oars to maintain their speed. But the other side has stopped firing a salvo and has begun to adjust its direction, as if preparing to leave the waters of the fierce battle?

How can you get them to escape?

Shimazu Tadashi's subordinates obviously think so. How could he watch them leave, having approached their fleet at such a high cost of casualties?

"Accelerate!" The generals began to get agitated, and they kept whipping the sailors to make them paddle the oars more often. But the other party's liveaboard is obviously faster than them.

"Damn!" Shimazu clenched his fists, but something even more hateful had just begun.

After adjusting the course, Boss Huang's fleet changed from a horizontal line to a point in the eyes of the sailors of the Satsuma Domain. However, in the middle of each dot, more small dots suddenly flashed.

"Are there any new ships?" The sailors wondered. But they soon discovered that these new dots had grown rapidly in a short period of time.

"Could it be that there are so many ships the size of the Blue Fox?" A young tax collector couldn't close his mouth in surprise, but unexpectedly he was slapped firmly in the back of the head.

"You idiot, that's because you're so close to us, that's why you're big." The old sailor said angrily, "Don't disturb the morale of the army here, you boy." ”

The young sailor was too frightened to speak, he lowered his head and said nothing, not noticing that the black dots had ignited a flame.

"Fireship!" Shimazu Tadashi screamed and quickly ordered his ships to disperse, but it was too late.

With a few plops, Boss Huang's subordinates, who set fire to the cargo ship, plunged into the sea and swam towards the ship array behind him, leaving Shimazu Tadashi's fleet busy and chaotic.

Shimazu Tadashi was furious, but when his subordinates poured water to put out the fire, it seemed that his anger was also extinguished slightly.

The reality of the disparity in strength is in front of us, what can you get in exchange for anger? It's nothing more than intensive artillery fire, crazy strikes.

All kinds of noisy sounds are still spreading around one after another. Cries for help are the main ingredient. The fireship not only brought the disaster of Zhurong to his sailors, but also threatened the surrounding ships with the simplest way of ramming.

Even if the wooden timber was treated, the fireproof technology of the 17th century could not stop the spread of fire. If it hadn't been for the manpower to stop it, the battle could have ended early.

But even if the subordinates did their best to stop the fire from spreading, how long could they delay the end of the battle?

Boss Huang's warship rammed corners, and will tell them the answer to their questions.

With an "oops", Shimazu Tadashi's subordinates slammed their butts on the deck and couldn't wait to start resting. The fire had been contained, but the warship, which had looked majestic and magnificent, was now in tatters. Breakage and leakage abounded, broken sails were commonplace, casualties were everywhere, and the navy of the Satsuma Domain, which had just been in high spirits, all became discouraged.

The representative expression of discouragement was to pull his head into the crotch of his pants, and once again they missed the spectacular scene of the enemy fleet coming in mightily.

By the time some of them looked up and saw that there were small black dots growing larger in their field of vision, it was too late for any resistance.

Their ships still have artillery available, but some commanders believe that this is another fireboat released by the opposing side. That kind of small target is not suitable for attacking with artillery, so they take more evasive measures.

Not to mention whether the damaged hull of the ship can still resist the beating of the wind and waves under the drastic change of direction, just their poor sailing skills in panic are enough to make their own ship crash into a pile of planks floating on the sea.

This time, no flames rose from the enemy ship, but the ramming and gang jumping completely destroyed the will of the Satsuma sailors to resist.

Before the sound of the sword clashing had completely disappeared from the surroundings, Shimazu Tadashi stopped resisting. Boss Huang looked at the battle scene in front of him with a smile, squinted his eyes and said, "Pass on Kang Ning, let him finalize the peace strategy with the Changzhou Domain as soon as possible." ”

Now that the Satsuma Domain has surrendered, Kyushu Island is no problem, and the next target is the Choshu Domain.

Mori Terumoto, here we come.