As soon as the two sides fought, Konishi's fleet lost one of its two gunboats, while the other ships had just turned their bows. At present, the Konishi fleet is still in a north-south line, but because of the hasty change, the formation is inevitably a little scattered. What's worse is that now only Konishi Shibei's flagship has eight Franc cannons, but this flagship is at the end of the line.

The Black Sail Fleet has now been adjusted from a line in the southeast and northwest directions to an east-west direction, and it is still in a line shape, which just forms a standard "T" shape with the Konishi Fleet. All ships were aimed at the Konishi fleet with their sides, and the bow and stern guns were also reoriented, but they no longer fired at the enemy ship in front, but only waited for it to sink on its own.

Konishi Shibei's Laozi Konishi Yukichang is a "dog meat", he is a standard "shomen dog". However, more than 20 years of pirate career have also refined his extremely ferocious and vicious character. Although he lost a ship, Konishi Jubei did not intend to retreat. Instead, he ordered the ships to charge the Black Sail Fleet in a column. Although the opponent's fire was fierce, he knew that it would take a long time to reload the Franc cannon, and the distance between the two sides was very close, as long as he rushed within eighty paces, his iron gunners could play a role.

These iron gunners are basically Japanese ronin, and the weapons they use are actually bird guns, and all of them are purchased by Zheng Zhilong from the Japanese daimyo at a high price.

Japan's small size and lack of resources have determined the country's meticulous craftsmanship, especially for weapons used to kill people. Although this bird gun is also an arquebus, it is well made, especially the barrel is very smooth and longer than ordinary bird guns, so it has a longer range and higher shooting accuracy. The Japanese call it an "iron cannon", which is an exaggeration, but the firing range is not much closer than that of an ordinary Franc cannon, and it is also an indisputable fact.

Konishi Jubei's strategy was actually very simple, that is, the closer he was to the enemy ship, the better, so that he could give full play to the advantage that the iron cannon was faster, more accurate, and more accurate than the Franc machine gun, and kill and injure a large number of sailors on the enemy ship. It would be even better if he could rush into the queue of enemy ships, firstly, the enemy ships would not dare to open fire at will for fear of accidentally damaging their own ships, and secondly, he could carry out broadside battles, that is, jumping gang white-knuckle battles.

For white-knuckle battles, Konishi Shibei has absolute confidence. More than half of the pirates under his command are Japanese ronin, proficient in swordsmanship, and extremely fierce. The blades they use in melee combat are Japanese swords, also known as Japanese swords.

This knife is about five feet long, with a slightly curved blade, and must be held in both hands; The blade is thin and light, but the steel edge is excellent, extremely sharp, and the iron is sharpened like mud. A good sword requires a hundred days of labor by dozens of craftsmen to make one, so the price is extremely expensive, almost a thousand taels of silver. It is not surprising that these Japanese ronins are addicted to knives, because in addition to killing people and saving their lives, they are also their greatest possession.

When fighting in close combat, the main move is to use swift slashing and slashing, "long soldiers are not fast, short soldiers are not connected, and the body is more than two breaks", which can have the upper hand, and even take the opponent's life within one or two moves. As long as they can jump onto the enemy ship, these ferocious Japanese ronins will definitely not leave a single mouth alive.

Seeing that the Konishi fleet was slaughtering back violently, the Black Sail Fleet was unmoved, and each firmly occupied its position. Since the southeast wind was blowing at this time, the Konishi fleet was headwinding, and although there was a shangman, the speed of the ship was definitely not fast. Seeing that the opponent's second battleship sailed within one hundred and fifty paces, the bow and main gun of the largest battleship in the Black Sail Fleet suddenly spoke, but it was not the nearest enemy ship, but the fifth ship in the Konishi fleet's queue. The distance between the two sides was more than 500 paces, that is, almost two miles apart.

"Boom!"

The red-hot solid cannonball smashed heavily on the sea just a little more than a zhang away from the target, and in an instant it stirred up a white column of water more than two feet high. The shattered waves fell on the side of the ship, and the pirates were terrified! It's not that they were afraid of this bit of seawater, but they didn't expect the enemy's cannon to hit so far, and second, they didn't expect to hit so accurately that the first shot almost hit!

And the roar of this main gun also sent a concise signal to the other ships of the Black Sail Fleet. In an instant, there was a loud "bang-bang" on the right side of each ship, and twelve battleships and fifty-four broadside guns opened fire at the same time, with only one target: the enemy ship that rushed to the front!

Such a dense and orderly salvo of artillery with a single target, not to mention a small pirate ship of two or three hundred materials, even the main battleship of Spain could not stand it! In an instant, the ship was hit by more than 30 shots, and because it could not catch up with the first ship that was bombarded, the hull was directly blown in half! In just a dozen seconds, the two hulls capsized into the water, and most of the sailors on board were detained in the ship before they could jump into the sea to escape, never to surface again.

It was only now that the pirates of Konishi's fleet knew how powerful the Black Sail Fleet was. Although they are all outlaws, there are conditions, even if they want to work hard, they have to reach others to work hard. Now I saw that the first two warships had not yet entered their own range, and they were all sunk by two salvos neatly; Even if the ships behind continued to rush, they had to make a detour because two half-sunken ships were in the way, and the speed was only slower. If you still rush over like this, won't you be sent to death in vain?

Therefore, the other ships could not wait for Konishi Jubei's flag order, and they turned their bows and began to flee in different directions. Konishi Jubei was also dumbfounded now, he finally understood that the strength of his opponent was completely beyond his imagination, and he was by no means an ordinary pirate. I'm afraid that only the main fleet of Westerners can have such ferocious firepower! However, these Westerners have always only been active in the waters south of Taiwan, so why did they run to the Dadong Islands today and find themselves?

But now he couldn't allow Konishi Jubei to think too much, so he had to order the flagship to immediately turn the bow of the ship, raise the full sails and flee to the northwest, trying to take advantage of the Black Sail Fleet to chase and kill other ships, get out of the battlefield as soon as possible, and save his life first.

Not to mention, as Konishi Jubei expected, the Black Sail Fleet was still lined up in a neat line to intercept the other ships, and did not pursue him. The sound of artillery behind him gradually faded away, and Konishi Shibei let out a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Before he could breathe, the sailor watching from the top of the mast shouted in Japanese in an extremely ugly duck voice: "Lord Admiral, something is not good! The three merchant ships we were chasing just now are back! ”