Chapter 120: The Battle of Naha Bay

Zhang Feng stood in the command room, not daring to underestimate the enemy at all, but holding a telescope and looking closely and carefully at the Japanese fleet approaching on the opposite side. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The distance is closer, and there are telescopes, and the situation can be seen very clearly.

The opponent has a total of eleven warships, and each warship is not small, the ships are densely packed with artillery, it is estimated that the number of guns on each warship is at least dozens, and the caliber of many guns is not small.

This battle will not be easy!

Zhang Feng thought so in his heart, the other party is all big war ships, and they are superior in number and well-trained, who wins and who loses, this is really unclear.

However, Zhang Feng is not timid at all, when they meet on a narrow road, the brave wins, Zhang Feng firmly believes in this truth.

"Look, Lord General, their ships are starting to turn!"

Zhang Feng also saw that the other party was obviously well-trained and experienced in combat, and their warships began to turn one after another, just now the formation rushed towards Zhang Feng, with the bow in front, and now they began to turn, so that the side of the ship was facing Zhang Feng.

Most of the cannons of these Japanese warships are mounted on both sides of the ships, and the sides of the ships, the upper and lower layers, and the muzzles of each one, look hideous and terrifying.

Both sides are wooden boats, and Zhang Feng knows that his ship will be damaged if it is hit by the other side, but he doesn't know what the opponent's accuracy and range are.

Obviously, these Japanese warships answered all this with cannons, and one by one the Japanese warships opened fire first.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The other party fired first, and one shell after another flew towards Zhang Feng's ship, Zhang Feng was startled at first, and then his heart was slightly lighter.

There is no doubt that the opponent is a large-caliber artillery, but it should be the kind of backward old-fashioned artillery, and it is a curved fire, the accuracy is very poor, the firing range is limited, most of the shells fall in the sea, and only two sea ships are shot.

"Look, Lord Commander, that's a solid bullet!"

Zhang Feng's temporary flagship was also hit by a bullet, a solid bullet hit the ship, Zhang Feng's eyes were sharp, and he had already seen clearly that this was a solid stone bullet.

In this era, solid bullets were made of stones, and some stones were polished into a spherical shape and fired in cannons, and many of those Japanese warships used such solid bullets.

Judging from the size of this solid bullet, the diameter should be more than 150 millimeters, and such a large solid bullet shows that although the opponent's artillery has a large caliber, the barrel is short, and it belongs to the thick and short barrel.

At least one battle, and the odds of winning are greatly increased!

Zhang Feng visually measured the distance between the two sides and knew that most of the opposing warships had already entered the effective range of his 70-mm guns, so Zhang Feng shouted loudly.

"Fire, shoot back!"

Wang Jinsheng also shouted loudly, shouting at the top of his voice, "Beat me, beat me hard!! ”

The sailors had long been prepared for the shelling, and they had long been a little unable to hold back, and when they heard the order, everyone decisively opened fire, and suddenly, the rumbling cannon sound shook the sky, and the sea battle officially broke out.

The opponent's artillery has a large number and a large caliber, which is true, but the other party is an old-fashioned artillery, far inferior to Zhang Feng's new-style artillery.

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

In the command room, Zhang Feng could clearly see even without a telescope that a Japanese warship about three to five hundred meters away from his position was flying sawdust and had been hit by several bullets.

It's a flowering bomb!

Zhang Feng knew that this was a flowering bullet that hit the target and exploded violently, the only shortcoming was that the flowering bullet was black powder, and the caliber was a little small.

"Lord Commander! Look! ”

There is no need for Wang Jinsheng to remind him, Zhang Feng has already noticed that the six warships of the other side are lined up in a straight line, and all of them are facing his fleet horizontally, that is, facing himself with the side, and the side of this hull is densely packed with artillery.

Obviously, the other party is well-trained, and such a formation is simply monolithic, and while firing fiercely, it is slowly forcing over.

Seventy-millimeter artillery, even if it is a flowering shell, but not a few cannons can sink the opponent's warship, and a seventy-millimeter flowering shell hits the opponent's warship, and it is true that there is a certain amount of damage, but it takes time to sink the opponent.

The opponent's warships, lined up, all facing him horizontally, it will definitely be difficult to take advantage of the opponent's hard work, Zhang Feng's head turned quickly, and he immediately thought of countermeasures.

"Pass my orders! Keep your distance and don't let the other person get close! ”

The closer the distance, the easier it is to hit the target, the other party has already set up a position, Zhang Feng naturally will not let the other party succeed, so the order was quickly issued, and the flag soldiers played the flag.

Zhang Feng's sea ships are all steam-powered sea ships, and the other party's ships are all sail ships, whether it is maneuverability or speed, they are far inferior to Zhang Feng's steam-powered sea ships.

One by one, the ships began to pick up speed, gradually widening the distance between the two sides.....

"Haha, Lord Commander, you see, their cannons can't reach us!"

The other party has been firing fiercely, but it can be seen that the shells fired by the other party have basically fallen into the sea, and Zhang Feng's sea boat has exceeded the range of the opponent's cannon.

That's the advantage!

In front of the steam-powered sea ship, compared to the speed, the opponent's sail warship could only look at the ocean and sigh, and could only watch Zhang Feng's sea ship go beyond the range of his cannon.

The old-fashioned artillery had a short firing range, so that the opponent's cannon could not reach Zhang Feng's sea ships, and the 70 mm guns equipped with steam-powered sea ships were different.

Although the caliber is a little small, the barrel is long, the pressure of the barrel is high, and the shell can hit far, plus it is still a rifled gun, which not only hits far, but also accurately.

Of course, the accuracy of the seventy-mm gun will drop because of the distance, but even if it falls, some shells will hit the target.

I can't hit you with the first shot, I hit the second shot, the second shot misses, I hit the third shot, I will always hit you, and your old-fashioned artillery can only watch me and watch you beat.

In this way, it became a hanging of Japanese warships.

"Haha, that's cool!"

Wang Jinsheng held the binoculars and saw that a Japanese warship in the distance kept being shot, and now it was on fire, Wang Jinsheng laughed, sweeping away the seriousness and worry just now.

Zhang Feng also smiled slightly, and his heart was already relaxed, if this continues, the outcome of the battle has been decided, and those Japanese warships will be beaten.

"Boom !!"

In the distance, the flames were soaring, sawdust was flying, and a Japanese warship exploded violently, presumably with gunpowder on board.

Such a scene is cool to watch!

………

"Old Zhou, aim a little and hit that Japanese warship!"

On the bow deck of a 2,000-material steam-powered seagoing ship, a sailor was looking at the target in the distance, and he was very attentive with a calm face, slowly shaking his hand, shaking the handle a few times, and then looking at the target in the distance.

The distance is a little far, basically at the maximum effective range of a seventy-millimeter gun, and if you don't aim carefully, it's really difficult to hit the target.

Just now, the shot missed and failed to hit the target, this time, everyone was very serious, and if they were not sure, they would not open the gun, and the gunner Lao Zhou was even more focused, slowly shaking the handle and aiming carefully.

Fortunately, the opponent's sail ship has a relatively large target, and the movement speed is equivalent to the speed of a turtle, and after careful aiming, it is very likely to hit the target.

"Ignition!"

Feeling that he had aimed at the target, Lao Zhou shouted loudly, and another sailor next to him immediately took a fire fold and lit the fire rope of the cannon.

Everyone could clearly feel that the hull of the ship seemed to shake, and the cannonballs whistled out of the muzzle of the guns, flying towards the distant target, and then, a loud noise was heard in the distance.

"Hit, haha, hit!"

Everyone was excited and shouted happily, and a slightly older sailor next to him said: "Lao Zhou, fight like this, kill these Japanese people." ”

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Zhang Feng's strategy was very correct, and he successfully played to his advantage, and the maneuverability and speed of the steam-powered sea ship were reasonably used, and he kept a distance from the other party.

In Naha Bay, artillery rumbled, naval battles were fierce, but the scales of victory were already tilted.

Little by little, time passed......

Zhang Feng stood in his command, breathed a long sigh of relief, no more pressure, his face was more solemn, and the outcome of the battle was decided!

At the beginning of the war, the opponent had a total of eleven warships, but now, only five warships of the opponent are still firing, and the rest of the warships are either sunk or already beginning to sink, or the gas is raging and has lost its combat effectiveness.

Zhang Feng had a total of eight steam-powered sea ships, except for some sea ships that were damaged to a certain extent at the beginning of the war, there was basically no damage in the follow-up, because they successfully opened the distance, and using the speed of the steam-powered sea ships, they have not been able to let the other side approach.

"Lord Commander, there is no suspense anymore, are we forcing it over and fighting quickly!"

Zhang Feng shook his head lightly and said slowly: "Wait a little longer, they still have five warships still firing." ”

As soon as Zhang Feng's words fell, in the distance, a Japanese warship exploded violently, because of the fire, the gunpowder on the warship exploded, and it was blown apart in an instant.

"Haha, there are only four of them!"

Seeing this spectacular explosion, Wang Jinsheng laughed happily, and with the explosion of this Japanese warship, there were only four Japanese warships that could fire their guns.

Eight vs four.

The battle is even more suspenseless.

Half an hour later.

All the Japanese warships were sunk, and now, the sailors are shooting the Japanese sailors floating on the sea with muskets, because Zhang Feng has just passed on a new order, do not take prisoners, and shoot them all.

Obviously, Zhang Feng was really angry, his three hundred sailors were stationed in Naha Military Port, almost all of them were killed in battle, and only more than ten people returned to Zhoushan Military Port, three hundred sailors!

This time he came to Naha, Zhang Feng's purpose was very simple, that is, to take revenge, and now he naturally did not want to take prisoners, so he naturally ordered to shoot those Japanese sailors floating on the sea.

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Some book friends said that in the late Ming Dynasty, the Japanese Navy was a scum, and Shell also agreed with this, and the book also said that the Japanese Navy was not good, and the naval strength of the Satsuma Domain had a bit of fictional elements, which was entirely for the needs of plot development, after all, this is a novel, not real history.