Chapter 122: The other party is pressing
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On the sea.
A large fleet of ships was sailing towards Naha Bay, and Shimazu Nobuyoshi was standing on the deck, looking out at the sea in the distance, where a Japanese sailor was reporting.
"Your Excellency Shimazu, those two warships, which are obviously Ming Dynasty sailors, have run away without a trace, but it is certain that those two ships have definitely returned to Naha Bay."
"Yo Xi!" Shimazu Nobuyoshi was unfazed and ordered: "Block the entrance to Naha Bay, and let's catch turtles in an urn." ”
"Your Excellency Shimazu, these Ming Dynasty sailors are dead!" Several naval officers of the Satsuma Domain next to him looked happy.
Shimazu Nobuyoshi nodded, this time, Shimazu Nobuyoshi can be said to be fully prepared, determined to win, and has full confidence in eliminating this Ming Dynasty sailor.
Shimazu Nobuyoshi already knew that the Ming Dynasty naval army in Naha Bay only had eight warships, while his own number of warships was seventeen, in addition to several transport ships full of samurai, and his strength greatly surpassed that of this Ming Dynasty naval division, and Shimazu Nobuyoshi was full of confidence.
At the same time, Shimazu Nobuyoshi remembered how he fled from Naha in embarrassment more than a month ago, and Shimazu Nobuyoshi said in his heart, this Ming Dynasty sailor is dead.
"Your Excellency Shimazu, less than ten nautical miles ahead is Naha Bay."
"Yo Xi, the formation is speeding up!"
It was evident that the fleet was well-trained, and immediately maintained a tactical formation, with each ship sailing towards Naha Bay.
In terms of the strength of the navy alone, the Satsuma Domain is definitely the top among all the daimyo in Japan, although the strength of the Japanese navy is scumbag, but Satsuma is absolutely capable of it, and has relatively strong strength.
As one of the future heirs of the Shimazu family, Shimazu Nobuyoshi commanded the naval army of the Satsuma Domain, with dozens of warships, thousands of sailors, and a large group of samurai.
Therefore, after suffering a big loss at the hands of Zhang Feng last time, Shimazu Nobuyoshi thought about revenge, and as soon as he fled back to the Satsuma Domain, he immediately came to Naha Bay with dozens of ships to form a fleet, so almost all the 300 sailors who stayed in Naha Military Port were killed.
A total of seventeen warships, plus several transport ships, a total of more than twenty ships sailed at full speed, and rushed straight to Naha Bay with great momentum.
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Inside Naha Bay.
Zhang Feng has already received the news, the situation is urgent, everyone acted quickly, fortunately, Zhang Feng had expected it, everyone has been on combat readiness, and the action is also fast.
It can be seen that after yesterday morning's naval battle, Zhang Feng's eight steam-powered ships were each damaged to varying degrees, and the most serious one could see the broken deck, the broken cabin, and the black left after the fire was extinguished.
But the other party has already pressed up, and it must be caught up!
Zhang Feng stood in the command room, holding a telescope, magical and serious, because Zhang Feng knew that the other party's good people would not come, a total of seventeen warships, and many transport ships full of samurai.
These transport ships have rough skin and thick flesh, and it will definitely be difficult to sink them for a while, if these transport ships are allowed to get close, those Japanese samurai board their warships, and under the hand-to-hand combat, Zhang Fengzhen is not sure that his sailors can withstand those Japanese samurai.
In addition, Zhang Feng was a little puzzled, according to intelligence, there were at least seven or eight large merchant ships behind the other party's fleet, what was going on with those merchant ships?
"Look, Lord Chief!"
Wang Jinsheng stood behind Zhang Feng and saw the Japanese warships on the sea in the distance, there were as many as seventeen of these Japanese warships, and they were ready, all of them were facing him from the side, and the dense cannon ports on the sides of each ship seemed to be faintly visible.
Zhang Feng waved his hand and said: "The other party is a regular army, not a pirate kind of miscellaneous card, pass my order, as soon as the other party enters the firing range, immediately open fire, preemptively!" ”
Zhang Feng could only strike first and make full use of the advantages of his artillery, but there was one thing Zhang Feng was more worried about, he was in Naha Bay, and the other party came from the outside to the inside, which was equivalent to blocking himself in Naha Bay, and Naha Bay was limited, and it was not good for Zhang Feng for so many warships on both sides to "squeeze" in Naha Bay.
Zhang Feng clearly knows this.
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
Quite a number of sailor commanders gave orders for shelling, and suddenly, the sound of artillery rang out, and one shell after another flew towards the target, although the distance was still relatively far, but still a small number of shells hit the target.
"Boom, boom, boom!!"
The sound of artillery came and went, and gradually intensified, Wang Jinsheng stood behind Zhang Feng, holding a telescope and looking at the Japanese fleet in the distance.
"Good, good fight!"
Seeing a shell hit the target, Wang Jinsheng clapped his hands and said yes, his face was happy, while Zhang Feng didn't say much, and he couldn't see anything on his face.
"They're changing formations."
Zhang Feng said slowly, and the expression on his face gradually became solemn. Through the telescope, Zhang Feng saw that the other party was really changing formations, obviously, the other party had discovered that Zhang Feng's seventy-millimeter gun had a relatively long range, but it was not very powerful.
The opponent's warships are large and small, and the largest ones are even two thousand ships of more size than Zhang Feng, such a large warship, it will take time for seventy-millimeter guns to sink it.
Obviously, those Japanese had discovered that although Zhang Feng's artillery was accurate and farther, its power was limited, so these Japanese warships began to change formations.
Several large war ships were in front, and the small tonnage warships were on both sides, and the other party's purpose was obvious, that is, to let these big war ships meet the enemy head-on, meet the cannonballs, close the distance, and then fire at Zhang Feng's sea ships.
As early as the Zheng He era, there was advanced shipbuilding technology, such as the 2,000 material sea ship using an all-wood structure, but the ship technology developed to have spade nails, iron shovels, shovel nails, leech nails, etc., so that the complex wooden structure can be easily assembled through various ship nails, hung with curium, and reinforced together.
The hull structure is provided with a plurality of transverse bulkheads, and the whole cabin is divided into a plurality of small cabins according to function, with more than 28 cabins and fewer 23 cabins, which not only has the effect of strengthening the structure and sub-compartment watertightness and anti-sinking.
Therefore, it is never heard of the hull cracking due to the firing of artillery, and even the later Zheng Chenggong defeated the Dutch fleet known as the coachman of the sea in the Battle of Taiwan.
The shipbuilding technology of the Ming Dynasty is estimated to have more or less reached Japan, so these Japanese warships could be built so large and difficult to be sunk.
It is estimated that these Japanese warships also adopted a multi-channel transverse bulkhead design in the hull structure, which has the effect of strengthening the structure and watertight and anti-sinking of the compartments, and it is difficult to be sunk.
These large Japanese warships were obviously "rough-skinned and thick-skinned", approaching in the face of everyone's shelling, although they were shot from time to time, they were not sunk, and the distance between the two sides was gradually shortening, and even, Zhang Feng could see that these Japanese warships were ready to shoot at themselves.
The distance between the two sides is shortened, which is extremely unfavorable to Zhang Feng, if Zhang Feng wants to open up the distance between the two sides, he can only retreat, but if he retreats, he is not far behind Naha Pier, and there is no way back.
The situation is extremely serious!
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Japanese battleships.
Shimazu Nobuyoshi couldn't help but be happy when he saw that although the large warships he was on top of him were damaged, they were not fatal.
"Yo Xi, it's going to be our turn to fire soon!"
The distance between the two sides had been greatly shortened, and the Japanese warships would immediately be able to fire at Zhang Feng's sea ship, and Shimazu Nobuyoshi was overjoyed, his face was happy, and he thought in his heart that the previous revenge could finally be avenged.
"Speed up and get ready to fire!"
Nobuyoshi Shimazu stood on the bow deck and shouted with joy.
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in the command room.
Zhang Feng is heavy and calm, generally the more critical and critical moments like this, the calmer Zhang Feng is generally, at this moment, after Zhang Feng quickly calmed down, his head turned quickly, thinking about countermeasures quickly, thinking about ways to deal with them.
The opponent's change of formation must be cracked, otherwise, the opponent will be forced over, and then he will have to fire intensively at his own sea ship.
If you use binoculars, the situation can be seen more realistically, the large transport ships of the other side are closely behind, and a large number of Japanese samurai on the transport ships are ready, already screaming there, it seems that they are ready to come over, and then board Zhang Feng's sea ship, and then there is a white-knuckle battle, and then .....
If so many Japanese samurai armed with oriental swords were really allowed to board Zhang Feng's ship, it is estimated that Zhang Feng would have nothing and then, he would definitely be slaughtered by those Japanese samurai.
Wang Jinsheng stood beside Zhang Feng, Wang Jinsheng had realized the crisis, his face gradually became anxious, he looked at Zhang Feng several times, several times he wanted to say something, and when he saw Zhang Feng's face gradually calm, as if he was thinking about something, Wang Jinsheng swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.
"God forbid, don't let those Japanese warships come by." Wang Jinsheng prayed secretly in his heart.
Fortunately, the other party's warship is a sail ship, the speed is not fast, and it will take a certain amount of time to come, otherwise, Zhang Feng and the others are really dangerous.
Zhang Feng held a telescope, looked at the approaching Japanese warships in the distance, and thought quickly, and then, Zhang Feng's eyes lit up and thought of countermeasures.
"Haha, you're going to die now!" Zhang Feng suddenly burst out laughing.
Seeing this, Wang Jinsheng was also light-hearted, and immediately asked happily: "Lord General Soldier, have you thought of a countermeasure?" ”
Zhang Feng nodded, waved his big hand, and said: "Seeing that the largest Japanese warship at the front is not, concentrate all the artillery fire, and give me concentrated firepower to bombard it violently." ”
At this moment, those Japanese warships were approaching and were preparing to open fire, because the distance between the two sides had been shortened considerably, and the hit rate of the seventy-millimeter guns had also been greatly improved.
Hearing this, Wang Jinsheng's eyes lit up, and he quickly went to convey Zhang Feng's order, and soon, the order was issued, and the guns on each sea ship turned and aimed at the large Japanese warship at the front, the closest to everyone.
At this time, the advanced design of the 70mm gun was reflected, if it was an old-fashioned gun, it was difficult or even impossible to turn the muzzle, while the 70mm gun only needed to shake the handle, and the muzzle began to turn slowly, and then aim at the target not far away.
Target Locked!
Get ready to fire!
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