Cangshan Iron has been shot!

Eighteen-pounder shells the size of grapefruit entered from the stern side, passed through the aft compartment and smashed onto the deck, and finally tore open the other side of the ship and fell into the sea; Fortunately, the sails of Cangshan Iron were not damaged, and the speed of the ship could still be maintained.

But there must have been heavy casualties on the ship, Chu Fan heard a lot of screams and howls just now, and even saw the splattered blood from a distance - and when he moved the clairvoyant lens to the stern of the boat, he saw Yan Ruxue lying there motionless, his eyes suddenly turned red, and now he couldn't confirm whether Yan Ruxue was just injured or ......

Turning around with red eyes, Chu Fan shouted, "One more round!" Boom at the bow of the ship! ”

Seeing that the friendly boat was shot, the winders were also full of anger, and at this moment they used their strength to eat, and they wound it in three or two strokes and loaded the high-explosive bombs; After the gunner of the No. 4 ballista measured the range and calculated the shooting parameters, he was pulled to the side by the angry Chu Fan - the usually gentle and elegant Chu Gongzi was like a rampaging bull at this moment, and he was going to shoot himself.

At this time, the distance between the Chaoyang and the Galen ship was about 650-700 meters, and the Galen ship looked like it was only the size of a teapot, and it was really hard to say whether it could hit the target, Chu Fan took a deep breath and pulled the trigger fiercely.

The two crossbow bolts departed almost simultaneously and swooped down towards the gun window on the left side of Galen's long beam.

However, the distance between the two ships was too great, and the gun window was not a target like the four-cornered sail, so neither of the crossbow bolts could hit—the bolts of the third ballista were nailed to the ship's board under the gun window, and a tabletop-sized hole was blown out; And the crossbow arrow fired by Chu Fan himself was higher than the side of the ship above the gun window, pierced into the deck and exploded, and the flying iron pieces of broken porcelain swept across the deck like a wind, and more than a dozen Japanese sailors who couldn't dodge covered their wounds and howled wolf.

On the command podium of the Galen ship, Shimazu Hisao stared at the mess of the foredeck in amazement. Looking at the shattered backmag sail again, his reason, which had been burned by lust* fire, had finally returned!

Shimazu Hisao insisted on going his own way before, not only for the beauty who had been dreaming for a long time, but also because he was full of confidence in his Galen ship.

You know, there are so many foreign daimyo in Japan, and only the Shimazu family owns this Galen ship, which was a ship of the Dutch East India Company three years ago. On the way directly from Batavia to Hirado, he ran aground in the strait between Yakushima and Kuchinagarabu Islands in the south of Kagoshima because he was unfamiliar with the sea conditions; Because the breach was too large, it was impossible to repair it with the ship's spare materials, which gave the Shimazu family a chance, and finally spent a lot of money to buy the ship from the Dutch.

This Galen ship gave the Shimazu family a sudden increase in their maritime strength - not only did the super-fast speed and powerful firepower shine when they rubbed against the Nagamune Ibu family on Shikoku Island, but even the always aggressive shogunate Daian otaku did not dare to force next to the docks in Kagoshima when cruising like before. And only dared to bypass it far away.

Not to mention that when the Shimazu family subdued the Ryukyu King last year, it was the appearance of this Galen ship that made the Ryukyu King's fleet scattered, and the Shimazu family's fleet was able to drive straight into the docks of the Ryukyus!

It is precisely because of these brilliant achievements that Shimazu Hisao did not think so at all when he saw the appearance of the Chaoyang; Then after the Chaoyang interspersed and shredded the four corners of the Galen's ship twice, this lustful Wa Guojun finally understood a truth: speed is king!

It is precisely because of the speed of the ship that exceeds that of the Galen ship by 2 to 3 knots that the Chaoyang can fight as much as it wants, and cut from any angle it wants. Keep as far away as you want from the Galen ship!

This made Shimazu Hisao, who had 30 powerful guns empty - 12 on each side, 2 in the bow and 4 in the stern - extremely angry but helpless.

Coupled with the strange but powerful weapon of the Chaoyang, the Ninth Young Master of the Shimazu family was finally scared - the incendiary bomb was also returned. He really couldn't bear the trick of hitting the sails with high-explosive bombs.

The absence of sails means the loss of power, which is the most taboo thing in the navy of any country in any era.

As the hand holding on to the railing became harder and harder, making a knuckle popping sound, Shimazu Hisao's face became more and more gloomy, and there was a voice in his heart that became louder and louder - no matter how beautiful she was, it was in vain! She doesn't belong to you! You can't get her anymore! Instead of watching her become someone else's woman, let's destroy it!

Suddenly. He roared out like crazy:

"Turn left! …… Gunner ready! …… Kill give! …… Shred them! ”

Just when Shimazu Hisao was losing his temper, on the sea ten miles to the west of the battlefield, Chen Jinji had already completed his turn -- from south to east -- and the four ships lined up in a horizontal formation three or four miles wide and slowly sailed toward the battlefield.

Chen Xinji's wishful thinking was like this: he believed that after half an hour of fighting, even if the winged Chu family ship sank. I'm afraid it's also scarred; And with his understanding of Shimazu Hisao, this pervert will most likely not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but rush to catch Yan Ruxue on the boat first; Therefore, the task of intercepting this Chu family ship fell to his own small fleet - the reason why they lined up in such an evacuated formation was to maximize the side fire of their own fleet when they passed by the Chu family ship!

The firepower of Chen's small fleet was actually quite impressive: his No. 2 Fu ship had one in the front and one in the front and four on each side, with a total of 10 6-pounder franc cannons; The two Haicang ships are also equipped beyond the standard, each with three 6-pounder guns on the side of the ship; And the Shimazu family's Ataka ship has as many as 4 guns on the side side.

Chen Xinji believes that the Chu family's ships are not to mention injured, but they are intact and want to pass through any of their two ships, and they will have to shed their skin if they don't die!

And the rumbling sound of the eighteen-pounder cannon from the east also made Chen Xinji more convinced of his judgment, and after the cannon stopped, he even felt that the poor Chu family ship had been sunk!

And when he finally arrived 3 miles away from Galen's ship, the sight in front of him made him both shocked and angry!

What was surprising was that a ship was indeed injured, but it was not the Chu family's ship that was injured, but Shimazu Hisao's Galen ship - the Galen ship was hit by a few more ballistas in the bow at this moment, and even the long beam was crumbling!

Angry, the Chu family's boat seemed to be unwilling to rest, cruising far away more than 1 mile, and seemed to be still looking for an opportunity to attack the Galen boat - this situation is like a sturdy cheetah, facing a huge and bulky hippopotamus with rough skin and thick flesh, turning in circles and waiting for an opportunity to bite each other!

After being angry, Chen Xinji immediately reacted, if he just stood by and watched, Galen's ship was afraid that it would not last long.

After all, he is a veteran of countless naval battles, and after a little thought, he came up with a way to deal with it, and this method is so vicious that the Chaoyang loses the other! (To be continued.) )