Mukai Tadakatsu watched in horror as his battleship collapsed on the sea after a few rounds, shattering his perception. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Artillery battles between Galen warships have always been not so easy at sea, often fighting fiercely for half a day, beating each other into holes everywhere, and both sides can still float on the sea, and even solve the problem with hand-to-hand combat in the end.

And the sharpness of the guns of the huge ships of the Broken Army, which he had never seen before, made him realize that this battle would be lost, and there was no luck, and the only thing he could do now was to let more ships escape back.

But it was not easy to escape back, although the Broken Army Navy warships on the west side were not as fast as the ships on the east side, they were faster than the Shogunate Sailors, and now they were close to the rear of the Shogunate Sailors.

If these two fleets were to be sandwiched between the Shogunate fleet, the Shogunate would be attacked by artillery fire from the left and right, and they would soon be defeated.

Mukai Tadashi immediately made a decision, he asked the lookout to issue an order to break out separately, this is not the way to go, so that a separate breakout can always allow some warships to escape back to Edo, it is much better than the whole army is annihilated.

The remaining forty Zhu battleships, which had received the order immediately, began to disperse to the west and east, and the fleet, which had just been quite neat, was as messy as the wrath of the heavens.

This made the pursuing Broken Army Naval Division warships a little confused, what is the situation, what should I do.

At this time, Zhang Gusheng gave the order to pursue each other, because Lord Zhao wanted to be completely annihilated, if he couldn't do it, the loss of the broken army warship that was still burning was meaningless.

Immediately, the warships in front of them also began to pursue each other, and when they landed, the ships on the entire sea were in chaos, and those who ran and pursued were driving in confusion on the sea. Let the sea boil for good.

When the Yue Fei, which Li Hu was riding, became the most forward battleship. He was also dumbfounded. Originally, his flagship was in the middle and rear parts, but after all the battleships in front were pursuing the enemy ships to the east and west, the Yue Fei became the head ship.

Far to the north, there were still a few warships that did not go east to west, but continued to go north, Li Hu immediately decided to pursue these warships, as for the possible ambush, not to mention the appearance of the shogunate's sailors scattering and fleeing. Even if there is an ambush, Li Hu is also fearless, and he can't ask for it head-to-head, which is much better than scattering like birds and beasts now.

Yue Fei, who was a handsome ship, began to pursue, and Duan Zhixuan and Cheng Zhijie behind him hurriedly followed him.

This time it was already a big victory, and the Yue Fei, as the flagship, really couldn't have any problems, and the two battleships hurriedly caught up.

Mukai Tadakatsu's ship had already lowered its flag, and instead of leaving the course immediately, he ordered the captain to move on. Sure enough, the fleeing battleships to the east and west took most of the Ming warships with them. Mukai Tadakatsu's ship smoothly distanced itself from the Ming warship.

However, the number of Ming warships still had an advantage, and several warships that came up from behind tracked down.

Mukai Tadashi looked worriedly at the Ming warship that was getting closer and closer, and estimated the speed of the ship, as if he couldn't escape.

He looked at the cloudy sky, and now all hope was in the wind and waves, and he could only hope that the wind would be stronger and more urgent.

Mukai Tadakatsu is not afraid of death, but he can't fall into the hands of the Ming people, life and death, if he falls into the hands of the Ming people and demonstrates with his corpse, the face of the shogunate will be completely lost, according to his understanding of General Tokugawa Iemitsu, maybe he Xiang Jing family will also be implicated.

Therefore, he had to flee, even if he committed suicide in front of the general as soon as he fled back.

The Yue Fei, Duan Zhixuan, and Cheng Zhijie in the rear pursued closer and closer, and there was only a distance of less than three miles, but because the battleships could only face the enemy on the side, they could only be bombarded after catching up from behind and driving side by side, so although the situation was tight, although the situation was tight, the other three Japanese warships were safe for the time being.

At this time, as if the prayer to Tsui Tadakatsu had worked, the wind suddenly increased, and then the swell began to increase, and the sky began to drizzle.

At this time, Li Hu played the flag of letting the two ships continue to pursue, and Yue Fei began to return, after all, there are still things on the battlefield that have not been dealt with, especially the placement of those wounded, at this moment, the weather is getting worse, Li Hu can not rest assured that he will return immediately.

Zhang Huan drove the Duan Zhixuan and continued to move forward, and behind the Duan Zhixuan, the Cheng Zhijie followed closely, and they gradually approached the four enemy ships.

Seeing the return of the largest Ming warship behind, Xiang Jing Zhongsheng's heart was wide, if he said that with the giant ship of Fang Cai, he would never be lucky, and the remaining two ships were not small, but they still left him with life.

Mukai Tadakatsu immediately instructed in the flag language to act separately, and the two 200-ton Japanese warships continued to sail north, while Mukai Tadakatsu's ship and another 200-ton warship suddenly turned to the east.

That's the direction home.

Duan Zhixuan was a little ahead, and Zhang Huan immediately ordered to turn to the east and continue the pursuit, leaving the two Japanese warships to the Cheng Zhijie later.

Zhang Huan stood on the bow of the ship, nailing the bow of the ship regardless of the wind and rain and the turbulence of the waves, and he looked excitedly at the larger Japanese warship in front of him, this warship was about the same size as his seat Duan Zhixuan, and it could be regarded as a giant ship, and there were not ten such giant ships among the warships of the Japanese people.

Zhang Huan is now looking at the enemy ship less than a mile in front of him, his heart is hot, can it be said that there are no generals here, Zhang Huan's promotions are all accumulated in battle, so he was appointed as the captain of the Tang-class battleship at a young age, and his desire for military merit is easy for ordinary people.

Maybe he joined the army back then just to have a decent errand and make his family live better, but now Zhang Huan, who has experienced a lot, has seen much farther, whether he can become the commander of the detachment like Gao Shui City, and whether he can become a general who is in charge of one side like Qi Wei and Zhang Gusheng, all of which are in military merit.

Duan Zhixuan's ship approached the Japanese warship in front little by little, and it was only less than a mile.

At this moment, the larger Japanese warship suddenly began to turn its bow, Zhang Huan didn't care, since he dared to come, he was going to fight to the death with the two Japanese warships, and he had already made plans to accompany him to the end.

And the smaller Japanese warship slowed down and allowed the Duan Zhixuan to approach it, but it was never within a mile of Duan Zhixuan, that is, it was cruising less than two miles.

Boom, boom, the Japanese battleship opened fire first, and there were only a dozen guns on his side, the largest being two eighteen-pounder guns, and the rest were twelve-pounder guns and four nine-pounder guns, except for the eighteen-pounder guns, which were somewhat threatening, the other projectiles had no lethality as long as they did not hit the hapless sailors.

This bombardment only stirred up a column of water near the left of Duan Zhixuan, and the impact of strong winds and waves on small ships was even worse, and the shelling was inaccurate at this time, unless it reached within a mile, but within a mile, the threat of Ming warships was even worse.

Zhang Huan did not retreat from the lower deck, after all, it was not an artillery battle in the full sense at this time, the artillery bombardment of the opponent's small ships was so far away, unless there was heavy artillery, there was no major damage to the Duan Zhixuan, but the Japanese warship in front of the left had already turned around and rushed towards Duan Zhixuan.

It was obvious that the Japanese were going to take over the battle, and at this time the Zhixuan had two options, one was to turn around and let the side side face the rushing big battleship, and ignore the shelling of the small battleship for the time being.

But to the side of the side, it is not so easy, after all, the enemy is not stupid, they are rushing towards the bow of the ship, just to get away from the artillery, and Duan Zhixuan turns, they will also turn.

Then there is not to avoid it, let the Japanese people lean on the side, and the two sides engage in a broadside battle, which is risky, but it can end this cat-and-mouse process as soon as possible.

Zhang Huan chose the second option, seeing that the weather was getting worse and worse, he didn't want to lose the traces of the Japanese people after the wind and rain were too big, it was too much to lose, and it was better to catch up with the joy of the fierce.

Zhang Huan ordered the artillery deck to open fire on the harassing warship, even if there was a long-range bombardment, but the 36-pounder guns on board would be enough for the small battleship to drink.

At the same time, Zhang Huan ordered the whole ship of sixty armored, including sailors, to prepare to meet the enemy.

Mukai Tadashi's ship is getting closer and closer to Duan Zhixuan, and the deck of his ship is also full of his guards, and there are dozens of them, just waiting to board the ship for hand-to-hand combat.

When the two ships reached seventy or eighty paces, more than a dozen gunners on Duan Zhixuan's ship began to fire, but even the flintlock guns only succeeded in firing, after all, the wind and rain were strong.

Several of them screamed and fell to the ground, and others hurried to find an iron shield to protect themselves.

The two boats approached thirty paces, and more than a dozen Japanese archers shot feather arrows, and the fire gunners of the Broken Army also fired, and there were casualties on both sides, and there were no major casualties among the soldiers of the Broken Army, after all, the feather arrows shot by the Japanese people's foot bows were much worse than the heavy arrows of Jiannu, so the arrows of the Broken Army soldiers who were all dressed in armor were only wounded, and most of the feather arrows were bounced away by the iron armor.

There was a loud bang, and the sides of the two boats collided, followed by a rattling and shrill grinding sound, and almost all the people on both ships staggered, and some even fell to the ground.

After a little calmer, the Japanese swarmed towards the junction of the two ships with swords and guns, because the two ships were about the same size, and the Japanese warship was only slightly shorter than Duan Zhixuan, so the Japanese could jump directly on the side of their own ship and jump into Duan Zhixuan.

And Duan Zhixuan's armor was to wave a spear in the process, stabbing more than a dozen Japanese sailors, and other Japanese sailors rushed to Duan Zhixuan from everywhere.

Mukai Tadashi is also a southern barbarian, surrounded by the guards to board the Duan Zhixuan, if the boarding of the ashigaru fails, he will not be lucky even on his own ship, he chose to go into battle with the ashigaru, and would rather die bravely than die in a nest.

In addition to some gunners, even sailors broke in with knives, and a total of 100 people attacked Duan Zhixuan.

They brandished the sword and the three guns howled and rushed towards the armor of Duan Zhixuan, as long as they killed these Ming people, they could capture this Ming ship, not only get rid of the pursuit, but also seize the heavy artillery, as long as they captured the ship, Lord Xiang Jing was rewarded with ten gold sentences each, therefore, these Japanese people were fighting frantically. (To be continued.) )

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