Tactically, Yi Sun-sin resurrected the turtle ship as a kind of close-range assault ship, and wanted to use it to ram and sink enemy ships as it had done in the past. URL, it will line straight into the enemy's line, disrupting its sequence. Immediately after the impact, the turtle ship's side fired a round of artillery attacks in all directions. Because of this tactic, the Ukuni navy called the turtle ships Mezo ships, because they would close the distance and appear to suddenly crash into the enemy ship. This type of attack was used in the naval battles of Tangpu, Yuxiaopu and You" and Luliang.

The main purpose of the tortoise carapace is to act as a device to counter the boarding of a ship, and it is covered with a layer of cladding and protruding iron cones. Climbing hooks do not provide a stable support point on the top. And jumping on a turtle boat usually means being pierced, too. The iron hull also made it more difficult for Japanese ships to destroy, allowing the turtle ship to survive artillery bombardment from above, while its bevel was able to bounce arquebus bullets and bows.

Turtle boats are not very slow boats. The turtle boat can be propelled by both oars and sails, and its rather limited armor makes it relatively lightweight. Yi Sunsin designed it to be fast and lightweight, suitable for the purpose of ramming enemy ships.

Navigation, firepower and armor, these are the three main performance parameters of a battleship. Generally speaking. If two of them are satisfied, then the third must be sacrificed, and it is difficult to satisfy all three at the same time.

However, turtle boats are a headache.

The outer layer of the turtle boat is draped in a turtle shell. The armor of the frigates with higher protection is higher than that of the Pacific Fleet. In terms of firepower, the turtle ship has more than 30 guns than the frigate with only 20 guns. On the other hand, the turtle ship is not very slow like a turtle, but very fast, and with the use of sails and oars, it is much more agile than a sail warship.

"It's impossible to take up all three key parameters!"

Liu Jian pondered for a long time behind closed doors, and suddenly said, "I know the weakness of the turtle boat!" ”

"Speak quickly!" Wen Sanjiu hurriedly came over. Listen to him now.

"We've always been fooled by the appearance of the turtle ship!" Liu Jian said with a smile: "Aviation, armor and firepower cannot be perfectly combined. We have always ignored the tonnage of the turtle boat, which has a displacement of less than three hundred tons, but is equipped with iron armor, oars, sails and more than thirty artillery pieces, so the narrow space is crowded with soldiers and weapons and ammunition, which can only show one point, they do not have much ammunition! ”

Wen Sanjiu slapped his thigh abruptly and said, "Their tactic is to take advantage of the opportunity of impact. Artillery shells fired at close range. Achieving the goal of destroying enemy ships shows that they are not mainly engaged in long-range artillery battles, which in turn indicates that they have very little ammunition reserves. ”

Liu Jian nodded and said, "At the level of North Korean artillery, they can only wield the power of artillery when they are close to the broadside, so they use this tactic." As expected, their artillery ammunition was only capable of firing two or three rounds. ”

Wen Sanjiu smiled: "If you have more." Their little wrecked ship can't fit it! I'll just say, our frigates have much larger tonnage than their turtle ships, but not as many artillery as theirs, and now that I think about it, most of the tonnage on our frigates is occupied by ammunition. This thing can't be faked, and how big a battleship can carry a lot of ammunition is a fixed number. Can't change it! ”

"It's just their psychological tactic!" Liu Jian smiled: "If you don't know." Seeing such turtle boats swarming up, but the shells couldn't help them for a while, letting them get close will definitely cause fear in the hearts of the military, I think this is the psychological deterrence created by Yi Sunsin to the Koukou, to shock the opponent's mind before fighting, it is really the talent of a general! ”

"How's the Admiral's talent?" Wen Sanjiu said disdainfully: "This time is different from the past!" How can the level of artillery at that time be compared with us? If we fire at close range, our shells can still shoot through their turtle shells! ”

Liu Jian nodded and said, "That being said! However, our battleship has a blind spot for shooting, and the opponent will not stupidly hit our guns directly. Looks like we're going to need to play a cat-and-mouse game with them! ”

"Then I'm ready to go!" Wen Sanjiu understood, turned around and went down to arrange.

Ganghwa Island is located in Gyeonggi Province, North Korea, less than a kilometer off the coast, on an island in Hwanghaeshen. It is roughly rectangular in shape. The area is 2 square kilometers. It is also the main ginseng growing area, with many hilly lands and fertile land, which produces rice and other agricultural products.

There is the Goryeo Royal Palace above. It was a place where the king, family, and ministers of Joseon often took refuge.

On 15 November, Liu Hu, the commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, ordered the destruction of the Korean naval commander Li Fang on the grounds that he did not obey the orders of the Korean king. Liu Jian and others from the Pacific Fleet frigate fleet received an order at noon that day, demanding that Li Fang must be eliminated before the first snow of winter arrives.

Sixteenth. The fourth, fifth, and sixth warbands of the escort fleet surrounded Ganghwa Island on three sides, east, west, and south, and were about ten miles apart. Midday. At Liu Jian's request. The Eastern Expedition Command ordered reinforcements from the Black Armor Elite Cavalry and Cavalry Artillery. The purpose is simple. It was to force Li Fang's naval army, which was hidden between Juehua Island and Ximao Island, to the other three directions and engage the Pacific Fleet.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Li Han mobilized the Second Division of the First Cavalry Artillery Army and carried 400 artillery pieces on the north shore of Ganghwa Island. Lined up along the coastline. Shelling of Kyaw Hwa Island across the sea.

Suddenly, four hundred cannons fired a volley, and the momentum was shocking. For example, Wan Lei. Shells rained down on Ganghwa Island, and in an instant, the mountains shook and the smoke filled the air. The warships of the DPRK Navy in the waters near Ganghwa Island were shot one after another, and the fragile banwu boats, which were similar to the building ships, could not resist the solid shells dropped from high in a row, and were immediately smashed into thousands of holes and shattered, and were soon sunk.

Since the north of Ganghwa Island was less than a kilometer away from the land, and the sea surface was too narrow, Li Fang deployed more than 70 banwu ships on the north shore of Ganghwa Island just to prevent the Liaodong Army from landing on Juehua Island. And the main naval forces are concentrated in the river

After hearing the sound of cannonballs. Li Fang was suddenly shocked. What he never expected was that there were so many artillery pieces in the Liaodong Army. If he knew that this was just a cavalry artillery division of the Liaodong Army, then he didn't know how to feel. If it weren't for the fact that the 1st Army of the Ganghwa Taicai Artillery could not fully deploy a thousand guns, a few rounds of shelling would have razed the tiny Ganghwa Island to the ground.

Rao is like this, and the more than 70 board house ships arranged by Li Fang cannot avoid the catastrophe. After the heavy shelling of these warships, they knew that they were outnumbered, and they were already in confusion and fled in all directions.

However, the opposite side of the narrow strait was riddled with artillery, and before it could reach half the distance, it was pierced by a falling shell, and it soon capsized in the sea.

The shelling lasted for half a while. At half past three in the afternoon, more than 70 banwu ships defending the strait north of Ganghwa Island were all sunk. The sea was littered with ship debris. A wave rolled up. The corpse, half-floating in the seawater, was rolled around and floated in all directions. Puffs of smoke rose from the ground and billowed into the sky. Smoke filled the sea and air. Covering the sky and the sun, the north is blowing. The smoke and flames drifted for dozens of miles.

After the bombardment, the sappers began to build pontoon bridges, and on the land on the north bank, two thousand black-armored elite horsemen were already in full array, and the war horses were beating their lungs in a low voice, and the horses' hooves kept digging the ground. If it weren't for the owner's tight pull on the reins, these excited Western-headed horses would have rushed out.

Watching the other party build and dismantle, Li Fang's brows twisted into iron tarts.

"Your Excellency!" Adjutant General Li Bing stepped forward and said, "Do you bring people to stop them from building a pontoon bridge?" If they are allowed to ride and the black armor spirit rider rushes over, Ganghwa Island will not be able to be saved! ”

Li Fang shook his head and said: "The past was also in vain, it only increased casualties, there are so many cannons on the other side, how many people can block it in the past!" ”

Li Bing sighed: "What should I do then? Look at the degree to which they build the pontoon, it will be good in less than an hour! ”

Li Fang thought for a while and said, "Jianghua Island can't be defended!" Let's get ready to break through! ”

Li Bing said worriedly: "The opponent's warships surround the island, and if you go out, you will inevitably have a naval battle with them!" As far as the admiral knows, this Pacific Fleet is really powerful. Zheng Zhilong's powerful navy has been completely annihilated, we"

Li Fang said angrily: "I'm afraid! ”

"The last general will not dare!"

Li Fang glared at him and said, "General Ben has his own way to break the enemy!" ”

Subsequently, Li Fangxun dispatched troops and organized a naval army. Prepare for a breakout.

At about half past four, the Liaodong military engineers set up a pontoon bridge, and two thousand black armor elite horsemen stepped on the pontoon bridge and rushed to Jianghua Island.

When the black armor elite cavalry rushed to the south of Ganghwa Island, Li Fang had already led his men to board the warship. He drove all the ships to the opposite side of Ximao Island.

Soon, the 2nd Cavalry Division then landed on Ganghwa Island, when the first batch of more than 20 artillery pieces was mounted on the high ground of Kyaw Hoa Island. Li Fang knew that she couldn't wait any longer, and looked at the sky, although it was already dark, but there was still a period of time before it was dark.

"Action!"

The order was issued, and more than 50 banya ships of the DPRK navy sailed out of the eastern sea. The 6th Squadron of the Escort Fleet was in charge of guarding the eastern seas, and the 20 frigates immediately formed two teams into a "figure-eight" attack formation, and fired at the Korean naval division that broke through in the middle with sideside fire.

Knock knock!

Twenty frigates fired a salvo, two hundred Ares guns spewed tongues of fire, and a solid iron bullet weighing twelve kilograms roared and smashed into the enemy ship.

Suddenly, shells rained down on the enemy ship's phalanx, stirring up columns of water, and the sea water was agitated and boiling.

The Banwu ship of the Joseon sailor is a replica of the ship of the sailor of the Song Dynasty of China. It is mainly used to shoot rockets and crossbows, and is equipped with one or two trebuchets, and the combat distance is between 50 and 100 meters. The sixth team opened fire from a distance of six hundred meters. A one-sided situation is formed.

The cross-fire on the side of the "eight" shape was small, although at a distance of 600 meters, the hit rate of the guns was very poor. However, the salvo of 200 guns of 200 frigates was fired, and the ships of the North Korean sailors were very close to each other, so although the shells were aimed at the No. 3 enemy ship, they hit the No. 4 enemy ship, but this was also a hit, right?

The high-falling cannonballs smashed the Banwu ship through in an instant, the sea water flooded, and the warship tilted rapidly, and capsized immediately. The first salvo sank six enemy ships, which immediately shocked the generals of the Korean naval division.

In the blink of an eye, the second round of firepower salvo from the sixth team arrived, as the distance between the two sides quickly narrowed. The hit rate of the shells skyrocketed, and after the second round of shelling, ten more enemy ships were sunk.

Where has the North Korean Navy seen such a naval battle? During the last Imjin War with the Tokugawa shogunate. The sailor did not suffer such a one-sided slaughter!

Fear suddenly rose, and the first wave of Korean sailors dispersed one after another, the original formation suddenly dispersed, and the remaining 30 or so banwu boats scattered in all directions.

Faced with this situation, Team Six changed their tactics. Turned into your own shooting. However, the line array is still immutable. In this way, the gunners in the gun decks of each ship ran to the port side and fired at the starboard side, and then to the starboard side to shoot, firing their bows left and right, and firing when they saw the enemy ships in front of them.

At this time, Li Fang in the back saw it clearly, and the look of worry on her brows was obvious. The first wave of 50 board house ships was just sent to death as cannon fodder, in order to check the strength of the Pacific Fleet's warships, as well as to test the strength of the opponent's artillery fire and the time interval between fire.

"At the moment, it seems that the other side is very firepower. The interval between firing is very short. Adjutant General Li Bing sighed: "General." According to this point of view, our warships will be sunk by the warships of the Ming army before they get close. The interval between their shots is too short, it's hard to get close to them! "Yes!" Li Fang nodded and said, "This trick doesn't work!" Gotta do it another way! ”

"It's better to break it into pieces!" Li Bing said suddenly: "I see that there are very few warships on the other side, and the Sanshuang team is only sixty, and the other is old; The shallow team is in the south and west, and there are only twenty ships in front of us, if we turn into four wisdom, the hope of breaking through is greater! ”

"Not bad!" Li Fang nodded and said, "Break it into parts, so that they can't concentrate their superior firepower!" However, we need to make good use of this to break it down. ”

Then, Li Fang immediately ordered that the remaining 150 Banwu ships should be dispatched 100 ships. Break through in a piecemeal way.

The Sixth Sentai faced an overwhelming swarm of enemy ships. Some of them are unbearable. It's not that they're afraid of attacking, after all, it's hard for trebuchets to inflict fatal damage on frigates. The problem is that the other party's purpose is to escape, and no matter how powerful this cat is, it can't catch hundreds of mice at the same time!

However, the North Korean naval division broke through the encirclement, which greatly reduced the hit rate of the 6th Sentai team's artillery bombardment, and even the gunners who aimed and fired their guns did not know which one to hit.

At this time, after learning that the Korean naval division had broken through from the east, Liu Jian hurriedly mobilized the fourth and fifth teams to rush to the east.

After feeling the east, when they saw the overwhelming enemy ships swarming and fleeing, Liu Jian and Wen Sanjiu also had several rounds of heads. thought that Li Fang would fight them in a decisive battle, but the other party was thinking about escaping.

"This sucks!" Wen Sanjiu said: "Li Fang has many warships, so he escaped in such a disorderly manner, we have few warships, how can we catch it!" ”

“***！ I didn't expect it to be such a result! Liu Jian said: "It looks like you can only let go of the small shrimp and catch Li Fang's big fish!" ”

"There's a problem!" Wen Sanjiu said suddenly: "They don't seem to have the intention of running away."

When Liu Jian heard this, he hurriedly took out his clairvoyant eyes to check.

Sure enough, the Banya ship after the breakthrough of the North Korean sailors did not continue to flee to the deep sea, but turned around and regrouped. What's even worse is that there is a turtle boat hidden in the board house, and the purpose is already very obvious.

"Not good!" Liu Jian suddenly said: "Li Fang, this girl is not running away, but wants to eat the sixth team first!" ”

At this time, Li Fang led forty turtle boats and fifty banya boats to attack, and followed the fifty or sixty banwu boats that turned around and came back to flank the sixth team. At the same time, Li Fang's forty turtle boats were hidden in the banwu boats, which was quite threatening. If you suddenly approach and engage with the Sixth Sentai team, the dense artillery on the turtle ship will shoot directly through the hull of the frigate, sinking the frigate in one fell swoop.

"Notify the sixth team and jump out immediately to prevent being surrounded!"

When the order was issued, the Sixth Sentai had already seen that something was wrong, but there were too many Korean banya ships around, and bows, arrows, and stones were smashed on the frigate one by one, although they could not cause fatal damage to the battleship, but they harassed the sailors working on the deck, making them have to avoid the attacks of arrows and stones on the one hand, and on the other hand, they had to operate the ship, which was a little busy.

Knock knock!

The ships of the 6th Sentai continued to fire fiercely, and the gunners hiding in the gun deck did not care about the enemy's arrows and stones, and continued to fire at the enemy ships that were approaching in front of them.

Due to the close proximity, the shells hit and smashed the fragile board house ship to pieces. However, the North Korean naval forces swarmed in all directions, and the frigates with only ten guns on the side showed their weakness of insufficient firepower at this time.

At the same time, many swarming enemy ships began to shoot rockets, and one after another arrows with oiled paper were fired on the hull, deck, cables, and sails of the frigate, causing a massive fire. The captains of the ships hurriedly mobilized the deck manpower and braved the rain of arrows to extinguish the fire, and many sailors were killed or injured by arrows for a time.

After the flagship of the sixth Sentai received the order. hurriedly turned around and withdrew, but unexpectedly, the worthless banya ships of the North Korean Navy were killed in front of the sixth team, and they were hit and sunk by the sixth team one after another, and they still didn't stop.

There were too many boats blocking the road, and the frigate did not have forward guns, and it was immediately reduced after crushing the enemy ship by ramming the angle. Then. The turtle boat, hidden in the fleet of itachi boats, rushed over. The frigate Peng was in danger and opened heavy fire on the port side. Ten cannonballs hit the enemy's approaching turtle boat, hitting five, smashing a few times on the turtle shell, a huge hole. However, this did not stop the turtle boat from approaching.

With a bang, the iron ramming angle in front of the turtle ship hit the middle of the port side of the Peng frigate. Violent impact. made the two ships stick together. The huge inertia caused the spikes of the turtle ship to snap in an instant, and at the same time, the port side of the Peng frigate was torn apart by a hole more than a meter wide, and the sea water poured violently. The battleship tilted sharply.

Since the turtle boat used to be a small boat for the Koukou, the tonnage was not large, so it could not hurt itself. It's different nowadays. The impact on the 500-ton frigate made the turtle ship ship less than 300 tons shattered, and it also shattered, a huge opening, and the sea water poured in. As a result, the ballistas that were supposed to shoot fire oil suddenly went out, and even the sailors who were about to fire their guns in the cabin were swept away by the swarming seawater.

What was supposed to be a winning attack turned into a suicide attack. This made Li Fang suddenly sober up. The opponent's warship is not as easy to deal with as the small ship of the Koukou. The turtle ship that hit the strong frigate sank much faster than the other party, and the soldiers inside sank to the bottom of the sea with the turtle ship before they had time to escape, and all of them were killed. On the contrary, "the Usu, although the frigate is also sinking, but it is very slow, giving the sailors and gunners inside and outside enough time to escape."

The captain of the Peng played the flag that the ship was incapacitated and withdrew from the battle sequence, and then went all out to rescue it. However, because the opening is very large, it is no longer able to save it. So the captain ordered the battleship to run aground in shallow water, and then waved the flag of abandoning the ship.

"Stay and abandon the ship!"

The tigers couldn't stand the wolves, and the sixth team was in critical condition at this time.

"Hurry up and get reinforcements!"

Liu Jian hurriedly ordered the fourth and fifth teams to advance and rushed to the phalanx of the Korean naval division. H