Chapter 889: A New Style of Naval Warfare
"If my guess is correct, the Zhongwu King of the Ming Dynasty is here!" Seeing that the thin and tall man was speechless, the man with a gloomy face looked up at the ship of the Great Ming Sailor on the sea, and said in a cold voice.
"How is this possible, we also received news yesterday that King Zhongwu is investigating a case of a grain nest in Nanzhili, how can it be here?" Hearing this, the stout widow couldn't help but show a look of surprise on his face, and asked in disbelief, obviously he knew that the Zhongwu King was Li Yuntian, and he shouldn't have appeared here at all at this moment.
"The Daming Water Division was built by King Zhongwu, and if it wasn't for King Zhongwu's approval, he wouldn't come to Jilong Harbor!" The gloomy man looked at the sea expressionlessly, "King Zhongwu is scheming, and he is likely to cover up his itinerary with a plan to attack the west. ”
"My lord, what does King Zhongwu want to do, why is he putting on such a strange formation, isn't this trying to let us go in vain?" The tall and thin man nodded thoughtfully, and then asked puzzled.
"This person has always been cunning, he will never let us go, there must be some unknown conspiracy." The gloomy man's eyes narrowed, and for some reason he suddenly felt a fluster, so he muttered for a while and then said to the tall and thin man, "Give the order to let our men abandon the ship and go ashore, and prepare to march to the port of Tamsui." ”
"To Freshwater?" The tall and thin man was taken aback, Tamsui Port is the second largest port in the north of Xiaoliuqiu Island, located in the northwest of Xiaoliuqiu Island, and he was surprised that a man with a gloomy face would go far and far away and not hesitate to travel a long distance to transfer from the land to Tamsui Port.
"Before leaving, I robbed all the rich people and shops in the town." The gloomy man nodded solemnly and said in a deep voice.
"This ......" The thin and tall Japanese had a look of embarrassment on his face, the rich families and shops in the chicken coop town were all closely related to the various factions of the Japanese Invaders, and if they robbed those people, I am afraid it would be difficult to explain to the other Japanese Invaders.
"I'm afraid those unlucky guys will never come back, in the future, this small Ryukyu Island will become the world of the Ming Dynasty, in that case, why don't we make a profit, there are many places where it costs money to go to the Great Ryukyu." The gloomy man turned his head to look at the tall and thin man, and said in a cold tone.
"My lord, do you mean that the Ming Dynasty wants to take back Xiaoliuqiu Island?" The stout Wako was suddenly startled, and looked at the man with a gloomy face in disbelief.
Since Ming Taizu ordered the people on Xiaoliuqiu Island to move inward, the Ming Dynasty has never paid attention to the desolate overseas island of Xiaoliuqiu Island, in his opinion, Xiaoliuqiu Island has no use for the Ming Dynasty, but will be a burden to the Ming Dynasty, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would not be so careless.
"King Zhongwu is extremely greedy, it is by relying on the expansion of the territory for the Ming Dynasty that he stepped on the bones of thousands of people to sit on the current throne, since he is here, how can he let go of Xiaoliuqiu Island?" The gloomy man sneered, a look of disdain at the corner of his mouth.
"Adults, small ones, let them go ashore." It was the first time that the thin and tall man had seen a man with a gloomy face so cautious, and he didn't dare to be careless, so he bowed to him and left in a hurry.
"Remember, let them not delay time, grab it and leave, this time it is not those wastes from the Jiangnan Guard, but the sailors built by the Zhongwu King at a great price, well-trained and well-equipped, I am afraid that they are on par with the Xiaowu Army, once they catch up, the consequences will be unimaginable!" The gloomy man thought of something, called out to the thin and tall man, and admonished with a stern expression.
The Xiaowu army became famous in a battle against the invading Northern Yuan army more than two years ago, not only defeating the world-famous cavalry of the Northern Yuan Dynasty on the battlefield, but also capturing the royal court and Lin Cheng of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, which made the gloomy man dare not be careless at all, and he was quite jealous of the sailor.
"The little one understands." The tall and thin man knew that the gloomy man was not joking, and he also knew the brilliant achievements of the Xiaowu army, so he bowed and left in a hurry.
"What the hell are you going to do?" At this time, almost all the ships of the Japanese have left the port, and at the entrance and exit of the port, they are divided into two large groups on the left and right to flee, and the man with a gloomy face looks at the Ming army sailors who have not moved at this time, his brows furrowed slightly, he really can't guess Li Yuntian's intentions.
Ming Yang.
"Lord Wang, our army has formed a situation of encirclement against the fleeing Japanese invaders, please show the prince." A military attache walked quickly to Li Yuntian, who was standing on the bow deck, and bowed his hand and said in a loud voice.
"Go ahead with the plan!" Hearing this, Li Yuntian gave an order in a deep voice.
Hearing this, the military attache bowed to Li Yuntian and walked away quickly, and soon, three red signal flares with a sharp whistling sound soared into the sky, and after exploding in the air, a red smoke bloomed, which was conspicuous on the calm sea.
With the three red flares lifted into the air, the three-masted warships parked on the sea on both sides of Chicken Coop Harbor turned around one after another, and turned their hulls towards the swarming pirate ships, large and small.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Siguo, who was standing in the crowd, suddenly showed a suspicious look on his face, and looked at the three-masted warships that crossed the hull with a blank face. But those would-be robbers weren't stupid, and would use their ships to ram the three-masted warship?
Not only Zhao Siguo, but also the gloomy man on the dock also had a puzzled look in his eyes, not understanding why the Ming army sailor did this, in his opinion, the behavior of those three-masted warships was puzzling and extremely weird.
The Japanese ships that fled in a hurry did not think so much, and when they saw the three-masted warship in front of them actually lying on the water, their hearts were overjoyed, so that the three-masted warship would lose its maneuverability on the water and would not be able to meet the Japanese ships head-on, so they took this opportunity to speed up their march and wanted to escape from the gap between the three-masted warships in one go.
The Japanese ships were getting closer and closer to the three-masted warships on the water, and the three-masted warships were quietly parked without the slightest reaction, which made Zhao Siguo feel anxious in his heart, rubbing his hands vigorously, if those three-masted warships did not take countermeasures, those Japanese ships would escape.
At this moment, the gun windows on the hold of the three-masted warship facing the Japanese ships on the water were opened one after another, and the artillerymen methodically pushed one of the Furlong machine guns to the gun window, and the black barrels were aimed at the Japanese ships sailing ahead.
Because it was too far away from those three-masted warships, Zhao Siguo could only see that there were many window holes in the cabin on the side of those three-masted warships, and there seemed to be a black thing in the window, and he couldn't see it too clearly.
Bang, bang, bang......
When Zhao Siguo was suspiciously guessing the purpose of those windows, there was a sudden low roar in his ears, like thunder, and clouds of white smoke came out of the windows.
"What are these?" Under Zhao Siguo's stunned gaze, some small black dots flew out of the three-masted warships, drew a beautiful parabola in the air, and then fell towards the oncoming Japanese ships.
Not only Zhao Siguo, but also the Japanese on the Japanese ship were also attracted by this continuous roar, and they all looked up in surprise at the small black dots that fell from the sky.
Soon, the pirates were stunned by the scene in front of them:
With the first small black dot falling on a medium-sized Japanese ship, only a boom was heard, and the deck of the ship that was hit by the bullet exploded violently in a ball of fire, and the scene was full of flesh and blood, and the nearby Japanese were not able to dodge and were affected by the explosion, either blown into the air or fell to the ground in pain and wailed, and a large black hole appeared on the deck.
Of particular importance was the appearance of several tiny cracks in the hull due to the impact of the violent explosion, which did not bode well for ships sailing at sea.
This was only the beginning of a nightmare for the hapless wrinkles on this medium-sized ship, although some small black spots fell into the sea near the ship, but the ship was hit by a dozen or so small black dots one after another, which in turn triggered a series of explosions, in which several large holes were blasted out of the hull, and the sea water bubbled into the cabin, and it seemed that it would soon sink to the bottom of the sea.
The encounter with this medium-sized Japanese ship was only a microcosm of what was happening on the sea, because it was completely defenseless, many Japanese ships were hit by shells falling from the sky one after another, blood was splashed, and stumps and broken arms flew sideways, and the scene was extremely terrifying.
To the gunners on the three-masted warships, the swarming ships were simply live targets on the sea, allowing them to shoot as freely as they normally did in training.
"Oh my God!" Looking at the Japanese ships that were hit by shells and exploded, Zhao Siguo couldn't help but be dumbfounded, his mouth was slightly open, and he looked at the destroyed Japanese ships with an unbelievable expression, his mind was blank, he never knew that there was such a way of fighting in naval warfare, so that the Japanese on those Japanese ships had no power to fight back at all.
At this moment, on the dock of the port, the man with a gloomy face stared at the scene on the sea with a look of astonishment.
He never imagined that Li Yuntian would move the artillery that had caused the Northern Yuan cavalry to lose their armor and move it to those three-masted warships with strange styles, and then make those three-masted warships become sea batteries one by one, giving full play to the advantages of the Ming army's firearms.
I have to say that although it looks strange, those three-masted warships are indeed the most suitable ships to be sea batteries, not only can they provide a gun bay with a wide view, but they must also be very sensitive.
The faces of the Japanese who stood around the gloomy man showed a look of horror, they were not afraid of fighting with the Ming army's sailors, in their opinion, dying on the battlefield was the highest honor of a samurai, but if they didn't even see the figure of the Ming army's sailors and were killed by the Ming army's artillery, then it would be worth the loss.
Compared with lethality, artillery can deter the enemy army, and then break the enemy's morale and psychological defense, so that the enemy army loses the belief in fighting, and the army is defeated.
By the time the first round of shelling was over, the would-be ships on the sea were in disarray, scattered in all directions, trying to avoid the range of the three-masted ships.
But now it was too late, the back road of the Japanese ships had been cut off by the three-masted warships that had broken through from the front of the port, and the three-masted warships on both sides of Jilong Harbor had formed two huge encirclements, encircling the Japanese ships that rushed out of the harbor.
At the same time, the ships of the Ming army's naval fleet also moved, and the old warships went to support the battle of the three-masted warships at sea, and the rest of the ships surrounded the Ming Yang and slaughtered the Jilong Harbor pier.
"The order goes down, and immediately rushes to the port of Tamsui, and there is no stopping on the road for a moment." The gloomy man knew that the surrounded Japanese ships were gone, and it was difficult to escape in the face of the powerful three-masted warships and the old warships that had gone to support, so he glanced at the ships of the Ming army sailors sailing towards the harbor and turned around and left, giving an order in a deep voice.
After witnessing the strong combat effectiveness of the Ming army's naval division, the gloomy man knew that he was in big trouble this time, so he had to rush to Tamsui Port as much as possible, otherwise once the Ming army's naval division went to besiege Tamsui Port, they would only be forced to hide in the deep mountains and old forests on Xiaoliuqiu Island to fight guerrillas, which was definitely not what he hoped to meet. R1148