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Similar to the frightened mood of the 20,000 workers in the Puzhu Temple, the Mawei Navy on the way to the house was anxious. Wang Zhenbang had just prepared a qiē, and immediately set sail in a hurry, just when he was about to leave the mouth of the Minjiang River, he heard the sound of cannons in the sky, and when he heard the direction, he knew that there was an accident in the Monkey Island Commercial Port.

From Mawei Military Port to Houyu Commercial Port, the distance on the river is nearly 20 kilometers in total, and it takes two quarters of an hour to sail at the fastest speed downwind. The naval fleet sailed along the river without the slightest delay. The fleet came to the mouth of the Minjiang River, quickly turned to the right and saw the dozens of "pirate ships" attacking in the distance!

Shimazu Hisao's fleet was still happily bombarding the shore, and dozens of Hongyi cannons on the left side of the warship fired six or seven shells one after another, and the barrels of the guns began to turn red. And not long after the Mawei Navy turned around, Shimazu Hisao's subordinates lying on the mast also spotted them.

Shimazu Hisao's eyes were still staring at the direction of the artillery bombardment in the south, when he suddenly heard someone shouting: "Young master, young master, there are ships coming, a group of warships!" ”

Shimazu Hisao was refreshed when he heard this, and quickly turned his head, picked up the clairvoyant mirror and looked to the west, and sure enough, he found the figure of the enemy ship in the clairvoyant. So he hurriedly urged: "It's the Geng family's fleet, hurry up, quickly seize the advantageous position, and form an attack formation!" ”

Although the sea here is not very wide, it is a little and a half kilometers, and thirty or forty warships can be lined up in a row. Shimazu's warships were also considered to have been in battle for a long time, and after receiving the flag order, they quickly began to line up, and the artillery on the right side was facing west, ready to meet the enemy. Shimazu Hisao's order was right, and his subordinates moved quickly, but the speed of the ship could not be raised. His fleet had previously been all huddled on the beach, slamming into the shore. The water here is shallow and the waves are gentle, and fifty or sixty warships are very slow to sail away from each other, and the cannons on the left side of the warships are already a little red, and they can no longer fire with high intensity. Without adjusting the hull, the starboard guns would not be able to return fire.

The two sides should have been an encounter, Wang Zhenbang stood on the command ship, and he had already spotted the enemy ship on the opposite side, and almost immediately issued the same order: "Prepare for battle!" ”

"Dangdang!"

A rapid bell rang, and the officers and men of the navy ships quickly moved into battle and entered their combat posts.

Wang Zhenbang is now leading a partial ship fleet of Taiwan's Zheng family, most of which are lucky ships, and his own ship at this time is a No. 2 lucky ship. After receiving the order, the ships lowered their sails and slowed down, while driving sideways, and the fleet took advantage of the momentum of the rapid journey, the sails were slightly adjusted, and they immediately adjusted their course at a very fast speed, and the muzzles of the black holes were aimed at the east, and the "pirates" on the opposite side were far away.

For Wang Zhenbang, this was the first real naval battle of their Mawei Navy, so on the surface, although he was very calm, he was actually very nervous in his heart. Although Shimazu Hisao is young, he can be said to have grown up on a small warship, and he has also led an army to fight, and his combat experience is much stronger than that of the king Zhenbang. In addition, the fleet led by Shimazu Hisao is also a veteran of battle, and they are not the opponent of the Marine Army on land, and they are not afraid of the newly built Mawei Navy on the sea.

The fleets of the two sides are very similar and the configuration is similar. Fortunately, the Mawei Navy seized the opportunity and took the lead in setting up a position to enter the attack position first, and the distance between the two sides was close to the best range of artillery. Wang Zhenbang no longer hesitated, and after more than half a year of study, he calmly ordered: "Fire!" ”。

"Boom, boom, boom!" The artillery roared, and the ship's side shook. The sea was filled with smoke. At this distance, the first round of firing is usually of a calibrated gun position and a demonstrative and intimidating nature, with limited accuracy. However, the results of a great deal of training were evident at this time, and a large number of shells flew out, most of which fell into the sea, and almost a tenth of the shells hit the enemy ships. And the shells that fell into the sea stirred up columns of water.

The naval fighters were obviously still a little nervous and flustered during the first naval battle, but the high-intensity training in the past six months made them quickly calm down. The warriors skillfully did what they had to do, and soon left their fears behind. If they continue to panic like this, even if they are all equipped with first-class warships, I am afraid they will only become the target of others.

The first round of launches was completed. The gunners on the ships of the Navy quickly adjusted the range and accuracy, cleaned the chambers, reloaded the shells, and the speed was extremely fast, and the second round of artillery fire was fired again. At the same time, Shimazu Hisao's battleship had been turned into a suitable position, and with his command, "Tom tom tom!" Like a rhythmic drum beat, a burst of fire erupted from the guns on the starboard side of each ship, and the sea was thick with smoke, and both sides only felt the feeling of the waves crashing on the side of the ship and spilling on their bodies, but they could no longer see each other's ships clearly.

Wang Zhenbang's ship was hit by two bullets, and a cannonball hit the starboard front section with a bang, knocking down a piece of the starboard gangway, and almost knocking a soldier away together, so startled that everyone next to him hurriedly dodged. The scattered sawdust still bruised two soldiers, and the wounded soldiers were immediately sent to the cabin to be bandaged to stop the bleeding. Another one hit the aft deck, which did little damage to the hull, but only smashed a large hole in the deck, but there were no casualties.

The Mawei Navy was shot on its side, and the "pirates" were not having a good time either. In contrast, the "Pirate" side withstood two rounds of shelling, and this second round of artillery was greatly increased after adjustment, and another round of shells passed, and nearly half of the shells fell on the "Pirate" ship. A warship next to Shimazu Hisao was more miserable, with five shells hit by its hull and one dead and wounded. Even the mainsail of the ship's mainmast, which was broken by a cannonball, suddenly fell from the mast with a thud, and with a loud bang, it slapped the ship, and several unlucky guys were slapped on the head and bled out.

The mainmast's sails are very important to a ship, the main source of power for the ship, and if this is knocked down, the ship will be lying on its stomach, and unless they win, they will not be able to escape!

"Tom tom!" The Mawei Navy adjusted its muzzle and fired again, and the hull of the "Corsair" caused damage again, several warships were hit on the side of the ship, and a large amount of seawater poured in, slowly beginning to retreat to the side. It seemed that he was seriously wounded, and began to turn the rudder and break away from the fleet, and it seemed that he was about to withdraw from the battlefield.

Shimazu Hisao was no longer calm, the combat power of the enemy on the opposite side was beyond his expectations, and after another blow, he immediately ordered: "The sea on their side is narrow, and it is not convenient to turn, give me a quick leaning up and attack with fire!" ”

The entire fleet immediately pressed over to this side after receiving the order, trying to quickly approach the Mawei navy.

"They want to engage in broadside battles!".

The intentions of the "pirates" were immediately seen through by Wang Zhenbang, and Captain Steve had already explained this situation to them. At present, they are located between Langqi Island and Monkey Island, and the sea is not as wide as in the east, and it is not easy for them to turn around when dozens of their warships are lined up.

"We can't let them mess up our formation! Catch up, Molotov cocktail ready, water gun ready! ”

Wang Zhenbang quickly gave the order, and the whole army immediately turned out and met it. The sound of the cannon suddenly stopped, like the calm before the storm.

The Wa Kingdom is an island country with a lack of resources, and it is very fond of broadside gang battles in previous naval battles. The Japanese were very good at learning, and in recent decades they have actively absorbed the tactical characteristics of the Dutch navy, emphasizing speed and agility, melee and gang jumping tactics, and are very good at using fire attacks.

And Geng Jingzhong has been emphasizing the development of the giant ship cannon model since the beginning of the development of the navy, and he has indeed done so, and the shipyard is basically building a big ship. Although it is the world of aircraft carriers in later generations, for the present, the cannon of giant ships is the most in line with this era, and giving full play to the advantages of artillery is the key to determining the victory or defeat. However, because the battleships in the shipyard have not yet been completed, and the newly built artillery has not been installed, the fleet led by Wang Zhenbang at this moment is from the Zheng family. Therefore, the artillery configuration is not advantageous compared with the opposite side, and there is no way to engage in broadside battles.

At present, the artillery on both sides of the ship is basically the same, and it is somewhat difficult to win by artillery, and the only consolation is that the level of artillery firing of the naval soldiers is much stronger than that of the other side, and some of the "pirate ships" that rushed up were already wounded, and a few of the back ships could not move at all.

Hundreds of warships on both sides approached rapidly, and when they had just approached more than 100 meters, some people in the fleets of both sides began to lose their breath and took the lead in firing cannons and shooting at the enemy ships on the opposite side. These were all bow guns, and basically none of them hit the moving warship. After the cannon sounded, a few clouds of gunpowder smoke suddenly rose on the sea, and then several rumbling cannons rang out one after another, but most of them still failed to hit the opponent's boat, and fell into the sea water in the opposite fleet, stirring up a few waves.

The distance between the two fleets quickly narrowed to a few tens of meters, and at this time the two sides almost collided together, and even the faces of the people on the opposite boat could be clearly seen. And the closer he got, the more Wang Zhenbang found that the warships of the two sides were so similar. Except for the fact that there were no lucky ships in the opponent's fleet, most of the other ships were the same as the ships he led. This is obviously related to the Zheng family, and after going back, I must report this situation to the prince in detail. By this time, the ships of both sides had almost all begun to fire their guns at each other's ships. For a while, a series of "tom tom tom!" sounded on the sea one after another! The sound of cannon fire spread like rolling thunder towards the sea and the surrounding land, and clouds of gunpowder smoke shrouded this relatively narrow sea surface.

When the large-caliber cannonballs roared out of the barrels and smashed into the enemy ships, the small Fran machine guns also let out their roars, and for a time the sea was completely lively, and these shells basically beckoned to the enemy's big ships on the opposite side. At a distance of several tens of meters, very few shells fell into the sea, and more than half of the shells hit the target.

A lot of shells hit the hull of the opponent's ship, and the shells of the large-caliber guns smashed into the hull with a clatter, and holes were immediately punched out of the hull. The shells of a small-caliber cannon were so powerful that they hit the hull and failed to penetrate the hull, but only made a hole in the thick wooden hull and landed in the sea. There were also many shells that accurately hit the sails of enemy ships, opening huge holes in the sails, but the losses caused by this were almost negligible.

On the Mawei Navy's side, before they caught up, all the small-caliber Furlong guns had been replaced with scattered shells in order to achieve maximum damage. The shelling was quite lively, but not a single ship was destroyed. The huge amount of scattered bullets on the navy's side caused huge losses to the enemy on the opposite side, and the hulls of the enemy ships hit by small iron bullets crackled, and the "pirates" couldn't stop letting out a scream.

At the same time, when the two sides staggered, the bows and arrows in the hands of both sides and the muskets kept beckoning to each other's boats. On the ships of the Mawei Navy, as they were usually trained, no one was allowed to open fire without the order of the officer. Therefore, even when they saw that someone on the other side had already opened fire, the naval soldiers still kept quiet, just drew their bows, raised their guns, and quietly waited for the officer's order. When staggered, the Shangguan gave an order, and the bows, arrows, and muskets were fired neatly, and the killing effect was far stronger than that without order!