The muzzles of the black holes on the gunboats of the Taiping Army were lined up, like the bloody jaws of a giant beast trying to swallow the Japanese ships in one fell swoop.

However, although the atmosphere was tense, the Japanese ships were not very flustered, they felt that this form of the Armada looked very ignorant, as long as anyone with a little military common sense knew that if the Japanese ships were not within the range of the Armada guns at this time, would the Japanese ships still be in danger?

In other words, even if the Armada launches an artillery bombardment, the shells will still be a long distance away from the Japanese army, and within this distance, the Japanese army does not have to worry about the attack of the Armada at all.

Therefore, it is normal for the Japanese army to deal with it calmly.

But was the Armada really stupid enough to want to fire shells at the Japanese from outside the range of the cannons? Apparently not, they were confident, and even more so in the kind of large-caliber cannons that the gunboats were equipped with.

And the Japanese obviously ignored this, they would not have thought that the Taiping army would actually load such a large-caliber gun on the gunboat, in their minds, it was a fool's business.

However, it was the "fools" of the Taiping Army who did such clever things.

Basically, under the ignorance of the Japanese army, the ten gunboats on each side of the Armada on the left and right sides of the armada completed their preparations for turning and firing, and they could fire at the Japanese army just after waiting for the order.

And with the order of Li Hongzhang and Luo Bingzhang, the cannons on the gunboat began to roar and attack the Asahi ship.

A powerful cannonball erupted from the smoke-emitting muzzles of the armada, and then whistled the Asahi ship.

The Japanese soldiers on the Japanese ships could deeply feel the amazing power of the shells, but they still did not panic, they knew that the shells were still some distance away from them, and they would definitely not fall on their heads, so they did not need to worry too much.

However, when the first shell from the Armada exploded on the water next to the Japanese ship with a huge roar, the Japanese were a little dazzled, and the huge explosion and the resulting waves stunned the Japanese army.

That's when they found out. It turns out that the Armada shells can be smashed on their heads.

At this time, the Japanese army learned that they were afraid.

The Japanese, who had just woken up from a dream, screamed wildly, and then fled in all directions, using all kinds of methods to hide out of the range of the Armada guns.

However, as if they had eyes, the powerful shells pressed the scattered Japanese ships one after another, and bloomed on their heads, causing the Japanese to suffer greatly.

And every explosion of the shell will cause a huge shock wave, if the shell explodes near the Japanese army, it will generally overturn a large number of Japanese troops on the surface of the ship, which really makes many Japanese soldiers feel the breath of death while dodging in panic.

However, perhaps the skills of the sailors of the Armada have yet to be honed, and these shells fired by them either hit the water next to the Japanese ship, or they simply hit the air, far from the target, and basically, not a single shot could hit the Japanese ship.

How so?

It turns out that this is caused by two reasons.

First, the Armada is the first time to participate in naval battles, and there is a fundamental difference between the training of the inland river and the actual battle on the sea, and the high hit rate during training does not mean that the hit rate in the actual battle is also high, which are actually two completely different concepts.

Second, the Japanese adopted a new method of evasive warfare, in which they controlled the ship to move constantly on the surface of the water or to use different maneuvers during the march to avoid the enemy's shelling.

And it is precisely because of these subjective and objective reasons that the Armada cannot hit the target.

The inability to hit the target means that the effort is futile, it means that the Japanese ship cannot be destroyed, and it also indirectly proves that they still have many areas that urgently need to be improved.

Of course, shame and courage, these athletes in the Taiping Army are all real men, how can they be intimidated by such a little difficulty. After careful observation and continued to bombard the Japanese for a period of time, many of the Taiping gunners discovered the problem.

They found. Many unexpected factors of nature have an impact on the aiming distance of the cannon, the flight speed and direction of the cannonball, and as long as some appropriate adjustments are made, a qiē can be easily solved.

After figuring out this truth. They made targeted adjustments. And on the basis of adjustment, other aspects are effectively improved. Like what. In addition to trying to make their own artillery fire fully cover the Japanese army, the Taiping gunners also made corresponding adjustments to their own artillery methods, and they generally saw the opportunity before attacking, and never fired their artillery blindly.

In the process of fighting wits and courage with their opponents, the Taiping army slowly accumulated preliminary combat experience.

The advantage of learning from experience is that they can buy and sell on the spot, turning the Japanese army into a trial target for activities.

After some efforts, the gunners of the Taiping Army finally fired a cannonball that hit the target, which was fired by the gunboat led by Li Hongzhang, and this cannonball happened to hit the power system of a Japanese ship with unmistakable accuracy, thus losing power. In the end, it became a live target for the Taiping Army.

Boom, boom, a few more shells were smashed, and the Japanese ship was blasted out of several big holes while losing power, and then the blue sea water rushed in like a rush, and in an instant the Japanese ship slowly sank as if it was full.

Then, another shell was smashed, and only a boom was heard, and the Japanese ship broke into two pieces and sank straight under the sea.

Boom, looking at the sinking Japanese ships, there was a huge cheer from the ship of the Invincible Armada that hit the Japanese ship with its cannons.

The Taiping army celebrates its victory.

And with the first time, there will be a second time, and another Japanese ship was hit in the process of maneuvering with the Invincible Armada, and its final outcome was basically the same as the first, and it also sank to the bottom of the sea.

After two successive battleships were hit, the Japanese began to become more cautious, and they began to use their vast experience at sea to contend with the Armada, and in the process, they also tried to get close to the Armada, so that the ships of the Armada were also within range of the Japanese artillery.

However, the Armada seemed to know the intentions of the Japanese ships, and as long as it wanted to get closer, it bombarded the Japanese with artillery, which made the Japanese tremble and dare not approach the Armada casually.

However, as the battle progressed, the Japanese ships discovered new problems, and they found that the ships of the invincible armada that were chasing them were not sailing fast, and their number was not very large, only more than twenty, and there were only six cannons placed on each battleship, but the power of these cannons was amazing.

In a word, there are many typical characteristics.

Later, after thinking about it carefully, the Japanese army figured out where the joints were, the twenty gunboats of the Invincible Armada must be equipped with large-caliber giant guns, otherwise, the range could not be so far, and its power could not be so huge.

Don't forget, the Japanese are also one of the countries that have mastered this large-caliber artillery technology, so it's only natural that they can figure out the joints in it.

Now that the reason has been found, it will be easy to do, as long as you use your own 20 guns to divert these huge gunboats of the Invincible Armada, and then concentrate other ships to attack them from behind, you will definitely be able to break these giant gunboats of the Invincible Armada, this is the idea of the Japanese army.

The Japanese believed that as long as they made full use of their own advantages, they would be far superior to the opponent's opportunism, and the Japanese believed that they would be able to defeat the ships of these armadas equipped with large-caliber cannons.

The Japanese are not stupid and know how to calculate.

However, if the Japanese did not make this calculation, they could make these huge gunboats of the Invincible Armada suffer, and in the course of the subsequent battle with the Japanese army, they had to take care of both the left and the right, and even more so to look forward and backward, which was very busy.

Fortunately, there are policies and countermeasures, whether it is people or things, they are growing up in continuous training.

The Japanese ships know how to take advantage of the weakness of the Armada to counter it, and the Armada can also use its own advantages to fight back against the Japanese ships.

As the saying goes, each has a good strategy and shows its strengths, which is nothing more than this.

And the next method of counterattack of the Invincible Armada made the Japanese ships even more headaches.

Prior to this, after the Armada attack, forty gunboats of the Japanese ships were used to deal with the Armada and the other thirty were used to protect the transports and the 100,000 Japanese troops on board.

And the Armada is from this place to shoot back against the Japanese army.

The Armada, including 20 giant gunboats, left a total of 30 gunboats to fight with the 40 gunboats of the Japanese army, while the other 40 gunboats went to attack the Japanese transports, in addition to the 30 frigates that protected the transports, the Arma also drew 10 of the 30 frigates to cooperate with the gunboats to attack the Japanese transports.

It seems that the scales of victory are beginning to tilt again on the side of the Armada. (To be continued......)