Soon the distance between the two sides had been narrowed to within a mile, but the Ming fleet did not stop advancing, but continued to advance rapidly, and was about to get closer together.

In a short period of time, the sailors of the Satsuma Domain fired more than 1,000 shells at the Ming fleet, although they posed a certain threat to the Ming fleet, but it was far from enough, but the distance of the Satsuma Fleet was getting closer and closer, and the power of the artillery was also increasing, blowing up the warships of the Satsuma Domain's naval division.

Panasonic Yuanji was already stunned, but seeing the Ming fleet approaching him, he was not shocked and rejoiced, this, is this Ming fleet going to engage in a broadside battle with him? It's a joke, the warriors of the Satsuma Domain are famous for their fierceness, and when they invaded the Ming coast, they killed the Ming army to the point of fear, and even the Qi family army had a headache.

"Order, prepare to take over the battle, specially, Lao Tzu is going to tear this group of Ming sheep alive!"

Matsushita Yuanji shouted loudly.

As soon as the words fell, a terrible firing sound sounded on the battleships of the Ming fleet, different from the rough cannon sound, this terrible sound made people hear a creepy feeling, sharp to the extreme, straight into the sky!

Immediately, rockets with long tail flames rushed straight into the ships of the Satsuma Domain, and landed on the ships of the Satsuma Domain, and immediately a cluster of flames rose into the air!

Rocket!

Now the warships of the two sides are only a few hundred meters apart, this distance to launch rockets, it is simply a hundred shots, the Ming fleet in one breath towards the Satsuma Domain Naval Division launched nearly a thousand rockets, spread out on the Satsuma Domain's naval division's warships, almost every warship was hit by arrows, less than one or two, more than ten pieces, the flames are blazing, one shot out of control!

Panasonic Yuanji didn't expect that there was a big killing weapon hidden on the Ming fleet, a big killing weapon specially used to set fire!

In an instant, the mast, sails, decks, and ships were filled with flames, and a sea of fire had formed off the coast of the Satsuma Domain!

Matsushita Yuanji was shocked, all these warships were on fire, how could they still fight? It's not someone's opponent in the first place, and you still want to fight a broadside battle? I'm afraid that if I don't have time to tear the Ming army apart, my own warship will be burned down!

"Order, retreat, retreat! Withdraw from the fight! Kill the fire immediately! ”

Matsushita Haroji roared.

However, now Panasonic Yuanji wants to run, the time is a little late, the two fleets are too close, but three or five hundred meters, even if they retreat towards the Kagoshima military port with all their might, if they want to get out of the range of the artillery of the Ming fleet behind, it will take constant time, the giant cannon of the Ming fleet, the range is seven or eight miles, enough to launch several waves of artillery bombardment!

Moreover, the Ming fleet showed no signs of slowing down at all, and continued to advance rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, the forward battleship had already connected with the sailors of the Satsuma Domain!

Keep going forward!

Obviously, Du Xin is going to divide and outflank Panasonic Yuanji's fleet just like a land battle, once the division and encirclement are completed, with the size and artillery power of the Ming fleet, the Satsuma Domain Naval Division will only end up with the annihilation.

At this time, if Matsushita Yuanji still can't see the intentions of the Ming fleet, then he will really become a fool, he lost so quickly, not because he can't do it, but because he is too light on the enemy, I don't know how many, I don't know the other, in front of a strong opponent, there is only one way to go.

"Retreat, retreat with all your might! Throw off the Ming fleet and retreat towards the port! ”

Realizing the crisis, Matsushita quickly gave the order to escape back to the military port in Kagoshima and resist the strong offensive of the Ming fleet with the help of the forts in Kagoshima.

Dozens of warships of all sizes began to retreat quickly in the direction of Kagoshima, however, if they wanted to escape from the bombardment of the Ming fleet's naval guns, it was not so easy, the Ming fleet pursued all the way, and the artillery kept ringing, although in the pursuit, the hit rate of the artillery dropped significantly, but hundreds of shells smashed down, even if it was a few percent of the hit rate, there would still be a price for the sailors of the Satsuma Domain to pay the price of blood.

By the time Matsushita Yuanji's sailors fled back to Kagoshima Military Port, there were less than twenty warships around him, and almost every warship had suffered trauma, and the remaining twenty or thirty warships were all sunk by the Ming fleet.

This is still Matsushita Yuan's second life, but near the port of Kagoshima and the Ming fleet encountered, too close to the nest, seeing that the situation was not good, fled back to the nest to hide, if it was in the open sea and the Ming fleet encountered, then it was not the loss of half of the warship, and it was very likely that the whole army would be destroyed.

Cha Xuan did not expect that at this time the sailors of the Satsuma Domain would take the initiative to go to sea to fight, and directly pounced, after a fierce battle, only to find that it was too close to the military port, just after the pursuit of a distance, the artillery on the military port battery began to exert power, to contain their own firepower, so that Matsushita Yuanji escaped with his life.

"Lord Overseer, it seems that it is not so easy to take down the Satsuma Domain just by relying on our fleet, we don't have much ammunition, if we hit half of it and run out of ammunition, then we will be in wax......"

Du Xin on the side said in a deep voice.

"Damn, drop the chain at the critical moment!"

Cha Xuan shouted angrily, "No, storm the Satsuma Domain, here, we must take it, and then attack the entire Kyushu Island from the east and west, and end the battle on Kyushu Island before the shogunate's army arrives on Kyushu Island!" ”

Du Xin was taken aback, before the shogunate army arrived on Kyushu Island, take the entire Kyushu Island? Isn't that too difficult? Even if the elite combat power of the Tianxiong Army is strong, it's not realistic, right?

"Master Overseer, where can we take it? Kyushu Island has seven or eight feudal clans, each daimyo has a lot of strength, especially the Satsuma Domain, which is second to none among the more than 100 daimyo in Dongying......

Du Xin shouted urgently.

Du Xin was right, attacking Edo Bay, it was a surprise to Edo, and the two batteries were beaten beyond recognition before they could react, but now the batteries of the Satsuma Domain are obviously ready for battle, and if you want to solve the battle quickly, it is not so easy.

"Hehe, isn't it just two batteries?"

Cha Xuan sneered: "Come on, hand over Deng Xiong for me!" ”

Deng Xiong of the amphibious combat battalion ran over after a short time, "See Master Inspector!" ”

"Deng Xiong, this governor has created an opportunity for you, and said that your amphibious battalion was sent over, are you sure that you will take that fort?"

Cha asked.

Deng Xiong said in a deep voice: "Master Inspector, at night, in the middle of the night, we act, and under the cover of night, it is easy to take the fort of the Satsuma Domain!" ”

(End of chapter)