0665 Burning Ship
Seeing that the warships of the Ming Navy Division were so fierce that they were not even injured when they crashed into their own ships, the soldiers of the Shimazu family were obviously much more cautious, and did not dare to approach the cruiser as desperately as they had just now. At this time, the cruiser saw that he was about to be besieged, and immediately sped up and left, and under the cover of the other two cruisers, he joined together and used his speed to fly away!
However, they were not in a hurry to leave, and just when the Japanese people were relieved that they were leaving, they saw that the big ship with the head suddenly turned and rushed towards another houseboat!
Seeing that the situation was not good, the samurai in charge of the command on the Ataka ship that was targeted hurriedly ordered the people below to keep beating drums to summon reinforcements! But the speed of these three big ships was too fast, and they were already within 100 paces of the target before the other ships came to help!
If it is against Western warships, Liu Haojia will definitely not pull the distance so close! However, this time the opponent is a Japanese warship that is obviously smaller in size, and this kind of battleship does not have a keel, and the hull is relatively much more fragile, so his courage is bigger!
What's more, there are only more than ten large cylinders on the Azhai ship, that is, bowl-mouth guns, and the lead bullets fired out fall on the board of the cruiser, which is as useless as scratching the itch of the boots, so Liu Haojia simply put on a look like I am bullying you, and forced him to shell at a very close distance!
The Anzhai ship may be a giant ship on the sea in the Wa Kingdom, but it is not comparable to Liu Haojia's new warship! Both in armor and firepower, it is a big difference! Therefore, although the counterattack of the warriors was fierce, and the large barrel and iron cannon almost enveloped the cruiser's whole body, but only a few scratches were left!
When he approached more than 80 steps to the Anzhai ship, Liu Haojia immediately ordered to shoot, and then the artillery on the side of the ship immediately sprayed smoke and fire! The dense buckshot hit the house with a banging sound, and it was even more wooden thorns!
Although I can't see how effective it is, judging from the counterattack firepower weakened by the Ataka ship, I'm afraid the casualties are not light! Then the other two cruisers also entered the battle positions in turn for shelling! Like sharks staring at their prey, the three cruisers circled around the Ataka ship for most of the time, firing two rounds of artillery in succession!
The artillery on the other side scattered under the command of the result, driving away the Guanfune and Xiaozafune who came to the rescue. The soldiers on the deck also kept firing shotguns to block each other, so that the ships never came closer!
However, at this time, Liu Haojia felt that he had to leave, because there were already quite a lot of Guan Chuan and Xiao Zao Boats gathered around, and once they were entangled, I am afraid it would be the result of ants biting the elephant to death! So he immediately gave the order to rush out to the south!
And the captain of the second cruiser was also a brave man, and when he clearly received the order, he still ordered the ship to approach the Ataka ship, and to resist the shots of the Ataka ship, and when he passed by, he ordered the sailors to throw fire oil bombs at the Ataka ship!
All of a sudden, the bow of the Ataka ship turned into a raging sea of fire! More than a dozen Japanese soldiers hiding behind the women's wall were set on fire, burned to the point of screaming loudly, and jumped into the sea to survive! At the same time, the cabin was pushed open, and many soldiers rushed out to extinguish the fire.
At this moment, the No. 3 cruiser approached and fired a round of shotgun directly into the deck, knocking almost all the soldiers fighting the fire to the ground! After this result, they were not satisfied, and the captain of the cruiser directly ordered to fire a batch of arson shells as far as possible towards the open hatch of the ship, as for the effect depends on luck!
At this time, Liu Haojia's flagship had already broken a way in front and was breaking through to the south. There was a ship in front of it, with the idea of sacrificing itself, trying to stop the ship on the way. However, the Japanese did not expect that such a large ship would be quite easy to maneuver, and completed an emergency turn in a short distance, and brushed it against his stern!
The two ships rubbed against each other, and the wood scraped against each other to make a loud noise, and the soldiers on the Japanese ship were also quite brave, and actually took this opportunity to throw flying claws, trying to trap the cruiser! And the soldiers on the cruiser who had been prepared for a long time used big axes to cut off the flying claws and condescendingly fired fire guns and threw fire bombs! As a result, the ship was knocked away with flames!
Liu Haojia's flagship was like a volcano that kept erupting flames on both sides at this time, and the artillery on both sides took turns firing, constantly driving away the approaching Japanese ships, and finally killed among them! Two more followed
The cruiser also rushed out close to his tracks!
At this time, Liu Haojia also had a cold sweat on his head, and he was afraid for a while! He knew he was a little too greedy just now! If his movements are a little slower, the other party will have a few more ships blocking the way, maybe he will not have a chance to escape!
Even if his ships were tall freeboard and had many guns, they could not please under the siege of many ships! Maybe they'll drag the other two cruisers into the encirclement!
After Lieutenant Liu Haojia reflected, he turned around and looked at the battle group, only to see that the battle line behind him had become a mess! The big ships fired firearms, bows and arrows at each other, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled! When the ships of the two sides were staggered, the Japanese soldiers kept throwing flying claws at the Ming ships, and the Ming army was unwilling to fight with them by relying on the advantage of the high freeboard, and used firearms to continuously attack the other party while cutting off the flying claws!
Generally speaking, the Ming Navy has an advantage in the big ships, but because it is a long voyage, this time the fleet does not carry small boats, which gives the small ships the opportunity to give full play to their own strengths!
These small early ships were flying like a fly, constantly gathering into small teams to besiege the lone Ming ships, and there were already two Ming ships surrounded by seven or eight small boats each! These boats throw and grab their own boats to each other, while the soldiers climb up the ropes!
The soldiers on the Ming army ship condescended to shoot non-stop shooting to kill the climbing Japanese people, and at the same time kept cutting off the flying claws, trying to get out of the encirclement, the battle was extremely fierce!
Just when Liu Haojia thought that these two warships were about to be besieged and lost, two more Ming warships sailed over from the side and fired fiercely at Xiaozao's boat with artillery! There was even a warship that crashed directly into a small morning boat, arching it directly on the sea! And this scene is just a microcosm of naval warfare!
Although the battle was fierce, Liu Haojia could see that because he had added a large number of firearms to his own ship, although it seemed that it was suppressed by the Shimazu family's naval army relying on numbers, the loss was actually not large, but the Shimazu family was slowly losing blood!