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The bird boat was made of the blood of 400 living people, and from the first day of his birth it carried an evil spirit. At this time, the ship of the dead was like a ghost, rushing left and right between the sails and shadows of the ship with the help of the wind.
The Bloodbird ship that had burst into the enemy line turned into an iron-spraying beast, and slammed open a closed ship, lifting the bow high on one side and slamming it to the side. The huge impact caused the Hosokawa sailors on the ship to cry and stagger, the deck was in shambles, and the bow of the ship was torn open with a hole in the tabletop.
The Bloodbird ship was a huge earthquake and rushed forward as if nothing had happened. It was the catfish boy who was on top of the mainmast, and he threw a lit fire brick at the enemy ship, and the fire ignited instantly, and quickly burned up the canopy, and he saw that he could not be saved.
The commander-in-chief roared like a beast, commanding the helmsman to move the helmsman and rampage through the Awa naval formation. The sons and mothers also changed into shotguns, shooting wildly, and the big Kangjia priests on both sides condescended, and sprinkled rows of bullets and arrows on the heads of the Awa pirates, and one by one the fire bricks flew out of the upper bucket out of nowhere, and when they landed on the enemy ship, they turned into fire demons and devoured the sail deck, which could not be saved at all.
This is the tiger into the flock, where have the Apo pirates seen such a terrifying warship, and subconsciously turned the rudder to avoid it. Where to avoid it, at a distance of dozens of paces, Dakang firearms can sweep away the enemy ships with their eyes closed.
Seeing that the Rolling Sea Dragon King Banner was so vicious, the Kumano Navy Army behind also rushed into the Awa Navy with a fanatical shout, wantonly slaughtering the Awa Pirates who had been stunned. In their lives, they had never fought such a painful naval battle, which made the blood of the Kumano pirates burn, and even if they were injured, they didn't know that it hurt, and mechanically greeted the unlucky ones with the Awa flag with everything they could grab at hand, and their throats had already been crushed, and some people had crushed their teeth.
There was a scuffle on the battlefield, shouting to kill, bow to bow, and the side of the ship touching the side of the ship, just like a white-knuckle battle on land, there was no command at all, and the competition was morale and quantity. Because of the demon-like collision of the bird boat, the blockers were invincible, and the morale of the Hosokawa Navy was completely lost, and the huge numerical advantage was insignificant.
Li Qiqian's luck was against the sky, and in the shadow of the sails, he suddenly saw the battle flag of Iwacheng Tongyi, but it was only a hundred steps away. At this time, he had already loaded his shotgun, but at this distance, even the large hair spread was still too large, and it was difficult to give Iwaki Tongyi a hard time.
There were constant arrows falling on the bird boats, but most of them were stone arrows, few iron clusters, and the bow strength was insufficient, which was like scratching the boots for the armored Dakang sailors. From time to time, the brave Hosokawa sailors managed to jump onto the tall upper deck, but they were immediately hit by a rain of bullets and arrows, and there were few opportunities for melee combat.
Liu Guan climbed onto the mast to observe the enemy ship, there were a few arrows stuck in his body crookedly, and he didn't care at all when he went to sea, so he didn't believe that he really had an archer, and an arrow could hit him in front of the door. With a glance of his eyes, he also saw Iwaki Tongyi's boat, and Liu Guan shouted hoarsely: "Ah Shun! Turn the rudder and ugly gong!
Iwaki Tongyi watched with some despair as his ship formation was torn apart, and now only by rushing up to surround the devil's ship and making it difficult for him to maneuver can he have a chance to turn defeat into victory. From a distance, he saw that the two Ataka ships of the Awaji Navy were slowly approaching him, and as long as he held on until reinforcements arrived, the tide of battle would change again.
He brandished his shiny sword and shouted orders to the pirates, but in such a chaotic battlefield, where were there still ships to carry out his orders, he couldn't stop jumping to his feet in a hurry, and shouting out his throat would not help. Suddenly, he saw the devil's ship swinging its tail like a giant whale, turning the rudder and rushing towards his own boat.
He couldn't help but shout: "It's not good! The left rudder is full!" Before he could have time, there was a loud bang, and a black red in the orange muzzle flame roared towards him, and in his desperate eyes, the black black turned into a hideous little devil. At this moment, he heard the snickering of death, and then his head, neck and torso were hit by iron and were densely covered with bloody holes, and he fell on his back without snorting.
Iwaki Tongyi was killed in battle, and his ship's handlebars were swept away by more than a hundred pieces of iron, and an egg-sized iron bullet directly shattered the shield city. The big hair can be loaded with 3 catties of iron, a catty of sealing iron bullets, and the upper deck is like a hurricane, and everywhere it goes is a thumb-sized gun. The Awa pirates were horrifically slaughtered, and at least 20 people were buried with Iwaki Tongyi, who were rolling wildly alive and crying earth-shattering.
With this ferocious shot, the entire Apo naval army collapsed, and the remnants of the ships let out a shout, and fled in all directions as if they were flying. The Ataka ship, which slowly came to reinforce it, also hesitated, and began to turn the rudder to the left, as if it wanted to avoid this devil ship and rescue its own people who were fighting with the Fangjin Naval Army first.
In another battlefield, under the reckless attack of the Hozu Water Army, the Awaji Water Army guerrillas suffered heavy losses. 3 of the 8 ships have been sunk, 1 has been captured, 3 have caught fire, and Xiaozao has lost most of it. Only 1 of the 5 ships of the Fangjin Navy is left, and there is still 1 captured ship and 4 small morning boats are still fighting.
The general of the Awaji Navy Army, Anzhai Dongyasu, couldn't figure it out, the battle was like this, why didn't these Fangzu pirates run away. Is this still a pirate, even if it is General Kakune's Ma Huizhong, they can't be so fierce and not afraid of death, these pirates have fallen into some evil.
When he saw the terrifying scene of the devil ship killing into the Awa ship formation, he understood that these Fangjin pirates had fire-breathing monsters to help, and what else was terrifying, so he fought to the death. The closer Dong Kang got to the battlefield, the more clearly he saw the power of that devil ship, and he was terrified, and he couldn't help but be afraid.
These two Ataka ships are the treasures of the Awaji Naval Army, and they are the foundation of dominating Osaka Bay, and there are only three Awaji Naval Forces in total, and two of them are here. Once lost here, the hegemony of the Awaji Navy in Osaka Bay would cease to exist, and the most merciful punishment for himself by the irritated head of the family, Hosokawa Yoriyuki, was to commit suicide.
No, he can't fight that devil's ship, the Awa Navy is finished. Now the priority is to rescue the guerrillas who are entangled with Kayama Shihisa, and wait for reinforcements from the direction of Awa Province.
Anzhai Dongkang was timid at the last moment, Chongwen turned his head to look at the dead Qiqi Eighty-eight, and the Fangjin Naval Army who was still fighting tenaciously, decided to save the life of Huashan Zijiu. Although the results of this battle were amazing, the consumption of the medicine was too serious, and it was possible to knock down the opponent's two Ataka ships, but the consequences of running out of ammunition were also unbearable for him.
With the collapse of the Awa naval forces, the line of sight was empty, and the capital ships of both sides were already in sight, but they invariably chose to avoid the battle and rescue their partners. The exhausted Fangzu Water Army and the Awaji Water Army guerrillas also began to disengage and move closer to their own team. The main forces of the two sides no longer tried to attack, but were only a mile apart, staring at each other fiercely, licking their wounds.
This fierce battle off the coast of the island was really not friendly, and both sides suffered heavy losses. On the side of the Hosokawa Army, 7 ships of the Awa Navy, more than 30 small morning boats, and 1,000 Awa pirates ceased to exist, and the general of the Awa Navy, Iwaki Tsuyoshi, was killed. The Awaji Navy lost 8 ships and more than 10 small ships. That is to say, half of the Hosokawa Naval Army participated in the war and the Naval Army was defeated.
On the side of the coalition forces, the Fangjin Navy lost 4 ships and 11 early mornings, and Kayama Shihisa was seriously injured and fell into the sea, but was fortunately rescued by his retainers. The Kumano Navy followed the bird boat to beat the water dogs, and only lost 1 closed boat and 3 small mornings, and the combat effectiveness was still there.
Chongwen ordered Huashan Shijiu to be taken to the bird ship, although Huang Qian was not there, but the medicine for various injuries and illnesses on the Dakang warship was complete, and it was possible to save his life.
In this battle, Huashan also fought hard, with 4 arrows in his body, burns on his head and neck, half of his hair bun was burned, and the head of the moon generation became a yin and yang head. A guy slashed open his bamboo armor with a single sword, leaving a large wound on his front chest, which would have killed him if it weren't for the armor.
Chongwen no longer dared to despise the dwarf winter melon of Huashan Zijiu, this guy was really desperate and unambiguous. He carefully looked at his injuries and found no fatal injuries, so he was relieved and ordered him to be carried to the sailor's cabin so that he could be treated. Liu Guan is a straight person, patting Huashan's shoulder and praising him, he didn't hurt this guy to death.
He was busy treating the wounded, counting the battle damage, and calming the morale of the army. Suddenly, the catfish boy who was fighting screamed: "Go to sea!" The port side Gengshen is coming to the fleet, there are always 4 or 50 of them, and they can't see the flag clearly!"
Liu Guan scolded: "Thief bird, don't look at the flag, it must be the heavenly Apo reinforcements, from Marsh Island." "This is nonsense, there can be no reinforcements from the coalition forces, only the enemy can come.
Fei Bai Jie on the board said hesitantly: "Go to sea, we are tired from fighting for a long time, I am afraid that we will be outnumbered, so let's withdraw our troops for the time being." ”
Chongwen waved his hand downward firmly and said loudly: "No, we must not withdraw our troops! Once we withdraw our troops, we will be pursued, and I am afraid that we will not even be able to gain a foothold in Yuliangwan, and our people will not die in vain." The Awaji Navy in the east was beaten by us, the Awa Navy in the west came against the wind, and the oarsmen were sleepy and lacking horses, and they could still have some combat power. We are here, in the center, and we will not let them converge and fight when they come. ”
Liu Guan shouted: "That's it! Those Apo pirates who escaped have all gone to the reinforcements, and they will pass on the battle situation to the generals, I don't believe that they are not afraid of guns and fire bricks!"
Apo's reinforcements slowly appeared in front of everyone, the chief soldier steered the rudder, and Bai Jie constantly adjusted the canopy, always stuck on the channel where the two armies converged. The Apo reinforcements kept changing course, but they could never be stopped by the bird boats.
The Dakang sailors gave the pirates another impressive lesson in navigation, how the huge ships with the cooperation of double sails, main rudder and bow moves, how to be as agile as swimming fish, even if the draft is more than 4 feet, those flat-bottomed ships and Xiaozao can't keep up at all. Liu Guan laughed, the Dakang sailors were overjoyed, but the pirates on both sides of the country were silent.
Dakang Shangguo, just one boat is so powerful, who is the opponent?