0362 Occupy the open sea
Jack slapped the side of the boat and shouted, "Great! Did you catch them? Catch these pirates and hang them all! ”
The samurai nodded with a smile and said, "Your idea is good, we will consider it." But I still can't get you near the docks. ”
Jack said, "Come on, man! There are still more than 20 days to sail from Nagasaki, do you want us all to die of thirst? ”
As a result, the two sides quarreled. No matter what Jack said, they weren't allowed to get near the docks. The two sides had been arguing for a long time, and the other ships wanted to see what was going on, but all the 11 patrolling ships came closer. Originally, Wu Yizhou was still thinking about how to gather and annihilate these scattered patrol ships, but they came up by themselves!
These ships approached and surrounded the fleet twenty or thirty paces apart, and many Japanese sailors kept making threatening gestures against Jack. In the end, Jack had to pretend to be soft. He said to the samurai, "Okay, okay. Let's go! Let your ship get away a little and we'll set sail. ”
When the warriors saw that Jack had agreed to leave, they softened their faces and ordered the other ships, Xiaowei, to retreat some distance. He thought that Jack was afraid of a collision of ships, but in fact Jack was trying to get them out of the gun. You know, the gun deck of the new warship is on the upper deck, so it is impossible to hit ships that are too close.
When Jack saw that the ships had retreated, he gave the order to set sail. As the sails were raised, the battleship slowly moved its massive body. The surrounding people didn't know that death was coming, and they were still watching Jack's jokes. There were even bets that these people would make it to Nagasaki alive.
At this moment, a Japanese man pointed to the sea level in the distance and shouted, "Enemy ship! ”
At this time, Wu Yizhou's fleet happened to divide the fleet of the Shimazu family into two groups, left and right, and the ships on the starboard side were obscured by the fleet, and they could not see the ships coming from afar, and their reaction was obviously sluggish.
The Japanese fleet on the port side of the flotilla reacted quickly, and all the people looked at the sea level in the distance, and sure enough, they saw seven Chinese ships approaching in the distance. These widows were excited, and immediately drove the ship to meet it.
Jack thought it was a good time and immediately gestured to Wu Yizhou, who was lying on the hatch of the ship, and at this time, the ships had just begun to set sail, leaving the dead end of the guns. I heard Wu Yizhou shouting into the cabin: "The port side is ready to shoot!" ”
The gun doors on the port side of the Jiaozhou were all pushed open, and the swarthy guns were pushed out one by one! Not to be outdone, the other ships that were keeping an eye on the Jiaozhou opened their guns one after another and launched their guns! In a matter of moments, the huge hull could only give up a jungle of steel! And the attention of those widows was still focused on the fleet in the distance, and no one saw this scene at all!
When Wu Yizhou saw that the combat preparations were completed, he shouted: "Open the cannon!" ”
A series of cannon shots rang out, and the first to fire was the upper gun deck, followed by the lower gun deck, and in just 6 seconds, all 22 guns were fired!
In a short distance of more than thirty paces, not a single one of the 22 artillery pieces missed! The ship closest to the Jiaozhou took all the blows, and the hull shook and came to rest on the sea. It seems that the people on board have suffered heavy casualties and have completely lost the ability to control. Several large holes in the side of the ship are constantly flowing into the sea. It's only a matter of time before it sinks! Just after the Jiaozhou began to shoot, the other warships couldn't wait to open fire, and the effect was as good as Jiaozhou, and they each completely disabled a closed ship. In the blink of an eye, 5 ships were severely damaged or about to sink!
After the guns on the port side were fired, Wu Yizhou, who was lying on the hatch of the ship, shouted again: "Starboard ready!" ”
The sound of "hulala" rang out! The cannon door was pushed open, and the cannon was pushed out. The Japanese flotilla was still surprised when they heard a dense burst of cannon fire from the port side, and it was not clear what was happening. When I was confused, I saw the opposite fleet roll out several rows of cannons! It scares the hell out of them! At this time, no matter how stupid people are, they know that something is wrong!
These Japanese sailors are in chaos in an instant! Someone tried to attack desperately, looking for weapons, but how to find them in a hurry! And you have to desperately steer the boat, trying to avoid the shelling. The clever captain directed the ships to try to get close to the side of the battleship and get into the dead end of the artillery fire. The stupid ones are desperately running away! But how fast do you have to draw so fast to escape the range of the artillery?
With the sound of a bell, two more rows of shells were fired, and in the same way, another officer ship collapsed on the water, motionless. In just thirty or forty seconds, the Jiaozhou severely damaged two ships! And all of them have caused wounds that are destined to sink!
The other ships were more or less the same gain. Only armed merchant ships wounded two ships. After all, there are too few guns to arm merchant ships. There were only twenty guns on both sides combined. In just thirty or forty seconds, 10 of the 11 ships at sea were severely damaged. Either it is about to sink into the water, or it is silent. The ship that was hit by the owner at the beginning has begun to tilt at this moment, and many intact Japanese sailors are jumping from the ship into the sea, and it is estimated that in a few minutes, the ship should sink to the bottom of the sea!
Wu Yizhou jumped and jumped happily on the boat, shouting desperately: "One more round!" One more round! ”
Jack leaned on the hatch and shouted, "Free fire!" Free Fire! ”
Soon, the reloaded cannons were pushed out of the ship's side again, and the ships that were struggling to escape on the surface were fired again. This round of shelling can be described as adding insult to injury! The sailors were aiming for ships that were still capable of moving. At a distance of several tens of paces, there is almost no possibility of missing the target. In particular, in order to pursue speed, the hull of the Japanese ship is generally relatively thin. On Wu Yizhou's side, except for an armed merchant ship, all the ships under him were real warships, all equipped with heavy artillery. Basically, after the two rounds of artillery went down, only one ship, which was not targeted at first, managed to escape far away. But he was also given a round of heavy artillery by the second round. Although it was still able to sail, the speed of the ship slowed down significantly.
Wu Yizhou shouted at the mast: "Separate according to the plan." ”
The lookout immediately sent the order out in flags. Then the flotilla separated. According to the plan, one of the warships and armed merchant ships at the back of the flotilla began to circle in place, constantly shelling the heavily damaged ships. The rest of the battleships began to pounce on the harbor at full speed. They were going to block all the remaining ships of the Shimazu family in the harbor. As for the ship that escaped, there were already four Chinese-style sea ships surrounding it! Unless Amaterasu himself comes, no one can save him!
The two ships that remained in place were elated! All the sailors howled desperately, cheered and fired the shells, then cleared, loaded, and pushed the guns out, repeating the tiring and pleasant work over and over again.
All ten ships on the surface of the sea were badly damaged, and three had sunk in just a few minutes. The remaining seven ships, although not silent, are also struggling on the edge of silence. However, there were still many Japanese sailors who began to fight back desperately, but they were completely out of scale. So there is no threat at all to both ships. Their attacks on these two ships were pointless. What's more, there was no heavy artillery on the ship, so it could only counterattack with light artillery and firearms similar to the Tiger Cannon. Although they inflicted several casualties on both ships, the losses were insignificant compared to their gains.
In less than 20 minutes, two ships sent all the ships to the bottom of the sea. Amid the cheers, they circled and sailed to the harbor, leaving behind a large crowd of Japanese sailors floating on the sea.
In the distance, the ship that was only slightly injured desperately fled. But four Chinese sea-going ships surrounded him from several directions, blocking all his paths. A fierce exchange of fire ensued between the two sides. In the beginning. Guan Chuan actually attacked four ships at the same time, seriously distracting the fire! Fortunately, they quickly discovered their mistake and began to concentrate on attacking one. But the other three took the opportunity to accelerate and pounce!
The four ships clearly wanted to end the battle quickly. They desperately approached in the face of the attack on the official ship. Moreover, the sea ship on the left, which was intensively attacked by the Japanese people, kept bombarding the ship with heavy artillery. Although some sailors were killed and wounded, every time the heavy artillery hit the ship, it caused a scream on it.