Where is the biggest advantage of Western-style warships, isn't it because their ships are strong and artillery!

In this case, why did Wu Daofu give up their strengths and run to find the Japanese to fight hand-to-hand!

Therefore, under the command of Wu Daofu, six warships that followed the Japanese fleet to kill past, like sharks that smelled fishy, cruising on the edge of the fierce battle battlefield, exerting the power of the ship's artillery fire to the extreme.

However, Huashan Jiugao is not an easy person, where would he let Wu Daofu and them attack their own warships so unscrupulously without knowing it, Wu Daofu and they were not long in the run, and the Japanese fleet divided more than ten warships to entangle Wu Daofu and them.

With the experience of the last battle, the warships that the Japanese people and Wu Daofu entangled with them did not seek merit, but begged these Hongtang warships not to disturb the battlefield in the fierce battle. At this time, more than a dozen warships were scattered for a long time, harassing Wu Daofu and their warships.

However, the last time they were able to let the other party succeed, and they relied on this strategy to hold out until nightfall, that is, Wu Daofu They didn't want their side to lose too much, they didn't want to fight on the string, and they didn't want to consume too much ammunition. But this time it was different, if Wu Daofu and his six main warships could not exert their strength, and were bound by these more than ten Japanese ships, then for most of the Hongtang who were fighting head-on, they would have to pay a greater price to win.

This is not what Wu Daofu wanted, so this time Wu Daofu and the others were not stingy with their own ammunition, nor were they afraid of the impact of the opponent's warship, and put on a frontal combat posture, giving full play to the flexibility, speed, and defensive advantages of Western-style warships.

In particular, the advantage in artillery fire, compared with the small destructive power of a few or a dozen small-caliber guns on the elite warships of the Japanese people, Wu Daofu and others, who no longer cared about casualties at this time, pressed the battleship close to the opponent, but if the large-caliber shells hit a warship, there was always a place where the opposite warship would be torn apart and broken.

One or two shellings may not be able to sink the Japanese ships, and three or four times are still almost enough, but with the increase in the number of hits, the Japanese ships are stronger, but under the kinetic energy of the shells weighing twenty or thirty pounds, they can no longer hold on.

Four or five warships that were entangled with Wu Daofu's warships sank in this way, and the remaining nearly ten warships were also damaged and could not withstand such powerful artillery bombardment.

At this time, the Japanese also knew their own tactics, and they were no longer useless under the powerful artillery fire of the other side, and they were afraid that they would be destroyed alive by Hongtang's warships. In the end, no longer caring about the entanglement order issued by Huashan Hidaka, the remaining Japanese ships seized the opportunity of Wu Daofu and their warships not to avoid the collision of the warships, and pasted their scarred warships on the six Hongtang warships, and made up their minds to engage in hand-to-hand combat with Wu Daofu and them.

It is said that Huashan Jiugao already looks up to Wu Daofu and them, and the warships sent to entangle them are all from the elite of his Japanese sailors, otherwise, under the blow of Wu Daofu and them, the ordinary pirates and others are afraid that they will have long since died down and fled.

And the martial courage of the Japanese people is also worthy of admiration, even if they were shelled by Wu Daofu and their warships for several rounds at this time, and the losses of the department were not small, but they still kept the orders issued by Huashan Jiugao, and still frantically wanted to contain Wu Daofu's ships, and even at this time, in order to buy time for Huashan Jiugao and them, they also seized the opportunity to prepare to fight with Wu Daofu and them.

When more than a dozen warships were entangled before, Wu Daofu and the others still had some scruples about fighting with each other, after all, the greater advantage of their warships was the power of artillery, so although the other party had many collisions, Wu Daofu and they were still careful not to connect with the other party. But at this moment, seeing that several of the opponent's warships were destroyed, and the losses of the rest of the warships were not small, if they were entangled with these warships, it would take too long.

The other party suddenly wanted to connect with Wu Daofu and them and compete with them, but at this time, it was something that Wu Daofu and they couldn't ask for. The two sides soon engaged in a fierce battle on each other's narrow decks.

Although Kayama Hidaka had been commanding most of the Japanese fleet and most of the Hongtang battle, his energy was also always paying attention to the movements of Wu Daofu and his six warships in the rear.

In these battles, Kayama Hisataka had personally experienced the power of six Western-style warships, so at this moment, he was also angry and sad to see his ten warships finally fight against Hongtang warships in order to help him delay time.

"Bastard, haven't you eaten yet?" However, the battle on their side was also not smooth, except for their own elite warships, which could barely match the Hongtang warships in terms of the number of sailors, and the other pirates and fishing boats generally only had forty or fifty people, so that although the Japanese fleet far exceeded the Hongtang warships in terms of the number of ships, the overall scale was slightly inferior to Hongtang's in terms of the number of people who fought in the strings.

In addition, the Hongtang soldiers cooperated tacitly and advanced and retreated in a certain way, but at this time, the Japanese and pirates who killed the Japanese fleet retreated step by step, and the losses were not small.

Huashan Jiugao also did not expect that the number of people on a warship in Hongtang would be comparable to the configuration of the Daming Naval Division, with a clear division of labor among the sailors in their early 100s, the swordsmen and armor soldiers resisted in front, and the crossbowmen and musketeers supported with long-range weapons.

On the other hand, their Japanese fleet, although Birchama Hisataka has not been idle for two months, and he has also trained this group of pirates and the like, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and it is impossible for Birshan, Hisataka to help these pirates replenish weapons such as bows, crossbows, artillery, etc., expand the number of their warships, and even the general military formation cooperation, he can't teach it.

With the passage of time in the battle, the defeat of the Japanese people has gradually been revealed, and after more than two hours of fighting, it is a very unexpected thing that a person like a pirate who only knows how to be brave enough to hold on to it until now.

But as the number of casualties gradually increased, and the pressure from Hongtang increased, it was inevitable that the pirates' offensive showed signs of collapse.

The losses of the Hongtang soldiers are also not small, and the Hongtang soldiers on each warship have to deal with the enemy attack from both sides, or even the enemy from three sides, although they have companions around to help resist the attacks around them, but they can't guard against a cold arrow that suddenly shoots from behind.

If it weren't for the perseverance and will cultivated by the Hongtang soldiers over the years, the exemplary role brought by the company commanders and captains who took the lead in rushing to the front line, and the sense of honor that they gradually cultivated, I am afraid that they might not still have such a fiery offensive at this time.

(End of chapter)