Just when Zhao Qingyu and his three companies of rangers dispersed and attacked the "outer city" of Satsuma in the northern, western, and eastern regions of the Satsuma Domain. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The navy had already begun a naval battle with Satsuma's fleet.

The Xuanjun naval units, which launched the attack first, used the latest fast crab-6, sail and human-propeller hybrid warships, which surpassed those ships of the Satsuma fleet that could only rely on sail power in terms of maneuverability, and the Xuanjun navy also had an absolute advantage in artillery.

Therefore, when the Xuan army launched a surprise attack, the Satsuma fleet, which was fishing at sea, was directly swept away.

In the waters southwest of the Satsuma Domain, a naval vessel of the Satsuma Domain was fishing.

Except for the Edo shogunate, which had a little special offshore warship, the sea power of the other feudal states was not full-time, after all, the samurai did not come to the ship to beg for a living, and there was no fixed fortune, and these sea forces were warships in wartime, and they naturally had to find a way to support themselves in their spare time.

"Look, why is that ship so fast?" A U Guoshui pointed to the sea in the distance and shouted.

Everyone looked together, and they saw a big ship in the distance coming towards this side quickly, and Koizumi, who was the bow (captain), was the first to feel that something was wrong, and looking at the course of this ship, it was coming straight towards him, and I was afraid that it was not good.

He turned his head and shouted, "Prepare for battle." ”

A shout from the bow of the ship overwhelmed everyone on board.

"Fool, that ship is coming for us, it's the enemy."

Everyone woke up from a dream, as Satsuma's sea force, these guys usually fished, sometimes part-time pirates, and when the war broke out, they were the transport team and the sea combat force.

These people also had some experience in naval warfare, and they didn't care about the strangeness, so they poured into the cabin and began to look for their weapons.

Looking at the fast, somewhat abnormal ship, Koizumi's heart was full of greed.

"I must take this ship, as long as I take this ship, I will become the most powerful pirate in the nearby waters, and when the time comes, I will dominate the waters of Kagoshima, and I will become a samurai master."

He muttered and licked his lips.

But while he was arranging for the sailors to prepare for the gang to fight, the clipper opened the bow porthole at a distance of 100 paces from them, revealing a short-barreled heavy gun with a terrifying caliber of 30 pounds.

With a loud "boom", Koizumi felt the ship under his feet tremble violently, and all the people on the deck fell into rolling gourds.

"What's going on?" Koizumi was like a duck with his neck strangled, and his voice was full of panic.

A sailor closer to the cabin glanced inside, and cried out in despair, "Bow of the ship, what to do, the bottom has been pierced from beginning to end, and several places are flooding." ”

Koizumi couldn't believe his ears, the bow and tail of this ship were 7 zhang long, and there were several layers of partitions inside, and they were actually pierced by someone from beginning to end? How could it be, he stumbled over, pushed the sailor who got in the way, and looked down.

There was a large hole in the bow of the ship, where black smoke was emitting black smoke from the massive heat carried by the shells that had scorched the wood there.

The compartments of the four sides of the warehouse in the middle were pierced, and scattered sawdust was inserted all over the body of several people in the warehouse.

The thick main mast, which was buried deep in the bottom layer, was broken, and a part of the mast above was slowly tilting.

Approaching the stern of the ship at the rear, the shells began to slow down, piercing the bottom compartment and making a huge hole, where a large amount of seawater was pouring in, and it was estimated that it would not be long before the ship would sink.

Koizumi's legs and feet were a little weak, but he immediately forced himself to calm down.

"This is a good opportunity, if you can let your gang of outlaws know that if you don't grab the other party's boat, you will be buried in the sea, maybe you will be brave. As long as there is that fast ship, that kind of galloping speed, coupled with the collapse of the country at the bow of the ship (the name of the Japanese artillery), it is not a dream to dominate the entire strait, and it is even possible to dominate the entire Satsuma Sea. ”

Thinking of this, Koizumi's whole body was suddenly full of strength.

"Now the ship is leaking, we can't afford to repair it, it won't be long before the ship will sink, and now there is only one way, and that is to take the enemy's ship, otherwise, we will all be buried in the sea, warriors, for our own sake, grab the ship and live."

The sailors were stunned for a while, and could only grit their teeth and echo, "Grab the ship, live, grab the ship, live." ”

"Take action."

"Dona Rao hook, you must pull that boat over, as long as you can jump on that boat, we will win."

Koizumi constantly boosts the morale of the pirates and wants to boost their fighting spirit.

All the sailors gathered on the side of the boat, stared at the clipper, and began to shake the hook in their hands, ready to jump.

Unfortunately, the clippers didn't give them this opportunity, and after firing the cannon, the helmsman adjusted the angle slightly, and the clipper gently rowed 30 meters away from the dilapidated Japanese ship, and then paralleled again.

At a distance of 30 meters, these Japanese sailors could not throw Rao Hook out of such a distance, and when they were annoyed, five side windows were opened on the opposite side, and the Japanese sailors were horrified to find that five black gun muzzles were exposed in those windows.

In the flickering firelight, from the bow to the stern, five 10-kilogram long-barreled heavy guns were fired in turn, making 10 bright holes in the Japanese ship, and the original shells directly knocked out the whole ship from the side to penetrate the effect.

It is a pity that this great power, manifested only above the waterline, can only kill and injure a large number of people, and damage the structure of the ship, but it does not help to sink the enemy ship, which happened many times during the artillery battles of the sailboats, hit by hundreds of shells, and destroyed all the superstructures, and still did not sink.

Although the Japanese sea ship on the opposite side was not the kind of sturdy sail battleship, a few shelling above the waterline really couldn't make it sink.

So this is not the end, it is just the beginning, at the same time as the deck guns on the second floor are fired, at the high mast, a row of 4 pipes, a total of 20 pipes in 5 rows, the strange guns were ignited by a long fire rope, 20 small projectiles per tube, 20 tubes for a total of 400 projectiles were fired in turn, all hitting the opposite deck.

How good the effect of this kind of scatter bomb within 30 meters is that it has been proven countless times on land, and now it is condescending, the effect is unimaginable, there is no one on the deck who is intact, and the blood-colored liquid spreads all over the entire upper deck.

Finally, when the stern part of the ship intersected with the middle of the Japanese ship, a mechanical device modeled after the ballista of the Roman Legion of the Roman Empire fired a fireball wrapped in tar and flammables.

The fireball smashed into the sail of the opposite ship, and after lighting the sail, it landed on the deck covered in blood and corpses, and everywhere it went, there was a raging fire.

After the two ships were completely staggered, the clipper did not reflexively come over to check on the Japanese ship, and the personnel on board knew very well that under this round of blows, the small boat of the Japanese navy could no longer have combat effectiveness.

The red banner of the Xuan Army on the ship was blown as the ship moved forward rapidly, as if it was swearing its own force.

This is the latest fast crab-6 of the Xuan Army, of course, the artillery is still not full, only 5 10-kilogram long-barreled heavy guns and 1 30-kilogram short-barreled heavy guns, of course, there are 20-barreled arquebuses and special ballistae for burning ships to solve the deck personnel.

After the ship was gone, a fleet of 15 transport ships, escorted by 10 fast crabs, slowly approached this side.

By the time they passed the still burning Japanese ship, most of the people in the entire fleet were already surprised, and this scene had happened many times along the way.

"Hey, it's still the navy brothers who are fast, it's less than half a day, and they've gone so far."

"Why don't you go to the Navy?"

"you, it's okay for a day or two in such a narrow space, but if you want to stay here for a long time, I don't have the ability."

While the army soldiers were teasing and joking with each other, a man with a navy collar badge and a captain's rank collar badge kept observing the destroyed enemy ship with a telescope, and recorded in detail the damage caused by the pilot ship to this Japanese naval ship.

The officer finally put down his pen and ordered, "Let the communications squad give the order to go down, transfer back to the 612 ship that opened the way, and let the 613 ship take over the position of the pilot ship." ”

"Yes."

Seeing that the herald had gone to deliver the order, the officer explained to the few young non-commissioned officers standing beside him, "Along the way, the pilot ship has gone through 17 battles, and has used up more than two-thirds of the ship's shells and gunpowder stock.

The closer we get to the enemy's coast, the more enemy ships will be encountered, and according to intelligence, our troops may also encounter one or two No. 2 ships.

Our navy relies entirely on long-range firearms to kill and injure the enemy, and it is necessary to be cautious when such ammunition is insufficient and large ships may be encountered.

If there are conditions, the ships with large consumption will be replaced to replenish ammunition, and if there are no conditions, they should also be replaced in the ship queue to reduce the occurrence of accidents and try to protect the lives of our officers and men.

However, this tries to ensure the safety of the soldiers' lives, but only requires us not to make unnecessary sacrifices, which does not mean that we can be cowardly, the purpose of our army has always been to fight when we encounter the enemy, and never compromise and surrender, do you understand? ”

"Sir, I understand." Sound multiplied by 3.

"Okay, now let me ask, how much material did the fast crab-6 consume to destroy the Japanese naval army ship just now? How many times can a fast crab-6 fight like this in a row? ”

Looking at the three naval cadets who immediately took out a pen and paper and began to calculate, the officers were very pleased, the development and growth of the navy needs to be inherited and improved from generation to generation, and this cadet internship system is really good.