Chapter 611: Annihilation War
The Qingzhou battleships were connected in the first place on the vast sea, and the white canvas made the battleships line up in a "one" shape on the sea under the agitation of the wind. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Hu Hai's warships came from north to south, and before the battle, a "T" shape was formed between the two fleets, which was the most classic battle formation in the era of sail warships.
Because this is enough for the fleet to use one hundred percent firepower.
"Is the general ready to start?" Liu Chen asked.
Yue Yun nodded, and he said, "Let's start, deal with these pirates as soon as possible!" ”
For him, he did not have any worries about this battle, in the face of the absolute power gap, the war was nothing more than a one-sided crush, as long as they were not attacked, they would not suffer defeat.
"Yes, General!" Liu Chen turned around and returned, and he asked the flag bearer to wave the flag to the battleship that went forward.
The small red flag waved in the herald's hand, and then a roar sounded, and Liu Chen and Yue Yun, who were standing on the flagship, saw countless black dots flying like thunder and lightning towards the pirate warship in the distance.
Whether it was the warships of the Wa Kingdom or the warships of Huhai, the sailors who were still stuck in the traditional broadside battle were just rushing over in a swarm, and the battle was not organized at all.
Now Sakai and Huhai once again showed their ignorance of naval tactics, and the first batch of thirty or so warships rushed towards them like warriors.
Under the grapeballs fired by hundreds of guns, more than a dozen seagoing ships were instantly smashed into hornet's nests, and the crew members on board were almost completely killed and wounded.
After the first round of shelling, Sakai's heart skipped a beat, a primal fear of death alone.
Looking at the destroyed warships in the front row, Sakai's face seemed to be smeared with a layer of yellow wax, and Hu Hai was even more frightened, and his legs were weak, and he sat directly on the ground, and now his vision in front of him suddenly widened, because many of the ships in front of him had all turned into wooden scum.
The soldiers on the ship howled miserably, they were either seriously injured by the cannonballs or jumped into the sea in fright, and for a time there were all around the screams of the pirates before they died, the sea water had been dyed red, and the smell of blood attracted the sea fish in the sea.
"Help, help!" The soldiers in the water cried out in despair, but Hu Hai could only look numbly at his struggling men in the water.
"Send a second convoy quickly." Sakai suddenly shouted hysterically, and then he ordered his ship to retreat.
Hu Hai suddenly understood that Sakai did not suspect that he was a traitor at all, but wanted to use his men as a meat shield to make him retreat calmly.
He was furious, but the sword of the Japanese soldier was on his neck, and he could only continue to send warships for the sake of his own life.
It's just that he overestimated the loyalty of his soldiers, and in the face of absolute power, the previously fierce pirates became cowards, and they fled one after another with their warships, and the originally strict fleet formation soon fell into chaos, and the ships crushed each other and collided.
Yue Yun was not ready to let any pirates leave, and the meat that was delivered to his mouth could not be eaten, this was a matter of his ability.
When the Japanese and Huhai warships were in disarray, the fleets on both flanks quickly outflanked the rear of the Japanese fleet and also began to attack with artillery.
Caught from three sides, black grapeshot bombs poured down, and the two hundred ships could not resist at all in the chaos, and the ships were sunk one by one.
The desperate pirates struggled in the water, trying to grab any levitation they could cling to, and if they were given another chance, they would never again be willing to fight the Qingzhou Navy.
The artillery fire on the sea continued, and Sakai and Huhai's warships were not spared, and the two fell into the water and groped in the water for a while while climbing a huge plank.
At this time, the two were no longer in harmony, but the enemies were very angry when they saw each other, Sakai was resentful of Hu Hai for harming him like this, and Hu Hai hated Sakai for letting him die.
The two of them looked at each other and began to face the other crew members trying to climb the plank.
Looking at the chaotic scene on the sea, Yue Yun's eyes quickly focused on the two of them, because there was a Japanese man who was dressed too eye-catching, and that person was Sakai.
"General, Hu Hai is also on it!" Liu Chen pointed to the chaotic place not far away and said, many people were fighting for a piece of ship wreckage floating on the sea.
"Hehe, I'm going to see where you can run this time!" Yue Yun suddenly laughed, Sakai had been attacking merchant ships at sea since he defeated Sakai in the Ryukyus, and now he had finally caught them all. "Now go and arrest them."
"Yes, General!" Liu Chen commanded the fleet to sail towards the area of battle.
At this time, the naval battle had basically come to an end, and the difference between sail gunboats and ordinary warships was once again vividly reflected.
After the naval battle was over, Yue Yun's spirit also relaxed, and when the battleship arrived at the target location, their embarrassed Sakai and Hu Hai were fished up from the sea.
Liu Chen led the soldiers to escort the two to Yue Yun, and gave them one by one according to the crook of their legs, and the two of them immediately knelt down.
Yue Yun nodded, "Return, they will bring it to His Highness." ”
Receiving the order, the battleships began to move towards the docks, and during the battle, many of them escaped, and more than fifty of them were actually sunk.
Sending five ships in pursuit, he returned to the dock with the remaining ships.
At this time, Xiao Ming had already come out of the fortress, and on the fortress he watched the whole naval battle, which was generally very spectacular.
"Your Highness, we captured Sakai and Huhai." Yue Yun got off the battleship, threw the two people in front of Xiao Ming, glanced at Hu Hai, and said, "You are Hu Hai?" ”
"Yes...... Be! Hu Hai was like a puddle of mud at this time, and he was so frightened that he had no backbone.
"Do you know the language of the Wa Kingdom?" Xiao Ming asked again.
"Yes, yes." Hu Hai said nervously.
Xiao Ming nodded, then you translate what this king said, he then looked at Sakai and said: "Sakai, Count Claire asked me to greet you on his behalf when I saw you, he said that he really wanted to see you again, and this time this king seems to be able to fulfill his wish." ”
Xiao Ming said a sentence, and Hu Hai immediately followed along with the translation.
Sakai had a deep fear in his eyes when he heard this, and he shouted, "You can't hand me over to Claire, he will definitely torture me." ”
During the rebellion in Geranza, Sakai and the Japanese mercenaries killed hundreds of Dutch soldiers, and Claire hated him to the core, telling him that if he caught Sakai, he would hand him over, and he would repay him with a heavy courtesy.
In fact, Xiao Ming has always been very worried about the movements of the Wa Kingdom, and he said: "Then it's very simple, tell me what reasons you have for me to keep you." ”
If there was a sword now, Sakai would definitely commit suicide, but obviously not now, but what is more terrible than death is the torture that is worse than death, thinking of the methods of the Dutch, he said dejectedly: "I know the plan of the daimyo to attack Goryeo. ”