Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 688: The Bottom Line 1
In mid-October, the sea of ​​Japan is very windy and rough, and the waves are rolling like walls, which is very dangerous.This season is the season of high incidence of typhoons. The kamikaze in history was blown during this time period, and the huge waves that were set off shot the Yuan army into the bottom of the sea.

"This sea area is really full of dangers." His Excellency Netherland, the mighty general of the Venetian City-State Republic, looked at the surging waves before and after, with sweat on his forehead. "In comparison, the Mediterranean Sea is as calm as a bathtub!"

Wu Sheng smiled slightly: "It's exciting, isn't it?"

Nedland smiled wryly: "It's really exciting."

A small island appeared ahead, and everyone became very nervous. The lookout stared at the sea with binoculars, loudly commanded the helmsman to correct the course, and avoid reefs that might be hidden under the sea.Places with islands often mean that there are hidden reefs. This is no joke. Those hidden reefs do not show mountains and water, and seem harmless, but once they collide, no matter how big the ship is, it will be smashed to pieces. It is a big ship that will die People, so you must be cautious when passing through this kind of sea area.Fortunately, there are Japanese fishermen who are familiar with the waters in this area on each ship. Under the command of Hengdao, they actively and consciously acted as the leading party and acted as pilots for the warships of the Ming army. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to pass safely.

Passing through this dangerous sea area, in the distance, a sharp corner of the sail emerged from behind the sea level, then another corner, and another corner... The lookout called: "I found the enemy fleet! There are at least sixteen ships The warship is heading towards us!"

The warships that can appear in this sea area can only be the troop transport fleet of the Changzhou Domain.Shen Tingyang cheered up and shouted: "Kill them, surround them, annihilate them!"

The Transformers fleet adjusted its course in unison, scrambling for the wind and filling the sails.The strong sea wind blew up the sails high, and under the impetus of the wind, the four warships of the Transformers fleet rushed towards the hapless troop carrier fleet like arrows leaving the string.The gunners hurriedly lifted the gun cover, opened the ammunition box, took out the shells and ammunition packs and started loading the ammunition, all of which seemed a bit hectic.how to say?Although the training of the Transformers fleet is strict, they don't have much actual combat experience. It is inevitable to be in a hurry to meet the enemy in such rough weather.However, this does not affect their morale. Everyone is full of high spirits and confidence. They firmly believe that their fleet can tear all powerful enemies into pieces!
Ten nautical miles away, seventeen large sailing ships were cleaving the waves and moving forward bravely. The ships were fully loaded with food, grass and soldiers. Yes, this was the troop transport fleet of the Changzhou Domain.The Changzhou Domain is a relatively belligerent vassal state. During the war in Kyushu, everyone from the patriarch to the samurai seemed to have been beaten to death. They tried their best to dominate this war that would shake the whole of Japan. In some great changes, they fiercely show off the limelight and win huge political capital.Now these seventeen large sailing ships carry a total of [-] soldiers and [-] stone, food and grass. Such a force is quite powerful in Japan. No matter which battlefield it is placed on, it will be a powerful supplement. Singing and screaming with the undulating waves on the sea, I had no idea that I was running towards the bloody mouth of the god of death.

The lookout suddenly rubbed his eyes vigorously, and after making sure that he was not dazzled, he let out a wild cry: "Battleship! Enemy warship!"

The Japanese samurai, who were making a fuss, looked in the direction pointed by the lookout, and they saw four large warships lining up and rushing towards them at an astonishingly fast speed. , It's a battleship of the Ming army!Just four warships dare to attack more than a dozen Japanese warships so arrogantly?The Japanese samurai were all overjoyed, and they shouted, "Go up and kill them! Go up and kill them!" The impatient ones couldn't wait to reload their muskets and prepare to fight.

The warships of the Ming army were really kind, they didn't even look at the enemy's reaction, just like a bull that saw the red cloth and ran straight towards it.The commander of the Japanese fleet scolded: "Bage! The Ming dog doesn't pay attention to us too much!" While commanding the fleet to adjust the formation, he kept urging the gunners to reload and prepare to launch. He wanted the Ming army to look good!
Seventeen to four, four times the strength of the troops, there seems to be no suspense in this naval battle, everyone is very excited, Wu Xun who came to your door, don't be a fool!
However, the Ming army had a different view on this!

The distance between the two sides is shortening rapidly, and will soon be close to 800 meters.

Shen Tingyang shouted: "Fire!"

The long-awaited gunner fired at the same time, boom boom boom!Boom boom boom!Boom boom boom!The sound of rumbling guns sounded like thunder, overwhelming the howling of the waves, and a large cloud of white gunpowder smoke rose from the bows of the four battleships of the Transformers fleet at the same time, and the scorching flames gushed out!Seeing this, the captain of the Japanese warship curled his lips and called, "Stupid people of the Ming Dynasty, you are wasting shells! How can you hit at such a long distance——"

Screaming!
More than a dozen 120mm caliber high-explosive incendiary bombs smashed towards the head and face with the roar of death, and landed near the Japanese warship, exploding rows of huge water columns. The Japanese samurai who was jumping and screaming excitedly was instantly quiet like a chicken (this chicken is not the other chicken, I mean the kind that the police uncle caught when he was sweeping pornography, that's how "quiet as a chicken" came from), dark His face turned even slightly pale, my mother, what kind of cannon is this, why is it so scary!

Not a single shell hit in the first salvo, which was normal. The waves were too big and the ship was bumping all the time. Even if it was a direct shot, it was not easy to hit such a distant target.Shen Tingyang cursed angrily: "What did you do, ah? There are so many shells, but none of them hit? At least one of them hit me! Correction once, fire!"

The bow cannon was immediately corrected, reloaded, and fired with an interval of less than 30 seconds, which was frighteningly fast.The Japanese samurai had not yet recovered from the shock caused by the horror scene of the high-explosive incendiary bomb explosion, and the second row of shells arrived again.The fleet commander was astonished: "Why did the cannons of the Ming army fire so fast!?"

Nonsense, the rate of fire of the rear-loaded gun is of course much faster than that of the front-loaded gun. If there is no such advantage, wouldn't the money Yang Menglong spent be in vain!This round of bombardment was still ineffective, but the blasted water column was denser than the previous round, and it was a little closer to the Japanese warship... No, one shell still hit a Japanese warship in the middle!The jujube-shaped warhead pierced through the wooden deck with ease, and exploded violently inside the warship. The explosion shock wave spread overwhelmingly, and the wooden ship wall was immediately reduced to dust. More than 20 sailors and warriors were smashed into pieces, and turned into foamy minced meat and rain of blood. , extremely tragic.This is nothing, the most terrible thing is that the explosion scattered the yellow phosphorus loaded inside the shells everywhere, and burned it wherever it touched. Many sailors who escaped the big explosion by chance were splashed with yellow phosphorus, and their whole bodies were covered with yellow phosphorus. On fire, screaming in agony, tumbling around, but even if they tore off all the clothes on their bodies, the fire was still burning fiercely on their bodies, drilling into the bones until they were burned into a pile of black skeletons!

Shen Tingyang nodded reluctantly: "It's not bad, I finally hit a shot... Let's hit again!"

Then another salvo.The unlucky warship that was shot first won the lottery again. It hit two bombs in a row. One hit the mast and exploded. Another shot penetrated the deck and went all the way to the bottom cabin to explode, blasting the battleship through a hole the size of a footbath, and the sea water rushed in, instantly swallowing the wounded who were hit by shrapnel and were wriggling in a pool of blood.Now the Japanese on this battleship have tasted the taste of the two heavens of ice and fire. The bottom tank is filled with sea water, and the upper deck is a sea of ​​fire. Japanese warriors jump into the sea from the deck screaming with a fire all over. Trying to extinguish the fire on his body, at least whether he can still board the boat alive after the fire is extinguished... I can't care about it, let's put it out first!

boom! ! !
Dozens of Japanese samurai turned into a cloud of blood and flew up amidst the thundering and violent sound. The gunpowder depot of a warship on the left wing was hit by shells, and barrels of gunpowder exploded in the warehouse. The wooden ship wall was regarded as a thin The shell casings were blown to pieces, and many Japanese samurai disappeared in the flash of the explosion, and more were stuck to the dilapidated ship wall in the state of parts——they were really shot on the wall.The violent explosion triggered the explosion of the gunpowder stored on the gun emplacement, and the warship that was unlucky to the grandma’s house exploded non-stop, the mast was blown into several pieces, and the sails became a pile. Burning with shredded pieces of cloth flying around, the warship disappeared from the sea in a few minutes, and almost all the nearly 250 people on board were spared.

The commander of the Japanese fleet turned pale with fright, and howled: "Fight back! Go up and fight against them!" He was quite smart. From these three rounds of bombardment, he could see the huge advantage that the Ming army had in artillery technology. The front-loading smooth-bore naval guns that have been eliminated in Europe cannot reach the Ming warships at a distance of 800 meters. The only way is to rush up and fight against the Ming warships. Keeping a distance of 800 meters, they could only be sunk one by one by Ming warships as targets, without even a chance to fire back!
(End of this chapter)