The Ming Dynasty has just been exiled and the Luzon system has awakened.

The Anzhai ship has a large hull and a large tonnage. Its maximum speed is only 6 knots when propelled by human oars, which is less than half the speed of the Ming army's cruisers.

While the oarsmen on the lower deck were still struggling to slide the oars to turn them, the soldiers on the upper deck could only watch the small morning boats passing by them and fleeing to the rear.

And the big turtle under their feet hasn't even turned around yet.

The Anzhai ship is like this, and the iron ship with a heavier tonnage is even more unbearable.

The senior officers on the Satsuma Domain's main warships could only jump to their feet and curse at the friendly boats that escaped first.

But the incompetent curses could not change their current situation, and one shell after another hit these warships one after another.

The Anzhai boat exploded into a fireball, and the iron boat pierced into a colander.

The curses turned into howls of terror, and some sailors jumped directly into the sea, hoping to survive.

But they overlooked one point, or they simply didn’t know it.

The shock wave generated by a bomb exploding in water is much more powerful than that in air.

These Satsuma sailors had just emerged from the water after jumping into the water, and the shells that exploded nearby directly shattered their internal organs.

Then they disappeared over the sea with blood coming from the corners of their mouths.

In less than an hour, the "large warships" of the Satsuma Domain's navy garrisoned at Bojinzhai were wiped out by the Ming army. Of the more than 600 warships, a hundred or so were left on small sampans and fled back, while the remaining warships were all demolished by the Ming army. Solved into part status.

Of course, those who escaped could only survive, because the Ming fleet was already pressing towards the port.

……

Tsurumaru Castle, the main city of Satsuma Domain, is very close to Bozu Village, so close that Bozu Castle can even be regarded as the outer city of Tsurumaru Castle. Tsurumaru Castle is on the mountain and Bozu Village is on the seaside.

From such a close distance, the fierce battle breaking out on the sea can be seen clearly from the wall of Tsurumaru Castle.

At this moment, the head of the Shimazu clan, Tsunaki Shimazu, looked at the wall of Tsurumaru Castle, where his own naval forces had suffered heavy losses and were killed into dogs by the Ming army, and his eyes turned red.

The Satsuma clan was able to reach this day and was able to defy the orders of the Tokugawa shogunate.A large part of the reason is that the navy under his command is strong enough that even the shogunate must treat it with caution.

But now, this fleet, which no one in the entire Japanese country dared to despise, was defeated so simply when faced with the Ming fleet that appeared out of nowhere.

Only 20 Ming warships defeated more than 600 of his warships head-on without any effort!

You must know that this is already more than half of his naval force.

"Baga! These bastards! My navy!" Shimazu Tsunayuki punched the stone wall, and he ignored it even though his finger bones were bleeding.

"Sir, the Ming army is about to land!"

Seeing the Ming fleet getting closer, a Satsuma feudal officer reminded them.

"Quick, send the order! Pull out the cannons bought from the Dutch! Sink all these damn Ming warships!"

Shimadzu Tsunaki gritted his teeth and ordered.

Thanks to the superior geographical location of Satsuma Domain, the first stop for the Dutch who came by boat from the south to do business was inevitably Kagoshima.

Therefore, taking advantage of this convenience, the Satsuma clan purchased many 6-pound and 12-pound cannon from the Dutch.

Since these cannons were much better than the Folang machine guns made by the Japanese, the Japanese usually used these cannons as important weapons for the country. To use them, they must have the order of the Satsuma feudal lord.

Now that the navy has almost been wiped out, these "national artifacts" must be brought out.

Tsurumaru Castle was built on the top of a [-]-meter-high mountain. The "sacred artifact of the country" bought by the Japanese from the Dutch was placed on the city wall of Tsurumaru Castle.

With their height advantage, these artillery pieces were able to hit the shells two to three miles into the sea.

With Shimazu Tsunaki's order, the Satsuma soldiers lifted the coats of these artillery pieces.

"Boom boom boom..."

The artillery roared, and more than twenty cannons began to bombard the Ming fleet.

However, due to the distance between the two sides, only two 6-pound shells of the twenty-odd shells hit the two cruisers, causing several casualties. The rest of the shells all hit the sea.

Although the damage caused to the Ming army was not great, it was not beaten at all, which made the Satsuma soldiers watching the battle on the city wall burst into cheers.

However, their cheers were quickly drowned out by the Ming army's artillery fire.

"Boom boom boom..."

The counterattack of the Ming army did not consist of a dozen or twenty artillery pieces. The roar of hundreds of cannons tore many of the Satsuma clan soldiers who were cheering a moment ago into pieces.

"how is this possible!"

Shimazu Tsunaki's eyes widened. He really didn't expect that the Ming army's artillery could hit Tsurumaru Castle!

Due to the high terrain, when other artillery guns fired at Tsurumaru Castle from the sea at the same time, their ballistic trajectories dropped due to insufficient range, and they hit the mountainside halfway.

It is precisely because of this that Tsunaki Shimazu deployed all the cannons on Tsurumaru Castle. The purpose is that I can hit you, but you can't hit me.

Although Shimazu Tsunayuki also noticed that the Ming army's artillery had a very long range, it was one thing to shoot far, and it was another thing to shoot high.

Parabolic ballistics, terminal shells falling extremely fast, in Shimadzu Tsunayuki's eyes, even if the Ming army's artillery can hit such a distance, it will not be able to pose a threat to Tsurumaru Castle due to the falling ballistics.

but now……

Tsunaki Shimazu's approach of placing the cannon at a height of 3 meters was indeed very smart, but he did not know that the Ming army's artillery could fire as far as [-] kilometers.

When attacking a target two or three miles away, with a large elevation angle and full charge, the Ming army artillery can easily attack a target [-] meters high. (I have never played with smoothbore cannons, so I don’t know if I can do it. It sounds like I have played with rifled cannons.)

"Boom boom boom..."

Cannonballs hit one after another. Some of the cannonballs hit the city wall, and the flying rubble overturned a large number of Satsuma clan soldiers. Some fell into the city and penetrated rows of small wooden houses.

Because they were attacking the city, all the artillery shells fired by the Ming army were solid shells.

Under the destruction of a large number of 24-pound artillery, the not tall wall of Tsurumaru Castle was quickly smashed into pieces, with gaps everywhere.

And most of the cannon that gave them hope at first had been smashed.

"Sir! Let's leave the city wall quickly, the wall is about to collapse!"

Someone panicked and pulled Shimazu Tsunayuki and ran under the city wall.

Looking at the cracked city wall, Tsunaki Shimazu no longer cared about the dignity of the feudal lord. He climbed down the city wall in a hurry using his hands and feet.

"Boom!"

Amidst the loud rumbling sound, the broken city wall finally failed to hold up, and a large section collapsed, sending smoke and dust all over the sky.

Some Satsuma soldiers who had no time to run were either buried directly under the city wall, or had their hands and feet broken by rubble.

Miserable wailing sounds came and went.

A disgraced Shimazu Tsunayuki looked at the collapsed city wall with no blood on it (it was all gray).

"This is the foundation of my Shimazu family!"

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