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

Chapter 689: The Bottom Line 2
For the Choshu clan's fleet, this was a breathless naval battle.Although the damn warships of the Ming army are big, they are far more flexible than they imagined. The range of the naval guns is several times that of theirs. The power... Is the power of a solid shot put comparable to that of a high-explosive incendiary bomb?The number of naval guns equipped by the warships of the Ming army is not large, and they are all configured according to the ratio of 4334. It is incomparable with those European warships with hundreds of naval guns on the upper and lower floors, but the range is far and the accuracy is very high. High, and the rate of fire is several times that of ordinary naval guns—the advantage of breech-loaded rifled guns over front-loaded smoothbore guns is here.The Transformers fleet always kept its bow facing the enemy. The sixteen cannons of the four warships fired a deadly salvo at a rate of two to three times a minute, smashing the Japanese warships trying to approach one by one.For wooden sailboats, the lethality of high-explosive incendiary bombs is too terrifying, and it will be completely finished after one or two shots, and there is no chance of struggling!

The Japanese warships spread out, trying to outflank the two wings.However, it was useless. Facing the enemy ships sandwiched between the two wings, the Transformers fleet just changed the row into a column. After a little adjustment, the artillery on both sides roared, and the Japanese army was smashed to death.Probably because the firepower on both sides was a little weaker, some 85mm howitzers used by the infantry also joined the shooting ranks, aiming at the waterline of the Japanese warship and firing. The battleship slowly sank into the sea amidst the wild shouts of many warriors.These days, there is no such thing as "damage to the pipe", and there is not even a pump for pumping water. Once it is broken down below the waterline, the ship will either run aground on the beach or sink to the bottom. There is no third possibility.

The angry Japanese warships also fired back with dense salvos of naval guns. The distance is too far, and the hit rate is not high?Then fight too!Rows of muzzles spewed out large clouds of black gunpowder smoke, iron bullets whizzed across the sky, and fell on the front, back, left, and right sides of the Transformers fleet like hailstones, stirring up black jets of water.Several of them hit the battleship of the Ming army, but they bounced away with a loud noise, failing to cause damage to the battleship.

Bounce... Bounce! ?

I saw with my own eyes that a few kilograms of shot ball hit the deck of the Ming army's battleship, and then a ball of sparks burst out. When it was bounced into the sea with a sound, the Japanese army was dumbfounded.The Ming army is really a pure 24K local tyrant, and they actually installed a thick layer of steel plates on the battleships, and a shot put weighing several kilograms could not penetrate it at all!

Day, how can you fight like this! ?

The Japanese army now finally understands the annoyance of the predecessors in the Imjin War when the dog bit the hedgehog and had no place to bite when facing the Korean turtle ship.

There was no suspense about the outcome of the naval battle. In just over half an hour, the Ming army sent all seventeen enemy ships into the sea. The Japanese army's desperate counterattack caused the Transformers fleet to lose only two ships. The mast was just a broken sub-mast.Japanese samurai and sailors shouted for help in the sea. Several preset ships of the Ming army came in handy to hunt people everywhere. After some hard work, more than 400 people were picked up. Went to the bottom of the sea to join relatives with Wang Ba.Unexpectedly achieved a big victory, the Ming army was elated, but Shen Tingyang was very unhappy.In order to deal with these seventeen enemy ships, his fleet destroyed 120 shells, that is to say, it took an average of [-] shells to sink an enemy ship. In fact, if it can be hit effectively, With the power of the [-]mm naval gun, one or two shots are enough to turn the enemy ship into a fireball!In his opinion, they can use half of the shells, or even one-fifth of the shells to solve their opponents. The waste is really too serious.Nedland comforted him: "Shen, naval battles are not as simple as you think. It is already very remarkable that you can achieve such results! Even the ace fleet of our Venetian Navy often costs several tons to sink an enemy ship." buckshot!"

Shen Tingyang was taken aback: "Several tons of lead bullets!?" A ton is two thousand catties, and a shot put weighs only a few catties, at most seventeen catties. How many tons would be wasted?
Netherlands said: "Yes, hundreds of naval guns fired at the same time, and tons of lead bullets were shot out in one salvo, but often only a few shots could effectively hit. Even if they hit, it would be difficult to cause damage to the enemy ship. Fatal damage. Unless it is a seventeen-pound naval gun or a giant mortar, it is difficult to make an enemy ship lose its combat effectiveness in one shot. Sometimes it is normal for a naval battle that lasts for most of a day to only sink four or five enemy ships. , You have sunk seventeen enemy ships in such a short period of time, which is already very powerful!"

Hearing what he said, Shen Tingyang looked a little better.

After catching people, the fleet continued to move forward.Now, Ogi City, the headquarters of the Choshu clan, has faintly emerged at the junction of the sea and the sky.

Ogi Castle is located in today’s Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, surrounded by the sea on three sides. It is a transportation hub connecting Japan’s Honshu Island and the Korean Peninsula. It is extremely rich in aquatic products. Its rich pufferfish is very famous and is a precious dish loved by the nobles of the whole Japan.Relying on the sea, life in the Changzhou clan is pretty good. At least the nobles like the Maori family have seafood pufferfish to enjoy, which is a real treat.

Huocheng Wharf is busy now. A large number of cargo ships and fishing boats are parked at the port, loading and unloading goods. Workers who make a living by hard work carry heavy cargo on and off the boats like flying. The cook had already been waiting there, and the fisherman stepped forward to pick and choose as soon as they got off the boat, bargaining.The Japanese's pursuit of "freshness" of seafood is almost morbid. They think that seafood is the first freshness in the sea. Then wait again.The first delicacy and the second delicacy are not available to ordinary people, so we have to make a fuss about the third delicacy and wait for the rabbit.

All of a sudden, the fishermen and chefs who were spitting and spitting all choked, because they saw dozens of warships sailing towards the pier against the wind and waves!

Where is this fleet from?Why is the scale so scary?

There was no time for them to think about it slowly. This huge fleet sprinted at high speed. In the strong sea wind, there were screams one after another. Teng, thousands of fiery meteors rushed up obliquely, pulling white tail smoke and smashing towards the ships moored in the port and the densely populated pier. Big or small, the eyeballs are going to pop out of their sockets!
God Amaterasu, how did we offend you? We got such a demon fleet to fight us because of a disagreement?
Amaterasu didn't answer, but watched sadly from the clouds where the rockets turned into a dense rain of fire covering the port and docks.In the roar of thunderous explosions, flames and flying sand rolled and merged into fiery red walls rising from the ground. People and all kinds of messy things were mixed together and blown to the sky by the terrible deflagration hurricane. The entire port was a sea of ​​flames...

The end of the Changzhou Clan is here!
At this time, the army of the Changzhou domain knew nothing about what happened in their hometown. Their main force was still facing the coalition forces of the Ming army and the Dutch on the Kagoshima battlefield, facing the road consisting of rejecting horses, trenches and parapets. The line of defense is a big headache.

Yesterday, Shimadzu Nushi commanded the coalition forces to launch two attacks on the Ming army's defense line. Both times the Ming army was easily crushed, with nearly 3000 casualties, and the Ming army's losses were extremely slight.Such a result surprised everyone. You must know that in the Imjin War 40 years ago, although they were defeated miserably, they fought with the Ming army for eight full years before finally losing. In several battles, the Ming army was defeated and lost. In terms of face-to-face fighting, the Japanese samurai did not fear the Ming army.But now, they have no way to rush in front of the Ming army, the damned deer village and trenches blocked them!Of course, they can easily destroy these defense facilities and fill in a road. The problem is that the crossbowmen and artillery of the Ming Army agree to do it!

In short, it is... very headache!
Mao Li Yuanhui sent a military envoy to the front of the Ming army, calling: "Samurai of the Ming Dynasty, if you still think you are a warrior, don't hide behind the earthen wall and be a coward! Come out if you have the ability, we will Let's fight with dignity!"

Yang Menglong said with a smile: "Come here if you have the ability, and we will fight in a dignified manner!"

The envoy of the Japanese army scolded angrily: "You are not real warriors at all! You are all cowards, you..."

Yang Menglong scolded: "You are just a bunch of maggots who only hide in the cesspit and make big dung, you can't even eat a warm bite of dung!"

Luo Laosan, who was eating the biscuit, retched, looked at the half golden biscuit in his hand with disgust, and couldn't bite it down no matter what.

The Japanese military envoy choked... Damn, didn't the Chinese always claim to be knowledgeable, polite, gentle and elegant, even if they cursed, they would scold in a polite way, without any dirty words? Why did such a rarity come out? ?He called: "You——"

Yang Menglong didn't give the opponent a chance to fight back at all, and poured out fluently: "You, you, you, your mother, I just dug a trench and laid a layer of deer village. Such a simple defense system, a three-year-old child I can’t help it, but you are fine. You can’t make it if thousands of people die. I’m really curious, is your mind full of shit? You can’t handle such a simple thing? Go back and tell your generals, and I will Waiting for him here, if he has the ability, he will come over and break through my defense line, and I will naturally fight him one-on-one, if he doesn't even have this ability, he should go home as soon as possible..."

Yuan Zongdi had already stuffed his ears with his fingers, feeling cold all over his body: "Why don't you scold me so vividly..."

Luo Laosan also had goosebumps all over his body: "I won't quarrel with him if I beat him to death in the future, I will make him spray himself to death!"

Several generals looked at Yang Menglong, who was still spewing nonsense. As soon as he opened his mouth, he fired like a regiment of rocket launchers at the enemy position. They all nodded vigorously and reached an agreement: they must not quarrel with this guy, otherwise they will be killed. He sprayed to the point of insanity, and life would be miserable if he couldn't handle it!No, right now the hair of the Japanese soldier on the opposite side is standing on end, and his skinny face is twisted and twisted, like a ghost, and he is about to explode with anger.

Yang Menglong smiled and said, "Hey, are you angry? Come and hit me, I'm here waiting for you!"

The military envoy suddenly let out an angry roar and without saying a word, he rode towards the camp, apparently going to complain to Maori Yuanhui.

Yang Menglong curled his lips: "If you can't beat him, you will sue? How childish!"

(End of this chapter)