Since Zheng Zhilong entered the bay, he has not encountered any decent resistance, but he still did not get carried away and still sent a small boat to explore the way ahead.
After grabbing a vote in Long Shui, the front came to report that there were a large number of Shimadzu warships in front, and the two armies were about to encounter each other.
After Zheng Zhilong asked about the basic situation of the enemy army, he murmured in his heart.
He was still young, but to be a member of the Ming Navy now was considered very good by ordinary people.
But he himself was not satisfied, because since the beginning of the war in Japan, he had no victories and only one major defeat.
When Zhang Qianfang attacked Shilai last time, he could only do transportation.
He had been feeling depressed and wanted to fight.
A victory, let everyone see how good I, Zheng Zhilong, am.
So he made an estimate and found that the strength of both sides was actually about the same.
Although the Satsuma clan had the strongest navy, it could be said that the opponent's two lucky ships had no power to compete with it.
In this way, he still had a greater chance of winning.
Then just bet once.
If you lose, start all over again.
So he ordered to prepare for battle, with Fu Chuan in front, and the other ships divided into two groups.
One group of twenty Haicang ships joined Fu Chuan to meet the enemy, and the other group of sixteen Haicang ships retreated first, waiting for the battle to begin before killing them.
Enter the battlefield and catch the enemy by surprise.
Each ship adjusted its ship according to the wind direction and lined up to wait for the warships of the Satsuma Domain to arrive.
An hour later, the Satsuma Domain's Rokumae-bune appeared in front of them.
When the front-ship was about five hundred steps away, the lucky ship started to move.
Chain bullets fired from the bow cannon roared past, knocking out the people on the deck of a ship.
The sailors swept away and then wrapped themselves around the mast.
Another chain bullet hit another ship, directly punching two large holes in the deck and knocking down the sailors on top.
At this time, the Haicang ship had also started firing.
They fired solid bullets, which landed on the ship.
They jumped a few times and knocked down nearby soldiers.
If they hit the side of the ship, a big hole would usually appear.
If it is in a low position, it will soon get flooded and roll over.
In less than ten minutes in total, all six of Satsuma's forward ships had been wiped out, while the Ming army was unscathed.
Zheng Zhilong ordered the formation to be re-arranged, because Satsuma's rear ships had already arrived.
The Satsuma rear ship rushed over aggressively.
There were more than fifty ships in total, and they began to bombard the Ming warships.
There were also some small boats piled with tinder.
After approaching the Ming ship, they lit the tinder, and then set the ship on fire.
Pushed towards the open boat.
Many scratching hooks appeared on the open boats, blocking the arson boats to prevent them from getting closer.
However, there were so many small boats that they were unable to hold them back.
Moreover, the people arriving on the boats were attacked by matchlocks or bows and arrows from the nearby Satsuma boats.
For a while, the open boats Somewhat confused.
Zheng Zhilong ordered the Haicang ships to retreat to avoid the enemy's arson ships, but two open ships were still nailed by the nails on the arson ships.
Although they did not burn for the time being, it was only a matter of time before they were ignited.
The open ships fought and retreated, using artillery to attack the Satsuma ships, focusing on the arson ship, but the arson ship was small and there was no way to accurately aim it.
Zheng Zhilong ordered: "Use fire guns to attack the people on the arson boat."
Satsuma's arson ship is controlled by someone, and it will only jump after igniting the fire, so attacking the operator on the ship is the ultimate cure.
So the artillery no longer vainly attacked the arsonist ship, but instead attacked the large Satsuma ship, while the sailors used firecrackers to attack the people on the arsonist ship.
The two open ships that were nailed by the arson ship first drove the ship out of the battlefield, then used buckets of water to extinguish the flames of the arson ship, and then pushed the ship away.
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After arranging the ship, they sailed towards the battlefield again.
At this time, sixteen warships as reserves also entered the battlefield.
The Ming army had already found a way to deal with the arson ships.
The two sides could only rely on artillery battles to determine the outcome.
The Satsuma ship did not deal with the Fu ship at all.
Perhaps knowing that they could not deal with it for a while, they concentrated their firepower on the Haicang ship.
Although their artillery was inferior to that of the Ming army, they were more numerous, so three ships of the Ming army were quickly hit.
Although the masts were not hit, several soldiers were killed.
The two sides were going back and forth, and some ships were constantly injured and withdrawn from the battlefield, while some ships had their masts broken and had to stay there to accept the artillery fire from other ships.
The fallen soldiers swam hard to their boats, dodging stray bullets and arrows from time to time.
Zheng Zhilong's eyes were red, and he was issuing various orders in an orderly manner like a high-level gambler.
The situation was still very unclear.
If the Satsuma ships destroyed all the Haicang ships, the two lucky ships would be unable to save their lives.
He could only pray to God to defeat the enemy ships first.
More than half an hour later, the Haicang ship had lost 12 ships, leaving 24 ships, while the Satsuma ship had lost 25 ships, leaving 33 ships.
From a proportional point of view, the Ming army occupied Advantages.
Only then did Zheng Zhilong let go of his heavy heart and commanded the ships to cooperate in the battle.
The balance of strength between the two sides changed, making the battle behind the Ming army easier.
Seeing that it was not a problem, the Satsuma clan began to seek to join forces to fight.
The Satsuma ship gave up its artillery attack and tried to get the ship as close as possible to the Ming army's Haicang ship.
Then it put up a wooden plank and jumped onto the enemy ship from the plank for a close attack.
Unexpectedly, Zheng Zhilong's ship in Haicang was all former pirates, and pirates were most familiar with gang-hopping combat, so when he saw the Satsuma soldiers starting to use gang-hopping combat to deal with the Ming army, Zheng Zhilong laughed.
I can't even close my mouth.
The pirates on the Haicang ship almost fainted from laughter when they saw the Samo people's tactics.
Gang jumping and dealing with gang jumping were compulsory courses for pirates.
The people in front of them held their shields in their left hand and raised their spears in their right hand, while those behind them used fire.
The gun aimed at the people who jumped over and started shooting.
The Satsuma people had no way to jump to the opposite ship, and they were already shot down into the sea by fire guns or spears.
However, the quality of their fire guns was poor, and the Ming army was blocked by shields, so they were unable to injure several Ming soldiers.
The Satsuma people wanted to rely on gang-hopping tactics to save themselves from defeat, but unexpectedly encountered their ancestors who fought in gangs, which made the defeat happen faster and more violently.
Soon, only ten of the Satsuma ships were still capable of fighting.
When a boat arrived, a large number of Satsuma people fell into the water and were used by Ming army soldiers as targets for shooting practice.
The leader of the Satsuma Navy was none other than Kaguyama Hisaka who participated in the Battle of Ryukyu.
He led the Satsuma Navy and always had a great advantage whether compared to other vassals or compared to Ryukyu. , Unexpectedly, this time they encountered the Ming army with stronger equipment than them, and were beaten to the point where they were unable to fight back.
Seeing that defeat was a foregone conclusion, he no longer struggled with the Ming army and ordered the remaining ships to speed up the breakout and return to Kirishima.
But how could Zheng Zhilong let him go under such circumstances?
He ordered several intact Haicang ships to pursue him
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