The two clipper ships at the front of the entire fleet were sailing back.
They sounded the alarm as they returned, informing the entire fleet that the Japanese navy was coming. ` The two clipper ships arrived near the Houzhen Yuefei and reported to Li Hu with letter arrows that the Japanese navy appeared more than 20 miles southeast.
It was estimated that there were more than 100 warships, including dozens of Galen warships.
After Li Hu read the letter, he immediately ordered the hoisting of a battle flag with a red ferocious eagle head.
This was a commander-in-chief who expressed his determination to fight decisively and fight to the death to the more than 20,000 soldiers in the fleet.
At the same time, he used the drum flag to notify the entire fleet to approach the southeast. .
Although the Polu Army Navy was extremely large and spread out over a radius of more than ten miles on the sea, the soldiers who had experienced battle formations still quickly passed on Li Hu's orders.
All battleships hoisted red eagle-headed battle flags, and at the same time adjusted their course to the southeast, and put all soldiers on alert, ready for war at any time.
Two hours later, Lan San's vanguard saw the shadows of sails in the distant sky.
Just at a glance, he could tell that this was a large fleet.
The shadows of sails and ships covered the entire eastern sea.
Lan San looked carefully with a telescope.
The dozen or so round ships in front were exactly the shape of the Dutch, with the Tokugawa family crest in the shape of a black clover flying above them.
The old rival was the Shogunate Navy.
Lan San suppressed the happiness and excitement in his heart and ordered the artillery deck to be on alert.
The huge figure of the Yue Fei appeared in the second echelon of Tang-class battleships.
Li Hu had to move himself as far forward as possible to grasp the enemy's eastward direction.
If a commander did not know the situation of the entire battlefield, he would be as blind as a blind man.
Horse-like.
Li Hu estimated the size of the shogunate navy's forward warship in the telescope.
He estimated that it was slightly larger than the patrol ship, that is, it was about a quarter larger.
I believe that the ones behind it would be bigger, but they could be bigger than the patrol ship.
Is the Yue Fei still big?
Li Hu looked at the shadows of sails that were still appearing in the distant sky.
This must be the biggest naval battle he has ever experienced.
He can represent his lord in a decisive battle with the Japanese enemy, and avenge his naval predecessors who were damaged in Korea decades ago.
It is the life-long pride of the younger generation of Navy Denglai. ` Li Hu calmed down his agitated mood slightly and ordered a salvo of artillery to warn the entire fleet.
Compared with the Yue Fei's 800-ton body, its number of cannons is not too many, only sixty-six.
But all are large-caliber cannons and Tiago cannons.
The smallest one is also a twenty-four-pound cannon, and the rest are thirty-six-pound and forty-eight-pound cannons, especially the eighteen forty-eight-pound cannons, which are really powerful weapons for the military and the country.
Boom, boom, boom, the Yue Fei's huge body trembled and spewed out large plumes of smoke and fire.
The whole body was covered in smoke.
The low and huge roar echoed throughout the sea area.
Almost all the Polu warships heard these roars.
They knew that this was Li Hu's order to start the war.
Not only the soldiers of the Polu Army Navy heard the roar of Yue Fei's artillery, but Mukai Tadakatsu, who was in the front line of the Shogunate Navy, also heard these roars.
Judging from the echo of the roar, it was a giant cannon.
Mukai Tadakatsu sighed.
Although he saw from the telescope that the number of Akito's battleships was not much greater than the number of his battleships, the battleships were larger than those under his command. , and at the same time, this artillery is also larger.
All hope for this battle lies with the fireship.
Mukai Tadakatsu looked at the southeast direction, which was the direction of the Kohaya fleet and the Kanfune fleet.
There was no other way.
In order to borrow the southeast wind, the sub-fleet could only approach from the southeast, so the same fleet was divided into two places.
It is led by his deputy general Dohi Shige and is the best hope for victory in this battle.
When the distance was three miles, Mukai Tadakatsu ordered the fleet to turn south, face the enemy on the broadside, and prepare for bombardment.
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Li Hu saw the other party's turn.
However, the range of the Polu Army's Tiago cannon determines that the Polu Army Navy must be within one mile of each artillery battle in order to exert the best power of the cannon.
Therefore, in the meantime, they can only continue to move forward despite the artillery fire. .
In the span of a stick of incense, the warship of the shogunate navy turned its bow and roared.
Almost all the warships roared, because on their right side were the warships of the Polu Navy, and there were too many of them after all. ` The roar of hundreds of cannons resounded throughout the world, and a large number of projectiles rushed towards the warships of the Polu Navy with whistling sounds.
Lan San's forward group of more than 20 battleships bore the brunt and became the targets of the Japanese.
Lan San listened to the piercing whistling sound and saw the rising water column near his warship, and he was shocked.
After all, he had never experienced such a fierce artillery battle before.
With two muffled bangs, Lan San knew he had been shot.
One projectile hit the side of the Swansui, and another projectile hit the upper deck of the Swansui, knocking the solid cedar boards on the deck into pieces.
It was broken, but fortunately it didn't hurt the sailors.
Lan San lay beside the fender at the bow of the upper deck.
He used a telescope to observe the movements of the Japanese warship.
Lan San saw several 200-ton ships on the opposite side spouting thick smoke and fire, and the Japanese began to bombard them again.
This time, Lan San's and the battleship were not hit by the gunfire, but the water splashed onto the deck.
Everyone on the deck got wet.
The rear mainmast of a patrol ship in front of Lan San was broken, and its top sail fell into the sea, with a sailor on board.
Lan San looked at the sailor and saw him emerging from the water.
The temperature of the water was just right and he was paddling continuously.
Lucky boy, Lan San smiled.
He turned around and looked at the flag of the fleet behind him, because the two sides were close to one mile.
The Yue Fei behind them raised a flag to turn south, and Lan San immediately ordered it to be followed.
When the more than ten warships in the vanguard began to turn, the Japanese warships began to bombard again.
This time they were very close, and the destructive power of the Japanese artillery was greatly increased.
With a bang, the forward gaff of the Swansui was shattered, and all this happened just a few steps ahead of Lan San.
Lan San was inspecting the damage to the forward gaff sail when the hull shook violently twice.
Lan San immediately knew that it had been hit by a heavy artillery shell, otherwise the Swansui would not have been so shaken.
He ran to the right fender and looked back, only to see that the gun deck behind and the upper deck where the sailors rested were both hit by gunfire.
A shell rushed into the gun deck, and a projectile was embedded in the side of the gun deck.
Lan San immediately knew that the Japanese also had heavy artillery.
Although it was far from the Tiago cannon, it was still much stronger than the earlier cannons.
Lan San guessed it right.
When the Polu army began to collect taxes, they had several battles with the Japanese navy, which caused heavy losses to the Japanese navy.
The shogunate also spent huge sums of money to buy the Japanese navy from the Netherlands and the Portuguese.
Twenty-four-pound and eighteen-pound cannons were installed on all Nanman warships.
A moment later, the first mate came to report that a projectile crashed into the gun deck.
Fortunately, the thick cedar planks on the side of the ship worked.
After the projectile entered, it had all its effects and only injured one gunner.
Lan San nodded without saying anything.
The projectile entered the cabin and only injured one gunner.
He was only happy and couldn't be more satisfied.
Lan San ordered the artillery deck to wait for his order to counterattack.
Zhang Huan controlled the Duan Zhixuan and turned southward after the Yue Fei, keeping pace with the enemy ships.
"Su Xigua, okay, keep the course."
Zhang Huan shouted to the sailor who was busy under the main sail.
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Su Xigua, who was in her early thirties, agreed loudly.
Zhang Huan turned around and looked at the Cheng Zhijie and Shanxiong Signal behind them, which also turned around.
When the Chai Shao and Zhang Yichao behind them also turned around, Zhang Huan looked at the flagship Yue Fei.
Above the Yue Fei Still no movement.
Boom boom boom, the Japanese warship cannons are no longer firing in volleys.
After several bombardments, the gun crews of each ship have become inconsistent.
Now they are firing their guns separately, which can be regarded as the beginning of another bombardment.
Bang bang bang, two projectiles bombarded the left side of the Duan Zhixuan.
The ship shook.
Zhang Huanhun didn't care.
It was impossible not to be hit at a distance of less than a mile.
Zhang Huanhun, now an old navy man, Huan didn't even frown.
As for whether the Japanese projectiles could break through the hull of the Duan Zhixuan, it was absolutely impossible.
You must know that the battleship was huge.
Not only was its belly large enough to accommodate it, but its hull plates were also thickened for enhanced protection.
But Zhang Huan still came to the port side, held on to the fender and looked back.
Zhang Huan's eyes almost bulged when he saw two projectiles embedded in the hull of the ship.
The Japanese had heavy artillery.
Zhang Huan broke out in a cold sweat.
That location was exactly where the artillery deck was.
Once you break into the cabin, the consequences will be disastrous.
No, you can't be beaten like this.
Zhang Huan immediately looked at the observation deck of the Yue Fei, but there was still no movement.
It seemed that the commander Li Hu was really keeping his composure.
It wasn't until the Guo Ziyi and Su Dingfang at the rear also turned around that the Yue Fei's salvo signal flag with red flames on a black background finally rose.
This gave all the captains of the Polu army warships a pass.
This was equivalent to Li Hu told the captains under his command that the boys can fight back and give the general a hard beating.
For a moment, the roar of artillery continued, and dozens of active volcanoes on the sea began to erupt.
Smoke and fire flickered everywhere for a while, and thousands of artillery pieces pushed out projectiles like lightning.
There was the roar of projectiles piercing the air everywhere.
Voice.
Water columns rose everywhere around the Japanese warships a mile away.
Some of the Japanese warships' sails were broken, and some of their mainmasts were broken.
These seemed very tragic.
In fact, the most dangerous thing was the projectiles hitting the side plates.
They may not have The noise from above was loud, but the consequences were very serious.
The interior of a 200-ton Japanese warship suddenly exploded.
A huge fireball rose from the deck.
The personnel rose like rag dolls.
Even the mainsail and mainmast were torn apart.
Smoke and orange-red flames erupted from the deck.
The lower deck has been rising ten feet high.
Mukai Tadakatsu looked at everything in front of him expressionlessly.
This was all what he expected, and he didn't care too much.
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