Chapter 584 Oita Battle 4

"Boom...!"

The battle on the sea has entered a white-hot stage, and as the two sides of the war, they are now in a stage of melee.

The strength of the Ming Dynasty warships was reflected without hesitation. All the warships of the Komu Army that were hit were suddenly filled with fire.

On land, if both sides fight directly, the Komu Army will have the strength to fight, but on the sea, they have no advantage at all. Although the Ming warships are relatively large, they are easily concentrated, even if they are hit, the Ming warships are very hard armored and can only knock out the wooden board outside the hull, which will not pose any substantial threat to the warships. Instead, they are artillery shells of the Ming Dynasty. Any fire caused by the explosion is a very big threat to the sailboat, not to mention the iron sheets flying around. As long as they are concentrated, they will be injured if they are not killed.

In the battle on land, human factors occupy a very important position, but on this sea surface, the quality of warships and the strength of weapons have become the main factors that dominate the war. On the vast sea surface, at a long distance, even if the individual is powerful, he seems so powerless. Even if he is brave and does not die under the artillery fire, he can only hide in a safe place and wait for the roaring past of the artillery.

Armored, the Ming Dynasty warships were very tough, and even more so in artillery fire. One piece of two layers, more than ten artillery pieces, and one volley could completely lose their combat effectiveness.

Two years ago, Hosokawa Katsumoto was beaten to no strength to fight back under the Ming Dynasty warship and had to seek peace. At that time, the Ming Dynasty's navy was just starting out, and the number of new warships was very small. Two years have passed, and the Ming Dynasty's navy is naturally impossible to be the same as before. Both in preparation and personnel training, it has achieved unprecedented development, and it can be seen that its strength is also obvious.

Yama Nakaki Shifeng, who had laughed at Hosokawa Katsumoto two years ago, but two years later, their navy also realized that the enemy was so powerful. In just a short time, many warships on the water had already burned and lit up and floated on the sea. As for those Kogi troops, they either died in battle or jumped into the sea, but no one came to save them now.

The battle situation suddenly showed a one-sided trend.

At the same time, the warships chasing those transport vehicles have now been chased. However, this pursuit is not to follow the pursuit of the tail, and it cannot exert the power of the warship artillery at all, so it is a parallel state.

After catching up, the warship in front immediately opened fire, and the last transport ship was immediately divided into pieces, and the Komu Army inside the ship was killed and injured.

After the explosion, there was a raging fire. For wooden boats, the fire was the most dangerous thing. In this case, those wooden troops who still jumped into the sea one after another, and the burning wooden boats had no way to save them.

He immediately took off an enemy's transport ship, and the soldiers on the warship cheered.

The speed of the transport vehicle is not as fast as the speed of the warship, and its protection ability is also poor. Anyone who is caught up will immediately become the target of the Ming warship shooting. In no time, the ship will be smashed to pieces. If the Gumu Army on the ship is not burned to death, the only option is to jump into the sea.

However, they are still a long time away from Oita now, and there are no islands on the sea surface. If no one saves them, they will die of thirst or starve to death even if they are not drowned, and then become food for the fish in the sea.

The Komu Army on the transport ship began to riot. If this continues, no ship can escape the attack of the Ming warship, because in a short period of time, more than a dozen transport vehicles have become victims of the Ming warships.

So, the Komu Army immediately changed its approach, and all the ships scattered, instead of queuing like before.

Seeing this, the Ming Dynasty's warships did not hesitate at all. Compared with the command, the Ming Dynasty, which unified the flag language, was more convenient than them. So the fleet began to disperse, adopted a mode of staring at one ship, and began to chase those transport ships.

On the sea, a cat and mouse scene was immediately staged, but the only difference was that there were many cats and many mice.

The Ming Dynasty warship seemed a little barbaric. It didn't catch up with one. Once it entered the range, it would open fire without hesitation. If it was not concentrated and immediately hit it without hesitation, how could these transport vehicles be the opponents of the warship? Under such a violent impact, it was immediately split, and the Ming Dynasty warship felt like it was a shock.

This is a game of cat and mouse, while there is a life-and-death battle. Under the strength of the Ming fleet, the Komu Army, who was originally standing with the advantage of the number of people, found that they had no advantage at all. In the eyes of others, their own warships were simply vulnerable, but the warships were not effective at all. When they lost a lot of numbers, they did not sink a warship in the Ming Dynasty.

The Komu Army was not so easy to admit defeat, and now they had no way out at all. So the Komu Army, who were close to the exam, immediately made up their minds, turned the bow of the ship, and rushed towards the Ming warship with great momentum.

It was natural to fight. With the rumbling sound, many Komu Army warships immediately caught fire. However, these Komu Army soldiers were also powerful. Even if the warships had already burned, there were still people who did not leave the warships and rushed towards the Ming Dynasty warships, which was clearly a stance of dying together.

But the Ming Dynasty would not die with them, so in this case, the warships dodged one after another and fired with artillery. Some of the Komu Army's warships had no power before they got close to the Ming Dynasty warships, and then they floated on the sea like a dead fish. After a while, the fire detonated the ammunition on the ship, and then they were blown to pieces in the huge explosion.

However, some of the warships of the Komu Army also met their wishes and hit the Ming warships hard. Even if they were much smaller, the Ming warships could not bear it. Several warships were immediately knocked out of the big hole, and the warships of the Komu Army were also stuck inside and could not move at all. But this was what they needed. Then, they immediately ignited the ships, trying to die with the Ming warships in the fire.

The fire quickly started to burn and then began to spread. The Komu Army's warships were nailed firmly on and put on, and they could not be shaken off at all. Moreover, the spreading fire ignited the Ming Dynasty's warships very quickly. Therefore, the officers and soldiers on these warships had to dive and escape one after another. As long as they persisted, they could be rescued. After all, the Ming Dynasty had an absolute advantage in the current situation of the war.

Under the attack of the Komu Army, five warships were ignited one after another. Of course, the Komu Army also paid a warship far greater than this number.

Or after this inspiration, the Komu Army's warships collided towards the Ming warships one after another, and the Ming warships were not showing any weakness. While attacking, they also collided.

The Komu Army was able to succeed before because they took the initiative, but now the Ming Dynasty warships also collided. The result was like a high-speed truck colliding with a car. The result can be imagined. At just a small price, the Ming Dynasty warships could load the Komu Army's warships into pieces.

The gap has begun again.

The battle on the sea can only be described as cruel. In order to counterattack the Ming Dynasty, the Komu Army's warships thought of many ways to use their own warships to hit them. However, when the Ming Dynasty counterattacked, they could not find any effect and sent people to drill down to the hull of the Ming warship. However, after those who went down, they found that there was actually an iron plate at the bottom of the warship. Even if the warship stopped, it was a question mark whether it could be drilled through, not to mention that the warship was still moving.

In the eyes of the Ming soldiers, the Komu Army was now struggling to death. So after these warships approached, muskets, bows, arrows, grenades, etc. all tilted towards the Komu Army's warships, occupied high places, and had a good geographical location.

On the other hand, the game of cats and mice continued over there. The Komu Army transport ships were scattered, intending to escape the pursuit of the Ming warships, but the Ming warships were also scattered. In this way, many Komu Army warships were caught and sunk.

Finally, most of the warships of the Komu Army had been lost, while the Ming Dynasty's warships had lost very little. The advantages of the warships no longer exist for the Komu Army. Therefore, these Komu Army's warships began to retreat. They dared not go to Kyushu Island now, and it was only a dead end if they went there. So they began to retreat one after another. The Ming Dynasty has not yet attacked there, so it is relatively safe.

Those transport ships did not have these good luck. They lost more than half of them under the pursuit of the Ming warships. The rest were inconvenient and fled everywhere.
Chapter completed!