White smoke filled the sea. Although the Turks' artillery bombardment was very fierce, most of the shells either fell into the sea or flew past the rigging of Ming ships. At most, they broke several sails and did not cause much damage at all. Even if they occasionally hit the side of the ship, the shells were bounced to a distance.

However, there will inevitably be shells that hit the naval struts of the ship's bow or hit the foremast. However, for such long-range shelling, they do not care about this level of shelling.

Although the damage caused was very limited, everyone on the Turkish warships stood by their posts, aiming at Chinese warships, firing one by one.

Finally, when the distance was from five hundred yards to three hundred yards, the Turks' shelling became even more powerful. Their 12 pounds, 18 pounds, 24 pounds and 32 pounds of cannons kept firing, constantly bombarding the Ming army's gun windows and rigging with grape bullets and shotguns. The 68 pound cannon, which had been silent, also made a deafening roar.

The moment the 68-pound shell hit the shore, the gunners operating the artillery on the deck immediately heard a sound of acid breaking, but came from them, and despite this, the shell was still bounced away.

The shells from the plane broke through a cannon door like rain, tore the gunner beside the cannon to pieces, and the shells that hit the cannon flew to a distance, knocking down several people in succession before landing on the deck.

Li Qingwu asked:

"Are we fighting back?"

However, Zheng Sen still shook his head and said.

"wait!"

He plans to launch a concentrated volley of guns at close range, so that the power of the bombardment can be fully utilized.

"Wait a little longer!"

The Ming army was waiting, but the Turks had no intention of waiting at all. Although their 12-pound cannons and 18-pound cannons could not penetrate the Ming army's warships, the 24-pound and 32-pound cannons could blast the Ming army's warships, and grape bullets and shotguns still penetrated the cannon windows, causing certain casualties to the Ming army. In this process, Zheng Sen ordered to adjust the direction of the fleet to fight for a favorable position.

Finally, during the long wait, the Turkish fleet slowly sailed into the ideal position of the volley of the side guns. When facing the Turkish warships surrounded by both wings, all the cannons on the Ming warships could be fired, he ordered the ship's head spinnade and main midmast sail to lower the ship's speed.

At 3:15 pm, Zheng Sen turned around and said to Li Qingwu:

"It's time to open the fire."

With a command, the Ming army, who had been passively beaten, carried out the first round of two-side gun volleys almost within the range of the pistol.

The gunners who were nervous and sweating all over pulled the fuse, and the impact of the volley of the squid of the hull instantly spread throughout the hull. The entire cruise ship shook from the bow to the stern, and every mast and sail truss was shaking. Even Zheng Sen on the deck was not allowed to grab the handrail in front of him.

The moment the shells roared out of the smoke, a burst of cheers came from the deck.

The trainee officers shouted loudly.

"Look, look! I hit it!"

Huge explosions exploded one after another from the Turkish warships, some of which exploded on the masts, and more on the side of the side.

Tomasomolosini saw another scene. At the beginning, the smoke from the muzzle of the Turkish warships seemed a little blurred, but suddenly they seemed to rush out of the smoke, and the lines became clear and discernible. Then he saw a stream of black smoke spraying out from the inside of the warships. The smoke was gushing out from the cannon window.

At a distance of less than 200 meters, the power of the bombardment was fully utilized. The 100-pound shell not only easily tore the shore of the Turkish warship, but the violent explosion was even more deadly when it penetrated the shore. With the explosion's shock wave, thousands of steel fragments roared and reaped life unscrupulously in the cannon's deck compartment. The explosion also overturned the cannon, and the explosion fireworks even ignited Turkey's gunpowder. The explosion became even more intense.

More than a dozen smoke columns larger than before rose from the ship. In the violent explosion, the smoke stretched out with the wind and gradually connected into a piece, forming a huge cloud of smoke, covering the sky above the warship. At this moment, Tomasomolosini saw the Turkish warship not far away, and another huge explosion occurred. In the violent explosion, the warship was even directly blown into pieces, with flying boards and masts rushing straight to the sky, even exceeding the smoke cloud that erupted for the first time, and even fragments fell beside him. Then, he clearly saw that the Turkish warship sank directly into the water, but the bow and stern raised high on the water surface, as if someone suddenly broke it from the middle.

All this Tomasomolosini saw was just a moment of time. But all this turned into slow motion in his mind, as if frozen in time, slowly showing. Then the broken warship was engulfed by thick smoke and fire. But in just a moment, nothing could be seen except the mast thrown high into the air in the explosion, and the fragments of wooden boards fell into the sea and splashed countless water columns.

The dumbfounded Tomaso Molosini couldn't believe what he saw. He even blinked, this... this was just a round of volleys!

In front of him, at least ten warships sank, and more than a dozen warships were emitting thick smoke.

The result of the first round of artillery shocked everyone. The Turks who were trying hard to fire the cannons were stunned for at least a moment. They looked at the burning and exploding warships in shock, but they didn't react for a while.

But the Ming army did not give them a chance to stare in a daze. When they were staring in a daze, the Ming army fired another cannon.

A warship fired shells from the side, and at a very close distance, a sailboat made a huge hole. After the shell penetrated the gangway, the undecayed shell penetrated the gun deck and fell directly into the bottom cabin. The explosion of the shell in the bottom cabin directly exploded a room-sized gap at the bottom cabin. The sea water instantly swallowed the bottom cabin, and the hull immediately began to tilt, but in just a blink of an eye, it sank into the sea. The Turks on the deck

Without even reacting, they fell into the sea. The infantrymen in chain mail sank the fastest, they sank faster than ships, and disappeared at the moment they fell into the water. Only some sailors were lucky enough to hold broken wooden boards and struggled and swam in the sea, shouting for help. However, on the battlefield, no one would stop the boat to save them. The next moment, they were hit by the big ship behind them and sank to the bottom of the sea...
Chapter completed!