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Chapter 1105 Li Huamei¡¯s action plan

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    Wang Rulong's provocation method really worked, and the gunners all became cautious now.  One by one, they lie down on the tail of the gun, close their eyes and close their eyes to the rear sight, so that the rear sight is aligned with the notch on the muzzle and the target in the distance.

    The direct aiming of artillery is similar to that of musket shooting. Usually, a skilled gunner can hit nine out of ten shots within one kilometer during shooting training on land.  But at sea, the warship shook the enemy ship and moved, and the hit rate dropped to an appalling level.

    Wang Rulong was very angry about this, and he couldn't explain why he asked a master gunner like Chu Liuxiang to teach him his experience.  It's not that Chu Liuxiang is too proud of his broomstick, but he really doesn't know why he can hit so accurately Pao Wangxin said, isn't this a matter of course?

    It wasn¡¯t until Colonel Pinto became Mr. Pinto that the coast guard solved this mystery.  Because the biggest impact on the battleship's hit rate is rolling. The gun barrel will swing up and down with the waves. If it rises, it will fly away, and if it falls, it will fall into the sea.  So fire when the barrel is pointing horizontally.

    Chu Liuxiang is the kind of natural gunner who can find the horizontal plane by intuition.  But most gunners who don't have this talent don't need to worry. Colonel Pinto taught them a very simple method - hang the lead pendant on the line. The line will always be perpendicular to the horizontal plane, so when the deck is also perpendicular to the line, the deck  Just on the horizontal plane.

    Although this method is not accurate, it is simple and easy to learn.  After repeated practice, the gunners can greatly improve the hit rate by relying on the angle change of the lead pendant and the burning speed of the fuse. Although the hit rate when hitting moving targets is still impressive, when hitting fixed targets, it is not even close to one out of ten.  Improved to the level of three or four out of ten.

    In this situation where the enemy ship is almost stationary, you can basically achieve a fixed target hit rate.

    So, not long after the battle started, it turned into a shooting training. The gunners even picked up paper and pens and conducted target shooting assessments on the spot.

    "A hundred artillery pieces fired at once, and thirty or forty shells hit."  How can Kobayakawa's navy survive this?  Their pine boats simply could not withstand the bombardment of 11-pound iron cannonballs.  Even at a distance of one kilometer, the Yongle cannon could easily tear apart their Guanfune and Kozao.

    Several Japanese ships were hit by gunfire and either fell apart or took on water, and more than half of the sailors on board were killed or injured In a short time, more than a dozen ships leaked, disintegrated, and sank into the strait. The blood of the dead and injured sailors dyed the sea red.  It was diluted by the rushing tide in an instant.

    Ichikawa¡¯s well-protected Anzha boats are relatively well protected and are considered safe for the time being.  With a livid face, he looked at his subordinates who had become a living target for the Ming Dynasty people.  If this continues, it won't be long before these 100 ships will be scrapped.

    "My lord, didn't my lord say that it would be impossible to hit the Ming Dynasty people if they were far away?" the samurai of the Ichikawa family asked in disbelief.

    "My lord, I heard what others said!" Ichikawa Nobuyoshi is the best naval admiral of the Mori family. He was a famous general who participated in the Battle of Itsukushima and defeated the Otomo navy.  After thinking hard, he finally realized the problem and hurriedly ordered in a deep voice: "Give them the order to keep them apart and move laterally!"

    The sound of the taiko drum on Anzhai's ship changed, conveying this slightly complicated order.  The Japanese are really good at paying attention to details.

    Those who were on board the ship and Xiaozao followed Ichikawa's orders, spread out as much as possible, and started swimming sideways quickly.

    Now the hit rate of Ming Dynasty artillery suddenly dropped again.

    "Damn it, stop playing!" Wang Rulong spat fiercely and ordered loudly: "The small fleet will move forward and kill them!"

    The flagship hung a yellow lantern for small ship attack, and the first blood ship immediately raised the command flag. The sailors of ten black-tailed ships spread their sails, relying on the strong northeasterly wind to resist the strong ocean current, and slowly approached the enemy ship.

    "This damn place, the current is too strong!" Wang Rulong frowned as he looked at the small fleet of ships stuck in the mud.

    "It's normal. The Japan Warm Current is one of the most powerful ocean currents in the world. When it passes through the Kanmon Strait, the waterway suddenly narrows and the current naturally becomes fierce." Zhao Hao said lightly: "Ushiwakamaru didn't understand this back then and almost lost his ability.  I suffered a big loss."

    "Hey, Young Master knows so much." Wang Rulong couldn't help but admire him, but what are these 'beef balls'?  It sounds delicious.

    Seeing that the main force of the Ming Dynasty fleet stopped firing, they sent a group of small warships to approach.  The two sides were close to within 200 feet, and then Ichikawa gave the order for a team to attack!

    As for the defense line they vacated, it will be filled by the second team behind them.

    Hearing the sound of taiko drums urging the assault, the remaining seventy or so warships of the First Division immediately became energetic.  The helmsmen turned the rudder with all their strength, and the oarsmen rowed with all their might, turning the bow of the ship around, and then quickly sailed towards the leading fleet of the Ming Dynasty through the ocean current.Instead of attacking, more than thirty warships attacked at the same time.

    "Withstand them!" After Ichikawa had given the order, he looked back at the crowd on the pontoon, which was still flowing in an endless stream, and couldn't help but secretly sigh. These people didn't know that they had become bait for the lord to lure the enemy.

    Of course, no one can blame the lord, because the Kobayakawa navy was the first to be the bait.  Regardless of whether we win or lose this battle, we are destined to suffer heavy losses

    After calming down, Ichikawa turned his attention back to the front.

    It¡¯s almost a repeat of the previous scene.  No, it's an enhanced version.  The Ming Dynasty people dispatched all their warships this time, and their firepower increased several times!

    The losses of the Kobayakawa Navy naturally doubled, and the warships were sunk one after another.  When the two sides were close enough for Hongxi's cannon to fire, the sailors finally couldn't hold on any longer and turned their boats around and fled into the fjord.

    The embarrassed look made it difficult for Kobayakawa in Moji Castle to tell whether they were feigning defeat or real defeat.

    But it doesn¡¯t matter, the people from the Ming Dynasty will definitely chase them in. Watching the pale sun reach the sky, Kobayakawa clenched his fists tightly.

    "The ocean currents are going to change! The plan works!"

    ps. There is one more update. I will return home after this battle.  This flag is set(remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com
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