Mikutaro's last consciousness was that he was knocked into the air and looked down at the battle situation on the sea.

More than a dozen warships with red leaf flags were rushing into the loose formation of the Awaji Navy. The iron gunners on the warship were shooting at the Awaji Navy on the boat from a high point. He had never seen such a fast ship, nor had he seen so many iron gunners.

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The size of the cruiser of the Red Leaf Fleet was comparable to that of the Awaji Navy's Anzai ship, while the size of the destroyer was similar to that of the Guan Shi. Among the vanguards who were chasing the front, the largest one was the medium-sized Guan Shi, and even the smallest ship of the Hongye Fleet was larger than him. The captains of the Hongye Fleet relied on their hard hulls and rushed around, knocking and cracking many Awaji Navy's small ships, and the Guan Shi was avoided. The Awaji Navy's vanguard instantly fell into chaos.

For speed considerations, these small boats left the Anzhai ship and the large Guanzhai ship behind them, so the team could not compete with the power of the Red Leaf Army. Most of the middle and high-level commanders were also on the Anzhai ship. The low-level leaders on these Guanzhai ships were unable to deal with such a chaotic situation and were soon in a dilemma of fighting each other.

If a small boat is not in effective command to give full play to its numerical advantage, there is no chance of victory. Soon, more and more ships were unwilling to fight because of the sailors and soldiers who suffered too much casualties, and they retreated from the battlefield in all directions, and some people simply raised their hands to surrender. However, the Red Leaf Fleet did not mean to capture ships and pursue fugitive ships at all, but instead launched a mentality to attack the ships that were still resisting, as if they wanted to completely defeat these small boats before the main force of the Awaji Navy arrived.

However, the Xiaozao Ship in the second half of the Shuo Ship did not allow the Red Leaf Fleet to succeed. After discovering that the situation was not good, they immediately evacuated backwards and joined the Anzhai Ship, the large Shuo Ship and the arson ship that rushed over. However, before that, nearly forty Xiaozao Ship had already been beaten by the Red Leaf Fleet and temporarily lost their combat ability.

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"This naval battle is so simple?" Xiaoyama Masashi looked at the enemy ship in front of him and slapped the ship's side excitedly and shouted, "It's a completely overwhelming victory! From this point of view, the Awaji Navy is nothing scary!"

"It's still early, recruits." Abe Motonaga looked at the young boy who was scared just now, but he was dancing excitedly at this moment, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, "We rely on the timing of the raid and the enemy's unfamiliar with the intelligence advantages of our fleet to bring them such chaos. When the Awaji Navy regroups, it must be a tough battle."

Before Abe's words were finished, the main force of the Awaji Navy Army in the distance had already slowly begun to adjust. With the Anzai ship as the central core, the Guan Ship spread out on both wings and the rear side. The retreating Guan Ship and Kozai ship slowly turned in the main formation and flanks, adjusted the formation, and followed the fleet again to press up.

"Sir, please give an order." Abe Moto-naga quickly walked towards the captain's room where Itam Yasukiki was located and asked him for instructions.

"Fire the fire, and gather the fire to the west of the center." Yasuki Itan fiddled with the telescope in his hand, observed the Awaji Navy's flag, and after determining the flagship, he issued an order to Abe Moto-chan. The flag of the Red Leaf Fleet flagship immediately waved and conveyed orders to the other two cruisers. The three cruisers slowly adjusted the sails and oars,

The angle of the first gun was aimed at the slowly coming Anzhai ship, and then it continued to fire at it.

However, this huge Anzhai ship was obviously not as fragile as Xiaozai. After the shell hit the ship's side with a "bang", it would be bounced away by the ship's side, leaving a dent in the impact and fell into the sea water beside it, and it splashed huge waters one after another with the other crooked shells. The power of the six-pound cannon on the head of the ship was not enough to penetrate the hard and thick side of the ship, and naturally there would be no chance of the three-pound cannon on the side of the side. So, Katsuki Itan gave up the action of continuing to bombard the Anzhai ship's hull with the head of the ship, and instead aimed at the slab house and sail on the deck of the Anzhai ship. However, the shooting angle of the first cannon was difficult to adjust. In addition, Feng Gao's waves were rushing, and only two shells hit the slab house, collapsed one corner of the slab house, and the sail was only penetrated into a hole, which was injustice.

Through these rounds of artillery, the Awaji Navy fleet had approached enough distance. This time, they listed the standard formation and would not give the Red Leaf fleet a chance to take advantage of the chaos to rush forward. The ships of the two armies lined up on the sea and began to confront each other with long-range weapons. In order to fully utilize their firepower advantages, Ida-Yan-Kaki let all the ships rotate 90 degrees before the attack began, and faced the enemy ships with their side.

Unlike the all-colored iron cannons on the Red Leaf Fleet, the Awaji Navy's attack methods are diverse. There are bows and arrows, iron cannons, and javelins. In the rain of bullets, soldiers on both sides are constantly casualties, and people fall from time to time. The baked bullets thrown by the Awaji Navy have brought a lot of trouble to the Red Leaf Fleet. Every time the baked bullets explode, they often cause fires and considerable casualties on the decks in a small range, forcing the sailors of the Red Leaf Fleet to busy put out the fire.

However, compared to baking bullets, the side guns of the three cruisers of the Red Leaf Fleet are obviously more terrifying. At such a close distance, the shooting of the three-pound guns at a close distance will cause huge damage to the Awaji Navy ship. Even the strong side of the Anzawa ship is gradually cracked and broken. Sometimes as the waves rise and fall, the side gun shells will hit the deck straight, blew blood flowers in the deck, instantly taking away several or even dozens of lives.

In such a war of attrition, the firepower advantage of the Red Leaf Fleet gradually emerged. Gradually, the Awaji Navy could no longer withstand such pressure, and people on each ship who hid their heads behind the side of the ship and refused to stand up to fight back were increasingly sluggish.

However, before the Red Leaf Fleet had time to be happy, they immediately encountered trouble. As the battle progressed, the number of Awaji Navy's troops also took effect. The light little Zai and Guan Ship rushed to the next side of the Red Leaf Fleet ships, trying to use the hook and rope to the Red Leaf Fleet ships, and then launched a jump gang battle, jumping onto the Red Leaf Fleet's ships. Although most of the actions failed under the powerful iron artillery fire of the Red Leaf Fleet, many Awaji Navy soldiers rushed onto the Red Leaf Fleet's ships and launched a fierce battle. These charges also dispersed the attention of the Red Leaf Fleet's iron gunners, causing their suppression of the Awaji Navy to gradually decline. The Xiao Zai and Guan Ship continued to detour behind the Red Leaf Fleet and launched a jump gang battle from the other side.

What made the situation even worse was the dispatch of the Awaji Navy arson ships. These arson ships carefully mixed in the Awaji Navy's fleet, and they did not ignite the flammable material at the front when they rushed out of the ship. They collided with the Red Leaf fleet and rushed towards the Red Leaf fleet.

Most of the captains and sailors of the Red Leaf Fleet were recruits, and they had never seen such a formation. In the previous rushing, they had no resistance. In the battle against fire, the iron cannon veterans were basically the ones who played the role, and the sailors and captains were not under much pressure. But when they saw the arson ships were dispatched, they were a little busy and hurriedly tried to adjust the direction and position to avoid these arson ships, and at the same time they tried to let the iron cannoners shoot the people on the ship.

However, the disadvantages of the Red Leaf Fleet's lack of small boats were exposed at this moment. They could not take out the ships to block these small boats, and could only control the large boats to avoid these small boats. However, these inexperienced captains and sailors were inappropriate operation and were in danger several times. Two destroyers were hit by multiple arson ships, and a large fire broke out on the side of the ship, and the sailors rushed to put out the fire.

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Idao Yasuki decisively ordered the retreat. The Red Leaf Fleet raised its sails and immediately withdrew from the battlefield in an inverted "eight" shape again, leaving contact with the Awaji Navy. With the rapid speed, the Red Leaf Fleet easily shook off the Awaji Navy's pursuit. With the previous lessons, the Awaji Navy did not dare to pursue it out of touch, but slowly followed the Anzaka ship.

During the retreat, the two fired destroyers gradually could not control the fire. The captains of the two ships had no choice but to order their subordinates to escape. Everyone grabbed the items and wooden boards that were easy to float and jumped into the sea, trying to get to the friendly ship. The Awaji Navy did not chase them very close, giving the Red Leaf Fleet a chance to rescue friendly ships.

When it was dark, the remaining thirteen ships of the Red Leaf Fleet finally drove back to Urado Port. Later, the Awaji Navy, who had lit the lights, completely blocked Urado Port from a distance.

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"How is it, Kang Qing?" As soon as Idan Kang Qing got off the boat, Yu Qiuping, who was still waiting, hurriedly came up. He had already counted it when the fleet entered the port and lost two destroyers.

"I'm very sorry, Your Highness, you're defeated, please punish him." Yidan Kangqing bowed deeply to Yu Qiuping, "The loss of troops and generals has disappointed you."

"You only have fifteen ships, so it's normal to lose to the Awaji Navy." Yu Qiuhei disagreed with Ida Katsuki's apology, patted his shoulder and comforted him.

"Your Highness, we have sunk at least two of their Anzai ships, five or six closed ships, and more than a dozen small morning ships!" After seeing that Ida Yasukichi actually apologized, Abe's monastery whispered in dissatisfaction, "It's not a defeat no matter what, it's just that we evacuated the battlefield."

"Is such a good exchange ratio?" Yu Qiuping was shocked when he heard this. He himself did not expect that Western mast sailboats could perform so well under such a huge number gap.

"That's just that the enemy underestimates the enemy and is not familiar with our tactics." Yidan Kangqing shook his head, but the expression between his eyebrows was quite excited, and he could not see the frustration after the failure. "But your highness doesn't need to be relieved. He is not discouraged, but he is full of confidence. We could have fought better on the side, because there are too many recruits, sailors and inexperienced captains, so we are so embarrassed. When the boys become familiar with the naval battle, many complex techniques and tactics can be used, and there will be no failure next time."
Chapter completed!