At this moment, Xiaodao was completely panicked, but what made him even more panicked was the next scene.

The speed at which the Ming army soldiers loaded gunpowder and cannonballs was very fast, and the second round of artillery fire followed. Since there were more gunners in the Ming army with better shooting ranges, the power of this round of artillery fire was obviously much greater than the previous one.

More than a hundred shells fell, and Kojimaman's command ship was riddled with holes, and it was obvious that it could not be saved.

Kojima Man, who was standing on the deck, was also seriously injured by this round of artillery fire. A piece of flying wood directly cut a big gash on his face, and blood was flowing. He was almost going crazy with pain.

With blood all over his face and mouth, he pulled out the sword from his waist: "Baka, Baka..."

At this moment, it seemed that Kojima Man could not say anything except the two words "Baga", or it could be said that there was nothing else he could do except shouting the two words "Baga" angrily.

As the commander of the fleet, he has lost his role. The command ship is useless. Without the lookout tower and the flag-bearer, no matter how many strategies he has in his mind, they will be of no avail. What's more, there is only the word "Baga" in his mind.

If being angry, furious and cursing were useful, then there wouldn't necessarily be war in this world.

The third round of shelling, the fourth round of shelling...

In just a moment, more than a hundred leaking holes appeared on Kojima Mitsuru's command ship. Most of those holes were the size of a human head, and Kojima Mitsuru's command ship was sinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At this moment, a personal guard beside Kojima Mitsuru quickly tied an inflated pig skin on his body. Obviously, this was the so-called lifebuoy. Kojima Mitsuru, who was wearing armor, could only avoid drowning by tying this thing on his body. If he only held a piece of driftwood, how could it withstand the weight of his armor.

The loyal guard said: "General, the command ship is about to sink, we can't stay on it."

Kojima said: "No, this general will live and die with the battleship."

The guard was speechless for a while: "General, there is a famous saying in Middle-earth, victory and defeat are common in the military. You are Marshal Yamamoto's favorite general, and you must not lose your life in a moment of anger. It's just a command ship. To put it bluntly, this kind of small battle before the decisive battle, even if you lose, can be used as a tactic to confuse the enemy. You are the commander of the fleet. If you die, it will only cause a great shock within the navy, and even in the entire Greater Japan."

After hearing this explanation, Kojima Mitsuru quickly nodded and said, "Yes, that's right. This general cannot die. If this general dies, it will only cause a greater shock."

Xiaodaoman no longer hesitated. He hugged the inflated pig skin and jumped into the sea.

…

On the side of the Ming army fleet, they only knew that they had sunk the Japanese command ship, but they did not know that the commander, Mitsuru Kojima, had escaped holding a pig skin.

But they now encountered a very difficult problem, that is, the fifty Japanese gunboats finally approached.

In this situation, there was no need for Zhang Dingbian to give any orders. Any gunner who could find a firing range would aim his cannon at one of the so-called gunboats and then fire the shells without hesitation.

One of the gunners shouted loudly: "Brothers, hurry up, the Japanese's broken boat is too close. If they sail under our boat, we won't be able to see them."

As a qualified gunner, how could anyone not know this truth? It was just that after someone shouted it out, they became more efficient.

Besides, the Japanese gunboats were, after all, just small boats that could carry one or two cannons. A slightly larger wave could overturn them. Moreover, the thirty warships had been fighting here for a long time, and the ripples produced had caused the Japanese gunboats, which were as small as they could be, to sway constantly, and the one or two cannons on their ships had lost their accuracy because of the swaying.

Even if it could barely fire a shot, the vibration caused would almost overturn it.

This wolf pack-like tactic obviously did not achieve the effect the Japanese wanted. In addition, at this moment, the Ming army's warships were still bombarding the Japanese's so-called gunboats. As long as these gunboats were hit by a shell, the people on the gunboats would be doomed to die.

Of course, if there are Japanese people who are very good at swimming, they will naturally have a chance to survive, but the prerequisite is that they can swim back to land alive.

Of the fifty Japanese gunboats, more than thirty were destroyed by the Ming army's warships after several rounds of salvos, and the remaining ones gradually fell into the blind spots of the Ming army's warships' shooting range.

"The situation may not be good?" Obviously, the gunners on the Ming army ship were a little panicked after seeing this scene, because what happened next was beyond their ability.

Of course, the gunners are unable to do it, but that doesn’t mean others are also unable to do it.

The captains of each warship had already figured out how to deal with this problem in previous exercises.

Since they had reached the limit of their shooting range, they had to use manpower to do the job. First, the Ming army's warships increased their speed, and they quickly merged with the Japanese gunboats.

The ripples in the surrounding sea water were now even bigger, and the Japanese's small gunboat was shaking even more violently.

Even if one of their gunboats could fire one or two cannonballs, the Ming army's warships could not withstand this limited bombardment.

Afterwards, many Ming army soldiers were seen standing on the deck, desperately throwing small gunpowder bags down.

These things were all within the scope of their usual training, so these Ming army soldiers were extremely accurate in throwing their bombs. Moreover, these small explosive packs were all wrapped in oil paper, and even the position of the fuses was the same, so they would explode even if thrown directly into the sea.

This tactic was simply doomsday for the dozen or so remaining gunboats. After a series of explosions, those small gunboats disappeared on the sea level.

Looking at the scene not far away, Zhang Dingbian smiled slightly: "Very good, after getting rid of these dozens of ants, what will be born will be the more than 20 large ships of the Japanese."

"Send the flag signal and let our fleet turn around. Now there are more than 20 Japanese warships crowded on such a narrow sea. Let us have five warships on each side and make sure to surround them."