We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

Chapter 649: Battle of Tsushima (Part 2)

On the flagship of the Three Kingdoms Alliance.

"Faster, faster!"

“Paddle hard!”

"The Japanese are catching up, they are coming!"

"Damn it, can someone tell me what the heck is onboard?!"

Hearing the terrifying howls behind them becoming clearer and clearer, the sailors were frightened out of their wits. Many of them collapsed to the ground and began to cry in despair.

The officers roared and whipped the sailors in vain, but the turtle ship continued to move at a snail's pace.

The deputy general looked at the unconscious Li Chunchen, then at the pursuers close behind him, his face full of despair.

It's over, it's over!

Not only will the ship be lost, but people will also die here. It’s all caused by this madman Li Chunchen!

At this critical moment.

Whoosh—whoosh whoosh whoosh—

A series of sharp, piercing, and terrifying sounds of breaking through the air suddenly passed by extremely high above the turtle ship without any warning.

The sound was so fast and so sharp that it instantly drowned out the howling of the Japanese pirates and the cries of the soldiers on the ship.

Everyone on the boat was attracted by the sudden sound and subconsciously looked up at the sky.

But all I saw was a gray mist and I couldn't see anything.

Immediately afterwards...

Boom! Boom boom boom—

Without any warning, dozens of huge water columns several feet high shot up into the sky on the sea around several Japanese ships.

The sea water was violently stirred up as if it were boiling, turning into a cold rainstorm that slammed heavily onto the deck of the Guan ship.

One of the shells seemed to have eyes, and it hit the center of the Guan ship that was rushing in the front.

There was a loud cracking sound, followed by a violent explosion. The high bow of the Guan ship was like an eggshell hit by a huge hammer, and a huge and hideous hole was instantly torn open.

Wood chips mixed with the broken hull structure splashed everywhere, and the sea water rushed into the hole like a beast that had found an outlet.

The speed of the Guan ship suddenly dropped to zero, the bow sank suddenly, and began to sway violently from side to side.

The Japanese pirates on the ship were thrown into the sea like dumplings, emitting shrill screams:

"Nani?!"

"Baga! What's going on?!"

"Where did the cannon come from?!"

"Is the God angry?!"

The pursuing Japanese ships were instantly thrown into panic.

The Japanese pirates who had been howling arrogantly just now were now like ducks with their necks strangled. They looked around in fear and tried desperately to find any trace of the enemy on the foggy sea.

However, as far as the eye could see on the sea, except for the turtle ship slowly fleeing in front, there was nothing at all, and there was no sign of any enemy ships at all.

The deadly attack seemed to come from the netherworld of hell, and its source could not be traced at all.

"Is... is this Fengguo's magic?!"

"There's a ghost!"

The captain of one of the Guan ships saw this scene and was frightened by this strange and terrifying attack and turned pale.

But he forced himself to remain calm and shouted to the sailors and foot soldiers below:

"Baga! What are you panicking about? This must be a trick by Fengguo. They must have a ship hiding in the fog!"

"Keep chasing, catch up, capture that turtle ship, and you'll know..."

However, before his roar, which was full of fierceness but cowardice, ended, the familiar terrifying sound of breaking through the air was heard again!

Whoosh—whoosh whoosh whoosh—

This time, the sound seemed clearer and closer.

The Japanese general subconsciously looked up, and his pupils instantly shrank to the size of a needle tip.

He seemed to see a vague black dot in the gray mist, moving towards the ship he was on at an incredible speed...

No, it was falling on his head!

He didn't even have time to react, he just felt an indescribable force suddenly falling on his body.

puff-

There wasn't much sound, just a horrible crisp snap of bones breaking.

The upper body of the Japanese general, along with part of the ship's structure beneath him, was instantly wiped out as if by an invisible giant hand, turning into a bloody mist mixed with flesh, broken bones and wood chips!

Only the lower half of his body was still standing there, and then it was blown away by the shock wave and fell into the sea.

"what!!!"

"Yamada-sama!"

"The devil! It must be the devil!"

Witnessing the horrific sight of their commander being instantly vaporized, the sailors and foot soldiers on the Guan ship completely collapsed.

Completely unknown attack methods, incomprehensible range, all of this was far beyond their cognitive limits.

The Bushido spirit, the glory, the emperor, all vanished into nothing in the face of the absolute fear of death.

"Retreat quickly, leave this devilish sea, leave quickly!"

The few surviving pursuing Guan ships, like frightened rabbits, no longer cared about any pursuit mission. They hurriedly turned their bows and fled madly towards their main fleet at a speed even faster than when they came.

He was afraid that if he was a step slower, the punishment from hell would fall upon him.

. . . . . .

Two thousand meters away, deep in the sea fog, the clipper ship "Haidongqing" is there.

Li Bao slowly put down the telescope in his hand with a satisfied smile on his face.

Beside him, several small rifled cannons, whose muzzles were still slightly hot, were being quickly cooled and cleaned by the gun crew.

Li Bao said to the clerk very quickly:

"Record: 2,000-meter extreme range calibration, first round of coverage and deterrence, with significant results."

"The second round of precise decapitation completely destroyed the enemy's will to pursue. The Japanese pirates had no knowledge of or ability to counter beyond-visual-range attacks and fell into extreme panic."

Huai En stood aside, watching the Japanese pirate ship fleeing in panic in the distance, and nodded slightly: "General Li is good at artillery. The task assigned by His Highness has been completed."

Li Bao smiled, with the confidence typical of a naval admiral: "You are too kind, eunuch. You are just relying on the advantage of the ship's gun range to bully these frogs in the well."

The Haidongqing was equipped with rifled shipborne guns, which were also the most advanced artillery in the entire Fengtian Army.

That's a rifled cannon, which only appeared in the 16th century on Earth. It began to be gradually phased out in the 1980s and was basically completed in the early 21st century.

Even now, there are still a few countries whose armies are equipped with this type of artillery.

The technology of the Gunpowder Department's military factory was not mature enough, and the number and quality of the rifles in the gun barrel were not perfect, but it was enough to deliver a crushing attack force.

Unfortunately, production has always been a big problem, and the Fengtian Army now has only two rifled guns.

"I've seen everything I should have seen and recorded everything I should have recorded. Li Chunchen... I've done my best."

Huai En turned around and said to Li Bao and Li Jie, "Generals, we should go back. His Highness is still waiting for our report."

Li Bao nodded slightly, then gave a serious order: "The goal has been achieved. Pass the order, lower the sail to half, maintain silence, and we will retreat!"

The streamlined hull of the Haidongqing was like a ghost blending into the sea fog, gliding silently in the predetermined direction away from the battlefield.

From the beginning to the end, those Japanese ships did not catch even a glimpse of the silhouette of the "Haidongqing".