After rushing out of the enemy fleet, the four blade-shattered army warships immediately turned south. Because of the wind, the turnover was very fast. At this time, except for the five sailboats in the north that had lost their combat effectiveness, the remaining sailboats were still sailing northeast along their original course.

The Zhenyang-class ship commanded by Yuanfeng himself was at the front, with three Zhenhai-class ships lined up behind. At this time, they were all facing the tail of the sailboat!

As the first general of the Shattered Ye Army who came to the Caspian Sea (Governor of Hainan Prefecture) and the Black Sea (Governor of Batumi Port), Yuanfeng had already figured out the structure of the sailboat, so all the ships sailed forward while bombarding the sterns of the enemy ship with artillery on the side!

At this time, there is no need to fire all the cannons. Each time, two cannons filled with solid bullets were fired, and the Fran cannon on the first deck could not be happily deployed at this time - the rear of the sailboat was also raised high, completely covering the direction of the shotgun!

But the combat soldiers were not idle either, and the crossbows they held were in handy at this time.

So, a scene that had never been seen in the Sacred Ye Army before appeared:

Some of the strong combat soldiers pointed the crossbow cannons that had adjusted the crossbow strings at the sky above the stern of the enemy ship, and there was a burning thunder on the crossbow!

"call out......"

The sound of the crossbow string rebounding is much more beautiful than the roar of the cannon just now, but the Goths' nightmare has not finally ended, and a large number of thunders fall from the sky!

Meanwhile, almost all hit sterns lost their tail rudders!

Therefore, it was impossible for these ships to maneuver quickly. They could only use slave oarsmen on one side to turn under the command of the commander, and do not row or slide less on the other side to turn.

Riding on the strong northeastern wind, only two cannons were fired at a time. When they arrived at the stern of the fourth enemy ship, the two cannons fired in the first round were just loaded, and the thunder of the sky continued to rush over the enemy ship.

Not long after, the four warships completely passed through all the galleys!

At this time, about 48% of the remaining forty-five galleys lost their convenient maneuver power because their rudders were destroyed!

So, a scene that made Curtis extremely uneasy appeared:

Originally, these ships were heading northeast (they were against the wind, which was also the advantage of sailboats and could sail without hindrance under any wind), but now, because some ships have lost the ability to maneuver quickly and some can still maneuver quickly, the ships collided!

What's even more fatal is that seeing these four enemy ships pass through the junction safely, many sailboats naturally began to turn in advance to prepare for pursuit, which aggravated the chaos.

However, for the Snow Ye Army, it was not a time to take advantage of the chaos to strengthen the attack. They were now against the wind and needed to storm the wind on an open sea surface.

The wind sounds very simple, but in fact, all sail drivers need to adjust the sails consistently under the command of the sailor. Since there are as many as eleven sides of the sail, there are multiple trusses on each side, and the ropes are fixed and adjusted, so there are more people needed.

The capture of wind direction naturally depends on the long sail, but it is not easy to coordinate all movements under his command, and it takes a long time to complete.

While the battle is still in progress, such action is tantamount to suicide. However, for the Shattered Ye Army, they can take a faster approach as long as they sail far away from the enemy's sea - lower all the sails on the front and rear masts, and then tighten all the cross sails on the middle main mast on the truss, making them look like a sail!

At this time, the two tail oars are like the tails of fish, which can also provide some power when they swing. If the oars are combined with the rudder in non-war, it will take a long time to do so. This is obviously not possible during war.

The wind function of the sail must be used to speed up the maneuver time!

At this time, the largest Zhenyang-class was the first to turn around because it had two waist sculls (similar to fish fins, which also provided power for swimming, and had appeared in the Song Dynasty in China!

At this time, Yuanfeng had only one choice.

Because it was completely against the wind, although it was turned around, his speed was far inferior to that of the enemy ship (the enemy ship was under the wind and oars), so he could only choose to continue maneuvering with the sail, and slowly sailed to the northeast in a zigzag shape.

But at this time he was facing a great danger - at this time, since most of the enemy ships were in chaos, if the sea space between them and the Taman Peninsula was completely blocked, his Jinyang-class ship could not pass through and then carry out another attack like that.

Of course, he could also choose to continue sailing towards the deep sea, attracting several galloping boats that had rushed over, first destroying these enemy ships, and then heading north to attack the large forces of the enemy ships.

Yuanfeng finally chose the large army of the enemy ships - if they do not take advantage of the chaos of the enemy ships to launch further attacks on them, it will be difficult once they recover!

And the enemy ships rushing over obviously also discovered his intentions and rushed towards them faster!

Yuanfeng's expression couldn't help but become solemn - the reason why they succeeded easily just now was because they maintained strong mobility under the wind, but when they were against the wind, they couldn't do it if they wanted to repeat the movement just now.

Fortunately, there are only a few ships coming, and they can fight one-on-one!

......

Just as the four main battleships were maneuvering in the most difficult direction, the battle between a Zhenhai-class clutch led by the Navy Commander and eight horse ships went extremely smoothly.

As horse ships, there are obviously no heavy artillery on the middle deck, and only some small Franco cannons were arranged on the first deck. However, they only faced ten large galleys, and the rest were all the fast ships that were only half of the galleys, and the two ends were high-rise!

Unlike Yuanfeng's tactics, since the enemy came from the north, if they faced them straight, they would have to go against the wind. So from the beginning, they implemented the tactic of using the northeast wind to sail westward and using their side port cannons to face the bow of the enemy ship. Naturally, there were also tactics of crossbows to cast thunder and thunder.

At this time, the cannons can only be loaded with small solid bullets. Even so, they can penetrate the bow of the enemy ship, but it is impossible to achieve the same results as the main battleship.

After passing these ships, the squadron faced a choice.

First, drive through the junction and maneuver on the outer sea;

Secondly, use the northeast wind to turn south and shoot the fifty large slave galleys that have fallen into chaos!

The commander wisely chose the latter.

At this time, they still faced the bow of the enemy ship with their sideways, but this time, because most of the enemy ships were in chaos, there was no need to cast small cannons.

Fire Attack!

Although they are all horse ships and no artillery is installed on the middle deck, there are still fire cabinets for storing tincture oil on the ship!

So, while sailing south, they desperately erupted tinder oil to the chaotic enemy ships. Unfortunately, because they were too far from the Port of Baku, they could not travel through the Armenian hinterland of more than a thousand miles and wasted valuable land transportation resources to transport oil near Baku. They still used vegetable oil bought from Dashi, Xhosa, and Roman merchants.

But the next scene made their huge act worth it.

Under the control of four Broken Leaf soldiers, a black tube made of rough glue sprayed a large amount of tinder oil into the head of the enemy ship, thus adding a little more uneasy to this already uneasy sea surface!

Even if the enemy's ships were in chaos, it did not mean that the soldiers on the ship were in chaos. They obviously saw the intention of the Shattered Ye Jun. So some ships rushed towards the abdomen of the horse ship, while some soldiers on the boat kept casting bows, arrows, javelins, and stones at the Shattered Ye Jun on the horse ship!

At this time, the method of using a crossbow to fire the sky-shaking thunder is very useful.

All the arrow branches, javelins, and stones combined were not a single deafening thunder falling from the sky. The explosion in the sky was even more terrifying, and the deafening explosion aggravated their chaos!

Even so, the bow of a galleon hit the waist of a horse boat!

It should be noted here that since Sun Xiurong's main experience came from the late Ming Dynasty, the structure of the ships under his command also mainly came from that era. In that era, it was a consensus that keels and ribs were formed by splicing one or as few wood as possible to strengthen the firmness of the hull.

In addition to the choice of ship materials (the wood used by the Zaiye Army warships is mostly dense, fine texture, fire-resistant and corrosion-resistant hardwood. Even when they arrive at Batumi Port, they choose the best beech and oak trees. The enemy's galleys obviously did not take this into consideration. They chose mostly birch and pine wood that are easily obtained), and the thickness of the boat gang (the head and tail of the Zaiye Army's ship is more than 20 cm thick, the boat gang is more than ten cm, while the enemy is much thinner), the strength of the boat gang is far greater than any ship of any force at this time.

If the bow of the enemy ship is sharp, even if the Thunder Ye Army ship is strong, it will definitely be broken in half at this time. Unfortunately, the bow of the enemy ship is also square!

"flutter!"

The horse ship built on a keel and hundreds of curved ribs has withstood the test. Although the side close to the enemy ship was obviously traumatized, it did not break and then enter the water!

But this collision still made the horse ship overturn rapidly to the other side!

At this time, Sun Xiurong's heavy keel hem arranged against the public acted. When the ship overturned to one side, the two-meter tall keel hem immediately returned to its regular shape under the strong counterpressure of the sea water!

But there are still many Franco cannons, and the Sailors of the Broken Ye Army fell to the sea during the overturn just now!

The moment the horse ship returned to its normal shape, a soldier of the Broken Leaf Army suddenly threw bundles of thunderstorms at the enemy ship!

"boom......."

With a large roar and the harsh scraping sound of the two ships sticking together, with the assistance of the northeast wind, the horse ship sailed past the enemy ship!

......

At this time, the four main battleships that were sailing slowly in a zigzag shape finally returned here. They all walked here with difficulty with sailing and tail oars. They were naturally attacked by several enemy ships on the way. However, although these enemy ships were once close to them, they still fled with the whereabouts of overwhelming firearms.

So, the two squadrons gathered!

At this time, after seeing the raging fires and the chaotic parades of the ten gallops coming from behind, the forty fast ships coming from behind, they were shocked and did not dare to continue fighting. They first sailed eastward, then drew a graceful arc in Taman Bay, and then ran towards the Kerch Strait.

When night fell, the naval battle finally ended.
Chapter completed!