"what is that?"
Not long after the Momiji Fleet discovered the Awaji Navy, the Awaji Navy also discovered the Momiji Fleet when the dense fog gradually dispersed.
"A navy from the Yuqiu family? How dare you go to sea?" Toga Ichitun, standing on the flagship of the Awaji navy, put away his contemptuous expression, "This is the style of the samurai family."
"They actually came to investigate. Could it be that the second brother's plan has been seen through?" Anzhai Toyasu frowned and considered for a moment, then ordered to his admiral, Admiral Suga Tatsuma, "You lead the men to attack and kill this enemy."
The navy will be destroyed, and then it will move further north to blockade Urato Bay."
"Why is Third Brother paying attention to those people? Don't they only have a dozen boats?" Shihe Yicun turned around with some confusion.
"There are still a large number of troop transports and grain transport ships behind us. To be on the safe side, it's better to send people to destroy them." Anzhai Dongkang replied, casually rolling up his sleeves and leaning on the side of the ship to look at the fleet to the north.
Go, "And their ship is very strange...it should be the ship of the Nanman. I have never seen them fight, so don't be careless."
"Looking at the size, there should be three Anzhai boats and twelve Kanbun boats. There are no morning boats and arson boats." Nobuyasu Anzhai squinted his eyes for a moment and whispered to his father.
"Tatsuyasu, then take nine Anzhai ships, thirty Kanshu ships, fifty morning boats and ten arson ships to destroy them." Anzhai Fuyayasu smiled and gave the order to Suga Tatsuma.
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"Your Majesty... Your Majesty? So many?" Suga seemed to suspect that he heard wrongly. This is nearly one-tenth of the Awaji Navy's strength.
"Never underestimate your opponent." Anzhai Fuyangyasu raised his hand and patted Suga Tatsunaga on the shoulder, "Remember, the Miyoshi family has been defeated step by step until today, so it is to underestimate the enemy."
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Unlike Fuyayasu Anzai, Yasuki Itami doesn't have to worry about underestimating the enemy at all. Because at this moment, after seeing the incoming Awaji navy, everyone in the Momiji fleet is in danger. Simply, the fleet's more than 500 iron gunners and
Among the more than 500 soldiers, half are veterans with experience in land warfare. They were recruited when the army expanded its recruitment, so they will not be too panicked.
"Sir, do you want to fight!" Abe Motonaga is one of the few people in the fleet who has experience in naval battles. He has followed Itami Yasukichi to Europe since the Imagawa family. He is used to seeing wind and waves and is not afraid of the enemy's attack.
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"Forget it, their number is several times ours!" Koyama Masama did not have the courage. He was a recruit from Kinki and was promoted to the position of deputy captain due to his outstanding performance in sailor training. "Withdraw
Go to Urato Bay, hide in Urato Bay, there is nothing they can do to us."
"Make a compromise and retreat, but be prepared to fight." Yasuki Itami patted the shoulders of two subordinates at the same time and whispered harshly, "Although we are small in number, we still have a majority of recruits.
But he is definitely not a soft persimmon.”
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Tatsucho Suga led nearly a hundred fleets northward, gradually moving away from the main fleet heading west. Looking at the dozen or so lonely ships in front of him, the contempt in his heart was still uncontrollable.
"Why do we need to use a large army with such a small number of people?" Suga Tatsucho still didn't understand Anzhai Fuyayasu's decision, but remembering Anzhai Fuyayasu's instructions before leaving, he still stared at the movements of the Hongye Fleet with all his concentration, trying his best to
Make sure you don't underestimate the enemy.
When he noticed that Hongye Fleet's sails were fully hoisted and they were quickly turning around and leaving, he determined their intentions.
"They must be hiding in Urato Bay like a turtle. But if they really hide in, it will be difficult to solve. The entrance to Urato Bay is too narrow and there is no way to get in." Suga
Thinking of this, Tatsucho immediately ordered all the ships to head north at full speed, and must catch up with the Momiji Fleet before they escape into Urato Bay.
However, after chasing Suga Tatsucho for a while, he realized that something was wrong. The Nanman ships of the Momiji Fleet were driving very fast one by one, and the distance between them and the Awaji Navy was getting wider and wider, and they were about to be unable to catch up.
"It's broken, it's too late to keep going like this." Suga frowned, his hand holding the side of the ship gradually tightened, and he issued an order, "Let all the ministries stop maintaining their formations. In addition to the arson boats, small morning boats and lighter boats
Guan Chuan immediately chased after them and entangled them, and the main force followed up."
Soon after the order was passed down layer by layer, the formation of the Awaji navy slowly separated. Kohayabune and Sekibune began to break away from the main army, leaving only the bulky Anzabune trying to catch up behind. Kohayabune and Sekibune no longer waited.
After settling on the Anzai ship, the speed was obviously much faster, gradually shortening the distance with the Red Leaf Fleet.
It's just that Suga Tatsucho didn't know that the speed of Hongye Fleet could be much faster than this.
"Sir, as you expected, the Awaji navy has really split up its forces to pursue them!" Abe Motocho reported to Itami Yasukiki very excitedly after seeing the formation of the Awaji navy.
"Okay, let's lure them a little longer. When they are farther away, we will change our formation." Yasuki Itami confidently ordered the flagman, "Pull them forward for a while, and then a cruiser will lead six destroyers.
To the northeast, another cruiser followed my flagship and took the other six destroyers to the northwest, spreading out in an 'inverted figure eight' shape!"
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Mikutaro is a small naval leader of the Miyoshi family's Awaji Navy. At this moment, he is leading his troops at the forefront of the entire army, chasing the Momiji Fleet. This lonely navy does not seem to be as powerful as them at all.
The Awaji Marines had the courage to fight, but they fled as soon as they encountered him.
"Hehe, the two hundred or so ships of the Nine Demon Navy fought with us in just one day, and they were all gone." Mikutaro looked at the Red Leaf Fleet that was gradually approaching him, and laughed proudly, "These ten ships are all gone."
Five boats don’t even take one day, one cup of tea is enough!”
"Hey, what's going on? Are you panicking?" Mikutaro watched as the Hongye fleet in front of him suddenly and slowly separated in an "inverted figure eight" shape. One force went northwest, and the other went northeast.
"Seeing that they were about to be overtaken, did they fly away when the disaster was imminent?"
"Chase, hurry up!" Encouraged, Yonekutaro ordered the fleet to speed up further. Like him, the small Hayafune and Sekifune chasing at the front speeded up and headed straight for the Red Leaf Fleet.
However, at this moment, the sails of the Momiji Fleet suddenly opened wider, and the speed suddenly increased. The Awaji Navy, who was about to touch the tail of the Momiji Fleet, was instantly thrown away.
After throwing away enough distance, the inverted "eight" began to turn on the sea surface with amazing flexibility and speed, and each turned outward. The sailors skillfully controlled the giant sails to keep the fleet in a neat line.
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It turned around. The two fleets, one on the left and one on the right, turned around and rushed over in a "figure eight" shape, pointing directly at the formation of the Awaji navy.
In order to pursue the Momiji Fleet, the Awaji navy had already dispersed its formation on the sea. It was too late to gather together at this moment. Mikutaro stared dumbfoundedly as the Momiji Fleet in front of him turned around at an angle that he could not understand.
and speed, rushing over with a muffled sound.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, they are few in number after all!" After a moment of panic, the experienced Mikutaro immediately turned around and ordered loudly, "Send the order, surround them, let all the ships surround them, and kill them.
, nothing good…”
"boom!"
Before he finished speaking, the roar of artillery suddenly sounded from the front. Mikutaro hurriedly turned around, only to see a gun smoking on the bow of a cruiser of the Hongye Fleet rushing ahead.
Artillery. Before he could take his eyes away from the black hole of the muzzle, there was a violent collision and the sound of a broken wooden boat, followed immediately by the helpless voices and wails of people asking for help.
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Mikutaro blankly cast his gaze to the left, only to find that the small shipmate that was sailing not far from him just now had been pierced by the shell, and a huge hole was opened on the port side of the ship.
The hole. Seawater kept pouring into the hull like an intrusion. The small morning boat had slowly tilted over. Countless sailors and soldiers tried hard to grab everything they could to avoid slipping. In the end, they sank with the unlucky ship.
Into the bottom of the water.
Before Mikutaro could recover, the cannon in front of him fired again. This time he failed to hit the target, but the water splash almost overturned a small morning boat next to him. Mikutaro suddenly
I found that my position was a little safer because he was not facing the big ship's bow gun and it was not within his attack angle.
The sound of artillery continued, the distance between the two armies continued to close, and several Awaji Navy ships were hit. Yonekutaro had calmed down at this moment, and asked his subordinates to prepare all weapons-iron cannons.
Bows, arrows, and calcined bombs. According to the current speed, his ship will pass by the big ship of the Hongye Fleet. At that time, it will be his time to fight back.
However, just as the distance between the two sides continued to shrink, and Taro Yoneku was about to order an attack, a burst of fire suddenly burst out from the deck of the ship - an astonishing number of iron gunners drew their guns and fired! The height of this ship was even higher than
Some of the Awaji navy's Anzha ships were even taller, so those iron gunners could launch the first round of attacks from a high position. Many unprepared sailors and soldiers were knocked down one after another, which made Yonekutaro very angry.
"How come there are dozens of iron gunners hidden here! Is the Yuqiu family so rich?" Mijiutaro roared angrily in his heart, "There are so many iron gunners on one ship, how many should there be in the entire fleet?
ah!"
"Get ready!" Mikutaro saw the right moment and shouted in a long tone at the moment when the two ships crossed side by side. The iron gunners of the Red Leaf Fleet had no time to reload, and they could achieve good results with this round of attack. However,
Mikutaro's "beat" was stuck in his throat and he could not shout out. Because he suddenly saw that there was also a window open on the side string of the ship - and a window popped out of it.
The black muzzle.
Then, there was a flash of fire.
Chapter completed!