"Oh? What is this for?" Otsutsu Shohei was puzzled by the movement of the Shimizu navy's ships ahead, and shook his head repeatedly in confusion, "Does the child of the Shimizu family not even understand the basic principles of naval warfare? Ueno Mamoru (Shimizu)
Tsunayoshi himself is a celebrity in naval battles, but he didn’t teach his children anything? Even though they are still young, they have already gone into battle in the original version, so they shouldn’t be so careless..."
Except for one inconspicuous Kansune ship left behind, all the other ships of the Qingshui navy slowly sailed away from the coast, giving up key waterways and heading to the open sea. A common naval ship in Japan - Anzai
Boats, closed boats and small morning boats - are not conducive to sailing in the open sea, but are more suitable for movement in rivers, bays and inland seas. Taking the initiative to abandon the inland sea and sail to the open sea is equivalent to breaking an arm.
Moreover, as long as the Imagawa family's Suruga navy pursues them, they can block the Shimizu navy's retreat to the coast and force them to take the open sea back to Izu - it is estimated that many ships will fall behind due to factors such as wind, waves, sailors' fatigue, etc.
It was captured by the Suruga navy.
However, if the Suruga Navy does not take action immediately, the Shimizu Navy will be able to contact the ocean current from east to west if it advances a little further, and drift all the way back to Izu - then the Suruga Navy will not be able to catch up, and will lose the opportunity to destroy Shimizu.
military opportunity.
"Go and pursue them." Imagawa Yoshimoto also discovered the foolish actions of the Shimizu navy, and immediately gave instructions to Kotsu Shohei on the neighboring ship, "Don't let them go after you worked so hard to lure them."
"This is to lure the tiger away from the mountain." Takeda Harunobu immediately protested, raising his hand to point to the only remaining Sekigawa ship of the Shimizu Navy in front of him, "They are going to use a large force to lure away the Imagawa family's fleet, and then use that Sekibune ship to attack
Your flagship, attack both of us."
"There is only one Kanbune, why should he?" Imagawa Yoshimoto had no scruples in letting his flagship Anzha-bune drift westward towards the Kanbune.
"Even so, you shouldn't take the risk." Takeda Harunobu wanted to knock out Imagawa Yoshimoto and take over the command.
"They are the ones who took the risk." Imagawa Yoshimoto waved his hand, and more than 200 Imagawa family members poured out of the cabin of the Azaya ship. The leaders were none other than Himura Umoha and Akai Kurotaka. They and the ones behind them
The horsemen all had iron cannons in their hands. They quickly approached the side of the ship and crouched down to take cover. They lined up in two rows and began to reload.
"Iron cannons? Those bought by Sakai Town? When did they arrive? Have you already been deployed in the army?" Takeda Harunobu was immediately shocked when he saw this batch of iron cannons, "Why didn't you tell me?"
"It hasn't worked yet. If it doesn't work, you'll have to pay for it. The reloading is too slow. I'm afraid I can only fire one shot in a battle." Imagawa Yoshimoto joked a few times, then pointed at the iron artillery team and said,
"But if it's a water battle, there won't be this problem. There will be a leisurely reloading time. When the two ships meet, we will fire the iron cannon and they will shoot arrows. Our ship is still higher. Who do you think will win?"
"No wonder you are so rare and confident." Takeda Harunobu finally relaxed and leaned against the mast, "Speaking of which, do you plan to imitate these iron cannons? Figure out a production process yourself, so that you don't have to worry about it in the future.
Don’t you have to spend a lot of money to buy it?”
"Can I imitate this by myself?" Imagawa Yoshimoto was opened to new ideas. After being stunned for a while, he asked: "Can we make something like the Nanman?"
"What's wrong with this? We all have two eyes and two hands. Aren't the Nanman better than us?" Takeda Harunobu shrugged his shoulders matter-of-factly and pointed to the iron cannons in the distance, "Look for a few.
Take it apart and study it carefully to see what raw materials it is made of. Then pick a few clever craftsmen and let them try it."
"It feels unreliable. Let's talk about it later. There must be a secret recipe for such a magical thing. Instead of copying it yourself, it is better to buy the secret recipe directly from the Nanman people or their master craftsmen." Imagawa Yoshimoto weighed it for a moment.
Still shook his head, "And we also need to see how effective it is in actual combat. It may not be easy to use. If it doesn't work, why would I spend so much effort to imitate it?"
As the two talked, the distance between the flagship of the Suruga Navy and the Kansai ship of the Shimizu Navy gradually narrowed to within a stone's throw, but Takeda Harunobu no longer felt nervous. The Imagawa family's flags had been loaded and fired one by one.
Leaning on the side of the ship, he waited for the two ships to meet, then he stood up and pulled the trigger. However, Takeda Harunobu was a little surprised.
Yes, there was no one on the deck of the Qingshui Shuijun ship.
Before he could think about it, the two ships had already met.
"Let go!" Himura Hijiha shouted, and the Imagawa family's bannermen immediately stood up, took out their dark iron cannons, pointed them at the Hojo family's ship a few feet away, and simultaneously pulled the triggers.
The moment the fire flashed, they were surprised to find that the ship on the opposite side also flashed fire.
"boom!"
The violent roar of the iron cannon exploded on the open sea, and gunpowder smoke rose up with it. The two naval forces engaged in the battle in the distance were stunned for a moment and looked at the Anzha ship and Guan ship along the coast.
——I saw that both ships were like big chimneys, with smoke constantly billowing and being blown away by the sea breeze.
"Damn it? The Imagawa family also has iron cannons?"
At this time, Oto Nobuki, who was leading the iron artillery team on the Kansai ship of the Hojo family, was almost blinded by the roar from the opposite side. He himself was born in the Kii Kunine family and began to serve the Hojo family during the Hojo Ujizuna era. Soon after,
Recently, when he went home to visit his relatives, he discovered that Kii had begun to spread a novelty called "iron cannon", so he brought one back to Sagami, which immediately attracted the attention of Hojo Genan, the mastermind behind the Hojo family.
Under the instructions of Hojo Genan, Oto Nobuki secretly purchased 50 iron cannons through his connections with the public, and formed a troop formation, commanded by Oto Nobuki. This battle was their first formation, and Hojo Genan planned to take advantage of the opportunity.
When Imagawa Yoshimoto and Takeda Harunobu returned by boat, they used iron artillery to attack the Imagawa family's Suruga navy during the boarding battle, thus assassinating Imagawa Yoshimoto and Takeda Harunobu.
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Hojo Genan, who was originally sitting in the cabin, could not sit still after hearing the roar that was far greater than 50 iron cannons. He ran out of the cabin in panic and came to the deck. The sea breeze blew away the smoke and dispersed it.
There were blood stains on the deck - under the extremely close fire, more than a dozen of the Hojo family's iron gunners had fallen in an instant.
"How is that possible..." Hojo Genan stood there in disbelief, and turned to look at the Suruga Navy's Anzai ship - he saw more than a hundred iron gunners who had finished shooting retreated and reloaded.
"The Imagawa family has twice as many gunners as we do..."
Hojo Genan's sighs of emotion stopped abruptly.
Because more than a hundred new iron gunners suddenly walked out from the side of the Suruga navy's house ship - they raised their loaded iron cannons and aimed them at the unsuspecting Hojo army on the deck.
It's four times!
"boom!"
"What the hell? The Hojo family also has iron cannons?"
At this time, on the other side of the Suruga navy's house ship, the Imagawa family was also shocked. The situation in front of them was unexpected - but the good thing is that they obviously had much more iron cannons than the Hojo army.
Although Imagawa Yoshimoto was also surprised, after all, the situation was still under control, so he methodically directed the two iron artillery teams to take turns loading and firing - the length of the Anzha ship did not support more than 200 people standing on the side of the ship at the same time.
, can only take turns.
The volley fired by more than 50 iron gunners of the Hojo family just now caused 5 casualties to the Imagawa family's bannermen. It seems that the accuracy of the iron cannons is really not good. Of course, it may also be because of some bumps on the ship, so the fire was
No. However, the numerical advantage still exists - the Hojo family's side obviously fell more than twice as much, and after the second round of volleys from the Imagawa family, they were even more suppressed and could not lift their heads.
Takeda Harunobu, who was next to Imagawa Yoshimoto, was so surprised that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear at this moment, and stood there for a long time. He even turned a blind eye to Imagawa Yoshimoto's gesture to tell him to squat down to avoid being affected by stray bullets.
"He is a mountain man after all..." After secretly slandering regional discrimination, Imagawa Yoshimoto personally pulled Takeda Harunobu behind the mast.
"Retreat! Retreat!"
On the other side, Hojo Genan was already ignoring his personal image, shouting hysterically and commanding the sailors to turn around. Anyone - when he finds that the only trump card he relies on is also more and more on the opposite side - will have a mental breakdown.
.
"Master!" At this time, Oto Nobuki
He also crawled on the deck, dodging the flying projectiles, while crawling towards the cabin where Hojo Genan was, "What about the main army in the outer sea?"
"Let them escape individually and wish for their own good. No matter how much they escape, it counts!" Hojo Genan cursed harshly. This time he used the Shimizu Navy, which he had worked so hard to rebuild, as bait, just for himself.
This blow from the iron cannon - who would have thought that this blow would end as soon as it started.
On the evening of September 4, the Thirteenth Year of Astronomy (1544), Sagami Bay.
The Suruga Navy captured more than 20 ships of the Shimizu Navy. Of course, the two clumsy Anzha ships could not escape. Shimizu Tsunayoshi himself moved to a small boat and escaped as soon as possible - the newly rebuilt Shimizu Navy
The army was injured again in an instant, and it took more than a year for everyone to recover.
"I feel the effect is pretty good." Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at the ships captured and controlled by the Suruga Navy and the sailors of the Shimizu Navy tied up in rows - although these results have nothing to do with the iron cannon. But no matter what,
The lethality and suppression power shown by the iron cannon in the crossfire just now was quite impressive.
"Will I still trick you?" Takeda Harunobu, who had taken a fancy to Tiepao in advance and recommended him, patted Imagawa Yoshimoto on the shoulder while drawing a pie for him, "I won't lie to you, really. And I think
, it is absolutely feasible to imitate an iron cannon, you might as well give it a try. To put it bluntly, this iron cannon is just a pair of iron lumps put together, and it is not a magic weapon or a divine weapon."
"You just want to use the Imagawa family's financial resources and manpower to conduct research, and then give Kai a copy of the results." Ginkgo complained coldly to the side.
"Don't tell us so clearly. We are all one family. The Imagawa family's governor is my brother-in-law, and the future governor will also be my son's cousin. We are all one family!"