Chapter 377 Lu Yulong who acted without authorization
Ren Ning was not worried at all about the fighting below.
He mostly pricked up his ears and stared at the southern sea with his binoculars.
As soon as the cloud-piercing arrows rose on the island and the Japanese warships showed signs of turning back and heading north, Ren Ning immediately ordered the entire army to retreat.
This is also the main reason why he came up personally to be the eyes.
Fortunately, everything is going well for the time being.
The Japanese pirates guarding the island neither fired cloud-penetrating arrows to ask for help, nor did the fleet heading to Nanli Island show any intention of turning back.
Ren Ning was in a great mood.
Nanli Island is not close to Xilong Island.
At this time, his telescope could only see the endless sea, and could not see the shadow of Nanli Island at all, let alone the collision between the fleets of both sides.
Kudo Naoto set out from the east coast early in the morning and drove slowly and quickly all the way.
However, the distance was a bit far. By the time he arrived near Nanli Island, the fleets of both sides were already fighting in full swing.
"How is the war going? How many crops have been destroyed on the island?"
On the battlefield in front of us, ships from both sides were intertwined, and rockets and fireballs were flying. Unknown how many ships were on fire, and thick smoke was billowing everywhere.
Kudo Naoto looked around, unable to distinguish the situation for a while.
"Back to the general," the lieutenant stationed at Nanli Island looked happy, "This time the Yunchui people's target does not seem to be the crops on the island. They have been concentrating on attacking since they arrived. Our fleet..."
Facing Kudo Naoto's cold eyes, the deputy general swallowed several times before he dared to continue speaking.
"Our fleet is a bit overwhelmed."
As for the casualties on both sides, they are increasing every moment and cannot be counted at the moment.
East China Sea Barrier,
The flagship Protector, which had always been commanding from the rear, even took the initiative to press forward this time.
The officers and sailors on the ship were no different from those on other ships. They were either wringing arrows from their bows or shaking the oars with all their might.
Lu Fuhai stood on the bow of the ship, holding on to the side of the ship, looking coldly at the large and small Japanese warships ahead.
As for Nanli Island, which was very close to the right front, he didn't even glance at it.
Attack the island and burn crops?
It is true that the Japanese pirates could be starved to death or even forced to raise troops to rebel, but that would only happen in the future.
If these were written into the battle report, Emperor Changxing would probably not even bother to open it when it was sent to Xingji City.
At Jinlongtan Port, the East China Sea Barrier was attacked by Ishikawa Taki and destroyed so many ships.
What Lu Fuhai needs most now is an impressive performance to make up for his mistakes.
Therefore, it is better to destroy and sink enemy ships as much as possible to calm the anger of Star City.
snort.
Lu Fuhai snorted.
If all the Japanese pirates' island-defending fleet were sent to the bottom of the sea, then Nanli Island and the crops on it would become his bag.
"Continue to press forward and let me kill them."
"General," the messenger hurried over, "I just got the news that the Japanese fleets stationed on Xilong Island and Dongjing Island have arrived and appeared in the field of vision on both sides."
"Oh, they finally arrived?"
Lu Fuhai was not surprised but happy.
The enemy ships stationed in Nanli Island in front of them were clearly outmatched and were being defeated steadily. If the weapons of the East China Sea Barrier had not been stronger, it would really have turned into a situation where you were chasing me and you were chasing each other, and in the end the ship was faster than the ship.
Now that support has arrived, they must dare to fight.
"Order……"
Just as Lu Fuhai was about to give the order, the deputy generals and military advisors rushed over to interrupt him.
"General, we can't pursue him any longer."
"Yes, if we continue to pursue them, if the enemy ships from Xilong Island go around to the west to intercept them, we will be attacked from all sides."
Lu Fuhai, who was eager to kill the enemy and achieve meritorious service, was poured cold water on him and immediately calmed down.
He looked around for a while and nodded silently.
Although the Nanli Island on the right front has no weapons, it is an unsinkable ship. It is far stronger than any other fleet.
If he had to order the ships to continue to press forward, then he might really be in a situation where he would be surrounded by enemies on all sides.
"The Jade Dragon fleet turns north to fight the enemy ships coming from Xilong Island. We must ensure the safety of our fleet's rear. The remaining ships launch fireballs towards the southern islands and are ready to retreat at any time."
Don't you want to use the island to block my direction?
It is not polite to come and go without reciprocating, and it is just destroying some crops.
The flag was waved and the ships slowly stopped.
At this time, the East China Sea Barrier was already very close to Nanli Island, and Lu Fuhai on board the Protector could even clearly see the middle finger raised by the island's guard.
Quack, quack, quack.
Each trebuchet began to turn.
After a while, a whistling sound sounded.
The first batch of stones flew toward the island with blazing flames and hit the crops with a loud bang.
After a while, thick black smoke billowed from the north and south of the island.
"Lu Fuhai! You despicable villain!"
Behind the Japanese pirate fleet, Kudo Naoto almost crushed the side of the ship when he saw this scene.
Upon his arrival, he took over command of the fleet.
After hearing that the target of the East China Sea Barrier was only warships, Naoto Kudo quickly understood what Lu Fuhai was thinking, so he quickly lured the enemy deeper.
It's a pity that Lu Fuhai can sit in the position of the commander of the East China Sea Barrier, and he is not a fool.
He simply stopped the boat and bombarded the crop fields on the island. Instead, Naoto Kudo failed to steal the chicken and lost a lot of rice.
Jade Dragon.
The fleet sailed north, but Lu Yulong kept looking east.
"Look for the enemy's command ship and continuation ship, and quickly decipher their semaphores."
It has been nearly two years since the Jade Dragon Fleet set off for Baekje with Xiao Zheng.
For such a long time, they have been fighting with Japanese pirates off the coast of Jinlongtan. In every battle, Lu Yulong asked his soldiers to carefully collect the enemy's flags.
Now it has been deciphered to 7788.
"Yes!" All the soldiers responded loudly.
It's just that Kudo Naoto's command ship is an ordinary battle camp class, and it has always stayed at the very rear. Not to mention that the soldiers on the Yulong only used their eyes to find it, even with telescopes, it would be difficult to find it.
But it was much easier to find the ships used to renew the commander's orders. It didn't take long for the soldiers to discover several suspicious ships.
After a while, the orderly soldier who was sweating profusely came over holding the translation.
"General, we deciphered the signal signal sent by the enemy's continuation ship to the Chaiwei."
Ha ha.
"Well done!" Lu Yulong was overjoyed and slapped the soldier hard.
He was finally willing to turn his head and look north.
In the fleet coming from Xilong Island, the leading ship of the Warlord class was flying a flag with the word Shibao on it.
"Get closer to me and scare off the enemy ships!"
Lu Yulong hesitated for less than two breaths, "Order, the entire fleet is divided into two. The rear army remains unchanged, and the front army follows me diagonally to the northeast at full speed, blocking the path of the Chaiwei."
Whoa whoosh!
No one hesitated.
The fifty ships of the Yulong fleet immediately took action, and the Yulong took the lead, sailing toward the northeast at full speed.
Their movement soon fell into the eyes of Lu Fuhai not far away.
"What is Lu Yulong doing?" Lu Fuhai was furious, "Didn't we ask them to guard our retreat..."
Last time at Jinlongtan, he ordered the Yulong fleet to go south to block the retreating generals of the Japanese pirates. As a result, Lu Yulong turned a deaf ear and in the end only a group of war battalions were stopped.
Are you starting to act without permission now?
I really ate the courage of a leopard!
Is he still a member of the East China Sea Barrier?
"General, look." Before Lu Fuhai finished speaking, a guard loudly reminded him.
"The enemies on Xilong Island didn't mean to stop behind us. Instead, they headed east. The Yulong moved like this, and it looked like it was just in time to stop them."
Lu Fuhai perked up and turned his head rapidly.
"What a bastard Naoto Kudo. It turns out he wanted to scare us away."
"Order all warships to continue moving forward and attack with all their strength."