At this time, the base can only be regarded as a ruin with lingering smoke. Apart from the dark ashes, there is basically no decent pillar or complete rubble to be seen.
It can even be said that the damage was even cleaner than last year's great flood.
Ukawa Taishi was patrolling inside with several military advisors, his face darker than the plaster on the ground.
Report!
The rapid sound of horse hooves sounded.
A blood-stained messenger rushed over.
"General, urgent order from General Kudo."
Taking advantage of the time when the bodyguard was conducting a drug test, Ukawa Daishi glanced up and down at the horse a few times before reaching out to take the letter.
After reading the content inside, his face turned even darker.
The military advisor next to him stood up decisively.
"Damn it. This military order should have been delivered three days ago. Now that you have a mount, why did you delay it until now?"
"Back to the general, there were more than ten people who set off to the south bank with the younger one. However, they were repeatedly pursued by Xingluo on the way. The younger one also took many detours, so he reluctantly delivered the general's order to the general."
"As for the other brothers..."
He lowered his head and said no more.
The military advisor was speechless for a while and looked at the general with a stern expression.
Ukawa Daishi came over and patted his shoulder comfortingly, and then straightened Xiaobing's stained clothes.
"Thank you for your hard work, brothers. The hardships you endure now and your selfless efforts and sacrifices are all for a better future for the empire and the nation. His Majesty the Emperor and the people of Yamato will never forget your achievements."
"Thank you, General." The messenger burst into tears of gratitude.
Ukawa Taishi nodded.
"Come here, take this brother to have something to eat. Then go back and report to General Jiutang, saying that I have received the order and will execute it immediately."
"Yes!" The messenger breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and left.
"General," the military advisors came over and frowned as they looked at the military order.
"General Kudo, what do you mean?"
Not only were they asked to immediately give up fighting the fire, but instead led the fleet to protect the three food islands.
They were even asked to bypass Li Hebai, Lu Ping'an, and Wan Shilei to join up with Ishikawa Taki of the Sishan Islands, and then attack Jinlongtan.
Protecting the three food islands is easy to say.
This was originally the responsibility of their navy.
The sea is vast, and it is not difficult to bypass Li Hebai and three other fleets.
But Ishikawa Taki is currently attacking Dinghai Wharf in Huayang County. What's going on if he is asked to turn around and attack Jinlongtan?
Furthermore, it may not be possible to attack it.
"General, this order..." A military advisor looked around and couldn't help lowering his voice, "This is nonsense."
If it hadn't been for the handsome seal of Naoto Kudo stamped on it, he would have thought it was forged by someone sent by the Starfall Legion or Wu Siyuan.
Ukawa Daishi sighed inwardly.
Kudo Naoto, this is not nonsense, it is just a matter of seeking medical attention in a hurry.
It seems that the surrounding situation is worrying.
"General," another military advisor hesitated, "The first level of the official rank will crush people to death. This military order... do we really have to carry it out?"
Ukawa Taishi remained silent, but looked up to the northeast where Kudo Naoto was, and then looked back toward the sea.
The sea was calm at this time, but from time to time you could still see blazing rockets streaking across the sky.
That was Wan Shilei's Rock Fleet fighting with his defense fleet.
As for Li Hebai and Lu Ping'an, they assigned one group to hold down Wan Shilei's formation, while the other group was attacking the three food islands.
well.
Ukawa Taishi sighed secretly again.
Even three people with hairless mouths dare to bully them. His fleet has been so weakened that there is no need to talk about attacking Jinlongtan...
"Everyone listened to the order and immediately rebuilt the shipbuilding base and set up defenses on the outside to guard against Xingluo's continued attack."
There was silence all around, and everyone looked at each other.
Ukawa Daishi's face darkened: "Didn't you hear what I said?"
"Yes!" Only then did the ordering soldiers react and agreed one after another.
"General," a military advisor came over, "the shipbuilding base is the foundation of the navy. Without it, we can't even repair the ships, let alone expand the fleet and transport the local people out. Therefore, this place must be repaired.
, and the faster, the better.”
At this point, he changed the subject.
"But what about General Kudo's orders? For example, to protect the three food islands."
As for the matter of reuniting with Ishikawa Taki and then attacking Jinlongtan, the military advisor was still clear in his mind, so he did not mention it.
Ukawa Daishi looked at him deeply for a while, then suddenly smiled.
"General Jiutang is the general of the Western Expedition. I will naturally abide by his orders. Anyone who comes, please send an order to all fleets in the periphery to immediately bypass the Rock Fleet and go to..."
Just said.
Bang bang bang.
Three brilliant fireworks suddenly exploded in the northwest sky.
Ukawa Taishi suddenly stopped talking.
His face was stern: "Who sent the cloud-piercing arrow, and how far away is it from us? Calculate it quickly!"
After a while, someone had already figured it out.
"Back to General, it's our Cloud-Piercing Arrow, heading northwest, about fifty to sixty miles away. It is inferred that it should be General Matsushita in the direction of Tazigou."
"Yang Matsushita?" Ukawa Taishi pondered, "He has a total of 30,000 men. What could be so urgent that he would fire three cloud-piercing arrows?"
"General," a military advisor reminded, "these days, the Starfall Legion has invested a lot of troops and has been fighting with us here. It seems that they will not stop until the shipbuilding base is burned down."
"Now the base has been burned down..."
snort.
Ukawa Taishi was very unhappy.
Xingluo invested a large number of troops to burn down the shipyard, and also sent a large number of troops to intercept the firemen who killed Kudo Naoto.
But his navy was also not idle, and kept sending people ashore to try to put out the fire.
Both sides were fighting inextricably in the fire, and both suffered heavy casualties.
Despite this, the shipbuilding base in front of us was still not saved.
For Ukawa Taishi, it can be said to be a huge failure.
The little military advisor reacted and coughed twice quickly to avoid the problem of the shipbuilding base.
He looked up at the fireworks gradually dissipating in the sky.
"General, the cloud-piercing arrow in front of you may be that General Panasonic encountered their main force."
Ukawa Taishi understood clearly, "Here comes someone, go over immediately to find out the situation."
"yes."
More than thirty scouts were dispatched one after another, rushing towards the location where the Cloud-Piercing Arrow was launched in different directions.
At daybreak, a scout finally came back in high spirits.
"General, what a happy event."
"General Matsushita discovered the traces of King Yun Chuining. There are only more than 200 people there, and they are hiding not far from us."
After saying that, he flew Matsushita Yang's letter by courier.
Including Ukawa Taishi, everyone stayed up all night and were exhausted by this time.
However, as soon as the scout said this, they all became energetic and gathered around him one after another.
Ukawa Taishi saw ten lines at a glance, and was both happy and annoyed at the same time.
"Prince Ning, Prince Ning, you are so bold. You dare to hide nearby with such a small number of people."
"General," a military advisor echoed, "This is called darkness under the lamp, or the most dangerous place is the safest. No one thought that he would dare to stay near us."
"That's right." Others scolded Ren Ning for being cunning.
The military advisor didn't answer and continued talking.
"General, Prince Ning has been staying nearby. In addition to his great trust in the capabilities of the Starfall Legion, he also seems to be very aware of the importance of our shipbuilding base. It is estimated that as soon as we start rebuilding, he will be the first
It’s time to send someone over to do some damage.”
"Damn it." Ukawa Taishi jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on.
"Come here, order the five fleets closest to the shore to disembark collectively. We will wait until we capture this Prince Ning first."