The Japanese's method of transmitting information was very primitive, which caused great trouble to their operations.
If it is a simple attack or retreat order, it can also be transmitted through the horn. But when Xinna Zhongqing asks for help, he can only send a ship back to report.
However, Shimazu Mitsuhisa's position was two miles away from the front team, so even the fastest boat would take a long time to get back.
When Shimazu Mitsuhisa learned of the situation of the front team, the third column of the Xia Navy had already entered the attack position.
"The second team, the left team and the right team all attack. Inform the Choshu Domain and Kumamoto Domain that their help is needed now."
Shimazu Mitsuhisa's original pride no longer existed. After quickly issuing the reinforcement order, he also looked at Date Hidemune beside him.
"Date-kun, please send your troops. We need to ensure victory."
Date Xiuzong couldn't help but swallowed.
Before coming here, Date Masamune gave him face-to-face instructions and asked him to preserve his strength as much as possible during battle.
After all, the Uwajima Domain came as the eyes of the Tokugawa Shogunate, so there was no need to lose its strength here.
But now that Shimazu Mitsuhisa is requesting him face to face, Date Hidemune doesn't know how to refuse.
"Morita, lead your men and show the power of our Uwajima Domain."
Date Hidesune's nickname, Morita, responded quickly and left hastily.
Seeing this, Shimazu Mitsuhisa was extremely grateful.
"The friendship between Uwajima Domain and Satsuma Domain will be forever remembered."
Date Xiuzong smiled sarcastically, with a very strange expression on his face.
How did Shimazu Mitsuhisa know that there was something fishy hidden in the order he just gave Morita?
Unless you are one of your own people, you won't be able to appreciate this kind of secret language.
Morita was very happy when he received the order and left very quickly. But after getting off Shimazu Mitsuhisa's boat, he began to delay time.
"Damn it, where are my soldiers?"
Morita pretended to be lost and couldn't find where his subordinates were. He let the boat go back and forth in the queue, and it took him half an hour to meet up with his subordinates.
Such a long time has long been enough for Xina Zhongqing to die three times.
After the third column of the Xia Navy entered the attack position, Xina Zhongqing faced a disaster.
In the first round of shelling by E Honglue's flagship, Xinna Zhongqing's ship was hit by a shell.
Fortunately, the cannonball deflected a little, hit the side and exploded, destroying half of the ship on the spot. He himself was also overturned by the air wave of the explosion, and his left shoulder was penetrated by a piece of wood.
At least the bottom of the boat is intact and no water has entered, so it can still float on the water.
In the subsequent bombardment, Xinna Zhongqing was lucky and his ship was never hit again, but all his subordinates were unlucky.
Countless Japanese soldiers fell into the sea, looking for anything they could rely on, crying out in despair, hoping to be saved.
Every time a shell exploded nearby, it would kill a large number of Japanese soldiers.
The entire seawater has been dyed red, like flowing red agate, gorgeous and weird.
However, such a strong smell of blood prevents even sharks from coming to eat.
The violence and cruelty of human competition is far beyond comparison with wild beasts. Even the most ferocious sharks know the dangers here and have already avoided them.
Xina Zhongqing stood up unsteadily, his face looking pale due to excessive blood loss.
At this time, he finally lost all courage.
"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"
But his messengers had been killed, and no one could blow the trumpet. The surviving Japanese soldiers could not hear his orders, and could only howl in despair and push the ship forward.
They didn't dare to stop at all, let alone look back. Once there was no order to retreat, the outcome waiting for them would be even more cruel than dying in battle.
But the three or four solitary warships were so small on the vast sea, and they lacked any momentum at all.
Fortunately, at this time, reinforcements from the Japanese fleet arrived.
Shimazu Mitsuhisa's scalp went numb when he saw the third column of the Xia Navy sailing across the sea like the first two, and the fourth column began to enter the bombardment position.
By now, he had fully understood Xia's navy's tactics.
This method of rotational bombardment effectively avoided the embarrassment of the Xia Navy's small number of ships, maximized the advantages of its weapons, and established layers of defense lines in the sea in front of Busan.
He didn't know how many times the Xia Navy would reincarnate, but every bombardment caused huge losses to the Japanese warships.
There is no other way.
"Order the gunboats to dispatch and sink the Xia people's ships."
Shimazu Mitsuhisa decided to make a desperate move and took out the secret weapon he had prepared.
Although the artillery purchased from the Dutch was far inferior to that of the Xia Kingdom, it was the best weapon for the Japanese army. In times of crisis, Shimazu Mitsuhisa must grasp this life-saving straw.
At the same time, he looked towards the sea to the south.
When will the surprise troops deployed arrive at the battlefield?
However, he didn't have the ability to transmit messages from thousands of miles away, so he didn't know what the strange soldier was going through.
More than thirty Japanese gunboats accelerated their speed, rushed out of the battle line, and merged with the warships in front.
These gunboats are all house boats.
In order to place the artillery, the position of the bow was modified. The wooden planks in front were removed and the artillery was placed in the houseboat.
Because of the size of the Anzha ships, only one cannon can be placed on each ship. And because of the obstruction of the wooden planks, the artillery's firing range is very limited, only thirty degrees left and right.
These gunboats cannot form an array across the hull like the Xia Navy. They can only move forward while firing. There is no way to deal with the enemies on the left and right.
Fortunately, the Xia Navy was on the opposite side, with its own people on the left and right, so the Japanese gunners had no worries.
The commander-in-chief of the Xia Navy's fourth column is Bai Dasheng, Chief of Naval Staff.
He had already seen Japanese gunboats through his telescope.
"Haha, the Japanese finally know the benefits of artillery. It's a pity that such old artillery is not even worthy of carrying our shoes."
His flagship entered a firing angle and immediately aimed all its guns at the gunboat at the front.
One heavy cannon and five light cannons fired six shells, but two of them were hit.
The gunboat had just finished firing when it was shattered into pieces during the bombing and disappeared without a trace.
The gunners on the Japanese side were obviously poorly trained and of very low quality, unable to fire salvos at all, so the order of firing was in a mess.
Also due to insufficient training, the accuracy of shooting is very impressive.
More than thirty cannonballs were fired at a distance of one thousand meters, but only two of them hit the Paison ship.
One hit the bow of the ship, shattering it into pieces and killing two soldiers at the same time.
Another one hit the middle part of the warship. As a result, because of the strong protection here, the shell did not penetrate, but was dropped into the water.
After such a head-on contest, both sides reached a conclusion.
