Chapter 280: The Sword Points at Japan (Yuan Yi) 'Hang the White Flag'
The fog cleared, and the Sea Trade Alliance fleet was like a giant tooth shark with its bloody mouth open, putting the Japanese navy fleet under its fangs.
In fact, if we talk about the number of warships alone, the Sea Trade Alliance fleet is smaller than the Japanese fleet, but there are no small ships among them. For the Japanese navy, armed transport ships are undoubtedly giant ships.
, their big houses are not that big.
However, armed transport ships are only basic ship types in the Sea Trade Alliance fleet. As the number of pure warships in Jinghua's two ocean fleets gradually increases, when Jinghua internally measures the expected investment in a certain naval battle, the main consideration is how much it will invest.
Pure warship.
In this naval battle, Gao pragmatically invested a total of fourteen pure warships, including the flagship "Dongchang" second-level battleship and two third-level battleships "Changning" and "Changding". It can be said that the Beijing-China Beiyang Fleet
Seventy to eighty percent of the core combat force has already gone into battle.
At this time, the Japanese navy was already in a panic, surrounded on all sides by what they regarded as giant ships, and their numbers were not much less than theirs. This situation was countless times worse than when they faced Yi Sun-shin in the past.
Takatora Toudo and Anji Wakisaka were both stunned. It was difficult for them to decide whether to fight desperately or to break through with all their strength.
Toudo Takatora originally wanted to say that the only way to survive was to break through with all his strength at this time, but then he thought about it, and his reputation under Taiko was not very good. If he took the initiative to say that he should break out at this time, it would be more difficult to survive in the future.
, so he said first: "When we meet on a narrow road, the brave will win, I think... The enemy in front of us has three unparalleled giant ships. Our army must concentrate all our efforts to defeat them in order to boost the morale of the army and win over the enemy's morale!"
When he said this, it happened that the "unparalleled giant ship" headed by "The Enemy in Face" began to turn, revealing the three-deck cannon on the side string. There were more than 40 Jinghua No. 1 guns on one side string alone.
The door and the black muzzles seemed to be rotating slightly, like the molars of a gluttonous beast before devouring its prey.
Takatora Toudo's heart trembled when he saw this, he swallowed unconsciously, and looked nervously at Anji Wakisaka, fearing that this man's brain would twitch to indicate that he agreed with what he just said.
Wakisaka Anji did not notice Toudo Takatora's nervousness, because he himself was completely stunned by this giant ship.
How could there be such a huge warship in the world? Is this not a sea city? There are so many cannons on the city wall that they need to be placed on three floors? How long can our warships last in front of it?
Countless thoughts flashed through Wakisaka Anji's mind instantly. It wasn't that he was timid, but that the "Dongchang" had completely surpassed his cognition, making him feel as frightened as a man in front of a god, and he couldn't give birth at all.
The courage to fight it.
To say how much larger the "Dongchang" is than the armed transport ship, in fact, it is not that exaggerated in terms of data alone. The armed transport ship is 1,600 materials, while the "Dongchang" is 4,000 materials. The tonnage difference is 2.5 times.
4,000 materials is roughly equivalent to the displacement of 2,000 tons in later generations, which is actually very small in a highly pragmatic impression. However, there is no comparison in size between wooden warships and iron warships.
All kinds of frigates cannot be compared at all. The former looks too huge.
Coupled with its Western-style multi-deck guns, with more than 40 muzzles pointing in one direction at the same time, it would certainly have a huge psychological impact on the naval generals of this era.
Although Anji Wakisaka was born in the Army, he has worked in the Japanese Navy for several years and has formed a simple but correct understanding of water warfare: the bigger the ship, the stronger it is, and the more cannons, the more powerful it is!
In short, the "Dongchang" is definitely not something that the Japanese navy can handle, especially since the Japanese navy's artillery is obviously smaller than the opponent's artillery, so I'm afraid it can't even do "the ants kill the elephant"
——Not to mention that we are now like a herd of elephants.
Anji Wakisaka was very conflicted in his heart. He was indeed not afraid of death, and he also wanted to follow Toudo Takatora's words and order a head-on battle. However, his reason told him that this would simply be a suicide attempt and would ruin this very large fleet.
North Korea's naval fleet was even unable to bring the land division back to Japan.
If the naval army was defeated alone, Wakisaka Anji could grit his teeth and admit it, but if the land division was completely destroyed in North Korea as a result, then this responsibility was really not something he could bear.
Among the Japanese army there were not only many elite members of the direct lineage of the Toyotomi family, but also Daimyos of the Western Kingdom who were close to the Toyotomi family. If all of these people were buried in Korea, it is conceivable that huge waves would be caused in Japan.
The Daimyos of the Eastern Kingdom claim to be from the land of samurai, and they are originally a group of people who are most likely to disobey the rule. In addition, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Date Masamune and others are all careerists. Once more than 100,000 elite warriors are all lost,
In North Korea, does the Toyotomi family still have the capital to shock the world?
Perhaps the Toyotomi family will still be the most powerful daimyo even then, but if the relatively deferential daimyo of the Western Kingdom no longer support it, then the Toyotomi clan, which ranks among the best in the world, may be attacked from both the east and the west.
No one can predict where this situation will eventually lead.
After all, Wakisaka Anji is a veteran of the Toyotomi family. He knows that his honor and disgrace are all tied to Toyotomi. Once Toyotomi falls, what will happen to him? Therefore, although he feels deeply ashamed, he still has to sigh and say
: "Your Highness Todo, I'm afraid it will be difficult to win this battle."
As soon as Takatora Toudo heard Wakisaka Anji say such weak words, he immediately knew that he was unwilling to fight head-on, but he still pretended not to know and asked: "Then does Wakisaka-dono have any clever plan to outwit him?"
Wakisaka Anji shook his head, gritted his teeth and choked out a sentence: "There is a saying in the Tang Dynasty: If you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about having no firewood. I think today's battle must be a trap by the Ming army. Although fighting to the death can save your reputation and mine,
But it will definitely ruin His Highness Taige’s great cause of conquering Korea. For the current plan, we can only concentrate all our forces to break out in the same direction."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Toudo Takatora felt a big stone fall in his heart, but he said: "Since His Highness Wakisaka said so, I can't ignore the overall situation, so please
His Highness Wakisaka, please command the breakout operation. I will give you my full support and I will definitely obey you."
Although the words sounded nice, in the final analysis, they just put all the responsibility on Wakisaka Anji, which Wakisaka Anji could naturally see. However, at this time, the two third-level battleships "Changning" and "Changding" on the opposite side had also
Starting to turn, he no longer had time to care about this, so he nodded silently, walked to the command position, and ordered a breakout to the south.
It stands to reason that the south is not the weakest side of the Ming army's encirclement, because there are also several giant ships larger than armed transport ships in the south. However, Anji Wakisaka knows that although there is no threat of giant ships when turning back to the east at this time, there is a threat to the east.
The overall strength of the fifteen Ming army's armed transport ships is not weak.
Of course, this is not the most critical issue. The most critical thing is that although the encirclement is still relatively large, it is not enough to give the Japanese navy fleet time and space to make a temporary U-turn. If this is to be done, it may not be completed yet.
It is absolutely impossible to turn around and be beaten up.
So what about the south? The Ming fleet in the south has six second-class cruisers and five armed transport ships, a total of eleven battleships. Relatively speaking, the second-class cruisers are the weakest among the fourteen pure warships of the Ming army.
The ship costs 2,000 materials and is only slightly larger than an armed transport ship.
Anji Wakisaka's eyesight is not bad, and he can see this at a glance. Based on his understanding that "the bigger the ship, the stronger, and the more cannons, the more powerful", this line is obviously the most suitable breakthrough direction - and for the Japanese navy
In other words, turning left is much easier than turning around.
After the order was issued, the Japanese navy began to turn left. However, the flag language of the Japanese navy only had a very simple meaning. The understanding ability of the generals of each ship was different. In addition, the training level of each ship was also inconsistent. Therefore, the direction of this turn was
The performance was not very good.
Not only did the Japanese turn quickly and slowly this time, but there were also various confusions during the turn. Because it was turning left, its left wing turned faster, but because the distance between the ships was shortened, a collision occurred;
The right wing has a longer distance to reach during the turn, so the speed is too slow and it can't get into position.
If they were sailing normally, this would not be a big problem. They would just spend more time organizing their formation. However, what they lack most at this time is time. How can they have a chance to form a team?
Wakisaka Anji was extremely anxious and was hesitating whether to lead the center and left wing to attack first without waiting for the formation to be formed. Takatora Toudo had already seen his hesitation and shouted: "We can't wait any longer, we must be quick!"
Wakisaka Anji didn't care whether Toudo Takatora's words were reasonable, so he had to immediately order the entire army to attack.
However, when they turned, the Ming Army's southern formation had already guessed their intention. Unlike them, the Ming Army had a plan for possible reactions to the Japanese navy, so they immediately began to turn - but naturally it was not
Instead of getting out of the way, we should approach the enemy sideways and start shelling.
At this time, the gap between professional and unprofessional came into view. Although the six Jinghua second-class cruisers specializing in combat were larger than the Japanese ships, their turning processes were surprisingly consistent and their speed was also fast. Soon they were as wide as mountains.
Blocking the way of the Japanese navy. The five additional armed transport ships were also not slow, and they formed a horizontal line in cooperation.
Since the Japanese warships had already begun to rush in as fast as possible at this time, the eleven warships of the Ming army began to fire volleys freely, that is, they did not need to wait for orders and fired volleys at the enemy according to their own ship's situation.
Jinghua's naval guns have always been designed and manufactured according to the idea of long and heavy guns. The range has always been very long, but the accuracy at long distances is naturally not high. But at this time, the Japanese naval forces were rushing towards them, and they were in a relatively dense formation, so in
The first round of salvos actually resulted in several chain bomb hits. Two Japanese ships had their masts broken, and their speed suddenly dropped beyond recognition.
However, the Ming army had no time to celebrate, but began to reload nervously. Soon after, they fired a second salvo. This time the effect was better. About seven or eight chain bombs were hit, and two of them still hit the mast of the Japanese ship.
, and the rest fell on various parts, causing various damages to the Japanese ship that was hit, including damage to many deck personnel.
The most coincidental chain bomb swept across the bridge of a Japanese navy ship, cutting the command room in half on the spot. No one in the command room could find the whole body, and all the bodies were cut by the chain bomb.
Damaged parts status.
The morale of the Japanese army has been severely hit, but because there is no other way to go now, even if the morale is bleak, they can only risk their lives and continue to move forward. At this time, several "iron-armored" armed transport ships of the Japanese navy responded with bow guns.
The Ming army fired several artillery fires, but unfortunately none of them hit.
Of course, there is no way to hit. The warships of this era moved at full speed. The ups and downs of the bow were much greater than the hull. Moreover, they only had a few rounds of artillery shells now. This was not a scene where the Ming army fired hundreds of rounds in one salvo. It was possible to hit.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that the probability is close to zero.
Anji Wakisaka's heart gradually sank, and he began to doubt whether such a collision could really be successful. In other words, even if there were indeed ships that could rush out, how many ships would there be? But the Ming army obviously didn't have that many ideas. They just followed the instructions
Just execute the plan.
Just when Anji Wakisaka was anxious, he suddenly heard a huge shelling sound from behind the flagship. It turned out that the three battleships in front of the Chinese army had entered the effective range and began to launch diagonally towards the back of the Japanese navy.
The artillery attack is coming.
The rapidity of the Ming army made Wakisaka Anji even more anxious, and he kept urging to speed up. Unfortunately, under the influence of the Ming army's increasingly powerful artillery fire, the Japanese navy became slower and slower.
Anji Wakisaka's heart was cold. He already had the worst premonition, but he just didn't dare to show it. He still ordered anxiously, but unfortunately, the Japanese ships around him no longer even had time to pay attention. The formation began to disintegrate, and each ship gradually
The tendency to fight on their own.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this time, the northern front of the Ming Army also approached, and they also began to turn diagonally and launch artillery attacks. The first-class cruisers on the northern front had more firepower than the southern front, and soon they
It caused a lot of damage to the Japanese navy.
After his flagship's mast was broken by a chain bomb, Anji Wakisaka finally recognized the reality: he couldn't run away.
Takatora Toudo was even more devastated than he was. He held onto the railing with his hands to support his weak legs and asked, "Your Majesty Wakisaka, what should we do now? The mast has been broken and there is no way out."
Anji Wakisaka gritted his teeth and said: "Then fight to the death until the last person is shattered!"
Todo Takatora opened his mouth, then closed it helplessly, walked towards Wakisaka Anji, and said: "It is a life worth living to be loyal to His Highness Taikaku together with His Highness Wakisaka."
Wakisaka Anji nodded without doubting that he was there, and was about to draw his sword to give the final encouragement to the entire ship, when Toudo Takatora suddenly punched him fiercely.
Wakisaka Anji was defenseless, and Toudo Takatora punched him right in the face. Wakisaka Anji's vision turned black, and he fell to the sky. The last thing he heard was Toudo Takatora sighing: "There is no benefit in dying like this."
Wakisaka Anji's soldiers were all shocked. After they realized what they were doing, they were about to come over and grab someone, but saw Todo Takatora wave his hand and say, "I'm saving your lives!"
All the soldiers were stunned. They had already heard Todo Takatora's loud order: "This battle has been lost. There is no need to make unnecessary sacrifices. Send the order: hang the white flag!"
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