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Why did Zheng Chenggong set sail to attack in this world?

That's because the Ming army had enough intelligence points, and the fleet was moored in Ryukyu in order to find a relatively favorable position to launch an attack as soon as possible.Speaking of typhoons, no one can guess where it will come from in this era.But one thing is clear, typhoons cannot come every day.

Therefore, Zheng Chenggong is actually waiting for the arrival of the typhoon.After the first round of typhoon, it was the best time for the Ming army to attack.But for this round of typhoon after staying for ten days, the location of the eye of the typhoon is not Japan at all, but the Diaoyu Islands.In other words, Ryukyu just passed by, including Taiwan, and Fujian, all of which had information submitted to Zheng Chenggong.

Since the wind was in favor of the Ming army, when Yasuhiro Matsumae received the news and was ready to stop, the Ming army had already left the Ryukyu Islands far behind.

Zheng Chenggong stood at the bow, worried.War itself is a risky thing, and all calculations and assumptions are not worth the changes on the scene.For example, a bullet in Sarajevo led to a world war.

Therefore, before the war has no results, you must not say that strength crushes everything. That is a stupid thing to say by people who do not understand war.

"Our army's speed is too fast, something is wrong." Zheng Chenggong said to Liu Guoxuan and Zhou Quanbin beside him.

Zheng Chenggong's feeling is not wrong. The Ming army's fleet is too windy, which shows that the wind direction has been heading north, and the typhoon is also heading north.The three couldn't help looking behind at the same time, only to see that the sky behind them was still billowing with dark clouds, and there was no sign of the weather getting better.

To fight or not to fight, that is the question.Zheng Chenggong understood that if he wanted to reduce losses at this time, the only way was to sail eastward as soon as possible. If he could enter the Dasumi Strait, he would be able to reduce the fleet's losses.

"Continue sailing without changing course." Zheng Chenggong gritted his teeth and decided to go all out.

Similarly, the Japanese fleet that had already gone south also felt the gusts of the typhoon, and for a while they were gliding entirely by sailors.

"Yoxi! Sure enough, there is Kamikaze to help, pass the order and speed up." Yasuhiro Matsumae became more and more happy.

At this time, the distance between the two parties is still relatively far, and each has its own expectations.It was getting dark, and Zheng Chenggong hoped that the weather would turn better when it dawned tomorrow; Yasuhiro Matsumae hoped the opposite, he would like to see strong winds on the sea tomorrow.

The distance from Naha to the north is relatively long, but the sailing speed is fast; while the distance from Nagasaki to the south is short, but the sailing speed is slow.That night, the sound of waves came out, and the two armies lived in peace.

The sky finally cleared.This is always the case when there is a typhoon. The wind and rain come and go quickly.When it was close to noon the next day, all the wind and waves seemed to be taken back by some kind of force, and the sea suddenly became quiet.

Zheng Chenggong was in a good mood. He stretched out his binoculars, pointed it at true north, and looked ahead carefully.Huh, what is that?

"Is there a boat?" The 38-year-old Zheng Chenggong is actually not in good health. His eyesight is much worse, which is not much different from the ending in history.

"To the west of the route, there are many small islands." The sentinel on the mast replied loudly.From Ryukyu to Kyushu, many islands have appeared. It is normal to see a string of small islands from a distance.

"But why do I feel like an enemy warship? Send a ship to investigate. Order the ships to wait for the results of the investigation." Zheng Chenggong rubbed his eyes and planned to take another look.It's not that he doesn't believe the sentinel's words, but he wants to prove himself.

"Beep, beep, beep!" About half an hour later, the reconnaissance ship sent by the fleet resounded with the sound of the horn, and the sound of the horn continued to pass backwards. Within half a minute, the entire fleet had received the signal of the enemy's situation up.This is the unique communication method of the Ming army. Compared with the European alarm bells, the Ming army's bugle is transmitted farther and the sound is louder.

Zheng Chenggong's eyes were indeed blurred, and the sentry was right, what they saw at first was indeed a string of small islands.However, the reconnaissance ship in front of the fleet, because of the vision problem, saw the Japanese fleet blocked behind the small island early.

It turned out that the cunning Yasuhiro Matsumae found out that the weather had turned better and knew that he had made a wrong bet, so he thought of a way to hide himself.At this time, no matter whether the Japanese fleet went back or fled in the direction of the Osumi Strait, it might be discovered by the Ming army.Then, the only way is to find the island chain and hide it.

One or two battleships are easy to hide, but a whole fleet is so easy to hide.The Japanese only hide their heads, and a pair of big buttocks are completely exposed.

"Pass down the order and line up!" Zheng Chenggong suddenly woke up from his disappointment.Although his eyes were not as good as before, Zheng Chenggong's ability to perceive the battlefield has not declined at all.

"General, let's run." Sato Gonza, Matsumae Giza, Niida Seto and others all panicked.At this time, the Japanese crew had already heard the sound of the Ming army's bugle in the distance. Although it was still far away and the sound was not too loud, no matter how stupid a person could hear it, it was an alarm.

"Baga! You cowards who are afraid of death are already scared like this before the war begins. Do you still want the samurai of Yamato?" Yasuhiro Matsumae was a little angry. He felt that the Japanese were now in a state of full fear of war. Not like the aura that a samurai should have.

"However, I heard that Mingren's cannons are very powerful. There are dozens of cannons on a warship, and a single cannon can kill a whole army of soldiers." Niida Seto described the power of the Ming army in a trembling voice.

Don't think that if you lock the country, you can't hear the outside world at all. In fact, in recent years, Japan has spread everywhere about the wealth and military strength of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, the information of senior commanders in the army will always know more than ordinary soldiers.

"Bastards! You are all warriors of His Majesty the Emperor. Even if you die here today, you must be loyal to the Emperor." When Yasuhiro Matsumae said these words, he knew it was his last words before the war.As the coach, he has nowhere to escape at this moment. If the morale of the soldiers is not stimulated, then his end will definitely not be better.

"Hurry up, form an formation, and attack" Yasuhiro Matsumae pulled out the Japanese sword with chrysanthemums bestowed by the emperor in his hand, and ordered viciously.

As mentioned earlier, the water warfare in this era in Japan is very particular about formations, especially the water warfare in the Three Kingdoms era of the Central Plains.Yasuhiro Matsumae's flagship is a huge Antaka ship with an archery tower on board.Under Matsumae Yasuhiro's order, the flagship stopped majestically in the middle of the fleet, and then the entire fleet was divided into sizes and surrounded the flagship at one time.Small boats escorted the perimeter.

When the Ming warship formed a long snake formation, the Japanese fleet had shrunk into a tortoise formation and was slowly approaching the Ming army.

Chapter 666: The Raiders Against the Japanese Five

"Look, why are all the Japanese masts down?"

When the fleet of the Ming army rushed over, all the sailors of the Ming army discovered a strange phenomenon.The Japanese warships were not only crowded into a pile, but also put their masts down and placed them horizontally on the warships.

If Zhu Youjian was here at this time, he must be able to think of the "Black Ship Incident" in 1863.It is not without reason that Perry only used four warships and 63 cannons to knock on the door of the shogunate.At that time, there were only 20 cannons in Japan that could withstand the range, and these cannons were all coastal defense guns.

Perry gave the shogunate locomotive models and telegraphs to show industrial civilization, but the shogunate could only use wrestlers to carry the donated rice to show its strength.

Similarly, the warships from Ming Dynasty this time will only have more cannons, but Japan's warships that can defend against Ming Dynasty are no different from those hundreds of years later, and the tactics are naturally no different.Especially Japan's naval warfare tactics, which were already defeated in the Luliang naval battle, so dare to show it off, and it doesn't matter who gave the Japanese such courage, is it Liang Jingru?

"Give me the general's order, the whole army forms a line and surrounds it." Seeing such a naive battle formation, Zheng Chenggong didn't even want to order a triangle attack formation.

If the Ming army charged straight up and directly pierced through the tortoise formation of the Japanese army, it is unknown how many Japanese soldiers would die at sea today.Fierce battles will definitely lead to the loss of a large number of soldiers, of course Japanese casualties.Therefore, Zheng Chenggong chose the siege tactics.The Ming army had a large number of ships, and the formation of long snakes was adopted; the Japanese warships were all crowded together, and the speed of the ships was slow.This gave the Ming army a chance to encircle.

The current combat of the Ming Army Navy has basically abandoned the old way of boarding and fighting, and also abandoned the tactics of using small arson boats.Everything depends on the long-range attack of naval guns, or the use of rockets to set fire to attack opponents.From the perspective of tactics, it is mainly to minimize hand-to-hand combat, rely on reducing one's own losses, and after defeating the opponent, force the opponent to surrender.

Because the warships of the Ming army could maneuver more conveniently and flexibly, when the Japanese army thought they would collide with the Ming army, the leading warship of the Ming army suddenly turned its sails and turned to the right flank of the Japanese army.

"Nani, what do they mean?" Matsumae Yasuhiro stood at the highest point of the fleet, completely dumbfounded.Why did the Ming army "run away" when it was clear that they could fight in a fair manner?

"My lord, I see that people are cowards, they dare not fight us." Matsumae Yizuo is Matsumae Yasuhiro's nephew, of course he wants to flatter his uncle at this time.

"I don't think it looks like the Ming army has guns on the ship, so it should be to attack our army's right wing." Sato Quanzuo felt that there was a fraud in this. The Ming army came all the way, and it is impossible to retreat without even hitting it.This does not conform to the Japanese impression of Ming people in the past few decades.You know, the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty was famous for his iron blood.

To encircle a fleet, it takes a long time for the battleship to sail, so the two sides look very close, but in fact they move very slowly.However, no matter how slow the layout is, there are good times. Just when the Ming army fleet had surrounded the Japanese fleet by a quarter to the right, the Japanese fleet finally reached the distance where their cannons could fire.

After all, the strange thing is that the Ming army never opened fire, which gave Japan the courage to fire first. This time, the courage must have been given by Liang Jingru.

With a sound of "Boom!", the most advanced battleship of the Japanese army actually fired a shot, and then Liu Guoxuan could almost see it with the naked eye, and saw a black projectile flying towards the battleship of the Ming army. distance, fell into the sea.

"Ho ho ho ho!" In an instant, the Japanese soldiers on the Japanese warship raised their hands high and shouted loudly as they straddled their bowed legs.

"These dwarfs, why are you so happy? Isn't it worth being happy if you can't shoot right?" Liu Guoxuan wanted to laugh, he didn't understand what these Japanese people were doing at all.

"Master Guoxing, what are those idiots enjoying?" Zhou Quanbin also asked Zheng Chenggong beside him.

"They are celebrating the firing of the first shot." Zheng Chenggong had no expression on his face. After all, he is also half Japanese.

"Is this worth having fun too?!" Zhou Quanbin looked ahead with contempt.

"Order, the fleet separates and makes way for a passage." Zheng Chenggong continued to order.

At this time, under the order of the flag, the warships of the Ming army separated at once, and suddenly separated in a formation separated by one ship position.Because the separation was too fast, the Japanese army's ship formation still couldn't keep up.However, the formation of the Ming army suddenly left a big hole. On the left flank of the Japanese army, there were fewer Ming army warships.In other words, if the Japanese army rushes up and only fights against the left wing, it is the most likely to achieve results.

"Yoxi! Come on, order the whole army to charge to the left." Matsumae Yizuo was also a general after all, and immediately realized the fighter.

Let’s look at the inside of the Japanese battleships again. Hesitantly, the Japanese soldiers put away the masts. Their battleships are all rowed by sailors. The entire cabin is full of short Japanese sailors. Sweaty and struggling to paddle.A short old man softened with a little force, and with a snap, the leather whip slapped him hard on the back.

"Hey! Wow! Hey! Wow" It was very strange that the entire battlefield was eerily quiet except for the sound of the Japanese army's chant and the sound of big paddles beating the sea.Even the sea, there are not too many waves.

Matsumae made a mistake. His biggest mistake was that he didn't understand the maneuverability of Ming warships.He thought he could catch up with the opponent, but no matter how hard his subordinates tried their best, the warships of the Ming army were always kept out of the range of the Japanese cannons.Time passed slowly, and there were more and more Ming warships on the left wing of the Japanese army, while the warships on the right wing could no longer be seen from the beginning to the end.

"Baga! Have we been fooled?" Matsumae Yizuo felt something was wrong.It has been so long since the two sides met, but the Ming army has been retreating. It seems that the Ming army is attacking the Japanese army. Is it possible to keep the same distance for such a long time?Obviously, the Ming army was retreating, and they were actually retreating from the moment they separated the fleet.It's just that the fleet is thinking about wing movement, so it appears to be advancing.