In the waters near Kagoshima, on several small fishing boats, several Japanese fishermen struggled to pull the fishing nets.

"Takeuchi, don't be stunned. Hurry up and drag this fishing net up. The adults of the Shimazu family are still waiting for us to deliver fish to them."

Takeshita was immersed in dragging the fishing net while calling his companions beside him.

However, after waiting for a long time, his companion still did not respond. Takeshita became a little angry, so he threw down the fishing net and stood up.

"I told you not to dawdle, you..."

Before Takeshita finished speaking, he and his companions froze there.

Now he finally understood why his companion did not respond, because at some point, a huge fleet appeared on the sea in the distance.

That's a bunch of behemoths!

The sails cover the sky and the sun, and the hull is as majestic as a mountain.

Compared with these large ships in front of us, the Kanbune and Anzha ships of the Shimadzu family navy are like babies in front of adults.

"It's amazing!"

Seeing the fleet getting closer and sailing not far from their fishing boat, the Japanese fishermen exclaimed in amazement. Little did they know that just now they had walked in front of the Yama Palace.

Because the merits of this operation were calculated based on their heads, even if they killed these fishermen, their heads would not be obtained. Therefore, the soldiers of the Foreign Legion rarely showed mercy and let these people live.

The fishermen were immersed in the grandeur of the fleet and did not notice the Ming Dynasty flag flying on the ship, but the Kagoshima Satsuma Domain defenders were different.

The weather today is quite good, there is no wind or waves on the sea, and the sky at this time has not been polluted by all kinds of pollution like in later generations, so the visibility is extremely high.

Far apart, the defenders of the Kagoshima Satsuma Domain immediately discovered the fleet on the sea, and the fluttering Daimyolong flag under the telescope immediately aroused everyone's alert.

"Dangdangdangdang..."

All of a sudden, alarm bells sounded.

Fangjinzhai is one of the largest shipbuilding terminals in Samoa and one of the few important port cities in Samoa. Of course, this is only a relative term. Compared with those port cities in China, Fangjinzhai is nothing. .

However, the Satsuma clan's naval fleet is still stationed here all year round.

The sudden appearance of the Ming army fleet on the sea shocked the garrison at Fangjin Village.

Daming is resurrected!But since he was resurrected, why didn't he appear in Kagoshima Bay to cause trouble for Manqing?

At this moment, the Japanese people did not know that the Qing Dynasty had been beaten to the ground by the Ming Dynasty. They also did not know that several small islands to the south of themselves and the army that occupied the five northern islands of Ryukyu had been slaughtered by the Ming army.

However, although the intentions of the Ming army were still unclear, the general of the Fangjinzhai garrison, Shimazu Yoshikawa, still ordered all warships in the port to go out to sea and be on guard.

Of course, this is not because Shimazu Yoshikawa is afraid of the sudden appearance of the Ming army fleet.

Thousands of Satsuma Domain naval forces and hundreds of large and small warships were stationed in Bojinzhai, while the Ming fleet on the sea only had about twenty ships.

Even though the Ming army's warships appear to be powerful, but there are so many ants chewing the elephant to death, is it impossible to win when twenty or thirty ships besiege one?

What's more, he still has a trump card in his hand.

The main purpose of sending the fleet to sea was to prevent the Ming fleet from suddenly launching an attack and blocking them in the port.

As Shimazu Yoshikawa's order was issued, hundreds of small and smaller Satsuma sampan naval fleets poured out of the port and gathered on the sea.

At this moment, the cruiser detachment of the Ming Royal Navy led by Jia Wenxuan was getting closer and closer.

On the Satsuma Navy, a 23-meter-long "large" Anzha ship with a gorgeous iron-clad decoration, Shimazu Yoshikawa looked at the Ming fleet stopped opposite and ordered to an officer beside him:

"Send someone to ask why they came to my Satsuma domain?"

"Hi Yi!"

The order was given, and a small morning boat sailed towards the Ming Army fleet, while Shimazu Yoshikawa narrowed his eyes and looked at the Ming Army fleet opposite.

The source of Shimazu Yoshikawa's confidence comes from the "ironclad ship" and five other ships of the same type under his feet.

He believed that even though the Ming army's warships looked very powerful, they still could not be a match for his armored ships.

As early as 1578, Oda Nobunaga ordered the construction of six "iron-clad ships".

Subsequently, with the help of these 6 armored ships, the navy under Oda Nobunaga was able to block the gods and kill the gods and Buddhas, leaving the Maori family, which originally had the advantage in water power, unable to fight back.

After that, this kind of iron-clad warship became the absolute main force of the Japanese navy.

However, the square box-like hull of the Anzha ship was not suitable for navigation. After being covered with a layer of iron sheet, the weight of the hull increased sharply. This resulted in these "ironclad ships" being extremely bulky and extremely capable of speed and maneuverability. Difference.

Therefore, most of the time, these stupid big guys can only be moored at the dock and slowly rust.

However, in the current situation, the ironclad ships of the Satsuma Domain do not need to make a long voyage, so Shimazu Yoshikawa Zaicai believes that he can defeat the Ming fleet.

It is worth mentioning that under normal circumstances, the shogunate would not allow its daimyo to build and own these ironclad ships.

But unfortunately, Samoa would not listen to him.

Foreign daimyo like the Satsuma clan had never been on the same side as the Tokugawa shogunate. Even in the overthrow of the war more than 100 years later, the Satsuma clan was the main force in the rebel army.

The current six armored ships were built under the order of the Satsumato family after the Tokugawa family built the 69-meter-long super-large iron-clad Anzaimaru.

The purpose is to ensure that there will not be much difference between the navy under his command and the Tokugawa family's navy.

Today, instead of facing the Tokugawa navy, the Satsuma clan's navy collided with the Ming army.

……

"There are so many Japanese sampans!"

On the bow of the Ranger, Major General Nickell looked at the hundreds of small boats densely packed on the sea in the distance and exclaimed.

"Commander Nikol, when the generation gap in weapons is formed, numerical advantage is no longer so important."

Jia Wenxuan looked at the Japanese navy in the distance and said indifferently.

The amount of rubbish in front of him looked quite shocking, but Jia Wenxuan didn't take it seriously at all.

Xiaochanchuan is a small fishing boat, Guanzhou is a large fishing boat that may be equipped with 2-4 guns, and Anzhai boat has more guns, a total of 6 guns!

The hundreds of Japanese ships combined may not have as many artillery pieces as their three or four cruisers, and all of them have Folan cannons with a short range.

How could such strength be valued by him?

Not to mention the Ming Dynasty navy fleet, even the Qing army's Penghu navy, which was destroyed by them, could easily crush this sampan fleet!

"There's a boat coming."

At this time, Nikhil pointed to the small morning boat carrying the Satsuma Domain envoy in the distance and said.

Jia Wenxuan just glanced at it and directly ordered:

"Don't waste time with them, order! All ships turn around, form a line, and fire freely. Pay attention to those small morning boats. Once they get close, use cannonballs to clear them out!"

Jia Wenxuan gave an order, and the ships whose bows were originally facing the direction of the Japanese navy began to turn to face the enemy with their broadsides.

Subsequently, the gun doors were opened, and hundreds of smoothbore cannons of various calibers began to be loaded with shells.

"Boom boom boom..."

……

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like