Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1894 Sword Pointing at Japan (Yuanyi) "Hanging the White Flag"

The fog cleared, and the Sea Trade Alliance fleet was like a megalodon shark with its mouth wide open, putting the Japanese navy fleet under its fangs.

In fact, if we only talk about the number of warships, the fleet of the Maritime Trade Alliance is smaller than the Japanese fleet, but there are no small ships among them.For the Japanese naval forces, armed transport ships are of course huge ships without a doubt, and their big houses are not as big.

However, armed transport ships are only basic ships in the fleet of the Sea Trade Alliance. With the gradual increase in the number of pure warships serving in Jinghua's two ocean fleets, when Jinghua internally weighs its expected investment in a certain naval battle, it often mainly considers how much it will invest. Pure warship.

In this naval battle, Gao Pragmatic invested a total of [-] pure warships, including the flagship "Dongchang" second-tier battleship and two third-tier battleships "Changning" and "Changding". Seventy to eighty percent of the core combat power has already gone into battle.

At this time, the Japanese navy was already in a panic, surrounded by giant ships in their eyes, and the number was not much less than them.This situation is many times worse than when facing Li Sunshin in the past.

Both Fujido Takatora and Wakisaka Yasuji were a little stunned. It was difficult for the two of them to decide whether to fight with all their strength or to break through with all their strength.

Fujido Takahu originally wanted to say that the only way to survive at this time is to break through with all his strength, but then he thought about it, his reputation under the Taige's command was not very good. If he took the initiative to say that he should break through at this time, it would be even more difficult to survive in the future , So he preemptively said: "When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. I mean...the enemy in front of us has three unparalleled giant ships. Our army must concentrate on defeating them, so as to boost the morale of the army and win the enemy's morale!"

When he was saying this, it happened that the "Peerless Giant Ship" leading the "Face-to-Face Enemy" started to turn, revealing the side stringed three-deck cannon.There are more than 40 Jinghua No. [-] guns on one side string, and the muzzles of those black holes seem to be still turning slightly, just like the teeth of a giant gluttonous beast before devouring its prey.

Fujido Takatora's heart trembled when he saw it, he swallowed unconsciously, and looked nervously at Yasuji Wakisaka, for fear that he would agree with what he said just now with a twitch of his brain.

However, Yasuji Wakisaka didn't notice the nervousness of Todo Takatora, because he himself was completely stunned by this giant ship.

How could there be such a huge warship in the world?I'm afraid this isn't a sea city, is it?There are even so many cannons on the city wall that they need to be placed on three floors?How long can our warships stand in front of it?
Countless thoughts flashed through Yasuji Wakisaka's mind in an instant. It wasn't that he was cowardly and fearful of fighting, but that the "Dongchang" had completely surpassed his cognition, which made him feel as if he was in front of a god. The courage to fight.

If you really want to say how much bigger 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 1600 materials, and the "Dongchang" is 4000 materials, and the tonnage difference is 2.5 times.

The 4000 material is roughly equivalent to the displacement of 2000 tons in later generations, which is actually very small in the impression of high pragmatism.However, there is no comparison in size between wooden warships and iron warships. The size of the "Dongchang" is not comparable to the various frigates with a displacement of 2000 tons in later generations. The former seems too huge.

Coupled with its Western-style multi-deck guns, more than 40 muzzles pointing in one direction at the same time, of course it will cause a huge psychological impact on the admirals of this era.

Although Yasuji Wakisaka was born in the army, he has worked in the Japanese navy for many years so far, and has formed a simple but correct understanding of water warfare: the bigger the ship, the stronger, and the more guns, the fiercer it is!
In short, the "Dongchang" is definitely not something their Japanese navy can handle, especially the artillery of the Japanese navy is obviously a circle smaller than the opponent's artillery, so I'm afraid they can't even do "many ants kill elephants" ——What's more, they are now a herd of elephants.

Yasuji Wakisaka was very conflicted in his heart. He was indeed not afraid of death, and he really wanted to follow Todo Takatora's words to order a direct confrontation. North Korea's navy fleet was even unable to take the land division back to Japan.

If it was just the defeat of the navy, Yasuji Wakisaka could still admit it with gritted teeth, but if it led to the complete annihilation of the land division in North Korea, then this responsibility is really beyond his shoulders.

There are not only many elite descendants of the Toyotomi family in the Lu division, but also the Western country daimyo who are close to the Toyotomi family. If all these people are buried in North Korea, it is conceivable that there will be a huge wave in Japan.

The daimyos of the Eastern Kingdom boasted that they were born in the land of samurai, and they were originally the group of people who were most likely to disobey the rule. In addition, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Date Masamune and others were all careerists. 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 obedient Western daimyos no longer support them, then the Toyotomi family, which is in the middle of the world, may be attacked from both sides. No one can predict where this situation will eventually go.

After all, Yasuji Wakisaka is a veteran of Toyotomi's family, and he knows that his honor and disgrace are all tied to Toyotomi. Once Toyotomi loses, how will his fate be better?Therefore, even though he felt deeply ashamed, he still had to sigh and said, "His Majesty Fujido, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to win this battle."

As soon as Fujido Takatora heard Wakisaka Yasuji say such powerless words, he immediately knew his unwillingness to fight recklessly, but he still pretended not to know, and asked instead: "Then, does His Highness Wakisaka have a clever plan?"

Yasuji Wakisaka 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 don't have to worry about no firewood. I think today's battle must be a trap for the Ming army. Although fighting to the death can preserve our reputation, However, His Royal Highness Taige’s great cause of conquering North Korea will definitely be ruined. For the current plan, we can only concentrate all our forces to break through in the same direction.”

A big stone fell to the ground in Fujido Gaohu's heart, but he said: "Since His Highness Wakisaka said so, I can't ignore the overall situation. Please ask His Highness Wakisaka to command the breakout operation. I will give my full support and obey."

Although the words sound nice, in the final analysis, it is nothing more than to push the responsibility to Yasuji Wakisaka, which can be seen naturally by Yasuji Wakisaka.But at this time, the two third-tier battleships "Changning" and "Changding" on the opposite side had already started to turn. He had no time to worry about these, so he nodded silently, walked up to the command position, and ordered to break out to the south.

It stands to reason that the south side is not the weakest side of the Ming army's encirclement, because there are also several giant ships larger than armed transport ships on the south side.However, Yasuji Wakisaka knew that although there was no threat of giant ships heading east at this time, there were fifteen armed transport ships of the Ming army to the east, and the overall strength was not weak.

Of course, this is not the most critical issue. The most important thing is that although the encirclement is still relatively large, it is not enough to allow the Japanese naval fleet to have time and space to make a temporary U-turn.If you want to do this, you may be surrounded and beaten before you complete the slewing, which is absolutely unacceptable.

What about the south?The Ming army fleet in the south has six second-class cruisers and five armed transport ships, a total of eleven warships.Relatively speaking, the second-class cruisers are the weakest group of the fourteen pure warships of the Ming army, with a single ship of 2000 materials, only slightly larger than the armed transport ship.

Yasuji Wakisaka's eyes are not bad, and he can see this at a glance. Based on his understanding of "the bigger the ship, the stronger, and the more guns, the more fierce it is", this line is obviously the most suitable direction for breakthrough-and for the Japanese navy. In other words, turning left is much less difficult than making a U-turn.

After the order was issued, the Japanese navy began to turn left one after another. However, the semaphore of the Japanese navy only had a very simple meaning. It didn't perform too well.

The Japanese army's turn this time was not only fast or slow, but also various confusions obviously appeared during the turn.Because it was turning to the left, the left wing part turned faster, but due to the closer distance between ships, a collision occurred; the right wing part had to reach a farther distance in the turn, so the speed was too slow, and it was delayed. .

If it was a normal sailing, this would not be a big problem, it would just take more time to organize the formation. However, what they lack most at this time is time. How can they have the opportunity to form a team?

Yasuji Wakisaka was extremely anxious, and was hesitating whether to wait for the formation to be formed before leading the central army and the left wing to launch an assault first. Fujido Takatora had already seen his hesitation and shouted: "I can't wait, we must hurry!"

Wakisaka Yasuji didn't care whether Todo Takatora's statement was reasonable, so he had to immediately order the whole army to attack.

However, when they turned around, the formation on the south line of the Ming army had already guessed their intentions. Unlike them, the Ming army had a plan for the possible reaction of the Japanese navy, so they immediately began to turn - but of course not To get out of the way, but to face the enemy sideways and start shelling.

At this time, we can see the gap between professional and unprofessional.Although the six Jinghua Class [-] cruisers specialized in combat were larger than the Japanese ships, their turning process was surprisingly consistent and fast, and soon they were like mountains, blocking the way of the Japanese navy.The five additional armed transport ships were also not slow, and they also formed a row in coordination.

At this time, the Japanese ships had begun to charge as fast as possible, and the eleven warships of the Ming army started free salvos, that is, they did not have to wait for orders and fired at the enemy in salvo according to the situation of their own ships.

Jinghua's naval guns have always been designed and manufactured according to the idea of ​​long and heavy guns, and the range has always been very long, but the accuracy at long distances is naturally not high.But at this time, the Japanese navy was rushing towards them, and it was a relatively dense formation. Therefore, in the first round of salvo, several chain bombs were hit, and two Japanese ships were hit. When the mast is broken, the speed of the ship suddenly drops to unbelievable.

However, the Ming army did not have time to congratulate, but began to reload nervously, and fired a second round of salvo shortly afterwards.This time the effect was better. About seven or eight chain bombs hit, of which two still hit the mast of the Japanese ship, and the rest fell on various parts, causing various damage to the Japanese ship hit, including many Damage to deck personnel.

Coincidentally, a chain bomb swept across the bridge of a closed ship of the Japanese navy, and cut off the command room on the spot. None of the people in the command room recovered the whole body, and they were all cut into pieces by the chain bomb. Broken part 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, there were still several armed transport ships of the "iron armored version" of the Japanese navy that responded with several shellings by the Ming army with their bow guns, but unfortunately none of them hit.

Of course, it is impossible to hit. The warships of this era are moving forward at full speed. The bow up and down is much larger than the hull, and they only have a few shells now. It is not the scene where the Ming army fired hundreds of shells in one volley. It is not too much to say that the probability is close to zero.

Yasuji Wakisaka's heart sank gradually, and he began to doubt whether such a collision could really be successful.In other words, even if there are ships that can rush out, how many ships can there be in total?But the Ming army obviously didn't have so many ideas, they just followed the plan.

At the moment when Yasuji Wakisaka was burning with anxiety, he suddenly heard a huge shelling sound from behind the flagship side.It turned out that the three battleships on the front of the Chinese army had entered the effective range, and began to launch an artillery attack obliquely towards the back of the Japanese navy.

The rapidity of the Ming army made Yasuji Wakisaka even more anxious, and he kept urging to speed up. Unfortunately, under the influence of the increasingly powerful artillery fire of the Ming army, the Japanese navy became slower and slower.

Yasuji Wakisaka's heart was cold, and he already had the worst premonition, but he didn't dare to show it.He still gave orders anxiously, but unfortunately, the surrounding Japanese ships had no time to pay attention, the formation began to disintegrate, and each ship gradually had a tendency to fight independently.

At this time, the northern line of the Ming army also approached, and also began to turn obliquely and launch shelling.The first-class cruisers on the northern line had more firepower than those on the southern line, and soon caused a lot of damage to the Japanese navy.

Yasuji Wakisaka finally realized the reality after his flagship was also interrupted by a chain bomb: he couldn't run away.

Takatora Fujido was even more frustrated than him, and he was able to support his weak legs by holding on to the railing with his hands. He asked, "His Majesty Wakisaka, what should we do now? The mast is broken and there is no way to go."

Yasuji Wakisaka gritted his teeth and said, "Then fight to the death, until the last one dies!"

Fujido Takatora opened his mouth, but closed it helplessly, walked towards Yasuji Wakisaka, and said in his mouth: "To be able to be loyal to His Highness Taige together with His Highness Wakisaka, this life is not in vain."

Yasuji Wakisaka did not doubt that he was there, nodded his head, and was about to draw his sword as a final encouragement to the whole ship, but Takatora Todo suddenly threw a punch at him.

Yasuji Wakisaka was unprepared, and Todo Takatora hit his face with a punch. Yasuji Wakisaka's eyes went dark, and he fell on his back.The last thing he heard was Todo Takatora's sighing voice: "It's useless to die like this."

Wakisaka Anji's soldiers were startled, and when they came to their senses, they were about to come over to snatch someone, but saw Takatora Fujido waved his hand and said, "I'm saving your lives!"

The soldiers were stunned, and they had already heard Fujido Gaohu order loudly: "This battle has been defeated, there is no need to make unnecessary sacrifices, order: hang the white flag!"
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