After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 234 Chapter 234
"promise!"

The orderly delivered the semaphore.

The warships of the Ming army resumed dispatching.

On the Japanese ship, when he saw the Ming warships in a four-door formation, Arima Koyoshi's expression froze, and he said to the lieutenant next to him: "The Ming warships are curled up like tortoises, and the handsome ships are protected in the center. If you want to rush in and capture Zhu Di alive, I'm afraid you will have to pay a lot of money. It seems that the prince of Ming Dynasty is still a rough soldier, not as useless as we imagined before."

"His style of warfare is called waiting for work with ease." The deputy general next to him was also a child of the Arima family, Arima Hirohisa said, "Our side rushed up against the current, and the soldiers took turns rowing, and their physical strength has been exhausted. It hurts when you get up."

"Prince Daming's style of warfare is really in line with the art of war." Arima Hongyi said, "However, he will definitely lose today. After all, our number of warships is twice that of the Ming army."

"And he used himself as a bait to lure us to attack across the board, which can be regarded as doing something that ordinary people dare not do." Arima Hirohisa said, "It is admirable to have such a courageous enemy."

"What's even more frightening is that he is only 15 years old this year." Arima Hiroyoshi said, "He has such courage at the age of 15 and is proficient in the art of war. If he grows up, he will definitely be the enemy of our country in the future."

"Fortunately, he has no chance to grow up." Arima Hirohisa said.

"We have [-] warships attacking from three sides, no matter how hard their shells are, they will overturn them." Arima Hongyi said coldly, "Order a fierce attack, and take down the handsome ship at all costs."

"Look! The warships of the Ming army have changed again." Suddenly, Arima Hirohisa said eagerly, and pointed forward.

Wherever Arima Hiroyoshi looked, he saw the warships of the Ming army slowly spreading out again, and the sails were hoisted again.The warships of the Ming army opened the middle door wide, exposing the handsome ships in the center to the firepower of the Japanese warships.

And there are fifty warships on each of the two wings marching towards the two wings, and the handsome ship in the middle rushes forward directly.

"At first I thought that Zhu Di had some abilities, but I didn't expect that he was still a waste." Arima Hongyi sighed, "Just now, the lord of this vassal looked up to him."

"Order the ships to advance at full speed in the middle, and outflank the two wings!"

Soon, the messengers on the warship of the Japanese state also raised the semaphore.

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"Your Highness King Yan, although my subordinates don't understand naval warfare, our side is less than five miles away from the Japanese warship. The two sides will immediately enter the range of firepower and order to fire." said the commander of the personal guard next to him.

"No rush." ​​However, Zhu Di seemed extremely calm, "How can we wipe out the enemy if we don't let them get closer?"

Without Xie Cheng and Hu Weiyong interfering with his command, he felt much more comfortable.

All the battle situations and fighters are controlled by him alone.

This feeling of commanding thousands of troops is really cool.

"His Royal Highness, it's only four miles away." The commander of the guards said, "The Hongwu cannon has a range of up to four miles, and the enemy's artillery must be as powerful as our Hongwu cannon."

Because the warships of the Ming army were going with the wind and the current, and the oarsmen were rowing with all their strength, the warships of the Japanese warships were going upstream, and the two sides were heading towards each other, so the distance was shortened quickly.

"His Royal Highness, it's three miles away." The commander's tone became obviously anxious.

Because of the unstable range of the Hongwu cannon, four miles is the limit, and three miles is the stable distance.

In other words, the artillery fire from the Japanese warships can already hit the handsome ships.If you are unlucky, the artillery of the Japanese country is likely to bombard the handsome boat and kill Zhu Di.

boom!
boom!
boom!
As soon as the words fell, the warships of the Wa Kingdom had already fired.

A shell just landed in front of the handsome boat, splashing water ten meters high, and the water splashed down, instantly drenching the two into drowned chickens.

"Exciting! Exciting! This is the real battlefield!" Zhu Di became excited instantly. "Being protected like a baby, what is going on the battlefield? Since you are on the battlefield, you have to encounter some danger."

"During the water battle at Poyang Lake, I could only watch them fight. I was envious for a long time. Today I finally went to the battlefield to kill the enemy myself."

"His Royal Highness King Yan, order to fire. If you make a mistake, all of us subordinates will be finished." The commander of the personal guard wanted to cry but had no tears.

"Not busy! Our warships are not in place yet," Zhu Di said.

boom!boom!boom!
The shells from the Japanese warship rained down, all of them were solid bullets, and what came out were huge iron balls.

Once the solid shell hits the warship, it is easy to destroy the warship. One shot falling on the deck can penetrate 20 rows of soldiers.Falling on the mast can directly destroy the structure of the sailboat.

However, because the artillery of both sides was not accurate enough, the loss of the warships of the Ming army was not too great.

Only one warship was pierced by the iron ball, and the sea water rushed up instantly, and the crew on the ship quickly rescued it.

"Why didn't your Highness order to fire?" Seeing this, the thousands of households on the Ming army's warships all showed anxiety, "If you don't fire, you will be beaten passively! I don't know what General Xie thinks, he should persuade The King of Yan ordered to fight back earlier."

However, the military order is like a mountain, and the commander did not give the order, so they dare not fire.

The thousands of households on the warship don't know at this moment that the commander Xie Cheng has now been taken down, and Zhu Di is alone in command.

"The Ming army still hasn't fired, are they stupid?" On the Arima Koyoshi warship, the Japanese warriors were also a little confused when they saw this.

"No matter what, let's take down the Ming army's warship first." Arima Hongyi continued to command, "It's better if they don't fight back, so that we can take down the Ming army's prince without any loss."

"In my opinion, Zhu Di was probably scared to death." Arima Hirohisa said, "After all, he is only 15 years old and has never led a soldier. The bloody and cruel battlefield really easily makes a fledgling person at a loss. .”

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"Your Highness, give the order to fire the cannon." The commander of the Ming army was on board, and the commander of the personal guards became even more anxious.

Zhu Di swept his eyes around and saw that the two wings had already moved forward, and all the Japanese warships had entered the attack range. He decisively gave the order: "Fire!" and personally picked up the torch and lit the magic cannon.

boom!
A cannon was fired.

When Qianhu on the other warships of the Ming army saw the semaphore of fighting back, they immediately let go of the big stone in their hearts, and waved their chopping knives together: "Fire back!" The sergeants lit the wires of fire one after another.

After being beaten for so long without fighting back, they were already full of anger.

Now they want to spread this anger on the Japanese warships.

boom!
boom!
boom!
There was a huge roar, and the warships of the Ming army fired collectively.

The muzzles of rows of magic cannons burst out of cremation, ejecting solid bullets one after another.The huge recoil caused the warship to shake endlessly on the sea, and circles of water rippled on the sea surface.

(End of this chapter)