"Western ghosts? Are they here to rob? It's really unreasonable. Give the order and ask our people who have landed ashore to come back quickly and board the ship to prepare for battle. In addition, send a customs ship with people who can speak Hongyi dialect to ask the other party what's going on.

What are you going to do?"

"Hi!"

Not long after Huashan Jiugao's order was sent out, another samurai came to report: "Master Jibu, the opponent's fleet is getting closer, and I discovered that the opponent's fleet is flying the flag of the Ming Dynasty."

"Nani? The fleet of the Ming Dynasty? Aren't they all on some kind of lucky ship or Guangzhou ship? How can they fly a Western warship? Hmm..." At this point, Huashan simply climbed up to the roof of the forecastle of the Anzhai ship.

, built a pergola with his hands and observed carefully, he was even more confused: "It is wrong to say that they are those crazy warships. These fifteen warships are only similar in appearance, but if you really look carefully, they are still very different. For example,

…”

"Master Jibu, now is not the time to compare the differences between battleships. What should we do?"

"Why panic? If it's a Western monster, I'm afraid there is no other way but to fight. If it's a Ming warship, there are many ways. After all, the Ming people have good tempers, and they won't be pushed into a hurry until they are pressed.

He can fire. Well, speaking of which, among the ships we sent to the opposite side, are there any who can speak Mandarin?"

"Don't worry, administrative department, there are quite a few people in my family who can speak Chinese."

"Well, let's... give the order to those who are ashore to board the boat quickly, the oarsmen to get into position quickly, and the ships moored on the Anzhai ship to be unbound quickly. In case those Western ghosts are pretending to be people from the Ming Dynasty.

What? You still have to be prepared.”

"Hi!"

About a quarter of an hour passed.

"You mean, the people on the boat opposite are really from the Ming Dynasty?"

"Hi, Master Zhibu, the people on the boat are all from the Ming Dynasty. And..."

"And what?"

"The person sitting on the boat opposite is Kapitan Li Dan!"

"Ah? What do they want to do? Do they want to get a share of the pie? It's not impossible, but we don't get much."

"No, Master Zhibu. Captain Li said that he has now returned to the Funing Town of the Ming Dynasty, so he is now an official of the Ming Dynasty. He said that we invaded the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty without any reason, and asked us to sail out Anzhai ships one by one.

, Surrender to them one by one."

"Bagya Road! When I was galloping in the Korean waters, this old guy had just been driven out of Luzon by Western monsters. He was as panic-stricken as a bereaved dog! This old guy Li Dan, I really thought I was afraid of him.

?Give the order, get the whole team, rush out, I will personally tear this old guy’s bad mouth apart!”

"Hi!"

Following Kaguyama Hisaka's order, the entire Shimadzu fleet quickly completed its personnel assembly and left the port in one order.

"Father, it seems that Huashan bastard wants to have a fight."

"Hmph, then let's fight. Anyway, these slow-moving Da'an houses are like coffins on the water in this era. Even if they are captured and escorted back, the mean shopkeeper Cao you talk about will not take a fancy to them."

"Then please father..."

"Farewell, son, when my father boarded the Zhenjiang battleship, he knew that he was already behind the times. All the previous experience is of no use at this time. Next, you will have full command."

"Yes." After agreeing, Li Guozhu was not polite: "Zhutu Dongxing, send a signal to the other ships, asking them to follow the flagship's turn and use the left cannon to attack the enemy."

"I humbly accept my order!"

"Inukai Douji, let all your gunmen go on the deck. If the enemy ships approaches, use the gunmen to greet me first."

"I humbly accept my order!"

"Wang Mingrui, please report the impact point at any time."

"As you command!"

After issuing a series of orders, Li Guoshu personally took the steering wheel and began to lead the entire fleet to turn.

The main combat force of Japan's navy in this era is the Anzha ship. It is characterized by being tall, large, wide, and thick, and can carry many people. Of course, its speed is naturally very slow. Even if the sails and oars are used together and the wind direction is extremely smooth, it is very

Hard to exceed five knots.

Above the Anzha-bune is the iron-clad ship, which can be understood as an Anzha-bune covered with a layer of iron. Below is the Kanbune. This thing was a special warship used by various coastal daimyo during the Warring States Period to rob passing merchant ships. It has one characteristic.

:Quick! As for the protection, wind and wave resistance, etc., they are not worth mentioning. There is no problem for such a ship to operate along the coast of the Japanese island, but like this time when it went to Ryukyu to fight in the ocean, the ship could not move forward independently. So here it is.

At that time, they were moored behind the Anzha boat and towed all the way by the Anzha boat.

In short, the Anzha ships with both oars and sails here had just started to leave the port, and Li Guozhu's fleet over there had already completed the collective turn. When he saw through the telescope that the Anzha ships that had rushed out of the port were noisily forming their formations, Li Guozhu yelled.

One sound: "Signal, the entire fleet will aim at the opponent's armored ship in the first round and fire!"

Following this order, fifteen battleships, with a total of three hundred twelve-pound cannons on one side, opened fire one after another, and three hundred shells roared towards the Shimazu family's fleet.

"Boom~~"

"Clang~~"

Amidst the sound of breaking through the air, hundreds of artillery shells fell rapidly in a very short time interval. A considerable part of them fell into the sea, causing huge waves. But also a considerable part of the shells accurately hit the enemy ships.

"Ah~~" People who can scream in agony are basically not hit by artillery shells. If they are hit by artillery shells, they won't be able to make any sound at all.

"Shock!" The first round of attacks by the Ming army immediately made Jiugao Huashan's jaw drop in shock.

"What's going on? When did the navy of the Ming Dynasty become so powerful?"

Huashan, who had been in battle for a long time, was surprised. The results obtained by the opponent's fleet's concentrated fire salvo were really shocking.

The three iron-clad ships were the targets of this round of concentrated fire attacks by the Ming army. Under the concentrated fire of three hundred cannons, in just a moment, the three iron-clad ships, known as invincible in the world, were no longer visible. In the position where they originally stayed,

Only a piece of broken wood still reminded everyone that they had existed just now.

Among the other twenty-odd Anzha ships, seven were hit by shells because they were too close to the armored ship. The two most severely damaged ships had already caught fire and would fall apart sooner or later. Although the other five ships were not yet sunk.

Yu, but the bow of the ship, the cabins on the waterline, etc. are all riddled with holes.

"Haiyaku (Haiyaku)!"

"Don't worry, the administration department. I have already ordered all the ships behind to unmoor, and all the gang members have boarded the ship. We will launch a desperate charge immediately!"

"Bagya Road! I don't mean to tell them to rush out quickly, but I want you to quickly go to the mast and fly the white flag!"

…

"So, you just fired one round of shelling and the Shimadzu family surrendered?"

In April 1609, Zhu Youdong met Li Guozhu and others in Nanjing who came to report.

"Yes, Your Highness, I didn't expect that these Japanese pirates would be so incompetent. I originally thought that they would have to launch a Guanzhou charge no matter what. At that time, I had prepared the musketry team and joined the gang in hand-to-hand combat.

We are also prepared." This seems not surprising. After all, Japan had just ended the Warring States Period at this time. It had not been brainwashed by the Tokugawa family with Neo-Confucianism for more than two hundred years, and there was no so-called bushido spirit in later generations. In this country for hundreds of years

When the war is over and they can enjoy a peaceful life, the Japanese samurai class at this time actually cherish their lives. Seeing that they are completely unable to fight, they surrender immediately. This is the normal behavior of the Japanese in this era.

"Okay, what's the harvest?"

"It's not good. Among the enemy ships sunk in the first round of shelling, two were carrying the Ryukyu Kingdom's treasury. Although some people will be fished out afterwards, these things are worth four to five thousand taels of silver. At the end of the day,

I will return all these things to King Shang Ning." "You have done a good job. Let's do this. According to the rules of returning one third of the captured items to the fleet, I will give you one thousand five hundred taels of silver. I won't be beheaded or anything like that.

Forget it, let’s put it all together and I’ll give you another five hundred taels.”

"Hehe." Li Guozhu demonstratively smiled at Cao Sanxi next to him: "Then thank you, Your Highness."

"How did you deal with those Japanese bandits?"

"The houseboats owned by the Japanese pirates were completely useless things that were behind the times. I didn't want any of them at the end. But the gate boats were excellent for checking smuggling on the inland rivers, so I brought back forty of them. As for the rest,
Chapter completed!