Not long ago, on the afternoon of September 7, the sixth year of Tensho (1578), Iwaya Port Fort.
"What is that?" Shihe depository looked at the situation on the sea in the distance with some confusion. He was also called over by the sentry just now to take a look.
Ten sailboats with full sails were dragging a huge, dark-colored battleship towards the Akashi Strait. The battleship was huge, probably slightly larger than the Kawachi Maru, the flagship of the Red Leaf Fleet.
"Are they going to break through the Akashi Strait?" Juga was dumbfounded and wanted to laugh, "Are you crazy? I'll sink it with random cannons."
"That black ship is so strange." Miyoshi Nagaji looked at the ship with strange and curious eyes.
"Did the hull of the ship be painted black?" Shihe depositor squinted at the huge ship, still unable to see why. His gaze gradually moved up, from the bottom of the ship to the hull, and then to the side of the ship.
, and then...
"That's it!" Shihe depositor was stunned for a moment, raised his arm, and pointed blankly at the flag on the black giant ship.
Maple bird horse print.
"Horse prints of rainy autumn leaves!"
Tokawa Deposito's words suddenly ignited the entire fort, and everyone looked at the huge black ship in stunned silence - Yuqiu Hongye personally drove the ship, and wanted to forcefully break through the Akashi Strait? And there are only eleven of them?
"Is it a scam?" Shihe Debenbao's first reaction was that it was not simple at this time. The Sanhao family had suffered enough losses from Yu Qiuping over the years. But the next moment, he realized that this was an excellent opportunity.
Fighter. No matter who you are, as long as you are on the ship, you will definitely not be able to cross the Akashi Strait. If you kill Yuqiu Hongye, the Yuqiu family will be finished. You will have an understanding in advance of what the uncles and uncles have tried their best to do.
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"Go and report to father that Uqiu Momiji has sailed across the strait. Let him be careful that the Momiji army in Iwaya Castle cooperates with Uqiu Momiji to attack Iwaya Port!" Tokawa depository said solemnly to a messenger behind him, and then looked towards
Next to him was Miyoshi Nagaharu - the latter's expression was even weirder.
"Those ten sailboats...have gone back?" Miyoshi Nagaharu pouted in the direction of the black giant ship. He saw that the ten sailboats that were originally dragging the black giant ship were untied one after another at the extreme shooting distance of the Iwaya Port fort.
He took off the cable and sailed in the opposite direction, leaving only the black giant ship sailing toward the Akashi Strait alone.
"Looking for death." Tokawa Dembo sneered, and then he looked at Miyoshi Choji.
"I'll take care of the east fort, and I'll teach you the west one." Miyoshi Nagaharu and Tokawa Junbo both reached out and gave a high-five, "Let Yuqiu Hongye come and go without any return!"
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At the same time, on the black giant ship.
"The secret weapon Suruga Maru has been built for so many years, and it has finally come in handy." Yu Qiuping was standing in the command cabin at the moment, looking at the situation on the beach.
"I definitely can't build an iron ship. Even if I build it, we can't drive it with our current power level." Yu Qiuping smiled bitterly and patted the rudder, "So we can only settle for the next best thing and stick around the wooden ship.
Put on 5cm thick iron armor. This is already our limit."
"Even so, relying on its own power alone, we still can't push such a sinking ship. Sure enough, we still need steam engines and internal combustion engines." Yu Qiuping put his hands behind his back and looked at the sailboat that was gradually going away. "There is no other way but to let it go."
The sailboat towed the Suruga Maru from Kishiwada Port, sailed through the long sea route, and towed it to the gate of Akashi Strait. After that, it had to rely on the Suruga Maru itself."
Yu Qiuping walked to the cabin and looked at the several special propellers used to drive the ship and the large number of sailors operating ancient oars. In previous experiments, their physical strength would be exhausted quickly, so they needed to be replaced with new ones.
A group of sailors went to paddle. However, there is still a limit to physical strength. No matter how many sailors you bring, it will not help. The Suruga Maru is too heavy. Just relying on wind and manpower, its ultimate sailing time is really not enough. Think about it.
Fighting overseas is basically a pipe dream.
Yu Qiuping has arranged a large number of scientific researchers to develop in the direction of steam engines, but how much can he, a half-baked high school student, know? He is still in the stage of blind men trying to figure out the elephant. It is estimated that it will take more than ten years to equip ships with steam engines.
However, although there is no steam engine, the ship's power is more than enough to cross the Akashi Strait.
"The most coastal defense guns in the Iwaya Port Fort are nine-pounders." Yu Qiuping looked at the large number of forts around the Iwaya Port, "Our previous experiments have proven that as long as a certain distance is left, the nine-pounder cannon can attack 5 cm
The armor has no killing power."
"The only thing we need to worry about is that the chain bomb broke the sails and mast." Yu Qiuping smiled in relief, "But anyway, such a heavy ship can't be pushed by the sails."
"Come on." Yu Qiuping snapped his fingers in the direction of Iwaya Port.
"The ironclad is coming."
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When the Suruga Maru slowly sailed into the attack range of the easternmost fort in Iwaya Port, Togawa depository, who was personally in charge of the easternmost fort, immediately ordered the cannon to be fired. However, the people responsible for firing the cannon temporarily hired by the Awaji Navy were not very good.
It's really not that good. The first round of shots all missed. It only caused waves around the black giant ship, but it hardly moved at all against the heavy black giant ship.
"Why is this thing so difficult to use?" Shihe depository couldn't help complaining, but he looked at the many forts and artillery on the west side, "It's okay, with so many big cannons, you can always catch it."
The speed of the black giant ship was not fast, which gave the coastal forts ample time to change ammunition and react. However, Shihe depository couldn't help but sigh when he saw his men in a hurry, unable to change ammunition after a long time, and even the barrel exploded.
He said, "The training of the Red Leaf Army is really good, and those gunners who can fly like bullets when changing are really enviable."
The artillerymen of the Ten River Army were all temporarily trained. After formulating the plan for the surprise attack on the fort, the Miyoshi family finally bought a few worn-out large cannons from Sakai Town and let their bright-minded soldiers practice firing and reloading. However,
Obviously the effect is very unsatisfactory.
In the second round of shooting, more turrets and artillery were involved in the firing. One of the artillery shells fired hit the middle of the side of the black giant ship. Shihe Deposit couldn't help but clench his fist and shouted. However, to his surprise,
, the cannonball made a "thump" sound the moment it hit the hull, and then was ejected and fell into the sea water - this was not the sound of hitting wood at all, but more like hitting steel.
"Ah?" Shihe depositor was a little surprised, standing on the edge of the fort, standing on tiptoes to look at the black giant ship. In the third round of shooting, more shells hit the black giant ship, but only "dang dang dang dang dang dang dang" was heard.
"After the sound, they were all bounced out without causing any damage.
"This is...iron." Shihe Debao felt that breathing suddenly became a little difficult, and his legs and feet became a little weak.
"An iron ship..." At the same time, Miyoshi Nagaharu of the western fort also looked at the results of the east shelling in disbelief, "A ship made of iron... How does it float? How can iron float on water? What is this?
ah?"
The artillery shells from the Iwaya Port Fort were hitting the Suruga Maru like water, but the Suruga Maru seemed to really treat the artillery shells as water, bounced all the shells, and slowly moved forward unscathed in the smoke. Occasionally, there was a
Two cannonballs hit the deck, causing casualties and chaos. On the smoky sea, the maple bird horse prints fluttered high, as if mocking the gunners at Iwaya Port who were doing useless work.
"This is..." At this time, Omaezaki Nakahide and Ogawa Yutō in Iwaya Castle stared dumbfoundedly at Yu Qiupei's horse prints flying through the smoke.
"Secret weapon - Ironclad Suruga Maru, you have been on Awaji Island, so you don't know." Yoshioka Katsumasa smiled and patted Ogawa Yutō and Omaezaki Nakahide on the shoulders, "It doesn't matter what cannons or guns they have.
, hitting it is the same as scratching it.”
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"Hit it, I still don't believe it can't be sunk!" Ten He, the depositary on the fort, almost frantically urged his subordinates to swarm all the shells towards the Suruga Maru, but to no avail.
He Chunbo felt like a child holding a slingshot, trying his best to shoot pebbles at the well-dressed samurai. The gunners of the Miyoshi Army used solid bullets, chain bullets, and shotguns, but all in vain.
Shihe Deposit also tried to use chain bombs to attack the mast and sail, but the accuracy was really not allowed. After a long time of fighting, only half of the jib was scraped off.
The Suruga Maru was slowly traveling through the Akashi Strait, just like a tourist boat, enjoying the bright sunshine and warm sea breeze of the Seto Inland Sea, and there was a singing and dancing team playing gongs and drums on the other side. The Miyoshi Army on the other side was so relaxed and comfortable.
His face was as pale as earth, and in their eyes, the black giant ship was like a monster in ancient mythology, and would not be hurt no matter what.
"Quickly send someone to tell Uncle Anzhai, I can't tell you in the bonfire." Shihe's face was red, he was breathing heavily, he put his hands on his knees helplessly, bent over and said, "Yuqiu Hongye held a
An iron ship that didn't know where it came from broke through the Akashi Strait. We had no way to do anything about it, and the shells were ineffective against it. However, this ship seemed to have no attack capability. It had no counterattack from beginning to end, and its speed was extremely slow, so my uncle didn't have to
Worry."
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Soon after, Naruto Strait.
"This is what happened, Your Highness Anzhai!" The messenger told Anzhai Fuyukang the whole story amidst a circle of incredible warriors and exclamations. "The black giant ship... is really an iron ship! It is impossible to attack it at all.
Shen!"
"Speed ​​up the progress and light 50 more ships." Amidst the chaos, anger, and surprise, Anzhai Fuyayasu was unexpectedly calm, but the order he issued was more crazy than anyone else. If he ordered 50 more ships... Awaji
Even if the navy wins this battle, there will only be 300 ships left...
"Execute the order." Seeing that the subordinates around him were still hesitant, Anzhai Fuyayasu looked at everyone indifferently and repeated the order. The subordinates nodded hurriedly in response, and then 50 arson ships headed towards the red leaves in the Naruto Strait.
The walls of the fleet rushed away.
"That ship is very slow and has no offensive capabilities... If that's the case, what is the purpose of Amaki Momiji driving this ship through the Akashi Strait?" Fuyushi Anzhai felt a little weird, but he couldn't find it.
Chapter completed!