"What should we do now?" Si Boyi stopped the angry general. Now is not the time to get angry.
"What can we do?" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu pointed to the strait and said: "Ten thousand people have just crossed the sea, and there are still 30,000 people on the sea. Now we can't advance, and we can't retreat. What can you tell me to do?!"
"Those who did not get on the ship in the first place cannot get on the ship again." General Sibo had already regained his composure and said: "This way at least these 60,000 people will not be in any danger."
"Of course," Ashikaga Yoshimitsu regained his composure and said, "But the question is, what about those 30,000 people at sea?"
"Since they can't retreat if they are huddled together, let them simply meet the enemy on the spot." General Si Boyi sighed and said solemnly: "There are advantages to being huddled together. The Ming army's warships will also be stuck in it.
When naval battles turn into land battles, won’t those 30,000 people come into play?!”
"Well, you really can't panic." Ashikaga Yoshimitsu nodded. In addition, there were already 50,000 sailors on the 3,000 ships, so 80,000 people would be enough!
"If the ants kill the elephant, I don't believe that our three thousand warships can't do anything to the Ming army!" He gritted his teeth and said.
At this time, the Japanese troops closest to the shore could actually withdraw, but that would inevitably shake the morale of the troops, so the two decided not to let them stay at sea.
In order to strengthen the determination of the Japanese troops at sea to fight to the death, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu also ordered a supervising team to be sent to the shore. Anyone who dared to return to the sea would be shot to death!
The Japanese soldiers on the sea cursed after hearing the order, but they could only cock their bows and arrows and prepare for battle.
The mood of the navy is relatively stable. Anyway, in this era they are all engaged in boarding battles. The ships are huddled next to each other. It is not a bad thing and it is convenient for mutual support.
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At this time, a huge sail shadow appeared on the sea on the west side of the strait. Then a jaw-dropping large ship appeared, showing its majestic figure.
The beacon tower built on a high ground beside it was dwarfed by it. The scout was right, it was as tall as a city tower.
Immediately after the second and third ships, more and more Ming Dynasty giant ships came riding the wind and waves.
The navy of the shogunate did not give up their resistance. They followed the Ming army in small boats and kept shooting arrows at the Ming army, but it was like ants tickling an elephant, with no effect.
A samurai commanded the ship, rushed in front of the Ming warship, and tried to block it, but was directly smashed into two pieces by the Ming warship... This is a perfect explanation of what it means to use a mantis as a chariot.
Obviously it's not that they don't work hard, it's true that they can't stop it.
The Japanese army's obstruction was ineffective. The Ming army's warships lined up in a straight line, followed the ocean current with full sails, and rushed towards the Japanese army at full speed.
"One hundred and seventy ships..." After being shocked, General Sibo Yi did not forget to count. It took him a long time to finish counting. He murmured: "It is said that the Ming army came with a total of two hundred warships this time. Why?
Are they almost all here? Could it be that they have wiped out the Kyushu navy?"
"Almost..." Ashikaga Yoshimitsu looked at the warships of the two armies that were hundreds of times different in size, and for the first time he understood the disparity in strength between the two naval armies, which could no longer be compared with numbers.
But now, it is no longer possible to change the order. We can only hope that the soldiers will be brave and fearless to fight against the powerful enemy.
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On the Ming army's side, after annihilating the Kyushu navy, the Japanese expedition fleet immediately headed north to block the shogunate's reinforcements.
I hurried slowly and hurriedly, and finally caught up with this feast. Moreover, the weather was good, and the west wind that the Kyushu navy dreamed of was blowing.
Yu Tongyuan ordered that all the sails be fully hung and the sails should be adjusted to face the wind.
The strong wind blew the five to seven sails on the Ming warships, and the sails turned into arcs. With the help of ocean currents, the speed of the huge warships became faster and faster, and the water waves they split became more and more intense.
High, even flush with the deck!
The soldiers were all extremely excited, because the previous battles had made them deeply understand why His Highness insisted on building a giant treasure ship. Ordinary ships would look like paper when they encountered them.
Just now, by sheer force, they broke through the two lines of Japanese defense without even having time to fire a single shot.
This raised the morale of the Ming army officers to the extreme, and without hesitation they rushed at full speed into the dense formation that covered the strait in front of them!
Because the speed was so fast, the Ming army didn't realize that the chaotic scene in front of them was actually caused by a ship jam. They thought it was some kind of combined attack technique they came up with to deal with their own giant ships.
Of course, the momentum of the Ming army's advance was too great to stop. It was impossible to stop and take a closer look.
Then, amid the stunned exclamations of the Japanese troops on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, a violent collision occurred.
I saw those huge Ming army warships like a row of giant elephants rushing into the herd, running rampant and unstoppable!
The outermost Japanese ship was indeed shattered upon impact. Before the sailors and soldiers on board could react, they were thrown into the air by the huge momentum, and then fell into the water with the wreckage of the ship screaming.
However, the 'giant elephant herd' remained unabated and continued to move forward rapidly, ruthlessly trampling on the 'sheep'.
Every moment, countless Japanese warships were smashed, smashed, and overturned, and countless Japanese soldiers fell into the water screaming.
Let's put it this way, three thousand Japanese ships blocked nearly ten miles of sea. The Ming army directly crashed into five or six miles. All the potential energy was absorbed by the Japanese ships, and then they slowly stopped one after another.
Looking at the navy of the Northern Dynasties, some of them lost at least a thousand ships due to the rampage of the Ming army...
Looking at the extremely tragic scene of the super-large shipwreck in front of them, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and his penman Shiba Yi felt numb.
Shi Bo Yi will remember the Great Kanto Earthquake when he was a child, and the scene before him is similar to that of that time.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was still too young and had never encountered a similar scene. He was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped to the ground.
"Fortunately, we finally stopped them..." Siboyi suppressed his heartache and encouraged the general: "The two thousand ships we have left are enough to bury them!"
"All Ming people must be executed!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu gritted his teeth and said, "Of course the ship must be kept."
In the eyes of the monarch and his ministers, as long as the Ming warships were stopped, the threat would be much smaller. Then it would be time to enter the stage of the Japanese attack.
The Japanese navy at sea also screamed excitedly and pounced on the stationary Ming Dynasty giant ships from all directions...
But they were happy too early. The Ming army's advantage was only half used. After the giant ships showed their power, the heavy artillery had not yet fired!
As the flagship fired its cannon, the Ming army gunners, who had already finished loading, lit the fuses of the artillery with match ropes.
Amidst the earth-shattering sound of artillery, the Japanese navy rushed towards the Ming army crazily. Before they could react, they were torn into pieces.
However, the monarchs and ministers of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in the distance could see clearly that it was those giant ships that sprayed out countless projectiles, like a hailstorm, wiping out the surrounding Japanese troops...
"It's not over..." The monarch and his ministers whined in unison, and this was a slap in the face.
