Chapter 720 Juggernaut, a rebel vs Toyotomi Nobuhide, Jijiu waited for a whole ship [5700]
Huluwan, near the stern of the ship——
Whoosh!
Ogata heard the sound of breaking wind coming from behind him on his right side, which he had long been used to hearing after hundreds of battles.
This is the sound of the wind breaking when the arrow is fired.
"Makimura! Someone is shooting arrows from behind!"
After shouting a warning to Makimura next to him, Ogata jumped away first and towards the obstacle next to him.
The moment he jumped away, an arrow that was much thicker and longer than ordinary arrows pierced deeply into the position where Ogata had just been standing.
Ogata followed the direction in which the arrow was shot and looked - on the square sail of the mizzen mast of the calabash pill, squatting was an archer holding a crossbow.
The size of the crossbow in this person's hand was quite astonishing. Ogata, who had little research on crossbows, couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the crossbow in this person's hand:
——A crossbow of this size... is not used to shoot people, but is used to shoot city walls...?
Makimura, who had just listened to Ogata's warning and jumped behind the obstacle, was also observing the shooter squatting on the mizzen mast.
"This man is using a crossbow for hunting whales..." Makimura curled his lips, "Using a crossbow on a rainy day... is really a waste of money."
The principle of using a crossbow relies on the elasticity of the bow string to shoot the arrow.
The bowstrings of crossbows are made of animal sinews. Let alone being soaked in water, the elasticity of the bowstrings will be greatly weakened by moisture alone.
Rain will not only greatly reduce the elasticity of the bow string, but also cause the tail of the arrow to be stained with water, which will affect the flight.
In short - although crossbows will not blind you on rainy days like flintlocks and matchlocks, using crossbows on rainy days is not a wise behavior.
Using a crossbow on a rainy day will not only greatly reduce its power, but also shorten its service life.
——Is it a crossbow used for hunting whales? This crossbow is really not used to shoot people...
Ogata put his head slightly out of the obstacle and observed the shooter's position.
He was squatting on the lowest square sail of the mizzen mast. The height between him and the deck was about 7 or 8 meters. The straight-line distance from Ogata and Makimura was about 20 meters.
"Among those still attacking us, it seems that the shooter is the only one left." Makimura said.
"Well, it seems so." Ogata glanced at the surroundings where the enemy corpses were lying.
Although the counterattack against Ogata and the others on this ship was fierce, "fierce counterattack" and "effective counterattack" are always two different things.
Under Ogata's vigorous purge, the only enemy Ogata could see now was the archer squatting on the mizzen sail, using a whale-hunting crossbow to shoot at him and Makimura.
"How are we going to deal with that guy?" Makimura asked Ogata, "How about I cover you and then you take the opportunity to get close?"
"No need." Ogata rejected Makimura's proposal without hesitation, "There's no need to go to such trouble."
After that, Ogata picked up a hard lump that happened to fall at his feet. Ogata didn't know what it was called, but it was only a hard block the size of a fist.
After picking up the unknown object, Ogata immediately dodged out from behind the obstacle with lightning speed.
Seeing Ogata suddenly rushing out from behind the obstacle, the shooter quickly raised his crossbow to shoot - but his action was still Ogata's one step.
He just had time to raise the crossbow when Ogata had already thrown the unknown object in his hand.
The unknown object drew a straight line and hit the man's belly.
Unable to withstand this huge force, the archer fell headfirst from the sail like a kite with its string broken.
The archer saw the deck, which was splashed with rain, flying toward him rapidly, and then the shattering pain spread down his face and throughout his body, and countless gold stars danced in front of his eyes.
Although the pain was so painful that he could hardly scream, he still struggled to get up quickly.
He got up hastily.
And when he just stood up, he saw Ogata charging towards him with a knife...
A flash of the white blade - the final blow is completed.
After successfully inflicting a blow on the shooter, Ogata saw Makimura slowly walking towards him with emotion on his face.
"What a simple and direct solution. It's a shame that you can throw that thing so far and so accurately."
"After suffering so much, I finally absorbed this 'immortal power'." Ogata smiled, squeezed the hand that had just thrown the unknown object, and said in a joking tone with a bit of self-deprecation.
, "If you don't make good use of this 'new body', wouldn't it be a loss?"
"Okay, it seems we don't have any enemies here."
"Let's go see what's going on with Genichi, Mamiya and the others..."
Click——!
Before Ogata finished speaking, he heard a huge cracking sound that was comparable to thunder in the sky not far away.
Ogata and Makimura, who were startled by the sound, quickly turned their heads and looked - the towering mainmast, now like a fragile reed flying in the wind, swayed slightly and slowly moved towards the not far away.
Nikki Pill fell down.
At the root of the mainmast is Mamiya, who is still holding a sword-drawing posture despite the purple light shining in the wind and rain.
The thick root of the mainmast, which is so huge that even an adult cannot hold it with both hands, has now been cut with a flat diagonal cut.
The huge cracking sound that Ogata and the others heard just now was the sound of Mamiya cutting off the mainmast and the mainmast breaking.
Looking at the broken mainmast and Mamiya who had still not withdrawn his sword, Ogata and Makimura instantly understood what had happened.
"It's really yours, Mamiya..." Makimura was startled for a moment, then smiled and expressed the feelings he and Ogata shared at this time, "Even this 'monster' was split open by you...!"
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Nikki Maru, stern——
"What exactly happened? What was the specific damage to the ship?"
After receiving the task of "inspecting the damage to the ship" from Nobuhide Toyotomi, Kasuzu immediately rushed to the stern of the ship and personally inspected the cause and status of the damage to the ship.
"Lord Kazuho."
At the stern of the ship, a cadre who had been inspecting and repairing the damaged ship at the headquarters just now saw Kasu Bee coming, and quickly saluted Kasu Bee, and then quickly reported to Kasu Bee:
"The No. B ammunition magazine at the stern of the ship had a gunpowder explosion due to unknown reasons."
"The cause of the explosion is still under investigation."
"The No. B ammunition warehouse is basically completely destroyed. There are currently 36 known casualties. Since the statistics have not been completed, this number should increase."
"Because the No. B magazine is located at the stern of the ship, the explosion of the No. B magazine caused a hole in the stern of the ship, implicating some gun positions near the stern and causing damage to the stern rudder."
"I have sent people to repair the hole that was blasted."
"Because the hole is not big, the repair work has been basically completed, and the seawater flowing into the ship along the hole is now being removed."
"The stern rudder is more difficult...the damage is serious and it will take at least one day to repair the stern rudder."
After listening to the cadre's concise report, Kazube's face immediately darkened.
He ran to the stern railing in three steps and looked down the ship - the stern rudder, used to control the ship's course, was now stained with the black marks left behind by the explosion.
"Tsk...it's so damaged that it can't be used at all..."
"Hurry up and organize a group of people to carry out emergency repairs on the stern rudder."
"Then we will organize a group of people to strengthen the supervision of the No. A gunpowder warehouse."
"There is no way that the gunpowder in No. B's gunpowder warehouse exploded for no reason. Someone must have deliberately ignited the gunpowder to cause the explosion."
"besides……"
After personally confirming the damage to the stern rudder, Kazuho quickly issued orders one after another to the officer next to him with a serious face.
After issuing these orders one after another to the cadres, Kasuba turned around and left, running towards the upper gun deck below.
Like the Gourd Pill, the Nikki Pill has two artillery decks. The upper artillery deck is adjacent to the No. B ammunition depot. Therefore, after the explosion of the No. B ammunition depot, the upper artillery deck was mainly damaged.
Kasuho is now preparing to check the damage to the upper gun deck adjacent to the No. B powder bunker.
As soon as he arrived at the upper gun deck, Kazuho smelled an extremely unpleasant smell mixed with the smell of gunpowder and blood, and saw a mess.
The casualties and damaged artillery affected by the explosion have basically been transported away, and only some gunners are still at their posts.
After briefly expressing condolences to the gunners who were still at their posts, Kasuho began to carefully inspect the damage to the gun deck, and from time to time asked those who had witnessed the explosion just now.
After confirming that about a quarter of the cannons on the upper artillery deck were seriously damaged and one-third of the gunners were killed or injured in varying degrees, Kasuzu couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth in distress.
He felt sorry for the gunners as well as the artillery pieces.
How precious are those who can skillfully operate naval guns in strong winds and turbulent waves. As the "Fleet Governor", Kasuba knows better than anyone else.
And each of these artillery pieces is expensive to make.
The purchase price of these damaged artillery pieces may have exceeded the total annual income of some small vassal states in Japan.
——The situation is worse than imagined... Not only was the stern rudder blown out of service, but the number of damaged cannons was also far more than I imagined...
——The artillery aside, the stern rudder is the most troublesome...
——Without the stern rudder, it is impossible to complete the delicate action of "turning the ship towards the calabash pill"...
Kasuzu worriedly made calculations in his heart.
But at this moment——
"Hey! Look! Huluwan's mainmast has fallen!"
"It seems like it's coming right here!"
"Get out of the way! Everyone, get out of the way! It's coming!"
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Kasu Bee suddenly heard that the open-air deck above suddenly became extremely noisy, and also heard a strange "squeaking" sound.
While he was wondering what was going on, a gunner not far away pointed toward the muzzle of the gun with a horrified look on his face.
Gu Min
"Gourd, Huluwan's mainmast has fallen down!"
"What?!" Kazuho's pupils shrank suddenly and he quickly ran to the muzzle nearest to him and looked out.
As soon as Kazuho put his head outside the muzzle of the gun, he saw that the hull of the ship was about half a body behind Nikki Maru, and the mainmast of Hyukimaru, which had been traveling parallel to Nikki Maru, was broken.
The thick, long, towering mainmast seemed to be trying to break free from all the restraints on its body, and tore off the ropes connected to the other two masts. It made a squeaking sound as it fell towards Higuro Maru.
Come!
Looking at Asahi Terumaru's inverted mainmast, Kazuho's expression immediately underwent a wonderful change.
However, he was shocked, and he quickly showed the quick reaction and calmness that a "fleet governor" should have.
"The impact is coming!" Kazuho hugged the muzzle in front of him and shouted a warning to everyone around him, "Stand still!"
Boom——!!
As soon as Kazuho finished speaking, a loud bang like an explosion came from the upper open-air deck!
Hulu Maru's collapsed mainmast hit Hiki Maru accurately!
The top of the mainmast used gravity to directly punch a large hole in the open deck near the stern of the Nikki Maru.
This huge impact caused the hull of the Nikki Maru to tremble violently.
A large amount of dust fell, making the Kasu Bee's head covered with dust.
Although he had issued a warning as quickly as possible, many people still staggered or were thrown into a state of utter confusion under the huge earthquake because they did not respond promptly enough.
After the vibrations on the Nikki Maru's hull subsided a little, Kasuzu quickly stuck his head out of the muzzle again.
The collapsed mainmast is like a bridge, spanning between Huluwan and Rikimaru.
Looking at the extra "bridge", Kazuho clenched his teeth subconsciously: "Are you planning to just step on the bridge and kill us...!"
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"Ogata-kun! Makimura!" Mamiya covered his right arm and shouted towards Ogata and Makimura in the distance, "Come on! Let's go to another ship!"
Mamiya's shouting was actually a bit redundant - even without Mamiya's shouting, Ogata and Makimura were still very consciously rushing towards the "bridge entrance".
Ogata and Makimura are far away from the "bridge", while Genichi and Hatsumi are closer to the "bridge".
Just after the mainmast fell and hit the Rihui Maru, the old man and the young man immediately rushed to the "bridge entrance" as quickly as possible.
The crew members on the Nikki Maru finally recovered after experiencing a brief shock.
After seeing Genichi and others gathered at the "bridge entrance" of Hyaluroyomaru, no matter how stupid they were, they knew what these uninvited guests were planning to do.
The crew of the Nikki Maru rushed to the top of the mainmast that fell on their ship, preparing to destroy this simple "bridge".
If these people are allowed to destroy it, the "bridge" that Mamiya worked so hard to build may be destroyed.
"Mamiya." Genichi, who naturally could not watch the Nikki Maru crew destroying the "bridge" on the other side, said sternly to Mamiya, "I will go to the other side to build a 'bridgehead' for you to catch up later.
, let’s meet at Nikki Maru’s place later.”
Having said that, without waiting for Mamiya to respond, Genichi took his sword and rushed up to the "bridge" at the head of the crowd, and rushed along the bridge towards Nikki Maru at the other end.
Hatsumi, who arrived at the bridge entrance almost at the same time as Genichi, followed closely behind Genichi, and rushed onto the bridge one after another with Genichi.
The mainmast of Gokumaru is very wide. For masters like Genichi and female ninjas like Hatsumi, this terrain is no different from walking on flat ground.
After Genichi and Hatsumi rushed to Nikki Maru first, Mamiya stayed at the same place with a knife, guarding against the possibility of some young person coming from Hulu Maru's side to destroy the "bridge".
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Nikki Maru, upper gun deck——
"Load!" Kasuba ordered to the gunner beside him.
"Hey, Lord Kasuho! It's impossible to hit such a thin target!" the gunner shouted to Kasuho in front of him.
At this moment, Kazuho was lying on a cannon, slightly manipulating the angle of the cannon upward along the muzzle.
The direction the muzzle of the artillery pointed directly... was the "bridge" outside that spanned the two ships.
"Huh? Why is it impossible?"
Hexufeng laughed ferociously.
"Who do you think I am? Reload me!!"
"Before I took charge of the ship, I, like you, was an artilleryman trained strictly by foreign instructors! Reload!!"
Hearing Kasuho's tough order, the gunner did not dare to neglect any more, and quickly joined forces with his companions to load the cannon muzzle with shells.
"Reloading complete!"
After hearing the crisp "loading completed", Kasuzu put his face close to the muzzle again and confirmed the firing angle.
This "bridge" is located just above and to the right of the upper gun deck where Kasuba is currently located.
As long as the artillery that Kasu Bee is micro-managing is adjusted upwards to an angle, there is a complete chance that it can hit this "bridge".
Of course - it's just a chance...
Although the distance is very close, it is still obviously difficult to hit such a thin object with a naval gun...
However - despite the difficulty, there was no trace of fear on Kasu Bee's face.
Not only was there no fear - there was also a very obvious look of excitement on his cheeks and pupils.
——Ahhh...
The corners of Kazuho's mouth turned up slightly uncontrollably.
——It’s been a really long time since I’ve had sex...!
——As Lord Toyotomi’s fleet commander, I can’t let you just board our flagship!
Kasuzu pulled the fuse of the cannon with a grim smile——
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"Mamiya." Because it was far away from the "bridge entrance", Omoto, who had taken Genichi and others a long time to arrive at night, asked Mamiya, who was still holding his right arm, "Is your right arm injured?"
"Injury... let's not forget it." Mamiya smiled lightly, "In order to cut off this thing, I messed up a little bit. Now my right arm is in severe pain, but I only need to rest for a while and it will ease. It's fine.
, let’s quickly follow Genichi-san and the others, Genichi-san and Miss Hatsumi have already rushed to the other side first.”
"Yeah." Ogata nodded vigorously, "Let's go..."
Boom!
Just as Ogata was about to put one of his feet on the bridge, another deafening loud noise hit his eardrums.
Ogata, Mamiya, and Makimura, who were still on the calabash pill, stared blankly at the middle part of the "bridge" that was now wrapped in flames.
The middle part of the "bridge" is now enveloped in flames and thick black smoke.
Less than half a breath after the loud noise fell, the "bridge" wrapped in flames and black smoke began to "groan" in pain while starting to break from the middle where the flames burned the most intensely, and then
The two broken "bridges" slowly slid into the sea between the two ships...
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"Someone is coming!"
"Prepare to meet the enemy! Prepare to meet the enemy!"
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Genichi and Hatsumi, who chose to take the lead and open the "bridgehead" for everyone to move forward, saw that the crew members on the Nikki Maru side became commotion because of the sight of the two of them.
On the open deck in the wind and rain, flintlock guns cannot be used, so they now pick up "whaling crossbows" that although their power will be greatly reduced in rainy days, they can still be used reluctantly.
On the "bridge" where there is only one way to go and there is no way to avoid it, you are almost a living target when facing long-range weapons - of course, this is for ordinary people.
After seeing the crew members on the Nikki Maru holding up their crossbows, Genichi jumped up like a bird and jumped across the "bridge" to the last distance of the Nikki Maru in one go, just before the shooters started shooting.
Jump into the enemy group.
The next moment he jumped into the enemy group, blood flowers and raindrops flew together.
Genichi's bold attack successfully helped Hatsuguang, who was following him, clear the obstacles to landing.
After boarding the Nikki Maru step by step along the bridge, Hatsumi immediately took out her shuriken and began to support Genichi.
But just when Chuguang successfully landed——
Boom!
Yuan Yi heard the sound of an explosion behind him...
An unknown premonition surged into Yuan Yi's heart.
He was about to turn around to see what happened——
"Oh? Carrying two swords, a lot of age... If I guess correctly, you should be my uncle, right?"
A young male voice sounded that stunned Yuan for a moment.
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PS: Let me tell you about the origins of the names of the two ships "Rihui Wan" and "Gourd Wan".
Everyone should be aware of the allusion of gourd pills. During the Warring States Period, Toyotomi Hideyoshi used gourds as his horse seals and conquered the world. The high-standing gourds were a characteristic of the Toyotomi army.
The allusion of Nikki Maru is the title of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi became prosperous, he expanded greatly and called himself the "Son of the Sun". He also bought a set of armor with a very exaggerated appearance, and the shape of his helmet was golden.
The sun. Let me show you what Kangkang’s armor looks like (pictures can only be viewed on the Qidian Chinese website)→→