The second day of the fifth month of the seventh year of Tianwu.

The southernmost island of the Ryukyus, Miyakojima.

In the early morning, a faint morning mist wafts across the sea in the east, casting a hazy morning light that illuminates the small fishing village on Miyako Island like an ink painting.

The small fishing village was silent, and the fishermen here had already left their houses empty long before the arrival of the troops of the Satsuma Domain, and even the guards had fled in boats with their masters.

The terrain around the small fishing village is flat, and not far away is a military camp, and dozens of warships are parked on the calm sea.

Shimazu Tadaro, the general of the Satsuma Domain, was awakened by a soak of urine, rubbing his sleepy eyes and walking out of the barracks, a gust of sea breeze blew in his face, and he almost urinated.

Shimazu Tadaro, the third brother of Shimazu Mitsuhisa, the second lord of the Satsuma Domain, was ordered to guard the Miyako waterway to prevent the Ming Dynasty's Nanyang Fleet stationed in Taiwan from raiding the Ryukyus.

The sky was cloudy, the sea was misty, the sky was cloudy, and the surroundings were surprisingly quiet, and Shimazu had just finished peeing, and his brow furrowed.

He looked in the direction of the lookout and scolded hatefully, "Damn, the sentry of the dog day is asleep again!" ”

Shimazu Tadaro hurried to the rock-made sentry post and followed the ladder to the lookout, and sure enough, he saw the sentry huddled there with an iron cannon, and snoring like thunder.

He grabbed the sentry by the placket and slipped it up, giving him five or six big slaps anyway.

"Hey!" The sleeping sentry was pumped into a spirit, dodged and covered his hot face, and stammered: "Report ...... Report to the general, everything is normal! ”

Shimazu Tadharo pushed the sentry away and warned viciously: "If you dare to sleep next time you are on duty at night, I will sleep with your daughter-in-law!" ”

The sentry secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he didn't have a daughter-in-law......

Shimazu Tadaro's eyelids jumped for a day, and when he heard that Daming had threatened to take over the entire territory of the Ryukyus today, he didn't know if he was bragging.

"What's that......"

Suddenly, the sentry looked at the sea, his tone full of surprise.

Shimazu Tadaro turned to look, only to see that the morning fog was gradually dissipating, and countless black spots appeared on the sea level in the distance.

These black dots are growing more and larger and seem to occupy the entire sea level.

"That's a fleet!"

Shimazu Tadaro's voice was full of consternation, this fleet did not come from the direction of Taiwan.

The dense black dots on the surface of the sea suddenly burst into flames, and then a piercing whistling sound swept across the sky, and the seagulls floating in the sky fled in panic.

Suddenly, the roar of the earth shaking the mountains resounded on Miyako Island.

It was a huge cannonball fired from the thirty-two-pound guns on the battle column of the Ming Royal Navy, and the caliber of these guns greatly exceeded the warship guns of the Satsuma Domain, which was only eighteen pounds at the most!

Countless giant shells landed on Miyako Island and exploded, and in the deafening sound of explosions, the small fishing village disappeared into the thick smoke of gunpowder.

The lookout shook under artillery fire, and the sentry without a wife was so frightened that he sat on the spot.

Shimazu Tadaro also rushed out of the lookout with a roll, turning back and shouting as he ran: "Ring the alarm bell and arm!" Fast! ”

In fact, at this time, where do you need a sentry to warn, this wave of thunderous shells is the best warning.

The sentry didn't have a chance to ring the alarm bell either, because he was gone, and was taken away by a cannon, and the alarm bell was knocked several meters away by the impact, and it rolled on the ground for a few meters and stopped.

From the ruins of the lookout to the military camp next to the small fishing village, there was a sea of fire, as if the sky had collapsed.

One of the barracks, with the flag of the Satsuma Domain's family emblem fluttering, was ruthlessly erased from the earth by the artillery of the Ming Royal Navy.

Also erased are the Japanese dragons who are sleeping in the camp.

Tadashi Shimazu leaned against a stone rock wall in a dejected manner, and he was dressed in a rough manner, knowing that he had saved his life.

He hid behind the rock wall and secretly looked at the sea, only to see that the large warships like giants had slowly sailed out of the fog and headed for the shore of Miyako Island, and the main masts of these warships were as high as twenty feet!

Shimazu Tadharo saw the Ming army flag on the mast clearly, and couldn't help but be taken aback, he didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty would have such a huge warship!

In the impression of Shimazu Tadaro, the giant armed merchant ship of the Hongyi people and the Big Buddha Lang machine man is not so big!

Seeing so many galleons, it would be false to say that Tadaura Shimazu was not afraid.

As a son of a naval family, Shimazu Tadaro knows very well that this type of warship, one can top at least ten warships of the Satsuma Domain!

It is said that the early bird has worms, and the vigilant birdman is more able to survive.

In addition to Shimazu Tadaro, there were also some Japanese soldiers who heard the sound of artillery quickly and instinctively avoided the artillery fire, and they were all survivors.

Everyone ran to the beach as soon as possible, boarded the ship and prepared for the battle, but after these Satsuma soldiers saw the Ming fleet, many of them turned white with fright.

In the past, these Satsuma soldiers relied on the number of ships and desperately bullied the Ryukyu Kingdom, and they were very proud, but now they saw the overwhelming momentum brought by the opponent's fleet, and they instantly became impotent, and they were no longer hard.

How could Ming have such a large fleet?

Shimazu Tadaro couldn't help but ask himself what kind of opponent he was fighting against, and were these just one of the fleets of the Ming Kingdom?

Seeing that the Ming fleet was approaching, I was afraid that it would be too late to retreat, not to mention that the samurai spirit did not allow Shimazu Tadaura to retreat without a fight.

Therefore, Shimazu Tadaro gritted his teeth and ordered: "Everyone is ready to meet the enemy army!" ”

Shimazu Tadaro's grandfather, uncle, and father all participated in the Wanli Korean War with Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

In the battle of ambushing the Ming army on the Korean Peninsula, the samurai of the Shimazu family were defeated by the Ming general Li Rusong with 3,000 cavalry, his grandfather Shimazu Yoshihiro fled in disarray, and the eldest uncle Shimazu Kubo was killed by the Ming army in the runaway.

Two generations of heads of the family were chased away by the Ming army, and this humiliating history lingered in the hearts of every man in the Shimazu family of the Satsuma domain.

At this time, the spirit of bushido had not yet been formed in Japan, but the tendons of the mind had already been forged, and although they were afraid of the enemy's big ships, fortunately, there were not many of them.

The Satsuma clan has placed all its warships around the Miyako Islands, and once the battle starts here, reinforcements will come to support you!

After Shimazu Tadaro gave the order, the soldiers of the Satsuma clan showed their strength, raised their sails, and rushed forward very bravely.

The entire Satsuma ship lined up in a goose-shaped formation with the middle protruding and the two wings slightly retracted, and Shimazu Tadharo's flagship rushed to the front, taking the lead and boosting the morale of the whole army.

In the fleet of the Ming army, Vice Admiral Huang Binqing almost laughed out loud, the Japanese people had dozens of broken ships, and they dared to take the initiative to provoke themselves without running, which was really ridiculous!

He immediately ordered the entire fleet, led by two third-class battleships, to split into two columns and attack the Satsuma fleet from both sides.