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After the sun, the blue and vast surface of the East China Sea reflects the colorful and magnificent light under the illumination of the sun. A few seabirds skimmed the surface of the water, swooped down with a quick swoop, pecked their long beaks in the water, bit a fish, and then flapped their wings desperately and flew into the air.

More than two warships rode the wind and waves on the water, galloping forward majestically, and on a large ship at the front, a battle flag was fluttering high, and the word "Zhou" was hung on it. This is Zhou Tao's ship, and it is also the fleet flagship of this attack, the Invincible.

It was a huge battleship, about 40 zhang long and 15 zhang wide, and it was the largest and most powerful warship in the fleet.

Behind it were the remaining warships of the Zhou Army's naval division, the most notable of which were twenty large warships.

Although they are not as big as the Invincible, they are still huge compared to the small and medium-sized warships around them. These capital ships are divided into two floors, each with a horse shed, and the shed is surrounded by a guard plate so that the arrows cannot hurt the officers and men on board.

In addition to the wheel pulp, there are also dozens of pulp oars on the ship, so although the hull is large, the speed is very fast. The hull is painted with a blue-gray primer, blending in with the sea, making it look like waves are coming.

The entire fleet of the Zhou Army's naval division is majestic, the sail wall is like a forest, the battle flag covers the sky, and the sea is broken and the waves are raised, and it looks majestic.

It didn't take long for a fleet of ships flying the battle flags of Japanese sailors to appear in the distance, totaling about 80 warships. Judging from the types of ships, they are varied, much more complex than Zhou Tao's large fleet, including Japanese official ships, clippers, ordinary mast sailing ships, armed merchant ships converted into warships, and some ships from the original Central Plains. It is estimated that it was purchased from a coastal port in the south of the Yangtze River.

The commander of this fleet was none other than Yamamoto Minno, the younger brother of Kosuke Yamamoto, the commander of the Japanese Ryukyu occupation forces. When he saw that the main force of the Zhou army's naval division had been killed, he immediately put on a posture to face the battle.

Seeing this, a sneer flashed at the corner of Zhou Tao's mouth, and he said to the herald beside him: "Pass the order and launch an attack on the enemy, this is the first naval battle with the Japanese sailors, you must fight beautifully!" ”

The herald nodded, and immediately ordered his own soldiers to raise flags at the bow of the ship, and ordered the fleet to rely on numerical superiority to form a half-moon formation to surround the Japanese sailors' fleet.

At this time, the enemy on the opposite side was not to be outdone, and Yamamoto Monono ordered to immediately come forward to engage in battle. The fleet of the Japanese naval division formed a sharp cone and adopted a central breakthrough formation, preparing to scuttle through the fleet of the Zhou naval division.

All of a sudden, the black-pressed warships of the two sides began to confront each other head-on.

At this time, under the cover of rockets and crossbow arrows, Zhou Tao's ship took the lead and suddenly rushed into the enemy formation and began to attack. Rockets and stone bullets rained down on enemy ships.

His warships also followed, and met the enemy's warships head-on, and when they approached, the officers and men of the Zhou army's naval division jumped up and engaged in a broadside battle, and began to slash and kill.

Most of the soldiers of the Japanese naval division were actually peasants, and they were driven to the shelves for this attack on the Ryukyus. The rest of the people are mainly fishermen, and less than a quarter of the officers and soldiers of the real sailor division are in combat, and their combat effectiveness cannot be compared with Zhou Tao's group of tigers and wolves.

In less than half an hour of the battle, the Japanese army was killed by about 2,000 people, and seven or eight ships were captured by Zhou Tao.

Although many of the officers and men of the Zhou Army's naval division were new recruits and lacked experience in naval combat, they were all extremely brave. Even if someone's ship was hit by countless rockets and caught fire, he was still not afraid, and the captain of the ship still sacrificed his life to fight while ordering to fight the fire.

After an hour of fighting, seeing the incomparable courage of the Zhou army and the large number of ships, Yamamoto saw that he could not take advantage of it, so he immediately ordered a retreat to the Ryukyus.

On the side of the Zhou Army's naval division, due to the large number of new recruits, even the veterans have not experienced much sea battles, and there are inevitably many problems in cooperation, and there are some accidental injuries. Grouping is also required.

So, Zhou Tao ordered no more pursuit. According to the previous battle plan, the fleet was divided into two fleets, with Song Jingang leading the detachment to defend the sea in the northeastern part of the Ryukyus, while he himself attacked the main island of the Ryukyus from the southeast as planned, forming a situation of flanking from both sides.

Four hours later, Song Jingang led the Zhou army to lurk behind a small island in the northeast of Ryukyu Island. Wait for the Japanese naval division to be forced to retreat under the siege of the main fleet, and then give them a head-on blow. Song Jingang's goal is to strive to catch the enemy by surprise, and to annihilate the enemy in a flank attack.

Soon the evening came, and the officers and men of Zhou began to rest on the ship, waiting for the results of the main fleet.

As dawn came, the sun began to rise gradually, and the dark shadows of a large group of ships finally appeared on the sea level.

"The enemy is coming!" A lookout standing on the top of the island immediately ran down the hill and climbed onto the reconnaissance ship that had anchored on the edge of the island.

After Song Jingang learned that the fleet of the Japanese sailors had indeed appeared in this area of water at the appointed time, he smiled slightly and ordered: "The whole fleet has anchored, formed a battle queue, and is ready to meet the enemy!" ”

A moment later, the fleet, which consisted of about forty warships, immediately sped out from behind the island and met the Japanese sailors who were fleeing in a hurry.

The Japanese naval ships were also surprised to see that there was already an enemy ambush here. They knew that the main force of the enemy was chasing after them in the rear, so they had no choice but to charge hard.

So, Yamamoto Quanye ordered to line up in a cone and rushed over.

Song Jingang looked at the approaching Japanese naval battleship, and couldn't help sneering: "This Yamamoto Quanye doesn't take us seriously, and actually uses a conical queue, should he be fighting on land?" ”

Seeing this, King Dezhao smiled slightly and said: "General Song, he can't be said to be wrong with this formation, if they break into our lineup and form a melee, they can use the broadside battle to gain an advantage, after all, the Japanese samurai's hand-to-hand combat is still very powerful." But now, if they use this formation, they will commit suicide! ”

Song Jingang nodded, then waved the steel knife in his hand and said, "Bomb preparation!" ”

At this moment, on the ships of the Zhou Army's naval division, the sailors carried bombs made of crockpots to the deck and put the winch of the projectile......

"Huh? What's that? Yamamoto Quanye's eyes were sharp, and he saw that the sailors on the Zhou military ship in front of him had moved one by one to the deck.

"This ...... Could it be that they were hungry and brought the crockpot to stew soup and drink? One of his own soldiers guessed.

After hearing this, Yamamoto Quanye shook his head again and again, no matter how idiotic he was, he would not think that during the war, the captain of the Zhou army would let his soldiers stew soup. He then ordered: "No matter what it is, the rocket is ready, and it will be launched when it is within range!" ”

Two feet!

One foot!

At a distance of fifty zhang, the archers on the satopan battleship had already wound up the rocket, and as long as they entered the range of ten zhang, they could fire.

However, at this moment, they were surprised to find that the pile of crockpots on the deck of the Zhou warship was being thrown by them one after another......

The first crockpot bomb flew over with a whistling sound, but unfortunately did not hit the battleship of the Japanese sailors, but landed on the sea next to it.

Hearing only a loud "boom", the sailors on the Japanese naval battleship were all shocked to their ears, and the air wave formed by the explosion blew the sails of the two nearby battleships to the ground, and several sailors on the deck were knocked down by the air wave. The sound of air waves and explosions shocked everyone present.

Yamamoto was shocked in his heart, and secretly wondered if this crockpot hit the ship, wouldn't the battleship blow up in half at once?

As soon as the idea came to him, it began to happen on his own ship, and the second, first, and more crockpot bombs flew to the ......

One by one, they crashed into the Japanese sailors' warships, blasting a large hole in the hull of the ship, and a raging fire immediately rose on the deck, and severed limbs and stumps flew everywhere. Some even flew to the deck of the battleship on the side of the Zhou army.

The officers and men of Zhou were also shocked when they saw the tragic situation of the Japanese naval warship, but they did not expect this bomb to be so powerful.

In just half an hour of the battle, the Japanese naval division lost more than half of its warships. The ships whose side was hit by a shell were immediately blown open with a large hole, and the sea water poured in and caused it to capsize. Yamamoto Senno's ship was also hit, but he was lucky enough to be hit and exploded on the deck, and although it caused heavy casualties to the Japanese officers and men on deck, it did not affect the navigation ability of his battleship.

"Yaga! These Central Plains people are cunning! Refusing to fight our great Japanese samurai head-on, they only know how to use this kind of magic against us! Yamamoto Quan Ye pulled out his waist knife and said angrily.

"My lord, should we withdraw first? The enemy's firepower is so strong that we can't beat it! One of the generals next to him said cautiously.

Yamamoto Quanye's small eyes flashed a hint of sharpness, and the two mustaches trembled, and he groaned: "Okay! Let's turn around and run east! I think the boats of the Zhou Junshui Division are relatively large, and they shouldn't be able to outrun our fast boats! ”

At his command, the Japanese ships began to withdraw from the battle and turned around and sailed east.

It's just that after they rushed into the opponent's camp in a conical formation, they had already been mixed up with the Zhou warships, so how could they have time to completely withdraw in a hurry?

Yamamoto Hirono's ship and several small warships managed to break away from the warband, while the other warships were either sunk or damaged under the onslaught of the Zhou army's sailors, and could not escape after being wounded, and became a battle advantage.

After withdrawing from the battle group, Yamamoto Quanye finally breathed a sigh of relief, his battleship was smaller than the warship of the Zhou army's naval division, but it was faster, and with the sails full, he could definitely escape if he rowed with a pulp.

However, his joy did not last long, and the general beside him exclaimed: "My lord, the enemy has caught up!" ”

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