Chapter 212
The banner soldiers of the Tang Dynasty shouted "open the cannon" vigorously.
At this time, the cannon soon heated up, and basins of cold water were poured out, and the white mist was wrapped in green smoke, and it rose into the air, killing like a boil.
In this narrow strait, for a time the cannon roared, the fire was full of light, and from a distance, some small boats rushed madly, and the big ships did not move at all, like a pack of wolves hunting tigers.
Chen Mo saw from his glasses that Yamamoto was still out of range.
The more Chen Mo looked at it, the more angry he became, and he kept scolding the system for his cannon.
So he put down the binoculars, frowned, and said, "Isn't it a way to go on like this?"
This is a rather narrow section of the strait, and the ships of the Wa Kingdom are quite dense, and this cannon will almost certainly hit, and several ships will be implicated in one hit, and now I don't know how many samurai were killed and fell into the water.
Yamamoto put down the binoculars and said, "It's not time yet, the Tang people's artillery is at a distance, and when they rush through this section, they can get close and board the Tang people's ship." ”
If the long-range artillery bombardment is turned into a close-range battle, the advantage of their Japanese people will be brought into play, and when the time comes, the 30,000 Japanese warriors who are in ambush on both sides will be able to kill all the 7,000 people on the ship!
Miyake Shigemori understood, picked up the binoculars, and once again observed the large and small ships of the Wa Kingdom that were swarming towards the Tang Dynasty, waiting for Matsudaira Nobutsuna's order at any time.
The small boats of the Wa Kingdom soon entered the Tang Dynasty fleet not far away, dodged the shells, and rushed towards the fleet frantically.
At this time, Chen Yang had already gotten off the middle ship, came to a small ship, looked up at the big ship, and when the flag on it moved, he said loudly: "Attack!" ”
More than 30 small ships crossed the middle ship and met the rushing ships of the Japanese state.
"Musketeers, arrows ready!"
On the small ship, one arrow after another, one by one, the broken guns were raised, facing the rushing small ships from afar.
100 zhang, 80 zhang, 50 zhang......
"Shoot!" Chen Zhiyang waved his hand violently and shouted in a deep voice.
More than thirty small ships, hundreds of arrows and spears immediately began to fire.
Bang bang bang!
Woohoo!
One by one, the samurai of the Japanese Kingdom screamed and kept falling into the water, and some small boats even overturned directly. The power of the arrows played a greater role at this time, and some of the small ships simply disintegrated.
But the samurai of the Wa Kingdom were as mad as they were, and they rushed towards the fleet with a whining and waving their long swords as they rowed.
"Kill!"
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty fleet were shouting, and after firing three times in a wave, they had already put down their spears or bows and arrows, picked up grenades in their hands, and threw them far away.
The size of the ships of the Wa Kingdom has decreased a lot, but there are still a lot of them, and they are surrounded like ants on trees, densely packed.
Chen Zhiyang looked at it, sneered, and said, "Are you ready?" ”
A lieutenant immediately raised his hand and said, "Ready." ”
Chen Zhiyang turned his head and made a gesture towards the big ship behind him.
Liu Jingming waved his hand, and the archers and spearmen on the big ship were all in place.
"Kill!"
Seeing the Japanese warriors approaching, the soldiers on the Tang Dynasty fleet gave up their bows and arrows, first threw grenades, and then picked up spears nearly a foot long and attacked from afar.
"Shoot!"
The archers on the Chinese ship cooperated with the spearmen, and the Japanese soldiers in front of them shouted and fell into the water, and even many of them capsized, and they still swam forward with a whoop and a whoosh.
Yamamoto approached silently, in an inconspicuous small forest, silently observing.
Miyake Shigetori's face was solemn, and he said: "Palace, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are well-trained and cooperate tacitly, but I am afraid that these ships can only block them, but they can't do anything to them." ”
Although there were more than a hundred ships, they added up to less than two thousand warriors, and the firearms of the Tang people were too powerful, and half of them were lost before they got close, and even if they got close, the thousand two hundred and eight people were even more useless.
Yamamoto said: "I want to block the fleet of the Tang people, and I also want to see their strength." ”
Miyake was stunned for a moment and said, "Palace, don't we continue to attack?" ”
Yamamoto shook his head and said, "The fleet of the Tang Dynasty is at least six hundred zhang from the shore, which is too far. If we want to deal with the fleet of the Tang Dynasty, we also need a strong fleet and more powerful artillery. ”
Miyake Shigemori turned his head to look at the sea, although the artillery of the Tang Dynasty had stopped, there were still dense explosions. The Tang people not only had long-range artillery, but also more firearms at close range, and the large and small ships they sent were constantly blown away, and the people on them were killed and wounded, and screamed again and again.
There are more than 2,000 people, and there are not many left, even if they are killed, the effect is not too great.
"So, what do we do next? If we don't stop it, the Tang people will really cut us off. Miyake Shigeruri's face was worried.
The Guanmen Strait is the only point of contact between Kyukoku Island and their home island, and there is no other way than here, if this place is cut off, they will lose their backup, and the military will be unstable, and all efforts on Kyukoku Island will come to naught, and even develop in a worse direction.
Yamamoto Tianfu naturally knew, but he came in too much hurry, and he didn't have enough preparation in advance, so he said indifferently: "Let's take a look first." ”
Between their conversations, the Tang Dynasty was almost already cleaning up the battlefield, and in the water, there were still many Japanese people on some distant boats, struggling, fleeing, and shouting.
There are actually quite a few people who rushed to the front, but their numbers are too small, and in the face of the Tang Dynasty's firearms, the numerical superiority cannot shake the immovable position of the Tang Dynasty fleet on the sea.
Chen Zhiyang looked at these corpses, and ordered someone to take a spear and stab them a few times whether they were dead or not, and as for those who ran, they didn't bother to chase them, so they made sure that there were no hidden dangers and began to clean up the waterway.
Liu Jingming watched Chen Zhiyang's movements, did not stop it, and took a telescope to observe on both sides of the strait, it stands to reason that when these small boats charge, the two sides should also cooperate, so that it is possible to take down his fleet.
However, no.
A lieutenant stood beside him and said, "My lord, the last general thinks they won't come out. ”
Obviously, the Japanese had no experience in dealing with the navy, and although this fateful war was very sudden, it was not seriously planned, but more like a temptation.
Liu Jingming nodded slightly, put down the binoculars, and said: "Get out of here as soon as possible, by the way, do a good job of summarizing this war, and add a sentence: The navy should have enough depth at sea in order to flexibly display its artillery superiority, based on the undefeated enemy, the strait, the narrow road, not wide, not enough water depth, the navy needs to be cautious." ”
This time was also a "training" for the fleet of the Tang Dynasty. The training manual is not perfect, and it takes a step-by-step experience to gain experience.
Du Wei clenched his fists and said, "Yes." ”
Chen Zhiyang cleaned up quickly, and he had reached the narrowest part of the strait, where countless large and small ships were piled up, blocking the channel.
Liu Jingming picked up the telescope again, and although the wind and grass on both sides of the strait were in turmoil, no one had ever raised their heads, and there was no major movement; obviously, both sides of the strait were exercising restraint and had no intention of making reckless moves.
Yamamoto held a telescope and looked at the fleet of the Tang Dynasty.
These ships are obviously standard, the large ships have wide hulls, are inlaid with steel on all sides, and look quite formidable, and the black cannons are lined up, giving people a sense of majesty and danger.
The smaller ones were more nimble, but they were also larger than their average fishing boats, and they seemed to be walking on the ground at sea, and the Tang Dynasty soldiers were confident, calm, fully armoured, wearing iron helmets, and white things covering their eyes.
Yamamoto watched, and for the first time became suspicious of his established policy with Tokugawa Iemitsu.
They planned to eradicate the internal threat and then close the borders and prevent ordinary people from communicating with the outside world, and now it seems that they may be wrong.
Liu Jingming didn't know that he had brought a lot of excitement to Matsudaira Nobutsuna, and when Chen Zhiyang cleared the channel, they asked people to order the fleet, first-class combat readiness, to pass through the strait slowly.
Yamamoto never moved again, allowing Liu Jingming's fleet of fifty ships to pass through one by one.
Liu Jingming's fleet went out of the Guanmen Strait, and a group of people were relieved, if they were stuck here, it would also be a big danger to them.
On the command ship, Liu Jingming looked back, and there were indeed many people on both sides of the strait, and the people in ambush began to retreat.
Liu Jingming turned his head to look at Chen Zhiyang and said, "It's still a little close, you led people to pave the mines all over the place, and this Guanmen Strait must be cut off!" ”
"Yes!" Chen Zhiyang was a little unfinished in the battle just now, looking at the retreating Japanese warriors on both sides, he got off the middle ship and commanded the small ship to enter the strait again.