Chapter 106: The Butterfly Effect
Throughout the battlefield, the main formation of the Korean naval army had long been disintegrated under the strong impact of Wakisaka Yasuharu and Kato Yoshiaki, except for the more than ten warships at the southern end, all the ships, including the flagship of Won Jun, were captured or destroyed by the Japanese army; More than 80 warships on the right flank also collapsed under the fierce bombardment of shore artillery and the surprise attack of the Jiaming detachment, and the commander, the Jeju naval envoy Xie Shihao, was unfortunately hit by a stray bullet when he led his troops to retreat, and was killed on the spot, and the remaining seven banya ships broke through Yoshihiro's fire blockade and retreated south.
Knowing that the main camp and the remnants of the right flank were moving closer to their side, Cui Qi, the general of the left flank and the envoy of the Yeosu Prefecture, sent four sentinel ships to meet them, and finally gathered about 100 remnant warships in the waters south of the main camp, and stormed Ogasawara Sueyu's fleet, intending to break through the southern front into the sea, but failed to break through Ogasawara Sueyu's defense line three times in a row, and the morale of the whole army suffered one after another.
At this moment, as the sky grew brighter and the fog gradually cleared, Yoshihiro's envoy caught up with Jiaming on a clipper, and after boarding the ship, he handed over the head of Yuan Jun to him, and motioned for him to hang it on the mast to demoralize the fresh soldiers.
"This plan is very good, and only His Royal Highness Yoshihiro can think of it." Jiaming couldn't help nodding and praising him, while ordering his subordinates to climb the mast and hang the head properly, he shouted to Cui Qi's department on the opposite side with a loud voice: "Cui Qi, look at your Shao Ju eyes, do you still know this person?" ”
Cui Qi had just finished organizing the third breakout, and he was so weak that he didn't have the heart to talk to Jiaming at all, so he handed the Nanban Mirror to the deputy general and asked him to see what tricks the Japanese army was doing.
The lieutenant general didn't care much at first, and slowly raised the Nanban mirror to look at the top of the mast. Presumably unprepared, after being stunned for two or three seconds, the deputy general suddenly shouted Yuan Jun's name and sat on the ground, his voice was very loud, so that the officers and soldiers on the surrounding ships answered it clearly, and everyone immediately turned their heads to each other, and many people threw strange glances at Cui Qi, some were surprised, some questioned, but the most was fear.
Cui Qi felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly snatched the Nanban Mirror, and kicked the head of the deputy general, this kick was really ruthless, and the head was bleeding on the spot, but fortunately, the generals persuaded each other to save their lives.
"Bastard thing, what nonsense? Don't you know that disturbing the morale of the army is a capital crime?! Cui Qi angrily raised the Nanban Mirror and looked over, he was also taken aback, but he knew that this matter was related to the morale of the whole army, and he must not admit it! So he laughed loudly: "Kato child, just find a head and want to deceive the general, it's really beyond your strength!" ”
Jiaming is not a fool, knowing that Cui Qi made this statement for the sake of stability, and he was also prepared, signaling the messenger to read the contents of the waist card in public, and also asked him to describe the clothes and ornaments worn by Yuan Jun when he died in great detail, and never gave Cui Qi any reason to refute.
Sure enough, as soon as the envoy was halfway through speaking, the Korean naval army on the opposite side began to riot, with sobbing, invective, complaining, and sighing one after another, and the whole army was suddenly covered by a gloomy atmosphere. In their opinion, the commander died in battle, and there was no suspense in this battle, and for the sake of his wife and children, he could not die in vain, what was more important than his life?
At first, Cui Qi wanted to organize a verbal rebuttal, but as the envoy's description became more and more detailed, he gradually lost confidence in his heart, and when he saw someone surrendering by boat, he felt the urgency of the situation, thinking that if he didn't take any more measures, I was afraid that the situation would deteriorate further, and then a scene of surrendering without a fight might be staged.
"Let's take a look, and see how the pirates treat the marshal." Cui Qi pretended to be calm, and even shouted in a mocking tone: "It's still so cruel to the feudal officials, let alone you renegade soldiers? If you become a traitor, aren't you afraid that your family will be implicated? ”
This passage can be described as immediate, as soon as they heard that their families were involved, those North Korean officers and soldiers who were ready to surrender suddenly stopped.
"Yes, don't we surrender so that we can see our family alive, if we really become traitors, when the time comes, the court will track it down, won't it be all over the house." A North Korean general said to the deserters around him.
"Instead of injuring relatives, it is better to fight with the Japanese invaders, even if they die, the court will not treat our family badly, at least they will not let the child have a traitorous father, and they will not let their parents have a traitorous son." The North Korean deserters around him also chimed in.
"My lord, let's go back!"
"Yes, go back, sir!"
"Okay, let's go back, and we'll have a good fight with the Japanese later!" The general stood up solemnly and ordered loudly: "Right full rudder, return to the team!" ”
Hearing the order, not only this ship, but most of the fleeing ships turned around and headed towards Cui Qi's main formation, presumably this is the best interpretation of the "butterfly effect".
"These bunch of prickly things, toast and don't eat and drink!" Jiaming was furious, and cursed as he slammed the railing with both hands.
Naturally, this incident was also witnessed by Yoshihiro on the shore, although he was a little angry, but he was more regretful, "It seems that this battle will continue." He thought that Yuan Jun's head would hit the morale of the fresh soldiers, prompting a small number of officers and soldiers who were not firm in their will to take the lead in surrendering, and then triggering the surrender of the mainstream fresh soldiers who had no intention of fighting, and tried their best to minimize the losses, which can be regarded as an application of the "butterfly effect", but who would have thought that these deserters were so "unprofessional", and they actually retreated at a critical moment, but instead strengthened the belief of the whole army to fight to the death.
"Can't delay, pass on my military order, all reserves are free to shoot, and these deserters must be killed at sea!" As he spoke, a cold light crossed Yoshihiro's eyes, in his opinion, since he couldn't take it for himself, he would have to destroy it, and if he let these unarmed deserters go back, it would definitely be a big threat.
As soon as the military order was issued, the artillery men and iron guns on the shore scattered one after another, shooting wildly at the North Korean ships that had rowed halfway and turned back.
Seeing the scene, Yoshiaki Kato and Yasuharu Wakisaka also suddenly realized, and immediately ordered the ships to disperse their firepower and fire freely. In an instant, the smoke of gunfire was everywhere, the waves were splashing, the sawdust soaked in blood was thrown into the air, the sampans covered with craters sank to the bottom of the sea, the corpses were scattered on the surface of the sea, and the wails and wails resounded through the clouds, and another tragedy that should not have happened but had to happen was staged in this sea area.
The massacre is still the most vivid description of this naval battle, or rather, this is not a war full of slaughter, but a massacre called war.
(Well, that's all for today, there are a lot of things that have just started, I hope everyone can learn and make progress and work smoothly!) How long has it been since the bear boy shamelessly begged for tickets again, begging for collections, and the right should be a reward for me, move your fingers, and the bear cub can be happy to bloom, it shouldn't be too much. )