Chapter 402: The Strange Ship
Standing on the bow of the main ship of the Japanese Navy, Noguchi Hidego held this telescope (a kind of telescope in ancient times, the viewing distance was relatively limited) and looked at it with a trace of doubt and worry on his face.
The tentative attack of the Wakai people had no effect, which made Noguchi Hidego wonder.
"Have you ever heard of such a huge merchant ship in Daguang?" Noguchi Hidego turned his head and asked the Wakai warriors behind him.
The Japanese warriors behind Noguchi Hidego all shook their heads, the main strategic goal of the Wakai Kingdom in these years was to plunder Daguang, and the government and the opposition in the country analyzed the strength of Daguang's sailors very thoroughly, and no one had ever heard of such a huge merchant ship in Daguang, even if the Japanese people's fierce enemy, the main ship of the East Naval Division, the "Pingjiang" building ship, was not so tall and wide.
At this time, a Japanese warrior suddenly said, "General, I have heard that there is a place where huge ships seem to be being built, but it is not in Daguang. ”
Noguchi Hidego was slightly surprised, turned around and asked, "What place?" ”
The Ukai warrior hesitated and replied: "General Hui, I have a cousin who went to Shuzhong with the lord of Xianghuizi last year, and when he passed by the Great Yue Kingdom, he heard that the Great Yue Kingdom was building warships. The lord of Kaeko sent secret agents to investigate, but the place where the shipbuilding was built was heavily guarded, and it was impossible to get close at all, but from a distance, I saw that the ship seemed to be very large, but I didn't know if it was true or not..."
Noguchi Xiuxiang muttered thoughtfully: "Da Yue Country... Da Yue Kingdom..."
Noguchi Hidego raised his telescope again to look at the huge "Red Sun" in the distance, and when he looked at it again, he found that there were many places on the huge hull of the "Red Sun" covered with canvas and wooden planks, although the camouflage was extremely tight, but after all, those canvases and planks were not the hull itself, and a closer look could reveal the clues.
"Why did the Light Man cover the hull with canvas and planks?" Noguchi thought for a moment, opened his eyes violently, and shouted, "It's not good! That's a war hole! ”
Anyone who has lived at sea knows that the biggest difference between a warship and a merchant ship is that in order to facilitate the soldiers to fight and the placement of ballistas, the warship will leave many war holes on the hull and the ship's building, and in the event of a naval battle, soldiers can shoot crossbows and ballistas through the war holes.
"Great Yue Kingdom! Da Yue country! The Great Yue Kingdom has long been controlled by the Shu King of Daguang, and the warships built by the Dayue Kingdom are the warships of Daguang! Noguchi Hidego said in horror.
In fact, the news that Shuzhong may be building a warship has already been transmitted back to the Wahai Dynasty by Xianghuizi, but not many people know about it, firstly, the news is just chasing the wind and shadows, and what Xianghuizi is investigating is not clear, and secondly, even if Yang Yi builds a warship in Dayue Kingdom, the sea area of Dayue is thousands of miles away from the East China Sea where the Wahai people are active, and Yang Yi cannot be full of food and run to the land of the East China Sea to find trouble with the Wahai people, and the biggest enemy of the Wahai people is still the East Linshui Division of Yazhou.
Therefore, this news was only shelved in the court of the Wahai Kingdom, and the truth of the matter was found out and then reported to the soldiers below, causing unnecessary panic.
Thinking of this, Noguchi Hidego was stunned, where did he dare to hesitate, and hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up and give the order, let the soldiers who board the ship quickly return!" ”
The bannermen on the mast received the order and immediately conveyed the order to the warships of the Wakai Kingdom that were attacking in the distance.
On the attacking warship, after receiving the order from the main ship, the flag soldiers immediately reported to the adjutant general: "General, my lord told us to withdraw our troops. ”
The deputy general of the Uhai Kingdom frowned, and said in surprise: "Retreat? Our brave Ukai warriors have already boarded the merchant ships of the Hikaratus, so why should we retreat? ”
Ling Banner soldiers did not dare to make a false report, and said: "The main ship does convey the order to retreat. ”
Vice Admiral Wakaiguo looked in the direction of the main ship, and saw that the flag soldiers on the mast of the main ship were still repeating the flag, and it was obvious that Noguchi Xiu was a dead order.
If the warship disobeys the order, no matter what the reason, they should commit suicide with a seppuku to correct the army's heart.
Although the deputy general felt extremely sorry, the fat that was already on the verge of his mouth suddenly wanted to let him spit it out, how could he be willing.
But no matter how delicious the fat is, it is not as important as your own life.
"Blow the trumpet, withdraw the troops!" The adjutant gritted his teeth and said coldly.
"Woo~~~"
Soon, the dull sound of the trumpet remembers on the surface of the sea, and the rhythm is slow, like the tide falling.
The vice admiral of the Uhai Kingdom leaned on the side of the ship and stared at the huge "Red Sun" with great reluctance.
The first time the horn sounded, there was silence on the "Red Sun".
The second time the horn sounded, it was still quiet on the "Red Sun".
When the horn of the third retreat sounded, the vice admiral of the Ukai Kingdom finally couldn't sit still, jumped off the side of the ship, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
The warriors looked at each other, their eyes full of doubt.
Looking at the huge ship again, not to mention the Japanese warriors who climbed up, they couldn't even see the shadow of a seabird, like a ghost ship.
A samurai of the Wakai Kingdom said with a little horror: "General, no... What's wrong? ”
The deputy general of the Uhai Kingdom grabbed the commander and said angrily: "Keep blowing!" ”
The commander did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly pulled up the horn again, and sounded it desperately with almost all his strength.
"Woo~~~" The horn sounded again.
Just when the Japanese warriors were worried, they suddenly had sharp eyes and said, "General, look! Our people are out! ”
The vice admiral of the Ukai Kingdom looked at it intently, and was immediately overjoyed, only to see that many people were standing on the side of the huge ship, and it was the advance team of samurai who had boarded the huge ship before.
But before everyone could rejoice, suddenly, a Wahai country on a huge ship jumped up, smashed into the sea from the top of the ship dozens of feet high, and the huge impact directly knocked the Wakai warrior unconscious, and then slowly floated in the sea water.
However, this was the beginning, as the Wakai samurai fell into the sea, and then the Wakai samurai on the side of the ship fell into the sea one by one, and from a distance, it looked like throwing dumplings into a boiling cauldron, which was extremely spectacular.
Some of the Japanese warriors who fell into the sea from a high place were directly stunned by the sea and floated on the sea, while others remained awake, but their hands and feet were tied, and they could only rely on their own skilled swimming skills to struggle at sea, and they could not support it for long.
"It's... What's going on! A Japanese warrior said in horror.
"General, what are we going to do?"
The vice admiral of the Wakai Kingdom stared at the hundred and ten Wakai warriors who were constantly struggling in the sea with wide eyes, and then at the huge ship "Red Sun" that still couldn't see a single person, and his palm almost crushed the side of the ship.
"Herald! Lean in and save people! ”
The vice admiral of the Uhai Kingdom had already discovered that this giant ship was probably not so simple, but he had to step forward to save people.
More than 100 Japanese warriors boarded the ship to attack, and they didn't even notice the enemy's figure, if these Japanese warriors drowned alive in front of their eyes, I am afraid that they would have to go back and commit suicide, and the only chance to survive was to rescue these Japanese warriors on the ship, and then quickly retreat.
The lieutenant general of the Wakai Kingdom gave the order, and the rest of the Wakai warriors dared to hesitate when they saw their companions struggling in the water, and immediately drove the warship to consider the "Red Sun".
However, after all, the Wahai people are good at naval warfare, and since they know that this giant ship is not simple, they naturally dare not underestimate the enemy, so when they approached the "Red Sun", all the Wahai people were ready for battle.