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"Damn it!"

Thinking of the whereabouts of the Japanese fleet in the strait, Li Shun's face immediately became ugly, and he really didn't know how to deal with it for a while. But in terms of the power of the cannonballs, it is really difficult to say that there is a great threat to the warships, once the Japanese warships launch a counterattack, and the batteries will be lost, but just sit back and watch the Japanese fleet go straight to Osaka, obviously it is not a matter, if Osaka is really attacked by the Japanese naval division, then the consequences are really not a trick. 【】

"Sentinels, trumpets, enemy attacks, the whole army assembled!"

The main force of the Qing army has attacked, whether it is the army or the naval division, the defenders in the harbor only have seven warships headed by the "Calm", of which the "Weifeng" has been half-disabled, basically lost its combat effectiveness, as for the army, there are only more than 500 cavalry without war horses to take on the task of vigilance, in addition, it is some sailors of the troop carriers, if they are really caught off guard, it is really difficult to resist the sneak attack of the Japanese naval division, as soon as he thought of this, Li Shunzi did not dare to delay any more, and sent out the warning signal of the battle when he had enough Zhongqi.

"Woo, woo, woo......"

The sentry on duty has always only paid attention to the movement at the foot of the mountain, as for the movement in the strait, but he has never paid attention to it, this listening to Li Shun shouted again and again, he couldn't help but be suspicious, stunned to understand where Li Shun said that the enemy attack came from, but the military order is a military order, although there are doubts in his heart, but the sentry on duty still tried his best to blow the horn, in an instant, the whole fort suddenly became chaotic, and a soldier with a spear in his hand ran out of the tent one after another.

"Order: The whole army accelerates and rushes straight to Osaka Port!"

The fleet that rushed in the dark in the strait was the remnants of the Edo Naval Division, and the commander of the army was not a bystander, it was Honda Henglong, who led his troops to leave the battlefield the day before yesterday, and this time he led the integration of more than 70 warships of the remnants of the army, and planned to use the cover of night to touch into Osaka Bay, and seize the Qing army left behind in Osaka Port before dawn to carry out a sneak attack, but he didn't expect to be noticed by the Qing army of Wakayama Fort, and his face was not good, but he didn't care very much, no, Wakayama is a full eighty miles away from Osaka Port, In the meantime, the mountain road is difficult to travel, even if the Qing army sent someone to inform, it is difficult to compare with the speed of the fleet, and when the Qing army sent people to Osaka Port, it should have fallen to Osaka Port, not to mention that the Wakayama Fort is now under the control of the Japanese army, in this dark night, Honda Henglong is really not afraid of the Qing army of the fort to report the news, but he does not want to be entangled with the Qing army on the fort in this strait, so he gave the general order straightforwardly.

"The Japanese slave sailors are in the strait, push the cannon up, and bomb me!"

The situation was urgent, Li Shun was already out of the way, and he didn't say much, with a wave of his hand, he shouted a loud order, and dozens of soldiers who reacted quickly rushed up, pushed the two light infantry guns to the edge of the battery, and set them up, and several gunners nervously checked the angle, aiming at the fleet of the Japanese Navy Division that was speeding up and opened fire.

"Boom, boom!"

With two muffled sounds, the two flowering bombs whistled and fell into the strait, but unfortunately they did not hit the target, but only exploded on the surface of the sea with two large balls of splash.

"Boom, don't stop!"

Li Shun only wanted to drag the Japanese fleet at the fort, and did not expect his two small cannons to really make any achievements, and he didn't care much about whether he hit or not, what he wanted was to anger the Japanese sailors.

"Boom, boom!"

Although the power of the light infantry cannon is not great, it can win because of the fast loading speed, the interval between shots is not long, and those gunners are well-trained, and after a while, two shells have been smashed over, this time there is a result - a cannonball accurately hit a large warship of the Japanese country, and the flying shrapnel swept down more than a dozen unlucky Japanese sailors, and even caused a fire on its deck, but unfortunately it was quickly extinguished by the Japanese sailors.

"Ignore those people and keep going!"

After two rounds of firing on the battery, Honda Henglong immediately realized that there were only two guns on the battery, and it was really easy to destroy it, but he didn't want to have the slightest entanglement with the Qing army on the battery, so he gave the order again with an expressionless face.

The strait was not very long, and the Qing army only got three opportunities for artillery bombardment, and two of the six shells hit, which was obviously a good hit rate, but in the end, it was powerless to prevent the breakthrough of the Japanese naval division, and as the Japanese fleet sailed into Osaka Bay with full sails, the Qing army's light infantry artillery had to stop.

"Damn! Quick, go and pile everything you can on the top of the mountain for Lao Tzu, burn! ”

Looking at the shadow of the Japanese sailors walking away, Li Shun's eyes turned red on the spot, gritted his teeth, and gave the craziest order.

The fire was soon started, the Qing officers and soldiers not only cut firewood in the dark, but also piled tents and other flammable things on the top of the hill where the fort was located, ignited by gunpowder, the entire mountain top became a huge torch, but no one dared to guarantee whether the Qing fleet was eighty miles away could be found, after all, the distance was too far, at this dark night, although the fire was bright, but the sentries of the Qing fleet could realize the meaning is difficult to say, However, all the methods that can be thought of now have been exhausted, and as for success or failure, Li Shun can only resign himself to fate......

"Report."

Wang Yanxia is a cautious person, this time he was ordered to lead the fleet to guard, he felt a heavy responsibility, he did not dare to have the slightest negligence, except for the heavily damaged "Weifeng", he divided all six warships into three groups, day and night patrol outside the port of Osaka, in case of attacks from the sea, today it happened that he personally led the department on the night shift, even if the night was quite deep, but he never rested, was in the captain's room of the flagship "Calm" to study the charts, was muttering, but heard the sound of the report from outside the door.

"Come in!"

Hearing the sound, Wang Yanxia didn't get up, just gave an order without raising his head.

"General Yuwang, the direction of the Wakayama Fort is blazing, and there seems to be something wrong."

When the door frame creaked, a general hurriedly entered from outside, gave a military salute to Wang Yanxia, and hurriedly said a word.

"Oh? Check it out! ”

The Wakayama Fort controls the choke point in and out of Osaka Bay, and there is no room for error, and as soon as he heard the general's report, Wang Yanxia's brows immediately furrowed, but he was not in a hurry to make a conclusion, but got up and strode towards the bridge.

"General Wang, do you have to send troops to reinforce the fort?"

After getting to the bridge, Wang Yanxia picked up the monocular on his waist without saying a word, and looked at the direction of Wakayama, but he didn't make a decision.

"After dawn, we will make a decision, send a signal, and let the three ships of 'prestige,' 'prestige,' and 'majesty' go to sea immediately, join us, and prepare for contingencies."

Wang Yanxia was also worried about the loss of the Wakayama Fort, but he did not intend to act rashly when the enemy situation was unknown, so he raised his eyebrows and cautiously gave the order.

"Wow!"

Wang Yanxia gave this order, and the herald who followed him answered the promise loudly, and it didn't take long, but when he heard a whistling sound, a huge fireflower suddenly exploded in the air, and even when he heard a commotion in Osaka Port, the three battleships of the "Wei" class had slowly sailed away from the anchorage and moved closer to the place where the firework exploded.

"Three miles ahead, I found the Japanese Navy!"

"Three miles ahead, I found the fleet of the Chinese people, one big and five small!"

……

At six o'clock, the darkness before dawn finally passed, the sky was already dark, the Qing fleet and the Japanese navy division in the dark discovered each other almost at the same time, the lookout posts on both sides all shouted loudly, and in an instant, the horn of the alarm had sounded violently, and the officers and soldiers of both sides who were resting all jumped up like an electric shock, and they all rushed to their posts in confusion.

"Grab the T-prefix!"

Looking at the fleet of Japanese sailors rushing over at high speed, Wang Yanxia not only did not panic, but his heartstrings were loosened, and he didn't care, just because he was already aware of the meaning of the fire that burned continuously in the middle of the night in the direction of the Wakayama Fort last night.

"Rush, rush forward with full sails, lean on!"

As early as last night, when the Wakayama Fort was found to be on fire, Honda Hang Lung had already realized that it was difficult to have good results on this trip, but there was still a trace of luck, after all, the Wakayama Fort was too far away from Osaka Port, if the Qing fleet had not noticed the faint fire in the distance, it might not have realized the surprise attack of its own sailors, but the Qing fleet swimming in front of him ruthlessly smashed the last trace of luck of Honda Henglong, and in the face of an almost death-defying battle, Honda Hang Lung did not flinch, Just because he has no way to retreat, not to mention the speed of the Qing warships, he may not be able to escape, even if he can, he doesn't want to escape anymore, because the Japanese country has reached the critical time of life and death, as a member of the Japanese naval division, he never wants to sit back and watch the motherland collapse, because of this, Honda Henglong is going to fight to the death!

The Qing army turned at high speed to form a battle line configuration, while the Japanese naval division was sprinting with all its might, intending to rely on the Qing warships to fight a brutal broadside battle......

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