Chapter 204: Pyrrhic Victory and Attitude
Fortunately, the iron artillery team of the Kira Navy was always suppressing the sides of the Awaji Ataka ship, and the counterattack aimed at the side of the ship quickly pressed the two sides of the iron cannon firing silently, and Oda Shogun hurriedly commanded the remaining archers to shoot at the Sekibune that was rapidly approaching on both sides, and he felt that these Sekibunes were likely to pose a great danger to them.
"Quick! Let the Iron Artillery attack! Archers don't stop! Shoot those people! Oda Shogun stood on the top of the deck and shouted, which quickly caught the attention of the Kira Sui's Iron Artillery Team, and the Iron Cannon Team discussed and locked their guns on the guy who looked like a high-ranking samurai.
"Bang!" The rumbling sound caused the lead bullets in the chamber to erupt at high speed, and the gunpowder flame brought up gunsmoke, except for the disadvantage of choking, the whole body was filled with smoke as if it was in a fairyland, and the iron cannon ashigaru was happy to enjoy this short special feeling after firing the bullet every time.
"Puff puff!" General Oda suddenly trembled all over his body and fell to the ground like a puppet with a broken string, and several samurai rushed over with a rain of bullets and shouted: "Oda Palace! Oda raised his hand and touched the wet part of his chest when he saw the bright red of his hands, and finally tilted his head and sighed.
"Avenge Odaden! Crash into that ship! The Awaji samurai rushed down the cabin in a frenzy, brandished his sword to drive away the Awaji sailors, and shook the oars desperately, and at this time, there was a deafening roar from the outer deck of the Ataka ship, and several decks were completely shattered, and the huge air wave set off the wooden planks to scatter and shatter, and the nearby sailors and samurai were killed on the spot.
"Bastard! What about baked jade! Take it out and fight back! Someone reminded that the samurai, who were dizzy from the shock wave of the explosion, remembered their weapons again, and hurriedly took out the baked jade and lit it. It doesn't matter if it's three, seven, twenty-one, and throws it out. Immediately, an unlucky ship was blown up. Then the ship of the Kira Navy was swept up into the sky by a huge explosion, and the members of the shipload were naturally left with no bones.
"Shingoro! Damn Miyoshi home! I'm fighting with you! The Kira sailors on the other ship saw that the ship next to him was suddenly blown into a huge fireball and shot up into the sky, and they were all stunned when they saw this, and they angrily picked up the baked jade and threw it into the gap, the huge explosion and the rising flames continued to devour the lives in the ship.
This time they wouldn't make the same mistake again, one by one the roasted jade was thrown into the gap, and the incessant explosion gradually suppressed the screams, but a series of explosions suddenly broke out in the cabin. What seems to be the Awaji Navy was also martyred, and the huge explosion blew the entire ship's cabin apart, and the hull tilted to one side and gradually sank into the water.
Slowly the cabin was swallowed up by the river, bright red blood came out of the water, and the murderous baking team could no longer stop, seeing the fire of the iron cannon on the oncoming Awaji Seki ship, they immediately turned around and rushed over, but in a moment a violent explosion and screams sounded again, and the more tragic battle gradually began.
"The roasting team acted without authorization, and they have already left their own formation!"
"Bastard! Takeuchi Kuro Uemon, this kid is really unreliable! The Nine Ghosts hammered the flagpole. He immediately ordered: "Catch up, we must not let the Awaji Navy eat our baking team!" ”
"Yes!"
Two Ataka ships began to move slowly with dozens of large and small ships. Soon there were eight still burning fireboats, at this time the baking team was fighting with seven or eight ships surrounded by fireboats, the sound of iron cannons and the sound of baking jade explosions from time to time made the scene even more chaotic, the iron artillery team of the Kira Navy immediately counterattacked, and gradually moved the situation back, the Awaji Navy of the ships fell into a situation where they could not advance or retreat, and the firepower was restricted by people and could only be beaten passively.
The ships of the Awaji Navy were blown up and sunk one by one, and the Awaji Navy rushed up early, and it was very worth the loss to deal with Xiao Zao with baked jade, so the baking team gradually couldn't support Xiao Zao's siege and there were large casualties, and the nine ghosts immediately waved the order flag to let the baking team retreat, but fortunately, after the fierce battle just now, the blood of the baking team gradually cooled, and they hurriedly obeyed the order to retreat.
The Awaji Navy seized the opportunity to take the opportunity to storm the past, the Kohaya fleet of the Kira Navy immediately drove their own boats to block the past, Kobaya had little problem with Kozao, especially the suppression of bows and arrows and iron cannons, which soon allowed the Kira Navy to take advantage, but the later Guan Ship was different, Kobaya and Guan Chuan were completely two orders of magnitude, dealing with Guan Chuan This was comparable to blocking the eye-catching, and the Guan Ship of the Awaji Navy continued to use iron cannons to shoot and hit, which soon brought a devastating blow to Xiao Zao's team, and Xiao Zao's overboard man had almost no chance of survival.
This kind of sacrifice is not meaningless, in this kind of fierce and death-defying grappling, the back row of the ship is finally in place, this is the Kohaya team in exchange for their own lives in exchange for the continuation of the situation, but the attack of the Awaji Navy is still fierce, the iron cannon and the bow and arrow back and forth and even the ship directly collided with the ship to board the ship in hand-to-hand combat, in this case it is difficult for the iron artillery team on the Ataka ship to play a role.
They can only shoot at the rear row of the ship to fight for more favorable combat space for their own side, even if there is iron cannon fire suppression, this kind of rotation tactics is still facing a huge threat, especially when the barrel of the iron cannon is shot to the boiling hot, can only be poured with river water to forcibly cool, which is a waste of time, but also brings huge pressure to the front of the ship.
Soon there were four ships that could not withstand the attack of the Awaji Navy and were annihilated by the whole ship, and before the Awaji Navy could be happy, they soon became the target of rocket attacks again, and the pouring rockets set fire to several ships, including the destroyed Kira family Seki ship, and the ships of the Awaji Navy were crowded together and could not turn around.
Because there were burning fireboats on both sides, they could only be ignited by rockets and turned into a sea of fire, and the sailors on the boat could only jump into the river to avoid the ferocious fire, but they became live targets in the water, and they were slowly aimed and shot by the archers one by one, and the Awaji sailors in the rear could not rush over to rescue even if they saw their companions calling for help on the water, which made them very angry.
The Nine Demons Shigetaka sent several other ships to block this waterway passage, which fell into the situation that the Awaji Navy was least afraid of, and the Awaji Navy often needed several ships to be blown up and sunk, in exchange for the Kira Navy Army, several ships were half damaged, and the Ataka ships hidden in the rear could shoot calmly and condescendingly, which was simply a target practice.
The battle lasted for an hour and a half, and it had already caused nearly half of the heavy losses of the Awaji Navy Army, and seeing such a bad battle situation, even Ataka Dongyasu couldn't sit still.
"What a cunning plan! What a vicious heart! Is this the power of the Kira Water Army! I've seen it in the winter of the house! Anzhai Dongkang roared angrily, this good-tempered general treats people and cherishes soldiers, and has always had a good reputation as a benevolent general, but he can no longer sit still in the face of such a heavy loss.
The Awaji samurai also has a long face now, this water battle is definitely lost so far, and it will not be better if it continues to be consumed: "Lord!" What are we going to do? ”
An Zhai Dongkang was silent for a long time, gritted his teeth several times to wave his arms, and finally turned into a sigh and said: "Retreat immediately!" Leave seeds for my Awaji Water Army! ”
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The ashigaru people who were scorched by the smoke of gunpowder and the raging flames of Tense Ura, the corners of their mouths were chapped and bleeding, and they were sweating profusely and kept pulling the bowstring, and they didn't feel the grinding of their hands and their fingers, but they repeated the mechanical drawing of the bow and arrow, until the bow and arrows they put on were consumed, and then the fire on the river gradually disappeared, and they realized that the Awaji Navy had retreated at some point, leaving only the wreckage of the ships on the river, and the corners of the sunken ships were still exposed on the river.
"We have won! Wansheng! The Ashigaru of the Kira Naval Army immediately erupted in cheers, and the Awaji Naval Army was finally defeated, and the hard battle finally repelled the Awaji Naval Army at the cost of the destruction of five Seki ships forever, twelve Seki ships were severely damaged, and the cost of the destruction of twenty-three Kozao Naval Forces.
In the water battle of Tenseura, the Awaji Navy was burned and lost more than 60 large and small ships, including one loss of the Ataka ship and 32 ships of the Seki ship.
Because Ataka Fuyasu didn't have the confidence to continue to fight guerrilla warfare with the Kizu River Navy with a half-defeated army, not to mention the heart of the wall falling down and everyone pushing it, the Awaji Navy breaking the rules was in front of it, and there were people who fell into the well on the Yodo River, and they didn't even need the Kira Navy to come forward, so they could make the Awaji Navy pay a heavier price.
On the evening of July 14th, Ataka Fuyasu took several retinues, left the naval fleet that gradually withdrew to Awaji, and personally came to the camp outside the castle of Katryuji Temple to plead guilty, the big tent was brightly lit, and the samurai of the Miyoshi family present had a grim face, because of the bad news that came one after another, so that Miyoshi Nagakei's mood was very bad, and he lost his temper from the afternoon to before Antaku Dongyasu came, and the lord lost his temper, and the courtiers had a hard time.
An Zhai Dongkang bowed respectfully to the ground, and said in a self-reproachful tone: "I, Dongkang, have the trust of the lord!" I really have no words to continue to serve as the leader of the Awaji Water Army, and I ask the lord to allow his subordinates to resign from their positions and cut their homes, and pray for the blessings of Awaji Koro who died in battle! ”
Miyoshi Changqing said lightly: "Why did Dongkang say this? You and I are flesh and blood compatriots, we are all in the same spirit, since we have survived, there are only three of us brothers left, don't say such depressing words as soon as you open your mouth! There are no other requirements from this family, isn't there still a water army in Awaji? Just transfer them over and continue the blockade! ”
"My lord! Never! Anzhai Dongkang almost jumped up, and hurriedly said, "Absolutely not! The Awaji Navy left behind is the foundation that keeps my Miyoshi family in the eastern Seto Inland Sea, Osaka Bay, and Kumano seas! It's also my Miyoshi family's sustainers at sea in the hegemony of Ki, and if they are sent out, the 1,000 remnants of the retreat will not be able to maintain the advantage of the Awaji Navy at all! (To be continued......)
PS: Attitude matters! Although the four brothers are the most united (as opposed to the four Shimazu brothers), there are still problems, and it is inevitable that there are far and near among the brothers! Two more 1W finish! This is the first time I haven't asked for a subscription!