Chapter 866: Narrowly Won

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"Attack!" The Xuanyuan Sword stood firmly on the flagship, and quickly gave the order to attack. At this time, the Japanese fleet was only six or seven hundred meters away from the Sea King giant ship, and counting the speed of advancement, the medium-sized catapults on the ship were already able to attack the other party.

"Whoosh...... Whoosh...... "Huge stones made graceful arcs in the air and fell towards the Japanese fleet hundreds of meters away.

"Bang...... Click...... "The boulder smashed into the ship......

"Poof......" This is the sound of a boulder crashing into the sea......

Shogun Tokugawa had expected the other party's attack, after all, his silver-class battleships were loaded with small catapults, and the opponent's gold-class battleships would naturally only be more powerful than his own warships. However, the Tokugawa shogun did not give the order for the ships to dodge, but instead accelerated the entire fleet. They must do their best to shorten the distance and reduce the number of attacks they are attacked by the other party.

When it rushed to 500 meters, the Z country fleet attacked two rounds, but the damage caused to the other side was not large, except for the four ships that were attacked by the key attack were slowly falling silent, and the other less than 100 were slightly injured. As for the silver-class battleships, the damage was even more minimal, although the sturdiness of these silver-class battleships could not be compared to the Sea King giant ship, but it was not something that could be smashed by an ordinary catapult with a few boulders. However, some of the non-commissioned officers on board became unlucky and were smashed to pieces.

At 400 meters, the Japanese fleet began to return fire with catapults. They didn't think about damaging each other's ships, they just wanted to smash a few people on the other side to boost the morale of their side.

Xuanyuan Jian calmly looked at the rushing Japanese fleet, and after weighing the difference in strength between the two sides, he immediately adjusted the order: "Turn the rudder to the left ninety degrees and sail at full speed!" The catapults continue, and the archers are ready to attack! ”

"Boom ......" after a loud sound of water. The ship of country Z suddenly turned in the direction, crossed an arc on the sea, and rushed around to the left. However, due to the extremely fast speed of the Sea King giant ship, when they turned around, the bow of the flagship had already hit the hull of a silver-class battleship in front of them.

The hull was originally the weak link of a ship, and this collision suddenly cut off the silver-class battleship. But the flagship itself was also hit by another Japanese ship, but fortunately, the Sea King giant ship built by this thousand years of cold iron wood is indeed extremely strong, although this collision directly caused the Sea King giant ship to move several meters away. There was no damage to the site of impact, except for a few marks. Of course, this is also due to the fact that it was only an ordinary sailing ship that crashed into the flagship. At this moment, cracks suddenly appeared in the hull of this ordinary warship, and it was in danger of falling apart at any time when it swayed.

The fortune of this flagship is good, but the luck of other ships is not necessarily so good. Some of them were stopped by the opponent's silver-class battleship, and were knocked out of holes about the size of a basin, but this hole was not below the surface of the sea, so there was no danger of sinking.

Of course, sinking the opponent's ship was not the main purpose of the Xuanyuan Sword, after this perfect drift of the fleet, the long snake formation of the Japanese fleet was instantly disrupted. The left fleet was blocked by the Sea King megaship. Almost two hundred meters behind, while the fleet on the right rushed out.

The formation of the entire Japanese fleet stretched for dozens of kilometers, and Xuanyuan Jian led the fleet to only charge a certain distance in the formation on the left before breaking away from the opponent's fleet. and when they will be encircled again. The entire fleet of the Z country has left far away.

While the two sides were staggering, the archers on the Aquaman's giant ship were not idle, and a large number of arrows were thrown towards the opposing ship. These soldiers are all Xuanyuan Sword, and they are carefully selected from the major forces, and their strength is top-notch in the country. Some of the soldiers who had reached the eighth rank had the strength to shoot through the side of the sailboat, and they immediately brought huge casualties to the Japanese fleet.

Of course. The soldiers on the fleet of the Japanese also fought back frantically, and their attack power was not weaker than that of the Xuanyuan Sword, but because the Sea King Giant Ship protected the personnel on the ship very well, the casualties on the Xuanyuan Sword's side were not very large.

In this initial encounter, more than a hundred ships of the Japanese fleet were sunk, including nearly ten silver-class warships. On the other hand, only a dozen ships on the side of the fleet of country Z suffered minor damage. However, on the whole, Xuanyuan Sword did not take too much advantage in this first round of attacks, although the other party lost hundreds of ships, but you must know that the fleet of the Japanese State has nearly 3,000 ships, so it does not have much impact on the overall strength.

But now the Xuanyuan Sword occupies a favorable position, and the battle formation formed by the other party is more than dozens of kilometers, and the only ones that can directly confront the Sea King giant ship are only the more than thirty ships on the far left.

Oda Hironobu and the others were also a little dumbfounded, you must know that the hull of this Sea King giant ship is hundreds of meters long! How is it possible to make a ninety-degree turn in just a few hundred meters? This flexibility is unmatched by a schooner dozens of times smaller.

"Turn around! Keep your distance, catapult attack! Xuanyuan Jian shouted, and nearly a hundred Sea King giant ships took their own postures and launched an attack on the Japanese fleet in the most advantageous position.

The dozens of Japanese ships on the far left suddenly fell into great bad luck, and the overwhelming boulders fell from the sky, and the ships became full of holes in an instant, and they did not even have the ability to fight back, and quickly sank to the bottom of the sea.

Naturally, the Tokugawa shogun did not want his fleet to be in a passive situation, so he changed his formation again and surrounded Xuanyuan Sword's fleet. He also knew very well that if they could not be dragged to the other side, their speed was restricted, and they could be boarded, then they would not have a second outcome except to be dragged to death by the other side at sea. That's why he wants to surround the other party so regardless of losses.

Since then, the two sides have engaged in fierce competition at sea, with one side trying to besiege the other and the other trying to keep its distance from the other.

As time went on, the number of ships in the fleet became smaller and smaller, and the damage to the ships under Xuanyuan Jian became more and more severe. Fortunately, the Sea King giant ship is very sturdy and extremely fast, dodging a lot of attacks from the other side, otherwise under the fierce impact of the Japanese ship, it is estimated that there will not be much that can be preserved now.

"Brother Xuanyuan, how many of our ships do you think are still intact after the battle?" Fengyun would look at this messy sea and the ships of the Japanese Kingdom that were still surging up, and sighed.

Xuanyuan Jian's mood was not very good, you must know that strictly speaking, these ships were borrowed by him from Yang Tian, and if Yan Zòng was damaged, he also needed to make some compensation. If the ship is sunk, the cost will be even greater.

"If we can't annihilate all the opposing armies here, when they regroup, they will threaten Jiaxi City again. As for how big the loss will be, then it can only be left to fate, and I just hope that this guy Sunshine will be more sympathetic at that time. Xuanyuan Jian was also very helpless, but he did not regret it, this naval battle would completely destroy the hope of the Wa Kingdom District to save Kyushu Island.

The battle between the two sides continued, and at this time Xuanyuan Jian was more cautious, trying not to let the ships come into direct contact, and only relying on the advantage of the catapults on his own ships to bombard the other party's ships. He really didn't want any of the Aquaman ships to sink to the bottom of the sea, because it would cost him five lost Divine Souls.

The battle lasted until dusk, and all the ships of the Wa Kingdom sank to the bottom of the sea, except for seven or eight ships that saw that the situation was not good and evacuated from the battlefield first. And on the Xuanyuan Sword side, there were also five Sea King giant ships that were sunk, which made him feel distressed. However, what made Xuanyuan Jian most depressed was that such a good opportunity actually let Oda Hironobu and Tokugawa Shogun, the two big fish, run away. Tokugawa, in particular, if they could be killed here, their battle on Kyushu Island would definitely be half as smooth as possible. However, the opportunity was lost, and Xuanyuan Jian did not have any illusions. Began to reorganize the fleet and marched in the direction of Jiaxi City. These ships will belong to Xuanyuan Sword during the conquest of the Wa Kingdom, and they will not return to Baiyun City until they return to the Z region.

These warships will be simply repaired in Jiaxi City, and at least some loopholes must be filled, otherwise, it will be a question of whether they can drive back to the Z country region in the future!

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Oda Hironobu sat in a courtyard in Eyu Castle with his face like black coal, and Watanabe stood in front of him with a heavy face, a bright red slap mark on his face reminding others of what had happened to him.

"Watanabe, are all your good suggestions? Not only did we wipe out the more than 2,000 ships we had just organized, but we also lost 40 lost 100 lost souls, how do you want me to explain to the other family leaders? You should apologize! Oda Hironobu said angrily.

"Hey!" Watanabe lowered his head and responded very dryly.

Perhaps seeing Watanabe's better attitude in confessing his guilt, Oda Hironobu's anger was a little less, and he paused for a while and said: "If it weren't for the fact that you still have some use, I would definitely hand you over to the family elders' house!" I hope that the next time you mention something, you'd better use your brains more! ”

"Hey!" Watanabe continues to respond to his master in the language of a servant that is unique to the Wa Kingdom.

Oda Hironobu continued to ask, "Now that the situation has reached this point, do you have a way to save it?" ”

Watanabe seemed to have been prepared in his heart, and immediately said: "Lord, at the moment, in addition to negotiating with Xuanyuan Jian and the others, we can only delay the pace of the other party's attack as much as possible, as long as we can drag it until there is a change in its country, their offensive momentum will inevitably slow down." That's when we have a chance to turn defeat into victory. ”

"Can we delay this long? It's only been a little more than a month, and half of Kyushu Island has fallen, who can guarantee that there will be a change in the Z country area in the next month! Oda Hironobu obviously felt that what Watanabe said was not very reliable.

(To be continued)