Chapter 946: A Turning Point of Victory

In Nanwan, at dusk and sunset, the burning warship finally extinguished the last bit of fire, but after this fire, at least more than 20 naval warships were destroyed, and the large holes in the deck that were burned through were still diffused with the smell of burning, and wisps of green smoke wafted up, like cooking smoke.

Peng, a large piece of wood was thrown into the bonfire, and countless sparks flew up, and it didn't take long for the already black wood to burn, adding a bit of fire to the bonfire, and the night was brightly illuminated.

In order to extinguish the fire in the bay, the Japanese people on the shore tossed for a whole day, and their expressions were sparse, and vicious curses were issued one after another.

"Eighty percent of those damn sneak attackers have now been sunk by our warship, hopefully those guys will get some alive, I'm going to stab these miserable ones in the chest with my knife to quench my anger!"

"Don't worry, I want to go out of the little Peking University, Nanshan Lord will think of it for us, and it's too cheap for them to use a knife directly, since they like to set fire so much, just throw them into the charcoal fire, and burn them alive is not more relieving!"

"Yuhara is still better for you, just strip off their shoes and let them dance in the charcoal fire!"

While the Japanese people gathered around Nanwan were discussing how to vent their anger, a seaside fishing village in the east of Nanwan was already ruined, and the boats were constantly coming and going like ants, and from these small boats, Yu Dayou's troops and horses had already arrived at the coast first.

On the other two roads, Zheng He and Dongfang Yan's fleet were also on their way here, but their fleets were a little far away from here, and according to the speed of the voyage, they could not approach Hangzhou Bay until dawn at the latest.

Yu Dayou did not wait for the two soldiers and horses to arrive, although he did not get detailed information, but from the mouth of a captured Japanese captive, Yu Dayou still got some information that he wanted to know.

At this moment, although there are more than 200 naval warships moored in Nanwan, most of the main forces on board, including the carrying forces, have landed and operated, and the main force is attacking the county seat, and most of the rest is also encircling and suppressing the scattered Chu army in Baijiaji, Fangzhen and other places, and looting wealth.

The number of people left behind in Nanwan did not exceed 10,000, of which there were only 2,000 soldiers, and most of the remaining 8,000 were sailors who operated the ships, and these sailors were obviously separated from the soldiers.

Since a hundred years ago, Wajima fell into division, and civil wars began to break out in various daimyos, and in the past 100 years, Wajima has never been peaceful, and there are many major and small wars, although Sakura Akishi relied on strong military force and financial resources to sweep across the Dongyi Islands and achieve unification, but after a hundred years of war, the population of Wajima has been less than 23 out of 10 years ago.

The population base is small, so this time the westward expedition had to recruit a large number of coastal fishermen, these fishermen are naturally very poor at fighting, but it is instinct to operate the boat, and at this moment in Nanwan, most of the remaining fishermen and sailors are not much combat power, Yu Dayou learned this, almost turned around in his head, and made the decision to attack Nanwan.

Just before this, the commander of this road of soldiers and horses, Oda Jiro, also got the news of the attack on Nanwan, but the content of this news did not mention any losses, but only reported that several imperial warships outside Nanwan had attacked Nanwan, and they had sent warships to pursue Yunyun.

After Oda Jiro received this report, it seemed that a few fish that had slipped through the net suddenly appeared to cause trouble, although they attacked the fleet in the bay, but obviously these few warships were not enough for the huge fleet under his command, so he didn't take it seriously.

After reading it, Oda Jiro said to the messenger that he knew, and threw the news aside, compared to this trivial matter, his enemy was in the county in front of him, but he didn't expect such an ordinary county town, but they didn't attack it for two days.

Oda Jiro was all focused on the county town in front of him, and did not draw out his troops and horses to return to Nanwan, and when the bright moon rose in the middle and midnight gradually passed, the fire was still bright in the camp of the Japanese people in Nanwan, but most of the sailors who stayed behind had fallen asleep, and the toss of this day was exhausting them.

And after being attacked once, these widows did not accept the slightest lesson, and the few patrol soldiers slapped listlessly, leaning on the lookout, counting the stars, and falling asleep.

After Yu Dayou led 6,000 soldiers to land, he first sent a large group of scouts, and gathered the earth spirit warriors and warriors among the generals to form a sharp army, and set out first, cautiously heading towards Nanwan.

Yu Dayou was so cautious, all the way to the periphery of Nanwan, but he didn't even find a single open and dark post.

"My lord, our people have been culled in the past, these guys really didn't learn a lesson at all, they didn't even have any precautions, most of them were killed by us while they were still asleep, and some of us have already gone to the other side of the inlet!

"Okay!" Yu Dayou heard the news, and his hanging heart suddenly relaxed: "I'm sending some people to the other side, and the others are going to snatch the warship!"

Ikeda woke up from his sleep, felt a swelling in his abdomen, stood up, swayed to the edge of the deck, unbuttoned his pants, and the bird aimed at the water, and peed, Ikeda's hazy sleepy eyes were already half-asleep and half-awake.

The fire on the shore was a little dazzling, Ikeda II opened his eyes inadvertently, but he glanced at the shore, there were many figures, it was so late, these guys were still so energetic, Ikeda II pulled up his pants, turned around, and took two steps forward, and suddenly the paste-like brain suddenly came back to his senses.

Ikeda quickly turned around, rubbed his eyes with both hands, and looked towards the shore, the light from the bonfire illuminated the surroundings, and the person running in the firelight was wearing a blood-colored battle armor, it was the Chu army, it was the group that had killed.

Ikedaji's eyes widened, and he looked at it a few more times in disbelief, making sure that he was not dreaming, and immediately opened his throat and shouted, "Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

Ikeda shouted twice, and an arrow flew through his throat, causing him to fall from the deck of the ship into the inlet, but the two cries sent the entire inlet into the water.

"Get on! forcibly seize the boat!" Yu Dayou waved his hand and led people directly to the nearest big sea ship.

In fact, even with Ikedaji's shouts, the Japanese people near the bay were no longer able to return to the sky, not to mention that many people were killed at the beginning, and when the shouts of the enemy attacked, the Japanese people in the entire bay woke up, but the Japanese people were unable to organize an effective defense at all.

Because the Japanese people gathered on the shore all died in their sleep, and the remaining Japanese people scattered on the boat, mostly twenty or thirty people, could not be put together at all, and could only be broken by one ship after another, but even so, there were still Japanese sailors who forcibly drove the boat out, as if they were planning to rush out of the inlet.

In Nanwan, it was like boiling water, but the fighting was not fierce, even if there were some Japanese warriors, they had already been killed by the elite of the Chu army several times their own, and they didn't even make a splash, but there were some radical guys, seeing that the general trend had gone, they began to burn the warship, and the fire rushed into the air again, but the one who set the fire and the fire-fighting were adjusted one by one.

Zheng Chenggong and Dongfang Yan were late, and when they arrived, the sky in the east was already bright, and the two of them were more like firefighters, and when the soldiers on the ship rushed ashore, there were almost no Japanese to kill.

"Brother Yu, you have made a great contribution this time!" Zheng Chenggong looked at the captured Nanwan, his eyes swept over the sea ships, and his face was full of joy.

"This is everyone's credit, although Nanwan has taken it, but it is estimated that this time the news has been transmitted to the nearby Japanese soldiers and horses, we still hurry up and drive these sea ships away, if you can't take them away, you will destroy them directly, we have done such a big vote, it is estimated that the Japanese people will definitely not give up, after that, our life is afraid to be difficult!"

"That's enough, capture more than 200 warships of the other side at once, let's go directly to the open sea, go south along the coast, the sea is vast, it's not so easy to find us, and if the other party wants to deal with us, you have to mobilize most of the fleet, they chase, the pressure on Hangzhou Bay is greatly reduced, if you don't chase, you have to take out a lot of energy to guard against us, this time, it's worth it!"

"Don't talk about this, let's quickly divide the manpower and receive these sea ships first, in addition, we have made such a big move here, and the Japanese ships in the north of the bay are likely to come to investigate, and we don't have much time to escape!"

"Okay, well done!" Liu Renliang looked at the information that had just been transmitted, and immediately took the case, sweeping away the boredom of the past few days, after a lot of excitement, Liu Renliang quickly calmed down, and he saw an opportunity from this battle report.

"Send a message to the generals who are out there immediately, be sure to come back tonight!" Liu Renliang summoned the herald and ordered to go down.

This time, the navy outside was a great achievement, and the fleet of the Japanese was suddenly reduced by more than one-fifth, and it was not sunk, but captured, and between one plus one subtraction, they had no less than 600 large ships on their side, while the Japanese had less than 800 ships, and the proportion of the two sides was not very different.

With the addition of these advanced ships that can be directly used, their combat effectiveness has been greatly improved, although they do not yet have the strength to fight to the death with the Japanese fleet and face each other, but as long as they exist, it is impossible for the Japanese fleet to crisscross Hangzhou Bay so unscrupulously.

The Japanese will definitely draw a large number of forces to deal with the fleets outside, and this gives them the opportunity to launch a counteroffensive on land, not to drive the Japanese into the sea, but as long as the Japanese are put under great pressure, the advantage of the Japanese in Hangzhou Bay will be exhausted, and they will fall into stalemate attrition.

And this attrition will undoubtedly have an advantage, and the balance of victory will slowly tilt in their favor, and the defeat of the Japanese will be inevitable.

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