Chapter 184: The First Marshal of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Da!
"Kill!!"
The deafening shouts of killing resounded above the sea surface of Nameless Island.
Originally, the sea in Hunan was already brightly lit at this moment, and countless torches shone on the fleet, and after the refraction of the sea, both the sea and the sea seemed to be lit by the blazing torches.
Nearly 100 warships launched a sudden attack on the Ming fleet under careful planning, although they were discovered by the Ming army in charge of guarding the periphery, but the leader of the Japanese still resolutely decided to continue to attack the Ming army.
The attraction of these warships, mainly of the Ming army, was too great.
It is twice as tall as its own battleship, and several times longer in length.
Especially on the side of these giant ships, the dense artillery ports made Kato Hiroki drool.
In the face of such a temptation, Kato Hiroki was really difficult to resist, and with the arrow on the bow, he had to send it, so he simply ordered the whole army to assault.
War drums, whistles, shouts, firecrackers!
All of a sudden, the tranquility of the originally quiet sea was completely shattered, leaving only the two sides to fight to the death.
Kato Hiroki's goal was very clear, and under the reminder of Inoue Ichiro, he led five thousand people and eight warships to go straight to Xu Da's flagship.
Naturally, the other warships of the Ming army were also surrounded by the Japanese in twos and threes, and Kato Hiroki had great ambitions to leave all the warships of the Ming army here.
Looking at the tall and sturdy giant ship's side so close, Hiroki Kato only felt as if his heartbeat had increased by several beats.
If you have a warship, where can you go in this world? Even if he returns to Wajima and grabs a piece of land to become a big name, no one will dare to squeak.
Thinking of this, Kato Hiroki's blood boiled, and he directly pulled out Wajima and shouted at his subordinates:
"Brothers, kill me!!"
"Whoa!!"
The eight Japanese warships quickly separated and began to attack Xu Da's flagship from eight directions, southeast, north, west, front, and right.
The height of these warships is only about half of that of the Ming treasure ship, just like a young child facing an adult, and the height is only up to the adult's thigh at most.
With such a huge difference in the height of the attacking warship, the Japanese could only use the climbing tactic, throwing hooks and ropes towards the Ming warships, and once fixed, these Japanese soldiers scrambled to climb up the rope. Not at all worried about falling halfway.
The swarmed Japanese robbers, like ants, crawled densely towards the Ming warship.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Bang Bang Bang"
On the battleship, Xu Da had already woken up from the moment the whistle sounded.
The experience gained over the years allowed him to quickly recover and be ready to fight.
And as the naval soldiers on the flagship, they are naturally all the elite of the elite.
When these people were in Beijing before, they were Xu Da's personal guard battalion and took on the responsibility of protecting the Chinese army.
Coupled with these days, Li Jin's special night training, the thousand soldiers on the ship were awakened by the whistle almost at the same time as Xu Da, and then quickly dressed up, picked up their weapons from the storeroom, and ran to the deck.
Shortly after the soldiers arrived on deck, countless hooks appeared on the side of the flagship and in various places, and the pirates then launched a boarding operation.
Xu Da saw that all the soldiers had been assembled, although there were many enemy troops, but Xu Da's command was determined.
The big ship built by Li Jin was like a bunker, allowing the Ming army to stand on the high side of the ship and be condescending, which reminded Xu Da of the previous days of defending the city.
"Zhang Zhong, Ren Li, each of you will lead a team, hold the bow of the ship, and never let the enemy army board the warship."
"Yes!"
"Hu Jiao, Zhao Nan, you each lead a team to guard the stern."
"Yes!"
"Chen Hua, you..."
With Xu Da's order, more than a thousand Ming navies were quickly dispersed by Xu Da to various parts of the ship, responsible for guarding the warship.
When the pirates began to board the ship, a sound like a burst of beans quickly resounded throughout the flagship.
Xu Da commanded in the center, not chaotic in the face of danger, and his face was extremely calm, as if this would-be wouldn't exist in his eyes.
There are still a hundred guards left by his side, as a reserve, if there is really a place to be broken through by the Japanese invaders, I am afraid that Xu Da will take these guards to personally pick up the knife and cut people.
Li Jin finally came to the deck at this moment, and because he was on duty in the first half of the night, Li Jin was now in a somewhat tired mental state and looked listless.
If it weren't for the violent sound of fire, I am afraid that Li Jin might still be resting in the cabin at this time.
Li Jin saw that Xu Da was commanding, and the heart that was slightly raised in his heart slowly let go.
"Wei Guogong, how is the war situation now?"
Li came in front of Xu Da and asked about the battle situation.
"The enemy situation is unknown, the specific number of enemy troops is unknown, but it should be the Japanese in the Wenzhou Sea, who are secretly following us, taking advantage of the night, and wanting to eat us in one bite."
Xu Da's face was calm, and his tone was even more flat, even if he was attacked, Xu Da still remained unfazed.
The general is the courage of the army, if the generals are panicked at this time, they are afraid that the soldiers below will be even more disheartened, and they will be frightened and flee.
Now that Xu Da is sitting firmly in Diaoyutai, it seems that he has not taken the other party in his eyes at all, but can stabilize the morale of the army.
When these soldiers saw Xu Da's appearance, they would subconsciously think that Wei Guogong might have been prepared for this battle.
The panicked hearts of the soldiers who were originally attacked by the sneak attack will be infected by Xu Da, so that they will kill the enemy with their hearts, and their morale will increase instead of decreasing.
Seeing that Xu Da was so calm, Li Jin's heart also became calm, and he continued to ask:
"I don't know what to do next? Is there any plan to retreat from the enemy? ”
"The enemy only dares to sneak attack at night, and it is obvious that they should know that fighting at sea is not the opponent of our army."
Xu Da calmly analyzed:
"At present, the enemy situation is unknown, and our army only needs to hold the battleship and wait for dawn."
"If this gang of robbers doesn't leave before dawn, then they all stay."
In the end, Xu Da's voice has become indifferent, and it seems that Xu Da is also very angry about this group of robbers who dare to sneak attack him.
After Li Jin heard Xu Da's analysis, he nodded approvingly.
As the designer and builder of warships, Li Jin naturally knew where the advantages of his battleships were.
The ship's strength and gunnery were Li Jin's main ideas in designing this warship.
Although the surface of these warships has not yet been equipped with iron armor, compared with the warships of the same era, the battleship under Li Jin's feet has definitely stood at the peak of this era.
Under normal circumstances, Li Jin believed that the battleship under his feet could completely defeat one enemy and ten.
But now that the enemy is attacking at night, no matter how powerful the battleship is, it will be useless after all if it has no vision to support it.
Today's situation is just as Xu Da said, the enemy situation is unknown, and it is better to be still than to move.
Since the enemy did not move during the day, it means that the enemy army does not have the certainty of defeating itself at sea, as long as it holds on until dawn, the Ming army will definitely be able to achieve victory, and time is on the side of the Ming army.
The next thing is to see if you and others can hold on until dawn.
Li Jin raised his head and looked at the night sky, it was dark and he couldn't see any light, the sky was very gloomy tonight, the moon was completely obscured, even a star Li Jin couldn't see a single star.
Seeing that there was nothing to do, Li Jin simply sat next to Xu Da, closed his eyes and took a nap.
After all, with Xu Da, a great god, commanding in battle, he can't help himself, and it is possible to add to the snake by interjecting indiscriminately.
Li Jin knows his abilities very well, and at this time, he should honestly shut up and wait for news.
There was a lot of noise around, but Li Jin fell asleep slowly next to Xu Da, without the tension and panic of being attacked at all.
On the contrary, Kato Hiroki, the party who attacked the sneak attack, was angry at this time, gritting his teeth angrily.
From the sneak attack to the approach to the Ming fleet, everything went very smoothly, although the Ming army found out, but Kato Hiroki still relied on the cover of night to successfully penetrate the Ming army's fleet.
But Hiroki Kato's good fortune seemed to end there, and during his men's excited climb, Hiroki Kato was hit hard.
The sound like popping beans kept exploding in his ears.
And every time a gunshot is fired, his men will inevitably be beaten and fall off the rope, without exception.
"Bang bang bang!"
This terrifying voice kept ringing in Kato Hiroki's ears, and even if he urged him so much, the gunshots above seemed endless.
No matter how many men he invested, the final result was all in mid-air, beaten to death.
These Ming soldiers did not cut the ropes, as if they were playing cat and mouse, and destroyed Kato Hiroki's psychological defense line with one shot.
The current Kato Hiroki no longer has the ambition he had at the beginning, and now he is like being poured down by a basin of cold water, and a cold air rushes from the soles of his feet to the heavenly spirit cover.
Inoue Ichiro, who had been silent next to him, spoke up and gave Kato Hiroki a brilliant idea.