The sailors on that ship thought that they were going to die this time, but they didn't expect to be let go just by being beaten, and that was called overjoy! And they also took this opportunity to carefully observe the fleet in the distance, because the flags hung were all messy pirate flags, so they thought it was a small number of Ming troops with a group of pirates!

And the noisy pirates who boarded the ship confirmed their idea, so they felt like they had been sacked by a large group of pirates! So they immediately hoisted their sails and fled! And since their ship is empty, the speed is unbelievably fast, I'm afraid they even use the ability to press the bottom of the box, for fear that these pirates will regret it!

Looking at their embarrassed appearance, the soldiers of the fleet couldn't be more happy laughing! Liu Haojia looked at the ships in the distance and said, "From the day after tomorrow, all the people will be on alert, and the fleet of the Shimazu family may come to the door at any time!"

Li Wenliang agreed to pass on the order, and the soldiers rushed to the ground when they heard the order, the monotonous days of sailing on the sea were too boring, and they couldn't wait to prepare for a fight!

In fact, Liu Haojia is also ready to fight with the Japanese sailors. This time, he brought three cruisers, just to prepare to touch the sailors of the Japanese Kingdom, so as to test the combat effectiveness of the new warships! In order to make the sailors of the Shimazu family pour out, he just ordered all three cruisers to hide in the fleet, and the Japanese ship should not be able to see the existence of the cruiser.

The reason why Liu Haojia did this was because he knew that the Japanese people also understood that this kind of Western ship was powerful, and it would be boring if they were too scared to leave the port!

After four days of travel, judging from the charts, they were already a stone's throw away from the coastline of the Wa Kingdom! Liu Haojia estimated for a long time, and felt that it was very likely that the Shimazu family naval division would appear today, so he ordered the whole army to prepare for war! After the order was given, all the soldiers, including the pirates, began to clear the deck and clear the artillery.

When the time was close to noon, Liu Haojia saw the two pilot ships puffing up all their sails and retreating rapidly, and playing the banner of "meeting the enemy" from a distance! When the two ships returned to the queue, a large shadow of sails could already be seen on the sea level!

Liu Haojia looked through the binoculars and saw a large fleet coming from afar, especially ten huge ships among them, it seemed that the Shimazu family had poured out!

Seeing the giant ship in the queue opposite, Liu Haojia not only did not worry, but felt that this battle would be won, because he knew the ships of the Wa Kingdom too well! Those giant ships seemed to him to be just a spectacle!

At present, there are three main types of ships of the Japanese navy, the Ataka ship, the Seki ship and the Kozawa ship.

Let's start with the Ataka ship. The bow of this type of ship is square, unlike Sekibune and Kohayafune, which are pointed in pursuit of speed. The thick shield that protects the crew from arrows and bullets surrounds almost the entire ship, called Soyakura.

Gaps and holes in the shield allow protected combatants to shoot outwards with iron cannons or bows. In addition, when engaging in broadside battles, the shield was laid flat as a springboard, so that the samurai could rush to the enemy ships and engage in white-knuckle combat; And his ship is very tall, and the enemy cannot build a springboard for himself to engage in broadside combat.

After removing the shield, we can see that the internal structure of the entire Ataka ship will be built with 2~4 floors according to the scale, which shows its height and great capacity!

Like the Seki boat, the Ataka ship uses the sail to gain power when cruising, and the mast is lowered during battle, the sail is retracted, and the power is obtained entirely by rowing. However, the huge hull is equipped with heavy protective measures and more weapons and personnel, so there is no speed at all!

In battle, because you can't use sails, you rely on dozens of oarsmen to work together, so it's quite flexible in a short time, and you can't do anything if you are tired of personnel for a long time!

As for the Sekibune, it is a medium-sized warship, and the design idea is to improve maneuverability on the basis of taking into account defense, which is a simplified version of the Ataka ship. The two broadside troughs are between 40 and 80. The weapons are large barrels and iron cannons, and they are the main combat force of the navy, also known as "morning boats".

This type of ship has a pointed bow, an elongated hull, uses plates as armor, has a light hull and good maneuverability. The name "Sekibune" was given because the daimyo and pirates at that time set up "Sekisho" at sea points to collect toll taxes on passing ships, and attracted attention because they were fast enough to chase down ships that evaded taxes.

It was used as a military ship in the Warring States period. The "Sekibune" is surrounded by a slab that contrasts with the thick armor of the Ataka boat, and the side of the Sekibune is thin, and materials such as bamboo are often used to make the hull lighter, making it a kind of fast boat.

The "Kohayafune" is a small boat that is designed to abandon defense and improve maneuverability as much as possible. There are less than 40 of them in the two vertigo turrets, which are mainly responsible for reconnaissance and transmission. However, because of its lightness and dexterity, low cost and low technical content, it has become the mainstream ship of pirates and is often used in clusters.

"Kohayafune" can be divided into iron gunboats, long-handled ships, odd ships, monomi ships, fan boats, and ration ships. The staffing is based on the 800-stone ship, which is generally equipped with 100 troughs, and requires 100 sailors, 5 helmsmen in the bow, and about 100 musketeers, and the number of combatants accounts for half of the total number. If powered by sails, the number of sailors required can be greatly reduced.

From the end of the Muromachi period, Japan's navy evolved into a mixed fleet of ships with Ataka ships as the core, equipped with more agile Sekibunes and Kohaya Ships to share different combat missions.

Judging purely by size, the Ataka ship is a battleship, the Sekibune is a cruiser, and the Kohaya ship is a destroyer. Of course, I'm just judging by size, not a combat function.

These ships look good, and like the other ships, they are equipped with watertight compartments to deal with sinking after hitting a reef and leaking, but they have obvious weaknesses as warships! Just don't use keels! Therefore, this fragile hull is only suitable for coastal navigation battles, and the ability to sail in the ocean is really limited.

Just like when Liu Haojia observed each other, they themselves were discovered by the Shimazu family's water army! They slowly unfolded their formation to meet them.

When Liu Haojia saw the Shimazu family's ships moving, he smiled and said, "I guessed what formation these Japanese people used!"

Zhang Zhiyong stepped forward and joked, "Master Hou, what formation will these people use?"

Liu Haojia said: "You see that there are a total of ten Ataku ships here, and the Sui people must have formed a horizontal line with the Ataku boat as the core to entangle us, and then attacked us with the Guanchuan and the small morning boat."

Li Wenliang raised the telescope and looked at it for a moment before saying, "It seems that Hou Ye is right! But the only slight error is that they seem to have put on a glaive formation."