"Then let's do it, let's take a look first, no matter how much we think about it, it may not be right, only to touch their bottom first, see how they respond, and then we can make a contingency plan." Everything else is fine, but it's just too thoughtful, and before the war, they always want to take every change into account as much as possible, so that everyone has more things to consider. No, Wu Daofu discussed with Xiao Xiurong and the members of their staff for two hours, and finally took the second incomplete plan with some impatience and spoke.

"Yes!" Xiao Xiurong and they were right to think about it, and they had been thinking about it for a long time, but if the other party's combat method was completely beyond their expectations, then wouldn't their plan be in vain.

Fortunately, at this time, Hong Tang has the initiative in the battle, and they can call the shots when they want to start a war or when they want to stop the war, but they can also fight first and see the other party's reaction.

With Wu Daofu making up his mind, Hongtang's 40 warships and more than 4,000 people finally entered the stage of mobilization at this moment, and after docking in this hidden sea area for three or four hours, more than 40 warships also set sail again, heading towards Amami Island, which was more than ten miles away.

Sure enough, for the arrival of Hongtang, the Japanese people had already received the news, and at this time they were waiting for the battle, outside the dock of Amami Oshima, more than a hundred ships of all kinds gathered here, quietly waiting for Hongtang to come in.

On the island, there are also faintly many figures flickering, and there is a solemn atmosphere before the battle everywhere.

"Kill it!" Without stopping, Wu Daofu waved his hand, and the forty Hongtang warships did not slow down at all, and plunged into the sea area of Amami Oshima at an oblique angle.

Wu Daofu is very confident, the equipment of pirates and Japanese ships is too poor, basically few ships will be equipped with cannons, and only a few ships will be equipped with one or two Franc cannons, or small cannons such as tiger squat guns. Therefore, the lethality of such a long-range firearm must not bring much threat to the Hongtang warship.

It's just that the size of the team's fleet is there, if the other party finds a chance to fight in the H words, Hong Tang will not be comfortable, even if Wu Daofu believes that the Hong Tang team will win in the end, but the loss is not what Wu Daofu is willing to see.

In the face of Hong Tang's menacing appearance, there was some commotion in the Japanese and pirate fleets, but it didn't take long for it to subside. As Hongtang's fleet approached, the fleets of the Japanese coalition army also sailed towards Hongtang.

Seeing that the two sides were about to collide at a certain point in front, but when the distance was only about three miles away, the Hongtang fleet collectively turned the rudder at a ninety degree right, and in a few breaths, the left side of the wing was aimed at the Japanese coalition forces in front.

"Fire!"

The starting horn sounded one after another on the Hongtang fleet, followed by the scene of dozens or hundreds of cannons suddenly firing, and soon the breath of gunsmoke enveloped the Hongtang fleet, and the opposite Japanese fleet was interspersed from the columns of water that soared into the sky, becoming the appearance of a chicken in the soup.

However, although the sound of artillery shook the sea, the effect was not great in the face of the prepared Japanese fleet. Under the roar of hundreds of huge cannons, when the splash cleared and Hong Tang rushed out of the gunsmoke, he looked at the Japanese fleet behind him, and only two unlucky Japanese fleets were seriously damaged.

Those two warships were also too unlucky, so they couldn't die, they were hit by three or four cannons from the cannons of six Western-style warships, and the huge kinetic energy carried by the lead bullets weighing twenty or thirty pounds, even if these warships had strengthened the defense of the hull deck and the side of the ship, they still could not completely resolve the power of these shells.

The main mast of a warship was broken on the spot, and the mast four or five feet high slowly pressed down towards the hull, stirring the hull to the ground, and then smashed on the deck and the sea, implicating dozens of pirates on the ship. There is also a warship that is even more unlucky, the cannon that basically fires in a horizontal line, and the place where it is easier to hit is naturally the side of the ship, three or four holes the size of the mouth of the pot, the sea water is sparsely surging inside, even if the sailors on the ship have the intention to remedy, it is to no avail, they can only watch the ship slowly sink, and finally everyone abandons the ship and flees to other warships that respond.

As for the other warships, although many of them were damaged, and the unlucky ones were also implicated, after the hull defense was strengthened, it did not affect their ability to continue fighting.

Not to be outdone, although there were not many artillery, this time they were also prepared, and dozens of Francophone guns followed closely behind and fired back at the Hongtang fleet.

Of course, most of the gunners in these Japanese fleets had not undergone much training, and the accuracy of the shells was naturally much worse, except for adding a few columns of water on the sea around the Hongtang fleet, only a few shells from the blind cat that hit the dead rat hit the Hongtang warship. However, the power of this cannonball is not worth mentioning, and the damage caused to the remodeled hull of Hongtang's fleet is at most a pothole with the thickness of the mouth of the bowl, and it does not harm the navigation of the warship.

However, the Japanese people's countermeasures were obviously not limited to this, and at the same time as the shells were fired, more than a dozen sea ships stood out from the Japanese coalition fleet, and chased after the Hongtang fleet at a very fast speed.

Looking at this posture, the more than ten sea ships chasing behind are not good, Wu Daofu and they know very well that the only tactic that caused the results of the battle against the Dutch fleet at the beginning would not be to guard against this hand.

The speed of these more than ten sea ships is obviously a few points higher than the speed of the Hongtang Fu ship, which is basically comparable to the speed of the Western-style warship, and it is a little impossible for the Hongtang warship to get rid of the entanglement of the other party. If the other party learns Hongtang's original self-detonation tactics, the defense of the Fuchuan is not as good as that of a Western-style warship, I am afraid that if a Japanese ship approaches and explodes, it will be able to withstand the Hongtang Fuship.

At this time, Wu Daofu's six Western-style warships, with their sails flying in unison, raised their speed to the limit, crossed the crowd, and after turning a corner in front, they killed the generals again.

Seeing that it was about to collide with the opponent's trailing warship, it was a small arc of danger, and the flexibility of the Western-style warship was undoubtedly revealed, and it passed by the opponent's sea ship. At the same time, the artillery fire on the side that had long been ready to go roared out at this time, and the distance of more than ten zhang was not worried about missing the target for the powerful cannon on the Western-style warship.

Suddenly, the sea ships aimed at the six Western-style warships were torn apart, and a louder explosion broke out in the cabin, just as Wu Daofu and they were worried about, these more than ten seagoing ships did store a lot of flammable materials in the cabins, and at this time, they were hit by the cannon fire of the Hongtang warship, which immediately triggered a chain reaction, and before they could get close to the Hongtang warship, it turned into a shining spark on the sea.

(End of chapter)