50 Tranquility Before the Outbreak

The victory of the first day of the naval battle did not reach the Amami Walled City until the next day, and after the day was bright, Wu Daofu and the others walked up to the ruined head of the Amami Walled City, and saw a mess of sea ships on the sea, as well as many ships that had disappeared, and they had a hunch that Hongtang had a great harvest on the sea.

Sure enough, soon the Hongtang fleet drove more than 20 warships and towed eight or nine thief ships captured last night, and appeared in the outer waters of the Amami Walled City and the Japanese garrison camp in a majestic manner, as if they were provoking the Japanese people.

It was only at this time that Wu Daofu and the others were convinced that Hong Tang had really won a major victory in the naval battle last night, which also meant that they continued to defend the Amami Walled City, and had a few more chances of winning.

As for the Japanese people, they are no longer in a hurry to continue attacking the Amami Walled City as they were yesterday, even if the gate of the Walled City looks like it can be destroyed with just a few shells.

On the contrary, they were now unhurriedly building fortifications along the coastline, and the battle lines lined up with mud, sand and gravel spread along the Japanese camps, as if they were preparing for a long duel with the Hongtang fleet.

Zhao Xingdou didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of the Japanese people, but this did not prevent them from starting to shell the Japanese camp.

The sound of intensive artillery bombardment resounded in this sea area, and relatively small-caliber artillery such as the thousand-pound Franc machine gun, which did not seem to be very powerful in the face of the warship, showed their great power after attacking the Japanese camp.

It only takes one cannonball to turn the camp built last night into a ruin, and the slightest stray bullet or even hard things such as stray stones blown off by cannonballs can kill this group of flesh and blood.

The Japanese people are also persistent, and if we talk about the stoic character of a race or a country, I am afraid that the Japanese people throughout the ages can stand among the top three in the whole world.

This is the business card of their entire nation, in a place where there are poor mountains and bad waters, and where various natural and man-made disasters are often rampant, the Japanese people have been adapting to this environment with tenacity for thousands of years. Therefore, while the pirates were running around in the reversing mirror with their heads in their arms, the Satsuma Japanese people mostly calmly hid behind the newly built sandstone wall, calmly waiting for the artillery fire to stop.

Soon, the shelling of Hongtang's fleet came to an end, it wasn't that Zhao Xingdou was reluctant to consume ammunition, anyway, all these ammunition were prepared by King Shangning of the Ryukyus, and they didn't need Hongtang to spend a penny to replenish it when they ran out. In fact, after last night's naval battle, Hong Tang's ammunition has also consumed a lot, and now the continuous attacks and harassment, in the end, Hong Tang's fleet is only in storage, and there is only about one unit of ammunition left, which will be used to deal with emergencies at that time.

Now Zhao Xingdou and them have some trouble replenishing ammunition, it is impossible to enter the Amami Walled City, and the thousands of Japanese and pirate warriors on the island are afraid that the moment Zhao Xingdou and them get close to the dock, they will charge over in clusters and take them down.

The Hongtang fleet can bully and bully the Japanese in naval warfare, and if they really want to fight on land, the Japanese may not be worse than their Hongtang soldiers.

If they want to replenish ammunition next, then Zhao Xingdou and the others can only drive a warship to Shuri Castle on the main island of the Ryukyus to find King Shangning to replenish it, or wait for the cargo ship sent by King Shangning to replenish the supplies to Amami Castle when it arrives.

This trip to the main island of the Ryukyus, it takes almost two days to go and come, yesterday's daytime battle, although Hongtang was entangled by the pirate fleet, but through telescopes and other means, Zhao Xingdou They can still see that Wu Daofu and their soldiers stationed in Amami Walled City are under great pressure, just the first day of siege, Amami Walled City is already in danger.

In this morning's round of covering bombing without sparing ammunition, Zhao Xingdou also hoped to destroy the three Japanese cannons that posed the greatest threat to the Amami Walled City, so that they could not get the support of this siege weapon, so that the walls and gates of the Amami Walled City could hold out for a few more days.

However, Shimazu Hisao is also alert, and after getting the news of the pirate defeat last night, the first thing he thought of in advance was to hide these three giant cannons, so as not to be regarded as a target by the Hongtang fleet at sea.

Sure enough, yesterday's three-gun artillery battery has become the focus of today's Hongtang fleet attack, but at this time, there is no trace of the three guns on the battery, and Shimazu Hisao has already changed the position of these three cannons last night, and today's Hongtang artillery bombardment can only be in vain.

Shimazu Hisao's side is also seizing the time to cheer up the pirates and re-integrate them, otherwise these pirates are now decadent and hasty, let alone going out to entangle and harass the Hongtang fleet, even if they go to attack Amami Walled City at this time, I am afraid they will not be able to exert some strength.

Moreover, Shimazu Hisao is waiting for news, one that has a strong influence on the battle. Looking at the time, I'm afraid that in a day at most, this news will come back, and as for whether this news is as he expected, it can only depend on whether Amaterasu God favors them Satsuma Wa.

After only one night's hard work, the battlefield that was in full swing yesterday suddenly fell into a strange stalemate.

The Japanese did not dare to attack the Amami Walled City as unscrupulously as yesterday, because there was a Hongtang fleet around them, and under the fierce artillery fire of Hongtang, the Japanese team might have become a plate of scattered sand before they rushed to the bottom of the Amami Walled City.

Hongtang didn't dare to continue to bombard the camp of the Japanese people, because they didn't have many shells left, and they couldn't replenish it for a while, since the Japanese people were willing to consume food on the island in vain, then why didn't they Hongtang do it, the longer this time was delayed, the greater the chance for them Hongtang to get supplies.

Only the Ryukyu warriors in the Amami Walled City are the most unproductive and existent, as the weakest corner of the triangular front, the Japanese people gave up today's siege action, which made all the warriors in the Amami Walled City breathe a sigh of relief, including Wu Daofu and their former Hongtang elites.

No way, although the Ryukyuan people showed extremely strong obedience, even in the fierce battlefield, basically none of them dared to resist Wu Daofu's orders, although many times they were negative, but overall, the few deserters also made Wu Daofu and them a lot less trouble.

However, having a strong obedience does not mean that they can have a strong combat ability, yesterday during the day, this group of warriors who are said to have received more than half a year of training on the main island of Ryukyu, they can't even hold their swords and guns, and they cower like a frightened elk, and they can't count on most of the fighters in the battle, which makes Wu Daofu and them have no confidence in being able to hold on to the Amami Walled City.

(End of chapter)