It was not wrong for the Japanese people to predict Hongtang's possible actions based on their own actions after encountering the war. In this era, basically the vast majority of the military will do the same thing as the Japanese people imagined after suffering the same losses as Hongtang.

This is also the reason why the Japanese people were willing to continue to drive to Amami Oshima with about 20 ships after knowing the battle situation in the Amami Walled City from the mouth of Kayama Hidaka, in a vain attempt to recapture Amami Oshima from Hongtang.

However, it is a pity that their opponent is Hong Tang, a team that has traveled from later generations, relying on the impression of the modern army from TV and movies, combined with the military system of this era, and is a unique team.

"Turn the rudder and turn around! Fall back! ”

Before Hongtang's warships could get closer, the commander of the Wajin began to order their troops to make an emergency U-turn, abandon Amami Oshima, which was close in front of them, and turn around the oncoming Hongtang fleet and flee.

The Japanese people had the confidence to fight with the remnants of Hongtang's team on Amami Oshima, and even recaptured Amami Oshima from Hongtang, but they did not have the confidence to fight with Hongtang at sea with these more than 20 seagoing ships.

Twenty years ago, the invasion of Korea led by Toyosei Hideyoshi buried most of the warships of the Japanese people in the Korean Strait.

In addition, the Japanese people were also the same as the daimyo dynasty, and the policy of closing the country to the outside world over the years naturally had little support for the navy, and at this time, the fleet of 2,000 Japanese samurai who came to support the Kayama Hisadaka was just like the information given by Shang Zhong and them before, and nearly half of the ships were requisitioned from the merchant and the sea passengers.

The transportation capacity of such a sea ship is naturally not bad, but let them use this kind of sea ship for naval warfare, and the combat effectiveness is debatable.

This Japanese commander is not sick in the brain, a Hongtang fleet that defeated more than 100 Japanese fleets twice with more than 40 warships in the mouth of Kayama Jiugao, even if Huashan Jiugao is suspected of exaggeration in order to get away with it, but it is not something that their fleet comparable to a rabble can resist.

This move of the Japanese people was completely unexpected by Zhao Xingdou, who would have thought that a fleet that had been running for more than ten days would turn around and flee as soon as they found their opponents!

Although I don't know what the idea of this group of Japanese people is, but in fact, this does not prevent Zhao Xingdou from pursuing them, and the sea is endless, unless they find the opponent in advance like Wu Daofu and them before, or occupy a geographical advantage, generally speaking, the possibility of success in setting up an ambush at sea is extremely low.

"General, there are six more sea ships on the right side of our side that are killing in the direction of the outside, and the shape of the ship seems to be a Westerner's warship!" Suddenly, the sharp-eyed Japanese lookout reported to the Japanese commander.

"No, this is the warship of Daming Hongtang, avoid it, don't let them get entangled!" When the Japanese commander heard the report, he raised the Western monocular in his hand and observed it for a moment, and shouted with a big change in his face.

Fortunately, Wu Daofu and the others did not expect that the other party would withdraw immediately as soon as they discovered Zhao Xingdou's fleet, without the slightest hesitation. At this time, Wu Daofu's warship had not yet gone around the back of the opponent's fleet, and only killed their flanks.

And when the Japanese lookout found Wu Daofu and their fleet, it happened to be when Wu Daofu and them exposed the horizon, and the distance between the two sides was still more than ten miles away, even if Wu Daofu and their ships were fast, they would not be able to catch up with each other in a short time.

The only thing that comforted Wu Daofu was that the cargo ship temporarily requisitioned by the Japanese people slowed down the speed of the other party's retreat, as long as Wu Daofu and they were willing to catch up, with the speed of their Hongtang fleet, they would be able to catch up with the other party in most half a day.

In the end, Wu Daofu's six warships returned to most of Hongtang before nightfall when the plan failed and the other party insisted on fleeing.

Under the dim moonlight, it is not easy to track down a fleet of ships sailing on the sea level, not to mention that in order to escape, the Japanese people also implemented light control, and the more than 20 sea ships in front of them have no lights at all, which adds a lot of difficulty.

In addition, Wu Daofu was not familiar with the geographical appearance of these routes, and in a rash manner, they did not dare to be too aggressive, and they insisted on pursuing them in the big night.

Therefore, when the sun rose the next day, the Hongtang fleet not only failed to close the distance between them, but let the Japanese chase back the distance that had been shortened during the day yesterday.

"Commander, do you think we can't chase after us?"

From the bottom of their hearts, Zhao Xingdou didn't want to fight this battle, the attack on Amami Island made Hong Tang break his muscles and bones, and he didn't even have time to recuperate, and because of the arrival of this Japanese reinforcement, they had to send troops to intercept each other at sea.

Although compared with the land battle, Hong Tang was more confident in the naval battle, but this team was exhausted and incomplete, even if it still had combat strength, but in the face of a group of Japanese people who had been recuperating for many days, Hong Tang had both apprehension and complaints in his heart.

If you want to fight, there will naturally be sacrifices, no matter how well Hongtang's naval battle tactics are played, the Japanese people are not vegetarians, where can they ignore Hongtang's attack.

But who to sacrifice or not to sacrifice is not something they can decide, and they finally fought hard to defeat Amamijima, and they didn't even mention their military exploits, so this is another battle, and anyone will be a little resistant.

"Anyway, we have all the supplies, why don't we chase it, let everyone rest and rest, let's just hang them!" Since the other party is unwilling to fight this naval battle, but Wu Daofu is worried that the other party will turn around and sneak back to Amami Island after they retreat, and randomly find a beach on this island the size of fifty or sixty miles to land, and sneak attack the already dilapidated Amami Walled City from the land, then their team is really not guarded, unless they abandon Amami Island.

But if you give up Amami Island, then why bother to make a lot of effort to snatch it back from the hands of Birakiyama Hisashi in the first place, Amami Island, which was defeated by sacrificing more than a thousand Hongtang team members before and after, if you give up like this, he Wu Daofu will be the first not to agree!

But if you really want to catch up and fight a battle at sea, not only Zhao Xingdou is reluctant to fight them, but Wu Daofu is actually not very happy, and the consequences of this are likely to be a defeat for both sides, and the Ryukyu royal family will naturally benefit in the end.

And if the Japanese people are really disabled, then it may not be good news for Hong Tang, the so-called self-respect, since Hong Tang does not want to occupy the Ryukyu now, and does not have this strength for the time being, then raising this hungry wolf who is eyeing the Ryukyu Kingdom will help Hong Tang control and influence the Ryukyu Kingdom, and finally earn real money from the hands of the Ryukyu people openly.

(End of chapter)