Chapter 483: Reinforcements
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Sakai had a mixture of fanaticism in his eyes, but he understood that war could not be won by courage alone, especially against the Dutch army, and he knew that arquebuses were no match for flintlock pistols on the battlefield, and that victory could only be won by numbers.
But now because of the arrival of the soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom, they have also lost this advantage, and in order to be able to achieve a greater victory rate, he can only hope for more support to come.
"When will that be?" A samurai asked.
After a deep sigh, Sakai said, "When Makino Haruaki's men arrive, we will be able to go out of the city to meet the battle." ”
"Haruaki Makino?"
The samurai were silent for a moment, and among the pirates, the name of Haruaki Makino was known to everyone.
Under his leadership, his pirates raided many cities along the coast of Chongqing, plundering the most wealthy of many pirates, and the samurai under Haruaki Makino were also known for their ferocity.
In each raid, these samurai were able to inflict a large number of casualties on the army of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, which made the soldiers of the Great Chongqing Kingdom look different, and most importantly, Makino Haruaki also had a musket team of 5,000 men in his hands, with which they could gain a numerical advantage.
At the mention of the name of Haruaki Makino, the samurai no longer objected, because Haruaki Makino was one of the best samurai in the country, and they all admired Haruaki Makino.
"Haruaki Makino brought me news five days ago, and according to his plan, they will be able to reach the main island of Ryukyu in two days." Sakai's gaze looked to the sea to the east.
Just as he had predicted, a fleet of thirty Ataka ships was approaching the main island of Ryukyu in the vast sea, led by a middle-aged samurai in a samurai uniform, who was Haruaki Makino in Sakaiguchi.
After receiving orders to capture the main island of the Ryukyus, he led his warships to the Ryukyus to join Sakai.
"Makino-sama, there's Ryukyu Island ahead." A soldier said, pointing to the visible coast.
Haruaki Makino smiled arrogantly, and he said, "Ryukyu Island will be ours soon. ”
As soon as his words fell, suddenly a soldier pointed to the south and said, "Lord Makino, the Dutch warship!" ”
"What!" Makino Haruaki turned his head to look south, and sure enough, three warships were approaching them, these warships were no different from the Dutch warships, but when he saw the flag on the battleship, he shook his head, and he said; "This is not a Dutch warship, it is a warship of the Great Yu Kingdom."
Sakai had already told him about the King of Qi in Qingzhou, so when he saw the flag on the battleship, he immediately recognized it.
"Don't engage them, speed up and approach the shore, we are no match for them at sea." Haruaki Makino was well aware of the power of these warships.
After receiving his orders, the Ataka ship sped up and headed for the Ryukyu coast.
And on the three battleships opposite, Yue Yun gave the order to prevent these warships from landing on Ryukyu Island.
Although they and the Dutch had more than 20 warships combined, these warships were scattered and patrolled and could only cruise in the nearby waters in units of three, but what Yue Yun didn't expect was that the three warships he led soon discovered a group of Japanese who were trying to support the main island of the Ryukyus.
"Wreck them!" Yue Yun gave the order.
At this time, the three third-level warships accelerated towards the warships of the Japanese Invaders, but to Yue Yun's surprise, these Japanese ships did not seem to have the intention of engaging them, but quickly approached the shore.
The number one of the warships was already less than a mile from the coast, which made him a little anxious, and it was obvious that three warships could not destroy this large fleet of Japanese pirates at once.
The Japanese warships rushed towards the coast desperately, and at the same time, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, and at the same time, six Japanese warships suddenly separated from the fleet and approached Yue Yun's warships.
"General, a battleship is coming." The soldier on the watchtower shouted.
"Ignore them and bombard the battleships heading for the coast." Yue Yun took the binoculars to observe these Ataku ships, these six Ataku ships and other ships were a bit of a alley, because the other Ataku ships carried a large number of soldiers, and these six Ataku ships were escort warships, with only a small number of crew members on them.
Now the purpose of sending these ships is to deter their attack on the ships in front.
Seeing through the purpose of the Japanese Invaders, Yue Yun directly commanded the fleet to approach the coast, and at this time, the first Otaku ship of the Japanese Invaders had already docked, and the Japanese Invaders got off the ship and rushed directly to the island.
Seeing this, Yue Yun became more and more anxious, the more Japanese on the island, the more disadvantageous it was for the Qingzhou army, and after reaching the firing distance, Yue Yun immediately ordered the battleship to open fire.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
As the cannon sounded, the shells flew towards the Ataku ship that was docking, and suddenly the Ataku ship erupted into a scream.
Many of the Japanese were smashed into the sea directly from the ship by shells, and the three third-class battleships fired continuously, with more than 100 shells bombarding the Ataka ship in each round.
The Japanese on the Ataka ship had no power to resist, and they tried their best to slide the boat to the shore, and some of them even jumped into the sea and swam to the shore.
During the shelling, more and more Ataka boats docked, and a large number of Japanese invaders flowed to the island, and they also paid a lot of casualties under the shelling, and hundreds of Japanese died on the ships under the continuous design.
Seeing that most of the Japanese invaders had landed, Yue Yun felt a little irritated in his heart, they found out too late, otherwise they would definitely not let so many Japanese invaders land on the island.
However, the truth was already doomed, and he felt that he should go back and inform King Qi of this matter now.
Looking at the six Ataku ships that were still approaching, Yue Yun gave the order to retreat, although he was not afraid of these Ataku ships, but it would be very troublesome to be forced up, now he should go back and lead more warships over, and at the same time pass the news.
At the sound of the bells, the three warships sailed in the direction of the city of Geranza, and an hour later they arrived at Baisha Gull Beach, and he immediately sent someone ashore to inform Xiao Ming that about five thousand Japanese had landed.
Then he joined up with the other warships and headed in the direction they came, and since the gang of would-be robbers had come, they didn't want to go back.
Outside Michira's Castle, Xiao Ming and Claire quickly got news from Yue Yun.
"Five thousand." Claire's face was a little solemn, and as a result, the number of pirates increased, which meant that they would have to pay a greater price to capture Michira's Castle.
And the most important thing is that now these pirates do not know where they are going, when and where they will attack.
"Lu Fei, immediately send scouts to patrol to prevent a sneak attack." Xiao Ming immediately gave an order.
The war has begun!