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The sound of the cannon continued, and through the telescope, a column of water could be seen rising from time to time in the distance, accompanied by the splash of broken wooden planks.

The chaos of the Japanese people, even if they are so far away, can be felt. The panicked Japanese people no longer knew that it was time to disperse the ship and avoid the shelling.

Perhaps, it was because they didn't understand what shelling was, and they didn't know how to dodge it.

Twelve ironclad ships, two hundred and forty cannons in red coats, together with two breech-loading rifled guns on the flagship, bombarded in turn. Thanks to the efforts of the craftsmen of the military aircraft workshop, the artillery could be fired several times in a row before it needed to be watered and cooled. Although it still can't form a saturation attack, it's enough to make the enemy on the opposite side have no time to deal with it.

"Stop." Li Xiaogong waved his hand and said.

The sound of artillery stopped abruptly, and there was a dead silence between heaven and earth.

After the heavy artillery fire, the silence around them was like a vacuum, which made it all the more strange.

"Virtuous nephew, Tang Dynasty Sailor, you are going to make an immortal achievement!" Li Xiaogong put down the binoculars, his face was very strange and he stared into the distance for a long time, then he sighed and said.

Xia Hongsheng looked at Li Xiaogong and asked, "Why do you listen to the tone of the chief manager, but you don't seem to be happy?" ”

"The king is not unhappy. This king is so happy! Li Xiaogong sighed again, but his voice seemed to be a little melancholy: "I just think that in the future, when the two armies face each other, they only need to use this artillery to bombard. ”

"The chief manager must not think so." When Xia Hongsheng heard this, he hurriedly said: "Artillery is not omnipotent, no matter how powerful it is, it is just a weapon." It's a weapon, it's a dead thing. But man is alive, and the dead can never replace the living. No matter how powerful a weapon is, it needs someone to operate it and someone to arrange how to use it in order to exert its power. What's more, although artillery is enough to make Datang invincible for a hundred years, who knows if there will be people in the middle who work hard and invent something more powerful than artillery? For the little nephew, this cannon is not the end, but a beginning. Famous generals like the general manager of the Tang Dynasty can use this to think about a new way of fighting, to study some newer battlefield strategies, and to formulate some better tactics. Artillery is not the end of the generals' bravery, but opens a door for the generals to a new realm of war, and the generals' use is only changed to that new realm. Calling the little nephew, not only is it not that there is no place for it, but there are more places for it, and it is bigger! ”

"Hehe, what the virtuous nephew said is right, it's the state of this king as a child." Li Xiaogong smiled, and then regained the color of the general who commanded the battle calmly and calmly, and said solemnly: "After this battle, even if the Japanese Navy Division is not completely destroyed, it will no longer be able to form combat strength. The Japanese saw the position of the artillery for the first time, and now they are panicking, and they don't know why. When taking advantage of its panic, further expand the offensive and occupy its fortress. Go, ask each ship, how many projectiles are left? ”

"Yes!" The herald on his side responded and immediately went to inquire through the standard-bearer - in the days when there was no radio, it was most convenient to communicate by means of the flag.

A moment later, the herald returned, saying, "Back to the Chief, each ship still has half a projectile." There are still sixty percent on several ships. ”

Li Xiaogong nodded, because he wanted to defeat the Japanese Navy Division in one fell swoop, so that he would no longer have the power to resist, so Li Xiaogong had ordered not to think about saving projectiles, just bombard. Therefore, the projectiles carried by the twelve ironclad ships are equivalent to the ordinary projectiles that were directly blasted out in this first battle.

Of course, there are also corresponding results. The Japanese sailors were burned by gasoline and sunk by artillery and shattered countless pieces, and the Japanese people were even more frightened, and the Japanese sailors had no strength to fight.

As a result, the Tang Dynasty Navy Division gained the right to control the sea. That's basically half the battle.

Maritime supremacy is the control of a belligerent party over a certain sea area at a certain time. The purpose is to ensure the freedom of movement of one's own forces at sea and to deprive the enemy's forces of freedom of movement at sea; To protect the safety of one's own maritime traffic and to prevent the enemy's maritime traffic, even if the maritime area is used by oneself and not by the enemy.

Today, Datang Sailor has achieved this goal.

"The order was given, the artillery was reloaded, the shore was quickly docked, and the trebuchet and medicine bag were ready. Pursuing the warships of the Japanese Naval Division, entering the harbor and bombarding Osumi. Li Xiaogong quickly ordered.

"This ...... After all, we only have twelve ships, and if we drive straight in, the rear army will not arrive, and we may be trapped in the harbor! General Wang listened to Li Xiaogong's order and said.

Li Xiaogong smiled: "Just the local chickens and dogs of the Wa Guo Water Master?" So what if you're surrounded? Even if these twelve ironclad ships collide, they can also knock those Japanese ships to pieces! ”

Hearing Li Xiaogong say this, General Wang stopped talking and went down to give the order.

Twelve ironclad ships raised their sails, adjusted their sails, and buffled in the direction of Kagoshima with the sea breeze.

"Chief, I wonder when the rear army will arrive?" Xia Hongsheng guessed Li Xiaogong's intentions, so he asked.

Li Xiaogong looked at Xia Hongsheng, smiled, and asked, "Why, the virtuous nephew also feels that this king shouldn't let these twelve warships go deep alone?" ”

"Not really." Xia Hongsheng shook his head and said, "The little nephew wants to calculate how many sailors can go ashore this time, how to garrison Osumi with these numbers, and continue to march north. ”

Li Xiaogong replied: "There are 10,000 or 20,000 Ryukyu sailors, and the number of those who can go ashore in the Wa Kingdom this time is 3,000." Don't worry, my Tang Dynasty has 3,000 elite cavalry, and I can defeat 10,000 Japanese soldiers. ”

"Cavalry?" Xia Hongsheng was stunned.

Li Xiaogong laughed, nodded and said, "Not bad, three thousand fine riders!" ”

Xia Hongsheng said: "If it is three thousand elite horses, the chief manager, we can not go to Osumi Castle, but attack Fujiwara Kyo directly!" ”

"Oh? Why? When Li Xiaogong heard Xia Hongsheng's words, his eyes lit up, and he immediately asked.

"Ships could follow the coastline north and then west into the bay, where the hydrological conditions would allow the twelve ironclad ships to enter. From there, warships could sail into the river and go down the river to another place. Ships could bombard it directly, and from there they would land and march to Fujiwara-kyo. If you don't get discovered, and you act quickly, you can directly capture the Japanese court and other people in Fujiwara-kyo! (To be continued.) )