Chapter 35: The Strangulation Battle of Zhoufangtan (End)
If Lin Echigo Mahou suddenly had a very bad premonition, in his original expectation, the Date family water army would definitely despise the Otomo family water army, thinking that the Otomo family water army would not dare to leave the port, plus the road was long and could not form a cluster in a short time, he would find a chance to fight the Date family water army. What was unexpected www.biquge.info the Ida Navy's naval army had formed a strategic encirclement, and a detachment quickly bypassed from the flanks, and then the main fleet composed of more than 80 warships crushed over in a diamond-shaped formation.
Wakabayashi Echigomori understood that he had encountered a difficult opponent, and it was necessary to know that the difficulty of ambushing on the sea was far greater than that on land, because the sea had a wide field of vision within a certain range, and it was difficult to lock on to the opponent's track when the speed of the ship situation was similar.
The Japanese state has not yet formed the naval battle tactics of gunboat shooting, and it is actually not much use for grabbing positions at the upper hand, and the two sides fight to hedge and then jump to the gang in hand-to-hand combat, and the side with the superior number has an absolute advantage. In the history of the Itsukushima Battle, Mao Liyuan lured Tao Qingxian into the strait, and to a certain extent, occupied a local chance of victory, making Tao Qingxian unable to give full play to the advantage of a large number of boats, so he was beaten in a gutter and capsized. In the absence of a specific geographical location, in ancient naval battles, the side with a large number of ships often had a good chance of winning.
If the forest did not retreat, he resolutely decided to launch an assault and gave the order to charge loudly.
However, not everyone was willing to follow Wakabayashi Echigo to defend the death attack, and while Wakabayashi Echigo was guarding the order, a Sekibune with seven boats on his left flank suddenly turned and rushed out towards the junction that had not yet been surrounded.
Wakabayashi Echigo's eyes were cold, like a fierce beast that was devoured by others, murderous, and he shouted viciously: "Damn Ogura Shingoro, continue to rush up with me and fight to the death!" "The left wing turned around and fled, and the right wing also changed.
Wakabayashi Echigomori's eyes turned red and he roared repeatedly. He didn't expect that his colleagues, who had sworn to fight him to the death, were all shaken when they were really facing life and death, and in the end, only the ship he was on and the eleven ships directly under him did not waver.
On the ironclad boat, Murakami Tsuyuki sneered and expressed his sarcasm about this matter, he didn't expect that the Otomo family's naval army would be anticlimactic, and most of the ships were deserters when they were about to fight, leaving only a thin Guan ship still charging.
Morimoto asked respectfully, "My lord, are you pursuing?!" ”
Murakami Tsuyuki smiled slightly, and said casually: "No, they have already been scared, they can be deserters today, do you think they will have the courage to launch a counterattack tomorrow?" Get ready to fight and give these true warriors dignity"
Morimoto Village bowed slightly, raised his head and looked at the weak Otomo family sailor in front of him, and ordered: "Pei Burn and prepare, the musketeers are divided into five columns, ready to shoot at any time, and rush up." "The soldiers on the entire deck were accompanied by busy figures.
The ironclad ship is larger than the Guan ship, wrapped in a thin iron sheet, and equipped with a huge ramming angle, so the collision is naturally not afraid of the other party. In fact, the ironclad ships that were not equipped with artillery were able to threaten the coastal waters of the Japanese country by virtue of their rampage.
Wakabayashi Echigomori looked at the larger and larger figure with his mouth open, and he shouted loudly, "Go around, don't collide, go around from the flanks." He originally wanted to use the angle to hit the opponent's prestige, but something unexpected happened again.
Wakabayashi Echigomori had just fortunately walked around, and he saw a row of gunners armed with iron cannons on the enemy ship facing them, and he just wanted to give the order to dodge, but before he could say anything, he heard a "bang" sound and a sharp and whistling sound of breaking through the air.
With years of battlefield experience, Wakabayashi Echigomori's first reaction was to lie on the deck.
A large number of Ashigaru and sailors who had been preparing for melee combat fell on the deck and wailed miserably, and rows of iron gunners continued to shoot, and when Sekibune crossed the ironclad ship, they had already fired three times, and the ship was like hell.
Wakabayashi Echigo Mamoru was completely dumbfounded. The name of the ship is the ship, which is like a wall on the sea, and has a certain defensive power. However, the condescending blow of the ironclad ship made the Guan ship unable to give full play to any advantages, and could only be beaten passively.
Murakami stood with his hands in his hands, his expression was indifferent, he looked calm, looked back at the embarrassed Guan Chuan, and said with a smile: "If you can capture the enemy's head alive, don't embarrass the other party too much." ”
Morimoto Village was not as indifferent as Murakami Toshiyuki, he thought that the other party had no chance of survival, and under the absolute superiority, he could only be crushed, waving the flag and giving the order to hunt the enemy ships.
Wakabayashi Echigomori was desperate and miserable, but he didn't resent anyone.
The battle was soon over.
The sporadic thunder still sounded, the resistance grew weaker, and hundreds of sailors indulged their murderous intent at sea. The once peaceful Zhoufangtan has now become a hell on earth. The Otomo family's navy, which followed Wakabayashi Echigo's desperate defense, is now being crushed by the powerful Date family's navy.
Standing at the bow of the ship, looking at the smoke rising and smiling proudly, Murakami set fire to the boats that dared to resist, making them like torches on the sea, and then sank in the Seto Inland Sea and disappeared.
Murakami was about to say something, but he heard Morimoto Village come to report: "My lord, the enemy general has been caught." ”
Wakabayashi Echigo guarded the five flowers and tied them up in front of Murakami Tongyuki.
When Wakabayashi saw that the enemy general was just a young man, he raised his head and glared at the other party angrily, without any intention of begging for mercy, and looked stubbornly begging for death. He wanted to break free from the enemy's means, and asked with difficulty, "Who are you?" ”
Murakami looked at each other, smiled, turned to Morimoto Village and said, "I thought he was such a great character, but I never thought it would be just a reckless man!" Take it down, oh, if you want to die, jump down. ”
After a pause, Murakami Tongyuki looked teasing, waved his hand and said: "Take him down to be guarded, don't really let him die, he is still of some use?" ”
Morimoto Village saw that Wakabayashi Echigo was taking him down, and wondered, "What is the use of him?" ”
Murakami Tongyuki pointed to the back of Wakabayashi Echigo, and replied: "This person should be Wakabayashi Echigo, the general of the Otomo family's navy, as long as we have this person, we will be able to knock on the sea gateway of the inner city of Bungo Mansion One Foot House." ”
Morimoto Village understands.
After cleaning up the battlefield, the Date Navy took advantage of the victory and divided half of the transport ships to sail towards Shikoku Island, and the other half headed towards the sea gateway to the inner castle of Bungo.