Chapter 1057: Confrontation

Han Mo's mood is not very happy now, looking at the fierce battle on the sea in front of him, he can see at a glance that the Nanyang Coalition Army is already in a rout, and secretly thinks in his heart that "if you are backward, you will be beaten", the Nanyang people have lived too long, and they do not think about danger in peace, and when they wait for the Japanese no Pill to organize a fleet to attack, they are vulnerable.

Although he waited for the south wind, but he didn't wait for Graybeard to do it, he was worried, now that the war has begun, there is no news of Graybeard, it seems that those people are already more than lucky.

It's just that the matter has come to this point, but he can't continue to wait, so he can only attack the Japanese army.

The black-armored general on the flagship of the Japanese army was also looking at the Central Plains fleet that was rapidly approaching at this time, and his eyes under the mask were full of shock.

This black-armored general is naturally the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army, Shimazu Tsukihisa.

His attack on the South Seas was carefully planned, not only gathering 80% of the naval forces of Unomaru, but also taking into account the Central Plains fleet in the plan.

The previous heavy defeat of the Central Plains Merchant Fleet made the Central Plains Fleet return with a feather, which gave Shimazu Tsukihisa confidence in his heart, and he only felt that in a short period of time, the Central Plains Fleet would never come to the South Seas again.

And he is not ignorant of the situation in the Central Plains, vaguely knowing that the Central Plains seems to be in the midst of war, although he can't figure out what the situation is, but a country in the midst of war, it is difficult to have the heart to send a regular army to intervene in the affairs of Nanyang.

He is an adventurous guy, and it is precisely because of this character that he took the risk of attacking Yamana Somori successfully and thus restored the country, in the strategy of the South Seas, he is also ready to take a risk, he bets that the Central Plains will never send an army, or that the fleet of the Central Plains will not arrive before he conquers the South Seas.

As long as the Central Plains fleet can't come over, then it is not too difficult to slowly encroach on the Nanyang countries, as long as the Nanyang countries are controlled, maybe the Nanyang people are not willing to give in, but they have all their kings in their hands, and they are not afraid that they will not obey the rule when the time comes.

If the sixteen countries of the South Seas are really in control, Shimazu Tsukihisa plans to use the resources and manpower of the South Seas to rapidly develop the strength of the naval army, and then this naval army can assist him in the hegemony of the Japanese Horse, and once the Central Plains fleet really fights, it may not be impossible to fight with it.

Although he likes to take risks, he is also careful in his work, and just in case, he still sent Tachibana Michiyu to the sea area where the Central Plains fleet must pass to investigate, and once he finds the enemy's traces, he immediately reports the news to prepare for battle.

It's just that he never expected that the news of Tachibana Daoyu did not come, but the Central Plains fleet unexpectedly appeared in front of his eyes.

Looking at the fleet from the north approaching quickly, Shimazu Tsukihisa felt a chill all over his body, which was a feeling that he rarely appeared, even if he was assassinating Yamana Somori that day, he was full of confidence, and there was no chill today.

Although his fleet had the absolute upper hand in the duel with the Nanyang fleet at this time, because the advantage was too absolute, there was no communication between the ships, and his subordinates were all fighting for the merit after the war, desperately collecting the heads of the Nanyangs, and the formation of the entire fleet had been completely scattered.

At this moment, it is impossible to reorganize the formation to meet the enemy before the Central Plains fleet is killed.

Regardless of the fact that the other side has these three huge warships, it is only said that in terms of pre-war preparations, the Japanese army is already at a disadvantage.

Shimazu Tsukihisa blew the horn, waved a copper fan, and mobilized several warships to the north to meet him, no matter what, he could not use this fleet without a formation to meet the Central Plains fleet, so he could only temporarily transfer a few ships to resist the opponent for a while, and buy time to organize the formation as much as possible.

The Nanyang people have been beaten out of ten and gone to ninety percent, so there is no need to worry.

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Guan Shaohe was standing beside Han Mo at this time, frowning, and asked softly, "Fifth Young Master, if you are attacking with fire at this time...... Does it affect the Nanyangs? ”

Han Mo said solemnly: "If we don't make a move, they will also be wiped out." Moreover, we attacked by fire to destroy their ships, and without warships, the Japanese would be absolutely weak in numbers, so we could naturally kill them. As for the Nanyangs...... The sea will not drown them all. ”

Seeing that the enemy had a few ships coming, Han Mo smiled coldly, and made the flag bearer play the flag, and the two wings of the fleet increased their speed, moving forward in an arc, still separated by a distance, the catapult that Han Mo's fleet had prepared immediately started, and countless boulders had already hit the oncoming Japanese ships, among those few Japanese ships, there was actually one capable of equipping the catapult, but in order to deal with the Jusang boat, the boulder had already played more than half, and more importantly, the catapult they were equipped with was far inferior to the Central Plains fleet. Regardless of accuracy and range, it was difficult to reach the Central Plains fleet.

The catapult is not as simple as it seems, starting from the East China Sea Wang Han Tianya, the catapult was equipped to the warship, in the past hundred years, countless improvements have been made, not only to make the projection distance farther and farther, but also to adjust its direction to the aiming of the attack target is also greatly improved.

Moreover, the soldiers who use catapults cannot be used by pulling one over, but must be trained to accurately predict the distance and position of the enemy target.

Although most of Han Mo's fleet had not undergone very systematic training, they were indeed much more experienced than the slingers of the Japanese people.

Shimazu Yuejiu is a person with a very high understanding, and Du Bingyue fought before, but he also suffered the loss of the catapult of the Central Plains fleet, so he kept it in his heart, and immediately after returning, he asked people to draw a scoop according to the gourd, and also freed up the catapult.

But he didn't study it thoroughly after all, although the catapult he built was quite powerful, but compared with the Central Plains fleet, it was still a big difference.

Han Mo's fleet of boulders flew out, and they also hurriedly wanted to counterattack, but it was a pity that their boulders fell into the sea halfway through, and they couldn't meet the distance requirements at all, and the boulders of the Central Plains fleet not only hit the ships on the ground just right, but even aimed at the catapults of the Japanese people, and within a moment, the two catapults equipped on the ship had been smashed.

Shimazu Tsukihisa saw this, his eyes showed an anxious look, the ship's horn sounded continuously, and the flags quickly issued orders to the surroundings, and most of the Japanese ships knew that a strong enemy was coming, so they still assembled as quickly as possible.

Seeing that the situation was not good and that they could not get close to the enemy at all, the Japanese ships that were resisting in front shouted and retreated, while Han Mo's fleet came with an extremely fast speed and quickly approached the past.

Shimazu Tsukihisa waved the copper fan continuously, and many ships had already turned their bows to meet the Central Plains fleet, and they were densely packed together for a while.

Han Mo's flagship, the East Sea Eagle, slowed down, while the flanks of ships quickly stepped forward.

He naturally understands a truth, as the commander-in-chief, and as the flagship, his biggest role is not to charge, but to conduct tactical command, if he leads the charge like King Ace of the Turus Kingdom and walks in front, it is very likely that he will be targeted by the Japanese ship.

Shimazu Tsukihisa is not a mediocre talent, once he grasps the opportunity, he will inevitably see the opportunity, let the Japanese ships attack the East Sea Eagle at all costs, although the East Sea Eagle is strong and huge, full of combat effectiveness, but if the Japanese really attack the flagship with all their might, it will not be as stable as Mount Tai.

The flagship was lost, the fleet was immediately hit hard, and it is not yet known who will win and who will lose.

Therefore, Han Mo had to think about the entire fleet, and secondly, he had to think about the family on the ship, according to the prior deployment, he suddenly slowed down, and the two-wing fleet had moved forward rapidly.

Although the Central Plains fleet is definitely in the upper hand in terms of combat effectiveness, it is inferior to the other side in numbers, although the fleet of the Japanese people cannot be organized into a formation for a while, but at the critical moment, Shimazu Tsukihisa is commanding all the ships to attack north, but it is like relying on the superiority of numbers to fight with the Central Plains fleet.

He knew that if he launched an attack on the Central Plains Fleet in such an unorganized manner, even if he could really defeat the Central Plains Fleet in the end, his side would definitely suffer great losses, but the current situation was no longer for him to think about.

He had already seen the power of the boulder of the Central Plains fleet, and if his own side could not attack it, once the enemy approached, the scattered warships would definitely be defeated by the Central Plains fleet one by one.

When the Central Plains fleet advanced rapidly, Shimazu Tsukihisa had already thought of the tactics of abandoning the car to protect the commander, using the warships in front as a shield, and the follow-up fleet quickly approached the Central Plains fleet under the cover of the front warships.

In the Wanomaru homeland, the Wa people in the area of Kyushu Shikoku are rough and brave, and they have the strongest combat effectiveness, and Shimazu Tsukihisa is very confident, as long as they fight in close proximity, then the Central Plains people are definitely not the opponents of the Wa people.

Therefore, he sent out a series of signals on the flagship, ordering the warships in front to continue to move forward, not to be frightened by the boulders of the Central Plains fleet, and ordered the other ships to follow behind the shield and advance forward, cutting off the Central Plains fleet from it and dividing it into two pieces, so as to carry out an encirclement attack.

It's just that even if he wants to let the warships in front retreat at this time, he can't, the warships behind him come up one by one, and the warships in front of him that were attacked by the boulders of the Central Plains fleet have no way to retreat at all.

Except for a small number of Japanese ships still fighting with the remnants of the Nanyang army, most of the warships have already rushed towards the Central Plains fleet.

Another important reason is that these Japanese bandits know that the ships of the Central Plains people have extremely valuable goods, and those goods are of great value, and once they board the ship and defeat the Central Plains people, they can rob a large number of property.

Han Mo saw the other party's fleet coming over one after another, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, even Guan Shaohe also saw that the situation was favorable, and said excitedly: "Fifth Young Master, the opportunity has come!" ”

Han Mo nodded, passed down the order, the flag bearer quickly issued the flag order, and the crews of the ships he saw quickly stepped forward, hundreds of bamboo dragon tubes were erected in front, at this time, the distance between the two sides had reached the distance of the bamboo dragon spray, the first wave of black water oil had been poured into the bamboo tube, the mechanism was activated, and the black and shiny black water oil sprayed straight towards the enemy's warship.

When the Japanese saw the black water column spraying over, they thought it was a special weapon of the Central Plains people, and shouted to dodge, and the black water and oil splashed on the hull, and the fishy smell quickly spread for a while.

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