Chapter 74
Zhuge Xiaosheng soon realized that the opponent was playing a game of delay.
They are all fighting hand to hand, and they don't directly launch an attack when they have a huge advantage, but they first issue an inexplicable letter of war. This is completely unreasonable, so there must be fraud in it!
Immediately issued several orders one after another.
"Send a signal to Commander Lin, tell him to pay attention to the sides of the ship, strengthen the guards on the front and rear gun positions, and be careful that the other party sends water ghosts to swim over and launch a sneak attack!"
"All archers, pay attention to the sides of the ship. If you see someone coming up and shooting arrows, don't ask for your life!"
"The water dragon team is on standby. If the water ghosts come, they will definitely bring fire bottles and cans. If you find a fire, put it out immediately!"
"Respond to that Sato Yokoji and say that I have decided to surrender, but the anchors on both of our ships are broken and we cannot anchor. Now we are sailing towards you at a constant speed. Please do not attack... Yours sincerely, Zhuge Xiaosheng, the temporary commander .”
Everyone understands the first few orders, but the latter one is a bit ridiculous. Are you sure we want to surrender?
"Soldiers never tire of cheating!" Zhuge Xiaosheng ordered the two boats to sail directly over.
"Zhuge General Soldier, I understand that you are swindling the enemy by surrendering, but why do you really lean in?" Liu Haishan felt that Zhuge Xiaosheng's move was too reckless.
The enemy is strong and we are weak, so we can only find ways to take an evasive posture and use our weak advantage of the height of the ship to deal with them. Why did we take the initiative to send it over?
Isn't this sending you to death?
"Our mobility is too poor. Once we get close to the enemy, we can't dodge it at all. It's just a passive situation. It's better to rush directly to fight with them and fight hand-to-hand to have a chance of winning."
"But we are at a huge disadvantage in terms of numbers." Liu Haishan felt that this was hitting a stone with an egg.
"When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!" Zhuge Xiaosheng had already planned this battle plan from the very beginning.
This is also the only chance to win.
He knew the situation on his own side well, he said there were 700 people, but in fact there were only 500 people capable of fighting in the water.
The brothers of Xichang and Jinyiwei don't understand water warfare at all!
You think there are not many people who can use bows and arrows, and half of them are landlubbers who can't even swim, and the remaining half are wobbly walking on the boat...
But they all have high martial arts skills, and their melee combat prowess is extremely powerful.
Now that the weather is calm and the sea is calm, fighting on the deck is almost the same as on the flat ground, so you can fully display your own strength.
So once the two sides meet hand in hand, the outcome will be unknown!
Sato Yokoji was a little confused by Zhuge Xiaosheng's sudden operation.
Why did I just say that casually, and you really surrendered?
Can't.
Although I know that the Great Zhou Navy has just been established and its combat power is not enough, but it is not so useless?
So it must be a fraud.
But if you want to say it's a lie, now that both sides have entered the range of the artillery and bows, they didn't fire the cannons and arrows, which is very strange.
But anyone who leads troops, regardless of land or sea battles, is the first to strike first!
But the opponent has already driven to about 300 meters and has not yet launched an attack. Do they really want to surrender?
This is not entirely impossible.
Because according to the information he got, the actual leader of the opposing fleet was the guy who was responsible for escorting Concubine Liu Gui.
That guy is a young eunuch named Xiao Chen in the Great Zhou Palace, eunuchs are usually very timid to work.
So when I saw my great Feng Shui master attacking me, I might just pee in fright.
Sato Yokoji was ordered to attack the concubine's fleet this time, with the purpose of provoking disputes between Myanmar and the Great Zhou.
As long as Myanmar declares war with Da Zhou, neighboring countries will inevitably take the opportunity to find an excuse to send troops to follow suit.
With the war in the southern border of the Great Zhou, the Great Zhou will inevitably lose sight of the other. Then they can take advantage of the situation to expand their sphere of influence in the eastern sea area and lay a solid foundation for future invasions of the Great Zhou...
Now that he has found the imperial concubine's fleet, it can be said that more than half of the mission has been completed. Next, as long as the two ships are sunk, he can claim credit and receive a reward.
Of course, if Concubine Liu Gui could be captured alive, and the two large ships captured, and brought back intact to Emperor Amaterasu, then the contribution would not be doubled?
There must be a lot of treasure on the other two ships...
Another reason why Sato Yokoji didn't attack decisively was that he had sent a hundred elite squad of death-defying water ghosts to swim over and attack the opponent.
It should be quite close now, and the sneak attack may start at any time. If he ordered the attack now, wouldn't those brave subordinates sacrifice in vain?
So he hoped that when the water ghost team boarded the opponent's ship and caused great confusion, they would take the opportunity to attack.
After hesitating for a while, Fengyi and Shenlong have slowly approached to a distance of about 300 meters.
The generals under him kept urging the general to attack immediately!
Liu Haishan and the others also blushed anxiously, and the palms holding the handle of the knife were sweating.
What a Zhuge general soldier, it's so close, you still don't fire your guns and arrows, what are you waiting for!
What they didn't know was that Zhuge Xiaosheng had actually started a war with Yokoji Sato, but it was a psychological battle. Now he was slightly better, because the opponent obviously hesitated and missed the best time to attack.
It would be even better if they could get closer. As long as they get entangled with the opponent's Anzhai battleship, those small closed ships will not dare to attack with artillery fire, and they can only choose to fight hand-to-hand...
But when the distance between the two sides was about 200 meters, Zhuge Xiaosheng had no choice but to attack in advance, because water ghosts had already started to climb up along the sides of the ship quietly!
While the archers were swishing their arrows, he also gave the order to attack!
At a distance of 200 meters, there is no need to aim the gun. The cannon on the bow of the Shenlong ship fired first, and hit a closed ship with one shot. Half of the oarsmen were smashed to pieces!
As soon as the cannon was fired here, the more than one hundred oarsmen below immediately paddled desperately. The distance of more than two hundred meters was reached in an instant. !
The soldiers on the two ships also began to throw iron hooks at each other, eager to grab each other.
The Fengyi also followed, and another Sato Yokoji's flagship was affixed. After firing a few rounds of artillery, Sato Yokoji realized that something was wrong, because the Fengyi was too strong!
Although the firepower on my side was stronger, it did not cause any actual damage to this behemoth, but my ship building was bombarded to pieces.
Immediately, he put down the side of the ship with iron spikes and firmly nailed it to the Fengyi as a board, waved the Japanese sword in his hand, and yelled, how much!
Hundreds of soldiers swarmed out, and stormed along the board with hands and feet!