The warship is like a dragon, cutting through the waves and moving forward.
Handu Tanghe stood at the bow of the ship. Tanghe sighed: "Although Changguo County belongs to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty did not even have administrative officials stationed there. The reason is that there are many islands in it, known as the Thousand Islands. There are no ships. , it’s simply difficult to move forward.”
Han Du couldn't help but nodded after hearing this. The most important thing to control a place is to have roads to connect with each other. How can it be considered control if there is no connection with each other? Isn't this equivalent to an enclave?
If it's on land, it's okay to say that it's nothing more than building a road. But in this land of Thousand Islands, we can only rely on ships to travel. This special environment is not suitable for ordinary people to live at all, but it is most suitable for Japanese pirates to hide.
Han Du then asked, "Where does Duke Xin Guo think we should start from this eradication of Japanese pirates?"
Tang He looked at the endless sea waves and said: "The Japanese pirates came from the Japanese country thousands of miles away, and they will definitely repair in Xiaba Mountain. If the Japanese pirates really want to attack the Ming Dynasty, they will definitely pass through Xiaba Mountain. Now let's go straight to Xiaba Mountain. Mountains must yield something.”
After hearing this, Han Du immediately ordered, "Push straight down the Eight Mountains."
Although Changguo County is an island in the sea, it is not too far away from the coast. A few hours later, the soldiers sitting high on the Wangdou made the discovery.
"Woo buzz~" A low horn came from above.
Han Du was stunned for a moment, then suddenly came back to his senses.
He quickly raised his telescope and looked at it. Tang He and Tang Ding did the same. After a while, Han Du spotted the masts popping up one after another from the circular viewing angle of the telescope.
"Hahaha, sir, it seems we are very lucky."
Tang He also saw the Japanese pirate ship in the camera lens and said with a smile: "Yes, you can't find anything even if you wear iron shoes, so it takes no effort to get there." After saying that, Shi Shiran returned to sit down in front of Gao Ji.
He put down the telescope, picked up the wine glass, and said, "The next step is up to you."
Han Du stood at the bow of the ship and immediately shouted: "Jiang Ming."
"The end will be here."
"Hang up the bright golden dragon flag given by the emperor."
"Follow the order."
Lao Zhu also had great expectations for these three warships. For this reason, he even made an exception and granted three bright golden dragon flags, allowing the three warships to fly.
Jiang Ming opened a red lacquered wooden box, respectfully took out the Ming Dynasty Golden Dragon Flag, and asked someone to hang it on the top of the main mast.
At this time, the Japanese pirates also discovered the Daming Navy. Although none of them recognized these three warships, the bright golden dragon flags on the warships fluttered in the wind, and the golden dragons embroidered with gold threads seemed to come alive in the sea breeze.
"Mingren's navy, prepare, prepare..."
Teams of warriors were all dressed in rags, except for a sharp Japanese sword. They continued to file out from below the deck and squatted close to the edge of the ship in an attempt to avoid the bows and arrows of the Ming Navy. There were also several archers, carrying quivers on their backs and holding long bows, squatting on the edge of the ship and waiting. When they got close, they used their bows and arrows to suppress the Ming navy and protect the warriors waiting for the ship. There are also people holding flying claws with ropes coiled around their hands, trying to lock the flying claws as soon as they get close to the Ming navy.
The Japanese pirates themselves knew that they were no match for the Ming Navy. If there were ten ships of the Ming Navy in front of them, there would be nothing to say. They would just turn around and leave, not daring to fight the Ming Navy at all.
However, there were only three ships in sight.
The Japanese pirates on every ship had cruel smiles on their faces. As long as there are three or four ships besieging the warships of the Ming Dynasty from front to back and from left to right, so that their bows and sterns cannot be strong, they will not be their opponents.
Therefore, the Japanese pirates swarmed around the three warships, trying to get close to the Ming Navy in the shortest possible time.
"They want to surround us." Tang Ding saw the posture of the Japanese pirates in the telescope and reminded Han Du.
Han Du responded with a smile, nodded and said: "I can see that they want to join the gang. In the past, naval battles were mainly about fighting with bows and arrows at close range, suppressing the opponent's archers, and then trying to defeat them in the shortest time. Jump onto the opponent's ship and engage in close combat. If you kill all the enemy's people, you will win."
"Then isn't this similar to a confrontation between two armies? They break through the enemy's formation at the fastest speed." Tang Ding said. He is much more familiar with the confrontation between the two armies than the naval battle.
"Indeed, it's almost the same," Han Du nodded and said, "If it were the past, we might not be able to withstand a swarm of swarms like them, besieging us from all directions. After all, it's hard for two fists to defeat four hands, and there are too many ants. Kill the elephant. But today, they made the wrong calculation."
"But this kind of tactics will be swept into the dust of history books from today on." Looking at Tang Ding standing next to him, Han Du said to him deliberately: "In my opinion, the most important thing in a naval battle is Firepower. The more firepower, the greater the chance of victory. Therefore, in naval battles, the most taboo thing is to fight alone and disperse firepower."
After saying that, Han Du ignored Tang Ding and stared at the Japanese pirates who were gradually approaching.
"Send the order, form a single formation, and seize the upper hand."
"Single formation, seize the upper hand." Jiang Ming immediately ordered, asking the soldiers to send flags to the other two warships.
The three warships adjusted their rudders and instead of facing the Japanese pirates, they turned and headed towards the right side of the Japanese pirates.
When the Japanese pirates saw the Ming Dynasty's warship turning, they thought that the Ming Dynasty did not dare to fight. Suddenly they became even more excited and shouted loudly. Naturally, he did not want to let go of the Daming Navy. He quickly turned around and continued to rush towards the Daming Navy.
Looking from the sky, you can see that almost all the Japanese pirate ships are lined up in a row. After the three Ming warships turned, they also turned. Just because they were far away from the three warships, when they turned to continue the pursuit, the three warships happened to line up in a neat row, facing them sideways.
"All ships, sail with the wind." Han Du ordered.
"All boats, sail with the wind."
After a while, Han Du continued to give the order, "Prepare to accelerate."
"Get ready to speed up."
"Put up the back sail." Han Du stared at the Japanese pirate ship with his binoculars and ordered.
"Raise the mizzen sail."
As the ropes pass through the pulleys, the mizzen sail is raised. Under the blowing of the sea breeze, the back sail was suddenly bulging.
"Everyone, get into combat position."
"Everyone, get into combat positions." Jiang Ming's thunderous voice passed on Han Du's order.
The soldiers walked quickly in small steps and took the time to enter the gun warehouse.
