"General, it's not that I'm unwilling. Look..."
Wei Dashan turned around and painfully showed the chaos behind him.
The prisoners in the cabin were very well-behaved, but none of the Japanese pirate soldiers who had just been driven down to help with the oars listened to him at all.
Everyone is still fighting for a good position and a safety rope with fresh air.
Zuomu was also speechless. In the end, he could only sigh and call for the supervising soldiers, asking them to control the situation as soon as possible.
The supervisor drew his sword and pounced on him with murderous intent.
"The principle is to stay close. If your strength is weak, others will take over. Anyone who continues to rush around will be shot without mercy."
Brush brush brush.
After they used their weapons to kill several quarreling soldiers, the entire sailor cabin gradually became quiet.
Seeing the blood all over the ground, no one dared to move anymore.
"What are you doing in a daze?" Wei Dashan jumped out proudly, screaming and gesticulating in Yunchui language, "Paddle!"
squeak squeak.
The people on the oars came to their senses and quickly used their strength together.
The Mikura began to chug southward.
"Very good." Zuomu patted Wei Dashan's shoulder with satisfaction, leaving a few supervisors to stare while he returned to the upper level.
Talk about long time, real time is short.
It only took a blink of an eye from Oda giving the order and beating the war drums in each cabin to Sagi taking control of the situation and the battleship starting to accelerate.
Boom boom boom.
As the distance between the two sides gets closer and closer, the Mikura is attacked more and more intensively.
Upper deck.
The hull of the ship shook violently.
Quack quack!
There was a cracking sound.
The auxiliary mast was hit by a stone bullet or shot off by a crossbow. It fell down with a squeak and hit the cave where Oda was.
"General, it's too dangerous here. How about we get down to the cabin and hide."
"Damn it." Oda pulled away the guard in front of him, "Don't block this general's view."
"Go and ask the heavy crossbowmen what they are doing. Are they not within attacking range yet?"
One of the guards put a shield over his head and ran out in a hurry, and then ran back in a dodgy way.
When he stood firm, everyone in the Hidden Soldier Cave couldn't help but look tense.
This little guard's body was covered in red and white things.
The red ones are blood, and the white ones are brains. There are dots everywhere, and I don’t know when they were stained.
"General, the enemy's Yongjing warship class and Qingliu Sanyang warship class have entered the attack range of our heavy crossbows and trebuchets, and the distance between the two sides is still rapidly shortening."
Warrior level?
The military advisor next to him trembled, and quickly ran out with his head to observe again.
Not long after, he ran back and said, "General, we can't go any further."
Before Oda could reply, the military advisor raised his hand and pointed outward.
"General, please see, Yang Miao has been prepared for a long time, and his men are even more well-trained. Now the general-level is taking the lead, and the other battalion-levels are closely following and protecting each other. They are covering each other in twos and even threes to attack each other. Be prepared for impact."
"And what about us?"
Speaking of this, the military advisor spread his hands and his mouth was full of bitterness.
The closest one to them was the Mako, which was a battle camp class ship like the Mikura.
It was still several feet behind, and other friendly ships were even further behind.
As for the precious generals, even if the people in the Tibetan Soldier Cave stand on tiptoes and look through the autumn water, they may not be able to see a trace of them.
As the saying goes, the first bird is shot. If the Sankura continues to advance bravely like this, I am afraid that it will not be long before it sinks into the sea and becomes the dead ship.
Although they were cannon fodder, they did not die like this.
well.
Oda sighed.
"It's not clear what I'm capable of. It's just that there are so many military orders, and General Haneda's order is..."
"General," the military advisor interrupted him directly, "As the saying goes, generals will not accept orders from outsiders. General Haneda ordered us, the Mikura, to stand in front of us. There is no problem."
"But with such a large fleet, there is no reason for our battle camp class to be majestic. At least it should be accompanied by other friendly ships."
"That's right." Others were already dissatisfied and nodded, "If we want to die together, we must live together, how can we rush to the front and others can't come up?"
"General, why don't we wait for the Mako and Ohno next to us. We can't stop a frontal attack. At least they can protect our left and right sides from attack."
"indeed."
…
Oda listened silently, and after a while he gritted his teeth.
"Change speed, put up nets for defense, engineers repair the ship; launch all weapons to counterattack, focusing on attacking their generals. At the same time, send flags to the rear to ask about the situation, and wait until other brother ships come up."
"yes!"
Even if the distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, they must not stop. The stopped battleship is a living target.
Therefore, the Sancang could only speed up and slow down at times, trying to avoid Yun Chuiren's artillery fire.
Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang!
Then the gongs and drums of reducing propeller speed were sounded.
Zuomu was afraid that the prisoners would not understand, so he quickly ran down the sailor cabin to find Wei Dashan.
He pointed to the white circle on the floor and made the gesture of abandoning the oar and stopping.
"Change speed, speed change, do you understand? Let one of you stop and rest where you are. The others continue!"
Wei Dashan understood and quickly ran back and forth in the cabin.
"Brothers, the odd and even numbers take turns to rest, and everyone ensures their physical strength."
"This broken ship was seriously damaged, and the Japanese pirate warship next to it failed to catch up, so it can only be beaten now. Everyone works hard to occupy the oar position and be ready to jump into the sea at any time."
The prisoners looked at each other, and some of them sat down to rest.
They couldn't see the hull shell and the upper deck, but the hull under their feet kept shaking, and the battleship's keel creaked and groaned. They knew in their hearts that the Mikura was probably in bad shape at this time.
But in any case, as long as you are not unlucky, such as being directly hit by a heavy crossbow on the waterline or hitting the stored kerosene, otherwise, it will not be easy to sink a battle camp-class ship with only long-range weapons.
So most people are safe for the time being.
The news about the Sancang was reported layer by layer, and it didn't take long for it to reach the rear commander.
Haneda Yang glanced at it expressionlessly and handed it to the military advisor and deputy general next to him.
"General," the military advisor muttered, "the front army cannot attack directly, we must continue to delay."
Their strength is not as good as Yang Miao's, and now that the enemy is waiting for work, they are downwind. Even if all their warships attack at once, they may not have a good chance of winning.
Only when the support fleet sent by Ishikawa Taki arrives and a north-south pincer attack can we have a chance of winning.
Haneda Yangxiang nodded slowly, "I agree."
"Come here..." Just as he was about to give the order, the deputy general stood up quickly.
"General, my subordinates dare not question your orders, but I have something I don't know should I say?"
Haneda Yangxiang was a little unhappy, but looking at the deputy general's face that was flushed with anxiety, he nodded slowly and said, "Go ahead."
call.
The lieutenant breathed out a sigh of relief and quickly spread out the chart.
"General, as the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning. A good beginning is the beginning of victory."
"The military advisor wants to delay time and wait for reinforcements, which is a good idea. But as for Yang Miao, he will not follow our wishes."
Having said this, the deputy general measured the distance between the two sides with a ruler.
"General, please look, this is the distance between us and the enemy..."
well.
He sighed.
"To say that someone else's will destroys their own power, now the East China Sea Barrier has launched an attack. With their ability, even if we let the front army set up a long snake formation and try to delay, I'm afraid it won't be able to delay for too long."
"At that time, due to insufficient resistance, the opponent will be able to kill more smoothly. At the same time, the morale of the Yunchui people will also rise."
Haneda Yangxiang's expression tightened and he quickly stared at the chart.
The right time, right place and right people are the three major elements of war.
Now they have lost the right time and location. If there is no more harmony, even if Ishikawa Taki's support arrives, I am afraid this battle will not be fought.
After a while, Haneda Yangxiang nodded slowly: "What do you mean?"
Phew~
The deputy general let out a long sigh when he saw that the general had listened.
"General, in the humble opinion of my subordinates, instead of passively responding to the battle, it is better for the front army to put up a tenacious resistance. Let's have a head-on confrontation."
"Yang Miao is strong, but we are not that weak, otherwise General Genjing would not have entrusted the general with the important task of sending us south."
"To put it bluntly, even if Yang Miao swarms up, it won't be a matter of time to eat our front troops. If the soldiers on the front line fight bravely, they might even knock out half of his teeth."
Having said this, the deputy general raised his head and looked southward.
In the distance, dense fireballs streaked across the sky, almost forming a bridge in the sky.
It can be seen how intensive the attacks on the East China Sea Barrier are.
"General, morale rises and falls. As long as you can withstand Yang Miao's first round of attacks, even if the entire front army is destroyed, as long as you defeat Yun Chui's morale, it will be a great victory. Let's come down. Much easier.”
Otherwise, if the enemy fights with overwhelming momentum, it will be unclear whether the Chinese army can withstand it, let alone the front army. (End of chapter)
