The blue waves were rippling, and Li Jin led the fleet on the sea, riding the wind and waves.
At this time, all the sails of the fleet ships were fully opened, and the warships were like arrows, galloping towards the east.
On the battleship, everyone was on high alert, staring eagerly ahead, hoping to find traces of the Japanese pirates as soon as possible.
In this way, the fleet kept sailing at full sail speed. About two hours later, they finally saw an island at the intersection of the sea and the sky ahead.
"Sir, that place in front is the island where the Japanese pirates are hiding."
The dark-faced young man, after seeing the island, raised his hand and said to Li Jin.
"Yesterday, I saw with my own eyes that a large group of Japanese pirate warships sailed into this harbor after escaping from our army's pursuit."
Before Li Jin could speak, Lan Yu beside him said ecstatically:
"Okay, this time I want to see where this Japanese pirate is going to escape?"
Li Jin also nodded and said:
"Inform all warships to prepare to go to sea and land for landing operations!"
Waiting from yesterday to today, isn’t it just for this moment?
When he saw the Japanese pirate fleet yesterday, Li Jin had already imagined today's scene in his mind.
What he wanted was not a simple killing, but a complete eradication of this group of Japanese pirates.
When Marshal Qi was suppressing bandits in the southeast, he kept on defense from the beginning. Wherever the Japanese pirates came ashore, he rushed there.
Just like a firefighter, wherever there is danger, Marshal Qi will be there.
However, this method of warfare greatly consumes the soldiers' physical strength and is extremely slow to produce results.
Fortunately, Marshal Qi's Qi family army was extremely elite. Even if they came from afar, they could easily defeat the Japanese pirates in the face of enemy troops waiting for work.
But even for such an elite Qi family army, it took more than thirteen years to exterminate the Japanese pirates in the southeast.
After annihilating the Japanese pirates in Zhejiang, Marshal Qi went south to annihilate the Japanese pirates in Fujian. In the end, he defeated the enemy's lair with seven battles and seven victories, and completely pacified the Japanese pirates in Fujian.
In terms of scale, the scale of the Japanese pirates in Fujian was far greater than that in Zhejiang, and there were pirates behind them. However, the time it took to eliminate the Japanese pirates in Fujian was extremely short.
The main reason is because Marshal Qi adopted the strategy of going straight to the Yellow Dragon, hitting the snake seven inches away, and eradicating the root.
Directly attack the opponent's lair. As long as the opponent's lair is occupied, the opponent's morale and supply issues will completely collapse.
Without the support of islands, it would be impossible for these Japanese pirates to survive at sea.
Li Jin borrowed Marshal Qi's tactics and directly attacked the opponent's lair and uprooted the opponent.
Although the environment of the times was different, Li Jin had an advantage that Marshal Qi did not have, that is, Li Jin had a powerful fleet as support.
He can duel with Japanese pirates at sea and run rampant. The only trouble is how to find the opponent's stronghold.
The southeastern coastline of the Ming Dynasty is extremely long, and the islands scattered around the coastline are as dotted as stars.
If you want to accurately find the Japanese pirates' lair on these islands, you need certain means.
Yesterday evening, after Li Jin entered the sea area, he found that the surrounding islands were distributed and there were not many large islands that could accommodate Japanese pirates on a large scale.
Li Jin simply sent a clipper directly to arrive around these large islands for surveillance before dark.
As long as we can determine which island the Japanese pirates are on, the next thing will become much simpler.
The result was just as Li Jin expected. The speedboats finally sent out also monitored the movements of these Japanese pirates.
As the battleship advanced rapidly, the island in front of Li Jin became larger and larger in Li Jin's eyes.
It wasn't until Li Jin was completely close to the island that he discovered that this big island actually looked much bigger than Zhoushan Island.
"This is Shengsi Island. In the past, there was a county here. Before the Song Dynasty, it was called Shengsi County."
The dark-skinned young man introduced to Li Jin:
"It's just that since the sea ban was issued, the people in this area have been forcibly moved inland, and the place has been gradually abandoned."
"Shengsi County?"
Li Jin murmured.
Li Jin also heard a little about this small island near Zhejiang in later generations.
This small island is located at the intersection of the sea and is the watershed between the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea.
It is long and narrow from north to south, wide from east to west, and has large undulating terrain. It is called the "Dragon's Backbone on the Sea".
The southern part of Shengsi Island is dominated by continuous mountains, while the central and northern parts are dominated by gentle hills and low mountains.
The fishing resources near Shengsi Island are rich, producing all kinds of fish, shellfish and marine products. What's even more amazing is that crops can even be grown on Shengsi Island, making it a veritable paradise.
In later generations, such a small Shengsi Island had a population of more than 300,000 and was truly the "Pearl of the East China Sea".
Shengsi Island also has many bays and headlands, such as Donggang Bay, Jingshui Port, Taohua Bay, etc. These bays will be excellent ports in later generations.
Li Jin recalled the introduction of Shengsi Island in later generations, and thought that such a superior island was occupied by Japanese pirates, and he couldn't help but feel angry.
"Find a port immediately, land and fight, and kill all the Japanese pirates on the island!"
Li Jin's cold orders, followed by the flags of the messengers, quickly spread throughout the fleet.
Then the outermost speedboats of the fleet began to disperse quickly, following Li Jin's instructions to find the island's port.
Within a quarter of an hour, Li Jin's fleet found an excellent port with gentle terrain, which was very suitable for landing operations.
When Li Jin led the army to the port, a bell rang at the port on the island.
"Did you hear anything?"
Li Jin looked puzzled, thinking he was hearing hallucinations.
At this moment, there was another loud bell, like a drum in the evening and a bell in the morning. The sound of the bell was extremely penetrating and resounded throughout the island.
Even with the wind blowing in his ears, Li Jin could clearly hear the urgent bell.
"No, the enemy has noticed it. We should land immediately, seize the beach, and establish a bridgehead for landing operations!"
After all, Lan Yu is a veteran in battlefield fighting, and his sense of danger is more than a little stronger than Li Jin's.
"Sir Li, I would like to personally lead the troops and carry out the landing operation. Please give me your permission."
Lan Yu's expression was extremely serious at this moment, and she gently cupped her hands at Li Jin, asking for orders to go out to fight.
Li Jin looked solemn and replied:
"Yes, give the order immediately, put down the clipper, board the team first and follow the Marquis to land first!!"
The reason why I brought Lan Yu with me this time was because I hoped that with the help of Lan Yu's bravery, I could lead the landing team in this landing battle, carve a bloody path on the coast, and establish a stable landing operation location for the follow-up.
As long as the position on the coast can be stabilized, then as the navy continues to flood the beach, Li Jin believes that these Japanese pirates cannot be the opponents of the established Yiwu soldiers!
As Li Jin issued the order, all the warships in the fleet threw all the speedboats on board into the sea like dumplings.
The first crew members were wearing leather armor and holding firecrackers, and boarded the speedboat in an orderly manner.
Zhu Di is a member of the first team, but Zhu Di is special after all.
Due to the shortage of manpower and Zhu Di's excellent cannon skills, Zhu Di had to wear multiple hats.
If it is on a ship, then Zhu Di is an excellent gunner, responsible for firing full-time cannons.
If it were a landing battle, Zhu Di would be the first to ascend the flag.
You must know that in the army, the first team members are the best among the best.
These people are the sharp knives in the navy. The reason why these elites are selected is to enable the navy to seize positions and stabilize its position in the landing battle.
Zhu Di, who boarded the speedboat, was so excited that even the hand holding the gun was trembling slightly.
Sun Dapao, who was standing next to him, saw Zhu Di looking like this and thought Zhu Di was afraid, so he quickly spoke out to comfort him in a low voice:
"Brother Ma, don't be afraid, you will stand behind me later."
I have to say that Sun Dapao, the big brother, is still very interesting to Zhu Di, the little brother.
But he still didn't know enough about the war madman.
"Brother Sun, I'm not afraid, I'm excited. Today I finally have the opportunity to kill Japanese pirates with my own hands. I'm just afraid that I haven't killed enough!"
Zhu Di's high-pitched voice startled everyone around him, and then everyone around him laughed, and the laughter was full of heroism.
Sun Dapao looked at Zhu Di in astonishment, and saw Zhu Di's eyes as bright as stars, his face full of fanaticism, and the expression of a warmonger.
"Okay, Brother Ma is young and energetic. Today I will accompany my brother to kill him to his heart's content!"
While the two were talking, the movements of their hands did not stop at all.
Everyone rowed hard towards the shore, eager to be the first one to board the shore.
First in, first out, naturally means being the first to log in, in order to live up to the name of first in.
At this moment, Zhu Di looked towards the shore with red eyes. He could see many people standing on the shore of the port.
Although their faces could not be seen clearly, these people were wearing tattered armor and holding various weapons in their hands.
But Zhu Di felt that this group of Japanese pirates should be the group that was miserable after all. Some of them actually had wooden sticks in their hands.
Are these people trying to beat themselves to death with sticks?
Zhu Di couldn't help but have a funny thought flash in his mind, looking at the neatly equipped leather armor all over his body, as well as the eight-petal iron pointed helmet on his head.
He felt that even with his bare hands, these Japanese pirates were no match for him.
As the people on the boat slid hard, the shore was getting closer and closer, and there were more and more comrades around them.
Seeing that he was about to engage in battle with the enemy, Zhu Di shouted:
"Array up! Raise the gun!"
