When Inoue Ichiro heard that Kato Hiroki was going to die, and that he was going to die with him, of course he was unwilling.
He immediately spoke and said:
"Kato-kun, you heard the Ming army's firepower just now. The firepower of one ship is already so huge. If forty ships fire at the same time, we may not be able to withstand it."
"Let me see, we might as well endure it for a while, why do we have to fight the Ming army now?"
For the sake of his own life, Inoue Ichiro's words can be said to be true and sincere, without any water mixed in.
In his opinion, his analysis was so profound that even if he could not persuade Kato Hiroki, he could at least persuade some of the leaders present to follow him and persuade Kato Hiroki.
"Shhh!!"
But who would have expected that as soon as he finished speaking, he was aroused by boos. These bursts of boos only made Inoue Ichiro's blood rush from his crotch to Tianling Gai.
Kato Hiroki said with disdain:
"It seems that Inoue-kun has completely lost his dignity as a samurai. He has completely disgraced the samurai."
"Since Mr. Inoue is afraid, please leave Shuangyu Island as soon as possible. We don't need a coward like you."
"Who said I'm scared?"
Ichiro Inoue was overwhelmed by anger at this moment and roared loudly:
"I'll go with you!"
Kato Hiroki's eyes flashed with a hint of cunning, and he changed his expression and said:
"Then please ask Mr. Inoue to prepare quickly. We will board the ship later and go to intercept the Ming army."
Inoue Ichiro angrily turned around and left the meeting hall, while Kato Hiroki began to mobilize his troops and arrange a plan to attack the Ming army.
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After Li Jin sank the Japanese pirate ship, he didn't take it to heart at all and continued to rush southward.
In Li Jin's view, it was just a dilapidated Japanese pirate ship that disappeared into ashes in a snap. Where could we stop for this?
Their top priority now is to rush to the Fujian waters.
Even if they don't rush to Fuzhou Prefecture immediately, as long as they capture the Fujian waters, the Japanese pirates besieging Fuzhou Prefecture will never turn a blind eye to themselves and others.
This will relieve Deng Yu's pressure to a great extent.
Xu Da also meant the same thing. With the joint wishes of the two of them, the fleet headed south without stopping at all.
After all, after Xu Da saw the fleet's firepower, he didn't think that any Japanese pirates would dare to come and provoke him without the foresight.
But when Li Jin ordered thousands of artillery fire, Xu Da was shocked.
Although Xu Da had seen the power of artillery before, fighting at sea was still the first time in his life.
There had been several water battles before, the most famous of which was the Battle of Dongting Lake. Chen Youliang's 600,000-strong army was wiped out in one battle, laying the foundation for the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
But that kind of battle is on the water, which is completely different from fighting in the sea.
A simple example is that the small boat driven by Xu Da was only a hundred feet away from Chen Youliang's invincible giant ship. The two sides were fighting at close range.
After all, Dongting Lake is so big. The two sides set up a posture, with millions of troops crowded into Dongting Lake, and they could only fight hand to hand.
And above the sea, it is really endless and vast.
When the two sides fight, the most important method of combat is artillery.
Li Jin's salvo of thousands of artillery fire completely shocked Xu Da.
Let alone at sea, even on the grasslands, fighting the Mongols has never been such a spectacular scene.
The artillery of this era was still an extremely heavy thing, and it was impossible to use it in field battles.
Xu Da witnessed with his own eyes the process of a living ship disappearing into thin air in just half a cup of tea, and he couldn't help being shocked.
I have a better understanding of the strength of Li Jin's navy.
Although the strength of the Marine Corps still needs to be improved, no one can defeat Li Jin's fleet when fighting at sea.
When passing through Wenzhou during the journey south, the staff in the war room suggested that they should enter the Wenzhou port, rest for a day, and replenish fresh water and food.
However, before Li Jin set off, he had already stored a large amount of food in the cargo ship in order to rush on the road, which was enough for the navy to eat for a month, so there was no need to worry about the food problem.
As for fresh water, it can be replenished on the island.
Li Jin did not follow the advice of the war room, but after discussing with Xu Da, he decided to continue going south.
Xu Da was also very confident in the strength of his fleet. His opinions were consistent with Li Jin's and there was no need to waste time in Wenzhou.
Arriving in Fujian as soon as possible can save the people from hanging upside down as soon as possible.
The fleet rushed through Wenzhou and was about to reach the waters of Fujian before it stopped.
It wasn't because I encountered blind Japanese pirates, but because it was getting dark.
Although Li Jin and Xu Da were anxious, it was definitely impossible to continue marching when it was dark. After all, sailing a ship at night would most likely cause it to lose its way, or even cause the ship to run aground.
Finally, under the arrangement of the war room staff, the fleet found an unnamed island as a shelter from the wind before dark, intending to rest here for the night and continue on its way the next day.
After Li Jin and Xu Da discussed taking turns to keep vigil, they asked Xu Da to rest first.
The Wenzhou island is a small island chain, with many similar small islands densely covered in front and back.
Behind the island where Li Jin was resting, less than ten miles away, a similar small island port was already filled with nearly a hundred ships of all sizes.
Kato Hiroki and Inoue Ichiro were on one of the ships. At this moment, Kato Hiroki was doing the final mobilization before the attack.
"Brothers, the sentry in front has sent word that the enemy is indeed resting on the islands in this area."
"This time, we must avenge Inoue-kun."
"As long as we capture these giant ships, this sea area will belong to our brothers in the future. I am not afraid even of those pirates from the south."
"This battle is about the future and lives of our brothers. As long as we win, you will have your choice of Ming Dynasty's rich women!"
"Brothers, kill!!"
"kill!!"
"kill!!"
The shouts shook the sky, and Inoue Ichiro was among them, with shock on his face.
At this time, Ichiro Inoue learned about Kato Hiroki's plan.
It turned out that from the beginning, Kato Hiroki had no intention of confronting the Ming army head-on. After all, knowing that the Ming army's firepower was so fierce, he would still have to trouble the Ming army unless he was tired of living.
Kato Hiroki wanted to use his familiarity with the terrain to launch a night attack on this group of Ming troops under the cover of night.
Under the night, it is fair to both sides. After all, there is no sunlight at night, and no matter how fierce the firepower is, it is impossible to launch violent shooting.
In this way, Kato Hiroki can make up for the gap in firepower. The next step is to fight hand to hand.
And hand-to-hand combat is the Japanese pirates' strong point.
This time, Kato Hiroki almost mobilized with more than 50,000 Japanese pirates in order to annihilate this group of Ming troops.
As long as it is a Japanese pirate who occupies the opponent's fleet, who will not drool after looking at the Ming army's warships?
It has to be said that regardless of his calculations, Inoue Ichiro felt that Kato Hiroki's chances of winning were still very high.
If Inoue Ichiro had not fought against this group of Ming soldiers before, he even felt that Kato Hiroki would definitely succeed this time.
But after Ichiro Inoue recalled the scene of the last battle with the Ming army, he couldn't help but feel a haze in his heart.
