Dark night has fallen, and the moon tonight is particularly shy, hiding behind the thick clouds, unwilling to show up, for fear of being seen by others with her bright face.
Above the sea, the sound of waves rises and falls, and the rhythmic sound is like a lullaby, making people just want to sleep.
In the East China Sea, there are dots of small islands scattered around a very small island chain.
No one usually visits these small islands, because after all, these small islands are too small to carry too many people.
Humans are social animals, so it is naturally impossible to live alone on such a small island.
But the inaccessible island welcomed dozens of warships that night.
After arriving, these warships lowered their anchors at a sheltered area on the island, seemingly intending to rest here for the night.
Waiting until late at night, nearly a hundred ships appeared on the back of the unknown island again.
These boats were in tatters, and some even looked like fishing boats, swaying constantly on the sea, as if they would sink in the next second.
It was Ichiro Inoue, Hiroki Kato and his team.
Through their familiarity with the nearby sea areas, they emboldened themselves to march at night.
Led by the guidance ship in front, hundreds of ships turned around and finally arrived at this unknown island in the middle of the night.
Nearly ten warships among them ran aground on the rocks halfway. The Japanese pirates on board had to abandon the ship and transfer to other ships to continue their journey to the unknown island.
Under the dark night, it was impossible to see the terrain ahead clearly.
The Japanese pirates relied on their familiarity with this place. They moved around and bypassed one or two places where they could easily run into rocks, and finally arrived at the hiding place of the Ming army.
Kato Hiroki saw not far away, on top of the Ming army's warships, there were bright lights and open flames.
Under the illumination of the fire, the huge outline of the Ming Dynasty treasure ship was clearly displayed in Kato Hiroki's eyes.
This made Kato Hiroki's blood boil. With such huge battleships and fierce firepower, if he got them, wouldn't the sea be at his mercy?
With the whole world united and sweeping across all wastes, who else in the world is his opponent?
Thinking of this, a wave of hot blood rushed from Kato Hiroki's crotch to Tianling Gai.
Immediately, Kato Hiroki no longer hesitated and directly issued the order for the entire army to assault.
Nearly a hundred Japanese pirate ships shot straight at the Ming Dynasty's fleet like arrows.
Although these Japanese warships are said to be warships, they are just some plundered merchant ships or even modified fishing boats.
In front of the Ming Dynasty treasure ship, it looked very small, almost worth mentioning.
But the more this happens, the more these Japanese pirates desire the Ming Dynasty treasure ship.
However, even at the fourth watch, the Ming fleet's vigilance still did not relax.
These ships were still a hundred steps away from the Ming warships, and were finally discovered by the Ming soldiers in charge of vigilance.
"Who are you??"
With a sharp shout, a Ming navy man stood up and asked the identity of the visitor.
However, the marine reacted immediately and blew the whistle hanging around his neck.
"Beep beep beep!!"
"Beep beep beep!!"
The sharp and harsh sound resounded throughout the sea area in an instant. The Ming army, which was still sleeping, all opened their eyes due to conditions.
This is Li Jin's special project for all naval forces, a late-night assault training.
These soldiers were not used to it at first, and even almost caused a bombing of the camp.
However, under Li Jin's strong request, this training became one of the must-practice items. From time to time, Li Jin would give these people a surprise training.
After countless baptisms, these soldiers have learned that when they hear a whistle, no matter it is day or night, they will all wake up as a conditioned reflex, and then quickly dress up and prepare for battle.
After a vigilant person sounds the alarm, the surrounding vigilant people will also blow the whistle at the same time.
"Beep beep beep!"
"Beep beep beep!"
Police whistles sounded one after another, as if the whole sea was boiling.
Kato Hiroki felt his scalp numb when he saw this scene. He didn't expect that the vigilance of this group of Ming soldiers was so high.
Before he and others started to join gangs, they were already discovered.
His ears were filled with penetrating whistles at this moment. It was obvious that the Ming army would probably wake up at this time.
The originally planned sneak attack was about to turn into a hand-to-hand encounter with real swords and guns.
Suddenly, Kato Hiroki and other Japanese pirate ships' charging momentum suddenly stalled.
Kato Hiroki knew that this was a critical moment of life and death. If he could not make up his mind quickly and hesitated and wandered back and forth, he would probably be defeated.
After many years of Japanese pirate career, Kato Hiroki, who can take the position of leader, is naturally a decisive person in killing.
He quickly made up his mind and continued to move forward. Even if it was a close encounter, he was not afraid of these Ming troops.
"Bang the drum, keep attacking!!"
Now that he was discovered, Kato Hiroki immediately stopped hiding and directly ordered the drum to be beaten to show his determination.
"Dong dong dong!"
After the exciting drums sounded, the Japanese pirates did not hesitate anymore and continued to rush towards the Ming fleet with shouts.
"Kill, kill!!!"
The distance of a hundred steps is really too short on the sea.
In less than half a cup of tea, the Japanese pirates' nearly a hundred ships were like locusts, swarming crazily towards the Ming army's ships of all sizes.
On the Ming army side, Xu Da was on duty in the second half of the night.
The first moment he heard the police whistle, Xu Da reacted quickly and asked his men to wake up all the Ming troops on the ship immediately.
At the same time, let the flagship admiral light all the torches, so that the navy can see the vicinity of the ship clearly and deal with the surprise enemy.
The surrounding ships were doing the same thing.
After all, the whistle has been engraved in the bones of every Ming navy. As long as the whistle sounds, it means the coming of war.
One by one, Ming ships began to light huge amounts of torches and inserted them around the battleships, trying to see clearly the enemy.
As for some ships, just after the torches were lit, they saw hooks and locks wrapped around the masts and hulls of the warships.
The Japanese pirates used these ropes to climb.
"Enemy attack!! Enemy attack!!!"
The navy, which discovered traces of the enemy, quickly summoned its comrades to come for support.
The battleship quickly became chaotic. Some Ming troops had just boarded the deck and quickly rushed towards them with weapons.
And there are more Ming troops who have just woken up and dressed up, but have not yet boarded the deck.
Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty's warships were too tall. If those Japanese pirate boats wanted to sneak attack the Ming Dynasty's warships, they had to climb onto the deck to control the Ming Dynasty's warships.
In the past, Japanese pirates often robbed merchant ships by getting close to the merchant ships, and then jumped from the ship's mast to the merchant ship's ship, and directly engaged the merchant ship in hand-to-hand combat.
However, against the Ming warships, these Japanese pirates were like stealing a city. They had to climb over the high side of the ship before they could engage with the Ming army at hand-to-hand combat.
The whole nameless island began to ring with loud shouts of killing. The Japanese pirates had the numerical advantage, while the Ming Dynasty's navy had the geographical advantage.
Taking advantage of the height of his ship and being condescending, he constantly blocked the Japanese pirates' attacks.
However, because the Japanese pirates attacked suddenly, there were still many Ming troops who had not yet entered the battle.
Nearly a hundred Japanese warships launched an attack on the Ming Dynasty's fleet. Almost every warship faced the siege of two to three Japanese pirate ships, and the situation was precarious.
Even Xu Da's flagship was besieged by eight warships.
These warships attacked in different directions from front to back, left and right, intending to disrupt the Ming army's sight and make the Ming army focus on one thing and miss another.
Under the guidance of Ichiro Inoue, Kato Hiroki took great care of the battleship Xu Da.
As the saying goes, capture the thief first and capture the king first. As long as the Ming army commanded the flagship, then more than half of the battle would be won.
Kato Hiroki personally led the battleships and participated in the siege of the Ming flagship, hoping to capture the Ming flagship in one fell swoop and shake the Ming army's determination to resist.
