Liu Jingming stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the enemies who were constantly gathering around, with a calm expression and no panic at all.

But Chen Zhiyang and others were different. The Japanese blocked the sea estuary. They had no way to advance and retreat and were about to fall into the desperate situation of being encircled and suppressed!

As the mouth of the Ming Dynasty narrowed, the fifty warships continued to gather, the black cannons were raised, and seven thousand soldiers were ready to fight.

On the left bank of the fleet, Matsuhira Nobuzuo was far away. He stood at a high place, holding a telescope, looking from a distance, holding his right hand, and the eyes in the telescope were always staring at the every move of the Ming fleet.

"Attack!" Suddenly, Nobuzuo Matsuhira waved his hand suddenly and said loudly.

Signals exploded, resounding across the straits by the ship.

"Fire the cannon!" Almost at the same time, Liu Jingming drew out his knife and raised it high.

On the high watchtower, flags were waving, and the flags spread throughout the fleet.

"attack!"

The small boat opposite the Japanese was flying over and heading towards the Ming Dynasty fleet, obviously wanting ants to eat elephants. There were dense heads on the boats of all sizes, waving long swords and whining.

Bang bang bang

The Ming Dynasty's fleet was more direct, with more than 100 cannons aiming at the Japanese ships blocking the exit in front, and dense shells fell like rain.

Boom boom boom boom

Some ships were directly exploded, blowing up all the ships around them, and some shells fell into the water, some exploded, and some disappeared directly. But more were incendiary bombs, which burned when they exploded, and sparks splashed everywhere, causing greater fire.

The fire on the sea was spreading rapidly, like a sea of ​​fire.

"Kill!" These warriors were like crazy, and kept rowing desperately with rainy cannonballs, waving their long swords.

The Ming Dynasty's flag soldiers kept shouting "fire fire" and "fire fire". The cannons quickly became hot. Basins of cold water were watered away. The white mist wrapped with blue smoke and swayed into the air, and the murderous intent was boiling.

In this narrow strait, the sound of cannons rumbled and the flames were filled with fire. From a distance, some small boats rushed in, and the big ships remained motionless, like a group of wolves hunting for tigers.

Matsuhira Nobuzu was still outside the cannon range, and the telescope looked carefully, his face was deserted.

Miyake Shigeri put down his telescope and frowned and said, "Dian, Mingren's artillery is too powerful, so it is not a solution to continue like this."

This is a very narrow section of the strait, and the Japanese ships are quite dense. If this gun goes down, it will almost certainly lead to a single shot. Several ships are implicated. Now I don’t know how many warriors were killed and fell into the water.

Matsuhira Nobuzuo put down his telescope and said, "It's not too late yet. The artillery of the Ming people is at a distance. After rushing through this section, they can get closer and board the Ming people's ship."

If long-range artillery bombardment is turned into close combat, the Japanese will be able to take advantage of their advantages. At that time, the 30,000 Japanese samurai who are ambushing on both sides will be able to kill all the 7,000 people on the ship!

Miyake Shigetaki understood, picked up his telescope, observed the Japanese ships swarming towards the Ming Dynasty's large and small ships, waiting for Matsuhira Nobusuo's orders at any time.

The Japanese boat soon entered the Ming Dynasty fleet not far away, avoided the shells, and rushed towards the fleet frantically. Although the ships were small, there were quite a lot of them, and they were covered with black heads.

At this time, Chen Zhiyang had already got off the medium ship and came to a small ship. He looked up at the big ship. When the flag on it moved, he shouted: "Strike!"

More than 30 small ships crossed the middle ship and met the ships rushing towards the Japanese.

"Murderer, arrows are ready!"

On the small ship, arrows and spears of the enemy were lifted up, aiming at the small ships rushing in from afar.

One hundred feet, eighty feet, fifty feet...

"Shoot!" Chen Zhiyang waved his hand violently and shouted in a deep voice.

More than thirty small ships, hundreds of arrows, and spears immediately began to shoot.

Bang bang bang

Swallow

Japanese samurai screamed and kept falling into the water, and some small boats even capsized directly. The power of arrow launchers played a greater role at this time, and some small boats disintegrated directly.

But these Japanese warriors were as crazy as they were not afraid at all. While rowing, they screamed and waved their long swords and rushed towards the fleet.

"kill!"

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty fleet were shouting, after three consecutive shots, they had already put down their spears or bows and arrows, picked up grenades in their hands, and threw them away from a distance.

The number of ships in Japan has decreased a lot, but there are still many. They are surrounded by like ants climbing trees, densely packed.

Chen Zhiyang looked at it, sneered, and said, "Are you ready?"

A captain immediately raised his hand and said, "It's ready."

Chen Zhiyang turned his head and made a stop to the big ship behind him.

Liu Jingming waved his hand, and the archers and snookers on the ship were all in their place.

"kill!"

Seeing that the Japanese samurai approached, the soldiers on the Ming Dynasty fleet gave up their bows and arrows, first threw grenades, then picked up nearly ten feet long spears and launched an attack from afar.

"shooting!"

The archers on the middle ship cooperated with the raiders. The Japanese soldiers near the front shouted and poured them into the water. Many of them even overturned the boat. Those who knew the nature of the water still shouted and swam forward.

Matsuhira Nobuzu approached silently, silently observing in an inconspicuous little forest.

Miyayashi Shigeki looked solemn and said, "Dian, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were well-trained and cooperated with each other. I am afraid that these ships could only block them, but they could not do anything to them."

Although there are more than 100 ships, there are less than 2,000 warriors in total. The Ming people's firearms are too powerful and they lost half of them before they were close. Even if they are close, 1,28 people are even more useless.

Matsuhira Nobuzu said: "I want to block the fleet of Meiren, and I want to see their strength."

Miyake Shigeri was stunned and said, "Dian, don't we continue to attack?"

Matsukai Nobuzu shook his head and said, "The Ming Dynasty's fleet is at least 600 feet away from the shore, which is too far away. To deal with the Ming Dynasty's fleet, we also need a powerful fleet and more powerful artillery."

Miyake Shigeri turned his head to look at the sea. Although the Ming Dynasty artillery had stopped, there were still constant explosions. The Ming people not only had long-distance artillery, but also had more close-range firearms. The ships they sent were blown away constantly, and the people above were killed and injured, screaming in succession.

There are more than two thousand people, but not many are left, and even if they are close to each other, the effect is not too great.

"Then, what should we do next? If we don't stop it, Akito will really cut off our retreat." Miyake Shigeki looked worried.

Guanmen Strait is the only point of contact between Jiuguo Island and its own island. There is no other way except here. If this place is cut off, they will lose their support and their morale will be unstable. All efforts in Jiuguo Island will be gone and will even develop in a worse direction.

Matsuhira Nobuzuki naturally knew it, but he was still in a hurry and had not prepared enough in advance. He said with a light face: "Look first."

Between their conversation, the Ming Dynasty was almost cleaning the battlefield. In the water, there were many Japanese people on some large and small boats in the distance. They struggled, ran away, and shouted.

There were actually quite a few people who rushed to the front, but their number was too small. Facing the Ming Dynasty's firearms, the number of people could not shake the Ming Dynasty's fleet's unmoving status on the sea.

Chen Zhiyang looked at the corpses and ordered people to stab the spears a few times regardless of whether they died or not. As for those who ran away, they were too lazy to chase them. They were sure that there were no hidden dangers and began to clear the waterway.

Liu Jingming looked at Chen Zhiyang's actions and did not stop him. He held a telescope to observe on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Logically speaking, when these small boats charge, both sides should cooperate so that they can take down his fleet.

But, no.

A captain stood beside him and said, "Sir, I think they will not come out."

In fact, they all knew that people were ambushed on both sides. But this location was not good. If they were stuck at the narrowest part of the Guanmen Strait, it would be the most dangerous and easiest to succeed.

Obviously, the Japanese had no experience in dealing with the navy, and the war came very suddenly and had not been carefully planned, which was more like a temptation.

Liu Jingming nodded slightly, put down his telescope, and said, "Leave here as soon as possible. By the way, make a summary of this war. Add one sentence: The navy should have enough depth at sea to flexibly display the advantage of artillery, and be based on unbeaten defeating the enemy. The strait, narrow path, not wide, and not deep enough water. The navy should be cautious when going to places where the navy is not going to be."

This time, it was also a "training" for the Ming Dynasty fleet. The training manual was not perfect and required the accumulation of experience step by step.

The captain clasped his fists and said, "Yes."

Chen Zhiyang cleaned up quickly and had reached the narrowest part of the strait, where countless ships of all sizes were piled up, blocking the waterway.

Liu Jingming picked up the telescope again. Although the two sides of the Taiwan Strait were disturbing, no one appeared and no big news. Obviously, both sides of the Taiwan Strait were restrained and did not mean to come back.

Matsuhira Nobuzu held a telescope and stared at the Ming Dynasty fleet.

These ships are obviously standardized. The large ship's hull is wide and surrounded by steel. It looks quite powerful. There are black cannons standing in a row, giving people a sense of majestic and dangerous.

The smaller ones were more flexible, but larger than their ordinary fishing boats. They seemed to be walking on flat ground on the sea. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were confident and calm, covered with armor, iron helmets, and white things covered their eyes.

Matsuhira Nobuzu looked at him and became suspicious of his established policies with Tokugawa Ieki for the first time.

After they planned to eradicate internal threats, they blocked the border and prevented ordinary people from communicating with the outside world. Now it seems that perhaps, they were wrong.

Liu Jingming didn't know that he had brought a lot of stimulation to Matsupi Nobuka. When Chen Zhiyang cleared the channel, they asked the fleet to order the first-level combat readiness to slowly pass through the strait.

Matsupi Nobuka never moved again and allowed Liu Jingming's fifty fleets to pass one by one.

Liu Jingming's fleet left the Guanmen Strait, and a group of people breathed a sigh of relief. If they were stuck here, it would be a great danger for them.

On the command ship, Liu Jingming looked back and saw that the two sides of the strait were indeed silly, and the ambushers began to retreat.

Liu Jingming turned to look at Chen Zhiyang and said, "It's still a little too late. You have to cover the mines. The closed strait must be cut off!"

"Yes!" Chen Zhiyang was still feeling a little unsatisfied in the battle just now. He looked at the retreating Japanese warriors on both sides, got off the middle ship and directed the small ship to enter the strait again.
Chapter completed!