Chapter 660     Ryukyu naval battle

After hearing the news of the arrival of Ming Jun, Birchwood had no intention of continuing to eat a female body feast in the Mid-Autumn Festival.

He reached out and grabbed a hand in the high raised part of the container:

"Quick, let the turret be ready for combat, and the warships will go to sea to intercept them immediately."

"Yu"

At the Mid-Autumn Festival order of Birchwood, the Satsuma soldiers in Ryukyu took action immediately.

The shore defense soldiers quickly got on the fort, and Birchmu personally boarded the warships in Mid-Autumn Festival and went to intercept the Ming army's warships.

"Your Majesty, good news! The Daming Tian Army is here, and our Ryukyu people are free..."

After Hua Mu led the navy in Mid-Autumn Festival, the Ryukyu Wang Shangxian of the palace also received news of the arrival of the Ming army.

Seeing the Ryukyu general coming to announce the good news, Shangxian rarely smiled on his face.

"General Shari, I am not the emperor now, but the King of Ryukyu in the Ming Dynasty. I cannot be called the emperor again in the future."

"Your Majesty...yes"

General Shali changed his words immediately.

He was Shangxian's right-hand man, and he had known about the news that Ryukyu had entered the Ming Dynasty.

As a patriotic general, although he was reluctant to abandon Ryukyu and incorporated into the Ming Dynasty.

But thinking of the arrogance and domineeringness of the Satsuma clan and the cruel suppression of the Ryukyu people by the Satsuma clan, Shari quickly felt relieved.

"Prince, Birch Mu went to the sea to fight the Ming fleet in the Mid-Autumn Festival. What should we do?"

"Bang..."

Shangxian suddenly stood up, punched the table, and his eyes quickly became cold.

"I am the king's order: The people should not leave their homes without any trouble, so as not to be accidentally injured.

At the same time, all soldiers of Ryukyu should be ordered to cooperate with the Ming army immediately to drive the Japanese pirates out of Ryukyu. If anyone disobeys, go and go!”

"Abide by the order"

Seeing that the prince finally became tough, Shali felt very relieved and bowed and left.

There are not many Ryukyu soldiers, only more than 2,000 people in total.

Under the command of Sari, the orders to get out immediately began to be issued to the Satsuma soldiers and the Japanese merchants and expatriates.

Besides, the Satsuma lord general Birchwood Mid-Autumn Festival, he personally boarded the Satsuma warship and headed towards the Ming fleet.

He wanted to intercept the Ming army five nautical miles away and would never allow the Ming army to land.

The warships of both sides sailed head-on and soon met in the Three Nautical Miles of Ryukyu.

Why did they meet in the Three Nautical Mile? It was because Birch Mid-Autumn Festival misjudged the speed of the Ming army warships.

The Satsuma Tortoise Ship had a speed of about seven knots, while the Ming army's iron armored warship had a speed of fourteen knots.

When I saw the dragon flag flying high on the Ming Dynasty warships on the sea from afar, the birch wood was immediately stunned.

"Baoge, didn't you just report that the Ming warship was fifteen nautical miles away?"

Birchwood's deputy was also confused:

"Yes, what the intelligence officer said, why has the Ming warship entered the Ryukyu territorial waters?"

"No! General, look, that's a monster..."

At the reminder of his deputy, Birchwood grabbed a single-tube telescope and looked at the Ming Dynasty warship.

This is the first time he has lived for more than 30 years that he has seen such a huge warship.

It was like a monster, emitting rolling farm smoke.

"Oh my God, is this still a warship? This is too big, right? Didn't it mean there are ten warships? Why do you only see two warships?"

If there were ten such giant ships in the Ming Dynasty, Birch would definitely be withdrawn immediately after Mid-Autumn Festival.

After seeing only two giant ships, Birch was a little relieved after seeing them.

"Send the order, all Satsuma warships are ready for battle immediately and send a signal to the Ming army to stop advancing, otherwise we will fire."

"yes"

No matter what, you can't escape without a shot. This is not the character of a Japanese.

Although they are only 1.6 meters tall, they are all ruthless.

This is also the reason why the Japanese pirates repeatedly offended the coast of the Ming Dynasty during the Jiajing period and the Ming army could not do anything to them.

If it weren't for Qi Jiguang's appearance, they would have been rampant in the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty for a while.

At the Mid-Autumn Festival order of Birch, the Satsuma warships immediately entered a state of combat.

The Satsuma warships lined up in a row, and the artillery on the warships also targeted the two armored warships of the Ming Dynasty.

Each tortoise shell ship in the Satsuma clan has more than 30 artillery pieces, and more than 20 cannons are fired together, so the power will not be small.

"Prince, general, more than 20 Satsuma warships appeared in front of us, and they sent a signal to let us leave."

The captain of the Ming Dynasty warship, Haikao, also received a report from the observation post.

He looked back at the ten sail warships behind him and found that he had not followed.

Cape knew that the armored warship was too fast and dumped ten warships.

Now sailing warships are just naval transport ships and generally do not participate in naval warfare.

Cape raised his telescope and looked at the tortoise shell ship in the Satsuma family ahead, with a sneer on his lips:

"Transfer to my order. The Emperor Wen Zhengde immediately prepares for combat, and immediately launches bombardment when entering the range, and knocks them all into turtles."

King Zhu Youjian of Tang looked at Haike silently, but he didn't say anything.

Of course, the navy is fighting. Only after the warships dock can their army launch a charge.

When the warships on both sides were 800 meters away, the Satsuma soldiers were still waving signal flags there.

As soon as the cape waved his hand, the Ming army, the Wendi and Zhengde, turned sideways, and more than 90 artillery guns aimed at the tortoise shell ships of the Satsuma family.

"fire……"

The cape roared, and the ninety artillery pieces on the two warships began to shell the Satsuma warships together.

"Boom..."

The sentry on the Satsuma Tortoise Shell ship saw the muzzle of the Ming army's giant ships gushing out of their anger, and hurriedly reported to Birch Mid-Autumn Festival:

"General, the Ming army fired."

Birch Mid-Autumn Festival said without any concern:

"They can't hit us at such a long distance."

"Bang bang..."

Before the Birch Mid-Autumn Festival finished speaking, a cannonball landed on the tortoise shell ship where he was located.

The Japanese proud strong hull was immediately blasted out of a big hole, and five or six gunners were killed.

Birch was shocked in Mid-Autumn Festival and hurriedly looked at other tortoise shell ships, but found that more than a dozen were also hit.

"How could this distance hit our warship? Follow my orders, don't waste ammunition, and rush up to fight immediately."

Birch Mid-Autumn Festival is not wrong. The Satsuma Tortoise Shell ships are filled with Fran machine cannons. Because of the bumpy waves, there is almost no effect at all.

However, the Ming army's warships were all iron-armored warships, with much larger tonnage of warships and much more stable on the sea surface, with an effective range of three kilometers.

If you fire more than 90 shells in a round, some of them will definitely hit the tortoise shell ship.

At the Mid-Autumn Festival order of Birchwood, the tortoise shell ship of the Satsuma family immediately turned its bow and rushed towards the Ming warship.

The tortoise shell ship is significantly faster with the joint advancement of sails and manual rocking slurry.

When Zhu Youjian saw that the Japanese actually rushed up, his face changed.

"Look at General, the Japanese are rushing over. They must want to fight hand-to-hand combat. Our soldiers are still behind!"

Of course, when Cape saw the Satsuma family rushing up, he didn't care:

"The prince doesn't need to worry, they are giving away the heads."

As the cape said, he reached out and grabbed the intercom and sent the order:

"Note that the Japanese want to fight to the death, so we can help them, let them enter two hundred meters to fire the cannon, remember to change the flowering bullet."

(End of this chapter)
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