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Mitsuhisa Shimadzu originally wanted to reprimand him, but when he saw that it was his teacher, he held back and didn't speak.
Kuro Huashan and Tadayoshi Shimadzu saw that Yagyu was cheating, they didn't dare to offend him, and hurried away.
Seeing the backs of Huashan Kuro and Shimadzu Tadayoshi leaving, Yagyu Ryuga snorted coldly:
"Hmph, two ignorant brats, don't beg me after being defeated by the Ming army!"
Shimadzu Mitsuhisa smiled slightly:
"Teacher, please sit down, let's discuss how to defeat the Ming army."
Yagyu swept his gaze across the faces of the Satsuma clan's staff and said:
"What happened when the Yuan Dynasty attacked Japan in its heyday? The whole army was still wiped out. Later, it was nothing. The envoys sent by Zhu Yuanzhang were also killed by us. The Ming Dynasty also had nothing to do with me. Now they are just a group of North Korean clowns. They just want to do it. Let me show you something, they don’t have the guts to really attack my Satsuma clan, at worst they build stone fortifications on the beach, even if the Ming army comes, they will never come back.”
Yagyu's deceitful words made the whole Satsuma clan cheer up immediately.
"That's right, just follow the advice of senior Liu Sheng, so that the Ming army will come and go..."
These people were all dazzled by the historical events of the victory against the Yuan Dynasty's invasion, and they always wanted to rest on the merits of their ancestors.
The current strength of Ming Dynasty is beyond what they can imagine. They always think that the Ming army is not as strong as the Yuan army.
On the sea of Satsuma Peninsula, one or two fishing boats can be seen fishing from time to time.
In fact, both sides knew that they were scouts from the other side. In order not to arouse the vigilance of the other side, both sides pretended not to see it.
Huashan Jiulang and Shimadzu Zhongliang also received news of the arrival of reinforcements from the Ming army. They sent [-] warships out of the military port to prepare for a decisive battle with the Ming army at sea.
The main forces of the Ming army were divided into two groups, one was led by Zhang Huangyan and headed straight for Fukuoka, and the other was led by Haijiao, heading for Kagoshima.
The warships of the Satsuma domain are all concentrated on the sea five nautical miles away from Fukuoka.
They are ready to wait for work with ease, and give the Ming warship a head-on blow.
They had already seen the fighting power of the Ming army yesterday. They were more than brave but lacked any tricks.
Huashan Kuro and Shimadzu Tadayoshi each led a fleet. Seeing that there were not many warships of the Ming army, they immediately attacked the Ming army.
Seeing the billowing black smoke among the sailing warships of the Ming army from a distance, they thought it was the Ming army warships that were on fire.
However, when the distance between the warships of the two countries was still 1000 meters, the sailing warships of the Ming army suddenly spread out to both sides, and six tall warships with tall chimneys and billowing black smoke came out in the middle.
Huashan Jiulang was taken aback at that time, it was the first time he saw this kind of warship, and he had an ominous premonition in his heart.
"Hurry up, line up to meet the enemy, the Ming army fleet is coming."
Huashan Jiulang gave an order, and the Japanese warship immediately turned its rudder, ready to fire when the Ming warship came into range.
But as soon as they turned the battleship over, suddenly the naval guns on the Ming battleship began to fire.
"Rumble..."
"Boom bang bang..."
Huashan Jiulang's flagship was also hit by two shells, sawdust flying all over the place, and the battleship began to shake violently.
Immediately a soldier came up to report:
"Sir, please jump into the sea and escape immediately. The battleship has been destroyed and is about to sink."
Huashan Jiulang was dumbfounded when he heard the report from his subordinates:
"What? Don't talk nonsense, how could two shells sink the Yamada, even twenty shells..."
Seeing that Huashan wine old man didn't believe it, the soldier said patiently:
"My lord, what this subordinate said is true. The artillery shells of the Ming army will explode, and the battleship was blown into two big holes, and it is sinking under water."
"Boom bang..."
Huashan Kuro still didn't fully understand what was going on, when suddenly two more shells hit the Yamada.
One hit near the waterline of the Yamada, and one of them exploded right next to Huashan Kuro.
Huashan Jiulang and several senior officers on the battleship were directly killed, and the sinking speed of the battleship also began to accelerate.
The range of Japanese warship artillery is generally about 600 meters.
The guns on the Daming ironclad battleship have a much longer range, at least 800 meters.
How do Japanese warships compare to Ming iron-clad warships? Not only do their guns have a longer range, but they are still bombs.
So the Japanese have not fully understood that the flagship has been destroyed.
This time, the shells on the armored warship were all explosive shells, and the six warships fired at the same time, causing huge damage to the Japanese warship.
Almost two or three shells can sink a small Japanese warship.
While the ironclad warship fired, other warships also fired at the Japanese warship.
The warships that the Ming army came this time, whether ironclad or sail warships, all used explosive bombs, with the purpose of destroying the vital forces of the Japanese navy.
Fifty warships of the Ming Dynasty confronted a hundred Japanese warships, but the result was an easy fight.
This time is completely different from the Korean warships. The artillery and shells of the main battleship of Ming Dynasty are more advanced.
Almost all the shells of the Japanese warships fell into the sea not far from the Ming warships.
However, the artillery shells fired by the Ming army's naval guns could easily hit the Japanese warships.
As soon as the battle started, the Japanese Navy Admiral Kuro Huashan was killed by an explosive bomb, and the remaining battleships were in chaos without a leader.
Worried about being sunk by the Ming army's flowering bombs, the Japanese warships fled desperately. Many warships collided with each other, and non-combat attrition occurred.
With Haijiao's order, the armored battleship and sailing warship fired round after round.
In front of the warships driven by North Korean soldiers, the Japanese warships have an overwhelming advantage.
At this time, in front of the main battleship of the Ming army, they could only be beaten, and there was no way to fight back.
In one morning, the warships of the Ming army almost sank all the warships led by Huashan Jiulang.
In the end, only five warships escaped in embarrassment. Haijiao looked at the direction in which they were fleeing, and did not pursue them.
Because before they fled, the navy led by Zhang Huangyan was waiting there.