Eight hundred and sixtieth chapters narrow victory
"Attack!" Xuanyuan Sword stood firmly on the flagship and quickly issued an attack order. At this time, the Japanese fleet was only six or seven hundred meters away from the Aquaman giant ship. Taking into account the speed of advance, the medium-sized stone catapult on the ship could already attack the opponent.
"Swoosh...swoosh..." Huge stones drew graceful arcs in the air and fell towards the Japanese fleet hundreds of meters away.
"Bang...Crack..." The huge rock hit the ship...
"Puzzle..." This is the sound of a huge rock hitting the sea...
General Tokugawa had long expected the opponent's attack. After all, his silver-class warships were loaded with small stone catapults, so the opponent's gold-class warships would naturally be more powerful than their own warships. However, General Tokugawa did not order the ship to avoid it, but instead allowed the entire fleet to accelerate forward. They must shorten the distance as soon as possible and reduce the number of attacks by the opponent.
When they rushed to five hundred meters, the Z national fleet attacked two rounds, but the losses caused to the other party were not great. Except for four ships that were attacked slowly downwards, less than one hundred others suffered minor trauma. As for the silver-class warships, the damage was even more slight. Although the strength of these silver-class warships cannot be compared with the Aquaman, they cannot be broken by this ordinary scattering tool with a few huge rocks. However, some soldiers on the ship became unlucky and were smashed to pieces.
Four hundred meters, the Japanese fleet began to fight back with a catapult. They had never thought of damaging the other party's ships, but just wanted to kill a few people and increase their morale.
Xuanyuan Jian looked at the rushing Japanese fleet calmly. After measuring the strength gap between the two sides, he immediately adjusted his order: "Turn left and rudder ninety degrees, sail at full speed! The catapult continues, and the archers are ready to attack!"
"Crash..." After a huge sound of water, the ships in Z suddenly turned in direction, drew an arc on the sea surface, and rushed to the left. However, because the speed of the Neptune giant ship was extremely fast, when they turned around, the bow of the flagship had already hit the hull of a silver-class warship in front of them.
The hull was originally a weak link in a ship. After this collision, the silver-class warship was cut off in half. But the flagship itself was also hit by another Japanese ship. Fortunately, the Sea King's giant ship built by a thousand-year-old cold iron wood is indeed extremely strong. Although this collision directly moved the Sea King's giant ship several meters away. There was no damage except for a trace in the impact position. Of course, this was also due to the fact that the only one that hit the flagship was an ordinary sailboat. At this moment, cracks suddenly appeared on the hull of this ordinary warship, and there was a danger of falling apart at any time.
This flagship has good luck, but other warships may not be so lucky. Some were hit by the opponent's silver-class warships and were knocked out one by one, with holes about the size of a washbasin, but the holes were not below the sea surface, so there was no danger of sinking.
Of course, sank the opponent's ships was not the main purpose of Xuanyuan Sword. After the fleet's perfect drift, the Japanese fleet's long snake formation was instantly disrupted. The left fleet was blocked by the Sea King's giant ship. It was nearly two hundred meters behind, while the right fleet rushed out.
The entire Japanese fleet's formation stretched for dozens of kilometers. Xuanyuan Jian led the fleet to only collide for a distance in the left formation and then left the opponent's fleet. When they were about to encircle, the entire Z-country fleet had already left.
While the two sides were intertwined, the archers on the giant ship of the Sea King were not idle, and a large number of arrows were thrown at the opponent's ships. These soldiers were all naval troops carefully selected by Xuanyuan Sword and their major forces, and their strength was outstanding in China. Some soldiers with an eighth level had the strength to shoot through the side of the sailing ship, and they immediately brought huge casualties to the Japanese fleet.
Of course, the soldiers on the Japanese fleet also fought back frantically, and their attack power was not weaker than the Xuanyuan Sword. However, because the Sea King's giant ship protected the personnel on the ship very well, the casualties on the Xuanyuan Sword were not very large.
During this first confrontation, more than one hundred ships of the Japanese fleet were sunk, including nearly ten silver-class warships. However, only more than a dozen ships of the Z-country fleet were slightly damaged. But in general, the Xuanyuan Sword did not take much advantage in this first round of attack. Although the opponent lost hundreds of ships, you should know that the Japanese fleet had nearly three thousand ships, so it did not have much impact on its overall strength.
But now the Xuanyuan Sword occupies a favorable position. The battle formation formed by the opponent exceeds dozens of kilometers. The only one who can directly confront the Sea King giant ship is the more than 30 ships on the far left.
Oda Hiroshinobu and others were also a little stunned. You should know that the hull of the Sea King is hundreds of meters long! How could it be that it could have a ninety-degree rotation within a distance of just a few hundred meters? This flexibility is incomparable to a mast sailboat dozens of times smaller.
"Change your head! Keep your distance and attack with a stone catapult!" Xuanyuan Sword shouted, and nearly a hundred giant ships of Sea King each set up their own postures and launched an attack on the Japanese fleet in the most favorable position.
The dozens of Japanese ships on the far left were in great danger. The overwhelming huge rocks fell from the sky. The ships instantly became riddled with holes, and they didn't even have the ability to fight back, and quickly sank to the bottom of the sea.
General Tokugawa naturally did not want his fleet to be passively beaten, so he changed his formation again and surrounded the Xuanyuan Sword fleet. He also knew very well that if he could not drag the other party, limit their speed, and engage in boarding battles, they would not have a second result except being dragged to death by the other party on the sea. Therefore, he would have to surround the other party without any loss.
After that, the two sides fought fiercely at sea. One side tried every means to siege the other side, while the other side tried every means to keep a distance from the other side.
As time goes by, the number of ships in the Japanese fleet is getting smaller and smaller, and the damage of the ships under Xuanyuan Sword is getting worse and worse. Fortunately, the Sea King's giant ship is very strong and very fast, and it avoids a lot of attacks from the opponent. Otherwise, under the fearless impact of the Japanese ship, there are probably not many that can be preserved now.
"Brother Xuanyuan, do you think there are still a few of our ships intact after the battle?" Feng Yunjihui sighed at the messy sea surface and the Japanese ships that were still surging up.
Xuanyuan Sword is not in a good mood either. You should know that strictly speaking, these ships were borrowed from Yang Tian. If there is serious damage, he will also need to make some compensation. If the ship is sunk, the price will be even greater.
"If we cannot annihilate all the opponent's troops here, and when they gather again, they will threaten Jiaxi City. As for how much the loss will be, it will be left to fate. I just hope that Sunshine will be more sympathetic at that time." Xuanyuan Jian was also helpless, but he did not regret that this naval battle will completely ruin the hope of the Japanese region in saving Kyushu Island.
The battle between the two sides continued. At this time, Xuanyuan Sword became more cautious and tried not to let the ships contact directly. He only relied on the advantage of the catapult on his ship to bombard the other side's ships. He really didn't want any giant ship of Sea King to sink to the bottom of the sea, because this would cause him to lose five lost souls.
The battle continued until dusk. Except for seven or eight ships in Japan who saw that the situation was not good, they evacuated the battlefield first and left the battlefield far away, all the ships sank to the bottom of the sea. The Xuanyuan Sword also had five giant ships of the Sea King were sunk, which made him feel distressed. However, what made Xuanyuan Sword the most depressed was that such a good opportunity actually caused the two big fishes, Hiroshinobu Oda and General Tokugawa to run away. Especially Tokugawa, if they could kill them here, their war on Kyushu Island would definitely be half smooth. However, the opportunity was lost, and Xuanyuan Sword did not have any illusions. He began to rectify the fleet and headed towards Jiaxi City. These ships would belong to Xuanyuan Sword during the battle against Japan, and they would return them to Baiyun City after they returned to Z.
These warships will be simple to repair in Jiaxi City, and at least some loopholes must be filled. Otherwise, it will still be a problem whether they can be driven back to Z national area in the future!
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Oda Hiroshinobu sat in a courtyard in Jiangcheng like black charcoal. Watanabe stood in front of him with a heavy face, and a bright red slap on his face reminded others of his previous experience.
"Watanabe, these are all your good opinions? Not only did the more than 2,000 ships we just organized were wiped out again, but we also lost forty lost souls a hundred times. How do you ask me to explain to the leaders of other families? You should apologize!" Oda Hiroshinobu said angrily.
"Hi!" Watanabe lowered her head and responded very simply.
Perhaps because of the better attitude of Watanabe confessing guilt, Oda Hiroshinobu was less angry. He paused for a while and said, "If it weren't for your usefulness, I would definitely hand you over to the family elders' home! I hope you'd better use your brain more when you make any suggestions next time!"
"Hi!" Watanabe continued to respond to his master in the unique slave language of Japan.
Hiroshinobu Oda continued to ask: "The situation has reached this point now, do you have a way to save it?"
Watanabe seemed to be prepared in his heart and immediately said: "Master, now, in addition to negotiating with Xuanyuan Jian and others, we can only hold back the opponent's offensive pace as much as possible. As long as we can drag it to its country and change it, their offensive momentum will inevitably ease. Only then will we have the chance to turn defeat into victory."
"Can we delay for so long? In just over a month, Kyushu Island fell halfway. Who can guarantee that there will be changes in the country in the next month!" Oda Hiroshinobu obviously felt that what Watanabe said was not very reliable.
(To be continued)
Chapter completed!