The total Japanese army on land that fought against the Satsuma vassal state reached as many as 150,000; while there were more than 700 warships gathered at sea. It can be said that in terms of this force scale, it absolutely crushed the Ming army.

The Kagoshima area is located along the bay and centered on Sakura Island. At first glance, it is boundless.

Matsudai Nobusuo had actually expected the Ming army to implement a plan to strengthen the walls and clear the country in the Satsuma Domain, so he was not surprised.

However, when he arrived at the Satsuma clan, he was still very surprised by the response measures taken by the Ming army.

Because the Ming Dynasty warships did not guard the bay here, they all escaped from the bay when they knew that the shogunate naval army was driving over.

The war between the Ming army and Japan first broke out at sea, and was outside the Satsuma clan.

Song Pingxin led all the names of the great names and could watch the war on the beach.

As can be seen from the naked eye, the Ming Dynasty's warships were only more than one hundred points, and compared with more than seven hundred Japanese warships, it seemed very rare.

Whether it was the famous names or ordinary Japanese soldiers, they all started to discuss this scene easily.

"In this battle, the Ming army will be defeated."

"That's absolute. Just this point shows that the national warships are not enough to be stuck in the gaps!"

"That's right, no matter how powerful the Ming warship is, we can always win against one Ming warship!"

“…”

However, as they were talking, they suddenly saw that most of the Ming warships were blowing out of thick smoke. This shocked them.

"What's going on? I knew I couldn't beat us, so I lit the boat myself?"

"What did the Ming army think? If I can't beat me, I have to defeat it. At most I can't beat it and destroy the ship if I can't beat it!"

"Haha, you can't win at a glance. Why do you have to fight hard? At this time, they committed suicide and destroyed the ship. Maybe Mingguo would be stubborn and say that he didn't even beat him, so it was not considered defeat. They just committed suicide by themselves!"

“…”

Matsuhira Nobutsu immediately frowned at the comments of these people.

According to the information collected by Yagyu Shibingwei before, there were Ryukyu people who explained that when the warships of the country easily defeated the Satsuma Navy, the Ming Dynasty warships that would smoke were very powerful, and they also said that these Ming Dynasty warships were coal-eating.

Therefore, when he saw the Ming Dynasty warships emitting black smoke, he said nothing, staring at these things, hoping that Tada Son, who was in charge of the navy, could respond correctly. If it really doesn't work, Yagyu Tokuiwei, who was with him, would definitely remind him.

Sure enough, when Ida Tadazong on the flagship of the Japanese Navy saw this, he immediately became alert.

At the same time, Yagyu Shibuwei, who was the military supervisor, immediately reminded him: "Note that the news I found from the Ryukyu people before said that the smoked Ming warship was very flexible and fast."

After hearing this, Ida Zhongzong nodded immediately and said, "Only in this way can we explain why the Ming Dynasty warships did not stay inside, but all came out to fight!"

So he immediately issued an order, trying to use his military strength to surround him and compress the activity space of Ming Dynasty warships, thereby forcing Ming Dynasty warships to jump into the gang war.

As long as one of the Japanese warships is approached, one of them can fight on the shore, then other Japanese warships can arrive, and their advantage in military strength can be fully utilized.

I have to say that his approach is indeed the best tactic.

But there is a saying that says that ideas are beautiful, and reality is the backbone!

Because the Japanese warships mainly rely on wind power, it will take a lot of time to complete the military order of Tada Takazo.

Once the Ming Dynasty warships began to fight, they began to focus on steam power, and the influence of wind power and wind direction would be minimal, which means they would be very flexible.

Just as the Japanese warships tried to launch an encirclement, the Ming warships jumped out of the encirclement and launched an initiative to attack the Japanese warships from the outside.

As soon as the war at sea started, the Japanese army was shocked.

The Japanese army on the land saw that their warships were like a bulky buffalo, while the Ming warships were like a group of wolves. Although their strength and size were not as good as the Japanese navy, they were more flexible and they were attacking around the Japanese navy, which made the Japanese navy warships feel like they were missing one's attention.

What surprised them even more was that the legendary artillery of Ming warships was indeed not a rumor, but a truth.

The Japanese navy felt this most deeply.

They thought that when the distance was too far, the Ming warships had already fired. The single point of the shells was very accurate, and they often fell on the edge of the Japanese warships, so it was easy to concentrate the Japanese warships.

Thanks to the fact that the shells of this period are actually solid bullets. Even if the warship is concentrated by the shells, it is usually a big hole at most. A few unlucky people will not be damaged in an instant and withdraw from the battle. Unless it is very unlucky, the solid bullet hits the main part.

But even so, Tada Tadazong, as the commander of the Japanese navy, immediately felt the pressure.

The flexibility of the Ming Dynasty warship made him immediately understand that the previous rumors showed that the country destroyed the Dutch and the Spanish in Luzon were true.

Because he had also seen the sailing warships of the Western Yi. In terms of flexibility and speed, it was really better than the smoked Ming warships, not to mention that the Ming guns were much more powerful.

Relatively speaking, the Japanese warships were not as good as the sail warships of the Western Yi and the artillery, so how could they fight against the Ming warships?

Naval combat is different from land combat. The strength advantage lies above the sea. Once the performance of warships is much different, it is difficult to play to their advantages.

"You can't fight like this!" Yagyu Shibingwei immediately noticed something was wrong and quickly reminded him.

With such passive beating, more and more warships will be lost, and the morale will be affected very seriously.

Of course, Tada Takazo Ida knew, so he decisively issued an order, ordering the Japanese warships to cover the injured warships and retreat into the bay.

His idea was to not fight against your Ming warships on the sea. Isn’t your Ming army still there on Sakura Island? Isn’t I going to the bay with my superior strength to help the army cross the sea to fight the Ming army on Sakura Island? Should your Ming warships follow in and stop it or not?

If you don't follow me, you will watch the Ming army on Sakura Island being destroyed by the Japanese army?

If you follow, the bay's battlefield area is limited, you can give full play to the advantages of many warships, limit the flexibility of your Mingguo warships, and thus win this battle!

When he heard the order from Tadate Ida, Yagyu Ten Bingwei didn't need him to explain, and immediately understood his intention. He immediately smiled and praised, "This move is very wonderful, and he deserves to be a father!"

Tada Tadaruto's father was Masaru Itada. He fought all his life and eliminated many opponents. Under his high position and power, even Tokugawa Iemitsu personally waited by the bed before his death.

He praised Ida Zhongzong so much, which was a big flattery. Because to be honest, he and Ida Zhongzong's father were all from the same generation, and both came from the end of the Warring States Period.

When Ida Zhongzong heard this, he just smiled slightly and did not refute it. Instead, he looked at the smoked Ming warships in the distance and said confidently: "It is to hit seven inches when you hit the snake. This time, let's see how these Ming navy respond to it?"

"Wonderful, wonderful!"

Ida Tadazuru's response measures, even Matsuhira Nobuzu, who was known as smart Izu, couldn't help but praise him, "As soon as this move is used, the Ming army will be defeated!"

Obviously, at this time, he was in a good mood and even took the initiative to explain to Daming around him: "The commander of the Ming army is a man named Li Dingguo, right on Sakura Island. If the generals of the Ming Navy did not chase into the bay, they would watch the army on Sakura Island being destroyed by our army, even if he fled back to the Ming Dynasty, they would definitely be punished. If the Ming Navy chased into the bay, then the advantage of the number of warships in our army could be fully utilized. No matter how flexible and fast the Ming warships were, they would at most cost our warships a little more, but the ending was that they would be eliminated by us, there was no doubt!"

After hearing his analysis, even though the daimyos had already seen it, they flattered Matsupi Nobusuke.

"Once the old master said, the little man suddenly realized that, in this way, it turns out that our victory is decided!"

"Look at the Ming Dynasty warships can do that. No matter how powerful they are, it seems that they can only die obediently!"

"Haha, I think the Emperor of Ming was so bragging that he actually wanted us to cede land and pay compensation for compensation in Japan. That's it?"

"That's right, even without the help of Kanfeng, we have the wisdom of Izu, so we can still make the Ming army come and go!"

“…”

Matsuhira Nobutsu was actually proud of his heart. The biggest crisis of Tokugawa shogunate was resolved so easily.

However, on the surface, he did not look very proud, but sent a serious order to make the army in the bay ready immediately. When the Japanese warships entered the bay and landed on the boat, they would board the ship to fight on Sakurajima.

On the sea, Ming warships discovered the new response strategy of the Japanese navy and retreated into the bay instead of destroying them first at the sea. They obviously felt a little anxious and accelerated the attack, as if they were a little crazy, "biting" the Japanese warships they could "biting".

The Japanese warships were going to retreat into the narrow bay because there were too many warships, and the actions would inevitably be slower. Once the Ming warships were attacked wildly, the losses would suddenly increase.

However, the Japanese naval commander Tada Takazo did not waver at all. He just regarded the crazy attack of the Ming army as a return to his death. They would do whatever they wanted. As long as they ensured the final victory of the war, it would be fine to lose some warships.
Chapter completed!