Steel Dynasty - Chapter 486

[Chapter 486 Reinforcements]

“You are all brave warriors, but it’s not the time yet.”

Sakai’s eyes were filled with fanaticism, but he understood that war cannot be won by courage alone, especially when facing the Dutch army, he It was clearly understood that the matchlock was no match for the flintlock gun on the battlefield, and victory could only rely on numbers.

But now due to the arrival of soldiers from the Chongqing Kingdom, they have also lost this advantage. In order to achieve a greater victory rate, he can only hope for more support to arrive.

“How long will it take?” asked a warrior.

After pondering for a while, Sakai said: “When Makino Haruaki’s people arrive, we can go out of the city to fight.”

“Makino Haruaki?”

All the samurai fell silent. Among the pirates, everyone knew Makino Haruaki’s name. .

Under his leadership, his pirates attacked many cities along the coast of Dayu, and the wealth they looted was the largest among many pirates. The samurai under Makino Haruaki were also known for their ferocity.

In every robbery, these warriors were able to cause a large number of casualties to the army of the Chongqing Kingdom, which made the soldiers of the Chongqing Kingdom change their expressions. The most important thing is that Makino Haruaki also has a musketry team of 5,000 people in his hands. , with this musketeer team they can gain a numerical advantage.

When Makino Haruaki’s name was mentioned, the samurai no longer objected, because Makino Haruaki was one of the best samurai in the country, and they all respected Makino Haruaki.

“Makino Haruaki brought me news five days ago. According to his plan, they will be able to reach Ryukyu Island in the next two days.” Sakai looked at the sea to the east.

Just as he expected, a fleet on the vast sea was approaching the main island of Ryukyu. This fleet consisted of thirty Anzai ships. On the leader of the Anzai ships stood a middle-aged samurai wearing a samurai uniform. , he is the Makino Haruaki mentioned by Sakai.

After receiving the order to capture the main island of Ryukyu, he led his warships to Ryukyu to join Sakai.

“Makino-sama, Ryukyu Island is ahead.” A soldier said, pointing to the visible coast.

Makino Haruaki showed an arrogant smile and said, “Ryukyu Island will be ours soon.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier suddenly pointed to the south and said, “Makino-sama, a Dutch warship!”

“What!” Makino Chunming turned to look south, and sure enough, there were three warships approaching them. These warships were no different from the Dutch warships, but when he saw the flags on the warships, he immediately shook his head and said, “This is not a Dutch warship. It’s a warship from the Great Chongqing Kingdom.”

Sakai had already told him about the King of Qi in Qingzhou, so when he saw the flag on the warship, he immediately recognized it.

“Don’t fight them, speed up and get closer to the shore. We are no match for them at sea.” Makino Haruaki knew the power of these warships very well.

After receiving his order, the Anzha ship accelerated towards the Ryukyu coast.

On the three warships opposite, Yue Yun issued an order to prevent these warships from landing on Ryukyu Island.

Although they and the Dutch had more than 20 warships in total, these warships were only able to patrol the nearby waters in units of three when they were dispersed. What Yue Yun didn’t expect was that the three warships he led would soon A group of Japanese pirates trying to support Ryukyu Island were discovered.

“Destroy them!” Yue Yun gave the order.

At this time, three third-level warships accelerated towards the Japanese pirate warships. However, what surprised Yue Yun was that these Japanese pirate ships did not seem to have any intention of fighting them, but quickly approached the shore.

The leading warship was less than a mile away from the coast, which made him a little anxious. It was obvious that three warships could not destroy this large Japanese pirate fleet at once.

The Japanese pirate warships rushed to the coast desperately, and at the same time the distance between the two sides became closer and closer. At the same time, six Japanese pirate warships suddenly separated from the fleet and approached Yue Yun’s warship.

“General, a battleship is coming.” The soldiers on the watchtower shouted.

“Ignore them and bombard the warships headed for the coast.” Yue Yun observed these Anzhai ships with a telescope. These six Anzhai ships were somewhat different from other ships, because the other Anzhai ships carried a large number of soldiers, and these six Anzhai ships The ship is an escort warship with only a small crew on board.

Now the purpose of the Japanese pirates sending these ships is to prevent them from attacking the ships in front.

Seeing through the purpose of the Japanese pirates, Yue Yun directly commanded the fleet to approach the coast. At this time, the Japanese pirates’ first Anzhai ship had already docked, and the Japanese pirates got off the ship and rushed directly to the island.

Seeing this, Yue Yun became more and more anxious. The more Japanese pirates there were on the island, the more disadvantageous it would be for the Qingzhou Army. After reaching the shooting range, Yue Yun immediately ordered the warship to fire.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

As the cannon sounded, the shells flew towards the Anzhai ship that was docking, and screams suddenly erupted from the Anzhai ship.

Many Japanese pirates were directly hit by artillery shells from the ship into the sea. The three third-level warships fired continuously, and each round bombarded the Anzhai ship with more than a hundred artillery shells.

The Japanese pirates on Anzhai’s boat had no power to resist. They tried their best to slide the boat to the shore. Some Japanese pirates even jumped into the sea and swam to the coast.

During the bombardment, more and more Anzha ships docked, and a large number of Japanese pirates fled to the island. They also suffered a lot of casualties under the bombardment. Hundreds of Japanese pirates died tragically on the ship under the continuous design.

Seeing most of the Japanese pirates landing, Yue Yun felt agitated. They found it too late, otherwise they would not have allowed so many Japanese pirates to land on the island.

But the fact has been determined, and he feels that he should go back and inform King Qi of this matter now.

Looking at the six Anzhai ships that were still approaching, Yue Yun gave the order to retreat. Although he was not afraid of these Anzhai ships, it would be very troublesome if they were forced up. Now he should go back and lead more warships over and deliver the message at the same time.

Amidst the ringing of the bells, the three warships sailed towards the city of Relanja. An hour later, they arrived at Baishaou Beach. He immediately sent people ashore to inform Xiao Ming that about five thousand Japanese pirates had landed.

Then he joined the other warships and headed in the direction they came from. Now that these Japanese pirates are here, don’t even think about going back.

Outside Michilla Castle, Xiao Ming and Claire quickly received news about Yue Yun.

“Five thousand people.” Claire’s face was a little solemn. As a result, the number of Japanese pirates increased again, which meant that they had to pay a greater price to capture Michila Castle.

The most important thing is that now this group of Japanese pirates don’t know where they are fleeing, and when and where they will launch an attack.

“Lu Fei, immediately send out scouts to patrol to prevent sneak attacks.” Xiao Ming immediately issued the order.

The war has begun!

(End of chapter)