Chapter 569: Insult

"Report to the General, Miyako Island is ahead. We found a large number of ships wandering here. They should be the Japanese 'pirate ships'!"

The Japanese called it a fishing boat, so the East African officials, as the enemy, naturally defined it as a pirate ship that had fled to the waters of the South Ryukyu Islands. This would make the fight more convincing. Both sides had impure motives, but both liked to imitate whores and pretend to be virtuous.

"Fire the warning cannon and start to evacuate." Glaze ordered.

The reason why they did not fight directly was because East Africa respected Japan's strength. After all, East Africa was a foreign visitor and was not arrogant enough to act domineeringly in the Far East.

Then the sailors in the main gun room of the East African "Partridge" began to adjust the angle of the artillery and fired three shells in a row towards the sky in the waters of Miyako Island.

“Boom…”

The shells fell into the sea along a parabola, and the explosion stirred up huge waves on the sea surface, sweeping the sea water tide in all directions.

The point where the shells from the ironclad ship "Partridge" landed was less than 800 meters away from the two Japanese "pirate ships". One of the smaller fishing boats was nearly overturned by the oncoming sea water, and the hull tilted nearly 90 degrees. The six sailors on the ship struggled to rescue it and prevented it from capsizing.

Gracie, who was holding a telescope, naturally saw this scene: "It seems that the other party is not an ordinary person, it is very likely that they are fishermen disguised as Japanese navy!"

"Why did the General say that?"

Glaze answered, "The explosion was so close to us, but the people on the boat were not afraid of the danger. They worked together and handled the situation very well. They stabilized the boat in a very short time under extreme conditions. It's obvious that it's not something that ordinary fishermen can do."

"General, are you saying that these fishermen are Japanese soldiers in disguise?"

"It's almost certain. But no matter whether they are Japanese soldiers or not, if they don't know what's good for them and leave on their own initiative, then we can all stay and sink them into the sea!" Glaze ordered.

The Japanese soldiers who were praised by Grace for being "fearless in the face of danger" were not so calm in their hearts. At the moment the shell exploded, several of them were drenched in cold sweat and their faces were pale. Fortunately, their previous training came in handy and they did not lose their composure and saved their lives.

"Damn you, East Africa is going too far!" This time, the Japanese supreme commander Seiji Ozawa cursed angrily.

In fact, when the East African fleet appeared, the Japanese naturally discovered the existence of the East African fleet, especially the bright flag of East Africa, which the Japanese naturally recognized.

However, the East African ironclad ship was very unsportsmanlike and opened fire when it was still far away from the Japanese fleet. This made Seiji Ozawa very nervous at the time. If it aimed at his command ship, it might be the end of him.

Seiji Ozawa's command ship was just a sailing ship with a displacement of more than 500 tons, and naturally could not withstand the attack of the main ironclad ship in East Africa.

Fortunately, the East African fleet did not want to start a dispute and only threatened with artillery fire, but this also put great pressure on the Japanese fleet.

"Commander, the enemy is probably the East African Navy. They are very powerful now, and they have just fired a warning shot. They probably want us to leave on our own initiative. What should we do?"

"East Africans have no martial ethics! We are just some fishing boats, but they actually sent a naval fleet to interfere in the affairs of the Senkaku Islands. The great powers are really too overbearing." Seiji Ozawa said very dissatisfiedly.

Although East Africa was unfamiliar to Japan at that time, Japan still classified East Africa as a great power based on its intuition. Although East Africa chose to hide its strength, its navy could not be hidden. As a naval power, East Africa enjoyed the treatment it deserved in the Far East, especially when Archduke Ferdinand led the complete East African Navy to visit the Far East. Many Asian countries knew how powerful the East African navy was.

Of course, the East African Navy has never been hidden. The Navy's biggest task is deterrence, to prevent overseas forces from coveting East Africa. If the East African Navy is not strong enough, then the East African coast will become a back garden for the great powers to come and go as they please, just like other countries.

Therefore, Ozawa Seiji did not dare to underestimate the East African Navy. He gritted his teeth and said, "To have a conflict with the East African Navy now is like hitting a rock with an egg. Although we are willing to sacrifice ourselves for the empire, the gap in strength between the two sides is too large. Moreover, it is not easy for the empire to train a navy. We cannot let the great men of the Yamato nation sacrifice here in vain!"

"Commander...are you willing?"

"Assholes, we should have taken the initiative to seize the island when East Africa had not yet gained a firm foothold, otherwise we wouldn't be in trouble today!" Seiji Ozawa said unhappily.

"It's not your fault, but the military's fault. After all, no one would have thought that East Africa would send an entire fleet just for a few islands thousands of miles away!"

The South Ryukyu Islands are indeed dispensable to East Africa, but the cost of sending a fleet is quite high. It is likely that East Africa will not be able to recover the cost in the next few decades. Moreover, there are troops stationed here. It is a bottomless pit with almost no outflow. Of course, from a strategic point of view, it cannot be said that East Africa has lost out. With a foothold in the Western Pacific, it will be able to better intervene in and safeguard East Africa's interests in the Far East.

"Commander, now is not the time to discuss right and wrong. We must quickly transmit the intelligence back to our homeland and then make plans. Even if we retreat now, the military will not pursue it. After all, there is a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and us."

"Okay, give the order to retreat!"

The Japanese command ship then gave orders to the Japanese fishing boats present, ordering them to evacuate the waters of the South Ryukyu Islands and return to Naha City through flag signals and horns.

These Japanese fishermen were originally in disguise, and after receiving the order, they naturally began to evacuate in an orderly manner. But did things really go so smoothly?

"I said that these so-called fishermen were Japanese professional soldiers in disguise. You see, they can receive orders and retreat in an orderly manner. Ordinary fishing boat teams cannot achieve such tacit understanding!" Glaze said happily after seeing the Japanese retreat.

"General, I'm afraid that may not be the case. Look at their left wing, are there any small movements?"

Glaze looked in the direction his subordinates said, and sure enough, there was a Japanese army that did not act according to Ozawa Seiji's orders, but instead did the exact opposite.

Ozawa Seiji also noticed something was wrong with his men: "On the left are the people from Morita who have a high fever, right? What's wrong with them? Call them back quickly! They can even mishear the instructions!"

"Commander, Gaoshao Morita is a blind and arrogant person. He has always been disobeying your orders. I'm afraid he just doesn't want to follow your orders. He can misunderstand the bugle call, but he can't misread the flag signal!"

"Asshole, if his uncle hadn't pushed him to me, I wouldn't even want to look him in the face. This time he blatantly disobeyed military orders. If it causes irreparable damage, I will never forgive him."

"Commander, should we care about him? He is one of ours after all."

"Humph, for the benefit of the Wushi Empire, no one is allowed to pay attention to those who disobey orders. At the same time, give his people an order to retreat and ignore the orders of Gaofen Morita."

With Seiji Ozawa's bypassing order, some of Morita's men finally chose to withdraw, and Morita still had more than 20 ships under his command.

Seiji Ozawa has roughly guessed what this bastard Morita Takaki is going to do, but he is now at sea. If Morita Takaki refuses to repent, then let this second-generation rich man die.

(End of this chapter)