Seeing Yamamoto Ningji's confident look, Watanabe Zan actually wanted to remind him to be careful.

If they lose this battle, then these people in the Navy Department will be sinners of Japan. As sinners, not to mention their own life and death, let’s just talk about the fate of their families.

I'm afraid it will be the same as that of Man Kojima who died a few days ago. The wives, concubines and beauties in his family will all be divided up by others. However, this time, the people who will divide up those beauties, wives and concubines are not from the Navy Department, but from the Army Department. How the people from the Army Department will treat their wives and concubines is something you can imagine even with your butt. It can only be described as abuse.

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Hundreds of warships sailed towards the deep sea for two hours. Only after two hours did Gong Yu give the order to use flag signals to split the warships that were still there into two, turn around to the left and right, and go around to the rear of the Japanese fleet in order to seek a decisive battle.

After seeing the Ming fleet split into two, Watanabe Zan couldn't help but remind: "Marshal, the Ming fleet has changed its formation. It seems that you think it is possible for them to go around behind us and try to cut off our retreat?"

Yamamoto Ningji smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? It seems that my hundreds of warships have been gathered together, but in fact, there are still fifty warships twenty nautical miles behind us. If the Ming fleet dares to go around behind me, then I will turn the bow and attack from both sides with the reserve warships behind me, and I will definitely kill the Ming fleet without leaving a single piece of armor."

Yamamoto still looked confident of winning, and although Watanabe Zan wanted to remind him to be careful again, he ultimately did not say it.

On Yamamoto's frigate, Chiba said bluntly: "It seems that the Ming fleet wants to go around behind us, and I'm afraid they want to cut off our retreat."

Sakura said: "They may indeed have this plan, but how could such a thing be so easy to do."

"If we were on land, they might succeed because of the terrain and other reasons. After all, only on land can we have a pass that can be blocked by one man against ten thousand. But on the sea, there is endless sea water. If the Ming fleet wants to cut off our retreat, we can just take a detour. There are no roads on the sea, but for warships, aren't they all roads?"

After hearing this, Qianye nodded and said: "What you said does make sense. Although I don't know much about military strategy, I still feel that it is better not to let the Ming army succeed."

"On the battlefield, no matter what the enemy wants to do, as long as you go against him, you will never go wrong."

Chiba revealed the essence of war in one sentence, but the confident Yamamoto still didn't care about the movements of the Ming fleet. After all, he had so many warships under his command that he had the capital to be self-righteous.

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The Ming army fleet slowly turned around and then moved at a speed far more than twice as fast as before.

Watanabe praised: "Marshal, look at the speed of the Ming army's warships. This must be their full speed. Such a speed is completely beyond the reach of our warships."

Yamamoto was also a little surprised: "It seems to be true. The Ming army's warships are so fast at full speed."

However, Yamamoto was only surprised for a moment, and then he burst into laughter again: "Hahahaha, yo, isn't that better?"

Watanabe Zan was a little confused: "What do you mean, Marshal?"

Yamamoto smiled and said, "The Ming ships can sail so fast. If they are fighting normally, they can speed up their escape even if they are in a disadvantageous situation. But now they are going around behind us, which cuts off their escape route. In this case, what's the use of their warships being so fast?"

After hearing this, Watanabe Zan felt that there was some truth in what he said, but he didn't know what Gong Yu was thinking. Gong Yu had never thought about escaping after being defeated. Now the two armies haven't fired a single shot yet, and the battle hasn't started yet, so how can he think about defeat?

Looking at Zhang Wuji on the treasure ship, even he himself could never have imagined that his warship could move so fast.

"Yu'er, why can our warship move so fast?"

Gong Yu smiled and said: "There is no special reason, it's just because I designed the bow below the bow."

"Nose bow?" Zhang Wuji was a little puzzled.

Gong Yu smiled and said, "It's just adding something under the boat to reduce resistance."

Zhang Wuji suddenly realized: "So that's how it is."

Zhang Wuji admired Gong Yu even more. He never thought that the girl whom he bullied at will could actually think of such a thing. It was truly extraordinary.

However, at this moment, Yamamoto Ningji, the leader of the Japanese fleet, suddenly ordered the fleet to move forward to the side. Yamamoto had already made up his mind that even if it was a collision, he would use more than a hundred warships to crash the entire Ming fleet into the seabed.

Although Yamamoto's idea is a bit far-fetched, it is very realistic in some ways.

Because Yamamoto already knew the size of the Ming army's warships.

Although the Ming army's warships were only three or four zhang longer and two or three zhang wider than the Japanese army's warships, Yamamoto actually knew that based on the size of the Ming army's warships, the combat power of a single warship was definitely superior to that of his own warships. Therefore, even though Yamamoto was a little arrogant, he was prepared to lose hundreds of warships.

Looking at the Japanese warship that had also changed direction, Zhao Min asked Gong Yu: "Sister, now the fleet is divided into two, and they are so far apart on the sea. The warship on the other side can't see your flag signals at all."

Gong Yu smiled and said, "So I won't give any special orders until the fleet gathers together."

"Although this is the first naval battle between me and you generals, I have simulated it countless times on the sand table. I know what the situation is and how to deal with it. The fleet on the other side knows what to do even if they can't see my flag signals."

Zhao Min smiled and said, "So that's how it is. In that case, the battle will continue even without the flagship."

Gong Yu smiled and said, "Sister Min'er is right. In fact, I have already implemented some things several years ago."

"In this battle, if my flagship is destroyed, the rest of the fleet will obey Zhang Dingbian's command. If Zhang Dingbian is also destroyed, then it will be Yang Xiao."

"If Yang Xiao is defeated, our Ming fleet will retreat quickly to avoid being wiped out by the Japanese."

After hearing this, Zhao Min said, "Your arrangement is reasonable. However, your flagship, Gong Yu, is the treasure ship under our feet. It's best not to have any accidents. If something happens to this ship, won't we all end up in the sea to feed the fish?"