The Tokugawa family's hundreds of ships sailed smoothly with the wind.
They raised all the sails.
The boat was traveling at a very fast speed.
"Archers, get ready. We will engage the enemy in half an hour."
"Prepare the rocket."
"Prepare the catapults and heavy crossbows."
The shouts of the Japanese echoed across the entire sea.
Soon, dozens of catapults and hundreds of heavy crossbows were all aimed at the distance.
Stones were installed on the catapult.
"Pour fish oil on these stones, and on my command, prepare to light the fire."
Soon, ladle after ladle of fish oil was poured onto the stones.
These Japanese were all skilled in naval warfare.
They cut and refined the oil from those sharks and whales.
These refined oils are fish oil.
Fish oil burns with a powerful flame that lasts a long time.
Moreover, these fish oils have excellent spreading properties.
Once it starts burning, it's very difficult to extinguish.
Jiang Tian faintly heard the sound of horns coming from afar.
Li Yuanba, who was still asleep, rushed onto the deck carrying two golden hammers.
"My lord, we have spotted hundreds of warships that are rapidly approaching us."
These Japanese samurai were quite cunning.
When Tokugawa Jin-yeong discovered Jiang Tian's more than 100 boats, they quickly extinguished all the lanterns and torches.
All of Jiang Tian's more than 100 boats were engulfed in flames.
The ships of these Japanese samurai approached rapidly.
"My lord, I'll go deal with them." Li Yuanba looked at the approaching ship, eager to go.
"How do you plan to deal with this?"
"Swim across."
"That won't do. Our cannons are about to fire. You'd be better off carrying the cannon at the bow and bombarding them." Jiang Tian didn't want to lose a valiant general like Li Yuanba.
After Li Yuanba used his two golden hammers to kill a blue whale, he became increasingly interested in naval warfare.
"I don't think it's as satisfying to board their ships and beat them up as to bombard them with cannons."
"No, absolutely not."
Just then.
These Japanese samurai have already started lighting torches.
Soon, all the torches were lit.
"Light the stones coated with fish oil and prepare the catapult to fire."
"Lower the sails and stabilize the boat."
The Japanese issued orders rapidly, one after another.
The Japanese couldn't explain themselves earlier, but now their ships are all lit with torches.
The goal shouldn't be too obvious.
These Tokyoites had no idea of the power of artillery.
Not yet, we're waiting for them to launch their catapults.
Then the booming sound of cannons rang out.
The deafening roar of the cannons shook the heavens and the earth.
One shell after another flew over.
Columns of water shot skyward from the sea.
The cannonballs flew onto the Tokugawa ships, and the powerful shells smashed holes into the ships.
Those sailors who couldn't dodge in time were hit directly by the cannonballs.
They were smashed to pieces by the shells, with severed limbs scattered everywhere.
The stones that had just been lit but hadn't yet been launched were hit by the cannonballs.
One by one, the heavy crossbows and catapults were all destroyed.
The lit stone fell onto the deck and burned quickly.
The wooden barrels filled with fish oil were hit by artillery shells, and the fish oil was sprayed everywhere.
The raging fire quickly ignited the spraying fish oil.
These Japanese people finally learned what it means to lift a rock only to drop it on your own foot.
The raging fire quickly engulfed their ship.
Jiang Tian was overjoyed when he saw it.
The Tokugawa clan had more than 100 main warships, which were engulfed by the raging fire.
The ship carrying Tokugawa Shigenori was also not spared.
"Damn it, what's going on?"
"What's with that deafening sound? Did they get help from the Thunder God?"
"How can we fight this war?"
“Baka yarou, our master’s ship has been set on fire.”
"Hurry and save them!"
The remaining warships were all thrown into chaos.
And on Jiang Tian's side.
More than a hundred warships of various sizes carried out their bombing raids in an orderly manner.
A single volley of fire riddled at least a dozen enemy ships with holes.
Moreover, Jiang Tian's side also emphasizes tactics.
First, they used solid cannonballs to blow the enemy's mast and hull to smithereens.
This rendered the enemy's warships unable to move.
Then replace it with a blooming bomb.
Use exploding bombs to kill enemy samurai in droves.
The heavy crossbows and catapults that the Tokugawa family's Japanese samurai relied on to dominate naval battles were nothing but decorations in front of Jiang Tian and his men.
These catapults and heavy crossbows were rendered almost useless by the barrage of bombardments.
The catapults were destroyed, and the heavy crossbows were destroyed.
The fish oil tied to the heavy crossbow bolts all burst into flames.
When the Japanese warships behind saw the ship in front engulfed in flames, they were at a loss for what to do.
"Baka! What kind of people are they?"
"The warships ahead are no match for them."
"The patriarch ordered our warships to line up in a single file, and luckily our ship lagged behind."
"All the ships in front of them have burned; they can't survive."
"Retreat, retreat immediately!"
"Here, you're doomed."
"If we retreat, we might still survive."
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