Chiba's words sounded too light, but Sakura had to admit that it was true. Although it was dangerous, if Yamamoto was defeated, the two of them could really swim back on a piece of wood.
But what about these hundreds of warships?
What about the tens of thousands of soldiers aboard these hundreds of warships? Could it be that they were truly abandoned simply because of Yamamoto's incompetence?
Although she had all kinds of ideas in her mind, it was of no avail. After all, even Chiba, the Queen of Japan, or Emperor Hirohito, could not influence the situation on the battlefield, let alone Sakura, an insignificant person.
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On the other hand, Yamamoto Ningji, who thought he had everything under control, decisively ordered flag signals the moment the artillery battle between the two armies began, allowing the nearby Japanese warships to ram into them at full speed.
However, the facts turned out to be just as Sakura had expected. Why?
When this flag signal was first heard, even though there were bursts of artillery fire all around, the captains of the nearby ships were all silent.
With so many warships and such a vast battlefield, why should the newly engaged warships be sent charging forward to their deaths? Furthermore, why wasn't the officer warned beforehand? You know, in such a chaotic battlefield, a collision between two ships would most likely result in both being destroyed. With the fighting raging all around, who would have the time to rescue the men in the water? Furthermore, even if the captains of each ship were prepared to risk their lives, how could their officers and men share this reluctance? And who would be willing to undertake such a life-or-death undertaking?
In the minds of those low-level Japanese soldiers, fighting between two ships, not retreating, and continuously bombarding was already the limit.
In such a situation, even if the captains of each ship gave the order to charge, the sailors, even if they did not dare to openly disobey, would delay in other ways. What's more, even the captains of each ship did not necessarily have the awareness of fighting to the death.
On the treasure ship of the Ming Dynasty Navy, Gong Yu seemed to be able to vaguely see the waving flag on the ship commanded by Yamamoto Ningji.
It's just that the distance is too far and I can't see clearly.
So Gong Yu turned to look at Long Ze: "Do you recognize the flag signals on the Japanese warships?"
Long Ze quickly said: "I recognize him. Aoi and I came to the Ming Dynasty by boat. When we were on the boat, we also studied the flag signals on the Japanese warships."
Long Ze naturally knew what Gong Yu wanted her to do. She took a deep breath and then squeezed out a few tears from her eyes. It was not that she wanted to cry, but a Japanese sailor had taught her a method. With a few tears in her eyes, she could see things a little more clearly.
As for why this phenomenon occurs, Long Ze herself actually doesn't know. She just knows that this method is really useful.
In fact, this method is equivalent to the effect of glasses. If we can wait another two hundred years or so, until the telescope appears, we won’t have to work so hard.
Long Ze stared at Yamamoto's command ship for a long time, and then said to Gong Yu with a little nervousness: "Your Majesty, the order issued by the Japanese command ship may be to directly ram the warships that are fighting with the Ming navy."
After hearing this, Gong Yu said disdainfully: "I knew they might do this, but the speed of my Ming Navy warships is much higher than that of the Japanese warships. It would not be so easy for them to ram us."
Long Ze quickly said: "Your Majesty is right, but I think that not everyone will actually carry out this order from the Japanese command ship."
After hearing this, Gong Yu was a little confused: "What do you mean? Tell me in detail."
Long Ze said quickly: "No matter who gave this order, we in the Ming Dynasty have dozens of warships. Let alone our high speed, whether they can hit us or not, this is an order to commit suicide. Who can really have the courage to execute it?"
"Why would the person who gave the order ask these Japanese soldiers to carry out this order?"
Gong Yu was a little surprised: "Such a war concerns the fate of the country. Could the execution ability of the Japanese soldiers be so poor?"
Long Ze said firmly: "In reply to Your Majesty, it is not a question of good execution, but a question of who is willing to die. Even in our Ming Dynasty it is the same. If Your Majesty had not prepared for several years and had not conveyed this policy of determination to die and the affairs after the death of the soldiers, even if we issued such an order, I am afraid the execution would be extremely poor."
Longze is a smart man, and he immediately expressed the same opinion as Sakura.
However, at this moment, Zhao Min agreed: "You are right, that's what I mean. Why?"
"Although I don't understand naval warfare, who knows more about land warfare than me? Even I wouldn't dare to give such an order that would cost someone their life in exchange for theirs."
"On the battlefield, the most I could do was order someone to take over, and anyone who disobeyed would be executed. Or I could order someone to capture a certain place, and anyone who disobeyed would be executed, and so on. This kind of order would directly send at least one-third of the soldiers under my command to die. Even when my authority was at its peak, I didn't dare to give it directly to all the soldiers. Even in such critical moments, I could only explain this to officers. If all the soldiers knew about this, I'm afraid there might be a mutiny."
Zhu'er said: "That's not necessary. Don't the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have the courage?"
Zhao Min glared at Zhu'er coldly: "Who do you think Zhang Wuji is? He is not a god. How can he decide the life and death of one-third of his soldiers with just one word?"
After Zhao Min said this, Gong Yu also understood the reason: "Yes, that's it."
"For this battle, I have also prepared a group of death-defying warriors, but the people I prepared were all recruited a few years ago."
"Once the war situation changed, they would drive a small boat filled with explosives towards the enemy's warships. But even if they did so, they might not really die. At least, when they lit the fuse of the explosives, they could still jump into the sea with a clapperboard and escape."
"If we win this battle, we will naturally have time to rescue them. Once we lose the battle, it will not only be them who will die. It is fair. Moreover, I have always given benefits to those brave men under my command. Not only is their military pay twice that of ordinary naval soldiers, but those who survive will naturally have favors, and those who die will have their descendants benefited in the future. Only in this way can I make them willingly fight for their lives."
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As they were both military commanders, even Zhang Wuji felt that Zhao Min's words were very reasonable. However, Gong Yu's words shocked him a little.
Zhang Wuji never expected that Gong Yu would put so much effort into this battle. Even some of the death-defying warriors had been trained several years ago.
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