There is no room for hesitation. In terms of resoluteness, Zhao Min is still far superior to Gong Yu. Even though Gong Yu is in control of the rise and fall of a country's navy at the moment, how can she be compared with Zhao Min, who has been an emperor and commanded hundreds of thousands of troops in battle.
"No hesitation!" Gong Yu muttered to himself, and then ordered the use of torches to send out flag signals, allowing the small boat towed behind the Ming warship to rush into the camp of Yamamoto's fleet.
At this point, it depends on who is faster and more ruthless. After all, Yamamoto has given the order for the entire fleet to break out. This is different from a major battle on land. If this battle were fought on land and the situation turned out like this, even if Yamamoto had hundreds of thousands of people and his side only had tens of thousands, it could be said that victory was in their grasp.
But the battle on the water was fought on warships. Even if Yamamoto was surrounded like an iron barrel, he still had a chance to escape.
At this moment, Yamamoto's fleet had obviously made a move. At such a critical moment, whoever took the initiative would gain the advantage.
Less than half a quarter of an hour later, there was a loud bang, and first a beam of fire rose from the ground, and then huge waves mixed with some broken wood echoed with it in the distance.
The life-and-death moment began after the first explosion.
On the other side of the battlefield, in the fleet that Gong Yu had divided into left and right sides, commander Zhang Dingbian instantly understood what had happened after hearing the explosion.
There is no doubt that Zhang Dingbian did the same thing.
For a moment, explosions occurred one after another on the already compacted battlefield, and the fleeting dazzling light was everywhere.
At this moment, Yamamoto Ningji was completely speechless.
During the daytime battle, he discovered that a small tail was dragged behind the Ming Navy warship. After staring at it for a long time, he realized that they were two small boats. At first, he just thought that they were the Ming warships carrying lifeboats, or they were used to pass messages between each other. But now, he completely understood that the Ming Navy had traveled thousands of miles on an expedition. Once defeated, once the warship was sunk, it would be a dead end. How could the towed small boat be a lifeboat? As for the so-called transmission of messages, it was even more bullshit.
If there's any news, can't we just use flag signals? If the news is too complicated, can't we just shout from afar? It's not like we can't hear.
At this moment, not only Yamamoto was stunned, but everyone on the ship he commanded was in the same state as him.
Watanabe Zan and a group of sailors and soldiers all looked at him with almost pleading eyes, hoping that the admiral of the navy could make a decision quickly.
Seeing this, Yamamoto suppressed his uneasiness and just raised his hand to point in the direction of the Ming fleet and treasure ship.
Yamamoto pointed at the treasure ship, then reluctantly put his finger down. He pointed again, and put it down again. By the third time, Yamamoto knew that he could not put it down again. If he did, the morale would be completely destroyed.
Then, Yamamoto burst into laughter, but after laughing a few times, he could no longer laugh: "Everyone, I wanted to say just now that my Japanese navy is invincible in the world, and the Ming navy's invasion this time is clearly a death trap."
"But if you say that, aren't you just deceiving yourself?"
"They have been preparing for war for years, and their efforts are just for this day. Just look at how their fleet fights. In times of crisis, there are always brave warriors charging to the front. They will do anything to win, and they will throw away anything to win, even warships. Isn't it normal for our Japanese navy to be defeated by such an enemy?"
Everyone was speechless.
However, Yamamoto continued, "But even if we should lose, should we just do nothing?"
"In today's battle, the situation has collapsed like this. The biggest responsibility naturally lies with me. After all, I am the marshal. But don't you have any responsibility at all?"
"A few days ago, Xiao Daoman was defeated and lost seven warships, but he didn't sink a single warship of the Ming Navy. From then on, I knew that the combat effectiveness of the Ming warships is far superior to ours, whether it is the artillery range or the speed. "
"So from the very beginning, I didn't care about the formation, but just rushed forward all at once. But I did this with my own ideas. I just wanted to let the Ming navy have a little advantage. It doesn't matter even if we are surrounded, because from the beginning, I planned to trade one for one with the Ming fleet. This is a vast ocean, and the two ships only need to collide to perish together."
"But even if the warships were destroyed together, the soldiers on board might not have died together. We have more than 300 Japanese warships. Can't we spare a few rescue ships?"
"But when I ordered the soldiers to charge forward, who listened to my orders? One after another, they stopped moving forward, and some even retreated, so that we were squeezed more and more."
"Things have come to this. The Ming navy has sent out soldiers again, rowing small boats to fight to the death. At this moment, there is no point in saying more."
"Even if you die with me in the sea today, there will be nothing to regret."
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Yamamoto said a lot in one breath. It is not known what the ordinary soldiers thought. Let’s just talk about Watanabe Zan. In Watanabe Zan’s eyes, Yamamoto’s words were completely shirking responsibility, but now that things have come to this, there is really no point in saying more.
After brewing his emotions for a while, Yamamoto continued to order: "Send the flag signal again. Today's army is morale is completely lost. All warships must fight to break out of the siege. After breaking out, there is no need to fight with the Ming navy. All ships must sail at the fastest speed to our own port."
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