Strictly speaking, the Ming fleet and the Japanese fleet had only been fighting for a short while, but in this short period of time, the Japanese fleet had unilaterally begun to suffer substantial casualties. As a result, to a certain extent, the balance of victory had tilted slightly towards the Ming fleet. Of course, it was only for a short while.
Not only Yamamon Ningji witnessed all this, but also Queen Chiba.
"This is not a good sign."
Chiba was already frowning: "I am here to watch the battle, but I am not here to see my own fleet annihilated."
In fact, Sakura on the side was even more pessimistic than Chiba, but as a servant, she still had to comfort her master.
Xiaoying gritted her teeth and said, "Master, don't be anxious. This has just begun. We have more than 300 Japanese warships. Even if three or five are sunk, it will not affect the overall situation."
Chiba smiled and said, "Xiaoying, please don't comfort me. Although I am your master, all I come into contact with are political and scheming things. But you are different. What you come into contact with are the most practical things, just like the battlefield at this moment."
"To be honest, I'm afraid you are more pessimistic than me now?"
Sakura quickly said: "No, the Pavilion Master is just thinking too much. Even if you say it out loud, the battle has just begun. Now is not the time to decide the winner."
Qianye smiled slightly when he heard this: "Maybe, now may not be the time to decide the winner, but after a few hours, it will be hard to say."
Chiba is an extremely smart person. She pointed to the huge battlefield and said to Sakura: "I don't understand military affairs, but I am not a fool."
"The war has just begun, but look at our fleet and then look at the Ming fleet. The Ming fleet has fewer ships, but it has been fully deployed without us noticing. Look at our fleet, it has been suppressed inexplicably, and our strategic space is getting smaller and smaller."
Sakura said: "What the Pavilion Master said makes sense, but we have more ships and this is not land. As long as Yamamoto commands properly, we can still break the deadlock."
Qianye sneered: "Maybe, but look, three of our warships have been sunk and the soldiers have started to fall into the water. Do you think we should rescue them?"
Sakura answered almost without thinking: "Of course we have to save them. Can we just watch the soldiers die?"
Qianye smiled and said: "If we want to rescue them, we must send out three warships to rescue them. In this way, three of our warships will have completely lost their combat effectiveness, and the other three rescue ships will temporarily lose their combat effectiveness."
After hearing this, Xiaoying was a little shocked: "Master, this is a good idea. You have thought of this. If what you said is true, the Ming Dynasty's fleet has already been deployed, so wouldn't their advantage become greater and greater?"
Chiba smiled bitterly and said, "That's true. It's not that the commander of the Ming fleet is so smart, but that Shanmen is too fucked up."
"Logically speaking, our fleets all left from the port, so they gathered together when they left. However, we chased them for two hours, all the way to the deep sea. During these two hours, Yamamoto did not deploy his own fleet. This was another failure of his."
"And look at the current situation of our fleet. The advantage of having more ships has not been shown at all. Only the artillery on the outermost warships has a firing range. Even if the warships closer to the inside want to fire, their firing range is blocked by their own warships. I really don't have a good chance of winning this battle."
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The current situation is very clear. Gong Yu and Zhang Dingbian have deployed their warships, like two long snakes surrounding the Japanese fleet.
The gunners on the Ming fleet were almost in a state of madness. They fired madly as if they were given a shot of chicken blood. In addition, due to their usual well-trained training, their hit rate was extremely high.
Moreover, the gunners also summed up the experience gained from the small battle at Zhang Dingbian a few days ago, which is that when firing a cannon, they must aim the muzzle at the Japanese warship, slightly above the horizontal line.
Because of this, the Japanese warships will leak after being hit, and only in this way can a Japanese warship be sunk quickly.
"Brother Wuji, look, there are two more Japanese warships that can't move."
Zhang Wuji looked in the direction of Zhu'er's finger, and sure enough, he saw two Japanese warships parked there.
Long Ze on the side said cautiously: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, for destroying two more Japanese warships. Once a ship leaks, it will almost lose its combat effectiveness. If the sailors on the ship do not plug the leak in the first time, then it will never be plugged again. There is only one result waiting for them, and that is a shipwreck."
Zhang Wuji smiled at Long Ze: "Indeed, it seems that the balance of this battle has tilted towards our Ming Dynasty. After this battle, I will credit you two with your merits. You two know too much about Japan. From now on, you should just stay by my side."
Taking advantage of his happiness, Zhang Wuji finally said what he had wanted to say for a long time. After hearing this, Longze and Aoi also kowtowed to express their gratitude.
Zhang Wuji felt helpless: "Hurry up and get up, you two have turned from evil to good and can be considered as heroes of the Ming Dynasty. There is no need to perform such a great ceremony in the future."
After hearing this, Longze and Aoi felt sweet in their hearts.
However, at this moment, Zhu'er gave them both a hateful look.
Zhu'er was not stupid either. Based on her understanding of Zhang Wuji, she knew that he had already captured these two Japanese women alive for several years. How could he be indifferent to them? In all likelihood, he had already taken their bodies.
"You two were Japanese before. Now my Ming navy has the upper hand and has destroyed your Japanese warships like this. Do you really have no thoughts at all?"
After hearing this, Long Ze and Aoi's expressions immediately became tense and serious: "Your Majesty, I, we, what do you want in exchange for trusting us?"
As they spoke, tears welled up in Longze and Aoi's eyes again.
Seeing this, Zhu'er was helpless. In fact, she still liked those who were willing to go against her, like Zhou Zhiruo, Zhao Min and others. But Longze and Aoi were humble to the core at this moment. When facing the women around Zhang Wuji, they could not muster the slightest bit of resistance.
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