The risks of war should either be borne by all the combatants or by a very small number of people. If, like Yamamoto, one-third of his men were to bear the risk, it would be disastrous.
Even if there is no mutiny, there will be serious consequences.
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The fact was just as everyone thought. Yamamoto's flagship was constantly waving flag signals. However, it might have been better if these flag signals had not been sent. After seeing these flag signals, the captains of the Japanese fleet and each ship all tried to find ways to save themselves.
The order on the flag signal was to directly ram the warships that were closer to the Ming army.
So whoever is closer will be unlucky.
Then, a magical scene appeared. Just now, the morale of the Japanese was pretty good, at least they were full of fighting spirit, and at least they had the courage to confront the Ming army's warships, but now it was different.
Whoever gets close will die, so wouldn't it be better to stay away from them?
As a result, the dozens of warships on the outermost edge of the Japanese fleet actually stagnated, and that was not all. The warships that rushed to the front actually showed a tendency to retreat.
Gong Yu on the treasure ship of the Ming fleet was horrified when she saw this scene, but she was happy despite her shock.
"How could this happen?"
"Quickly signal with flags to get our ships as close to the Japanese ships as possible and see if we can squeeze them out."
Not only Gong Yu thought of this, but Zhang Dingbian, who was temporarily in charge of the other half of the fleet, also thought of this. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and no one had expected this to happen. Zhang Dingbian also asked his fleet to get as close to the Japanese warships as possible.
On the Ming army fleet side, no matter who it was, they made the most correct choice at this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Even at sea, what can we do?
There are some scenarios that Gong Yu has already practiced many times with his generals in recent years, and the conclusion drawn from those exercises is that as long as the opponent is stupid enough, it is possible to fight a war of annihilation even at sea.
And now, Yamamoto Neiji has already shown his stupider side. Of course, he may not be aware of this stupidity himself.
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"Baga, baga..."
"Why don't they speed up and hit the car? They are blatantly disobeying orders and their consciences are extremely bad."
"I'm going to chop them all off."
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Yamamoto was roaring, but Watanabe Zan felt relieved.
From the very beginning, when Yamamoto said that he wanted to exchange one-third of his warships for the entire Ming fleet, he felt that something seemed to be wrong, but he was not sure what was wrong.
And now, Watanabe Zan finally figured it out.
Even though his brain was a little slow, he luckily came to the conclusion of Sakura and Ryuzawa.
"General," Watanabe Zan said quickly, "You can no longer issue orders like crashing into each other and dying together."
After hearing this, Yamamoto became furious: "Baga, are you going to betray me too?"
Watanabe Zan was also speechless: "Marshal, who wants to betray you? No one wants to betray you, but have you ever thought about the disadvantages of doing so?"
Yamamoto said: "I can use one-third of the warships of the Japanese fleet to replace all the warships of the Ming Dynasty. Is there any problem with that?"
Watanabe praised: "Of course there is a problem, and it is a very big problem."
"Why do you let one third of your soldiers die with just one sentence?"
"Even if it means committing suicide, you should have told the soldiers in advance. When the time comes, you issued such an order. It is already a good thing that the fleet has come to a standstill. If it is more extreme, there may be a mutiny."
Yamamoto was also stunned after hearing this.
Indeed, his idea of using one-third of the combat power of the Japanese fleet to destroy the entire Ming fleet was a good one.
But who would be that one-third, and who would want to be that one-third? Obviously, Yamamoto Ningji always thought that his orders would be carried out without hesitation.
"Baga", Yamamoto already understood the reason: "Baga, Baga, these people are unwilling to be loyal to the empire, they are all the scum of the empire."
"Send the flag signal and tell them that I am going to chop off their heads."
After hearing this, the flag-bearing officer was about to wave the sword in his hand, but Watanabe Zan quickly stopped Yamamoto from doing this suicidal act.
"Marshal, calm down, calm down. This is a serious war. If you chop off the heads of so many captains now, it will really cause a mutiny."
Yamamoto took a few deep breaths, and only said after he calmed down a little: "Watanabe-kun, I was careless. I overestimated the loyalty of our soldiers to the emperor and their loyalty to Japan."
Watanabe Zan thought to himself, "In fact, what you overestimate most is their loyalty to you."
Although he thought so in his heart, Watanabe Zan continued to compliment him: "Marshal, you are loyal to the Emperor and you are loyal to Japan, but how can other people's ideological awareness be as high as yours?"
"Right now, we should think of a countermeasure quickly, otherwise the strategic space of our hundreds of warships will be compressed smaller and smaller."
Yamamoto glanced around and found that the orders she had issued before had not been carried out, which led to the suppression of the strategic space of their Japanese navy.
Nowadays, although the number of warships of the Ming Dynasty Navy is small, they are all deployed. Looking at the Japanese Navy, the dozens of warships that have just engaged in battle are showing signs of retreating.
Moreover, it was not until this time that Yamamoto discovered a more serious problem, that is, three warships of his own fleet had been sunk. Although they had not sunk completely, they would soon.
Yamamoto thought to himself, "This is definitely not a good sign. Such substantial casualties on our side will definitely dampen the morale of our soldiers."
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