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Text Chapter 975 The Battle of Amami Island (1)

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    Twelve nautical miles from the southern tip of Amami Island, Wang Renzeng, who led his fleet with Zheng Zhilong behind his back, prepared to destroy Li Xiang's lair in one fell swoop, and then eliminate Li Xiang and take Li Xiang's wealth as his own.  A naval battle broke out between Zhang Bangchang, who left Amami Island and temporarily became the island's top commander.

    In this naval battle, the advantages and disadvantages of both sides were obvious. Wang Renzeng had many ships, but the Amami Island fleet led by Zhang Bangchang was more than half less than Wang Renzeng.

    However, due to the inaccurate report, Wang Renzeng did not know at this time that the Amami Islanders already had 19 more European-style warships in their hands.

    So, under such a situation, it would not be so easy for Wang Ren to deal with the people of Amami Island.

    Although European warships are also very old, they are still more advanced than Eastern warships.  Neither the speed nor the power of the ship's artillery can be compared to the Eastern warships.

    This added some variables to Wang Renzeng¡¯s destruction of the Li family fleet on Amami Island.

    At this moment, relying on his own advantages of strong soldiers, horses, and ships, Wang Renzeng no longer had the patience to continue going around in circles with Zhang Bangchang and the others.

    Originally, the maritime battles of this era were very different from the land infantry's methods of facing the enemy head-on.  After all, when fighting on the sea, once a boarding battle begins, it will be very bloody. At the same time, everyone must keep their own warships from being destroyed by the other side.

    You must know that if a boat is damaged at sea, few people on the side without the boat will survive after falling into the water.

    Therefore, before a general naval battle, everyone will slowly circle around on the sea and slowly approach each other.  In this process, both sides will continue to look for each other's flaws, loopholes, and opportunities.

    And before launching a boarding battle, both sides would shoot at each other's ships with fire arrows, and at the same time use ship-borne trebuchets and ballistae to attack the enemy.

    In another modern time and space, tactics like this are already very outdated.

    Even in the seventeenth century, Europeans no longer used this method of warfare and began to use artillery to fight at sea.

    But the problem is, this is the East.

    In naval battles in the East, everyone still follows and uses this method of naval warfare.

    For three hours, Wang Renzeng, Zhang Bangchang and the others just circled on the sea.

    In the end, it was Wang Renzeng who couldn't help but issued the order. He ordered his men to ignore the enemies who were circling with him, and just rushed over and started a hand-to-hand combat with the opponent on the sea.

    Anyway, they have more ships and more people here, but the other side's warships are more than half less than their own.  No matter how you look at it, he has the advantage, so why should he be so cautious?

    Wang Renzeng, who had been patiently staying in the circle with Zhang Bangchang and others, immediately cheered after receiving Wang Renzeng's order.

    ¡°In fact, Wang Renzeng¡¯s subordinates were also impatient.

    In their view, the morale of the people on the Amami Islands opposite them must have been extremely low after experiencing the Naha naval battle last year.  And when they were already facing Zheng Zhilong, it was impossible for them to have any will to resist.

    Although the boss Zheng Zhilong did not come in person this time, they were under the banner of Zheng Zhilong after all, right?

    " Regarding this, the Li Xiangzhong of Amami Island across the way don't know.

    Thinking about it, those people on the opposite side are already in panic now.

    Therefore, why should everyone be so cautious and contact them little by little to look for fighters?

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Just rush over.

    "Maybe, after our side rushes over, the other side's ships will scatter like birds and beasts.  At that time, there is no need to do it yourself, right?

    It has to be said that under normal circumstances, the idea of ????Wang Renzeng and his men is quite normal.  Many times, under such circumstances, things will indeed develop as they thought.

    But, but they ignored one thing.

    That is the people like Li Xiang on Amami Island. They have no way out.

    If they are defeated here, what will happen to the family members left on the island?

    This is a problem that Zhang Bangchang and the others are absolutely unwilling to see or imagine.

    Therefore, for Zhang Bangchang and others, this battle is inevitable.  Then let everyone have a good fight with Zheng Zhilong's fleet (Wang Renzeng) on ??the opposite side, maybe they can still have a chance.

      But if they don¡¯t fight, they won¡¯t even have a chance.

    For the sake of family and children, what does it matter if we work hard.

    ¡°This man, when there is no way out, the fighting will he can unleash is unimaginable by ordinary people.

    Wang Renzeng never thought about it, but he completely ignored this point.

    At the same time, Li Xiang¡¯s failure in the Naha naval battle last year led to the fall of Naha.  Li Xiang has been running Naha for more than ten years. Naha can be said to be Li Xiang's second nest after Amami Island.

    So, over there in Naha, there lived many of Li Xiang¡¯s subordinates and their families.

    But after the fall of Naha, all the men there and their families were slaughtered by Zheng Zhilong¡¯s men.  After the killing, word reached Li Xiang, but Li Xiang's men were filled with grief and despair.

    Because it can be seen from the incident in Naha that Zheng Zhilong is absolutely merciless towards people like himself.

    Therefore, Zhang Bangchang and the others could foresee that if their side was disrespectful in a naval battle, they would be defeated by the other side.  So what kind of outcome will happen to the relatives and children on Amami Island?

    No!

    They absolutely do not want such a result, so they will definitely give their last breath.

    And because of Zheng Zhilong¡¯s arrogance, this guy did not send more ships to Amami Island. This is an opportunity.

    As long as they can defeat these enemies, win this victory and wait until Boss Li Xiang comes back from Nagasaki, then they will have hope.

    Boss Li Xiang went to Nagasaki and is probably already talking to the crown prince.

    As long as they can reach an agreement, they can leave Amami Island and go to Nagasaki, and then they will become members of the Song Empire.

    So, now they can¡¯t retreat, nor can they be afraid!

    Although the enemy¡¯s ships are twice as many as ours, they still have to muster the courage to fight!

    Wang Renzeng misestimated the current power of Amami Island based on the intelligence from half a year ago.  And he also carelessly ignored the explosive power and willpower that people can produce in difficult times.

    He never thought that in order to protect the family and children on Amami Island, these pirates under Li Xiang would use much courage and belief to fight against him.

    Wang Renzeng¡¯s fleet formed a half-month formation on the sea and rushed towards Zhang Bangchang and the others.  Because they were no longer going around in circles, Wang Renzeng's ships speeded up.

    In front of Wang Renzeng¡¯s fleet were hundreds of small clippers with straws on their bows.  The straw was drizzled with kerosene, and some sailors were hiding behind it.

    This is a typical Eastern naval battle.

    The purpose of this kind of clipper is to use fire attacks after the two sides come into contact.

    And when the two sides are fighting, this small speedboat can also shuttle back and forth between huge warships, get close to the enemy's warships to cause damage, or kill and injure the enemy's sailors.

    In short, the Clippers are like assassins in online game teams.

    However, because the clipper is small and easy to destroy, it can easily be destroyed by the enemy's ship.  Therefore, most of the time, the clippers will follow the warship behind the camera.

    But now, Wang Renzeng changed this tactics and actually pushed the Clippers to the front.

    Therefore, in order to ensure their own speed, the sailors on the clipper had to fill up the single sail on the ship, and at the same time, they kept moving the oars.

    In the end, they were exhausted to death, and they managed to maintain the front line.

    The reason why Wang Renzeng did this was just to consume some of the enemy's arrows and stones before engaging in battle.

    It is actually a very cost-effective thing to exchange some insignificant clippers for the enemy's stones and arrows.  Because in the naval battles of this era in the East, once one's own ship runs out of stones and arrows, it will become very passive.

    Because in this situation, if the enemy still has stones and arrows, they will be beaten.

    Therefore, it is also a good method to constantly lure and consume the opponent's arrows, slings, and powerful crossbows in naval battles.

    Every era has its own tactics. After all, this is the seventeenth century, not the modern era of another time and space.

    Behind the clipper is Wang Renzeng's Ming-style warship with a loft and the capacity to garrison more than a hundred troops.  On its two wings, there are single-story small?, a fighting ship that can garrison more people.

    It is already very good for Wang Renzeng¡¯s subordinates to be able to produce such a formation.

    If it were Li Xianglai, then at least there would be more centipede boats and chain boats.

    "It's just that the centipede boat and the chain boat are Zheng Zhilong's trump cards.  Although Wang Renzeng was a close confidant, he would not be handed such a trump card.

    Therefore, Wang Renzeng, who can bring warships, fighting ships, and clippers, is considered very powerful.

    And when Wang Ren used a half-moon formation to rush over, there were nineteen warships on the right side of the Amami Island fleet. They quickly broke away from the team and headed towards Wang Ren, whose formation was somewhat chaotic during the impact.  Increase the left wing and rush forward.

    Because of the accelerated impact, there was a little chaos on the left wing of Wang Renzeng's fleet. It was this chaos that allowed Zhang Bangchang to see an opportunity.

    But Wang Renzeng didn¡¯t know anything about it.

    "Rush! Rush over! Make a fortune today!"

    At this moment, Wang Renzeng¡¯s mind was full of the scene after defeating the enemies on the opposite side and finding Li Xiang¡¯s wealth.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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