Chapter 569 The following offense
"Report to the general, ahead is Miyako Island. We found a large number of ships wandering here, they should be Japanese 'pirate ships'!"
Everyone in Japan calls them fishing boats. , so as the enemy, the East African officials naturally want to define it as a pirate ship that wanders to the waters of the Southern Ryukyu Islands. This way, the fight will be more convincing. The motives of both parties are not pure, but they both like to imitate the bitches and build archways.
"Fire warning shots and start driving away." Glaish ordered.
The reason why they did not start a direct fight is because East Africa respects Japan's strength. After all, East Africa is a guest from afar and is not arrogant enough to be arrogant and domineering in the Far East.
Then the sailors in the main gun room of the East African "Partridge" began to adjust the angle of the artillery and fired three shells in the sky over the waters of Miyako Island.
"Boom..."
The cannonball fell on the sea along a parabola. The explosion stirred up huge waves on the sea surface, sweeping the sea water in all directions.
The impact point of the "Partridge" ironclad's shells was less than 800 meters away from the two Japanese "pirate ships". One of the smaller fishing boats was almost overturned by the oncoming sea water. It capsized, and the hull tilted nearly 90 degrees. The six sailors on board worked hard to save the fishing boat from capsizing.
Glaish, who was holding a telescope, naturally saw this scene: "It seems that the other party is not an ordinary person, it is very likely that he is a fisherman disguised by the Japanese Navy!"
"Why did the general say that?"
Glaish replied: "The place where the shell exploded just now was so close, but the few people on the small boat were not afraid of danger, worked together, and dealt with it extremely appropriately. In extreme circumstances, , stabilizing the hull in a very short time, it is not an ordinary fisherman at first glance. People can do it."
"The general means that these fishermen are pretending to be Japanese soldiers?"
"It's almost the same, but it doesn't matter whether they are Japanese soldiers or not. If you don't understand and leave voluntarily, then just stay in Shen Hai!" Grace ordered.
At this time, the Japanese soldiers who were praised by Glasch for being "unafraid in the face of danger" did not feel so peaceful. At the moment when the shell exploded, several of them were soaked in cold sweat and their faces were pale. Fortunately, in the past The training worked well and he didn't lose his sense of proportion, so he could save his life.
"Bagaya Road, East Africa is bullying others too much!" Japan's top commander Seiji Ozawa scolded this time.
In fact, when the East African Fleet appeared, the Japanese naturally discovered the existence of the East African Fleet, especially the bright flag of East Africa, which the Japanese naturally recognized.
However, the East African ironclad ship was very ungrateful and opened fire when it was still far away from the Japanese fleet. This made Ozawa Seiji feel worried at the time. If he aimed at his command ship, he might That's it.
Ozawa Seiji's command ship is a sailing ship with a displacement of more than 500 tons. Naturally, it cannot withstand a blow from East Africa's main ironclad ship.
Fortunately, East Africa did not want to have a dispute when it came up. It only threatened with artillery, but this also put great pressure on the Japanese fleet.
"Your Excellency, Commander, this should be the East African Navy. The enemy is powerful now, and they have fired warning shots just now. They probably want us to leave voluntarily. What should we do?"
"East Africans are not martial. "Damn! We are just fishing boats, and they actually sent a naval fleet to intervene in the affairs of the Sakishima Islands. The powers are really too domineering," Ozawa Seiji said very dissatisfied.
Although East Africa was very unfamiliar to Japan at this time, Japan still classified East Africa as one of the great powers based on its feeling. Although East Africa chose to hide its strength, the navy could not hide it. As a naval power, East Africa They enjoyed their due treatment in the Far East, especially since Archduke Ferdinand led a complete East African navy to visit the Far East before. Many Asian countries know the power of the East African navy. Of course, the East African Navy is not hiding in the first place. The biggest task of the Navy is mainly to deter, to prevent overseas forces from coveting East Africa. If the East African Navy is not strong enough, then the East African coast will become a great power like other countries. Come and leave whenever you want in the back garden.
So Seiji Ozawa did not dare to look down on the East African Navy. He gritted his teeth and said: "A conflict with the East African Navy now is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg. Although we are willing to sacrifice our lives for the empire, there is nothing The strength gap between the two sides is too large, and it is not easy for the empire to cultivate a navy. We cannot let the good men of our Yamato nation die here in vain!”
"Commander...are you willing?"
"Asshole, we should have taken the initiative to seize the island before East Africa had a firm foothold, otherwise we wouldn't be in trouble today!" Ze Zheng'er said unhappily.
“This is not your fault, but the misjudgment of those in the military. After all, no one would have thought that East Africa would send an entire fleet to just a few islands thousands of miles away!”
< br>The Southern Ryukyu Islands are indeed dispensable to East Africa, but the cost of sending a fleet is quite large. East Africa may not be able to recoup the cost in the next few decades, and there are still troops stationed here, which is a bottomless pit. It is almost impossible to get in and out. Of course, from a strategic perspective, it cannot be said that East Africa has suffered a loss. With a foothold in the Western Pacific, it can better intervene and safeguard East Africa's interests in the Far East.
"Your Excellency Commander, now is not the time to discuss right and wrong. We must quickly pass the information back to the mainland and then make plans. Even if we retreat now, the military will not pursue us. After all, the strength of the enemy and ourselves is very different. .”
"Okay, give the order to retreat!"
Then the Japanese command ship gave instructions to the Japanese fishing boats present, and ordered through flags and horns to evacuate the waters of the Southern Ryukyu Islands and return to Naha City.
These fishermen in Japan were originally disguised, and they naturally began to evacuate in an orderly manner after receiving the order. But was things really so smooth?
"I said these so-called fishermen are Japanese professional soldiers in disguise. You see, they can also receive orders and retreat in an orderly manner. The average fishing boat team cannot have such a tacit understanding!" Glaish saw Japan After the man retreated, he said happily.
"Your Majesty General, I'm afraid that's not necessarily the case. Look at their left wing, are they making any small moves!"
Glaish looked along where his subordinates had spoken, and sure enough, there was a Japanese army that did not follow Seiji Ozawa's instructions, but did the exact opposite.
Ozawa Seiji also discovered something unusual about his men: "On the left is the person with high fever Morita, right! What happened to them? Call them back quickly? You can even hear the instructions wrongly!"
"Your Excellency, Commander, Gao Feng Morita has always been blind and arrogant, and has always been contrary to what you say. I'm afraid he just doesn't want to act according to your orders. Military You can misunderstand the signal, but you can't misunderstand the flag message! "
"Asshole, if his uncle hadn't given him to me, I wouldn't have wanted to look at him. This time he blatantly violated military orders, and it would cause irreversible consequences! I will never forgive the loss.”
“Commander, should we ignore him? After all, he is one of ours.”
"Hmph, there is no interest in the empire. Anyone who disobeys orders is not allowed to care about him. At the same time, he gives an order to his people and must retreat, regardless of Gao Feng Morita's order."
Ozawa Seiji's After overstepping the order, some of Takaro Morita's people finally chose to withdraw, and Takaro Morita still had more than 20 ships under his command.
Ozawa Seiji has roughly guessed what the bastard Takaro Morita is going to do, but he is at sea now. If Takaro Morita persists, just let this second generation ancestor die.
(End of this chapter)