On the second day of the fifth month of the seventh year of Tianwu.

Miyako Island, the southernmost part of Ryukyu.

In the early morning, a faint morning mist floated on the sea in the east, casting hazy morning light, illuminating the small fishing village on Miyako Island like a painting of ink.

The small fishing village was silent. The fishermen here had already left empty before the troops of the Satsuma clan came. Even the dogs guarding the door ran away with their owners on a boat.

The terrain around the small fishing village is flat, and a military camp is not far away. Dozens of warships are still parked on the calm sea.

Tadaro Shimazu, the general of the Satsuma clan, was awakened by urination. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and walked out of the military camp. A gust of sea breeze blew towards him, so he almost urinated.

Tadaro Shimazu was the third brother of Shimazu Kokusa, the second vassal lord of the Satsuma clan. He was ordered to guard the Miyako Waterway to prevent the Ming Nanyang fleet stationed in Taiwan from raiding Ryukyu.

The sky was bright, there was mist floating on the sea, the sky was covered with clouds, and the surroundings were surprisingly quiet. Tadaro Shimazu frowned as soon as he finished peeing.

He looked at the direction of the observation deck and cursed hatefully: "Damn, the sentry is asleep again!"

Tadaro Shimazu hurried to the rocky sentry post and went up the observation deck along the ladder. Sure enough, he saw the sentry curled up there with an iron cannon in his arms, snoring like thunder.

He grabbed the sentry's clothes and lifted it up, and slapped him five or six times in the face anyway.

"Hi!" The sentry in the sleeping dream was trembling, and he evasively covered his hot face and stuttered: "Report... Report to the general, everything is normal!"

Tadaro Shimazu pushed away the sentry and warned viciously: "Next time I dare to sleep on night, I will sleep with your wife!"

The sentry secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately he had no wife...

Tadaro Shimazu's eyelids twitched for a day. I heard that the Ming Dynasty threatened to take over the entire Ryukyu territory today, but I don't know if it was a bragging person.

"What is that..."

Suddenly, the sentry looked at the sea, his tone full of surprise.

Tadaro Shimazu turned around and saw that the morning mist gradually dissipated, and countless black dots appeared on the sea level in the distance.

These black spots are becoming more and more large, and seemingly occupying the entire sea level.

"That's a fleet!"

Tadaro Shimazu's voice was full of shock. The fleet was not from Taiwan.

The dense black dots on the sea surface suddenly burst out with flames, followed by a harsh whistling sound, and the seagulls floating in the sky flew in panic.

Suddenly, the roar of earth shaking mountains sounded on Miyako Island.

That was a giant shell fired by thirty-two-pound cannons on the Royal Navy battleship of the Ming Dynasty. The caliber of these cannons far exceeded that of the Satsuma warship artillery. The maximum warship artillery of the Satsuma warship artillery was only eighteen pounds!

Countless giant shells fell on Miyako Island and exploded. Amid the deafening explosion, the small fishing village disappeared into the thick smoke.

The watchtower shook in the artillery fire, and the sentry without a wife was so scared that she sat down in the place.

Tadaro Shimazu also rolled and crawled out of the observation deck, and turned around and shouted, "Roll the alarm bell, and set up defenses! Quick!"

In fact, at this time, there is no need for sentry warnings. This wave of thunder-like shells is the best warning.

The sentry had no chance to sound the alarm bell, because he was gone and was taken away by a shot. The alarm bell was knocked away by the impact force and rolled on the ground for a few meters and stopped.

The ruins of the watchtower and the military camp next to the fishing village were all a sea of ​​fire, like the sky and the earth were sinking.

One of the military camps with the family emblems and flags of the Satsuma family were ruthlessly erased from the earth by artillery of the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty.

Also erased were the Japanese supporting actors sleeping heavily in the camp.

Tadaro Shimazu leaned dejectedly against a rock wall, wearing a thick mouth, and knew that he had saved his life.

He hid behind the rock wall and looked at the sea secretly. He saw large warships like giants slowly sailing out of the fog and heading towards the shore of Miyako Island. The main masts of these warships were estimated to be as high as twenty feet!

Tadaro Shimazu saw the Ming army flag on the mast clearly and was shocked. He did not expect that the Ming Dynasty would have such a huge warship!

In Tadaro Shimazu, the giant armed merchant ships of the Red Barbarians and the Big Bo Roki are not that big!

Seeing so many large sailing boats, it would be fake to say that Tadaro Shimazu was not afraid.

As a child of a naval family, Tadaro Shimazu knew very well that this type of warship could at least match the ten warships of the Satsuma clan!

It is said that early birds eat insects, and vigilant birds can survive better.

In addition to Tadaro Shimazu, some Japanese soldiers who heard the sound of cannons quickly got up and instinctively avoided artillery fire. They were all survivors.

Everyone ran to the beach as soon as possible, boarding the ship to prepare for the challenge, but when these Satsuma soldiers saw the Ming fleet, many of them were so scared that they turned pale.

In the past, these Satsuma soldiers relied on the large number of ships to bully the Ryukyu Kingdom. They were very proud. Now, seeing the opponent's fleet bringing an overwhelming momentum, they instantly became impotence and no longer had a tough temper.

How could the Ming Kingdom have such a huge fleet?

Tadaro Shimazu couldn't help but ask himself, what kind of opponent he was fighting against? Are these just one of the Ming Dynasty's fleets?

As the Ming fleet approached, it was probably too late to retreat, and the samurai spirit did not allow Tadaro Shimazu to retreat without fighting.

Therefore, Tadaro Shimazu gritted his teeth and ordered: "Everyone is ready to fight the enemy!"

Tadaro Shimazu's grandfather, uncle, and father all participated in the Wanli Korean War with Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

In the battle to ambush the Ming army on the Korean Peninsula, the samurai of the Shimazu family was defeated by the Ming general Li Rusong, leading three thousand cavalrymen. Grandpa Shimazu Yoshihiro fled in a panic, and his uncle Shimazu Kubo was killed by the Ming army while running away.

The family and two generations of heads were chased away by the Ming army. This humiliating history was lingering in the hearts of every man in the Satsuma Shimazu family.

In this era, Japan had not yet formed the later Bushido spirit, but it had already been forged with a stubborn mind. Although it was afraid of the enemy's large ships, fortunately, the number was not large.

The Satsuma clan arranged all warships around the Miyako Islands. Once the battle here starts, reinforcements around will come to support them continuously!

After Shimazu Tadaro gave the order, the soldiers of the Satsuma clan showed strength, sailed and rushed up bravely.

The entire Satsuma ship fleet was lined up into a geese-shaped formation with protruding in the middle and slightly retracting the two wings. Tadaro Shimazu's flagship rushed to the front, leading by example, and encouraging the morale of the entire army.

In the Ming army's fleet, Deputy General Huang Binqing almost laughed out loud. The Japanese only had dozens of broken ships. They dared to provoke him if they didn't run away. It was really ridiculous!
Chapter completed!