【5200】

After hearing the words "Start a night attack tonight! Sink the enemy ship!", Katsura Taro suddenly fell into huge chaos, as if a bomb exploded in his mind.

He stared at Qingdeng with disbelief.

In order to verify the authenticity, he asked carefully:

"Qingdeng, sorry, you said just now..."

Qingdeng smiled, and there was a lot of teasing in his tone:

"Rintaro, you are not old yet, why has your hearing declined? Let the ships prepare for attack and launch a night attack tonight to sink the enemy ships."

His second half of his words were replaced with a serious and serious tone.

He heard it right... Qingdeng really planned to attack the enemy ship at night!

After a brief shock, Katsurain Taro was sober, frowned, and said quickly:

"Qingdeng, please be honest, is it too impatient to launch a strong attack on the enemy ship tonight?"

Qingdou looked calm and did not respond to Katsura Taro's question directly, but asked back:

"Rintaro, if you were asked to lead our fleet to engage in a head-on confrontation between generals and generals and soldiers, how likely would you win?"

“…”

Katsura Taro stopped talking. He pursed his lips tightly as if he choked.

Although he was the founder of the Shogunate Navy, he only had a lot of theoretical knowledge.

In essence, he has no practical experience!

He can plan in the rear and easily draw up hundreds of strategies, but if he really wants him to go to the front line to practice, he will not have such strong confidence.

What's more, the equipment gap between the two sides is too big.

Now is an era of rapid development of naval technology, and brand new naval equipment is released almost every year.

The ironclad ship is the most advanced and powerful ship type born in recent years! None of them!

The three enemy warships were all ironclad ships covered with steel armor, with first-class defense.

In contrast, the warships they fought against were all wooden paddle wheels (external wheels), supplemented by sail power, which lagged behind the other side by one or two generations.

The gap in artillery is even bigger.

There are 6 cannons in Tour Maru and Mount Fujimaru each, and the Hayrin Maru has a little more cannons, with 12. The three warships combined have only 24 cannons.

Each enemy warship has 16 artillery pieces! A total of 48 artillery pieces are totaled! It is twice theirs!

As the deputy general of the siege army, Taro Katsurachi didn't want to say discouraged words.

But the equipment gap is so big that it is... the chances of winning head-on are slim!

Aoden said what he couldn't say for Katsurachi Taro:

"If we fight head-on, we will only lose."

"Since you have no chance of winning head-on battle, you can only find another way, right?"

"Night attacks have always been the only way to reverse the gap between the enemy and us."

"As far as the situation is concerned, we have no other plan to use except for night attacks on enemy ships."

Qing Deng said as he took out 3 black chess and 3 white chess from the chess box next to him.

He placed 3 black chess pieces in the Hunting Bay to indicate the enemy ship, and then placed 3 white chess pieces in the Aomori to indicate the his own ship.

"I plan to send all warships to approach Hunguan Bay at night and implement the jumping tactics against enemy ships. It just so happened that today was cloudy, which was suitable for our army's operations."

He turned his head and looked at the sky outside the tent.

But the thick, gray clouds separated the heaven and earth.

Judging from the thickness of the clouds, it will not dissipate even at night, and it can just block the moonlight and hide the whereabouts of the fleet.

Katsura Taro raised his eyebrows:

"We need to use the jumping gang tactic to deal with the enemy ship?"

"Rintaro, do you think our artillery can penetrate the iron armor of enemy ships?"

"If you shoot more than ten shots in a concentrated manner, you might be able to penetrate the enemy ship's armor."

Qingdeng shrugged:

"But night attacks focus on speed. Go in and go quickly, so we don't have the time to shoot fire slowly."

"If we cannot solve the enemy ship in a short time, and wait for the opponent to launch a counterattack, we will be bad."

"Even if it is a solid iron-clad ship, its interior must be fragile."

"We should send the most elite swordsmen and gunmen to force themselves to take on enemy ships and carry out sabotage from within."

"Hand-hand combat is our strength, and there is no reason to be unfair to exploit it."

Qingdeng paused and immediately quipped:

"Luckily I brought the second team here."

Katsura Taro stared at the map in front of him, his facial lines tightly, and his cheeks were filled with thought.

After a while, he let out a long breath, showing a relieved look:

"...Well, Qingdeng, you're right. If you want to defeat the enemy ship, the only feasible strategy at the moment is night attack!"

"If we can successfully attack the night, even if we just destroy an enemy ship, it can greatly increase our chances of victory!"

Qingdeng nodded:

"Now there is only one problem left - how to solve the difference between warships. Lintaro, which side has a higher deck compared to our ships?"

Katsura Taro replied without hesitation:

"The enemy ship is higher, with a height drop of about 3 meters."

"3 meters...this height is very tricky..."

Katsura Taro snatched:

"You can only use traditional tactics. Throw a rope with hook claws, hook the enemy ship's side, and then climb up along the rope."

"Well, just do that. Do we have hook ropes?"

"Of course there is. Don't forget that the warships we brought are not only Xianlinmaru, tourist maru and Fujimaru, but also dozens of old sailboats. These old ships have sufficient hook ropes and enough quantity."

Qingdeng nodded:

"Very good, bring all the hooks tonight!"

A few hesitations appeared on Katsura Taro's face:

"Qingdeng, will you launch a night attack tonight. Are you too hasty?"

"Soldiers are very fast. Since you have made a decision, there is no reason to delay. What's more, today is cloudy and the weather is on me. If you miss it, God knows if there will be such a good fighter in the future."

Aoden paused and cast a joking look at Katsuraritaro.

"Rintaro, don't tell me that during the time I left the camp, you ate, drank and played all day long, slacked off your training and lost your fighting spirit."

When Katsurara Taro heard this, he immediately raised his chest and raised his head, and said with righteous words:

"It is absolutely impossible! I, Katsura Taro, dare to use the head of my neck to assure you that our army is always in a state of high fighting spirit and ready to fight at any time!"

"Since that's the case, I'll feel relieved."

After saying that, Qingdeng held Vairocana on his waist and slowly stood up.

"Tonight, I'm going to fight myself!"

Katsura Taro was stunned:

"Qingdeng, are you going to the front line in person again?"

"Whether it can successfully weaken the combat power of the enemy ship, the impact... is not enough to determine the outcome of this battle! Of course I have to go forward to fight."

Qingdeng paused and then smiled calmly:

"When King Ni appears in front of the formation, the thousands of troops behind him will naturally follow him with all his might."

"But, but... you just returned from the Hokkien land, don't you need to rest for a while?"

Katsura Taro said as he couldn't help but sweep his eyes, looking at the dusty clothes on Aoden.

Qingdeng waved his hand:

"Don't worry, I'm in great condition now. Just have a full meal, take a shower, and take a nap and I can return to my full state!"

With the blessing of his talent "Sleeping God" and "Strong Spirit +8", his recovery ability is simply too strong! A normal person needs to take 10 hours to relieve fatigue, and he only needs to rest for 1 or 2 hours!

"Kairin Taro, go and help me arrange it. Except for the 11th Team, the 2nd Team and the 8th Team are all dispatched!"

"Let the soldiers rest well, and if they should organize their equipment, they should start the action at 4 o'clock tonight (10 o'clock)!"
To be continued...