After being corrected by a book friend who is already middle-aged, the two battleships Nikki Maru and Hyundai Maru can only fire 70 artillery pieces at the same time, not 140, because half of their artillery pieces are installed on the ships.

On the other side, the artillery on the ship is fixed at the gun position and cannot be moved at will, so only half of the artillery can be fired at the same time.

So the author made some small mistakes in the last chapter...but it doesn't matter, I'm too lazy to go back and change it, so everyone can just ignore this small mistake!

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Time goes back to just now

After Ogata asked Mamiya "Have you ever learned how to drive a small boat somewhere?", Genichi discovered that Ogata, Mamiya, and Makimura were all just like him, looking at each other with meaningful eyes.

Staring at the carriage carriage.

"...Ogata-kun, Mamiya, Makimura." Genichi grinned, "It seems that we have thought of going together."

"It took a lot of effort to catch up here..." Makimura agreed, "How could we just give up..."

Amachi, who was standing next to Ogata, naturally noticed the conversation between Ogata and the others.

After traveling with Ogata for so long, she has already developed a complete tacit understanding with him.

Even though Ogata didn't say anything to her, just by looking at Ogata's actions and listening to Ogata's words just now, she instantly realized what Ogata wanted.

"Ayi, are you still trying to chase after me?!" A Ding looked horrified.

"... Just like what Makimura said just now." Ogata's voice was low, "We have already chased him here, how can we just give up like this?"

Ogata turned to look at the second ship that had not completely left the coast.

"These two ships are not too far from the coast yet."

"And you can see that they are going against the wind now, and their speed is not very fast..."

"So... this should be our last chance to catch up with Toyotomi."

"Currently, there is no ship in Japan that can match the performance of these two warships purchased from England."

"If these two ships are allowed to completely leave the coast and enter the vast sea...then there will really be no way to save the day and there will be no way to catch up with them."

"By then, both Miss Lin and the people of Edo... will all be finished."

"But, but..." Shimada, who was still kneeling on the ground, said urgently, "How are we going to chase him? We don't have a boat. Is it possible to swim across?"

Shimada just finished speaking

"Isn't the ship... here?"

Yuan Yi raised the corner of his mouth, then raised his finger and pointed at the roof cover of the car in front of him.

"The roof of this carriage is big enough."

"As long as you remove the roof cover of this carriage and swim over with it, you have a good chance of catching up with the two battleships."

"What's more, we also have a Mamiya who knows how to sail a boat and how to use the water flow to speed up."

"Hold this board...swim over?!" Shimada exclaimed in shock, looking at the sea that was now rough due to thunderstorms, "How can you swim across such a sea? The waves are so rough...

It's so big...even if you are holding a wooden board, it will be easily swept away by the waves, right?"

"Shimada." Genichi smiled at Shimada, "The majority of things in this world are suffering. If you are not afraid of suffering, it will only make your life full of holes."

"That, that..." Azuki, who had been very quiet and rarely expressed any opinions since she followed Ogata and the others to Mount Koya, now rarely expressed her thoughts.

Just listen to her say in a cautious tone:

"Those two ships...are equipped with a lot of artillery, aren't they?"

"If you just swim over with a piece of plank in your arms... won't you be attacked by the ship's artillery...?"

"Well, that's right." Yuan Yi replied without hesitation again with a calm face, "We just swim over like this. Not only do we have to fight against the waves, but we also probably have to fight against the cannonballs fired from the ships."

"But other than that, there is no other way to pursue those two battleships."

“Come and try it!”

Yuan Yi showed a contagious smile to Azuki.

"Let's see who is more powerful: God and artillery...or our courage and fighting spirit!"

After saying that, Yuan Yi took the lead and rushed to the car in front of him.

"Mamiya, how do you dismantle this carriage?"

"Did you see that part that is spliced ​​together using mortise and tenon joints?" Mamiya quickly walked around the carriage, "Unscrew here, here, and here, and you can dismantle the carriage.

Already."

Mamiya, who had studied carpentry in the Yamato area, gave extremely professional instructions.

"Hold a plank of wood to catch up with two battleships..." Asai grinned, "This kind of thing... really fits our style at Calabash House..."

After saying that, Asai quickly walked to the side of the carriage: "Mamiya, is there anything I can help you with?"

Also joining the ranks of "car dismantling" is Makimura.

He followed Asai to the car without saying a word, and then followed silently to dismantle the car.

"Miss Hatsumi..." Shibata, who was accustomed to listening to Hatsumi in everything, quietly asked Hatsumi next to him, "What are we going to do now... eh?"

Before he finished asking, he saw Hatsumi striding up to Genichi and the others without saying a word...

Shibata glanced at Chuguang helplessly, and then silently walked over to help.

Everyone was enthusiastically dismantling the car.

However, at this moment...a "disharmonious" sound sounded

"...Ms. Gendai, what Azhu just said is not unreasonable."

"Those two battleships have a huge number of artillery pieces."

"It's really dangerous to just swim across the board holding the board."

"With so many artillery pieces firing there together, even if they don't hit us, the water jets and waves they stir up are enough for us to drink a pot of water."

"So, I just thought of a... new plan. I wonder if you would like to hear it?"

"Oh?" Genichi stopped dismantling the car, raised his eyebrows, and slowly turned his head to look at Ogata, the person who just said these words.

"New plan?" Yuan Yi asked with interest, "What kind of new plan?"

"My plan...is said to be a new plan, but in fact it is just a small change based on 'holding the board and swimming over there'."

Ogata raised his hand and pointed to the sea in the distance.

"We are divided into two groups."

"Master Yuan Yi, you hold the plank and swim towards the second ship from the front to attract the second ship's attention."

"Then... I will sneak in from another direction and 'smuggle' under one of the ships by diving."

"Then, I will launch a surprise attack and destroy the ship!"

"In this way, the number of ships launching artillery attacks can be reduced to one, and the pressure on Mr. Genichi and you to swim over can be greatly reduced."

As soon as Ogata said this, everyone in the audience was shocked.

"You swam from another direction alone?" Mamiya raised his eyebrows first, and then frowned, "... Ogata-kun, with all due respect, under such a roaring wave, even if you are holding a wooden board,

They are all very dangerous.”

"I know." Ogata said, "If it were me in the past, I definitely wouldn't have the ability to fight these raging waves."

"But... for me now, I don't think it is impossible to cross such a torrent."

Everyone was silent.

They all know that Ogata's current physical fitness cannot be measured by ordinary people's standards...

After Mamiya and others looked at each other for a while, they all focused their attention on... Genichi.

Yuan Yi also looked serious now.

After staring straight at Ogata for a while, he asked:

"...Ogata-kun, how confident are you that you can cross such a sea without relying on any external objects?"

There was no need for anyone to give Yuan Yi a detailed introduction. This old man, who was used to seeing strong winds and waves, also knew how beneficial it would be to their crossing the sea if they could divide the forces into two groups and let someone take the lead in destroying a certain warship.

"Hmm... I can't say how sure I am." Ogata smiled slightly, "But in terms of success rate, it is always higher than the death battles I have experienced before."

Yuan Yi also laughed.

"...Okay then!" Genichi raised his head and announced to the surrounding Mamiya and others, "Then, let's act according to Ogata-kun's plan!"

"We are divided into two groups to gain time and conditions for Ogata-kun's 'smuggling'!"

After that, Yuan Yi continued to dismantle the car.

Under Mamiya's instructions, within a few moments, and with the concerted cooperation of everyone, the originally complete carriage was smoothly dismantled into pieces.

"...Okay, now... let's decide who should chase the two ships." Yuan Yi roughly looked over the car roof, which was the right size and weight, and then moved his eyes and looked at the car roof.
To be continued...