Everyone around them glanced around and said, "First of all, Asai, Shimada, you two stay here."

The two wounded men, who knew that they could no longer help in the pursuit of the ship, did not express any opinions and nodded silently to show their agreement.

As soon as Minamoto and Asai and Shimada gave their orders, they heard Ogata say to Amachi and Asuku in the same tough tone:

"A-Machi, A-Zhu, both of you stay."

"Huh? I..." Ating said anxiously.

Ogata had already expected that A-Machi would not nod obediently in agreement, so just when A-Machi had time to say the word "I", he quickly interrupted:

"Then we have to engage in close combat with the enemy on the ship."

"The narrow cabin and deck are not conducive to the development of your shooting skills at all."

"What's more, we have to swim there later."

"In this way, all the firearms on your body will inevitably get wet from the sea water."

"You don't need me to explain to you: What will be the consequences if the firearm is filled with water?"

"What's more important is that you're still seasick, Machi, and you can't fight on the ship at all."

The three reasons given by Ogata for "requiring Atachi to stay on the coast" are each more convincing than the last, and each one will leave Atachi speechless.

After being told by Ogata that there was no room for argument, Atachi bit his lip, lowered his head, and remained silent.

When Atachi was silent, Ogata turned his attention to Asuki.

"Azhu, even though there is a wooden board to hold on to, crossing such a rough sea will definitely consume a lot of energy."

"And you happen to be the kind of person who doesn't have enough physical strength."

"So you stay here too."

Azhu, who was well-known for his own strength, didn't say much and just nodded obediently.

"...A-Machi." Ogata turned his gaze back to A-Machi, who was still silent, "... I will leave these two short muskets to you for safekeeping for the time being."

Ogata took out the two pistols that he could not carry across the sea: Kasumi Nagi and Umeizen, and handed the two pistols to Omachi.

"Don't worry." Ogata smiled and raised his hand to smooth Omachi's rain-wet forehead, "I'll be right back."

"...Yeah." Atachi nodded vigorously, took and solemnly put away the two guns that Ogata asked her to keep.

When Ogata successfully persuaded Atachi and Atzuki to stay, a shout suddenly pierced Ogata's eardrums.

"Please take me with you!"

Ogata raised his eyebrows and looked at Hatsuko, the owner of the coquettish voice just now.

Hatsuko, who was a bit shorter than Ogata, stood beside Ogata, raised her head, and looked at Ogata with firm eyes.

"Please take me with you!"

Chu Guang shouted what she just shouted again.

"Jijiu... is most likely on those two ships."

Chu Guang turned his head and looked at the sea next to him, gritting his teeth.

"So please take me with you!"

"My physical strength is very good. I am confident that even after crossing the sea holding the plank, I will still be able to jump around."

"I am also very confident in my strength. After boarding the ship, I will never hold you back!"

Hatsumi pleaded with Ogata sincerely.

"Well..." Looking at Chu Guang who insisted on pursuing the ship together, he hesitated on his face.

He secretly glanced sideways at Azhu next to him.

Azuki noticed Ogata looking at her.

I saw Azuki tightening his lips, just like Ogata, with a look of hesitation on his cheeks.

It wasn't until a moment later that Azhu nodded gently as if he had finally finished his ideological struggle.

Azuki stood beside Amachi.

Because Atachi's body was blocking it, Hatsumi didn't see this little move by Atachi.

"...Allow me to remind you." Ogata withdrew his gaze from Azuki and nodded to Hatsuguang, "We must first brave the waves and the enemy's artillery fire to cross the sea, and then on the ship.

It is not an ordinary difficulty to engage in close combat with the enemy."

After hearing this, Chu Guang smiled slightly:

"At the beginning, when I decided to go against Jijiu, I had already put life and death aside."

What's hidden in Chuguang's smile is the calmness and strength that makes it easy to carry weight.

"...I understand. Then you have to...follow us closely."

"Thank you very much!" Hatsumi solemnly thanked Ogata, then turned to Shibata behind him and said sternly, "Shibata, you stay on the coast with the others."

As soon as Hatsumi finished speaking, Shibata opened and closed his mouth like a fish that had fallen on the shore, as if he wanted to express his opinion on the order Hatsumi had just given him.

But he was accustomed to being obedient to Chu Guang, and finally chose to be a "good baby", hanging his head in frustration and nodding "yes".

In less than a cup of tea, Ogata and the others decided on the members Ogata, Genichi, Mamiya, Makimura, and Hatsumi who would pursue them across the sea.

Genichi, who looked like he was going on an outing later, smiled and asked Mamiya and Makimura in front of him: "Are you all ready to fight the waves and artillery fire?"

Facing Genichi's inquiry, Mamiya only smiled slightly: "I can't wait any longer. I just want to learn the firing speed and firing method of naval guns."

Makimura was more direct. He didn't say anything. He just smiled, took the lead in carrying the car roof, and jumped into the sea.

Genichi, Mamiya, Hatsumi and the others followed Makimura and embraced the cold sea water.

Ogata didn't say any more words of farewell to Amachi.

With only gentle movements, he helped his wife smooth down her rain-wet forehead, and then strode out toward the sea in front of her.

Just as he was about to jump into the sea, Ogata quietly put his hand into his arms and took out a... small object carefully wrapped in a handkerchief.

He unfolded the handkerchief and what it contained inside was a small black medicine box.

This medicine box was specially purchased by Ogata to facilitate the shipment of a certain medicine that he got from someone. When he bought this medicine box, according to the store, the quality of this medicine box is excellent, especially its waterproofness.

, even if it falls into the water, not a single drop of water will penetrate into the box.

This medicine box... or rather the medicine contained in this medicine box, was the ultimate secret weapon that Ogata took with him just in case when he left Osaka last night, just in case.

After carefully looking at the medicine box with complicated eyes, Ogata wrapped the medicine box tightly in a handkerchief, put it back in his arms, and then walked towards the sea in front of him.

As he walked towards the sea, Ogata's chest slowly rose and fell with a special rhythm.

Finally, a special light flashed in Ogata's eyes.

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time back to now

"Quick! Quick! Reload!"

On the gourd pill, several gunners on a certain muzzle pulled back the cannon on the muzzle with skillful movements, cleaned up the gunpowder residue left in the previous round of shooting, and then loaded new shells.

The recoil of artillery of this era is generally extremely shocking. Once fired, the artillery can travel several meters back.

Therefore, in order to limit the impact of the recoil of the artillery, on battleships, inclined wooden blocks and ropes will be used to fix the artillery muzzle. In this way, after the artillery is fired, it will be blocked by the inclined wooden blocks and ropes.

Rather than flying too far back.

After a shot is fired, the gunners will quickly complete the reloading of the gun, and then push the gun out of the muzzle to fire.

"Loaded!"

"Okay! Push it out!"

Every artillery piece on the Rihui Pill and the Calabash Pill is the most advanced artillery in the UK.

Neither the firepower nor the rate of fire can be compared to the old antiques currently used by the Edo shogunate that have lagged behind the West for who knows how many years.

When the gunners in charge of the muzzle hurriedly planned to re-exit the loaded artillery muzzle,

Thump, thump...

They suddenly heard a strange sound coming from outside the muzzle... to be more precise, it was from the lower end of the muzzle.

The sound... was a bit like something hitting the wall of their ship...

A very curious gunner frowned and walked towards the muzzle. He planned to see what was going on outside and where the strange sound came from.

"Did our ship hit something..." This "curious baby" muttered while sticking his head out of the gun port.

And the moment he poked his head out of the muzzle of the cannon... the man's face immediately turned as if it was stained with white foam, horribly pale.

A human face.

He saw a human face.
To be continued...