Chapter 800: The Error of Empiricism
"Chase!"
Although he was a little unwilling, Takeda Shingen did not cause trouble. Finding the main force of the Han fleet was his most important task.
If we really allow a main fleet to land at will, that would be a real disaster.
The mobility of the navy is destined to reduce coastal cities to ruins in the absence of similar forces.
That kind of loss is not something they can afford. A large part of Japan's food comes from fisheries, and there are also a series of things such as salt industry distributed along the coast.
If they are completely blockaded, they can still hold on, but if the coastal cities are destroyed, it will be a real disaster.
After breaking through, Taishi Ci and his men were very upset. The Japanese showed more than they could, which forced them to lose two ships.
"The enemy's firepower is not weak, and their speed and number are not weak, and their reconnaissance methods are mysterious. This battle will be difficult to fight," Taishi Ci frowned.
They still don't know how they were exposed and were almost trapped on the coast.
"It should be some kind of secret art of light and shadow. Only this kind of thing will not be deceived by my talent for confusion!" Ling Cao was very upset. If he couldn't find a way to solve this problem, his performance would drop to freezing point.
"The way they hide is also very strange. We are using reconnaissance techniques. Logically speaking, there should be no way that anything within a 20-mile radius can be hidden from our reconnaissance!"
Wen Pin also found it strange. They didn't achieve anything this time and even suffered a loss for no apparent reason. It was simply unacceptable.
After returning to the main fleet, the three reported the situation to Zhou Yu.
"It's an unknown secret technique of light and shadow manipulation. This is worth studying!"
Zhou Yu touched his chin and thought, he could almost guess how the other party did it, but how this secret technique was promoted on such a large scale made him a little curious.
"It seems that Japan is not completely useless. This technology can be absorbed!"
"Since they are looking for us, let's send them a signal. I want to see the level of the Japanese fleet!"
Following Zhou Yu's order, a remarkable legion attack rose into the sky, and Takeda Shingen, who was not far from them, directly observed the signal.
"The Han Empire is so confident that it is actively inviting us to fight?" Takeda Shingen chuckled after seeing the signal.
He looked at the nautical chart and found that Zhou Yu and his companions were in a sea area with no islands nearby to block their view.
"A fair fight?" Takeda Shingen thought. This method of fighting was very much to his liking. However, considering the entire perspective of Japan, he could not do so.
A war of attrition is absolutely disadvantageous to Japan. This is the consensus among all Japanese daimyos and generals.
"General Han Shi is indeed in that sea area. We can see their figures in the light and shadow. They are entities, not illusions. They are waiting for us!" reported the ninja in charge of reconnaissance.
"Interesting, move closer in a triangle!" Takeda Shingen ordered calmly.
Although he believed in the ninja's reconnaissance, he believed more in what he saw with his own eyes.
After the Han army's fleet appeared in the actual observation of the lookout, Takeda Shingen laughed out loud. The Han army was very confident, but it seemed that the command experience was not very sufficient.
Using the essence of heaven and earth to build up cloud defense in advance can indeed save a large part of the ship's own cloud reserves, but it also makes the fleet a conspicuous target.
This is not a good thing, but for him, this is a great opportunity.
"Let Amaterasu come to the world again, all for Japan!" Takeda Shingen said calmly to the Amaterasu priest beside him.
"Amaterasu, come!"
Hundreds of Amaterasu priests trained in the temple began to make preparations relying on the fleet's clouds. A small dot appeared above the fleet, and then an almost blinding white light quickly burst out. As the red dot grew larger and larger, the color became lighter, and the surrounding sea water even began to boil, and countless fish and shrimps were cooked by the high temperature.
"Prepare the clouds to speed up. Once Amaterasu's divine power dissipates, you can move forward and attack."
Takeda Shingen calmly watched the small dot flying towards the Han fleet and gave an order casually.
As for the hundreds of priests on the ship who had lost their breath, he didn't even look at them. There would always be sacrifices in war. Anyway, these priests had already enjoyed their lives, so it was their turn to sacrifice their lives for Japan.
"Bofu, break it!" Zhou Yu's face turned pale. He had never expected that Japan had such a trick.
Looking at the scorching light ball that was hundreds of meters high flying towards him, Zhou Yu wished he could strangle the opponent to death. Instead of fighting a proper naval battle, he wanted to use this kind of low-skilled big move to throw at me.
Although Zhou Yu's face turned pale, he was not panicked. The enemy's attack looked powerful, but in fact it was just that for the entire fleet.
However, the opponent's loss from this move was definitely very small, while they suffered a huge loss.
They had been tricked this time and would lose at least one-tenth of their cloud gas reserves, which might have a tricky impact on the upcoming naval battle.
This was because the other party was drawing the essence of heaven and earth, while they were drawing the warship's own cloud reserves, and the direct loss from the back and forth was not a small amount.
In fact, Zhou Yu made an empiricist mistake. On land, in order to ensure the hit rate, it is usually necessary to launch long-range strikes within medium range to maximize the hit effect.
But after he relied on the essence of heaven and earth to support the cloud defense, the entire fleet became a huge target. In this case, there was no need to consider hitting the target. He could just use the most powerful move directly.
Zhou Yu mobilized the clouds and energy to shatter the hot light ball under the control of Sun Ce. This light ball, which could be called a little sun, was directly shattered. Under the high temperature, the entire sea surface was filled with hot steam.
Zhou Yu was not a man who would suffer a loss, and he immediately fought back after being plotted against.
The main battleship gun made by Mo Jia started roaring immediately. The moment a brilliant light was released from the bow, the large ship that was originally sailing against the wind and waves was even shaken. Everyone on the entire warship felt the reaction force coming from the front.
This is still supported by the cloud defense, and the special effect of the etching on the ship has recovered some of the force, otherwise the reaction force would be stronger.
The moment Takeda Shingen saw the dazzling light, he reflexively increased his frontal group defensive output. This move enabled him to effectively resist Zhou Yu's counterattack.
"It's an interesting attack, but it's still a long way to go to turn the situation around with this kind of attack!"
In the final analysis, naval warfare has become a war of attrition for cloud reserves.
It is the responsibility of these naval commanders to make the most of the limited clouds.
And now there is no doubt that Japan has the upper hand.
