In 1272, by starting to build ships and forming a new armed force, Kublain Khan showed his determination to conquer Japan. The Mongol army sailed to Japan in 1274, with an incredibly powerful force: hundreds of ships and an even larger number of small boats; an army consists of 15,000 Mongolian and Chinese soldiers, 8,000 Korean soldiers, led by Mongolian commanders. Meanwhile, Japan could only muster an army of samurai from different clans, totaling 10,000. Statistically, the Japanese army was significantly outnumbered and their fighting was not even superior to the Mongolian troops. The fighting style of samurai warriors mainly depended on the one-on-one situation, when one of them came out of the ranks, announced his name and lineage, and called for direct combat with the opposing commander. On the other hand, the Mongols attacked their opponents with the entire army, because their fighting style was focused on unity, not one on one. To make matters even worse for the Japanese, the Mongolian army's weapons were much more exceptional than those of their opponents. Short bows provided twice as much accuracy as the