Fifty years on earth is nothing more than a small thing compared to the sky.

Looking at the world, in the sea and the sky, is there any immortal?

However, the martial arts of the emperor will inevitably last for a long time.

This country!

The father-in-law's martial arts will inevitably prosper.

This saint who comes out once in 3,000 years!

"The battle of the conquest of the sun, for me China has never been, now my treasure sword to the east, who dares to strike it? All the gentlemen must work hard, once the Chitose Gorge is swept away, then I will be respected in the Sea of Japan, and you and I are famous in the history books of the ages. ”

Gonggong Wei, who was prosperous in martial arts, looked up at the sky, let the sun pierce his eyes, and never opened his eyes.

Between one breath and one breath, there are ** grids.

After a dozen breaths, the father-in-law's eyes opened, and the sky changed.

Over the southwest, a dark cloud suppressed the sun.

Under the dark clouds, another albatross is spreading its wings and flying.

"Maritime, fight here! The fate of the Imperial Army, fight here! The national fortune of the emperor is even more here to fight! ”

With the sound of "horn", the father-in-law folded the fan, looked around at the generals, and made a crane sound: "My treasure knife, try the depth of the world early, who can hold this treasure knife to take the head of Li Dan!" ”

After speaking, Lao Jiu took his father-in-law's saber.

"The last general is willing to die!"

Koji Yamamoto, the captain of the fourth wing, stepped out and took the sword with the word "Yichi" engraved on the hilt.

"One is the beginning of all things, and the original is born. One is given to you, hoping that you will be born like the splendor of summer flowers, and die like the quiet beauty of autumn leaves. ”

The father-in-law stared and bowed solemnly: "Li Dan's head, please!" ”

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On October 23, the "Battle of the Sun", named by Gonggong Wei himself, broke out.

The Battle of the Sun was carried out in two steps, the first of which was a combined fleet attack on Li Dan's fleet, which was sweeping the waters of Chitose Gorge; After clearing the enemy on the sea, the Guards Division landed and attacked Li Dan's old nest Tuyuan City to completely defeat Li Dan's forces.

On the side of the Combined Fleet, Chief of Staff Shen Yourong personally commanded the operation, mobilizing 152 main warships and more than 5,000 officers and men; On the army side, the third and fourth wings of the Guards Division were dispatched, with more than 8,000 officers and men.

Based on various sources, the base camp judged that there were about 100 ships directly belonging to Li Dan, and there were dozens of ships of maritime power attached to him. The Hyuga ** force to which Tsuchihara Castle belongs is negligible.

In terms of soldiers, Li Dan's troops were about 11,000 to 15,000. The overall strength is not as good as the imperial army, but it occupies favorable geographical and human factors, so it cannot be underestimated.

Before the war, Gonggong Wei pointed out in his mobilization speech that the imperial army of Li Danbu should be strategically despised, but tactically it must be taken seriously.

"The action must be fast, once the navy succeeds, the army must land immediately and occupy the original city of the territory with the momentum of destroying the withering and decaying!"

In accordance with the spirit of Wei Gonggong's instructions, the base camp fine-tuned the combat plan, and transferred one brigade of officers and men from each of the third and fourth wings to take on the task of "blocking the enemy."

The enemy who blocked it was the Satsuma army that might rush to the aid of Li Dan from the direction of Tsurumaru Castle.

Before the battle broke out, the sea ships directly belonging to Li Dan had already discovered the vanguard of the Combined Fleet, but the other party did not come forward to make contact, but turned back.

In order to prevent Li Dan from receiving the news and preparing in advance, adding to the disadvantages and casualties of the imperial army's attack, Shen Yourong immediately decided not to wait for the follow-up troops to arrive, and launched an attack on Chitose Gorge in advance.

This decision was supported by Koji Yamamoto, commander of the 4th Wing of the Guards Division, and when he informed the officers and men of the decision, cheers broke out from top to bottom of the 4th Wing, and the fighting spirit was very high.

The reason is that the Fourth Wing has a large number of Japanese officers and soldiers, and officers above the squadron leader account for 40%. This time the Imperial Army's conquest of Japan is of even greater significance to these Japanese officers and soldiers, and the outcome will determine how they return to their hometown!

Whether it's a coward or a hero, it's all in this battle!

"Raise the sails, maximum speed!"

Under the command of Shen Yourong, the vanguard of the Combined Fleet, composed of 65 large and small warships, followed closely by the Japanese sea vessels, broke through into the Chitose Gorge in the early morning of 23 July.

The intrusion of the Ming ships frightened the Japanese ships at sea, and before they could raise the alarm, the Ming ships began to attack.

Shen Yourong ordered the ships not to fire their guns, but to speed up and approach the enemy ships, and burn the enemy ships by throwing grenades and using firearms such as "fire dragon to sea".

This tactic is because the hit rate of naval artillery is too low, and the number of ships on your side is not superior, so fire attack is the most effective way to disrupt the enemy.

At the same time, the 4th Wing, which set out with the vanguard, under the command of Wing Commander Koji Yamamoto, held firearms to shoot at enemy ship personnel at close range and fired a large number of rockets at Japanese ships.

All of a sudden, the sea was blazing and the smoke was filled.

The Japanese army rushed to meet the enemy, and it was difficult to gather ships, and they were soon cut off by Shen Yourong's breakthrough.

The main warship of the Ming army, the Fufu, was significantly larger and taller than the Japanese warships, so the commanders of the Fufu ships took advantage of the large size of the ship and the height of the ship to forcibly ram the Japanese ships, and condescendingly threw a large amount of gunpowder on the enemy ships, so as to burn three enemy ships in succession.

This scene seems familiar, but it is a copy of the attack on the Japanese naval division by the Wusong Water Battalion and the Guangdong Naval Division, the predecessors of the Imperial Army, in the Korean waters 20 years ago.

Xu Dayou, deputy chief of staff of the Combined Fleet and former general manager of the Wusong Water Battalion, led more than a dozen Yaehu clippers to widely deploy box mines in the direction of the retreat of Japanese ships.

These big guys, who spent a lot of money to buy back then, but have not been used in actual combat, finally put them to use.

In the successive explosions, at least six or seven Japanese ships were destroyed by mines.

In some areas, the ships of both sides mingled, and the sound of fried beans was endless. The officers and men of the navy were brave and fearless, and under the cover of the fire of the officers and men of the army, they threw a large number of hooks on the Japanese ships and forcibly dragged them, so that the Japanese ships could not respond to each other.

Most of Li Dan's subordinates are pirates and ronins, and they are very experienced in sea raiding and fierce, but they are not the opponents of the imperial army after all.

After more than an hour, the situation at sea was clear.

Li Danbu either pulled the sails and fled, or abandoned the ship and jumped into the sea. The sea was littered with Japanese warships on fire.

Li Dan, who rode from the city to the beach on horseback when he heard the movement, was stunned by the scene on the sea, and then became angry and ruined, and scolded the Ming envoy who came to him a few days ago to persuade him to surrender shamelessly, and at the same time scolded the motherland's court and army for being untrustworthy.

But what's the use of scolding these, most of his sea ships have been destroyed, and he no longer has the strength to compete with the Ming army at sea.

Under the persuasion of his subordinates, Li Dan had to order all the personnel to retreat into the city, and at the same time send people to ask for help from Hyuga Province and the neighboring Tsurumaru Castle.

"Tell Shimazu Tadahiro that if he doesn't come to save me, the next Ming people will definitely cut him down!"

The attack of the Ming army made Li Dan mistakenly judge that the Ming Dynasty was going to use Satsuma as a base for the conquest of Japan, so he and Shimazu Tadashi were both grasshoppers on a rope, and no one could escape.