Section 22 Battle of Tsushima - Fuso Iron Ships
On the second day after Yue Xiaofei attacked the residence of Park Yizhi, the leading general of the Seoul City Guards, this "entry" broke out in Tsushima Hai. Fuso was the first naval battle to establish the Asia-Pacific Treaty Organization.
A few days ago, more than 30 patrol ships were completely annihilated, and almost all the troops were spared, this bad news was really unbelievable to the Fuso people. The only surviving soldier who was rescued by the fishing boat received news that the enemy force was strong and sailed north after sinking the patrol ship.
Daming is now in the waning mountains, where is there spare strength to cross the sea, even if you meet a large number of pirates, it is impossible for more than 30 warships to be spared! Within a few days, the news of the fall of Tsushima Island came and the Tokugawa shogunate, which had been at peace for many years, was greatly shaken, so they immediately mobilized to prepare for the recovery of Tsushima.
The fall of Tsushima completely severed ties with Korea and soon alarmed the ruler of Fuso, Tokugawa Iemitsu, the shogun in Edo (present-day Tokyo). Although Fuso's naval strength had declined somewhat after the passage of Motowa Yanmu, the shogunate navy led by the Kuki Naobo, in addition to the military flag painted with the "Mitsuha Aoi" family crest (see 9 in the "Related Materials" for remarks), there was also his own "family crest", and a large rolling wave on the bottom of the white flag indicated that it was the Nine Ghost Naval Army of the Kuki family (see 10 in the "Related Materials" for remarks).
The Kuki family has always been a supporter of the Tokugawa family, especially when the Tokugawa family established their dominance in Fuso and waged wars, the Kuki family led the army forward. Moreover, because the Nine Ghost Family was absorbing the advantages of the old military ships, Ming ships and European ships, they designed and built a new kind of military ships. With a width of seven ken (about 12 m) and a total length of twelve kin (about 21 m), this type of military ship was a huge thing compared to other military ships of the time.
The huge hull is constructed of the finest wood, and the outermost layer is covered with iron plates for reinforcement and flame retardancy. This is the famous "ironclad ship" of the Warring States period. The ships were also equipped with firearms, and each ship was armed with a considerable number of large guns. Nowadays, even after the Yuan and Yanwu, this type of ironclad ship has made great progress, and the width has increased to 10 rooms (about 17.5 meters), the length has increased to 17 rooms (about 30 meters), and the number of cannons has also increased to 20.
This time, Kuki Naobo, who led the Fuso fleet, led the northern fleet with a total of more than 400 warships, carrying 10,000 army troops preparing to land and retake Tsushima Island. Intending to destroy the enemy's fleet and land bandits in one go, the strength of both the water and land armies was hit hard after Yuan and Yanwu, and he privately hoped that the prestige of the navy could be revived because of this incident, so he spared no effort as soon as he struck.
In the telescope of Huang Kehui, deputy commander of the destroyer fleet, there were nearly three or four hundred Fuso naval warships on the sea. Huang Kehui's palms quietly broke out with some cold sweat, and his scalp was a little fried, what kind of ratio is this at 19:400! He had already heard of the prestige of the big iron ships of the Fuso Navy, and they were no match for the thirty patrol ships. The thirty-metre-long ships were covered with iron plates, and their guns were much more powerful, albeit slower than those of the pure wooden fleets that patrolled the seas.
Huang Kehui, like Cheng Zhaoji, dislikes staying in the cabin the most. It was still a while before the engagement, and there was no one on the top deck of the "Gale Class" except for the ship. In addition to the "whining" sound of the hard northwest wind passing over the rigging, the scar left on Huang Kehui's cheeks when he was a bandit in the past glowed red in the cold wind because it was not covered by a beard.
Holding on to the chain on the small upright post on the side of the gunwale, he looked out. The destroyer fleet was lined up in a single column of two or four warships, and two five-point plum blossom cover clusters were placed on the left and right, and a few warships simply occupied a large area of the sea, so that the fleet had enough room to maneuver.
"This may be the decisive battle in the western waters of Fuso, as long as this victory is achieved, the landing in Fuso is just around the corner......
In the face of the upcoming naval battle, the biggest regret in my heart is that Zheng Zhaoji is not there. If his convoy is also here, then they can implement the "Fuxi Battle Array" that they have studied based on the Fuxi gossip and specializes in this kind of sea battle (see Article 11 in the "Related Materials" for remarks).
This kind of battle formation "fast, slow, light and heavy" detachments are combined with each other and cover each other, which is quite in line with the principle of the combination of yin and yang of Fuxi gossip, so it is named like this.
Beside Huang Kehui was Sun Mingyang, in the sea battle that captured Charlotte's fleet, Sun Mingyang, as the first mate of the ship, performed remarkably, so when the destroyer fleet was formed this time, he and Huang Kehui became the commander of a sub-fleet respectively, Huang Kehui was one level higher than him, or the deputy commander of the entire fleet. Now Yu Hu is not there, so Huang Kehui moved to the flagship of Sun Mingyang's fleet.
"Damn, are these Fuso devils crazy, I'm afraid they didn't drive all the warships. Haha, this battle is going to be a pleasure. ”
Wearing a navy-specific blue and white dark blue battle armor, Sun Mingyang muttered while holding the binoculars.
Huang Kehui heard that there was a hint of excitement in his tone, and his eyes left the telescope and quietly glanced at him. Xin said: "In the end, it is a young man, he is so excited when he hears that there is a big battle, but he is still a little dry, so he has to think about it again!" ”
Thinking of this, he put down the binoculars in his hand completely, turned back to Sun Mingyang and said, "Okay, let's not affect other people's operation here, let's go back to the war room, where we should stay." ”
While walking towards the ship with Sun Mingyang, Huang Kehui saw that there was no humanity beside him: "Mingyang, it's not that the big brother said you, have you read the information well, the fleet of the Fuso devil is divided into two teams, the north and the south, a total of more than 1,000 warships of all kinds, at this time it is just most of the warships of the northern fleet, your exclamation does not mean that you have not studied the information well." ”
Sun Mingyang, who was following him, showed an embarrassed smile on his face and defended: "Okay, my commander, you don't know me yet, who can catch up with me when you read the intelligence, I just sighed just now!" ”
"Hmph, I don't know yet, it's just that you are now the commander of the detachment, and your subordinates can watch everything you say and do......" Huang Kehui said and stopped, looking at Sun Mingyang's bright eyes and bare chin, he shook his head: "It's really hairless, you can't do things well, you are a big man now!" But it's also a public figure, you must know that public figures have no privacy, so don't you really let those puppies (puppy team) dig up your virtue! ”