Chapter 614: Shelling of Edo
"Fire!"
"Boom Boom"
On the sea level of Tokyo Bay, Shen Jingchao and Zheng Sen watched indifferently as the cannonballs flew towards Edo Castle, turning it into a sea of fire.
Tokugawa shogunate.
The shells blew up many buildings, and many of the Tokugawa family's direct descendants were buried inside.
"Baga Crush!" Tokugawa Iemitsu roared angrily, and it was only with great difficulty that he stabilized his figure.
Just now, a cannonball hit not far from the council hall where they were, shaking many high-ranking people in the council hall to stand unsteadily.
Tokugawa Iemitsu walked out of the council hall with a group of high-ranking officials, looking at Edo, which had been reduced to a sea of fire in the dense artillery fire.
Although they could guess from the fact that the navy army was wiped out so quickly, the firepower of the Ming warships was strong, but seeing such an artillery bombardment with their own eyes at this moment, they really understood how powerful the Ming warships were.
"The Lord! His Majesty's palace was heavily bombarded, and there was already a prince, and two princesses were killed, and His Majesty the Emperor was also frightened! "There are Japanese palace officials who ran to Tokugawa Iemitsu in a panic and braved the artillery fire and said to Tokugawa Iemitsu.
"The palace was bombed too?" Tokugawa Iemitsu was shocked.
"Quick, go and protect His Majesty the Emperor and evacuate Edo!" Tokugawa Iemitsu said through gritted teeth.
Under such powerful artillery fire as the Daming battleship, it would not take long for Edo to be reduced to ruins, and it was impossible to stay, and it was necessary to evacuate as soon as possible. Although the shogunate was the de facto ruler of the Wa Kingdom, the emperor was the nominal supreme ruler, and even Tokugawa Iemitsu had to respect the emperor when he saw him, so it was impossible for Tokugawa Iemitsu to leave the emperor alone.
The Japanese soldiers and civilians in Edo Castle all fled desperately away from the coastline.
Almost all of the Japanese buildings were made of wood, and before the Japanese escaped from Edo, Edo was already in a sea of fire, and the sky was covered by raging fire, but the eighty Ming warships on the sea did not stop shelling.
"Boom Boom"
Still shells fired indiscriminately at the maximum range.
Although most of the shells went elsewhere or in places where no one was around, a large number of pirates were killed.
About half an hour later, the surviving Japanese finally escaped from the range of the Ming warship!
At this moment, Edo has been reduced to ruins, and the Ming warships are no longer shelling with all their might, only a few shells are still bombarded from time to time.
On a Shenwei-class flagship, Shen Jingchao and Zheng Sen looked through binoculars at Edo, a sea of fire.
"Hehe, the Japanese have today!" Shen Jingchao smiled indifferently.
Shen Jingchao is a coastal person, although he did not experience the coastal rebellion of the Japanese in the Jiajing period, but his grandfather experienced it, Shen Jingchao still vaguely remembers the hateful expression of his grandfather when he told him about the Japanese invaders, it seems that his grandfather's two brothers and his great-grandfather and great-mother were not killed by the original Japanese invaders.
Although his grandfather has been dead for nearly forty years, and no one tells him about the cruelty of the Japanese Invaders anymore, Shen Jingchao has planted the seeds of hatred for the Wolves in his heart, and he will subconsciously not have any sympathy for the Wolves.
"From today onwards, Edo, the capital of the Japanese Kingdom, will no longer exist!" Shen Jingchao said with a smile.
"Order, the battleship sets sail and bombards the next Japanese city!" Shen Jingchao ordered.
The two major fleets of the Ming Dynasty came together, not only to annihilate the Japanese navy, but also to bombard the coastal Japanese cities along the way, and to severely hit the morale of the Japanese before the army landed.
At that time, the Japanese invaders had plagued the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty for decades, killing countless innocent people in the Ming Dynasty, and now the two major fleets of the Ming Dynasty are about to avenge the revenge of the year.
After leaving Tokyo Bay, the 80 warships of the Ming Dynasty were divided into eight routes, with 10 warships as one road, and scattered to bombard other large and small cities along the coast of the Japanese Invaders.
"Edo is ruined!" Standing on a high slope, both Tokugawa Iemitsu and Emperor Wako looked sadly at Edo, which had been bombed into ruins.
Edo, this is the foundation of the Tokugawa family, the largest castle in Japan, the most prosperous castle, and now it has been destroyed overnight, and the Tokugawa family is dripping blood, so angry that there is almost no blood spurting out.
"Daming, my Tokugawa family will take revenge!" Tokugawa Iemitsu roared heartbreakingly.
The Emperor Wako on the side looked at Tokugawa Iemitsu like this, but his face was different, and there was a faint sense of blame, but although he was the emperor, he was only in name only, and he did not have any military power, so he didn't dare to really say the blame in his heart.
The emperor did not dare to offend Tokugawa Iemitsu, but some Japanese officials did not.
"Daming is retaliating for us to send troops to help North Korea, if we hadn't sent troops at the beginning, it wouldn't have attracted Daming's revenge!" A Japanese official spoke out with a look of indignation, clearly blaming Tokugawa Iemitsu for his decision-making mistakes that ultimately harmed Edo.
It is no secret that the heavy troops of the Ming Dynasty were assembled in Korea and intended to attack the Wa State.
Originally, they didn't think there was anything, after all, across the sea, the Yuan army failed to invade twice in the Yuan Dynasty, so they still had the confidence to block the Ming army, but after the fierce shelling just now, the strong strength shown by the Ming army had already crushed most of their confidence.
The Ming army was able to destroy Korea in just over a month, and even annihilated the 150,000 elite soldiers who landed in Korea with the shogunate, which shows that the Ming Dynasty is not only powerful at sea, but also powerful on land, at least the Ming army on land must also have the same powerful artillery as the naval warships.
Wokos are arrogant and mad dogs most of the time, but when their opponents show enough strength to crush them, they become weaker than anyone else.
This is not it, immediately there are people who continue to blame Tokugawa Iemitsu, asking him to take the lead and immediately go to the Ming Dynasty to make amends, and pray for the Ming Dynasty to forgive the Wa Kingdom.
"Rats' eyes! Eight Ga Pressure! The Tokugawa family was so angry that they turned blue.
Tokugawa Iemitsu hated a group of people for being short-sighted, the Ming first destroyed Korea, and then destroyed Annam, and now he clearly wants to destroy them Great Japan, even if he is willing to make amends and judge himself, he also believes that the Ming will not give up the invasion, rather than this, it is better for the entire Great Japan to unite as one, not necessarily unable to defeat the Ming army.
He wanted to unite, but unfortunately there were many people who wanted to take the opportunity to pull Tokugawa Iemitsu off the horse, and the voice of duty became louder and louder.
Finally, Tokugawa Iemitsu couldn't help it, and the samurai sword in his hand killed two officials in a row in the final silence of the voice of duty, however, this was only temporary, and in less than a day, the news that other coastal cities were constantly being destroyed by the Ming army's shelling came, and the voice of Tokugawa Iemitsu became louder again, and there was an intensifying Zou trend.