590 Battle of Busan (4/5)
Whether it was Matsudaira Nobutsuna or Inoue Masashige, they didn't expect at this time that the Ming State Sailor they had ignored had already arrived in the Korean Strait at this time.
Led by Korean soldiers who are familiar with this sea area, the huge sailors of the Ming Dynasty are hidden in the islands here. Among them, Zheng Zhilong was listening to the announcement of the returning scout clipper.
"Good!" After Zheng Zhilong listened, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and said, "It seems that the Wa Kingdom really doesn't have a long memory, and it is unguarded." In that case, let those dwarves know how powerful my Great Ming Water Master is! ”
If it were in the past, he would definitely say, let those dwarves know how powerful I am Zheng Yiguan! But now, he was influenced by Emperor Chongzhen, and in his heart he had already regarded himself as a member of the imperial court, so he naturally said such things.
Then, Zheng Zhilong immediately began to hold a military meeting according to the latest news and deploy for war.
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Busan, which was designated as a trading port in Korea during the Yi Dynasty, was considered relatively prosperous in Korea. In Toyotomi Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea, Pusan was first captured by the Japanese and finally destroyed in the war.
After the Japanese army was defeated by the Ming Dynasty and the Korean coalition forces, Busan was rebuilt. However, it didn't stop for many years, and Jianyu came again, and it was mainly killed from the north to the south, all the way to the seaside, and Busan was also burned and destroyed by Jianyu.
This time, the Japanese army attacked Korea again, and Pusan became the base of the Japanese army again. It's just that everything was hastily built on the ruins, and it was barely usable.
At this time, it was the end of August in the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, just after the end of the rainy season, and it was also the hottest time here in Busan.
On the port side, the Japanese men who came with the army were still building the ruins, and some Japanese soldiers shouted loudly from time to time during their inspections. As for most of the Japanese army, they stayed in the barracks, waiting for further orders.
The warships of the Japanese navy also stayed in the harbor, and most of the sailors rested on the shore. In the previous time, the Japanese sailors were also hard.
After sending the first batch of conquest troops, except for a small part, most of the warships and transport ships returned to the Wa Kingdom and continued to transport grain, troops, and people. At this time, the commander of the unified army of the expedition did not know what to do next, and the sailor naturally seized the time to rest.
On the hill near the port, the lookout posts of the Japanese army had nothing to do, and they were all chatting and talking about the ongoing battle.
"What kind of battle is there fighting on the Army's side, you say? I heard that not a single Ming army was killed, and I lost a lot of horses! ”
"Just those fools, what battle can they fight, what battle can they win? If you want me to say, it still depends on our sailors to fight the Ming Kingdom! ”
"Yes, it's up to us sailors. Look, there are more than a thousand sailor warships parked here today. It is recommended to drive to the Jiangnan of the Ming Kingdom together and scare them to death! ”
"That's right, I think that the remaining warships in the country are all assembled together, and they directly cross the sea to kill Ben Mingguo, do you know how rich Jiangnan is? Anyway, everyone who has been there can be stunned! ”
"Yes, I've also heard that I don't know how many silk and silk silk, gold and silver jewelry, and flower girls' haves!"
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These sailors are bored, while despising the army, they even fantasize about directly attacking the Jiangnan region of the Ming Dynasty, and they are ashamed to talk about the year, it is said that there are fifty-three warriors, and they directly killed the Ming Kingdom Ying Tianfu and no one dared to fight, but they completely forgot the Ming God of War Qi Jiguang!
They chatted and chatted, and one of them was in a hurry to urinate, so he stood up and wanted to get off the guard tower to solve it. As a result, he stood up, took a few steps back, and sat down on top of his accomplice. Just like that, it was as if he had seen something terrible and was frightened.
"Looking for death, you actually stepped on me!" The accomplice was in pain, and wanted to hit him while shouting, but when he saw this man, he pointed to the front, his face was pale, and he stammered, "Ming...... Bright...... Ming Army ......"
At first, the other accomplices didn't care, but when Ming Jun blurted out the two words, they were suddenly startled, and they all rushed to stand up to check the situation.
I saw that on the sea in the distance, there were about 500 Ming warships of different sizes, which were very dazzling, and they had already formed a formation and galloped towards the port of Busan.
Although it is said that the number of warships of the Daming Naval Division is only about half of that of the Wa Naval Division. However, the sudden appearance of the Great Ming Water Master here was already a very shocking thing. Not to mention, looking at the posture of the Daming Sailor, it was directly aimed at the Wa Guo Sailor who was anchored in the port of Busan.
These people, naturally, also know that most of the sailors of the Japanese Navy Division are resting on the shore. At this time, if you are suddenly attacked by the Ming State Naval Division, you will definitely suffer heavy losses.
After the initial shock, these Japanese people came to their senses and immediately panicked. Some people are busy lighting wolf smoke, and some people even want to use the fireworks signals used to signal at night.
However, no matter how panicked he was, the wolf smoke eventually rose. And, whether the fireworks are useful or not, they are all used.
"Hey, what's that, it's on fire?" One of the first widows to be found pointed to the mountain curiously and said.
When the Japanese soldiers who were supervising heard this, they turned their heads and looked at it, and they were immediately frightened. The beacon fire transmits the highest level of alarm, and even the fireworks used at night are used, which shows how powerful the invading enemy is!
Before they had time to think about it, the Japanese soldiers ran away, shouting to call the police as they ran.
If the original Busan was still orderly and quiet, then at this moment, it would all be chaotic.
These Japanese armies are actually not the standing army of the Japanese state, and those elites are among the first batch of Matsudaira Nobutsuna's conquest armies. Suddenly, when encountering such a situation, it is natural for the soldiers to find no generals, and it is natural for them to be unable to find soldiers. What's even funnier is that when the sailor leaders finally rushed to the warship docked in the harbor with their men, they met the Japanese husband and fled to a safe place deep on the land. You hit me, I hit you; You stop me, I stop you, you can see it everywhere. Even in some places, you can see the leaders of the Japanese army and sailors, drawing knives and cutting down the Japanese people's husbands who stopped them.
The Japanese sailors who stayed behind to guard the warships of the naval division were not affected by the Japanese people's husbands, and after hearing the alarm and getting through the initial panic, they were immediately organized by the leaders of the Japanese naval divisions, and drove the warships out of the harbor, preparing to meet the enemy and buy time for the main force of the naval division.
However, before they could sail out of the port, they saw that the Great Ming Sailor had already appeared in their field of vision.
The warship of the Daming Naval Division, which used to be based on the fortune ship, has a wide bottom tip, a wide head and a wide tail, and a total of six models.
But by this time, even without the influence of Emperor Chongzhen's crossing, the warships of the Ming Dynasty had been diversified. In addition to the native warships, there are also centipede boats that imitate Portuguese multi-oared boats, with a sharp and wide bottom, fast sailing, and even against the wind, not afraid of wind and waves. There are also huge three-masted gunboats that imitate Dutch warships, with large heights, heads and tails, fast sailing, and are also not afraid of wind and waves.
At this time, the Daming Sailors were in the forefront, all of which were tall warships, and when they approached the port, they had already turned around, drove diagonally, and used the side of the ship to face the enemy. A cannon has already been launched.
Behind these large warships, there were all kinds of warships, also ready for battle, waiting for the flag change on the flagship.
At this time, Zheng Zhilong, on the flagship, watched some of the warships of the Japanese Navy Division rush to meet the battle, and after smiling coldly, he ordered the big ship to meet it. Take advantage of the range advantage of the Hongyi cannon to fire and bombard first, even if you don't kill the enemy, you have to crash and destroy those Japanese warships.
The warships of the Wa Kingdom were composed of Ataka ships as the main warships, and smaller clippers such as Sekifune and Kozao as escorts.
This house is large and can carry more than 100 soldiers. Although it is not very fast, it can be operated flexibly by only a few dozen sailors in battle, and the rest can be fought against each other.
However, whether it was a house ship or a closed ship, it was mainly carried by sailors and soldiers to shoot with firearms such as shotguns. For a long time, the Ming Dynasty has been superior to the Japanese in terms of artillery.
At this time, in a hurry, there was no way to coordinate a fleet of all types of ships to meet the battle, because of the difference in ship types and panic, there was no cooperation between the ships at all.
The leader of the Japanese obviously knew that if he was rushed into the port by the Ming Navy, the main force of the Sailor who was docked here would be wiped out. In other words, it is necessary to stop the Daming Water Master no matter what.
Looking at the tall battleships of the Great Ming Naval Division in front of them, looking at the rows of black gun muzzles, it is almost impossible to accomplish this goal.
It was impossible and there was no way, so those Japanese leaders held their katanas, stood on the deck, pointed at the warship of the Daming Naval Division, grimaced their faces, and shouted "boarded".
The warships of the two sides got closer and closer, closer and closer, and finally, the Hongyi cannon on the Daming warship began to roar: "Boom, boom, boom......"
A series of subway bombs poured out and flew towards the warships of the Japanese Kingdom.
In this era, the hit rate of artillery was actually very low, and it was often necessary for the warship to be very close before firing. This war is naturally no exception. However, the Ming army's artillery superiority and the advantage of large ships were very obvious. Under a single fire, there must be a Japanese warship that has been shot, and it is often not one or two shots.
Daming's Franc cannon fired two cannons at most, and then the Franc cannon on another layer of gun positions began to exert its might. This is because of the son-mother gun, although the power is much smaller, but the rate of fire is fast enough.
Suddenly, on this side of the Busan port, there was a dense "boom boom" cannon sound, which could be heard dozens of miles away. This movement was so big that it naturally alarmed Tsushima Island.
The suzerain of the Tsushima domain was called Zong Yoshisei, who was in his forties, and when he heard this, he hurriedly climbed high and looked into the distance, and at the same time thought in his heart: The sailors of the Great Wa Kingdom are clearing out the Korean pirates? Isn't that a bit of a fuss?