Chapter 10 Complete Destruction of Edo (Tokyo) The bombardment of the Japanese archipelago continues

When Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong on the Xiurong heard the report that a large number of Japanese warships had been found on the Fenzhou in front, the lookouts on their ships also discovered a large number of warships on the sea in front.

Zheng Zhilong smiled and said, "Hehe! It seems that we can't do it if we want to sneak attack, and we have to fight a naval battle first. ”

Mu Yi also nodded with a smile and said, "Yes! However, how did the little devils know that we were here today, otherwise why would they be waiting for us here? ”

"I don't think they're waiting for us, but if they were waiting for us, they should have waited until we were fully inside, and then they came up from all around. This may be a greater threat to us, and the position in front of them does not seem like they are ready for battle, but rather like an expedition to find us. Zheng Zhilong analyzed.

"Regardless of them, since they are all gathered, we just clean them up together, take away all the money in their hands, and the rest will be more fun. Everything else will be done until the matter in front of you is over. Mu Yi said.

Actually, Mu Yi and the others really misunderstood, there were nearly 200 large and small warships gathered together, and they were gathered at the order of the Tokugawa family.

Tokugawa Ietsuna regretted gathering the ships a little, because he knew that these ships would not be able to defeat the Ming army if they went out. Besides, his secret envoy has been dispatched, and it is best to wait for the secret envoy to come back. But since the ships are coming, and the whole of Japan has been beaten by the Ming army, as the shogun, Tokugawa Ietsuna can't explain to everyone if he doesn't take some action.

Later, the staff gave Tokugawa Ietsuna an idea, "Master, I don't think the Ming army will return to Tsushima Island so soon. It's better for us to send a fleet out to the south, let's just say that we are looking for a decisive battle with the Ming army. Otherwise, it would not be a problem for so many ships to be parked here. ”

Tokugawa Ietsuna felt that it made sense, and if he attacked, he could show that he was not afraid of the Ming army, so that everyone could have confidence in himself, besides, so many Japanese had died, and he couldn't say anything if he didn't give them an explanation. On this day, when Tokugawa Ietsuna sent a fleet to fight at sea, it happened that the two sides met in Edo Bay (Tokyo Bay).

Since the Japanese fleet did not have such observation equipment as the Yaogang warships, the Yaogang fleet found them, and they had not yet discovered the Yaogang warships.

By the time they found a fleet of ships emitting black smoke in front of Yaogang, the Yaogang warships had already rushed over in a row.

This time, there were four steel-hulled warships, two new-style wooden ships of more than 1,500 tons of Fu ship, and four old-fashioned steam Fu ships.

The Japanese fleet was in chaos all at once, and they knew that it was the Ming warships in front of them, because Tokugawa Ietsuna had already told their captains at a meeting that the Ming warships would emit black smoke because they were powered by coal.

The captains of these Japanese ships didn't know how coal could power the ships, but they all knew that the ships emitting black smoke were the warships of the Ming army, and they were very powerful. The timid captain did not listen to the command of the flotilla and fled to the sides, and they affected the ships behind.

Just before they could assemble their formations, the warships of the Ming army, as Tokugawa Ietsuna told them, opened fire far beyond their firing range. Not only did the opponent fire from a distance, but the artillery was very accurate, and the power of the cannonballs was extraordinarily great. As soon as a wooden boat was hit by a shell, it was basically blown to pieces. The very large wooden boat was not blown to pieces all at once, and it was quickly able to lie on the surface of the sea and become a pile of floating objects.

When the sun rose in the east, the wind and waves in Edo Bay (Tokyo Bay) were calm, which was just right for the gunners on the Yaogang warship to give full play. They fired cannonballs at the wooden boats in front of them, like shooting targets.

Before noon, Edo Bay (Tokyo Bay) was littered with fragments of wooden boats and sails, as well as dead bodies.

A swarm of sharks, as if they knew that a feast was coming, poured in from nowhere, and one by one the corpses were dragged into the sea. The Japanese who did not die struggled desperately, but they were the opponents of the sharks. The Yaogang warships did not have time to pay attention to the Japanese who had fallen overboard, and they approached Edo (Tokyo).

Some of the Japanese ships that were behind had already fled to the docks on the shore, and as soon as the ships docked, the crews jumped off the ships and ran ashore.

Tokugawa Ietsuna, who had already come to the dock, saw the crew members of the ship on the dock, and fled one by one as if they had seen a ghost, and knew in his heart that his fleet was over. They didn't need to look at them, they could see clearly the bombed warships in the vicinity.

When the Japanese warships on the sea were out of sight, the shogunate staff knew the danger, and they asked the shogun's personal samurai to drag Tokugawa Ietsuna and desperately flee back.

After the Yaogang warship approached the pier, it continued to blow up the ships docked on the shore to pieces with cannonballs, and also destroyed the wooden piers one by one, and Zheng Zhilong ordered to fire at Edo (Tokyo) Castle together.

In this shelling, Muyi did not skimp on shells, covered Edo (Tokyo) piece by piece, and finally hit *** again according to the old rules.

Edo Castle was completely destroyed. The Tokugawa Ietsuna shogunate was also hit by several 203 shells, and was hit by ***. Although Tokugawa Ietsuna had not yet fled back to the shogunate, his leg was broken by shrapnel from a nearby shell, killing all his staff. Only one wounded close samurai was left to carry him out. Hiding in a low-lying place near the water can be regarded as escaping his life. Otherwise, the smoke and heat of the fire will roast them to death.

The Yaogang warship hit almost a third of the shells in Edo (Tokyo).

Looking at the smoke and fire in Edo (Tokyo), Mu Yi said, "Lao Zheng, let's go, next!" ”

After Zheng Zhilong gave the order to advance to the next goal, he asked Mu Yi: "Commander Mu, do you think we can kill Tokugawa Ietsuna this time?" ”，

"Huh! If you can't kill him, don't you anger him? ”

At this time, a large number of samurai with large knives and hair buns on their heads appeared on the dock, and Zheng Zhilong ordered the main guns of the warships to give them some color.

The two 130 cannons on the back deck of the warship fired one cannon at each of the shore, and the two 130 cannonballs exploded in their crowd "boom", and these scumbag warriors flew into the air one by one, arm and leg. These are some samurai who can't stand seeing Edo (Tokyo) being bombed so badly, and they come to the dock to snoring and screaming to fight the Ming army. They learned the power of the cannonball, and they have no chance to regret it.

After the bombardment of Edo (Tokyo), the Yaogang warship divided into two routes and walked out along the east and west coasts in Edo Bay (Tokyo Bay). These shores are home to Japan's largest shipyards, as well as many port cities. The two kiln flotillas walked slowly, and the artillery on board kept firing their guns "dong dong", throwing one blazing shell after another to the shore. The artillerymen on the Yaogang warship took turns sending shells to each other, and even then, the gunners were too tired. When it was dark, the boat of Yaogang stopped in Edo Bay (Tokyo Bay), and when the searchlight on the ship swept to the shore, the dazzling pillar of light made the Japanese on the shore who did not know what magic the Ming army used terrified.

At dawn the next day, many speedboats were put down on the Yaogang warship, because there were still many river entrances in Edo Bay (Tokyo Bay), and the steel-hulled warships in Yaogang could still go deep into a part, but they were afraid of running aground, and they did not dare to go too far into the inland river, but the speedboats in Yaogang were much more convenient. Don't look at the speedboat as small, but the 12.7mm heavy machine guns and water-cooled heavy machine guns on the speedboat are also very terrifying to those shore targets. The wooden boats on the shore simply could not withstand their blows.

This time, Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong's purpose was also very clear, that is, to completely defeat the will of the Tokugawa shogunate to resist. They spent more than two days in Edo Bay (Tokyo Bay) as if they had entered no man's land. When the Yaogang fleet converged at the exit of Edowan (Tokyo Bay), the coast of Edo Bay (Tokyo Bay), which had been prosperous and rich, was already in shambles.

These Japanese heroes, who had attacked Korea several times, finally learned what it was like to be hit and hurt.

Muyi's fleet left Edo Bay (Tokyo Bay) and headed south along the coast, coming to Sagami Bay and Suruga Bay, although they did not make any more stops, but they also wreaked havoc on the port towns along the coast.

When the fleet came to Sanhe Bay, it stayed for a day, which can be regarded as attaching importance to this place. Here, they spent some effort to turn the port cities of Enen, Toyohashi, Uragun, Binan, Takahama, and Handa into burning fire towns.

Now to do something, Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong have already handed over to the officers and soldiers below to do it themselves, and the officers and soldiers are also familiar with what they are doing, although the results achieved are difficult to excite the officers and soldiers, but the orders will still be carried out to the letter.

Out of Mikawa Bay, the flotilla entered Ise Bay. Here, in order to show his attention, Zheng Zhilong personally commanded the bombardment of Nagoya and Shiji, and after the complete destruction of this place, places such as Changhua, Chita, Tokai, Kuwana, Yatomi, and Suzuka were solved by the officers and men of the fleet themselves.

I paid attention to it in Ise Bay, and I stayed for nearly two days. Before leaving Ise Bay, the fleet sailed into the Miyagawa River, where the flotilla anchored and stopped overnight, replenished with fresh water in the Miyagawa River, and the officers and men took a good bath. At dawn, the boats came ashore, and the officers and men of the Marine Corps landed in a bazaar, collected all the vegetables in the bazaar, and of course left silver for the stunned Japanese vegetable farmers.

By the time the Japanese soldiers on the shore arrived, the Yaogang soldiers had already left by boat with vegetables. Here, the Yaogang fleet did not open fire, which was regarded as selling face to them.

When the kiln ships left Ise Bay, they did not follow the coast in the same way, and they suddenly moved away from the coast. All the sailing ships of the fleet pulled up their sails, and the steel-hulled warships of the kiln could also drive at full speed and sail south with the wind. This time, they suddenly came to the northern tip of Shikoku Island, but instead of entering Osaka Bay, they started from Cape Gabu and drove along the east coast of Shikoku Island, bombarding the port towns along the coast one by one.

There had already been two convoys passing off the shore of Shikokushima, and Shikoku had dodged the blows, but this time they were not so lucky. All worthy targets on the eastern shore of Shikoku Island were ruthlessly destroyed.

After attacking Shikokushima, the Yaogang fleet did not enter the Seto Inland Sea along the same route as before, but continued southward. This time, they bypassed Kitakyushu and returned to Tsushima.

When passing through Kitakyushu, they made up for Miyazaki and other places that they did not attack last time. When I passed by Kagoshima Bay, I didn't forget to go in and take a stroll again. Of course, when a valuable target was found, he did not forget to make up a few shots, and scared the frightened Japanese into running everywhere.

When the Yaogang fleet continued to attack the Japanese ports, Zhou Yuji's team on the northern expedition fought an encounter, but they never found a large force of Mongol soldiers.

The team advanced some distance, and the sappers who followed quickly built the airstrip runway. A convoy carrying navigation and command equipment at the airport also quickly set up equipment to set up a temporary airfield.

The plane advanced to the airstrip according to the navigation command, got used to it, and quickly took off after refueling and reconnoitred the situation.

With the plane's large-scale reconnaissance, Zhou Yuji and the staff officers could clearly understand the situation ahead. Every time a telegram came from the plane, Zhou Yuji couldn't stop saying, "Okay!" ”。

Because, the detection range of the aircraft is far beyond the distance of the Mongolian galloping sneak attack. A large number of Mongol cavalry could not evade the aerial reconnaissance of aircraft in the Great Gobi steppe, and the most important thing was that the Mongols did not know how to evade aerial reconnaissance, and they did not know that their new nemesis was on their heads.

However, after Zhou Yuji and his team advanced to Kyakhta (Ulaanbaatar) for a few days, they did not encounter a large number of Mongol soldiers, and Zhou Yuji was a little worried. He knew that the advantage of the Mongol soldiers was that they were mobile and flexible, and the impact was strong, and they would not give up the opportunity for the Yaogang army to pull out such a long line of easy attack, but where did the Mongols go.

When Yaogang made the plan for the northern expedition, he didn't take the Mongols' military strength too seriously at all, so in addition to making a rough plan, Zhou Yuji led his troops to the north, and Jiang Ji led the troops to press from east to west, but there was no too detailed plan.

Before sending troops, Zhou Yuji knew that they wanted to occupy a line between Daqing Pass and Kyakhta (Ulaanbaatar) to maintain contact with the interior of the Ming Dynasty in Yaogang. However, this line was too long for the Mongol cavalry to cut off. Therefore, Zhou Yuji and they made full preparations. This time, Li Wei's artillery carriage and mechanical soldiers were all given to Zhou Yuji. These mechanized forces are mixed with the logistics transport corps. Therefore, even if they encounter the impact of the Mongolian cavalry, they will not be able to take advantage of them, and the logistics troops in Yaogang are also equipped with weapons, and their combat effectiveness itself should not be underestimated. Therefore, no matter which section of the Mongolian cavalry attacked the kiln gang, there was no need to worry too much.

The Yaogang people have made preparations, and the Mongols in Mobei have long smelled the coming war, and their preparations can be regarded as using all their strength.

Since the three major tribes of Mobei Khalkha Mongols, Tushetu Khan, Zasaktu Khan, and Chechen Khan led their cavalry to attack the Ming Dynasty with the Manchu Dynasty, and were secretly attacked by the army of Yaogang in the col of Gray Tengliang Mountain, resulting in heavy casualties, and the more than 35,000 elite cavalry they brought with them only fled back to more than 5,000 horses, and Tushetu Khan remained there.

The Mongolian soldiers who fled back in a hurry can be said to have changed color when they talked about the battle of Gray Tengliang. They also knew that if the Yaogang army that attacked them attacked them Mobei, they would have no way to resist at all. They shuddered at the thought of the violent explosion of the cannonballs, and the four-wheeled things that chased their cavalry as if they were hunting sounded like they were thinking of the devil. They didn't know it then, but now they know that it was the car of the kiln man.

But the more they were afraid, the more they were going to come, it turned out that the Qing Dynasty they took refuge in was soon completely wiped out by the Yaogang people, which made these Khalkha Mongols in Mobei even more frightened. Their intelligence showed that the Kilnmen were about to attack them soon, and that the Kilnmen were not obsessed with it. They know that with the strength of the kiln people, the kiln people don't need to be obscure at all.

When the three Khalkha tribes got together to study what to do, everyone was silent, but it was not possible to come up with an idea. Someone proposed, let's move out, right?

Everyone has the idea of emigration, because they are nomadic tribes, and it is not a big problem to relocate. But where to move is a big problem, so many people, moved away only to grab other people's pasture, no one will easily give up the pasture on which they depend, will fight with them. But they didn't have the courage to fight the kiln people. Finally, the Living Buddha was consulted, and the Living Buddha advised them to surrender to the Yaogang people. These Mongols could not accept surrender to the Han in any case, and they could surrender to the Qing Dynasty but not to the Han Chinese. The Living Buddha told them that there was nowhere to go except to surrender, and that this was the steppe left by Genghis Khan to everyone and could not be left behind.

With no other way out and no surrender, the desperate Mongols were ready to fight to the death, and decided to concentrate all the men and kiln men who could get on their horses to fight to the death. They knew that their strength was that the cavalry came and went like the wind, fast and agile, so their tactics were not to fight hard with the Yaogang people, but to take advantage of the vast characteristics of the grassland Gobi to deal with the Yaogang people.

The Mongols knew that the attack of the Yaogang people would not begin until after March, when the ice and snow on the steppe would be civilized, which would reduce the pressure on the cavalry to transport forage.

Therefore, the Mongols wanted to send a cavalry to cross the Yin Mountain in advance and go out to meet the enemy. Wait for the opportunity to use the advantage of cavalry to harass the opponent and move the battlefield forward to Shannan and Monan. The strategy of the Mongols is also said to be correct, it is better to go forward and push the battlefield to the front, if you can't beat it, you can also escape by taking advantage of the cavalry. What they didn't expect was that the kiln people also acted in advance. The Mongol spearhead and the kiln gang were killed a few times, but one of them fled back and reported the news of the encounter with a group of kiln gang cavalry to a thousand households who led the team behind. This Qianhu did not follow the Khan kings out to Gray Tengliang Mountain last time, and did not personally suffer the blows of the Yaogang people, and he didn't believe what the defeated people said, thinking that it was an excuse they made for losing the battle. This time, he brought more than 7,000 cavalry, which was a main force.

The Mongols were very good at ambushes, they made full use of the light enemy of the Yaogang people, and they did not expect that they would take the initiative to move forward, and grasped the opportunity of a Yaogang people to camp in slack and chaotic personnel, and suddenly launched an attack. If this is against other teams, in the face of the sudden charge of the overwhelmingly superior cavalry, it will be overwhelmed at once, and it will be eaten quickly. However, when they encountered the Yaogang cavalry division armed with automatic weapons, the situation was different. As long as the Yaogang cavalry division is not chaotic, there are more Mongolian soldiers armed with bows, arrows and sabers, and the numerical advantage cannot make up for the qualitative gap. In the end, just over 2,000 people escaped.

At this moment, this Qianhu, who thought he could fight well, could be regarded as having comprehended the combat power of the Yaogang people. He knew that he couldn't fight the kiln gang people in this situation, and he couldn't fight the battle at all. After they escaped, they ran all the way back. This thousand households should report this situation to the prince.

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New progress in "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty": the Battle of Yashan, the defeat of the Yuan army, the counterattack of the Song army, and the landing in Fuzhou.