Chapter 5 The Occupation of Tsushima Island A visit by a secret envoy from the Ryukyus

As the four warships sailed into Yanyuan Port, many batteries in Yanyuan Port were also clearly displayed in front of the Yaogang warship, and the wind and waves in Yanyuan Port were much smaller, which was really a sheltered harbor, and it was also very suitable for naval guns to aim and shoot.

The four 203-caliber cannons on the four warships, and the sixteen 130-caliber cannons had been suffocating for too long, and now they began to roar quickly, constantly throwing the red-hot cannonballs onto the well-built forts of the Japanese, and the cannonballs made bursts of explosions that made the sea and Tsushima Island tremble, and the Japanese gunners who wanted to show the power of the newly cast cannons on the forts, as well as the samurai who watched the excitement, also continued to shatter their limbs and fly into the air with the sound of explosions.

This time, Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong were surprisingly unanimous, don't worry about the fort being destroyed, after we occupy Tsushima Island, we will build a stronger fort with reinforced concrete.

It turned out that it was proposed that the Japanese could sneak up on the Japanese batteries by taking advantage of their lack of preparation, but we could take advantage of the sudden landing at night to catch the Japanese by surprise.

But Mu Yi didn't agree, what he thought was that he would convince the Japanese hard. Zheng Zhilong also said, "The Japanese are very strange, if you convince them, they will listen to you." They can submit to the strong, but rarely sympathize with the weak. This is the difference between them and ours. ”

The samurai and soldiers on Tsushima Island, who were awakened by the sound of cannons, knew that the Ming Dynasty naval army had really come to attack this time, and they did not wait for the daimyo to give the order, and consciously took up their weapons and rushed to the side of Yanyuan Port. Ithara is the location of Tsushima Fanscho, where most of the officers and soldiers and samurai gathered. However, due to the restrictions of the Tokugawa shogunate, they did not have a large number of warships, only a dozen, and in the event of a war, they would temporarily convert fishing boats into warships. Therefore, the brave Tsushima sailors found that there were warships attacking, and there were more than a dozen ships that could pull the sails and start, but these ships were basically smashed by the 130 cannons at close range before they left the dock, and some were even broken as soon as they pulled up the sails and before they left the dock.

However, the Japanese also have a brute spirit. Although they saw the bombed forts and the warships that were constantly being blown up, they knew that the opponent's shells were really powerful, but they really had a desperate spirit, and they all gathered in Yanyuan Harbor to prepare and land the enemy troops desperately. In fact, they were more afraid of the landing of the Ming Dynasty army. They knew from ear to ear that the last few Yuan landings had almost wiped out the inhabitants of Tsushima. In particular, Tsushima Island has long been a gathering place for pirates, and the people here are even more fierce. As soon as they heard that there was a war, the men drew their swords and went out to fight.

With more than a dozen forts in Yanyuan Port cleared and the threat basically lifted, Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong commanded other ships to sail into Yanyuan Port. When they came in, they didn't land right away.

Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong stood in front of the bridge of the Hongzehu, looking at the black Japanese on the shore through the big glass and through the binoculars.

Zheng Zhilong said: "It's weird! Shouldn't there be so many troops in Yanyuan Harbor? ”

"If you look closely, they have a lot of miscellaneous clothes, there are samurai, there are soldiers, and there are many people." Mu Yi put down the binoculars in his hand and said.

"Oh! That's right! Zheng Zhilong said, "Let's not land first, just settle them all at the dock!" ”

"Don't you leave anyone behind?"

"Humph! Is it necessary? It's also a hassle to keep them! Zheng Zhilong snorted with his nose and said.

"That's good! Let's not fire the artillery first, organize the firepower, and reimburse them all at once! Mu Yi said.

"I'll see if it's okay, inform the big ship, and put the infantry guns and mortars on board. Light and heavy machine guns with sufficient range are also ready. Zheng Zhilong immediately gave an order.

At this time, the Japanese on the shore were already red-eyed, and they knew that their daimyo and main staff had been blown up, and several daimyo personal samurai with extremely high martial arts had been blown up. The Japanese were so excited that they vowed to avenge the Daimyo, so they prepared to fight to the death when the Ming army landed.

The Japanese gathered more and more, and on the shore of Itsukuhara Port, there were almost 20,000 Japanese, and the samurai who knew how to fight began to organize these people in groups and formations. There were quite a few Japanese with knives and guns, and some with muskets.

The more people there are, the more angry they become, and there are constantly people shouting slogans.

But suddenly, there was a sound of rolling thunder in the sky, and this sound quickly suppressed the noisy sound of the Japanese, and the Japanese who suddenly calmed down couldn't help but look up at the sky, but the moment they looked up, the metal bullet rain fell. The rolling thunder was the sound of cannonballs fired together in the Kiln Gang fleet.

The shells of the 203 and 130 cannons, as well as the shells of the 90 infantry guns, the shells of the 120 heavy mortars, the shells of the 60 mortars, and the shells of the 65 direct-fire guns on the landing craft rained down on the dense crowd of Japanese on the shore of the port of Yanyuan, and the monolithic shells immediately turned the shore into a meat grinder.

Batches of shells were covered round after round as if they didn't cost money. While shelling, the large and small warships of the kiln continued to move towards the shore. As soon as the shelling stopped, the ship's light and heavy machine guns began to fire, and as soon as a moving target was detected on the shore, a string of bullets followed.

After the landing craft rushed to the beach, the artillery truck roared up, and after walking a short distance, the artillery truck stopped. Because, there was a mess in front of them, and there were pieces of corpses everywhere, and they really didn't want to let the tracks get these things on them, and when they were cleaned, it was disgusting.

When Mu Yi heard the report from the shore, he was angry and happy, and said to Zheng Zhilong: "There is nothing to fight when you go ashore, I don't think there is any need to worry, just let the prisoners go ashore and help their compatriots collect the corpses!" ”

"I agree. To tell you the truth, I'm not afraid of killing, but I don't want to see dead bodies on the ground, so when they're done cleaning up, let's go ashore again! Zheng Zhilong waved his hand and said.

"Huh!" Mu Yi laughed at Zheng Zhilong and said, "Look at your appearance, how many corpses we Yaogang people have fought in the field, and I have never seen a general who is afraid of the dead." I think you're a bit like our boss Zhang, you can't see dead bodies! ”

"Hey! I said Lao Mu, is it really like everyone said, is Mr. Zhang afraid of the dead? "The battle is over, and Zheng Zhilong is also leisurely.

"That's right!" Mu Yi leaned back in his chair and said with hot tea, "Every time there is a war, Mr. Zhang shouts that there are as few dead as possible!" Neither the enemy's, nor ours. Mr. Zhang is reluctant to die too many people. However, to the Japanese, Mr. Zhang didn't say anything. I think it's the same, let's kill as much as you can! ”

"Hey! I heard that it was all Mr. Lu's idea, and he wanted to capture the prisoner to do labor that didn't cost money! Zheng Zhilong said.

"Hey! Ahh The more we cross the shape, our future generations, I don't know how they will pass on to us! Mu Yi took a sip of tea and said.

After landing on the shore, the soldiers of the Yaogang Navy also covered their mouths, and went ashore to find a few cars that had not been damaged by the bomb craters and dead bodies everywhere, and then sent 500 prisoners ashore to let them clean up the fragments of the corpses by hand. Because there are craters everywhere, the car can't get through. When they had almost cleaned up the corpses, they were transported by cart to a ravine not far from the wharf, where they buried several large graves with earth. A lot of shovels and pickaxes were unloaded, and the captives were allowed to level the pier that had been blown up by the shells. After the infantry came ashore, they set up a cordon and sent a battalion to occupy the town of Ikuhara Tsushima and capture Zong Yoshisei's family alive.

There is only one wharf in Yanyuan Port that can unload 5,000-ton ships, which is not strong enough. After they landed, they immediately organized sappers to reinforce the wharf. At the same time, let the infantry lead the captives to the mountains to cut wood, and build a dock capable of docking 5,000-ton ships.

The next day, Muyi and the others, who had established themselves in the port of Itsukuhara, sent warships to land on the northern island of Tsushima Island, and killed some of the samurai and soldiers there and captured hundreds of them alive.

However, at this time, Mu Yi and they were faced with a problem, that is, most of the strong men on Tsushima Island were almost killed. Tsushima was already sparsely populated, so the population was even smaller. Fortunately, they brought more than 3,000 captives, otherwise the situation would have been worse. Therefore, Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong decided to send a telegram to Fan Chengkun immediately, asking him to organize immigrants as soon as possible.

After Tsushima Island was stabilized, Mu Yi and his team replenished the warship with coal and water, and sent two steel-hulled warships to go straight to the direction of Ezo Island, one was to help the regiment on Ezo Island, blockade the Japanese islands, and prohibit their ships from going to sea, and at the same time send them some supplies.

After getting the battle situation of Mu Yi and them, Zhang Zhimu still did not forget to report the good news to Emperor Chongzhen.

However, just outside the door of Emperor Chongzhen's large suite, Zhang Zhimu saw the two princesses.

The little princess was happy to see Zhang Zhimu and asked, "Zhang Dongjia!" I want you to do one thing? ”

"Of course! Go ahead! Zhang Zhimu said with a smile, and nodded to Princess Changping at the same time.

"Can you get me a humidifier like the one you gave my father? It's the kind of thing that makes hookah! We went to the mall for a long time and didn't get it. ”

The little princess is talking about the kind of ultrasonic humidifier, because ultrasonic waves can atomize water, and the smoke that the little princess said is the atomized water vapor.

"Huh! It's a new product that hasn't been launched yet, how can you buy it at the mall? Zhang Zhimu smiled and said, "It's a sample for the emperor." Don't worry, I'll get you one! ”

"Great!" The little princess jumped with joy.

Princess Changping said: "Zhang Dongjia, your humidifier is really very good, and it is very comfortable to have it in the room." ”

"Okay! I'll ask them to get a few more. Zhang Zhimu said, "However, now the improvement is better, and it can also be equipped with a negative ion generator." ”

"What are you talking about?" Princess Changping asked.

"Oops! If you can't say it all at once, I'll let them send it over and you'll know! Zhang Zhimu saw that the hands of the two princesses were very dirty, and asked with a smile, "Why, the two princesses also participated in the labor?" ”

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

The two princesses laughed when they heard Zhang Zhimu ask like this, and before the two princesses answered, the princess smiled and said, "Hehe! It's a joke, yes, our two princesses and the queen have gone to work! ”

"Huh? And here's the thing! Zhang Zhimu knew that things were not so simple, and asked deliberately.

"Haha!"

"Haha!"

The two princesses laughed even harder.

After laughing for a while, Princess Changping said, "We and the queen mother went to your wife's glass cellar to participate in labor. Ha ha! We are working and eating in it. ”

"Haha!"

The two princesses laughed even more as they spoke.

Zhang Zhimu knew that they were just going to play. However, Huang Yukun's large glass cellar has a lot of good things, cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplants and other things. In this season, it is very fascinating to pick these things and eat them by yourself in the warm cellar. No wonder Queen Zhou couldn't help but participate in the "labor".

The princess held up the basket in his hand and said, "The two princesses picked up something from the warm cellar and gave it to the emperor before they went back to wash their hands!" ”

"Haha!" Zhang Zhimu also laughed and said, "You work like this, you can make the warm cellar dizzy!" Go and send it to the emperor! ”

"Haha!" The two princesses listened to Zhang Zhimu's words, and they laughed even more.

After laughing for a while, the two princesses followed Zhang Zhimu into the emperor's big suite.

The emperor was discussing matters with several adults, and when he saw Zhang Zhimu and them coming in, the emperor hurriedly said: "It's just right, Zhang Dongjia is here, otherwise I will have someone call you!" ”

"Okay!" Zhang Zhimu said, "However, the emperor will take a look at what the two princesses have sent you?" ”

"Oh! Why did you two get here together? Emperor Chongzhen asked the two princesses while looking at the prince and handed over the basket, "Oh, fresh cucumbers and persimmons!" What's going on? ”

The princess hurriedly said: "The two princesses personally went to the warm cellar to pick it for the emperor, does the emperor want to taste it?" ”

"Hurry! Go wash and let a few adults taste it, at this time, you can eat such a thing, it is also a new thing! It's much better than the one from the south! Emperor Chongzhen was also very happy.

Seeing that the emperor was very happy, the two princesses took their leave, and when they left, the little princess did not forget to say to Zhang Zhimu: "Zhang Dongjia, don't forget to promise me!" ”

"Zhang Dongjia, don't listen to their messing around!" Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly said.

"It's okay, the emperor can rest assured." Zhang Zhimu said, "Ladies and gentlemen, do you think the emperor's house is very refreshing? ”

Liu Jiantai said: "Yes! No dry with us there! ”

"This is because the emperor has that thing in this house," Zhang Zhimu said, pointing to a round copper shell that was smoking, "that is a humidifier, and the fog that comes out is water vapor." In this way, the room is replenished with water and the person feels much more comfortable. ”

"Oops!" Another adult said, "I saw that thing when I came in, and I didn't dare to ask the emperor?" It turned out that it was not smoke but water vapor that came out. That's great! ”

"Huh!" Emperor Chongzhen said proudly, "I am the first to use a humidifier. The kiln people can always make something new. ”

"Oh! I understand, what Zhang Dongjia promised the little princess is also this humidifier, right?" Liu Jiantai asked.

"Yes, you all know that the emperor is comfortable in this house, can the princesses not know?" Zhang Zhimu replied.

"Oops! Zhang Dongjia, we know that it is very comfortable to have this good thing! ”

"Yes, yes!"

“”

How could a few adults let go of Zhang Zhimu and make Emperor Chongzhen happy.

"Good!" Zhang Zhimu hurriedly said, "Let me tell you, our new product will be launched soon, and I will give each of you one." And it has more functions than the emperor's machine. The emperor is about to change it. However, the emperor has used this one, and we have to take it back and keep it forever. Because the emperor gave us a trial, it is priceless. Later, it will be sent to the museum for preservation. ”

"Good!"

Including the emperor, they all shouted happily.

After the episode was over, Emperor Chongzhen said: "Zhang Dongjia, it's good to have a telegraph and phone here." Fang Cai was talking to a few adults about this, and the secret envoy of the Ryukyu Kingdom had arrived in Beijing. I want them to come directly to the kiln. ”

"That's a good thing!" Zhang Zhimu was trying to study the affairs of the Ryukyus, but he didn't expect them to come first, "Our car has already reached Beijing, why don't we send a special car to pick them up!" ”

"Hmmm! It's best, and although it's not as comfortable as a passenger ship, it's much better than a horse-drawn carriage, and it's much faster. Emperor Chongzhen said, "Zhang Dongjia will bother to arrange this matter, and then let Jinyiwei be responsible for their safety on the road." ”

"Alright! It's a small thing. Zhang Zhimu said.

Liu Jiantai said: "Zhang Dongjia, it's really good that your long-distance bus to Beijing is connected!" In the future, if we think about coming to the kiln, it will be much faster. ”

"Actually, I still have another idea," Zhang Zhimu said, "our buses are all six-wheeled, and I want them to develop a ten-wheeled bus immediately." To install a sleeper on such a car. In this way, guests can lie down and sleep on the road, which is more comfortable! ”

"Good!"

"Good! Zhang Dongjia, hurry up and develop such a good thing! ”

Of course, you know that this is more comfortable.

Emperor Chongzhen also said: "Zhang Dongjia's matter, you have to do it, with such a car, I can also take a car to the kiln in the future." ”

"The emperor doesn't have to take such a car," Zhang Zhimu said, "We will build a kind of RV for the emperor in the future, that is, we generally have everything in the room in the car, not only a bed, but also bathing equipment, a bathroom, and even a kitchen." ”

"Ahh The car can still cause this," Emperor Chongzhen exclaimed, "In this case, compared to the ship, it is not as stable as the ship, and the room will have everything." ”

"In the future, we will widen the road to Beijing a little more, and the road will be paved with asphalt pavement like Yaogang, do you say that the car can be very stable!" Zhang Zhimu said, "In the future, it will be much faster to come to the kiln in such a car, and you don't have to suffer, right?" ”

"Ouch! That's a blessing, not a sin! "Someone said.

"And yes! The car also has the advantage of stopping at any time to see a good place and resting at any time. That's a blessing. It was also said.

"In the future, as long as we repair the road, you adults can buy a car at home, and you can drive wherever you want, and the blessings will follow." Zhang Zhimu said, "To tell you the truth, the large automobile factory we built in Taiyuan will be able to start mass production of automobiles by the end of this year, and at that time, the price of automobiles will be greatly reduced." ”

Liu Jiantai said with a bitter face: "We can't afford to reduce the price!" ”

"Impossible," Zhang Zhimu said flatteringly, "if the pillars of our court can't afford it, what we do will fail!" I don't think the emperor can agree either! ”

Emperor Chongzhen sighed and said, "Alas! What can I do as an emperor, when we arrive at Yaogang, we can see what rich people are, and we can't compare to those who have silver. ”

The ministers also chimed in, "Yes! "It's not comparable!"

Zhang Zhimu knew that the emperor was deliberately crying poor, so he smiled and said, "This thing is easy to do." Then he immediately changed the conversation and said, "Your Majesty, I have good news for you today, we have occupied Tsushima Island. Tsushima batteries and warships have been destroyed. Now that the naval warships have been restocked, two of them have gone straight to Ezo Island (Hokkaido). ”

"Oops! It's just great! Emperor Chongzhen got up again and walked to the map, looked at the map and said, "After we have dealt with Japan, the affairs of the Ryukyus will not matter." ”

"Originally, it wasn't a big deal," Zhang Zhimu said, "they were bullied and scared by the Japanese Satsuma Domain, and now they are the puppets of the Satsuma Domain." We helped them drive out the Satsuma Domain, and they will still be our domain. ”

"What Zhang Dongjia said was," said Emperor Chongzhen, "alas! Nothing happens in the eyes of your Zhang Dongjia! Hehe! It's still your confidence! ”

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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.