Chapter 573: A Very Simple Victory

The three hundred soldiers were all sailors and sailors, and between their dress and style, they were naturally not as imposing as the regular army in Huazhou, but the weapons they held were not bad at all.

In the Daming Navy, it is a minutiae, and it is in the last few in the order of military supply, because they really don't need to do anything, but Huazhou is different, everything in Huazhou is inseparable from the sea, and it is warships that maintain these various places and colonies.

The people on the ship must be ready for battle at any time, and not only fire guns on the ship to the shore, but also have the ability and courage to go ashore to fight, so the military training intensity of the sailors and other crew members on the ship is no worse than that of the army, even the sailors of the merchant fleet directly under Huazhou, the training is also trained according to the standard of regimental training.

In the Huazhou Northern Army, which fought in Tielingwei, only two of the twelve teams had firearms equipment, but there were nearly 100 on this ship.

Two hundred people with spears and firecrackers formed a simple phalanx, and the rest of the people responded on the side, the Huazhou battleship was on the edge of the dock, and the black muzzles of the guns on both sides of the hull were facing the shore, and those distant Japanese and Ryukyuan people were there watching Lin Mengchu commanding his good team, but they didn't dare to step forward, it was within the range of the artillery, and no one wanted to come over to die.

Lin Mengchu stood on the far left side of the team, glanced at the team a few times, pulled out the saber at his waist, and waved it forward, it was a little messy at the beginning, and the soldiers on the battleship barely maintained their formation and walked towards the dock.

The would-be soldiers, who had been watching nervously from a distance, watched as the sailors barely maintained their formation and moved forward, getting farther and farther away from the range of the naval guns, as if they didn't care about the protection of the guns.

Seeing that they were far away from the protection of the naval guns, the samurai of the Wako and the Ryukyus became more and more impatient, and finally reached the distance they thought was safe enough, one of the leading Wako let out a loud cry, and rushed out with a long knife held high, although he did not understand what the other party was going to do, but how could these three hundred somewhat chaotic sailors withstand the impact of the crowd, it seemed that they were really blessed by the gods and Buddhas.

The firecrackers lined up in three columns according to Huazhou's drill and began to prepare to shoot, waiting for Lin Mengchu's fire, but the other party rushed closer and closer, Lin Mengchu still didn't fire, just stood there quietly.

Most of the sailors have not gone through this kind of battle scene, seeing the faces of those dwarves rushing in front of them distorted, holding long knives in their hands, shouting and rushing over, they are all a little flustered, some people can't help but turn their heads to look at Lin Mengchu, thinking why the commander hasn't given an order yet, but seeing Lin Mengchu quiet as usual, his eyes are level ahead, this kind of stable appearance also gives a lot of confidence to the people around him.

The distance was twenty or thirty paces, and many of the would-be robbers had already made preparations to swing their knives and slash spears, and at this time, Lin Mengchu shouted:

"Fire!" The knife in his hand swung down very hard.

At a distance of thirty paces, the fire bullet with a low initial velocity could even penetrate a person's body, and suddenly there was a loud noise, and the people who rushed to the front fell directly, and the people behind were directly frightened there, and their eyes looked ahead, wondering if the ship had fired a cannon.

The gunfire of the second and third rows rang out, and another group of them were knocked down, and the spearmen in the first and second rows rushed forward in unison for more than a dozen steps, and the spears in their hands were loosened vigorously, and the back row of pirates who were still there and were not prepared were directly stabbed in the heart.

Just as he was about to charge, he had just finished firing the first row of soldiers, who had already loaded their ammunition and ran back into the gap between the spearmen, firing freely.

After the battle of the sailors who finally got off the boat took place, they walked forward a total of fifty paces, and the resistance and battle of the Japanese were completely crushed, and at this time, the reserve team behind rushed up, and the five-foot spear in the hands of the reserve team did not have any advantage compared with the long knife of the Japanese army, and it may not be able to catch up with the crazy bravery of these outlaws.

Therefore, the role of the reserve is to chase and kill the rout, they have been accumulating energy on the shore, watching the development of the battle situation, seeing that the Japanese have already retreated, Lin Mengchu shouted, they immediately rushed up, and the Japanese could not get close to the line of spears like a forest.

The distance is within a hundred paces, and they have to be aimed and shot by those "iron cannons" (the name of the firecrackers for firearms) like the target, and all they can do is escape, after all, the opposing infantry team is not stationary, but is still striding forward, if you don't want to die, then run as far as possible.

Turning his head and running, the gunfire behind him stopped, but the other party's pursuers followed, and the stabbing of short spears was more rapid and effective than long spears, and while those would-be were still running, they were stabbed to death and cut down by those who caught up behind.

More than 1,000 Japanese were killed by artillery fire, and more than 100 people died when they stormed the front, but the pursuit of the rout is always the most effective means of killing the enemy, and Fang Cai's pursuit turned out to be nearly 300 people, and the number of people on both sides was almost equal.

Most of these pirates are pirates at sea, and a few are wandering samurai, these people do this desperate job in order to make a fortune, and they have no formal training or the courage to fight.

I was already scared in my heart, and now I was just thinking about whether I could escape, let alone fighting, the battles of the Japanese princes and daimyo, tens of thousands of troops, fought each other for a day, that is, there were several casualties of dozens of people, and the rest were all made up there, where I had seen such bloody battle scenes, but at this time, Lin Mengchu shouted in the back:

"Throw the knife and gun on the ground, surrender and don't kill!"

After hearing this, many of those who fell behind immediately threw their weapons into their weapons, and they were all loose, just lying there, not daring to move anymore, but surrendered happily.

Counting, that is, more than 100 people, standing in the back row, their legs and feet were also fast, and they ran into the area inhabited by the Ryukyu people, but it was not easy to catch, there was blood on the dock, there were corpses and blood stains everywhere, and nearly 200 people were lying on the ground, Lin Mengchu was relieved at this time.

The sailors also died dozens of them, that is, when they were chasing and killing behind them, they encountered the brave Japanese and turned around desperately, often in the same situation, of course, the Japanese who delayed their escape soon became the target of fire shots, or they were nailed to the ground by a few spears.

Looking at the overall situation that was basically determined, Lin Mengchu suddenly felt that he had no strength up and down his body, and almost sat on the ground and shook his head, only then did he find that his subordinates around him were waiting for his order, and hurriedly ordered those people to take down the rope from the boat, or directly twist the clothes and other things on the corpse, use them as ropes, and tie up those who were lying on the ground and had already surrendered.

The gunners who had been guarding the gun emplacements on the ship all got off the boat, and finally tied them up and made them kneel in rows on the edge of the dock by the sea.

The second mate on the ship raised his voice and said:

"What to do with these devils?"

Lin Mengchu wiped the sweat on his forehead, and directly waved his hand to make a chopping posture, this action, the second mate turned around and shouted a few words at the sailors, the sailors and sailors of Yizhou, Huazhou, are all pirates, and they have never been stage frightened for blood, and when they heard the order, they picked up the weapon in their hands and killed the Japanese who were kneeling there.

The whole body was tied up and down, and naturally there was no resistance, and after a while, all of them were killed cleanly, and the people of the Ryukyu Palace had been snooping from a distance, and the scene of the battle had already shocked him, and he was even more shocked when he saw this bloody disposition, and hurriedly ran back to the palace to report the news.

A short time later, the procession repairing on the dock suddenly heard a commotion coming from the direction where the Ryukyu residents lived, and it seemed that many people were rushing towards it. Lin Mengchu's heart became nervous again, if there was another wave of battles like the one just now, his tired subordinates might not be able to withstand the opponent's attack, but Lin Mengchu also had a way back, just get on the boat.

Unexpectedly, the crowd that appeared surprised them, it turned out that the Ryukyu people, under the leadership of several officials, helped all the Japanese who had fled into the houses just now, caught them on the dock, and kept saying: My Ryukyu country was entrenched by these Japanese invaders, and it was miserable, thanks to the rescue of the army of the upper country.

These betrayed Japanese robbers naturally can't escape the fate of beheading, and then the king of the Ryukyus set up a banquet in the palace to entertain them, but up and down the Ryukyus, this is a miscalculation, Lin Mengchu with two hundred people immediately controlled the king of the Ryukyus, the beautiful name is protection, the land of the Ryukyu projectile, his king is equivalent to the civil official of a civil guard in Huazhou, a county in Daming, a county in the Ming Dynasty, Lin Mengchu's soldiers are already a great force.

After controlling the king, the Ryukyus, who had no will to fight, immediately became much more honest and let them do whatever they wanted.

Ten days later, the fleet from Yizhou arrived at Ryukyu, and a month later, Lin Mengchu was promoted to the captain of the Yizhou Navy Division for his outstanding performance, which was the fastest promoted Huazhou soldier in these years......