Chapter 552: Blood Stained Edo Bay (Page 1/1)

Thanks to the efforts of the Exocet Clipper soldiers, the half-sails were raised. The Flying Fish Clipper, which had been held up by wooden rafts and bamboo rafts, shook a little, and although it could not squeeze the raft out of it at once, it had begun to move slowly.

When the Japanese saw that the Changxing army had changed into new sails, the attack became even more frenzied. There was already danger on several sides of the ship, and at that moment the gunners pushed the guns out of the ship's side.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, hundreds of shotguns shot at the Japanese people gathered around the Exocet clipper. Immediately, the Japanese were knocked down, and this single cannon could kill more than 20 Japanese people.

The loud sound of the artillery frightened many Japanese people into falling into the sea, and blood immediately stained the sea red. But this is far from the end, only the beginning.

A few more cannon shots rang out, and the Japanese around the Exocet clipper were knocked down. Just as the Japanese were about to continue to surround them, a primordial sun cannon fired.

The Japanese who were about to rush up were knocked down again, and the recoil of the early sun cannon pushed the Exocet clipper down.

This slight light seemed to open the shackles of the Exocet clipper, and the Exocet Clipper began to slowly accelerate forward.

With the Flying Fish Clipper in motion, it has become very difficult for the Japanese to climb up. The Changxing army now easily drove the Japanese people into the sea from the side of the ship, the guns on the ship roared, and the Flying Fish Clipper was like a wild horse on the sea.

The Flying Fish clipper, which had increased its speed, suddenly broke free from the entanglement of the Japanese and crashed into the raft in the distance.

All the rafts that stood in front of them along the way were knocked over, and no matter how brave the Japanese were, there was nothing they could do about the clippers who would take Ma Le.

Ma Le, who had escaped from the predicament, looked at the soldiers who were sitting on the ground panting, and the fierce battle just now had exhausted their physical strength.

Only half of the original thirty men remained, five sailors were killed, two gunners were killed, and almost all of the remaining soldiers were wounded.

Yubin bandaged his wound and came to Ma Le's side and said happily, "Captain! You did it! We survived! ”

"Oh!" The soldiers on board cheered, and they finally fought a bloody battle to break out of the siege.

They were not far from the Edowan pier at the moment, and they saw hundreds of samurai gathered on the pier from a distance. The men watched from the docks, pointing at the Exocet Clipper for a while.

Ma Le pointed at the group of humanists with his hand: "Target dock crowd, prepare to fire!" ”

The gunner immediately adjusted the angle and pointed the muzzle of the gun at the dock. As the Exocet Clipper passed by the dock, the sidestring cannons fired one after another.

The cannonballs hit the Japanese people who were watching the battle with a whistling sound, and the Japanese who were still pointing and pointing suddenly became chaotic. They escorted a man in a wide robe, mounted his warhorse and began to gallop towards the city, but one of them struck at the man on horseback.

Tokugawa Tadanaga had lost his position as a shogun and was placed under house arrest by his nephew in Edo. Originally, he thought that he would live like this for the rest of his life, but he thought that he would encounter pirates attacking Edo Bay.

Tokugawa Iemitsu had already led the shogun, the family elders, and the samurai of the main family to Kyushu Island, and only 5,000 soldiers remained in Edo Castle. In this case, there was only one person left in Edo Castle to take care of the day-to-day affairs, and now that he was invaded by pirates, he had no choice but to ask Tokugawa Tadanaga to command the defense of Edo Castle.

Tokugawa Tadanaga almost jumped for joy when he heard the news, he was once again in charge of the army.

As long as Tokugawa Iemitsu didn't come back, he could become the shogun of the shogunate. But the premise was that he had to repel the pirates and defend Edo Castle.

If Edo Castle is sacked by pirates, he has no choice but to commit suicide. After learning of the pirate attack, he still had some certainty of holding Edo.

Without him! This is the base camp of the Edo, Tokugawa family. Edo, with a population of 100,000, could never be overrun by pirates, but it would be perfect if pirates were not allowed to land.

He then devised a plan to let everything that could float on the surface of the sea, and to carry the samurai Ashigaru out to sea to fight the pirates.

His plan was to have Kohaya all converted into fireships and burn the pirates' warships under the cover of the battleship. As long as the pirates can be severely damaged, the remaining Waren and Ashigaru can easily repel the pirates.

The plan was seamless, but he had an accident while overseeing the battle at the docks. A pirate ship broke through the blockade and reached his eyes, and Tokugawa Tadanaga was losing his temper when the pirates shelled him.

Tokugawa Tadanaga had no choice but to flee immediately, and if the pirates were killed before they could land, it would surely be a disgrace to the entire Wakoku.

Fortunately, as soon as he got on his horse, a cannonball came at him. Tokugawa Tadanaga, who was frightened, hurriedly leaned down on his horse to avoid the shells.

The cannonball came with a whistling sound, and it did not hit Tokugawa Tadanaga, but it hit the war horse under his crotch.

The horse's leg was broken by a cannonball, and Tokugawa Tadanaga was crushed under the horse at once. Tokugawa Tadanaga rolled his eyes and fainted. A group of samurai quickly picked up the unconscious Tokugawa Tadanaga and ran, and the Japanese people on the shore had no intention of supervising the battle, and followed back to Edo Castle.

When he returned to Edo Castle and underwent an examination by a doctor, he found that Tokugawa Tadanaga had broken his right leg, and he woke up after some rescue.

The first thing I said when I woke up was to ask the people around me, "What happened to the Battle of Edo Bay?" ”

When he heard the result told him, Tokugawa Tadashi was speechless for a long time. He had a hunch that the pirates were coming this time, and I was afraid that it would not be so easy to dismiss.

Tokugawa Tadanaga's wounded retreat did not break down the samurai fighting Ashigaru, but it also dealt a big blow to their morale.

Ma Le drove the Flying Fish Clipper, and after changing the sails, he began to wreak havoc on the wooden rafts and bamboo rafts. You don't need any shells to deal with these Japanese people, you just need to hit them with warships.

After only a few attacks, the Japanese in the rear were defeated, and the Japanese who rushed to kill in front saw Ma Le's people who were wreaking havoc on them, and many fireships began to turn around to deal with Ma Le.

What the Japanese never expected was that just one inconspicuous warship of the Changxing Army would cause chaos to their entire fleet.

Zhang Huan, who was directing the battle, would let go of such a good opportunity and immediately let the fleet press. Amid the rumbling sound of artillery, the Japanese could no longer hold on.

Although a few fireships crashed into the main battleship, it was nothing at all for the sturdy Changxing Army. Cluster grenades were thrown down, and the fireship was easily blown up.

In the case of the Changxing army's strength, the Japanese saw that there was no hope of victory. They turned their bows and rushed towards the shore.

The Changxing army covered up the killing in the back for a while, and the Japanese were defeated and lost. The entire surface of Edo Bay was littered with broken ship planks and the corpses of Japanese people, and the sea was dyed red.

The Japanese who fled ashore did not dare to stay on the shore and fled towards Edo Castle. There were still 100,000 Japanese people there, and they were going to surround the shogunate's garrison to the death and fight to the death against the Changxing army on the shore.

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