Chapter 546: The Cannon (Page 1/1)

Life at sea is boring and dangerous, which creates the indomitable will and fearless courage of the navy.

On the latest Moby Dick battleship to be launched on Jeju Island, Jang Doo is battling three sailors. He was shirtless, revealing well-defined muscles.

A thick cable in his hand was stretched straight, and five stout soldiers on the opposite side were struggling to pull the rope.

Zhang Dou grasped the rope with both hands, and the muscles on his body bulged suddenly. He shouted: "Pour!" With a hard pull of his arms, the three soldiers on the opposite side immediately fell down.

took the clothes handed over by Cheng Feng and put them on his body, and turned away under the envious and adoring eyes of his subordinates.

Cheng Feng handed over a letter, and Zhang Dou opened it and couldn't help but smile on his face. The name of his son was finally decided, and the father-in-law gave him the name Zhang Ziqiang.

The letter also quoted scriptures, what gentleman should be self-improving, what general should be handsome, and a man should be self-reliant.

Zhang Dou doesn't mind what the child's name is, as long as it has a name. You can't keep the big treasure, the big treasure is screaming!

In addition, Satsuma was indeed strong, and with the support of the arms of the Changxing army, it even withstood the attack of the shogunate.

Tokugawa Iemitsu finally couldn't sit still, and once again recruited 50,000 troops to go to Kyushu Island in person. He wants to see with his own eyes how powerful Satsuma's army is, and this time he will completely eradicate the Shimazu family and permanently eliminate the scourge of Satsuma.

The purpose of Zhang Dou's trip was Edo, the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate, which had a more resounding name in later generations ~ Tokyo.

It was not advisable to send troops directly to Kyushu Island to help Satsuma Tibet defend against the shogunate's army, and even if it could succeed, the Changxing army would pay a heavy price.

In case the Changxing army fell into the quagmire of the war between the Japanese and the state, not only would the Satsuma that had already been in hand be lost, but also the family wealth that Zhang Dou had saved so hard would be wiped out.

Therefore, attacking the Tokugawa shogunate's garrison became the best choice, as long as the Changxing army could take this place, it would greatly damage the prestige of the Tokugawa shogunate in the Wa Kingdom.

A shogunate that can't even protect its own direct territory, what qualifications does it have to rule the daimyo in various parts of the Wa Kingdom. There will definitely be people who will jump out to question the Tokugawa shogunate, and it is not impossible for the Wakuni to re-enter the Sengoku period.

A chaotic Wa state could be in the interests of the Changxing army, so attacking Edo became Zhang Dou's best choice.

As long as you can break through here, there are too many benefits to be obtained. In order to expand Edo, the Tokugawa shogunate moved many wealthy families from all over the Wakoku region. It is not an exaggeration to say that Edo is the wealthiest city in the Wakuni Province, and Edo is also home to some of the best craftsmen in the Wadoku region. These people are also what Changxingjun needs most, and Changxingjun will definitely implement the "three-light" policy to the end.

The Changxing fleet led by Zhang Dou crossed Satsuma and headed straight for Edo, a huge fleet of as many as 30 warships alone, and even the two captured galleons joined the transport ranks.

Behind the Changxing Army, there were also 245 hired Fu boats, which transported the supplies of the Changxing Army and the army.

With them, the Changxing Army was able to bring the 5,000 Army to Edo Bay, and among the 5,000 Army, there were 3,000 people in the Death Brigade, and they were the main force attacking Edo Castle.

They are dealing with a city with a population of more than 100,000, and the danger is self-evident. But this is also the moment when Zhang Dou tries to see if the knife of the Death Brigade is sharp, if the knife is not sharp enough or disobedient, then there is no need for it to exist.

Along the way, in order to maintain the concealment of the sneak attack, all the Japanese ships encountered were sunk. In this way, the Changxing army quietly approached Edo, the political core of the Japanese state.

At the entrance of the Uraga waterway, the Nagako army finally could not hide its whereabouts, and the beacon towers on both sides of the bank had already lit wolf smoke, announcing that there was an invasion of foreign enemies.

At this point, the Changxing army no longer concealed it, and the fleet began to divide into two parts. The Fukufune transport ship was far away from the battlefield, and the battleship stepped forward and began to clear the batteries on the left and right sides of the Uraga waterway.

After Tokugawa Iemitsu succeeded him as shogun, in order to prevent an attack on Edo from the sea, they built four forts on both sides of the Uraga waterway, which they estimated to be enough to protect Edo.

On each battery were two 12-pounder cannons, two 9-pounder guns, and two cannons made by the Wa kingdom themselves.

The artillery on just the four forts cost Tokugawa Iemitsu nearly 100,000 yuan in silver, but Tokugawa Iemitsu still felt that it was worth the money after seeing the power of the forts.

In order to attack Edo Bay, the Nagako army needed to destroy the batteries on both sides of the Uraga waterway, and as the Japanese panicked to maneuver their artillery, the five Moby Dick battleships began to bulge forward, revealing two 24-pounder long-barreled guns mounted on the deck.

These two guns, unlike the short naval guns, were designed to be used to fire the guns on the batteries.

His cannon was twice as large as a naval gun, and its weight reached a terrifying 8,000 catties. Guns of this length could never fit on the gun deck and could only be installed in the open air.

Each artillery crew has as many as 24 people, and the existence of these guns is the foundation for Zhang Dou to have the confidence to break through Edo Bay.

The Moby Dick began to stop three miles away from the first battery, and the gunners on board began to get busy, and many people began to use gun gauges and rulers to start measuring the firing angle.

The Japanese on the Edowan Fort were a little puzzled, why did the enemy start to stop their ships three miles away, and did they have to fire at such a distance?

How could it be possible to concentrate batteries at such a distance, the enemy must have gone crazy. Although their 12-pounder guns were able to hit a distance of three miles, such a distance had no hit rate at all, so the people on the battery watched the Changxing army busy, but did not open fire.

After a pillar of incense, all ships raised a red flag to indicate that the shooting was ready. Zhang Dou immediately gave the order to open fire, and as the order was given, the flagship he was in let out a deafening roar.

The 24-pounder cannon was powerful, but the reaction force on the hull was equally great. After a cannon shot, the bow of Zhang Dou's flagship suddenly sank and plunged downward.

The hull of the ship moved back quickly for two battles before stopping, and everyone on board thought that the Moby Dick would fall apart at the moment of firing the cannon, and many people fell to the ground due to recoil.

Zhang Dou's body shook and did not fall, but he immediately ordered to check the situation of the battleship. Although the artillery had been test-fired several times on the ship, Zhang Dou still had to be careful. This long-barreled gun is simply not suitable for installation on a battleship, and if you are not careful, it will shatter the hull. If it was really a voice, Zhang Dou would not have time to cry.

Fortunately, in the subsequent report, Zhang Dou realized that although the recoil of the cannon just now was huge, the hull was not affected much, and there was no rupture and water seepage of the hull.

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