Chapter 934: Shelling Nagasaki!
Today's second update is delivered! In fact, Zhang Haibin's words were said too early.
The Dutch withdrew this time, definitely not because they were afraid of the Tiger Marine, but because they wanted to find out what was going on. The first time they met the Tiger Warrior Navy, the strength of the other party was actually stronger than their own, which really surprised the Dutch. Isn't this East Asian territory in charge of Zheng Zhilong? How did a completely different fleet come out?
Yes, a completely different fleet. The Dutch are not fools. Those who can come from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean to make a living have half a bucket of water. The Dutch were strong at sea, not only because of the large number of warships, but also because they had a good group of sailors. They could tell at a glance that this fleet that suddenly came out was not all the way to Zheng Zhilong.
Zheng Zhilong's maritime military power has been basically understood by the Dutch. Most of the main warships of the Zheng family's fleet were three-masted gunboats, and the rest were armed merchant ships. However, the fleet they encountered, the warships they organized, were completely different from the Zheng family's fleet. From a professional point of view, this fleet is obviously more professional than the Zheng family fleet.
Also, the flag on the mast of Zheng Zhilong's naval fleet is black. The fleet they encountered, the flag on the mast, was red. There are also significant differences between the two works in the uniforms of their respective sailors. Therefore, the Dutch were absolutely sure that it was this maritime military force that they had never been exposed to before.
The problem was that the Dutch could not tell if they were allies of Zheng Zhilong. If they were Zheng Zhilong's allies, then things would be even more complicated. For Zheng Zhilong, the Dutch people actually don't care very much. Because, Zheng Zhilong did not dare to lead the army to a decisive battle with the main fleet of the Dutch. As soon as the main battleship of the Dutch appeared, Zheng Zhilong immediately dodged.
The strength of the Dutch East India Company in East Asia is obvious to all, and there are more than 100 large warships with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons alone. These main battleships are all Zheng Zhilong's non-existent. Even Zheng Zhilong, if he encountered the main fleet of the Dutch, he would only have to take a detour. Therefore, the Dutch people don't really care about Zheng Zhilong. However, if in the Ming Kingdom, there are people whose sea power is more powerful than Zheng Zhilong, then it will attract the attention of the Dutch. Just now, they clearly noticed that the battleship of the Tiger Ben Army Seagrass was somewhat similar to theirs.
If you guess correctly, the other side may also have warships with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons.
The situation in Southeast Asia has always been complicated. In the beginning, it was Portugal and Spain who competed, and then the Dutch rose to become the biggest hegemon in Southeast Asia. However, the power of Portugal and Spain has not completely subsided, and they still have a bit of a foundation.
Manila, for example, was firmly in the hands of the Spaniards, while the Portuguese were firmly in control of Jakarta. It was not easy for the Dutch to snatch these two places. Not to mention that on the side, there are also the French and Italians. Although the military strength of these two countries is not strong, their communication skills are indeed good, in the language of the Ming Kingdom, it is not enough to succeed, and more than to lose.
The Dutch also could not guarantee that if Southeast Asia really went into chaos, there would be several forces joining forces against them. After all, the existence of the Dutch hurts the interests of many people. If nothing else, the British will definitely oppose themselves. If several forces unite and work together against the Dutch, the Dutch will not be comfortable.
Therefore, the decision of the Dutch was to find out the situation. If the other side has no background and has nothing to do with other powers, it will not be too late for the Dutch to send their main fleet north. In the East Asian seas, I believe that there is no fleet that can compete with the Dutch Guili fleet.
"To Nagasaki!"
After the Dutch retreated, Zhang Haibin said in a deep voice.
Zhang Zhun gave Zhang Haibin the task of wandering everywhere and looking around. However, this wandering is definitely not running around without purpose, consuming food and fresh water in vain. This wandering has a purpose. For example, scare and scare the day itself.
The ultimate goal of the Tiger Army was to force the Japanese to open the market and turn the Japanese into a colony of the Tiger Army, so that the Tiger Army could get a lot of financial resources from the Japanese army. Of course, it would be better if the "Japan" was "voluntary" and became one or four provinces of the Celestial Empire.
In order to achieve this goal, it was necessary to sever the relationship between the Japanese and the Zheng fleet, and at the same time pressure the Japanese to accept the demands of the Tiger Ben Army unconditionally. At present, the person in power in Japan is the Tokugawa shogunate, and the tiger army will submit to this Tokugawa shogunate. Obviously, to achieve such a goal, it is absolutely impossible without strong force.
The day himself is also a model of bullying the weak and fearing the hard. In the Tang Dynasty, the coaxing "Japan" himself attacked the Korean Peninsula, but at the mouth of the Baijiang River, he was defeated by the Tang Army's naval divisions and almost wiped out. The day himself immediately lowered his head, and sent a large number of envoys to the Tang Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty. Looking at the United States in later generations, it is needless to say that the "Japan" itself has been rectified. On the contrary, if you lose the battle, you will have to gain an inch. During the Yuan Dynasty, because of the crusade against the army of the "Day", it suffered a storm, and there was no way to board the "Day" Ben 6, and as a result, the "Day" himself immediately became arrogant. So, I don't take the Central Plains Dynasty in my eyes anymore. The Japanese themselves dared to attack Korea again, because they felt that there was nothing to fear in the Ming Kingdom.
Why did he not give up on the Ming Kingdom after he retreated from Korea? Unwilling to bow down? The reason is very simple, the Ming army at that time only defeated the Japanese army, and did not completely annihilate it. It is estimated that half of the more than 100,000 Japanese troops have successfully withdrawn from the country. Among them, most of the Japanese navy is included.
Although the Daming Navy Division and the Korean Navy Division defeated the Japanese Navy, they also suffered considerable losses, and Deng Zilong and Yi Sunsin were both killed in battle. Compared with each other, the victor is naturally the Ming Kingdom, but the military of the "Day" himself has not been completely annihilated. That's why "Day" himself is not convinced, and always feels that it should not be them who fail.
Since the Ming army could not completely annihilate the Japanese army, it was up to the Tiger Ben army. Zhang Zhun decided that once he started a war with the "Day" himself, he would completely subdue the "Day" himself, and he would be afraid, broken, and scattered, and he would definitely not give it a chance to rise again. When necessary, a large number of immigrants are required to make the "day", and then the "day" book is divided into several parts.
Five days later, the Third Fleet of the Tiger Army arrived at the port of Nagasaki.
Looking at it from a distance, the port of Nagasaki is quite busy. Inside the harbor, several merchant ships are moored. Looking at the flags they hoisted, they knew that they were the merchant ships of the Zheng family's fleet. Behind the port, there is a dense residential area that looks like it is full of neatness. It seems that the number of people in Nagasaki is still quite large.
If you look closely at Nagasaki's architecture, you will see that the Japanese themselves are indeed a people who pay great attention to detail. The houses they built in the long-term harbor are quite a bit of a chessboard-like style. Whether it is horizontal or vertical, there are all kinds of boards and eyes. In the middle of the chessboard, there are black dots walking around, "I think it's Japanese."
In fact, "Japan" himself also likes to close off the country. At the time of the war, the daimyo desperately bought weapons from overseas, and the country was completely opened. By the time Toyoshi Hideyoshi basically unified the "Japan" book, the country was closed again. By the time of the Tokugawa shogunate, the gate of the country of "Hihon" was also closed.
At present, there are only two trading ports open to the outside world of the Tokugawa shogunate. One is Nagasaki and the other is Hiroshima. The object of trade in these two ports is Zheng Zhilong. Therefore, "as long as it is a day of maritime trade, it must be done in these two ports." As a result, the population of the two port cities has gradually increased.
Now that the warships of the Tiger Army have arrived, the merchant ships in the port of Nagasaki are very uneasy. They were all a little dazed, a little frightened to look at these strange guests. Although these sudden battleships did not open fire, the formation of the opponent and the open gun windows all silently showed that the other party was not good at coming, and the good ones were not coming.
Some clever merchant shipowners, who no longer cared about their merchant ships, hurriedly disembarked from their ships, and then took refuge in the harbor.
The other merchant shipowners, now that they were not doing well, also hurriedly disembarked and took refuge on the shore. There are so many guests, and they are so fierce, once they open fire, these merchant ships will definitely be finished.
Soon after the appearance of the Tiger Navy, a group of Japanese naval warships came from the north of Nagasaki Port. The Japanese himself obviously didn't expect that the battleships of the Tiger Army Navy would suddenly appear here. So, when they came in a hurry, they looked a little embarrassed. They didn't even have a slightly neater formation.
"Presumably the navy of the Tokugawa shogunate!"
Staff Officer Han Li said in a low voice.
"Hmm."
Zhang Haibin nodded casually.
Looking through the clairvoyant mirror, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Navy is indeed not very good. They had quite a few warships, more than thirty of them, but there were only three large warships with a displacement of more than three hundred tons. Compared with the battleships of the Tiger Army, they are not at all above the same level. Judging from the guns of the Japanese naval warships, the gap is even greater.
It may be that the Japanese themselves cannot cast artillery, or the imported artillery is too expensive, and these warships of the Japanese Navy cannot be based on the shadow of artillery. Yes, it should just be some large-caliber fire blunts. Occasionally, you can also see a lot of jars and jars on the "Japanese warship", which are estimated to be filled with lime, butter, sulfur, flame salt, etc., which were used in the Rou battle.
In fact, the strength of the Japanese navy is indeed very bad. Otherwise, it would not have been impossible to defeat Yi Sunsin's turtle boat. The surface of the turtle boat is a layer of wood that is not too thick, and solid bullets of millimeter caliber can be directly penetrated. However, the Japanese navy just couldn't smash the turtle ship, so it can be seen that their artillery, what kind of goods is probably the Japanese themselves were also shocked by the Tiger Army's fleet, and they automatically and consciously stopped at a distance of 500 meters from the Tiger Army's seagrass. After a long time, there was a sentry ship, waving a white flag, swaying towards the side of the Tiger Army. It is estimated that they want to communicate with the Tiger Ben Navy first to avoid misunderstandings.
"Who are you?"
"This is the sea area of Japan!"
"To avoid misunderstanding, please leave immediately!"
The sentinel ship of the Japanese Navy was guided to the flagship of Zhang Haibin. On the 1st day, the officer came aboard the ship and lodged a solemn protest against Zhang Haibin.
"We are from the Ming Kingdom."
Zhang Haibin said quietly.
For the "Japan" himself, "the Tiger Ben Army Navy played" is still in the name of the Ming Kingdom. Nothing else, just because decades ago, the Ming army beat the Ming army in North Korea, and the name of the Ming State should be made again. Don't you still want to go to war? Let's accompany Mingguo!
"What are you doing today?" the officer asked vigilantly.
In the face of the Ming people, the day himself was indeed a little unconvinced. In the battle decades ago, they still refused to admit that the Japanese were defeated. However, they also have no chance of revenge. Tokugawa Ieyasu is an old fox, and he was lucky enough to maintain his troops because he did not participate in the attack on Korea, so he would never attack the Ming Kingdom easily.
It is a pity that the middle and lower-ranking officers of the Japanese army do not think so. These middle- and lower-level Japanese officers have a strong sense of revenge. They feel that the battle of decades ago is not over yet, "Now, with the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty and the strength is weaker than before, it is a good time to send troops again." Even if the Tokugawa shogunate did not agree, the call for troops to send troops in Japan was still very high.
"We're here as guests."
Staff officer Chen Taizhong said with a smile.
"Guest?"
Of course, I won't believe it.
Dozens of battleships, all in one line, the gun windows are open, as a guest?
"We are the Tiger Army!"
Zhang Haibin officially revealed his identity.
"Is that you?"
I was taken aback.
"Huh? We know each other? ”
Zhang Haibin felt a little surprised.
Could it be that the Japanese himself has already been in contact with the Tiger Army Navy before? It doesn't make sense! The first fleet that accompanied Shen Lingfei to the "Japan" last time didn't meet with the "Japan" himself!
"Da Songwei.........
Then today I gritted my teeth and said.
"Grass!"
Zhang Haibin understood.
Feelings, the last time he attacked Da Songwei, he had something to do with the days in front of him. "Don't say anything, let's fight!"
"Go to war!"
Zhang Haibin ordered without hesitation.
"Knock knock!"
"Knock knock!"
"Knock knock!"
The battleships, which had been waiting for a long time, immediately shot a series of fury at the warships of the Japanese navy. In an instant, there were four "Japanese" warships, which were directly flipped on the spot by dense solid bullets, and then sank.
Grass, the one who sneaked up on the Great Songwei! It's you! It's really hard to find a place to break through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it! The soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army still remember the things of Da Songwei. Don't be a high-ranking officer like Zhang Haibin either.
A series of shells fell in the middle of the Japanese navy, and they were immediately beaten to the point of crying and crying for their mothers. One after another, the Japanese warships continued to sink under the dense bombardment of iron lumps. As for the loss of personnel, this is all the more without saying. Soon, the sea water near the battleship was already blood-red.
There are 900 guns of all kinds in the Third Fleet of the Tiger Army! Even if only one side of the ship fired, it would be more than 400 guns. What's more, in the middle, there are at least thirty-two red-coated cannons. The guns of the Japanese warship are simply inferior to the fire system.
After a while, the navy could not bear it anymore and dispersed. The three rounds of artillery bombardment by the Huben Navy sank more than a dozen Japanese warships into the sea. The other warships were also scarred. Those damaged battleships were only abandoned. The warships of the Tiger Ben Army came to their side and captured all the Japanese themselves on board. What should I do with the "day" I caught? Of course, it was sent to Liaodong. Liaodong needs so much labor, and these "days" are good labor! The devil actually works very hard, otherwise, there wouldn't be so much overwork.
"Herald!"
"Shelling Nagasaki!"
After breaking up the "Ri" Navy, Zhang Haibin felt that it was not enough, and he had to teach the "Ri" himself a hard lesson. Damn, didn't you attack our Da Songwei in the first place? Okay, let's destroy your Nagasaki! After receiving the order, all the battleships were all in formation and aimed their guns at Nagasaki. In order to achieve the best bombardment effect, the warships of the Tiger Ben Navy even approached to a distance of less than 200 meters from 6 places.
"Knock knock!"
"Knock knock!"
"Knock knock!"
In the rumbling sound of cannons, Ichi's solid bullets, like raindrops, bombarded Nagasaki fiercely. Suddenly, the entire port of Nagasaki seemed to explode.
Those neat matchboxes, under the bombardment of solid bullets, kept collapsing. Sometimes, it collapses piece by piece. I don't know where the fire burned, and as a result, the fire became more and more intense. It seems that there is a day himself who wants to extinguish the fire, however, the shells of the Tiger Ben Army still keep falling, directly killing and injuring them.
Several relatively tall buildings on the shore of Nagasaki became the key targets of destruction by the Tiger Ben Navy. A large number of shells poured down in a steady stream, and those buildings were smashed beyond recognition, and roofs and walls kept falling. Eventually, all the tall buildings collapsed with a bang.
The shelling of Nagasaki lasted two hours. Two hours later, there was not a single intact building left in Nagasaki. Viewed through the clairvoyant mirror, Nagasaki looks like a dead city, and there are no living creatures left. In the midst of the raging fire, there were constant terrible cries.
"Let's go!"
"Go to Hiroshima!"
Zhang Haibin said coldly.
If there is a kind of day, I will catch up!!