Chapter 460: The Battle of the Gateway to Osaka Bay (1)

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On the fifth day of November in the 50th year of Kangxi, the winter sun has just risen, the golden sun shines on the sea, the waves are undulating, rippling out a little golden light, this scenery is undoubtedly extremely beautiful, but the captain Wang Yanxia who stands on the bridge of the "mighty" ship has no intention of appreciating it, there is no side, just because the war is imminent, and Wang Yanxia is not very nervous about it. ()

Although the "mighty" is only a medium-sized warship, it can be a huge hull with a total length of 25 zhang, towering like a sea fortress, with 20 cannons on each side of the ship, arranged in two layers, with powerful firepower output, although it is not as terrifying as the large warships often have nearly 100 cannons, but it is already the most advanced war monster of this era, and counting the "prestige" and "prestige" that followed closely behind, the three battleships together have as many as 123 cannons, which is enough to crush all the obstacles that dare to stand in front of the detachment. But even so, Wang Yanxia didn't dare to be too optimistic, not for anything else, just because the whole fleet was on the battlefield for the first time, and it was only a year since the army was formed.

"Report, General Wang, more than a dozen Japanese fishing boats have been found ten miles ahead."

Just as Wang Yanxia was silently pondering, he heard the lookout post on the tall mainmast shouting.

"Oh?"

As soon as he heard this, Wang Yanxia didn't dare to think about it anymore, just because he saw the fishing boat, it meant that the fleet was not far from the shore, so he hurriedly gathered his thoughts, picked up the monocular hanging on his waist, came to the front of him, carefully observed the sea in the distance, and immediately saw more than a dozen dhows in the mist casting nets on the sea to fish.

"Raise the battle flag, ignore the fishing boats, the fleet is moving forward at full speed and heading straight for Wakayama!"

Wang Yanxia looked at the fishing boats, and saw that there was no threat at all, so he didn't bother to pay attention to it, put down the monocular in his hand, and gave orders with a solemn face.

"Wow!"

Wang Yanxia gave this order, and the herald who followed him conveyed the order, and after a while, the two warships raised the dragon flag of the Qing Dynasty at the same time, and the front and rear mast sails that were originally hanging low also rose one after another, and the speed of the battleship suddenly accelerated a lot, and as soon as this movement came out, the fishing boats of the Japanese Kingdom that were originally casting their nets to fish in an orderly manner were suddenly in a big mess, and they turned around and fled without choosing any way, but how could such small fishing boats compete with the three-masted sailing ships of the Qing Navy, but in half an hour, they were caught up by the Qing fleet, However, the Daqing detachment ignored the chaotic fishing fleet, and went straight to overtake and rushed towards the coast of Wakayama at high speed.

"Yo, look, there's a fleet coming, ha, it's the Dragon Banner, and the people are here again!"

"Yo Xi, it's really the boat of the Shina, ha, after the incident in Osaka the year before last, I thought that the Shina people didn't dare to come, but this time the scar was good and I forgot the pain, and I actually ran back again."

"Huh? No, why are there only three of them? It's a lot smaller, which is weird. ”

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Wakayama, on the shore artillery position at the entrance of Osaka Bay, several Japanese soldiers on duty were wandering around the fort boredly, and suddenly a soldier shouted loudly, and immediately all those soldiers were alarmed, but no one realized that the pace of war was approaching, and they all laughed and laughed. What can be guarded against is only the rebellion of the daimyo in various places, which has not been used for decades, not to mention the tattered and old, and the soldiers on duty do not take defense seriously, in the defense area, except for a few officers and soldiers who stayed behind, most of the officers and soldiers who should have stayed in the camp under the fort have long disappeared at this time, and as for the Honshu fort opposite Wakayama, it is almost the same situation, and the defense is useless.

"Order, the whole fleet turns left, and it is arranged in a battle line!"

The speed of the fleet sailing in full sail was very fast, and after a while, it had already sailed less than two miles away from the entrance of Osaka Bay, and Wang Yanxia, who had been observing the movement of the batteries on both sides with a telescope, finally nodded with satisfaction, inserted the monocular back into his waist, waved his hand, and gave orders with a solemn face.

"Wow!"

Wang Yanxia gave this order, and his own herald passed the order to the lookout post on the tall mast, and the lookout post passed the order to the other two battleships with flags, and after a while, he saw that the fleet that was moving straight began to turn, and at the same time, the portholes of the port guns of the three battleships were opened, and one cannon after another was pushed to the battle position, and the muzzles of rows of black holes pointed obliquely to the Wakayama Battery.

"Yaga, that's the warship of the Chi Na people, quick, go and inform Lord Qimoto!"

"The person is calling, send the alarm quickly!"

"Prepare for war, prepare for war!"

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The soldiers of the Japanese State who had been absent from the battle formation for a long time never realized the intention of the Qing Navy to make a left-handed maneuver, and they had been watching with relish, until the cannons showed their hideous colors, and the Japanese soldiers woke up, and immediately panicked, roaring and running on the fort.

"All ships are there, bombard Lao Tzu hard!"

After all, the Great Qingshui Division is a newly trained army, although the training is hard, the tactical actions on weekdays seem to be similar, but at the time of the upcoming war, it is still inevitable that there is some absurdity, the tactical maneuver that can be adjusted in place with only a stick of incense can be adjusted in time, it took half a column of incense to barely complete the adjustment, this situation obviously does not make Wang Yanxia satisfied, but this is not the time to care about those details, as soon as the battle line is formed, Wang Yanxia did not hesitate at all, but saw that he waved his hand vigorously, Roared as hard as he could.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

After the battle order was issued, the gunners of the ships did not dare to have the slightest neglect, but when they heard the sound of the password, one by one the guns began to shoot in turn, under the huge reaction force, the huge hulls of the three battleships were shocked and retreated more than ten feet away, at the same time, dozens of huge shells roared and smashed into the Wakayama Fort, and instantly exploded a ball of fire on the fort, shrapnel flew in all directions, and the more than 30 old shore guns displayed on the fort had been destroyed nearly half in an instant, fortunately, there was almost no one on the fort, The casualties were negligible, and only two soldiers scurrying around the fort were blown to pieces.

"Adjust the array of ships, and do one more round!"

After the sound of the cannon stopped, Wang Yanxia raised the telescope again, took a look at the situation on the Wakayama Fort, and was obviously not too satisfied with the effect of the shooting, but he did not have any harsh words and deeds, and just gave the order with an expressionless face.

"Baga, what's going on, where is the ****!"

As soon as the cannon of the Qing fleet sounded, the Wakayama Fort Qimoto Kabe Saburo, who was originally holding a concubine and working hard, was immediately frightened and impotent, and rolled down from the screaming concubine with a grunt, grabbed a piece of clothing casually, and went around his waist without looking at it, and then grabbed the katana, barefoot, and rushed out of the door, and immediately saw that the barracks had already been in chaos, and more than 100 panicked soldiers were scurrying around like headless flies, grabbed a soldier, and roared angrily.

"Flag, flag, lord, it's the people of Zhina, and the people of Zhina are calling!"

The so-called no coincidence does not make a book, the soldier caught by Saburo Shikabe happened to be the sentry who escaped from the fort, and when he saw that his boss was so angry, the soldier did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly told the truth with trembling.

"Baga, what is there to be afraid of the people of the branch, the people of the branch are the most timid, my great-ancestor is in and out of the seven in the branch, killing the person in the branch is like slaughtering a lamb, on the top, they all come with this adult, and do the person who turns over the branch!"

Lubian Saburo's ancestors were widows, who burned and plundered in the land of China, and committed heinous crimes, not only were not ashamed, but were complacent, and actually regarded the process of plundering China as an ancestral teaching, passed down from generation to generation, so that when Lubian Saburo heard that it was the Qing Dynasty, he was not only not afraid, but had the ambition of meritorious service, and drew his katana with a shout, and gathered more than 100 of his men to rush to the fort, intending to use the shore cannon to teach him a lesson in his eyes The vulnerable "Shina man".

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Lubian Saburo rushed very quickly, but when he rushed to the fort, before he had time to take a look at the Qing fleet, the second round of salvo fire of the Qing fleet began, but in a piercing whistling sound, a wave of huge cannonballs smashed into the fort, and in an instant, a ball of fire exploded on the fort, and the unlucky Lubian Saburo was smashed by a cannonball, after the roar, Lubian Saburo was gone, only a blood-stained shirt flew into the air with the air waves, fluttering and fluttering, it was a woman's kimono, and it was the clothes of his concubine who grabbed her body when she rushed out of the room.

"Order the assault team to seize the beach and take the battery for Ben General!"

Under the second round of salvo fire of the Qing army, the Japanese soldiers who had just rushed to the fort were killed and wounded, not only the supreme commander was blown to pieces, but more than 100 soldiers who followed closely behind were also killed, and most of the rest were injured.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

As soon as Wang Yanxia's words fell, before the herald would give the order to the commando, he heard a whistling sound, and more than a dozen shells whistled towards the Qing fleet, but the target was obviously not good, and more than a dozen projectiles all fell on the sea dozens of feet away from the Qing fleet, exploding more than a dozen huge waves......

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