Chapter 173: The Japanese Transport Fleet
Zhang Feng began to convey a series of commands. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Order, all the ships of the Navy assemble, gather in Shanghai Port, and depart from Shanghai Port!"
"Order, the 1st Infantry Brigade will board the ship in Shanghai Port, target the Port of Busan, North Korea, and order, the 2nd Infantry Brigade will be in reserve and go to Shanghai Port to stand by......"
After conveying a series of orders, Zhang Feng combined with the large map to explain the combat operation in detail, "The 1st Infantry Brigade has the largest number of rear-loading muskets and is the main force of this operation, and the task of the navy is not light, in addition to transporting troops and equipment supplies to Pusan Port, you must also control the entire Japanese Strait between Korea and Japan, and cut off the reinforcement channel for Japanese supplies." ”
The combat meeting ended in about half an hour, and when the meeting ended, everyone immediately took action, and the ships of the navy began to assemble and began to leave for the port of Shanghai to stand by.
Two days later.
Shanghai Port is lively, a large group of soldiers began to board the ship, the huge Shanghai Port wharf, green and white have become the main colors, army soldiers wearing army green uniforms, sailors wearing white navy uniforms.
At the dock of Shanghai Port, as well as on the nearby sea, there are large ships moored one by one, if you count them, these are three ironclad ships, namely the flagship "Shanghai", as well as "Songjiang" and "Suzhou".
In addition to the ironclad ships, there are eight 3,000-material warships, 10 2,000-material warships, and 12 3,000-material transport ships, plus three ironclad ships, for a total of 33.
In addition, Xu Liangyi's ocean-going transport fleet was also being ordered to arrive, and during the war, Xu Liangyi's fleet made a cameo appearance in the military transport fleet, responsible for transporting soldiers, transporting supplies, and so on.
Xu Liangyi's fleet, which currently has eight 3,000 transport ships and six seagoing vessels, is also a relatively strong fleet with relatively strong transportation capacity.
With so many people and so many supplies, it took a whole day to board the ship, and the next morning, Zhang Feng came in person, and this time Zhang Feng would personally lead the team to North Korea.
"Look, Lord Chief, it's spectacular!"
Accompanied by Wang Chaoyong, Zhao Weibin, and Meng Mingzhao, Zhang Feng was dressed in a military uniform, with a beautiful saber at his waist, plus a short gun, which was extraordinary.
Zhang Feng nodded with satisfaction, such a big scene is comfortable to watch, and Zhang Feng is also full of confidence in this trip to North Korea.
"Let's go, let's get on board." Zhang Feng waved his hand and led everyone to board the Shanghai ironclad ship docked next to the pier.
Boarding the "Shanghai" ironclad ship, looking at the sea in the distance, looking at the direction of North Korea, Zhang Feng's mood was slightly surging, this time it was a big operation, a cross-sea and ocean-going operation, facing more than 30,000 Japanese, thinking about it, it was enough to make people excited.
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North of Busan, about 100 kilometers.
The vast plain, littered with corpses and filled with the smell of blood, was cleaned up by a large group of Japanese soldiers, who had apparently experienced a major battle not long ago.
It can be seen from the corpses on the ground that this is estimated to be a one-sided massacre, and the corpses on the ground, nine times out of ten, are the corpses of North Korean soldiers, and even the bodies of North Korean military generals.
Not far away, a village was full of smoke and mutilation, apparently the Japanese had massacred, and the whole village was littered with corpses and blood.
Several Japanese generals, dozens of Japanese samurai, and people who looked like a Japanese general were standing on a hillside, looking at the battlefield in front of them and the villages and towns that were still burning not far away.
One of the Japanese officers said: "Your Excellency, these Koreans are too bad, thousands of them, let us all be annihilated in half a day." ”
"Yes, they can't, not at all, it's too unbeaten." Immediately, there were generals who echoed it.
This military commander is the son of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third general of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the eldest brother of Tokugawa Tsunashige, the future fourth general Tokugawa Ietsuna.
Tokugawa Tsunashige led more than 30,000 troops to land in Busan, and a few days earlier he broke through Busan, all the way to the north, and now he has advanced more than 100 kilometers north of Busan.
Tokugawa Tsunashige laughed, "These Koreans actually surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and we Japan are their real masters, this time we will fight all the way to Seoul, capture their capital, and let them pay tribute to us." ”
Several Japanese generals next to them, with happy faces, were ready to kill all the way to Seoul, they didn't know that there was a huge fleet that was heading towards the port of Busan.
This is naturally Zhang Feng's fleet, which departed from the port of Shanghai, and after several days of sailing, has entered the strait of Japan, and is estimated to arrive at the port of Pusan in the afternoon, while the Japanese have no idea, and are still making plans to continue to advance northward until they reach Seoul, the capital of Korea.
On the ironclad ship "Shanghai", Zhang Feng stood on the deck, Zhang Feng knew where he was now, and after a few hours of sailing, the fleet would arrive at the port of Busan.
"Lord Commander, there is a situation."
Zhao Weibin personally entered the command room and came to report in person, Zhang Feng said: "Say, what's the situation!" ”
Zhao Weibin was overjoyed and said happily: "Lord Commander, our lookout post reported that a fleet was found in the northeast direction, and the direction of this fleet is also Busan Port. ”
At this time, there is a fleet to go to the port of Busan, then there is only one possibility, it must be the Japanese fleet, the Japanese side sent more than 30,000 people to land in Korea to fight, need supplies, need to replenish soldiers, the Japanese fleet must be transporting supplies.
Zhang Feng was interested, and said loudly: "Let's go, let's go to the lookout post on the top of the boat and take a look at the situation." ”
Zhang Feng and Zhao Weibing personally boarded the lookout post on the top of the "Shanghai", stood high, and could see far away; with the cooperation of the telescope, they could see more clearly that there was indeed a large fleet in the distance, a fleet composed of more than a dozen galleons, sailing with full sails.
"That's the Japanese fleet, it's definitely going to the port of Busan, pass my order, let's meet them and destroy them!"
Zhang Feng gave the order, and got off the lookout post with a happy face, and the order was quickly issued, and the fleet changed course and went up to meet the other party.
The other party is a sail ship, Zhang Feng's all-color steam-powered ship, the speed is much faster than the other party, the distance between the two sides is gradually shortened, and soon after, it is obvious that the other party also found Zhang Feng and is ready to speed up and escape.
In front of steam-powered ships, it would be a joke that such a galleon could escape.
The distance between the two sides was shortened, Zhang Feng's fleet was rapidly approaching, Zhang Feng had already seen clearly, the opponent had three warships, and the rest were all sail transport ships, which were estimated to be full of supplies.
Zhang Feng laughed happily and said loudly: "Sink those three warships, and keep the rest of the dozen or so sail transport ships, but the people on them will kill them all." ”
"Yes!" Zhao Weibin's face was happy, there was a battle to fight, Zhao Weibing's whole person seemed to be different, he was in good spirits, and he was excited in his happiness.
When the order was issued, a lot of artillery was aimed at the three warships of the Japanese, and the other party's warships were also relatively large, but they were half smaller than Zhang Feng's 3,000 steam warships, and it was estimated that they were only 1,000 materials in size.
"Open fire, sink them!"
Soon, a lot of artillery roared, one by one cannonballs flew towards the three Japanese warships, and suddenly, the Japanese on board jumped for a while, and some people actually began to jump into the sea to flee for their lives.
"Boom !!"
One of the Japanese ships exploded and fell into pieces, and immediately after, another ship was sunk, and the last remaining Japanese ship saw that the situation was not good, and was ready to turn around and run, but where could it escape, it was quickly sunk.
On the remaining dozen or so Japanese transport ships, there were many Japanese samurai, and when these Japanese samurai started, they were holding katana swords and screaming, but when they saw that their three warships were quickly hit, many Japanese samurai were startled, and some even had horror in their eyes.
It's....maybe it's right!
The Ming Dynasty sailors were so fierce!
Zhang Feng smiled happily, didn't care about these Japanese samurai, waved his hand, and said loudly: "Everyone lean over, board the ship, shoot all the Japanese on the ship, don't leave a single one, kill them all!" ”
"Yes! Kill all of them if you don't leave one! ”
Such an order is cool, Zhao Weibin "snapped" and stood upright, and quickly went to convey the order, and soon, everyone approached those Japanese sail carriers, and as the distance shortened, many soldiers and sailors shot with muskets.
"Bang, bang, bang......"
The gunfire came and went, and gradually intensified, and the Japanese samurai, who had been standing on the ship, saw that the soldiers were so powerful that they were so frightened to death, and immediately fled into the cabin.
Everyone approached, then boarded the ship, and a group of sailors boarded the sail transports and shot the Japanese on board, and in front of the muskets, especially in the rear-loading muskets, these Japanese resistance was minimal, and in less than an hour the battle was over.
"Lord Commander, this battle is called a cool, all the Japanese have been killed, there is no one left, and all the corpses have been thrown into the sea to feed the fish."
Zhang Feng smiled happily, and then asked, "They have so many transport ships, there should be a lot of good things on board." ”
Zhao Weibin laughed and said: "Lord Commander, most of the ships are grain, it is estimated that the military rations are transported to Busan, the military rations have tens of thousands of stones, in addition to a small number of weapons and armor, and some other things." ”
One guy captured tens of thousands of stone of military rations, which is good, and more than a dozen sail ships can be put to good use, so Zhang Feng's heart moved, and a clever plan came to mind.
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