The pale black waves roared and crashed against the hulls of the warships, and the warships swayed slowly in the waves. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Red flags fluttered in the salty sea breeze, and Mengchong clippers exchanged news with each other.

"Kamakura is ahead," Liu Cheng looked at Fan Tianshun beside him, "Look, the naval warships of the Japanese have left the port one after another, and it is estimated that we will be able to talk to them later." ”

"I'm afraid you won't be able to enjoy it." Fan Tianshun put down his clairvoyance and said with a smile, "After leaving the port, the Japanese navy warships went directly to the south and north, respectively, and they obviously wanted to avoid the war and protect the ships, and if you look closely at their warships, their size and scale are at most compared to our Mengchong, and these treasure ships rushing over are simply bullying the weak." ”

Needless to say more from Fan Tianshun, Liu Cheng had already turned around and ran towards the shipbuilding, the drums of the war sounded, and the two outermost treasure ships of the huge fleet slowly turned around in the drums, and the flag waved, and the Mengchong and sea ships around the treasure ship moved slowly with the treasure ship, and the first twenty or thirty Mengchong clippers and flying clippers had already broken the waves and moved forward, blocking the Japanese warships that wanted to retreat.

"Pass on the order of a certain general, the warships are divided into two teams, one team is on guard on the periphery, and the other team is ready to shell at any time!" Fan Tianshun ordered loudly.

The pale black waves were ploughed away by the warships, and the white waves crashed against the hulls of the warships. Huge treasure ships as huge as small mountains are getting closer and closer to the humble docks of Kamakura Port in front of them.

Japan was hit hard in the Tang Dynasty's attack on Goryeo and Silla, so the later shogunate did not focus on the development of the navy, which in another time and space in the Yuan army's eastern expeditionary fleet came in a vast way, but Japan could only block on land, and even a rudimentary fleet could not be put together, so the corresponding Kamakura shogunate even moved the capital from Kobe and Kyoto to Kamakura further south in order to avoid being attacked by the enemy on the sea in the south.

Although Kamakura was not planned as a seaside city in terms of construction, after all, because it was not far from the coast, and with the development of economic and trade exchanges and the continuous expansion of urban construction area, the small town that the Kamakura shogunate originally intended as an administrative capital has invisibly developed into the largest town in Japan.

In the bay to the south of Kamakura, you can clearly see the rows of low-rise houses on the north side of the port, although somewhat messy, but on a large scale, and it is conceivable that the people living here are the low-level people who live on the capital and the port, and the castle walls can be faintly visible to the north, which should be the real center of Kamakura.

"It's a nice day." Fan Tianshun laughed lightly.

The sky was not very clear in fact, and a thick layer of clouds covered the already vague winter sun, pressing straight down towards the sea, even giving people the illusion that the flag fluttering on the mast could pierce the dark clouds, and the black waves on the sea seemed to be one with the dark clouds, constantly rippling, constantly lapping the warships, and constantly surging to the embankment and the harbor.

Such weather is definitely not good, but for the Ming Navy, it is already very good.

Because although the dark clouds were crushing the city, and although the waves were roaring, the visibility was very good, and even the panicked crowd on the shore could be clearly seen.

These are more than enough for artillery and flying thunder cannons that require a sufficiently clear range of fire.

There were suddenly a few strange noises on the coast, and the dense arrows roared and jumped into the air, but soon fell into the sea at a long distance from the warship under the surprised eyes of the Ming soldiers.

The first time the arrow was shot without even touching the enemy, which obviously surprised the crossbowmen on the shore, and through the clairvoyance, Fan Tianshun could even see that the Japanese crossbowmen, who were already loosely formed, had spread out in all directions in a panic.

"It's good not to spread out." Fan Tianshun sighed, completely looking at the excitement.

Not even him, most of the soldiers on the flagship were leaning against the railing. In the face of such an enemy, the Toyo Fleet did not need to exert all its strength at all, and only half of the fleet needed to be withdrawn to suppress Kamakura's weak resistance. After all, Kamakura's coastline is too gentle, far less dangerous than the previous Dazaifu Castle Dam in Kyushu, and this humble port can be completely flattened by a few shellings.

Of course, in order to be able to provide berths for the fleet to dock, Fan Tianshun had previously issued a death order not to shell the port, but to block the artillery fire on several streets leading directly to the port.

"Shelling a horizontal formation!" On the treasure ship leading the team, the flag waved down violently.

Treasure ships, gunboats, and clippers slowly turned their hulls and formed a long formation on the sea, and there was still a section from the place where the Japanese arrows fell into the sea just now, and the Japanese could only stare and watch from the shore even if they were in a hurry.

"Anchor, anchor!" The brigade commander, the head of the capital, and the ten generals shouted loudly on the deck.

The thick anchor chain slammed through the water, and the originally closed gun windows opened at the same time, and a door gun was pushed out of the ship, and the thunder cannon was carefully carried onto the deck. After all, the Ming Dynasty has not developed the artillery for a long time, although in the process of the Eastern Fleet's eastward crusade, it is still constantly transporting shells and artillery through flying clippers, but after all, the output is there, so each shelling can only concentrate the artillery of the whole ship in one direction, and stack ballast iron on the other side, and in order to make up for the lack of firepower, it is still difficult to withdraw from the Ming army's service sequence with a shorter range and far less accuracy.

After all, although the Flying Thunder Cannon has many shortcomings, it still has many advantages in terms of power and manufacturing process, which cannot be compared with the artillery for the time being.

The small boats are on the sides and the big ships are in the center, arranged in an arc formation that looks like a long line, but in fact the two wings are slightly forward, which can ensure that all the firepower is poured in one direction.

This is a typical naval artillery formation in later generations, and under the guidance of Ye Yingwu, intentionally or unintentionally, it appeared on the sea outside Kamakura in this other time and space.

All the movements of the Ming Oriental Fleet are as perfect as textbooks, and compared with the two shellings in Boluo Bay and Dazaifu Mizujo, the Ming soldiers at this time have become more skilled, and the immaturity of participating in the war for the first time has been washed away.

"Put!" After waving the flag in a circle, the flag on the treasure ship led by the team aimed at the port of Kamakura in front of it and fell suddenly, and the thin flag whistled in the wind, as if it was more than a small movement.

Rather, the gods are giving the order of death.

All the ships slammed back at the same moment, but the anchor chains that had fallen deep into the bottom of the sea pulled the retreating hull back. A uniform muffled sound followed by a brief pause echoed across the sea, and soon the countless houses on the north side of Kamakura Port were engulfed in flames.

The roaring sound of the cannon did not reach everyone's ears until this time, not because it was not because it was too far away, but because the violent shaking and thunderous sound just now had made it difficult for most of the gunners and officers on board to hear any of the other sounds.

The three small three-story buildings on the north side of Kamakura Port, which had been marked before, have been completely erased from the world, and even some of the surrounding houses have completely disappeared. The flames raged among the ruins, and these Japanese-style houses made of simple wood and bamboo were barely able to resist the flames.

And such an earth-shattering shelling, as if there was a demonic power that grabbed people's hearts, the crowd on the dock and on the street that had been fleeing in a panic was no longer visible at this time, and I don't know if it was because it was running too fast, or because it was directly erased by the shelling.

It was only the first round of shelling, and soon the ships began to shake continuously, and countless shells smashed into the houses with endless death and rage.

Although Fan Tianshun understands very well, and the Ming soldiers also understand that the most humble people live in that house, who usually work hard for their livelihood, and the decisions of the upper echelons are not at all known to them, let alone what they can decide. It stands to reason that the anger of the Ming should not be borne by them, let alone let them pay the price of death.

But the Oriental Fleet has no choice, the enemy may lurk in these large and small houses at any time, just waiting for the Ming army to come ashore, so if you want to reduce the casualties of the Ming Dynasty, it is necessary to wipe these houses that may hide soldiers from the surface, and even let the fire directly turn them and the people who may and may not exist inside into ashes.

This is the easiest way and the most effective.

In order to reduce the casualties of the Ming soldiers, Fan Tianshun did not regret his way of acting as a teacher who was obviously contrary to benevolence and righteousness, and even had some regrets in his heart. After all, according to the discussion between the Oriental Fleet and the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, the merchants were not responsible for arresting people, but only responsible for buying slaves from the fleet, so those who ran around with fire screams on their bodies were melted in Fan Tianshun's opinion.

Compared with the lives of those widows, Fan Tianshun cares more about how much military money he can get, how many rewards he can give to his brothers, and how much glory and military merit he can get for himself.

Fan Tianshun is definitely not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, otherwise he would not have resolutely stood on the front line of resistance to Mongolia in the first place, let alone choose to die with Xiangyang City in another time and space; He is not a greedy person, otherwise he would have chosen to go to the Daming Naval Academy that was being prepared as the mountain chief, when the time comes, everyone will think of Mr. Xiaojing, and there will be many people who want to trust the relationship to go through the back door, so as the mountain chief Fan Tianshun got the gift of gold and silver, which is far easier than carrying his head here in exchange.

If you really want to classify it, I'm afraid Fan Tianshun belongs to the kind of people who like adventure and hard work, and like glory and fame.

So he stood here, so he gave the order for shelling.

The lives of the Ming soldiers, the glory of opening up the territory, and the merits of conquering a country are far more important to Fan Tianshun than the lives of those Japanese people.

The shelling continued, textbook enough to make the whole of Kamakura prostrate.

The warships on the left and right flanks had already stopped the fleeing Japanese warships, and under the leadership of the treasure ships, they took turns shelling around the poor ant-like warships, and soon only floating planks and struggling figures remained on the entire sea. However, it was evident that these warships, which had been sent to stop the enemy and had not been able to catch up with the shelling, were very angry, and did not save people at all, so they directly assembled and returned to their troops, leaving the Japanese to fend for themselves on the sea.

According to Fan Tianshun's understanding of the character of the commanders of those warships, he could already guess that the reason why they did not kill the killers was just because in their eyes, arrows were far more valuable than the lives of those widows, and they did not dare to waste them easily.

"Don't you feel sad to see these people's lives like ants?" Liu Cheng didn't know when he was already standing by Fan Tianshun's side, but there was still a hint of a smile in his words, so that people couldn't see that he had the slightest sadness.

"In the process of conquest, there will be someone who will pay the price." Fan Tianshun meticulously put away his clairvoyance and said lightly.

Although with the mass production of clairvoyance, this kind of thing that plays a great role in combat is no longer so precious, and can even be equipped to the division and brigade level, Fan Tianshun is still very careful with his clairvoyance, and even wipes the lenses every day, even if there is no dust on them.

"Get ready to go ashore." Liu Cheng didn't follow Fan Tianshun's words, but said lightly.

Fan Tianshun nodded, his gaze falling on the harbor that had been engulfed in flames.

The conquest of Kamakura is not far from conquering the whole of Japan.

"We've been on the expedition for a few months, are you homesick?" Fan Tianshun smiled and threw out a sentence without a head.

Liu Cheng was slightly stunned, and then said: "How can you not want to, the second child in the family was just born when I left, and I followed this group of old men on the sea for so long before I looked twice, if you want to say that you don't want to, it would be a lie to you." The children at home, as well as the wives and concubines and the elderly who are waiting to return, dream back at midnight, unforgettable. ”

Fan Tianshun laughed: "You are obviously showing off in front of someone, but now you only have one daughter, you are good, there are two of them, the incense of the old Liu family has been inherited, and my old Fan family has not yet been settled!" ”

"What are you panicking about, wait until we are victorious, my brother will help you find two people who can have children, and you will definitely be able to hug the big fat boy in a year!" Liu Cheng looked experienced, and walked down the boat side by side with Fan Tianshun, "Let me tell you, this mother-in-law, if she is beautiful, she may not be able to give birth to a child, it depends on her ・・・・・・."

The two of them walked away, and the aftermath had been blown away by Feng.

However, the soldiers on the ship, whose hearts were originally pounding, unconsciously relaxed. Maybe it's because the two generals are disrespectful to their elders, and they talk about meat jokes and hook their shoulders, which makes everyone have a lot less worries about the war; Or maybe it's because they mentioned the word home just now, which makes many soldiers think of their families thousands of miles away.

How many parents are looking forward to their children's return, and how many wives are waiting for their husbands?

A pair of eyes were raised, and their gaze fell on the Kamakura Castle with an indescribable eagerness.

This battle, after this battle is over, maybe you can go home.

Then let it end a little faster!

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"Ahh Zhao Yunshu sneezed, and the maidservant next to him hurriedly handed over the handkerchief.

"Got a cold?" Ye Yingwu stopped writing, a little surprised.

Shu'er shook her head inexplicably, and reached out to take down the history books on the shelf: "No, maybe it's because no one has touched these books for a long time, so there is too much dust." ”

Ye Yingwu chuckled and said, "According to a certain person, nine times out of ten, someone is saying bad things about you behind your back." ”

"The concubine is not a husband, and she can't wait for the enemy to be all over the world." Zhao Yunshu carefully put the book in his hand on Ye Yingwu's desk, and took another handkerchief to wipe off the dust on the surface, "This is the record of the Han Dynasty's economy and trade in the Book of Han, and I finally found it for you." ”

Ye Yingwu glanced up while writing, and suddenly frowned: "Can you find out what can be used in it, you see that XX has no time to turn the book now." ”

"Why did the husband dig out the things about the economic system in various history books?" Zhao Yunshu asked with some curiosity as he flipped through it.

The pen paused slightly, and was immediately lifted by Ye Yingwu, and lightly tapped on Zhao Yunshu's Yao nose, which was very close, looking at the girl's panicked expression, Ye Yingwu laughed and said: "The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, you don't violate this boundary." ”

"You bad guy." Zhao Yunshu said indignantly while wiping off the ink.

"I never thought of myself as a good person." Ye Yingwu replied solemnly, and glanced at the dense paper he had written, "But the question just now can answer you, because now that the Oriental Fleet has explored that there are many silver mines in Oriental Japan, the Ming Dynasty has enough capital to establish a new economic system." (To be continued.) )