Chapter 462: Fierce Battle in Osaka Bay (1)

"Yaga, what's going on? Say! ”

Watanabe Ichiro is less than thirty years old, and he is already in the position of the flag, and his flag is different from the two unlucky egg flags of Wakayama and Awaji Island, but Osaka, the most important city in addition to Kyoto, is the highest military and political governor in Osaka, relying on naturally not talent, but nepotism - Watanabe Ichiro is the eldest son of Watanabe Sekio in the shogunate, and the brother-in-law of the current Tokugawa general Tokugawa Yoshimune, is the most luxurious, often feasts local celebrities, and today he plans to have a night banquet, Not long after the feast began, he was disturbed by the little flag who came to report the news, and he was shocked and angry, and his mood was extremely bad, so he jumped up regardless of the ground and scolded angrily.

"Lord Kaiyu, around the end of the day, the three big ships of Shina suddenly appeared in the sea near Wakayama, and they did not inform me that it was convenient to open artillery bombardment on my Wakayama Fort, and I was caught off guard, and I and the Wakayama Fort suffered heavy losses, and the Lubian Banner was killed immediately, and the whole army was routed, and later, Haruyama Banner commanded the Awaji Island Fort to launch a counterattack, and the two sides fought fiercely, and the small one came to ask for help from your lord by the order of Daitokugawa Amine, the guardian of the Kii Domain."

Watanabe Ichiro is a well-known violent temper in the shogunate, often taking down the head of the shogunate without saying a word, etc., which is spread throughout the shogunate, this saw that it was so violent, the little flag who came to report the news did not dare to have the slightest neglect, and hurriedly explained the battle situation in detail.

"Yaga, hurry, come on, hurry up to Edo to report to the general!"

Hearing what the little flag said, Watanabe Ichiro immediately remembered the big robbery on the occasion of the New Year the year before last, and faintly understood the intention of the Qing army, but he didn't plan to compromise with the Qing army, not for anything else, just because after the robbery the year before last, the new president of the "Wangchun Society", Zuobei Saburo, gave him Watanabe Ichiro nearly half of his income, in exchange for understanding, the hands of people are naturally soft, besides, Watanabe Ichiro has always been used to it, and he does not put the three warships of the Qing army in his eyes, After scolding, he hurriedly sent a messenger to report to the current shogun, Tokukang Yoshimune.

"Watanabe-sama, the people of China are rampant, I can't sit idly by, we must teach the people of China a good lesson!"

"Well said, the three ships of the Zhina people dare to come to attack my Dongying, fight, we must fight hard, and annihilate these Zhina dogs!"

"That's right, kill these Chi people, Kii Fan is the general's hometown, how can you let the Chi Na people mess up, you must fight!"

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Today, Ichiro Watanabe feasted celebrities, and almost all of Osaka's people who have won the stage have been gathered in this flower hall, and the messenger sent to Edo to deliver the letter has just set off, and a group of Osaka magnates are already shouting loudly, everyone shouting and beating, and everyone shouting to kill.

"Muchuan Qiben, does your sailor dare to fight?"

Watanabe Ichiro also wants to fight, but it's not good for him to give orders directly, no side, although he is a distant country and is the highest military and political governor in Osaka, but the sailor Banner Mukawa Yuwa is a master who listens to the tune and does not listen to the announcement, whether to fight or not, it is really not Watanabe Ichiro who can have the final say, because of this, Watanabe Ichiro can only suppress the impulse in his heart, and tentatively asked Muchuan Yuhe.

"Isn't it just three ships, just fight, early tomorrow morning, a certain sailor will attack, and in one fell swoop!"

Mu Chuan Youhe is also an arrogant person, thinking that he has more than 100 large and small warships, how can he really take the three warships of the Qing army to heart, and when he heard that the crowd was excited to fight, he refused to weaken his morale, rolled up his sleeves, and responded with pride.

"Okay, it's decided, ask General Muchuan to go to battle early tomorrow morning, and Ben Cheng will send two hundred warriors to meet with Tokugawa Minglan's soldiers and horses, and attack the people on both sides!"

Hearing Mu Chuanyu's statement, Watanabe Ichiro became excited, patted the few sons in front of him, and made a final decision excitedly......

"Lift the anchor and move forward half-sail!"

On the sixth day of November in the fiftieth year of Kangxi, Chen Shi was on the right card, and after a night of rest, Wang Yanxia's spirit was already very good, and his voice was very loud when he shouted and ordered.

"Wow!"

As soon as Wang Yanxia gave this order, the herald who was on his side answered the promise loudly and conveyed the order, and with the lookout post on the tall mast waving two small flags, the "Mighty" and "Prestige" also began to act, and after a while, I saw the three warships slowly sail away from the anchorage, enter the narrow Strait of Youjima, and sail in the direction of Osaka in the wind and waves.

"Order, the whole army will attack and kill the Zhina!"

Almost at the same time as Wang Yanxia gave the order to march, near the Osaka pier, Mukawa Tomokazu, who was standing on the foredeck of a dhow, waved his hand proudly and gave the order to march.

"General Wang, a large fleet of the Japanese State has been found ten miles ahead, the number is unknown!"

At the end of the day, the Qing warship was tall after all, and the lookout post standing on the main mast had a very wide field of vision, and it was early to spot the Japanese fleet that was galloping.

"Order: All ships are full sails, seize the T-shape, form a battle line configuration, and prepare for battle!"

As soon as he heard the alarm of the lookout post, Wang Yanxia did not hesitate at all, and gave a combat order straightforwardly, with the transmission of the flag, the Qing fleet composed of three warships began to rotate to the left, and after the time of a stick of incense, the three battleships were already lined up, the portholes on the left side were bounced open, dozens of naval guns were pushed into battle positions, and rows of black holes of guns were obliquely aimed at the Osaka Bay Fleet of the Japanese Kingdom that was rushing at high speed.

"Damn, why is the battleship of the China people so big! Baga, herald, rush, rush me, get close to fight! ”

The warships of the Wa State Naval Division are small, and the number of sails is far less than that of the Qing Dynasty warships, and the speed is naturally far less than that of the Qing Fleet, until the Qing Fleet has formed a battle line, and the Wa State Navy Division has only sailed to a place three miles away from the Qing Fleet, seeing that the Qing Dynasty warships are so huge, Mu Chuan Youhe couldn't help but be taken aback - the Osaka Bay Fleet is stationed in Osaka Bay all the year round, Mu Chuan Youhe has seen the huge cargo ships of the Qing Dynasty's "Eight Banners Firm", but the cargo ships are cargo ships, and the battleships are not the same thing after all, At this time, seeing that the Qing Dynasty battleship was only slightly smaller than the cargo ship of the "Eight Banners Firm", Mu Chuanyouhe couldn't help but feel a little frightened, but now that the big war was imminent, he refused to show the slightest cowardice, and scolded and issued an order for the whole fleet to assault.

"Woo, woo, woo......"

As soon as Muchuan Tomokazu's order arrived, the heralds who followed him sounded the horn with all their might, and passed the order to the ships, and then saw more than 180 Japanese warships speeding up with full sails, and the formation remained unchanged and rushed towards the Qing army's battle line at high speed with the "Mikawa Maru" as the arrow.

"Order: Hold the battle line and fire rapidly!"

The Japanese naval division was menacing, but Wang Yanxia, who was standing on the bridge of the "mighty", was unmoved, calmly holding a monocular, silently observing the approach of the Japanese fleet, until the distance between the two sides was only 300 steps, Wang Yanxia waved his hand vigorously and gave the order to shoot loudly.

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

With the issuance of the battle order, the 60 guns of the three warships of the Qing army began to exert their power in turn, dozens of huge shells roared through the sky, and smashed into the fleet of the Japanese naval division that was densely deployed, and countless waves exploded in an instant, and the original neat formation of the Japanese naval division was suddenly chaotic, more than 30 warships were shot, of which thirteen small boats were sunk in an instant, and three medium-sized warships were blown up by the shells, and the deck was in disarray, and the sailors and soldiers suffered heavy casualties. The cries, cries of pain, and the popping sound of falling water are intertwined, and the scene can be described as miserable.

"Baga, lean in, fire at me, counterattack, counterattack!"

Seeing that Fang Yi had already lost nearly one-tenth of the battleship in battle, Mu Chuan Youhe suddenly turned red, and he roared wildly when he jumped to his feet.

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

Although the number of warships of the Japanese naval division is large, it is limited to the small ship, but the number of guns loaded is not much, among which the large battleship has two old-style guns installed on the foredeck, as for the small and medium-sized warships, there is only one, as for the range, it is even shorter, but it can only shoot to a distance of about two hundred steps. More than 100 shells smashed on the sea at a distance of 50 paces from the Qing army's battle line, and there was nothing to be gained except for splashing waves.

"Staggered shots from the upper and lower floors, fire!"

A round of artillery bombardment by the Japanese naval division was carried out, and the results were zero, but it took advantage of the gap between the Qing warships to narrow the distance between the two sides a lot, and the distance between the two armies was only about one hundred and fifty paces, and at this time, the second round of artillery bombardment of the Qing army began again, the difference is that the Qing army is no longer a rapid salvo this time, but the ships cover each other, staggered shooting, sixty guns are divided into six groups, and the first layer of gun deck of each battleship is a group, and the cannonballs are constantly smashed into the forward line of the Japanese naval division. Rao is the Japanese warships desperately fired artillery counterattacks, while desperately rushing forward, but how could not break through the death blockade line of a hundred steps, by the Qing army pressed down several rounds of artillery in succession, and more than 20 Japanese warships sank into the sea, as soon as the war side started fighting, it was already a one-sided slaughter......