On the morning of the eighth day of February, the sky was just dawning, the Shimonoseki wharf was boiling, and many small morning boats were busy heading out of the port, shouting and paddling sounded one after another, and the Japanese dialects and national curses from all over the country resounded through the harbor, indicating that the day would not be peaceful again. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As the periphery of the fleet, Kohaya was responsible for many duties such as reconnaissance, vigilance, liaison, charging formation, and fireship, so of course it was the first to be dispatched.

Then a large number of ships rowed out of the harbor, much slower than the small early boats, and finally a huge fifty-meter-long, three- or four-deck Ataku boat, with hundreds of clumsy Ataku boats covering the entire bay.

After the entire fleet was organized in the sea off the coast of Shimonoseki, a large wedge-shaped battle formation was formed, and it drove violently to the west, and the flags of the daimyo and the Tokugawa family of the shogunate fluttered, and the sound of drums and trumpets was mixed in.

At this time, it was already nearly noon, after all, the formation of the ships was guided by flags, drums and bugles, and this time more than a dozen sailors set out together, and the first dozens of Xiaozao were the sailors under Tsushima Shou, who were more familiar with the waters of Jeju, and they moved forward as the pioneers of the whole army.

Then there were the Choshu Domain's naval armies and the Satsuma Domain's naval army, most of which were conscripted to join the battle, and then the Kaga Domain, Tosa Domain, Sendai Domain, and Mutsu Naval Domain, each of which was ordered to restrain its own warships from marching and fighting.

In the center of the shogunate's five iron-plated Ataku ships, one of the shogunate's ships was Mukai Tadakatsu, and the fleet was a mighty and winding for dozens of miles, slowly heading towards Jeju.

Mukai Tadashi sat on the ship, looking at the huge fleet covering the sea, and his mood was agitated, this is the most powerful fleet in the history of Japan, and he Mukai Tadashi is the general of this fleet, after this victory over the Ming people, he Xiang Jing Miaozi will be passed down through the ages. Thousands of years later, when it comes to the Battle of Jeju and the occupation of Jeju, he must be the first to win the battle of Jeju.

As for whether he will defeat the Ming army, this is no problem in his opinion, since the last battle, the consensus of the Japanese samurai class is that the old empire that has dominated the West for thousands of years is nothing more than that. If it weren't for the civil strife in Japan, Korea would have been in the bag.

Although Mukai was full of pride, he also knew that the fleet was huge and could not be fast, and if he headed for Jeju in the northwest, it was against the wind, and it was impossible to sail quickly, and the entire fleet only traveled at a speed of less than three knots.

The fleet had just passed the sea of Iki Island, and the forward Tsushima Naval Army in the front spotted the Akito fleet in front of it. Rush to report to the Tsushima Domain ship on the ship of the rear camp to follow Yamamoto Kata, Yamamoto Kado ordered the rear team to go quickly, he knew that Xiao Zao met the Nanban warship for nothing, and his own family only had the opportunity to go to the ship, and at the same time ordered Xiao Zao to report to the rear formation, and the Ming fleet was coming.

When he led more than a dozen ships to approach the front, he saw a few Nanban warships appear on the edge of the sky, about twice as many as the Ataku ships. Yamamoto Kado breathed a long sigh of relief, fortunately it was not the largest Nanban battleship.

"Order, Xiao Zao to avoid both sides, close the ship and face the battle." Kado Yamamoto ordered.

Under the command of the drum and trumpet flag, the Tsushima Kozawa in front sailed to the sides with the help of oars, giving way to the rear of the ship, and the ship approached forward. At this moment, pieces of swelling sails and sailing Nanban warships appeared in front of them one after another.

Four, five, six, seven. Eight, nine... Yarokuro Shiota, a retainer of Yamamoto Kata, stammered and counted the number until fifteen, and the Xiyi warships still appeared one after another, each one larger than the other, and they were fierce and unscrupulous, and they were approaching.

At this time, Yamamoto Kado was also flustered, there were too many, plus the first few ships were already twenty, and they couldn't count any further, and there were not as many ships under his command as the other party, how to fight, at this time, the pre-departure advice of the head of the family, Zong Yicheng, sounded in his ears, do his best, and listen to the destiny of heaven.

Kado Yamamoto shouted, "The whole ship is on alert, the big barrel is ready, and the rocket is ready." ”

As for the armor, he didn't think about it at all, the other party's smallest boat was more than one person higher than his own boat, how could he rely on helping the other party board the ship to fight, should he let the other party pull himself onto the boat.

He just thought of the same, attacking the enemy ships with fire, as for sinking and capturing the enemy ships, it was a matter for the rear fleet, and it had nothing to do with him.

As the two fleets approached Sanri, the opposing fleet suddenly slid west of the Tsushima main camp, and the two sides began to stagger together.

At this time, the opponent's fleet was smooth sailing, the speed of the ship was extremely fast, and the steering was completed in an instant, and the fleet of the Tsushima clan was in chaos, and Yamamoto Kata hated him a lot, and Nima had the ability to fight to the death, and went to find trouble with Kohayafune, and lost the face of the samurai.

The captains of Zhao Lie's fleet were told that the biggest threat to the other party was the small morning boat, and the other party's cumbersome ship and the house ship were not considered by Zhao Lie at all, so he was afraid that the Japanese small morning ship would take advantage of the battle between the two sides and secretly approach the fireship to attack, which would be fatal to the Galen ship.

So Zhao Lie discussed with Li Hu and Muñoz and decided that he would attack along the outer edge of the shogunate's fleet, and never go deep into the siege of the opponent's warships on all sides.

Approaching less than a mile, the guns on the left side of the Galen opened fire first.

Thirty guns on the side of the smaller battleships of Peng Yue, Feng Yi, and Zhou Yafu roared, spitting out thick smoke and scorching shells, and rushed towards the flanking Xiaozao.

On February 12 of the first year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, the Battle of Jeju broke out, and the Japanese side named it the Battle of Ichiki in the fifth year of Kanei.

In the first cannon salvo, most of the projectiles hit the target, for the simple reason that it was not accurate or not, but that the Tsushima fleet was too dense.

Twenty projectiles opened dozens of large and small holes, bringing blood and death, and a dozen or so small early ships immediately became tattered, and the speed of the ships dropped greatly.

The three Galen ships did not stop, and continued to move forward, less than a hundred breaths later, another round of salvo fire, and several small morning ships broke and circled, and the large Galen ships in the back followed up with the Han-class, Sui-class, and Tang-class ships, and the rumbling cannons continued to sound, and the smoke and fire scattered on the battlering front, and the smoke and fire appeared, and the battle began.

When Yamamoto Doga commanded more than ten ships rushed to the west side, less than a mile away from the enemy, they were catching up with the Tang-class battleships and approaching them.

Yamamoto Taka's scalp was numb and found that more than ten of the black giant ships of the Ming people were connected head and tail, the sides were facing each other, and the muzzles of the dense black holes pointed to the ship.

Boom, constant roar rang out one after another, and smoke enveloped Akito's fleet, and after the shelling of one another, the other picked up. The projectiles whistled and came at you.

Yamamoto saw a projectile pass on the left side of the ship, and the whistle followed, and Yamamoto saw that the cannonball hit the mainmast of a ship behind the side, and the mainmast toppled to one side, and Yamamoto Taka was relieved, and then the ship shook violently. Yamamoto stumbled and fell.

It turned out that the lower deck was shot, and the thicker oars of the ship did not block the bombardment of Thiago's guns, and only the hoarse howl of the lower deck was heard, and without the help of the oarsmen on the lower deck, the speed of the ship dropped greatly.

Yamamoto Taka gritted his teeth and ordered the four large cylinders to open fire, only to hear the roar, the four large barrels shot out four projectiles and went straight to the enemy ship, two of which hit the wide side of the enemy ship, but. It didn't make a difference, and the enemy ship passed quickly.

Then the next enemy ship appeared on the opposite side, and after dozens of breaths, another roar sounded, and Yamamoto's ship ushered in the kiss of two cannonballs in the shaking, and the rain of wood chips brought out by the broken planks killed and injured more than 20 sailors, this time, Yamamoto's ship was completely spread out on the sea. Because the mast of the ship was also shot and fell, the Tsushima clan crest and the flag of the ship were scattered.

Yamamoto sat on the deck with a sigh of relief. Mu Ran saw another Nanban warship approaching, his bow and crossbow fire attack distance was too far, the ship could not get close to the stop, only the big barrel made a second roar, the same two cannons hit, no damage to the enemy ship at all. This is also a great sound.

Then the tragic ship was hit by a thirty-six-pounder Thiago cannon, and the upper deck was immediately shattered, the upper deck was torn apart, all the personnel on the upper deck were killed and wounded, and Yamamoto Taga was wounded in three places. Fell off the deck and passed out.

Qian Er cautiously inserted the medicine lead, and then waited for the order of Wang Qiang, the commander of the artillery deck,

"Put." Captain Wang Qiang shouted, Qian Er hurriedly lit the fire rope, and covered his ears with his hands, only to hear the continuous roar, the forty-eight-pound Tiago cannon roared and shot the huge projectile at the opposite Guan ship.

Qian Er saw through the porthole that the enemy ship was shattered in an instant, and the entire side of the ship facing him was disemboweled, revealing the people and objects inside, and even two people were thrown out of the cabin and rolled into the sea.

Qian Er and the members of the artillery team all looked at everything in front of them in amazement, they knew that the power of the forty-eight-pounder cannon was huge, but such a huge destructive power was still jaw-dropping.

"Look at what, reload." Wang Qiang's roar sounded, Qian Eryi shrank his head, and continued: "Look at what, hurry up and clear your chest." ”

Qian Er shouted and pondered, damn, no wonder this cannon is called a can opener by Lord Zhao, and it can really be disemboweled.

Wang Qiang, Qian Er, and Zhang Wei, the artillery crew, were selected to serve in the new Tang-class ship Hou Junji, Wang Qiang was divided into A Commander, Qian Er, and Zhang Wei were divided into Gun Commanders, and they were all promoted.

Qian Er still thinks about it, from a 300-ton ship to a 500-ton new ship, not only the salary has risen from one or two to two taels, but also commands three people, this is really, hehe, Qian Er also likes the aroma of the new wood wafting here from the new ship, and it is comfortable to sleep in it, there is no moldy smell in the old ship at all, it is really comfortable.

Another aim, another roar of artillery, the deck was filled with the smell of sulfur, the smoke cleared, and the already broken ship on the opposite side was hit hard like never before, completely paralyzed on the sea, only the broken three-star lines floated.

After nearly half an hour of bombardment, Zhao Lie gathered the fleet to return home, the sky was dark, and the night was only suitable for broadside battles, which was not the strength of the Galen battleship, which had a small number of ships, and before it was completely dark, the fleet sailed westward and disappeared into the dim western sky. (To be continued.) )

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