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The hastily launched coastal fixed batteries finally revealed their weakness against moving targets of more than 8 knots, and apart from smashing scattered columns of water, almost none of them could fall within 100 meters of the three Huamei warships.

The sudden shelling of diplomatic envoys with complete disregard for any situation was the worst hostile act in the eyes of the Chinese and US navies, and it also completely dispelled the enthusiasm of the "friendly visit" of the joint fleet of the three countries, and no one guessed at all that this was nothing more than a farce of "fighting in the nest" of Japanese shogunate officials.

"Sir, the fortress artillery positions are very densely built, and there are basically no scattered hidden fire points. However, it seems that the Japanese boats are retreating, should they be dealt with as a priority? ”

Within ten minutes, the officers in charge of navigation and observation finally drew a brief shore fire prevention map through the frigates of the Black Crystal and the Turquoise, which had been around the edge of the opponent's maximum range, and took into account the distant Edo naval forces.

"Those Japanese warships don't seem to belong to the same chain of command as the coastal forts. Forget it, Rasmussen has already given the order to attack, the Dutch and Portuguese are responsible for monitoring sea targets, and we are responsible for land targets. Send a signal for the Black Crystal and Turquoise to return to the team, close the distance to 1600 meters in formation, and prepare for shelling! ”

After glancing at the very unprofessional fire deployment map of the Misaki coastal defense fortress, Ji Chaohai finally issued a formal battle order.

The deck bell, which symbolizes the highest combat readiness, rang, and the officers and men of the guns of the three gorgeous battleships rushed to the gun emplacements, tore off the canvas gun jackets that covered the naval guns, and then rotated and shook the gun mounts and high and low machines, and a dozen 90 mm or 120 mm naval guns slowly aimed at the turquoise shore.

On May 18, 1646, at 10:15 a.m., the 120-mm heavy naval guns of the USS Kaneshiro Princess of the Asian Fleet of the Chinese Navy opened first fire.

The rumbling sound of cannon echoed over the Uraga waterway, and three Huamei battleships deployed in a line were methodically launching a slow-paced artillery bombardment.

The flames that erupted from the muzzles of the guns in turn continued to rush out of the sea surface one after another. Shells flew in mid-air in a trajectory visible to the naked eye toward the coast more than 1,600 meters away, blowing up patches of smoke and dust.

On the transport ship USS Whale, which was located at the rear of the fleet, under the orders of the officers, nearly 300 officers and men of the two companies of the Chinese and US Army were making intense preparations before the attack.

"Check the backpack and weapons, and then the platoons will get on the boat in turn. Lieutenant Zhang, we are in charge of the second wave, and you coordinate the landing as a whole. Sergeant Major, you and the first platoon go up first, and be careful to avoid the reef......"

A certain major of the Chinese Army walking in the aisle of the cabin kept giving orders to several subordinates on both sides with a serious expression. Not far from his side. A Chinese sergeant-major, who looked like a simple old peasant, was helping to check the backpacks of several minions.

"Sergeant Commander Huang, what if there are too many enemies on the opposite side, what if the rifle falls into the water......

A Chinese soldier born in the Nanshan Overseas Territory and participating in the battle for the first time was nervously tightening the shoulder straps of his backpack, while muttering uneasily: "The Japanese cannon looks so scary, if it hits, it will capsize...... I don't know how to swim yet. ”

"Their accuracy is poor, and our naval guns will suppress theirs. If you still get hit, it's God's arrangement, and it doesn't matter if you can swim or not. Sergeant Major, who was elderly, looked at the soldier about the same age as his son. Gently touched the other party's face, "Little bolt, don't be nervous, you just follow me." ”

"First row. Get ready to board! A sailor shouted through the hatch, and the officers and men of the first battalion, company, and platoon of the Eastern Brigade in the cabin stood up one after another.

"In fact, after another half an hour of shelling, we can directly land on the shore."

"Beaumel, you idiot. Put away the bayonet, are you going to kill your own people! ”

"I heard my father say before, my great-grandfather fought Japanese pirates in the army of General Qi Jiguang in the Ming Dynasty!"

"God forbid. We finally have a chance to get on land, we have to hurry up and ......"

Under the reprimand of the non-commissioned officers of each platoon, the soldiers of the first company who walked to the deck door in turn were still whispering, and the moment they appeared on the deck, the sound of artillery in their ears became clearer.

On the sea, the coastal artillery fire of the Japanese shogunate has been thinned to a negligible level, and more than a dozen small boats are rowing hard towards the coast.

It was the mercenaries of the Dutch East India Company who was in charge of the first wave, and now, inspired by the gunfire of the Chinese and American navies, was excitedly planning to land first and collect the spoils.

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On the coast, the coastal fort that cost the shogunate tens of thousands of stone of rice to build has been covered in gunsmoke, and a dozen 12- or 18-pounder iron cannons have either fallen apart or are surrounded by mutilated corpses, and the shogunate samurai who shouted "one more shot" more than half an hour ago are long gone.

About a kilometer behind the fortress of Haiphong, in the small castle of the Misaki Shokusho, Matsudaira Tadanobu was still trembling from the time he withdrew from the shore, and the explosion and roar of the earth-shattering shells made him so deaf that his ears seemed to be deaf.

I don't know where to lose the katana in my hand, only an empty scabbard is still in my hand, but the rib cha that is often used by samurai to cut my stomach is still dangling in front of my eyes.

"Lord Ran, the Southern Barbarians are coming to the shore, please give the order!"

Matsudaira Tadanobu was reminded like this, and he suddenly came back to his senses. The two small samurai leaders knelt in front of them, although they were both gray-faced, they seemed to have a little fighting spirit.

"I'll go to Edo Castle right away, and report the military situation is the most important thing! Jiro, Erzang, you two must hold this place! ”

Matsudaira Tadanobu stood up and was about to run away, but he deliberately gave the order in a serious tone without saying a word.

I thought that my boss would lead me to launch a counterattack, but when I waited for such an order, the two small samurai leaders looked at each other, and the morale they had built up was completely discharged.

The cannons of the Nanban ships are much more terrifying than their own, and the paralyzed lord of the executive turned out to be running away by himself, and let us go to be the ghosts of the dead?

"Even if you are crushed, you must hold on until the reinforcements from Edo Castle come! Otherwise, seppuku! ”

Seeing that his subordinates were also a little hesitant, Matsudaira Tadanobu's face fell. Leng snorted several times, turned around and walked out of the room.

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When the troop carriers of the Dutch East India Company approached the coast, the artillery cover of the three warships of the Chinese and US Navy came to an end, and more than 300 shells were fired in more than half an hour, and the intensity of the shelling was very low. Although not powerful enough to tear down the sturdy stone coastal fortresses, it also destroyed most of the open fire points.

The Dutch mercenaries, who had rushed up to the fortress with flintlock pistols in their flintlocks, searched around, but found that there was little of value except for a few unrecognizable corpses and a dozen broken cannons.

Cannons are also trophies! Under the muttering of a few junior officers, some of the Dutch mercenaries began to tear off strips of cloth one after another. Write a symbol that only you can recognize, and then tie it to the body of the shogunate's cannon as a mark, and count it as your own war income. The other group of Dutch mercenaries, mixed with the Portuguese soldiers who had arrived a little late, began to advance inland to the north, intending to occupy the beautiful little castle that occupied a large area.

Sparse bamboo arrows flew out of the shooting holes at the top of the stone fortress walls, a bunch of Dutch mercenaries roared like chickens and dogs, and a few hapless ghosts were nailed to their thighs by the bamboo arrows that were barely lethal, and let out a ghostly wolf howl.

Immediately afterwards, the small castle was followed by the roar of a row of arquebuses. It wasn't a howl of ghosts, it was just a terrifying scream, and a few Dutch mercenaries or Portuguese soldiers fell to the ground as soon as their bodies flipped over.

European soldiers crouched on the ground, and then a dense volley of flintlock muskets appeared. The walls of the fortress dozens of meters away were littered with stone chips, but they could not hurt the hundreds of shogunate soldiers who resisted inside in the slightest.

It seems that he feels that his defense is quite powerful, and the shogunate soldiers who were originally not in good morale are now energetic, and they have relied on solid defense. Fired at the European invaders from afar. They had quite a few arquebuses in their hands, and even some of the gorgeous 21B flintlock pistols that they had bought from Portuguese or Dutch merchants, and the difference in equipment was not very large.

"These. Why not continue the shelling, that castle should be completely blown up! ”

Rasmussen, who had landed on the shore, saw at a glance the arrogant and chaotic attack after his victorious landing, and immediately blew his beard and glared in anger.

"Your Excellency, the American warships did not dare to approach the coast easily, for fear of hitting the rocks. And that castle is strong, and the cannon may not work, right? ”

The clerk reminded in a whisper behind him, and while he also glanced at the young Chinese Army commander Captain Ren Xingzhong not far away.

"Well, their role is already very limited, and we can leave it to us here! Just let them hold the coast. ”

The stone castle in front of Rasmussen looked much more delicate and beautiful than the European ones, and there must have been a lot of money in it, so Rasmussen didn't plan to let the Chinese army take advantage of it at this time.

The Dutch mercenaries, having regrouped their attacking formations, attacked again, this time with their experienced outlaws using alternate firepower to cover the advance. The numerical superiority and the dense flintlock fire of the fusiliers made it almost impossible for the Shogunate soldiers who held the fortress of the Misaki Prefecture to raise their heads, and gradually, several hundred Dutch mercenaries approached the main entrance of the fortress.

A three-pounder cannon was pushed out of the ranks of the Dutch mercenaries, and in the panic of the shogunate soldiers, a cannonball was fired, directly breaking the beautiful wooden door, and then hundreds of Dutch mercenaries shouted slogans and launched a charge.

"Sasuke, Heita, the adults have run away, we can't die!"

In the fortress, several shogunate soldiers were trembling with bamboo bows or arquebuses, knowing that the fortress had been broken, and the few samurai leaders who commanded the defense were gone.

At this moment, suddenly there was an earth-shattering explosion from the direction of the gate, and the power was so great that even the entire small fortress was trembling.

The small leader of the samurai named Jiro Hirano detonated the powder keg set up inside the gate in a fierce manner, and even himself, blew a dozen Dutch mercenaries who poured in to pieces, and the collapsed wall stones and wooden stakes instantly blocked the gate. This suicidal defensive tactic immediately excluded the European invaders, who were on the verge of victory.

The tide turned, and the shogunate soldiers, who were still holding the fortifications, immediately launched a counterattack, and a dense volley of bamboo arrows, arquebuses, or flintlock muskets overturned several Portuguese soldiers close to the fort.

"Your Excellency, we should be more cautious! We're not here to storm the fortress! ”

The Portuguese officers who participated in the attack saw that more than a dozen of their men were killed and wounded, and their faces were very unhappy, and they couldn't help but complain to Rasmussen.

"These Portuguese cowards ......" Rasmussen knew he had been reckless again, but he still stubbornly refused to look at the other man's expression.

"General Rasmussen, all we need is a safe space to stand on. We need them to convey our true opinion to the cities to the north, not to exterminate them. ”

The clerk also felt that this was not a real war, even if the other party made the first move, and could not let this Danish war maniac mess up like this again, so he raised his voice and issued a warning.

"Well, if you have a better way to end this war, I wouldn't mind staying on the coast tonight." Rasmussen saw that everyone was against him, so he had no choice but to nod.

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"If they continue to attack like this, then we can go back to Hong Kong in a few days at most."

In the distance, on the light cruiser Jincheng Princess, Ji Chaohai's adjutant once again made a very bad comment on Rasmussen, who had rough command ability.

"Carefully survey the depth of the coast and look for anchorages. The Turquoise was on guard, blocking the bay with the Dutch and Portuguese. ”

Ji Chaohai held the binoculars and continued to look towards the Puga waterway to the northeast, except for a few fishing boats that fled in panic, there were hardly any decent targets with military threats. I saw that several other European sail warships had already made arrangements to block the waterway at the mouth of the bay, so they issued an order to anchor and rest.

On the ruins of the coastal fortress, watching the "peers" fighting and storming so desperately, several Chinese Army officers were a little crying and laughing. Before the departure, the brigade headquarters also privately explained that this time the Chinese and US Army only had "limited cooperation" and did not force the Eastern Brigade to fight with high intensity, so the landing force maintained a state of semi-rest after landing ashore.

The officers and men of the Huamei Oriental Brigade leaned against the ruins of the coastal fort in twos and threes, admiring the battle thousands of kilometers away. Some people smoked, some drank small drinks they carried with them, and others played with great interest with a few Japanese cold weapons found in a corner.

In the distance, the Edo naval forces that had withdrawn into the depths of the Uraga waterway still did not have the slightest intention of reinforcing the Misaki Prefecture, but continued to drive slowly in the direction of Edo Castle. In several fishing villages on the southernmost tip of the Miura Peninsula, groups of men, women and children were frightened by the sound of artillery and fled with their families deep into the mountains and dense forests inland.

A war that was a bit ridiculous from the beginning, and it was rolled out like this.

[It's about to be 515, I hope to continue to hit the 515 red envelope list, and the red envelope rain will be able to give back to readers and promotional works on May 15. A piece is also love, and it must be better! (To be continued.) )