Chapter 589: A Matter of Insight That Can't Be Laughed at

Although there were only fifteen warships, plus supply ships for logistics transportation and clippers for vigilance, this was also a fleet of more than twenty large ships. For the Japanese shogunate, which is still using a warship of the turtle ship, it is definitely the overwhelming trend of Mount Tai. Easily came to the sea outside the river, without any resistance, the fishing boats on the sea were frightened like mice seeing cats, they didn't dare to run, and shrank in place to wait for the verdict.

The "kind" Lord Chen of the Ming Dynasty specially sent someone to call a few fishermen who looked a little old to the flagship, and asked them cordially, where is this place and what is the hydrological situation? I'm going to go to Edo Bay to see which waterway is better. It doesn't seem like there's anything dangerous about it. Ordinary fishermen, how can they have any national concept, 1510 said. (The Japanese people's sense of the state began after the Modern Restoration.) The old fishermen were put back, and each of them was given a bag of rice, and they were so happy that they didn't know what they called (at this time, they really didn't have a surname, ordinary people, just a random name, and it is also modern times to have a surname on a large scale. ）。 This Daming adult is very good, he is kind and pleasant, and he gives things back.

"Cabinet, why don't you leave these fishing boats behind?" Su Haochen was not so kind, and asked very puzzled as he watched from the side, Chen Xie said lightly: "Dongying is a big island country with a population of more than 10 million, such a country, although it is very backward, but because of its geographical location, it is difficult to conquer quickly. What we need to do now is to force the Japanese shogunate to submit, reparations are necessary, and the matter of ceding land is done as much as possible, so as not to destroy Japan at once. One thing you must remember is that the army of the Ming Dynasty is a division of civilization and victory. The teachers of benevolence and righteousness, and the bad things, were all done by the North Korean army. I say that, do you understand? ”

Su Haochen's mouth couldn't be closed, and he nodded subconsciously: "I understand!" "When you're done, wipe your cold sweat first. Light a cigarette to suppress the shock. The Cabinet Lord's belly is really outrageous. When I was in North Korea, I played like this once. As a result, in order to live a better life, the North Korean people could not eat the rice they had worked so hard to grow in the fields. Go up the mountain to cut down trees and open mines, and you can have a full stomach. Su Haochen also has little sympathy for the North Korean people, nor does he have much affection for North Korea. The last time I went to Pyongyang, I was not impressed except for the women who had two holes in their chests in their clothes.

The most effective military assistant of Chen Xie, Su Haochen is concerned about how much wood and how much high-quality iron ore can be obtained from North Korea every year, and this kind of resources is what he cares about the most. After mourning for the Japanese people in his heart, Su Haochen shook his spirits and ordered five fourth-class warships to approach the mouth of Edo Bay. Look at the strength of the battery?

It was noon and the sky was cloudless. It's as clear as a wash, the sea is breezy and the weather is just right. When the battleship approached the mouth of Edo Bay, it suddenly heard the sound of cannons, and Chen Xie heard it a little behind, and he was really startled. Look at the distance. How can this be seven or eight hundred meters, why did the artillery fire so far away, could it be said that the fort here could hit so far?

Hurriedly looking for a bullet point, Chen Xie breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the rising water column. It's not that the battery can fight so far. It's that the cannon was fired too early. The shells were at least 300 meters away from the approaching detachment.

When the detachment at sea saw this situation, it also recovered from the fright, and the battery exposed its target, so what was polite. It is said that it is very stupid to shoot shells with naval guns. But there are exceptions, such as this fort at the mouth of Edo Bay, the range of the cannon is too painful, it is estimated that the top sky is a six-pounder cannon, and a two-kilometer fight is the extreme.

I guess I have never seen such a large warship, and the commander above was frightened and ordered the cannon to be fired in advance. In fact, everyone misunderstood, this order to open the cannon was given by Tokugawa Iemitsu, and his meaning was to scare and make the Ming fleet retreat. That's what the language of this cannon means, I have a cannon, aren't you afraid? Let's go!

At this time, Tokugawa Iemitsu was on the beach, looking for a high place and looking at it with a telescope in his hand. Coincidentally, I came to check the construction of the fort, and I caught up with the attack of the Ming fleet. The garrison general hurriedly invited him down, and Tokugawa Iemitsu said very calmly: "What are you afraid of?" We have the guns of the Dutch in our hands and strong forts, so should we be afraid of the enemy? ”

Seeing the fleet approaching, Tokugawa Iemitsu ordered a cannon to threaten him, which really can't be laughed at for his lack of knowledge. Twenty years ago, the Ming Dynasty also bought Hongyi cannons from the Portuguese, and they were all salvaged from British shipwrecks. For the understanding of artillery, Japan in this era is definitely not good, and the Dutch have suffered in front of Chen Xie, not to mention Tokugawa Iemitsu?

Looking at the Ming fleet on the sea, he immediately opened up the formation, and Tokugawa Iemitsu thought he was scared, and he was very satisfied with his intimidation tactics. As everyone knows, this is the fleet that discovered the location of the battery, opened the formation and prepared to shell in turn. What the Dutch sold to Tokugawa Iemitsu was some second-hand six-pounder smoothbore guns, how far could this thing go? Condescendingly, you can hit two thousand meters in the sky, and it depends on luck. Moreover, this battery is still at a certain distance from the shore, and the maximum firing range is not equal to the effective firing range. Besides, he didn't have many of these six-pounder guns, all of which added up to twenty.

The detachments on the sea, although they are all fourth-class warships, there is more than this number at any time, and the worst ones are 12-pounder rifled guns, which can hit far and are more effective against batteries.

The first to fire was the fourth-class battleship Jiangning, which formed a horizontal formation on the surface of the sea, drew a beautiful arc, and when the hull swayed to the rear, dense flames erupted, and 20 12-pounder rifled guns rang out. After this round of artillery firing, less than a minute later, another round of firing was completed, and then the area of this firing was passed, and the Wuhu followed closely behind, and the cannon roared. Five warships stepped forward in turn and concentrated their fire to bombard the batteries that dared to open fire.

Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was being proud, chuckled fiercely when he saw the fire spewing out of the sea. When the whistling cannonballs flew in, he was pressed to the ground by the little surname next to him, and his body pressed against him. Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was leaning on the ground, could feel the turret vibrating, and the muffled sound of the projectile hitting the fortifications smashed into his heart one by one.

The artillery fire is too dense, compared to these six-pounder guns on the battery, the shells of the Ming detachment are like raindrops. The time of this round of shelling seemed to have passed as if a whole year had passed, and Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was hiding behind the stone outer wall, did not dare to raise his head, and saw that the shells had landed in a fort in his line of sight, and a cannon happened to be hit, and under the huge impact, one end was cocked, three feet to the ground, and the flying rubble injured four or five gunners.

This scene can be said to be close at hand, less than thirty meters away, he can see it really, a little farther away, he can't see it, it is at such a close distance, he saw the miserable situation of the fallen soldier wailing and rolling. An even more cruel scene was still to come, just in the fort where he was, suddenly two shells fell one after another, one shell directly hit a soldier three meters away, the whole person flew backwards for a while, hit the wall fiercely, his chest was sunken, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he died on the spot. Another shell slammed into the wall in front of it, and the flying rubble scurried with sparks, and the three gunners in front of them fell backwards with their faces covered on the spot.

This was not the most tragic scene, when suddenly the whole earth shook, and a loud noise came from a gun emplacement behind him. The Tokugawa family was no longer in danger, and stood up and looked at the other fort behind them, where a column of smoke had risen.

What happened to this battery? A cannonball hit a wooden barrel containing fire and medicine, and the fire and medicine spilled all over the ground, just as a gunner fell, the torch in his hand came out of his hand, and fell on the fire and medicine, which instantly ignited the fire and powder, causing an explosion. Although it is only black fire and medicine, but the explosion of more than 100 catties of fire and medicine is also very powerful, and the gunners on the entire battery, adding up to more than 30 people, have not been able to stand, and there is definitely no way to count the casualties now.

The strong smell of gunpowder smoke was pungent, and Tokugawa Iemitsu sneezed a few times in a trance, and at this time he didn't know that he was afraid, so he stood up and looked around at the forts, how was it now.

At this time, the shelling was only a short pause, and the turning was completed on the sea, and the battleships such as the Jiangning, which had adjusted their attitudes, came back, but they just turned around, and the cannon on the other side rang out. Tokugawa Iemitsu, who had just walked out of the fort, ran away because of the small surnames around him, and he didn't care about life or death on the fort at all. It must be said that it was the right decision. Because this detachment, in order to see the quality of the Edowan Battery, fought six rounds in one go, and the 12-pounder guns specially equipped to fight the fort fired 120 shells in one go, although they hit very few in the battery, less than a third, but it was enough to cause heavy casualties to the people above. Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was taken away, had no intention of coming back at all. Because he knew that this fort could not be held. The next time there was an artillery bombardment, the shells would have to fall inside Edo Castle.

Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was running wildly all the way, didn't notice the changes on the sea at this time, and when the five fourth-class battleships could press the fort to death, Chen Xie ordered all the battleships to step forward, first use specially equipped 12-pounder rifled guns to level the fort at the mouth of this bay, go back at night, get up the day after tomorrow, and land on the Edowan fort.

After this order was issued, the entire fort at the mouth of the bay became a hell on earth. When the detachment shelled, some guns fired back, and this time Tokugawa Iemitsu ran first, and the gunners were not stupid, they left their positions and ran. At first, the commander shouted a few times, and then he also wore clogs and ran with him, spanking a fart, no matter how he hit, he couldn't reach others. (To be continued......)