"Lord Overseer, you see, now that the batteries in the direction of Kobe have been completely destroyed, it is impossible to organize a counterattack at all, and it is the best moment for our army to land!"

Zheng Haotian on the side said urgently.

Cha Xuan snorted coldly: "Continue to carry out two more rounds of shelling, what if the Dongying people play yin for us?" There must be no hidden danger left, and then all the first-class battleships are approaching in the direction of the port, shelling the depths of the port to cover the landing of the Tianxiong Army next! ”

Cha Bolt is not a rookie who has just entered the battlefield, how could he make such a low-level mistake? Now on the port of Kobe, I don't know how many Dongei troops there are, the heavy artillery of the fort has been destroyed, what about the infantry artillery of Toei? The huge Dongying, not long after the end of the Warring States Period, there is a lot of artillery compared to the survival, and it is absolutely impossible to let your army rush forward recklessly, in case of a surprise attack, it will be miserable.

There were two more volleys, and the Kobe Fort had already turned into a ruin, and even the rice field Langji had already run away without a trace, and he could only wait for death on the fort, and then evacuate the fort first.

Immediately after that, the twenty first-class battleships began to advance towards the front, and advanced five miles in one breath, and it was less than three miles away from the port wharf, and when they reached this position, the advantage of the long-range and powerful power of the first-class battleship was suddenly displayed, and one shell with a huge whistling sound shot straight towards the far side of the port of Kobe, and the cannonball exploded again in the depths of the wharf about four miles away from the wharf!

The idea of checking the bolt is really wonderful, not far away 10,000 troops just pounced from behind, ready to defend the dock, did not expect, the artillery of the Ming fleet smashed straight here, the Dongying army that is deploying land defense is unlucky again, a shell exploded on the position, almost all the surrounding buildings were destroyed, the Dongying army continued to cry wolf howls in the sound of artillery, and suffered heavy casualties, and the second line of defense built by Rice Field Langji on land is like a paper paste!

Under the cover of the battleship, the troop carriers rushed towards the dock, and then the 50,000 foot cavalry began a crazy landing, this landing, very different from other times, landing at another time, because the water level is too shallow, the Ming army can only land with the help of small boats and sampans, although there are a lot of small boats and sampans, but after all, it will affect the speed of landing, this time, a troop carrier ships directly close to the dock, 50,000 foot cavalry can even directly board the port, and launch an attack on the Dongying army in the distance.

Inada Langji was completely dumbfounded, at this rate, by tomorrow, the entire Kobe will be lost, the speed of the Ming army's attack is too fast!

"Someone, immediately send an order, ask General Pingxiang stationed in the northeast to rush to the aid of Kobe, and ask the general to mobilize the elite infantry to rush to the aid of Kobe!"

Inada Langji urgently deployed defenses, and orders were issued one after another, but at this time, it was already dark, and it was even more difficult to defend against the Ming army.

Osaka, now Tokugawa Iemitsu has also received the news that from Kobe to Osaka, from the land, it is nearly 200 miles away, even if it is a fast horse, it will take a day and a night, but if you go by sea, it is only 50 or 60 miles, and it only takes two or three hours to reach Osaka.

At the beginning, Tokugawa Yoshimitsu still received the news that some merchant ships brought back, Tokugawa Yoshimitsu didn't believe it at all, he had deployed a heavy army on Awaji Island and Mt. Ishishi, and the Ming army couldn't fly over even if it had wings, and the skeptical Tokugawa Iemitsu didn't hesitate to send his only remaining warship to the direction of Kobe to listen to the news, but before the battleship brought the news back, he had already received a battle report from Inada Langji.

"The Ming fleet poured out of the nest and stormed the port of Kobe Bay!"

Tokugawa Iemitsu almost spurted out a mouthful of blood! No way! How can it be! Why didn't a battle report come from the direction of Okishima? Could it be that the entire army of Okishima and Jijijima, Awaji Island, and even Mt. Ishiyama was quietly wiped out? How can it be! That's dozens of artillery pieces, and an army of twenty or thirty thousand people!

"Baga, Baga, what is the problem! Why didn't I receive a warning from Awaji Island and Ishiyama? Why the hell! ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu roared angrily.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna on the side said abruptly: "General, there is only one possibility, that is, the Ming army raided Okishima and Jidao at night, and they were uprooted without even leaving time for the guarding Dongying soldiers to warn, and then then under the cover of night, along the edge of Oki Island, rushed into Osaka Bay, but even if the two lighthouses could be quietly killed by the Ming army?" But we have an artillery position on the island again, and there are more than 100 people stationed on it, even if the Ming army is brave and good at fighting, it can't wipe out all the artillery of more than 100 people before Akita Koji issues an early warning, you know, if you rush to a distance of only 20 miles from Awaji Island, if you use artillery, or use muskets on a large scale, the sound will definitely spread to the ...... 20 miles away."

"It's no use talking about that now! What are we going to do? What to do? The elite of the Ming army is too powerful, once they land, it will be difficult for us to resist the attack of the elite of the Ming army! ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu roared.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna took a deep breath and replied: "General, it is impossible to prevent the Ming army from landing now, the reason why the Ming army chose to attack Kobe is because the battery in Kobe only has more than 20 artillery pieces and the firepower is insufficient, and the second is that the Kobe battery is only more than 20 miles away from the Osaka Bay battery, and the two can completely achieve firepower coverage; Now the Ming fleet is attacking from the west side of Kobe, only need to face the attack of the Kobe Battery, the artillery of our Osaka Fort can't hit that far at all, they want to break through at a single point, once the Kobe Fort is destroyed, the Ming army infantry can drive straight in, and the 30,000 troops deployed in the direction of Kobe are definitely not the opponent of the Ming army! ”

"Matsudaira Nobutsuna, what I want is a way to resist the Ming army, not for you to analyze the battle situation here! Is there a way in the end! ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu rarely spoke so harshly to Matsudaira Nobutsuna, today is really anxious, once the defeat in Osaka Bay again, then the Tokugawa shogunate's rule in Toei can almost be declared over, the Tokugawa shogunate will have no troops to send, I knew this, it is better to defend the area of Edo Bay!

Matsudaira Nobutsuna said in a deep voice: "General, for the sake of today, give up Kobe, concentrate all our forces in the Osaka area, use the forts, and fight a decisive battle with the elite of the Ming army on land!" The Ming army needs to send a certain number of troops to defend Kyushu Island, at most 50,000 troops, and we now have 100,000 troops, which is enough to compete with the Ming army! ”

(End of chapter)