Chapter 5, Twenty-seven Moments of Chongzhen's Four Years (5)

The fifth moment: the sound of cannon fire across time and space

October of the fourth year of Chongzhen, North Korea, Jeju Island

The rumbling sound of artillery and the smoke of gunpowder shattered the tranquility of the southernmost island of the Korean Kingdom.

Looking down from the air, Jeju Island looks very regular, almost oval-shaped. With the exception of a few places, there is no broken and rugged coastline, and terrain such as bays, capes, and headlands are very rare. Flat sandy beaches everywhere. The center of the island is Mt. Halla, which is 119o meters above sea level. The whole of Jeju Island is a typical volcanic island. In other words, Jeju Island was formed by the lava squeezed out of Mt. Halla and spread on the surface of the sea.

Jeju Island's relationship with the Joseon Dynasty is similar to that of Taiwan Island with the Central Plains Dynasty, and the Tamna Kingdom on Jeju Island has long maintained a semi-independent status and relied on the vast sea to rival the rulers of the Korean Peninsula. Historically, both the Silla and Goryeo kingdoms were content to submit to the titular submission of the Tamna kingdom until the early 15th century, when the Joseon Dynasty officially annexed the Tamna kingdom and renamed it Jeju Island.

However, even after it was incorporated into the Joseon Kingdom, the imperial court in Seoul only regarded Jeju Island as a barren and remote place for exiled prisoners, and did not manage or build it much. In the 16th century, Jeju Island was still notoriously poor, and officials serving there were almost like exile.

However, since Jeju Island is only about 300 nautical miles from Japan, it has been invaded by Japanese invaders since the Goryeo period. Killings, arson, and robberies have always been commonplace. At the same time, it was only 30 years since the rebellion of Imjin and Dingyou, and the Korean Li Dynasty was still very wary of Japan, and was always on guard against the next Japanese invasion. Therefore, as the first line of coastal defense against Japan, the defense force on Jeju Island was not bad, and the government of the Korean Yi Dynasty built dense beacon towers along the coastline, and several higher peaks were also equipped with beacon fires, so that in case of emergency, Jeju City and other cities and towns could be notified in time. In addition, there are also resident sailors in the port of Jeju Island. Although there were no bulky and expensive turtle boats, which were too expensive, the whole of Korea was only equipped with five or seven at its most generous. However, there are still a few Panya ships that are the traditional backbone of the Korean sailors, and there are still a few in the port of Jeju.

However, the opponents that these Korean sailors on Jeju Island had to face this time were too powerful for Yi Sunsin to do anything even if he was reincarnated.

-- The three former Soviet-made Type 1171 Alligator-class 6 ships, plus such armed forces as iron-hulled fishing boats and whaling ships equipped with Russian guns, were already so powerful in the world in the 17th century that they could be said to be armed to the teeth

Then, these steel ships from the modern world crossed the long river of time and roared with cannons on Jeju Island in 6-1 years

Since the "Far East Company" in Vladivostok, which purchased these ships, had only been created in this time and space for more than a year, and had not yet had time to unify the flag and insignia, these ships were haphazardly hung with the Russian St. Andrew's naval flag, the five-star red flag of New China, the "August 1st" military flag of the People's Liberation Army, and even the Japanese sun flag -- several ships were brought from modern Japan... But the feelings brought to North Koreans are the same despair.

Seeing so many unbelievable big iron ships slaughtering with great momentum and looking ill-intentioned, a Korean banya ship that was patrolling outside the harbor seemed to be unable to escape, so it stopped and lowered anchor, and began a desperate counterattack with a few small caliber guns on board, and some brave Korean archers and bird-gunners also stood on the inside of the ship's side and fired at the three boarding 6 ships that rushed to the front. It's just that because the distance was too far, most of their shots fell into the sea, which made the sailors on board the 6 ships laugh loudly.

Of course, even if the North Koreans' counterattack was as trivial as scratching a boot, the fleet of the Far East Company could not just be beaten and not fight back - with the shouting of the loudspeaker, several A-6 mm double-barreled anti-aircraft guns mounted on the deck of the 2 ships were lifted from their jackets, and then the barrel angles were adjusted, reloaded, and fired...... Strings of cannonballs splashed countless columns of water around the North Korean ship, and some of the shells hit the deck and side of the boat, creating holes of greater or less, causing the North Koreans on board to exclaim in despair.

There was obviously no suspense in such a battle, and after two volleys, the old wooden North Korean ship was bombarded with shells, and the sea began to pour into the North Korean ship of small tonnage. North Korean sailors jumped into the sea with wooden planks, barrels and other floating objects after the blockade failed. The fleet of the Far East Company traversers ignored this and simply continued to sail straight towards Jeju Island.

After another few moments, the Far East Company's fleet finally arrived at the Jeju capital city at the northern foot of Hallasan Mountain, where it anchored in shallow waters near the coast, and then swaggered down a large number of dinghys from the big ships. The dinghy was laden with soldiers in modern uniforms, though most of them were trained native Liaodong and Japanese natives, rowing hastily toward the shore.

As soon as the North Korean defenders on the shore saw these behemoths clearly, they were stunned on the spot and shouted in panic. Then he didn't dare to resist at the beachhead, and directly burned the warship and fled into Jeju City, trying to rely on the city wall to block the footsteps of this group of invaders.

But the problem is that these seventeenth-century Koreans, hiding in the capital of Jeju, clearly underestimated the terrifying range of modern artillery.

“…… Boom-boom-boom-"

As the fleet anchored, more than a dozen B3 howitzers mounted on several board-6 ships, whaling ships, and cargo ships began to roar violently, and 22-millimeter grenades exploded on and inside the city walls. The corpses of countless North Korean soldiers and civilians were scattered and flew wildly for a while, as if they had been swept away by a strong wind...... And the city wall built with volcanic stones was quickly shattered and cracked, collapsing into many gaps, making the traversers who boarded the 6th ship to observe the battlefield pout: The city of North Korean sticks is indeed a tofu scum project

Next, the Japanese ronin death squad recruited by the Far East Company finally assembled on the beachhead and began to be ordered to launch a surprise attack.

“…… Onboard kill give"

I saw that these Japanese ronin, who had been recruited by the Far East Company through various means, some wielded bright swords, some held rifles with bayonets, and struggled to howl and "load" under the leadership of Captain Fujita with their maximum lung capacity, and at the same time began to "spurt" towards the city wall together.

Behind them, most of them were veterans, who had already set up machine guns and opened fire on the city wall, and a dense rain of bullets swept across the city, and after a round of shooting, there were no more Li Dynasty soldiers standing on the city head - the city wall of Jeju was only three meters high, and there were no enemy platforms, watchtowers or other defensive facilities on the entire city wall, not even the most basic battlements and women's walls. The defenders were exposed from the waist up. Not to mention machine guns and artillery, even with bows and arrows can easily shoot the defenders, suppress the head of the city in the face of such a city, and even do not use any ladders and cannons at all, as long as you gather some mud legs and hold spears and machetes, and climb the city with ladders and ropes, you can still break through with a charge

So, relying on the suppression of machine-gun fire, the Japanese death squads easily ran through the open field and approached under the city walls - there were no trenches outside the city. At this time, not a single feathered arrow had been shot from the top of the city, and no one dared to poke his head out and throw a stone. Although the Japanese soldiers who stormed the city did not carry any ladders or ropes, the seemingly sturdy but thin walls had already been blasted open by 22mm grenades, and the thin Japanese soldiers could have rushed through these gaps...... And the frightened North Korean soldiers on the city wall have long since escaped......

So, less than ten minutes later, the samurai of the Japanese death squad, who were ordered to storm the city, opened the city gate from the inside with a look of unfinished eyes, and not even a single person died, and they were still scolding and complaining that the Koreans were cowards, so that they had no rank to cut down......

Later, a large force of the Far East Company, dressed in Russian stockpiled military uniforms, swarmed into the city, and soon cleared the Korean stragglers who were roaming the city of Jeju, and then hung a banner in front of the city gate that read "Those who surrender will not die" and constantly broadcast Korean broadcasts over loudspeakers. After a while, the soldiers of the Korean Ly-Dynasty who were not killed finally began to come out of every corner and surrender.

“…… It's really vulnerable...... It should be said that it really deserves to be a North Korean stick? ”

Standing on the bridge of a certain ship boarding 6 ships in the bay, Gao Jianguo, chairman of the Military Committee of the Far East Company in Vladivostok, shook his head and put away the binoculars, "...... In less than two hours, the city of Jeju was breached, and the local judge committed suicide by hanging himself...... I can probably understand how Toyotomi Hideyoshi swept through Korea back then. ”

“…… There is nothing surprising about this. We are using the firepower of the 21st century, well, at least the 20th century, to ravage an ancient weak army that is considered a third-rate level even in the 17th century, and it is still calculated with or without intention, and the Koreans will be hell if they can withstand it."

Song Tao, the captain of the special combat team, pursed his lips and said disapprehantly, "...... In fact, judging by the miserable battlefields of the Koreans in the past, it is impressive enough that they did not disperse in fright when they saw our fleet attacking this time."

“…… Anyway, if you win, you win, Lao Song, don't talk to Lao Gao if you have nothing to do."

The boss of the Vladivostok Far East Company, in addition to Hainan Island, Li Ming, the present of another wormhole, stood up with a smile and played a round, "...... Since even the capital city of Jeju is so vulnerable, the remaining Daejeong and Jeongui counties on the island must be easier to capture. Let's take Jeju Island as a transit station, and it will definitely be no longer a problem...... Is it now possible to implement the next action plan and go to Liaodong to pull people? ”

“…… I think it's okay, but I think you should be vigilant when you go on this trip. The current Manchu regime...... It seems that it should still be called Houjin, they are not the same thing as the old dynasty of the late Qing Dynasty that got by and closed its eyes and listened. The sensitivity of these Jurchens to deal with the changes in the situation is obviously beyond our previous expectations. For example, we never dreamed that the Houjin Army would be able to react to us occupying Vladivostok so quickly, and simply climbed over the mountains from Ningguta and gave our Vladivostok base a sneak attack......"

Gao Jianguo sighed and said, "...... Although the Air Force had already burned Ningguta with incendiary bombs, who knows if Huang Taiji would react more violently or play any conspiracy? Of course, I don't think it's necessary to be afraid of those tartars, but I just want you to be careful. ”

“…… The situation in the Ming camp also seems to be different from what is recorded in the history books. Song Tao took over the conversation, frowned and said, "...... Ay...... Liaodong ...... Huang Shi, who is said to have single-handedly entered Liaoyang and killed Nurhachi with his bare hands, is he a native of this time and space, or is he another traverser? It's a pity that this guy has moved to the south now, and I'm afraid he won't be able to find out more news in Liaodong. ”

“…… In addition, there are also changes in Japan, which are also worth paying attention to - since the opening of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the Edo shogunate, which could have been peaceful for 250 years, actually broke out in 62 years into a 'Seicho War, which should have been born at the end of the Edo period)

Gao Jianguo followed up and added, "If this change in Japanese history means that there are also time-travelers on the Japanese side, or even a time-traveling group like us, then it will be a big trouble - even if that Huangshi is really a time-traveler, it can barely be regarded as his own person." If it's from Japan...... Ahh

-- When the Far Eastern Company had just crossed over to Vladivostok at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it had not yet noticed the abnormalities of this world. However, since the Far East Company obtained the first Soviet aboard 6 ship last autumn and began to tentatively send ships to attack Ulleungdao (belonging to Korea), Sado Island (belonging to Japan), and the islands of Dongjiang Town in Liaodong to capture the population and enrich the local labor force in Vladivostok, the people of the Far Eastern Company learned some information from the captured Liao people and Japanese people that was different from the history books: On the battlefield of Liaodong, the Ming army appeared an incredible victorious general Huangshi, who repeatedly beat Jiannu to smoke. Even Nurhachi was assassinated by him himself; In Japan, the Edo shogunate did not know what medicine it had taken wrong, and more than 200 years in advance, it launched a "war of seizing the chief" against the Maori family of the Choshu domain......

Of course, whether it was the wars that were supposed to have been fought at the end of the shogunate in the nineteenth century (to be exact, only the second one, the first war was fought before peace talks began), or the war that was born a few years ago, the final outcome was similar, ending with the defeat of the shogunate army and the shaking of the authority of the Edo shogunate in the Kansai region. However, Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third shogun who is now in charge of the Edo shogunate, is far from being comparable in prestige and skill to the last shogun, Tokugawa Yoshiki. Therefore, although the military power and prestige of the shogunate were severely damaged due to the failure of the crusade against the Mori family, it was far from collapse. Japan has not yet fallen into the turmoil of the Warring States period again.

However, despite the confusion of the distortion of history, the more than 2,000 travelers of the Far Eastern Company still maintained full confidence and high morale - because they had a large pile of modern military equipment that no one else in this era could beat to the death.

While they were chatting, groups of wolf-like Japanese death squad warriors were kicking the door from house to house in Jeju City, driving the Korean civilians out of their homes and escorting them to the port to help the Far East Company's fleet unload their ships.

Moreover, there are many more civilians from the countryside of Jeju Island who have been driven in droves from afar to serve as coolies. The Japanese death squad samurai who escorted them were so brutal that the North Koreans would be kicked and beaten if they moved the slightest slower, so much so that the beach was filled with shouts and screams. But after getting so many manpower, the degree of loading and unloading of supplies in the fleet of the Far Eastern Company has also accelerated sharply.

It was only at this time that Li Ming, Gao Jianguo, Song Tao and other giants of the Far East Company stepped off the ship and roared into the capital city of Jeju in armored transport vehicles and jeeps. In order to adapt the entry into the city to this symbolizing conquest, the loudspeakers on every jeep and armored transport vehicle played the shocking "Soviet March" and hung the party flag with a sickle and hammer...... The remnants of the old and weak North Korean women and children in the city, facing these noisy metal monsters, all seemed to have seen the demons with their own eyes, and they were all trembling with fright and urine.

After inspecting the ruined streets of Jeju City, where there was really nothing to see, Gao Jianguo, Li Ming, Song Tao and others returned to the 6th ship and began to assign the next tasks -- Gao Jianguo and Song Tao led the No. 1 and No. 2 ships to board the 6th ship, and immediately went to Liaodong as the vanguard force, and the other ships also had to go out immediately after unloading the supplies, leaving the No. 3 and 6th ships to provide fire cover for the troops on the island.

In the next stage, the main task of the 6th unit on Jeju Island with Li Myung as the leader is to occupy the entire territory of Jeju Island in the shortest possible time after the main force of the fleet leaves. But try to avoid harassing ordinary civilians, but all the property of the wealthy officials and eunuchs has been confiscated. Then it was necessary to find suitable sites on the island to build a camp for migrants, and to collect as much food as possible and all kinds of livestock and poultry...... In short, no matter what method is used, when the migrant fleet pulls the Donggang immigrants back, the migrant camp on Jeju Island must have the ability to receive the migrants.

Then, the No. 1 and No. 2 ships were the first to unload the supplies, and Gao Jianguo, Song Tao and a battalion of troops left Jeju Island first, preparing to go to Dongjiang Town to recruit Liao people. The troops who had already boarded 6 quickly completed the liquidation of Dajing and Jingyi counties. Next, some of the poor and boring GIs even had spare time to go to the beach to hunt for beauty - in Jeju Island in this era, the haenyeo all went to the sea bare-bottomed and naked......

However, as the supreme leader of Jeju Island, Mr. Lee Myung accidentally appeared something incredible when he was inspecting the loot, and he immediately fell into great confusion and hesitation - it was a box of high-end "Wendeng incense" with a filter on the cigarette butt.

“…… What the hell is going on with this thing? Could it be in East Asia in the seventeenth century...... Are there already cigarettes? Even if there are already cigarettes, how did this filter come about? Could it be that it is also the masterpiece of the time-traveler? Oh, how many time-travelers are there in this world? ”

Mr. Li Ming, the boss of the Far East Company in Vladivostok, couldn't help but scratch his head, and his mind fell into an unprecedented chaos......

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