Chapter 846: Sortie
Chongming Island is actually not small, but it is the third largest island off the coast of Daming.
However, compared to the 100,000 Japanese army, it is a bit crowded here.
Fortunately, the Japanese people are accustomed to patience, and although the conditions are difficult, they can get through it.
The Japanese people arrived one after another, and they took root here, there was fresh water on the island, and the grain was transported from Songjiang Prefecture by grain boats, and the supplies were barely some.
After all, Daming has already said there, there is no war here, and there is no need to borrow them at the moment, as for a high-ranking military attache of the Japanese people, headed by Yongjian, in order to deal with the 'big shots' in Songjiang Mansion, they were invited to banquets every once in a while, drinking and playing with women, and even in Songjiang, the Dingguo Gong also settled many people with properties, bought an annex, and invited them to stay and move in.
His Royal Highness Yongjian is a very practical person, he knows Xu Jingming's weight, so he is very willing to deal with Xu Jingming, after all, Yongjian understands very well that when he comes to this Ming Dynasty, fighting is secondary, and the most important thing is to let this Ming Dynasty follow the previous agreement, after all, they and the Langshan Army are innocent and have no enmity, and the purpose of the Wa State is only to dump goods.
It is precisely because of this, in order to protect the interests of trade, dealing with the upper echelons of the Ming Dynasty is the core problem at the moment, Yongjian and a military attaché, every day with the military attache of the Ming army in Songjiang Mansion, the training and defense of the Chongming Island Japanese army, even more relaxed.
The Eastern Bay is a good place for ships to moor, facing the ocean and sheltering from the wind and waves, so hundreds of Japanese ships are moored here, most of which are used to transport grain. Except for a few gunboats and armed ships guarded, most of them were constantly transporting supplies back and forth between Songjiang and Chongming.
A port has been built here. Although it is only temporary, it is due to the large number of ships that have to dock every day. The scale is not small.
Two days ago, Songjiang Mansion posted again, saying that it was the 60th birthday of a lieutenant general, and invited His Royal Highness Yongjian and a military attache to go to the banquet, which was the time for everyone to deepen their friendship, so Yongjian took a hundred or so Japanese officials to Songjiang, and it took several days to come and go, and they needed to stay there for a few days. All without seven or eight days of hard work will not return.
Now in this Chongming Island, except for a big name guarding here, most of the other people who are at the upper level have left cleanly.
Junichi Shimazu is now the commander of the area, and this brother is a daimyo of the Nagasu domain, a hardcore reformer, and he was ordered to come with Yongjian on this expedition, which shows that the emperor of the Wakuni Province attached great importance to the Nagasu domains.
It's just that this benevolent brother is usually not smiling, and he is too rigid. To put it bluntly, everything is too serious, and he has always believed that if the Japanese want to protect their trade rights, they must let Daming know the strength of the Japanese army, so he swallowed the army here. It's better to take the initiative, and you don't have to deliberately befriend the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty.
His opinion was quickly scoffed at, after all, in this era. In the eyes of the vast majority of Japanese people, the power of the Heavenly Empire is still awe-inspiring. Showing weakness in front of the heavenly kingdom is really arrogant and ephemera. At least Yongjian didn't like him very much. I think he is too reckless and rude, and this guy always has a straight face and is very annoying every time he attends some occasions, so since then, many negotiation activities have naturally left him aside and made him guard his old nest.
Shimazu Junichi naturally had some complaints, but he was helpless, but fortunately, he didn't want to deal with the Ming army, but he did his duty and obediently guarded the one acre and three points of land on Chongming Island.
For the defense of Chongming Island, Shimazu Junichi has always been worried, because there is almost no danger to defend here, there is no barrier, and all supplies are dependent on the mainland, even near the harbor, there is not a single high ground, even if it is impossible to set up a fort.
The soldiers of the Japanese people lost their vigilance for the war, the conditions on the island were difficult, the nobles and samurai of the upper class were drunk and dreamed of death, and no matter how brave the people below were, the atmosphere of the war was pervasive, and Shimazu Junichi had no choice.
He rode a horse and inspected the port with a team of guards, reprimanded a few drunken and troublesome soldiers, and then returned to the Chinese army camp as usual.
At this time, it was already dark, and Junichi Shimazu fell asleep in a daze.
This night was no different from usual.
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Early morning dawn.
Just when everything is like countless yesterdays.
Suddenly, a variable emerges.
More than forty speedboats appeared.
On the sails, the flag of Lang Son was puffed up by the sea breeze, and the huge eagle spread its wings and flew high, and its cold eyes were extremely sharp.
The Japanese army at the port was stunned for a moment, and then the clipper came back in a hurry, this clipper was a sentry post, which was originally patrolling the nearby waters, and once something happened, it could immediately come back to report the news.
It's just that they came back a little late, or rather, when they met the Lang Son fleet and turned to make their way back, more than 40 fast ships of the Lang Son army filled their sails and rushed in pursuit.
When they arrived, Lang Son's fleet had already arrived.
This kind of professional combat ship is often long and narrow, fast, and equipped with artillery, and there are special sailors on board, all equipped with firearms and swords.
There are more than forty ships, maybe not much, but their sudden appearance did not give the Japanese people time to prepare at all.
The Japanese people here in the port have been in chaos, and countless Japanese ships are anchored here, but the ships are empty, and if you want to meet them, you must board the ship, but in a hurry, how can you do it?
Not only that, there was no defended bay here, that is, just in an instant, these ships were all exposed to the guns of the Lang Son fleet.
It's almost a ridiculous thing, who would have thought that right here, Lang Son's fleet would appear.
It's just that now, it's too late to dwell on this.
Because the rampaging fleet was scattered in a line, and it was slaughtered in a mighty way.
They begin to prey on their prey, and the prey is right in front of them.
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