Above the sea, there are no clouds...

The Daming Guangdong Naval Division and the Daming Shandong Naval Division finally completed the handover outside the Tianjin Port, and the Ming Dynasty officially opened the prelude to the war against the Japanese.

Each Ming warship can carry more than 3,000 soldiers of the Great Tomorrow Tiger Army, and the carrying capacity of the Fu ship is even stronger... Not only did it undertake the most important work of transporting equipment, but at the same time, each ship also carried more than 2,000 soldiers.

In the final overall scale, Daming prepared seven infantry divisions, three artillery divisions, and five logistics support brigades for this expedition to the Japanese State.

With the assistance of the Eastern Naval Division of the Ming Dynasty, the total strength of the Ming Dynasty has exceeded 100,000.

Since the sailing speed of the Fubunes was much slower than that of the ironclad ships, the Daming Eastern Naval Division was divided into two parts, and five ironclad ships were the vanguard to make a detour to the sea outside Edo Castle.

The reason why the troops were divided was mainly to reduce the psychological pressure of Tokugawa Iemitsu for the Ming attack.

The vast array of nearly 100,000 horses was a bit too shocking for Tokugawa Iemitsu, who did not have more than 100,000 armed men in his hands at the moment.

"Report to the Governor! In the northeast of my front, I found three warships flying the flag of the Japanese shogunate! ”

"Medium size... A wooden sailing ship that looks like a pirate of the Japanese Kingdom! ”

Pirates of the Japanese Kingdom? Zhao Yunkai smiled after hearing this.

From the moment when the war was decided between the Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom.

All merchant ships or warships flying the flag of the Japanese state or having obvious shogunate characteristics will be punished as pirates by the Ming Dynasty.

Now there are still many Japanese merchant ships in Tianjin Port that are detained in the wharf and cannot go out, the busy and crowded Tianjin Port... Without the guidance of the small boat of the Daming Maritime Administration, it would have been absolutely impossible to get out.

"The pirates of the Japanese kingdom... That's right, let's practice our hands! Eradicating pirates is the unshirkable task of our Daming Shandong Naval Division! Everyone, ready for battle! ”

As soon as Zhao Yunkai's words fell, all the sailors and soldiers on the side instantly became excited.

In unison, he said, "Yes!" Your Excellency the Governor! The fleet is ready for battle! ”

The five warships still relied on flying different flags to communicate with each other, and when the flags of the first ship were changed... The other four warships instantly understood that they were going to get ready for battle at this moment.

Three wooden sailing ships of the Wa Kingdom.

In the face of the five steam-powered ironclad ships of the Ming Dynasty, I have to say...

The two are completely incomparable.

"Look! Is that a warship of the Ming Kingdom! Oh, my God... Why is there such a huge steel monster on the surface of the sea? ”

The ships of the Wakoku were from the shogunate, and the main task was .. In fact, it was for the shogunate to collect protection money everywhere on the sea. Actually, they really are pirates.

After all, when the so-called sea protection money cannot be obtained by gentle means, they will draw the long knife at their waists... Start a cameo.

Due to the inaction of the shogunate.

They have not been hit by any blows, after all, ordinary merchant ships they dare to go up and plunder, if it is a merchant ship flying the flag of the Ming Kingdom or an armed merchant ship of the Dutch, they will never dare.

"Daming's warship? What are they doing here..."

Matsudaira Tadaro looked at the Ming warship in the distance with a strange expression, and he couldn't stop wondering in his heart.

At this moment, a sailor on the side approached and said, "Could it be that there is a merchant fleet near here, and these Ming warships are here to expel us?" ”

"Flotilla! You mean merchant ships! That's right.. Why didn't I think of it, we don't want to come into direct contact with these Ming warships! Get around! ”

"Yes! Captain! ”

It's just that Matsudaira Tadharo didn't expect that the Ming warship not far away was aimed at them... How could they be allowed to leave for no reason.

Just when Matsudaira Tadaro looked at the puff of black smoke rising from the Daming warship not far away with a dull expression, Daming's five warships had already accelerated their speed and approached Matsudaira Tadaro.

"How can these Ming warships be so fast!"

"They don't even have sails, what was that black smoke just now? Could it be that they barbecued on the boat? ”

"Ghost ship! Ghost ship!! ”

A terrifying tension had begun to permeate the three ships of the Wa Kingdom, after all, they had never seen each other's ships before...

Da Ming sent troops very quickly this time.

Although they swayed back and forth a few times outside the port of Tianjin, all the Japanese ships were blocked on the wharf by the Ming Dynasty and were not allowed to leave the port.

Therefore, no one in the country of Wa can now transmit the news that the Ming Dynasty already has an ironclad ship.

Of course.. Even if it's passed back.

It's not something that the lowest pirates can know.

Just when Matsudaira Saburo felt that Daming's warship was getting closer and closer to him, he suddenly shouted at the surroundings: "Everyone is ready to climb, we may have to prepare for a broadside battle!" ”

Broadside combat is a very tragic form of naval warfare, which means that naval warfare has changed from a battle between artillery and fire to a hand-to-hand combat with swords.

"Yes! Captain.. We're ready! ”

What can be prepared for a broadside battle?

Isn't it just hand-to-hand combat.. Is it a life-for-life style of play?

....

On the other side, looking at the Japanese ships in the distance, Zhao Yunkai smiled at the first ship and said to the sailors around him: "You don't know... The warships of many countries, the ships of several Japanese countries are of the worst quality! In this case, what kind of projectile should we use to fire? ”

At this moment, Saburo Matsudaira looked nervous.

Zhao Yunkai turned his head instead and assessed the officers of the Sailor Division around him, after all, most of these officers had just returned from training in the Sailor Academy.

Actual combat experience is not abundant.

At the time of the Battle of the Red River Estuary.. Most of them were not there, after all, Liao Siwei had almost single-handedly sunk the largest Spanish merchant ship.

The Daming ironclad ship that came from behind just drank a mouthful of soup.

"Report to the Governor! If this is the case, Xia Guan thinks that he should use high-explosive shells to shoot, so that as long as he can penetrate the opponent... can cause a violent explosion! ”

The words of the officer on the side made Zhao Yunkai shake his head slightly, looked at the other sailor officers beside him and said, "Is there anyone else who has an opinion on this!?" ”

"Your Excellency! Xia Guan felt that he could not use high-explosive shells, and he should use armor-piercing shells to penetrate the ships of the Japanese Kingdom at one time! So that they will still end up sinking because of the water in the boat! ”

Seeing that everyone's thoughts were finished one by one, Zhao Yunkai said: "Everyone's ideas are good, but they all seem to have missed the point I just said!" ”