Blue sea and blue sky, with occasional lone birds.

The imposing Daming Shandong Sailors lined up, letting the bright red sailor flag flutter at the flagpole at the stern!

The sea breeze blows refreshingly!

In early autumn, the slightly cool weather makes people lazy and want to sleep.

The guards in charge of guarding the port of Edo were in such a state at the moment, but they didn't stand still for long... Some of the guards jumped up.

Frightened and shouted loudly around: "There is a boat! A big ship is coming! ”

As soon as the voice came out, all the guards around were instantly alert.

There were also quite a few guards who pushed out the artillery in the arsenal at the first time, and the port of Edo was not without any defenses... On the contrary, in the early years, Tokugawa Iemitsu spent a lot of money to buy a lot of shore fire guns from the Dutch.

Why is it called a shore fire cannon... Because it's quite bulky and extremely unstable... The humid seaside air allowed the cannon to be fired at a constant mute.

As a result, the shogunate had to station more guards in the port to operate this artillery.

"Hey.. Get it on! Hey...."

A large number of Edo Castle guards streamed out of the barracks, laboriously pushing their artillery up the battery, above the sea in the distance. Zhao Yunkai held the high-precision telescope equipped for the navy in his hand and looked at the Edo harbor in the distance.

Seeing that a large number of artillery pieces were being pushed out of the fort, Zhao Yunkai said lightly to the sailors beside him: "Spread out the flag and fire a salvo... To this officer, knock out those cannons! ”

"Yes! Knock out the artillery of Edo Port! ”

Outside of the port of Edo Castle, there were many merchant ships passing through the area, although Tokugawa Iemitsu once strictly restricted trade in one part of the port of Nagasaki.

However, due to the outbreak of the peasant uprising, Tokugawa Iemitsu could not care about any order to ban the sea and close the country. Foreign merchants were allowed to stop at Edo Castle.

However, the Dutch, who had learned the news early in the morning, left Edo Castle early.

There were even many clever Dutch merchants who directly transported all their commodities in the country as quickly as possible, and sold the properties that had just been purchased for a short time at low prices.

The goal is to get out of this place that is about to be engulfed by war as soon as possible.

"All of them...!"

"Ammo loading!!"

"Ready.... Launch!!! ”

Whoosh! A large number of projectiles, after being loaded, were fired from the muzzle ..

In an instant, a large amount of gunpowder smoke and cannon fire continued to flicker and rise in the ranks of the Ming warships.

Artillery salvos, deafening sounds began to echo across the sea.

The waves even had the posture of being split.

Dense cannonballs rained down in the sky and sent a beautiful parabola towards the fort on the edge of Edo Port.

On the batteries, which were not yet fully ready, the artillery had not yet returned to its position.

Many of the guards who had not yet reacted to what had happened were sweating and pushing the huge iron wheels of the artillery, and they were torn apart by the shells that fell from the sky.

Standing at the bow of the ship, Zhao Yunkai saw this scene and said to the officers of the naval division beside him: "Do you know what kind of ammunition this officer ordered to be loaded this time?" ”

"Report to the Governor... I know! It's a high-explosive shell! Li Ze was the first to answer.

"That's right! It's a high-explosive shell! Can you tell us about that. Why did this officer choose high-explosive shells to attack the opponent's battery? ”

"Your Excellency the Governor. It was supposed to be a matter of course to attack such a strong battery with armor-piercing shells to destroy the artillery hidden in the fortifications, but we were coming quite quickly. These Japanese guards didn't have time to put their artillery back in place! ”

"So we don't need to attack the artillery that is useless at all, but use the densest high-explosive artillery fire to directly attack the living forces of the harbor guards!"

After Li Ze finished speaking, Zhao Yunkai nodded with rare satisfaction and said, "You guy, you're quite spiritual... So what do you do next? ”

"Report to the Governor-General. Subordinates are stupid! ”

"You.. You! Count your cleverness. ”

Zhao Yunkai knew that Li Ze didn't know, but that such an order could only be given by him, the governor of the water division.

I only heard him continue: "High-explosive shells continue to be fired, and the lead ship will focus on the fortress in the harbor by armor-piercing shells!" ”

"Yes! Your Excellency the Governor! All go on the offensive! ”

The salvo continued, and a large amount of artillery fire continued to envelop the port of Edo, and the guns that had not yet been launched were almost instantly enveloped in flames.

The huge destructive power of high-explosive shells has even distorted and deformed many artillery pieces.

But more often than not, there was the death of a large number of soldiers of the Edo Port garrison .. Corpses and severed arms appeared everywhere on the docks of Edo Port, and the continuous shelling made it impossible to see a single Japanese guard on the pier who could still stand.

The artillery fire made this Edo Port, which was gradually prospering.

Once again, it's devastated... Blood flowed into the sea along the shore along with the tiles of the port, swallowed up by the churning waves.

"Ah.. Enemy.. Enemy! ”

"Hurry up and report to the general... The warships of the Ming army attacked!! ”

....

Many of the harbor guards who were lying on the ground and wailing were constantly roaring with their loudest voices, but such a roar was not much stronger than the shouting in the continuous artillery fire.

The shelling has made all the batteries in Edo Port a thing of the past.

Five ironclad ships of the Ming Dynasty, lined up. In this way, the port of Edo was blocked by sharp artillery fire several miles away.

It's a long way away from Edo Castle.

Tokugawa Iemitsu also heard the roar of artillery fire that erupted from the port, and saw him instantly stand up and grab the nearest guard beside him.

Loudly reprimanded: "Quick! Go find out what's going on at the port! ”

The port of Edo is already a rare place where Tokugawa Iemitsu can obtain supply trade from overseas, and if it is destroyed... Tokugawa Iemitsu couldn't imagine how long he would be able to survive without trade.

The beautiful teacup at hand has been shattered.

The exquisite teacup was originally from the Ming Dynasty, and Tokugawa Iemitsu not only loved it, but also spent a lot of money to buy it. Can be broken when the teacup is broken.

After fixing his eyes, Tokugawa Iemitsu almost became even more angry.

This porcelain, which was originally advertised as a three-color antique teacup during the Tang Dynasty, revealed the second layer of the base after it was shattered.

I saw that it was written... Ming Chongzhen year.

"Ahh Mingguo! Why did the Ming people deceive me! ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu couldn't figure it out, after all, the logic of the robbers was always that they just stopped robbing right now.. Then the victim should forgive himself for all the things he has done before...