Chapter 783: The First Battle of the Dragon Navy
Tomoyuki Masashi was ordered to come to the Imperial Palace, and after meeting Emperor Sanjo, he went back and began to prepare.
At the beginning of July of the same year, he took 10,000 Japanese soldiers from Fusang and went straight to Mingzhou in Goryeo. There were 100 warships with a capacity of 200 tons, and in addition to 20 Fuso fishermen on each boat, there were also 50 Japanese soldiers.
They acted as escort ships, protected ten large transport ships, a total of 10,000 soldiers, and 3,000 fishermen came across the sea.
Sending so many warships, what Emperor Sanjo wanted to see was that after they defeated the dragon army, they could return with a full load, after all, the intelligence showed that the regular army under the dragon king was less than 20,000 people, which was the result of just expansion, as for the so-called auxiliaries, peasant soldiers and auxiliary peasant soldiers, they were not regular armies and could be completely ignored.
Of course, if Emperor Sanjo knew that it was the peasant soldiers who defeated his 3,000 ronin, I don't know how he would feel, and if he would be as confident as he is now.
With so many ships going out to sea, it was impossible to hide from the Longyin team members in Fuso, and considering that the distance was too far, they reported the situation to the top with the situation of the report.
At the Haizhou Wharf in July, when it was nearly dusk, six warships that had just been built slowly drifted off the shore under the protection of 50 hovercraft.
A 500-material warship, five 200-material warships, this is the crystallization of the efforts of hundreds of shipwrights in Goryeo for more than two months.
Thanks to Su Shi's strength, he can give whatever he wants, otherwise, it would be impossible to build these six ships in such a short time.
It is precisely because of the impossibility that no one would have thought that the former Goryeo Haizhou Navy Division would change guns and guns in just over two months and build such a tonnage ship.
Not far from the wharf, martial law has long been under martial law, surrounded by a group of peasant soldiers, according to the orders from above, when the naval battle will begin, when will the martial law be lifted, before that, no one can know the real situation in the wharf.
The Goryeo agents lurking in Haeju could not know the situation in the docks, so naturally they could not know that Ji Jinkai's department had set off for the sea.
Everyone was kept in the dark, only in the palace of Kaijing City, Su Shi's eyes looked over here, as if he was waiting for the Dragon Navy to hand in a satisfactory answer when it made its first move.
Above the sea, the weather is like a child's face. Historically, the Yuan army was hit by a typhoon at the end of July, and this time the losses were even heavier.
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The "Jiangnan Army" was almost completely wiped out due to the poor quality of the warships; Fifty thousand
The losses of the "Eastern Route Army" also reached nearly seventy percent. The second expedition of the Yuan Dynasty to the east to Fusang ended in a crushing defeat.
But this time the luck of the Fusang reinforcements was not bad, they did not encounter any big winds and waves at sea, and the road went smoothly, and it took about four days, and finally you could see the wharf of Jiangling City, a heavy city south of Mingzhou, from a distance.
After several days of wandering at sea, they were finally about to reach their destination, and everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at this moment.
For the ancients, every sea voyage can be called a journey of life and death, those who are lucky may be safe at sea all their lives, and those who are unlucky may only go to sea once and never come back.
"It's finally here." Tomoyuki Kuashi stood on the deck of a large transport ship and said with a long sigh of relief.
But I don't know if God is against him, his words have just fallen, and soon a whining warning sound will spread in the sea.
This sound is a way for ships to communicate with each other, and it is usually sounded to indicate that there is a situation at sea.
"What's going on?" As soon as the voice came out, Yuko Kuangzhi's face sank, and then he looked at the sea.
Although the sea is endless, for some reason, it is not smooth, and when the ship is far away from each other, it is sometimes out of sight.
At the moment when Yuxing Kuangzhi took a look, he faintly saw the figure of a sea ship appear in the distance.
"Sea ship, or large sea ship?" Tomoyuki Kuangzhi just noticed that the Japanese soldiers around him also found out, and someone let out a sound of surprise.
There are also sea ships not far away, and it seems that the tonnage is not small, and Yuxing Kuangzhi's eyes are full of doubts.
Unable to see clearly, and not knowing whether it was friend or foe, he gave an order to inform the other ships to be on guard and slow down, while at the same time beginning to lay out at sea in a defensive formation.
At this moment, Tomoyuki Kuashi was not so nervous, because he had already noticed that although the ships coming from afar were large, the number was very small, only six.
There are as many as 100 ships on his side, and if there is really something, he will not be afraid of the other party. Yuyuki Kuangzhi's face was full of calm, and he even had spare time to send a ship to find out the situation.
A hundred warships sped up and met the six warships that were sailing, and when the two sides approached, they didn't know what to say, and quickly retreated and came to the large transport ship where Tomoyuki Kuashi was.
"General, the person who came is the Goryeo Sea Master, they said that they came to help us on the order of the king, and the largest 500-material warship is the largest warship in the Goryeo Kingdom." When the visitor arrived in front of Yuxing Kuangzhi, he half-knelt and told him about the inquiry.
Goryeo has a 500-material warship, and Tomiko Kuangzhi has heard the news before, but this is the first time he has seen it.
From a distance, it was really quite spectacular, which made him nod with satisfaction: "It seems that it is really a reinforcement sent by Goryeo, but why didn't it be explained in advance?" Although he had doubts in his heart, considering the underdevelopment of communications at that time, plus reinforcements, it was better to have something than nothing, so Tomoyuki Kuashi quickly accepted this fact and said: "That is the case, let them sail with us." By the way, warn them not to get too close to our troop carriers. Tomoyuki Kuashi accepted this fact, but decided to keep a certain distance from him just for the sake of safety.
On the battlefield, anything can happen, and even allies can't fully believe it.
Soon, a 500-material warship and five 200-material warships were sandwiched between the ranks of the Fuso Sea Division, and the original defensive formation began to slowly disperse, preparing to continue towards Gangneung City, which could be seen not far away.
As soon as the formation began, the six warships that had been very obedient before suddenly left the course and began to approach the ten transports and troop carriers on the side of the Japanese soldiers unruly.
"Well, what are you going to do?" A Fusang Bailiu sea ship that was in charge of staring at the 500 warship saw that something was wrong, so it was the first to catch up and block the way of the big ship.
"Bump into it!" In the cockpit of the five-hundred-material ship, Ji Jinkai had already taken off the Goryeo Haishi uniform that he had just used for disguise, and this time he had changed into a black stab-proof suit and gave orders loudly.
Camouflage is close in order to create a better chance of destroying the enemy. Even if the conditions have been met, of course, the original face must be revealed.
Su Shi had already installed an instant messaging system on the ships of the Haizhou Navy, and as soon as Ji Jinkai gave the order here, Vice Admiral Liu Cheng also commanded a two-hundred-material warship to change direction and start approaching a large transport ship nearby.
By eliminating the traditional communication procedures, the orders of the Dragon Navy's navy were issued more quickly and effectively. The six Dragon Navy's warships attacked at the same time almost at the same time, and as the largest of them, Ji Jinkai directly ignored the Fusang Bailiu boat that was blocking it, and crashed into it.
The warships of this era were made of wood, although if you wanted to sail on the sea, you had to make good basswood.
But good wood is still so vulnerable in the face of sharp iron sheets. With Su Shi providing enough raw materials, hundreds of Goryeo shipbuilders with exquisite craftsmanship wrapped a piece of fine iron sheet on the hull of the 500-material warship, which could ensure that they would have an advantage in the event of an impact, and that any wooden ship would be like paper paste in front of them.
Just intercepted, thinking that this was the Goryeo sea ship going in the wrong direction, but he never thought that this 500-material warship was so decisive that it rushed straight without hesitation.
After more than ten breaths, when the two ships collided, the iron sheet played a huge role, almost crushing the hull of the short Bailiu warship, and then arched it into the sea.
"Ahh They don't want to die? Tomoyuki Kuashi, who had been attracted by everything that happened here, was surprised when he saw the scene in front of him.
It is also a wooden warship, even if it is a large one to ram a small one, it may not necessarily win, and it may also have its own problems.
This is why in the current naval battles, there are very few collisions between two ships, and most of them are mainly engaged in string battles.
But this 500 material warship was a picture of not caring that it might be injured, so it crashed directly into the hull of the Fusang 100 material warship and successfully destroyed it.
Seeing that dozens of Japanese soldiers jumped off the warship and fell into the sea, and began to shout for help, Yuyuki Kuangzhi's face quickly turned blue,
"These Goryeo warships, are they crazy? Why do you want to do it to us? ”
"General, a Goryeo two-hundred-grain warship is approaching one of our transports, and they are starting to release bows and arrows, and we have already suffered casualties." Just when Yuyuki Kuangzhi was still angry, a personal soldier came to his side and said anxiously.
"Are they still unleashing bows and arrows? Fight back, fight back now! "If the previous collision was a misunderstanding, then even the bow and arrow were used, which can only show one point, it may not be the Goryeo warship, even if it is, it is also the enemy.