Mt. Okubo, the mountain is not high, that is, more than 400 meters, its mountain is not precipitous, the mountain undulations extend to the seaside, there is a fort built at the foot of this mountain, a total of 30 old guns, each cannon has a range of 300 - 400 zhang, although this fort is in disrepair, but still has a certain combat effectiveness, and the Kanzaki nose fort opposite Mt. Okubo echoes, together constitute the first gateway in and out of Nagasaki Port, although the artillery of these two batteries is backward, but it is enough to cover the narrow entrance of the entire harbor, It was indeed a battleground for soldiers, and if the Qing fleet wanted to attack the port of Nagasaki, it must first destroy these two batteries.

Okubo and Kanzaki nose The last actual battle of these two forts can only be traced back to the artillery battle between 20 years ago and a group of pirates who tried to sneak attack Nagasaki, for the Nagasaki daimyo soldiers guarding these two forts, it has long been a matter of the previous generation, and the lax garrison of the forts that have not been in war for a long time can be imagined, if it weren't for the fact that Kotaro had washed the Qing merchant ships in blood a few months ago, for fear that the Daishimizu division might come to retaliate, these two batteries are just a decoration, and there is not much deployment of troops at all. Since the end of April, the two forts have been hastily rested, renewing more than a dozen guns that have long been scrapped, and a group of Japanese soldiers have also practiced a few times, which means that the guns are not lit and light.

Kotaro Rokuba has been very annoying lately.,As a "family elder",But he was sent to Okubo as a garrison officer.,This was originally the work of the "town commission", not to mention a lot of affairs, and the conditions are still very difficult.,How can a poor person who is used to being pampered and pampered bear this suffering.,It's just that he also had to come.,Who let him offend the head of the house? Kotaro's family is "outside"-

After the Battle of Sekigahara, the daimyo who surrendered to the Dekang family.,Originally, he wasn't a cronie of the Dekang family.,This generation of the head of the family, Kotaro Yangsheng, is a greedy guy.,He actually made a big case of bloodbathing the Qing fleet.,As the "family elder",Kotaro Rokuba, who is the uncle of the clan, was convicted of dissuading the crazy behavior of the head of the family.,Was sent to Okubo, a place where birds don't lay eggs, to guard the fort.。

The Kotaro family has also had a "brilliant" in history, and once followed Toyoshi Hideyoshi to fight in the "world", and also participated in the attack on Goryeo, but that was all in the past, and now the Kotaro family has long since lost the "glory" of the past, and can only be trapped in such a remote place as Nagasaki, this generation of the head of the family is ambitious, thinking about restoring the "glory of the ancestors" all day long, but according to Kotaro Rokuba, it seems that it is just a toad yawning. Let's take this ban on the sea as an example, the ban on the sea is the ban on the sea, there is nothing, but in order to covet the wealth of the Qing fleet, it is a killing machine, if it can do things cleanly, but now the property is a lot, but after all, there are not a few Qing ships that escaped, if the Qing Dynasty came to retaliate, how could it be born, a group of frogs at the bottom of the well always thought that the Qing Dynasty was far away from the ocean, but they couldn't help themselves, this is too self-righteous, right? Kotaro Rokuba was reclining on a rattan chair thinking about his thoughts, and while he was pondering, a person rushed in from outside the door and shouted, "My lord, boat, boat, ship is coming!" ”

"Well, Yokota-kun, what's so flustered?" When Kotaro Rokuba saw the panicked look of the comer, he couldn't help but shout with a calm face.

"My lord, the Qing fleet is coming, what should I do, give an order." Ashigaru samurai Yokota Emon said anxiously.

"What? How many ships came? Kotaro Rokuba was taken aback.

"Two big ships."

"Huh?" Kotaro Rokuba was stunned for a moment, and asked: "Just two?" Let's go, let's see. But before he could reach the door of the wooden house, a burst of shells whistled sharply, and dozens of shells smashed on the Okubo battery, and immediately exploded, and the soldiers on the battery were smashed by this shelling, and the whole battery was in chaos. Kotaro Rokuha was also shaken by the explosion and staggered backwards, and finally froze his nerves, shouting "Fire, fire, counterattack, counterattack!" ”

After a panic, the Okubo Fort and the Kanzakibi Fort opened fire one after another, the cannon rumbled, and the gunsmoke was filled, but all the shells fell into the air - the cannon range of the fort was insufficient, and it could not threaten the battleships of the Oshimizu Division at all, but the two ships of the Oshimizu Division opened fire from time to time, bombarding the two batteries to the ground. Seeing that the situation was not right, Kotaro Rokuha hurriedly asked people to inform the head of the family and ask for reinforcements from the water division.

"Well played!" Qiao Hailong put down the monocular in his hand, and ordered with a calm face: "Yanwu is going to the left, and the port side is aimed at Kanzaki nose, and I will beat his turtle son hard." The dragon turned the rudder to the right, changed to the starboard side to shoot, the target was the Okubo battery, each ship paid attention to the impact point, and gave Lao Tzu a leisurely point, if any ship lost, help the other party clean the deck. ”

This battle was very refreshing, the cannons of the Wa State Fort could not reach the warship at all, and the shells fired out fell into the sea after more than 100 battles from the battleship, and the splashed sea water was also very spectacular, as if it was playing with fireworks, the officers and men of the Daqingshui Division were originally a little nervous when they first went out to fight, but at this moment they were all refreshed as if they were playing target practice, and they were methodically loading, pulling ropes, and firing, hundreds of shells plowed the two batteries several times, and dozens of cannons on the two batteries were almost destroyed. As for the Japanese soldiers, they had already run away by this time.

The battle was fought very smoothly, but Qiao Hailong was not happy - the task he received was to attract the Japanese naval division, not to destroy the Japanese Fort, but he didn't expect the Japanese Forts to collapse after only a few rounds, not to mention the counterattack, it is difficult to say whether there are still people alive on the two batteries at this time.

"Fuck." After Qiao Hailong cursed hatefully, he ordered a ceasefire, walked around the foredeck for a while, and ordered with a frown: "The Yanwu is in front, the Yanlong is in the back, thirty battles between each other, half sails, march towards the port, and target the Otani Town Fort." ”

The Otani-cho Fort was only ten miles away from the Okubo Fort, and the rumbling of the guns in front had already alerted the Japanese soldiers of the fort, and they were ready for battle at this time, and more than 40 cannons were aimed at the fairway, just waiting for the Qing warships to come. Qiao Hailong didn't let them wait long, the Yanwu was in front and the Yanlong was behind, and slowly sailed to a stop at more than 500 battles away from the fort, slowly adjusting the formation, the side of the Yanwu turned 80 degrees, and the 24 guns on the starboard side were aimed at the Otani Town Battery, the Yanlong turned 90 degrees sideways, and the 24 guns on the port side pointed directly in the direction of the port, keeping on guard to prevent the sneak attack of the Wa Naval Division, while the two ships adjusted their formation, the Wa State Fort tentatively fired some shells, but for the artillery of the fort, The distance is too far to reach the Qing fleet at all.

"Fire!" Qiao Hailong saw that the two battleships were ready for battle, and did not hesitate to give a combat order, twenty-four guns fired in turn, in the huge roar, the whole battleship drifted back sideways for a distance, the shells whistled and smashed towards the battery, a fierce explosion sounded, the smoke on the battery, and the screams were everywhere, although the Japanese soldiers desperately opened fire, but unfortunately they couldn't reach the Qing warship at all, this was a completely one-sided slaughter, the drill was just four salvos, and there was no artillery fire for counterattack on the battery.

"My lord, the Japanese sailor is here." The lookout post on the mast shouted loudly.

"It's a good time, the Yanlong covers, the Yanwu retreats, side by side with the Yanwu, aims at the Japanese fleet on the port side, and fires freely!" Qiao Hailong put down the monoculars and gave the order quickly.

More than 100 small and medium-sized warships swarmed out of the port, there was no battle formation at all, not so much a fleet, but a group of pirates, large and small warships were full of sails, the speed of the ship was not slow, and the shouts of the gang of soldiers could be heard from a long distance. Yanlong took the lead in firing, twenty-four cannons rang out in turn, and the cannonballs accurately hit the center of the Japanese fleet, and immediately caused a large splash, more than ten unlucky Japanese ships were hit, eight were sunk, three caught fire, and two were lightly damaged, but this group of Japanese sailors was very brave, and the remaining ships still swarmed forward, trying to take advantage of the opportunity for Yanlong to load to narrow the distance between the two sides.

The port of Nagasaki is long and narrow, and if it is entangled by the Japanese naval division, even if the ships of the Great Shimizu Division are strong and cannonary, it will be difficult to escape the end of destruction, Qiao Hailong quickly issued a series of orders:

"The Yanwu opened fire, the Yanlong was full of rudder on the left, and the starboard side was changed."

"The drill is retreating, the artillery is fired, the sails are full, and the port is withdrawn."

"The Dragon Acting Sails Back with Full Sails."

……

Although Qiao Hailong commanded Ruoding and the Great Qingshui Division with sharp artillery fire, the harbor was too narrow and lacked the possibility of large-scale maneuvering, after two rounds of firing, the fleet of the Japanese Navy Division finally caught up, and the large and small ships opened fire together, and the shells whistled, although the real hit was not much, but the casualties of the Daqingshui Division still inevitably appeared, and six guns were damaged on the port side of the Yanwu, and more than a dozen soldiers died; The starboard side of the Yanlong was hit directly by a lucky cannonball on the porthole and landed on the gunpowder bag, blowing up a big hole in the second-floor gun deck on the spot, and the entire second-floor deck became a hellish scene, killing and wounding more than 60 soldiers, and the smoke billowed on the Yanlong, causing a fire.

Qiao Hailong saw that the situation was not right, and ordered in a loud voice: "Full sails, retreat at full speed!" ”

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