Chapter 238: Attack and Defense of Nagasaki (1)
At three o'clock in the afternoon of November 2, the forty-second year of Kangxi, Yinyu stood on the bridge of the flagship, looking at the small warships of the Japanese Naval Division and the two medium-sized warships of the Daqingshui Division that were huddled together in the distance, and the two medium-sized warships of the Daqingshui Division, a smile appeared on his cold face, and he quickly issued a combat order: "The right detachment is moving at full speed at 30 degrees eastward; The left detachment was 30 degrees west and attacked at full speed; The rear detachment was on standby to protect the baggage; The Chinese fleet rushed forward at full speed to ensure the complete annihilation of the Japanese naval division. "On the high mast of the flagship, the signalman quickly waved two small flags, conveying all the battle orders to the various fleets, and in an instant, the huge fleet divided into three paths, like three sharp swords, outflanked the distant station.
The ship of the Japanese Navy Division is small, even the distance that the lookout post on the mast can see is very limited, the Qing fleet has begun to outflank at full speed, the Japanese Navy Division is still unaware, and the Wu is free to besiege the Yanwu, until a frightened lookout post issued a miserable cry, all the Japanese Navy Division only noticed that the rows of tall masts in the distance have emerged from the sea level, which is clearly a large warship, and suddenly the entire Japanese Navy Division fell into a panic, and can no longer care about besieging the Yanwu, They raised their sails and tried to find a way to escape. On the Yanwu, the only dozen or so Qing officers and soldiers left after the bloody battle had already retreated to the mast at this moment, and the Japanese soldiers who were originally chopping the thick mast of the Yanwu with their axes heard the exclamations of their own fleet, and they didn't care about the Qing officers and soldiers on the mast, and quickly fled back to their respective ships.
Nagasaki is the only open treaty port in the whole Dongying, therefore, the Nagasaki Navy Division is also the largest naval fleet in the entire Dongying, originally there were more than 150 ships, including more than 50 "big ships", each with 12 old guns, more than 100 small boats, each with four cannons, after the fierce battle with the Yanlong and Yanwu, there were only more than 40 large ships and more than 90 small boats, and many ships were already injured. Trying to escape by taking advantage of the narrow passage of Nagasaki Port.
The calm sea boiled in the blink of an eye, and the white sails fluttered in the wind, and it was very lively. The ship of the Qing fleet is large, the original speed is fast, and the start is early, and it is driving at full speed with the wind at this moment, how can the Japanese naval division escape as desired, but only two quarters of an hour, Yinyu's Chinese fleet has sailed to the location of the Yanwu, and the distance from the fleeing Japanese naval division is only less than two nautical miles, and the left and right two sub-fleets have been outflanked, forming a flanking trend on the Japanese naval division, according to this speed of pursuit and escape, all the Japanese naval divisions will inevitably be caught up before escaping back to Nagasaki Port, Under the powerful firepower of the Great Shimizu Division, there is no reason to be spared.
At this moment, the Yanlong has sunk, and the remaining Yanwu is also damaged, and the remaining dozen or so officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty stood under the mast like bloody men silently watching their own warships rushing by, with tears in their eyes. Qiao Hailong, who had survived the catastrophe, raised the steel knife in his hand that had already been cut off, and shouted: "The Qing Dynasty will win!" The Qing Dynasty will win! First, the remnants of the officers and men on the Yanwu shouted, and then all the officers and men on the Qing warships also shouted at the same time, and the slogan of "the Qing Dynasty will win" resounded in the sky. Seeing the tragic situation of the martial arts and dragons, Yinyu Tie blushed, gritted his teeth and ordered: "Catch up, no one will be left!" The signal soldiers spread the slaughter order to all the ships, and all the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty shouted almost simultaneously: "Kill! Kill! Kill! Not a single one to stay! ”
Seeing that the three arrows of the Daqing Water Division were fired together, the momentum was like a rainbow, and the huge size of the large warship was daunting, the Japanese Navy Division in a panic and fled suddenly divided into two parts, and a fleet composed of more than 20 "big ships" suddenly moved to the side, facing the Daqing Middle Road Fleet with the side side, putting on a desperate battle posture, while the rest of the ships fled at full speed, trying to play a trick of gecko tail breaking.
"The three ships of Weicheng, Weiyi, and Weihe stepped forward, Yan Ning and Yan Yi from the left side, Yan Ming and Yan He outflanked them from the right side, sank them, and the rest of the ships lowered their sails and were ready to rush over at any time. The left and right detachments ignore the battlefield here, pursue the enemy's main fleet at full speed, and be sure to intercept the enemy fleet before it returns to port. Yinyu gave the order to fight.
The three ships of Weizi are all giant warships, the largest sea battleships in this era, both the hull and the range of the guns are the most advanced warships in the world today, and they are already the pinnacle of wooden warships. After receiving Yinyu's combat order, the three giant ships rushed out of the fleet, made a circle on the ocean surface, drew an arc, the starboard side of each ship was aimed at the Japanese fleet lined up, the three-layer gun portholes on one side were fully opened, and a total of more than 150 guns of the three ships were aimed at the target; The four medium-sized Yanzi ships rushed out in left and right directions, quickly outflanking both sides of the Japanese naval division, and the same portholes were fully open, and the rows of black hole guns pointed at the more than 20 Japanese warships in the middle.
After experiencing the battle just now, the Japanese naval division already knew that the range of their artillery was far inferior to that of the Qing army, and at this moment, when they saw the Qing army marching out of the fleet and putting on a posture, they suddenly messed up, and they didn't care about the formation of the fleet, so they sailed forward desperately and approached, trying to seize the upper hand and close the distance while the Da Qingshui Division adjusted its formation.
"Fire!" Seeing that the forward fleet was almost adjusted, Yinyu waved his arm sharply and gave the battle order. Suddenly, the seven ships of the forward fleet were full of firepower, hundreds of guns roared angrily, and after a burst of gunsmoke, the Japanese naval divisions that had originally lined up in formation to charge suddenly became chaotic, more than 20 ships were sunk, and most of the remaining half were also seriously damaged, turning around on the sea, not to mention charging, there was no chance to escape, only sparse artillery was firing, but it was not possible to reach the Qing warships at all.
It was a natural thing to beat the water dogs, and the three battleships of the Weizi turned a corner on the sea, forming a battle line again, and the more than 100 guns on the left roared again, and a burst of intensive artillery fire bombarded the past, and before the four ships of the Yanzi adjusted their shape to attack, the remaining seven or eight warships of the Japanese Kingdom turned into broken pieces of wood flying in the sky, and the poor "gecko tail" completely disappeared.
What kind of naval battle is this, it's almost like target practice. Yinyu looked at the sea area floating with broken wood chips in the distance with annoyance, waved his hand and said: "The Chinese fleet is pursuing at full speed, signaling the rearguard fleet to keep up, and the landing force is starting to prepare." ”
The Japanese fleet, which abandoned the gecko's tail, still did not escape the pursuit of the left and right fleets of the Qing Dynasty, and had no choice but to throw dozens of small boats again to carry out a suicide attack, slightly blocking the pursuit footsteps of the Qing army's left and right flank fleets, and fled towards Nagasaki Port with all their might, the remaining more than ten ships were like hungry tigers to meet the remnants of the retreating Japanese naval division, and an asymmetric naval battle once again kicked off.
There was no way to escape, and the Japanese naval division launched the last crazy assault, braving the artillery fire of the Qing army to desperately attack the battle line, trying to break through the blockade line, but unfortunately this time and the last time the Japanese naval division broke through the barrage of Yanlong and Yanwu is very different is that the Qing army's battle line is a dense fire network formed by ten battleships, and the more the Japanese naval division rushes harder, the more miserable it dies, and before it can rush to the range of the artillery of the Japanese naval division, those Japanese warships that take the lead in the charge have been blown into pieces by the Qing army's artillery fire.
There were originally only more than 70 warships left in the warships of the Japanese naval division that had fled to this place, and more than 20 were lost in a charge, and the remaining 50 or so saw that the situation was not good, and did not dare to continue to attack, so they turned their bows and tried to escape to the small port of Fujiang Island.
"The Japanese Navy raised the white flag." The lookout post on the mast shouted. Goshha, who was standing under the mast, hurriedly rushed to the bridge of the Weihe and informed Yinyu of the news of the Japanese state's request for surrender.
"Don't take prisoners, all of them sink!" Yinyu replied angrily with a straight face, Goshha answered the promise, and seeing that Yinyu was unhappy, he hurriedly went out to give the order. Nearly 70 warships of the Great Qingshui Division surrounded the Wa Sailor in the middle and bombarded indiscriminately, but in a moment, only some pieces of wood and the Wa sailors struggling to survive in the sea area were left in that area, and the Wa warships had long since disappeared.
The Japanese Navy Division was all wiped out, but Yinyu was not happy - the Yanlong was sunk and the Yanwu was heavily damaged, although such losses were acceptable, but when he thought of facing Yinzuo's anger after returning home, Yinyu was still happy, glanced at the burial place of the Japanese Navy, and coldly ordered: "Order, the forward fleet enters the harbor to bombard the harbor, and the rear fleet enters the harbor under the cover of the right detachment to prepare for landing operations." ”
A battle at sea, starting from the attack of the Japanese naval division at three o'clock, ended in a moment, and all the warships of the Japanese naval division have been buried at the bottom of the sea. In less than two moments, the forward fleet of the Oshimizu Division entered the port of Nagasaki in a double column under the leadership of Liu Shuangcheng, and at this time, only a small battery in the harbor was left, the Kuo Town Battery, with only forty old guns, and it was basically powerless.
Shen Shi Zhengpai, the Great Shimizu Division arrived outside the port of Nagasaki, more than 20 huge ships sailed outside the port with great force, unhurriedly adjusted the formation, the artillery fire of the Nine-Tails Town Fort roared, but it was not enough to reach the Qing army's warships at all, but it was like a salute to welcome the arrival of the Qing army. At this time, the Nagasaki Castle had already become a mess, the castle door was closed, the drawbridge was closed, the common people cried and hid in their own homes, the samurai of the Nagasaki daimyo gathered on the city wall with various weapons on guard, and the Daimyo's mansion was also in chaos, Kotaro was angry in the hall with blood-red eyes, scolding the incompetent sailors, the incompetent forts, a few "family elders",
"Big Eyes Fu" looked at Xiao Taro who was thundering like thunder, and they were silent.
Kotaro Rokuha frowned and said: "The head of the family, now I can't hold the port at all by relying on the fort of Jiuwei Town, once the Qing army goes ashore, we will have no way out, so it is better to ......"
"Huh?" Kotaro Yangsheng stared at Kotaro Rokuha fiercely, and it took a while before he roared angrily: "Rice bucket! You rice bucket, you lost the Okubo Fort, the rice bucket in a few minutes! What, now you want to run away again? Well! Don't forget that my Kotaro family has no precedent for escaping, only samurai who died in battle, and there is no rice bucket to escape! I will never run away, I vow to live and die with Nagasaki, as long as we can withstand it, reinforcements from Fujiwara and the Sansheng family will arrive early tomorrow morning, and we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy, we will definitely be able to! ”
Fujiwara and Sansheng are also "Exogenous Daimyos" and have a close relationship with the Kotaro family, as "Exogenous Daimyos" they can only own one castle, and the number of samurai and government soldiers under their hands is almost the same, and it can be regarded as a guardian and help in this far place, as early as the moment when the Qing Dynasty fleet appeared, Kotaro Health has already sent a distress messenger, sending a lot of treasures obtained from the bloody Qing fleet and making many promises, Kotaro Health is counting on these two families to help each other at this moment.
Without waiting for Kotaro to finish bragging about his health, a sashigaru samurai rushed into the door of the house in a frustrated manner, shouting: "Report! A Qing brigade appeared behind our castle, and we were surrounded. ”
"Baga, how is this possible, the Qing army has not started shelling yet, how can there be troops ashore, how is this possible!" Kotaro picked up the samurai who was kneeling on the ground and roared angrily.
"My lord, it's true, the troops of our army who went out of the city to meet were driven back, and the artillery of the Qing army is too powerful." The frightened samurai shuddered. As if to bear witness to the samurai's words, the cannons of the Qing fleet began to roar, and hundreds of shells smashed into the fort of Kuo Town, and the huge explosion shook the sky, and the castle lord's mansion also trembled in this bombardment......
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