The fleet led by James Biddle consisted of three ships, the fourth-class sail battleship "Columbus" and the frigate "Vincennes", as well as the "Connery".

The three wooden sail warships could no longer shock the shogunate, and the fishermen of Uraga even went out to sea to fish as usual.

On the one hand, he said that he wanted to negotiate and asked him to go to Nagasaki to queue up, and on the other hand, he asked people to urgently notify Edo Castle. In fact, Masahiro Abe had already learned about it at this time.

This was also thanks to a telegraph line purchased by the shogunate from the Austrian Empire at a high price, which allowed it to grasp the movements of the seaside at the first time.

(The shogunate only purchased this one, which was about five kilometers long and had a relatively simple function, but it was enough for this period.) ）

Three ships, no ironclad ships, only one large ship, which made Masahiro Abe feel insulted.

"It's also called a fleet?! Why dare they call the door! Send our ships to fence them off! Let America see our courage! ”

Historically, the shogunate did just that, sending hundreds of "warships", and most of them, except for a few large houses, were Kohayafune, a kind of warship left over from the Warring States period.

At this time, it was similar, but this time the samurai of the shogunate were more confident, after all, they had seen the ironclad warships of the Austrian Navy before.

Not long ago, the Satsuma clan succeeded in "expelling" the French, which also gave these shogunate samurai great encouragement. Japanese painters on the shore were so frantically documenting this historic moment that some even set up cameras bought from Austrian merchants, but they had to go to the Austrian Empire across the ocean to make the prints.

James Biddle, however, had no intention of returning empty-handed, and forced his way to the shore despite the dissuasion of his men.

As a result, the shogunate was so resolute that Uraga even fired cannons in an attempt to drive the American fleet away. This upsets James Biddle, but he's not a flexible person.

He was treated to President Polk's tough orders as air, after all, the more important tasks in the Qing Kingdom had been completed, and there was no need to continue to waste time in Japan, a small place.

Sometimes, however, it's just that unlucky

Historically, James Biddle's arrogant attitude when he left angered a group of samurai from the Kawagoe Domain, but fortunately they were stopped by the samurai of the shogunate, and Biddle didn't know exactly what happened, so it didn't get serious.

However, this time good fortune did not favor James Biddle, and at this time, the Uraga Sho pursued 10,000 people who looked down on this American who had only sent three "small boats" to invade them, and his samurai also wanted to cut down the arrogant foreigner in front of them.

But James Biddle didn't realize the seriousness of the situation, and still looked like "I just like you to see me unhappy, and you can't kill me." ”

At this time, a group of samurai from the Kawagoe Domain was about to go to the beach to enjoy the sea, and collided head-on with James Biddle's team.

Instead of giving way, the latter made some provocative moves.

So the puppet was furious, blood splattered five steps, and this time without the shogunate samurai to stop him, the samurai of the Kawagoe Domain, who launched a sneak attack, directly cut off Bidel's left hand that was making an obscene gesture with Iai.

The samurai of the other Kawagoe Domains were not idle, drawing their swords and rushing towards the unsuspecting American troops, who had already not many people ashore, and they immediately fell into a disadvantage when they were attacked.

The commissioner of the Uraga Institute saw that he had already seen blood, and he had to apologize for his sin anyway, so he simply went straight to it, and sang directly.

"Who has not died in life since ancient times, leaving Dan to take care of his sweat!"

(Wen Tianxiang was one of the most admired idols of the Japanese at that time, and his influence among the people was far greater than that of Wang Yangming, who was famous in later generations.)

Also, at that time, the Japanese really sang instead of reciting. ）

When the feudal soldiers on the side saw that the lords were all on board, they immediately rushed forward with spears and iron cannons (arquebuses).

Soon the battle in the harbor reached the docks, and the U.S. Navy tried to save its comrades on the shore at first, but was soon overwhelmed by the tide of ashigaru.

Due to the loss of the Supreme Commander, the three ships of the American army were disorganized to varying degrees. When they tried to escape, they found that the cable had not been cut, and as a result, the frigates "Vincennes" and "Connery" were damaged to varying degrees.

However, the worst was the fourth-class sail battleship "Columbus", where a group of samurai rushed to the deck with fish frames and sacks.

However, the above two things obviously do not have bulletproof functions, but they cannot withstand the thickness of the stack, and the spherical bullets and firearms at this time do not have good penetration.

As a result, the battle on the USS Columbus descended into a war of attrition, with the more outnumbered side clearly having the upper hand.

It must be said here that the organization of the American military is so low that the navy of any European country at this time can easily drive the Japanese off the ship.

But the U.S. Navy behaved like a frightened beast at this time, shouting loudly and reacting violently, but it did not find the crux of the problem.

The "Columbus" was not activated, and was constantly fighting the steady stream of Japanese samurai.

The "Vincennes" was even less lucky, as it collided with several Japanese "battleships" in succession just after leaving the berth, and was finally rammed and sunk in the harbor by the other side by means of a kamikaze.

Although the Connelly was also hit, they barely escaped the siege of the Japanese ships, but just as they were about to leave Edo Bay, they discovered a row of mysterious black craters on an uninhabited island.

Captain Mattis planned to find out on a whim, after all, the small boats of the Japanese at sea did not pose any threat to the frigate of nearly 800 tons.

However, when the Connally approached, it was found that they were not black pits, but large bells buried in the sand.

Just when Captain Mattis was puzzled, a group of people suddenly ran out and stuffed the package into the big bell with their lives.

Tongues of fire erupted from the bell, and the gunners who lit the gunpowder were killed instantly.

Several huge explosive packets were thrown at the "Connery", and the last American ship sank in Edo Bay in an explosion.

When the news reached Edo Castle, Masahiro Abe was so angry that his nose was crooked. To be honest, although he also hates Americans, he doesn't want to be evil.

Because in this way, the shogunate could really only be tied to the same boat as the Austrian Empire, and in Abe's plan, he only wanted to use the latter's power to stabilize the interior.

It was from this point of view that Masahiro Abe's idea was to sever relations with the Austrian Empire after Japan's domestic stability was settled.

After all, the latter was thousands of miles away from Japan, so it was unlikely that it would send troops to attack, and as long as the shogunate did not offend the other powers, it would definitely be able to find a new backer at that time, so as to realize the great plan of "defeating the razor with razing".

However, all of this came to naught with this big victory in Edo Bay

(End of chapter)