The dawn on Jeju Island is silent.

The Japanese army was very happy, and five hundred warships crossed Ushijima Island and rushed directly to the port of Seongsan.

This is also a desperate gamble, a drought, which makes people have to take risks.

The good thing is that there are fewer storms at sea this year, so that Japanese sailors can run 500 miles to Jeju Island.

It's a pity, God doesn't fulfill people's wishes.

More than 200 warships rushed into Chengshan Port as the vanguard and collided head-on with the half-moon-shaped pocket array of the Daming Naval Division.

When the Japanese warship entered the firing range, the Ming army fired a cannon, and the soldiers received an order to remove their disguises. In the eyes of the Japanese army, the transport ship has been transformed into a new type of warship.

The Japanese were too excited and rushed too hard, and when they found that the harbor was not a transport ship, but a new warship of the Ming army, their front and flanks were full of swarthy gun ports.

For a hundred years, neither the Ming army nor the Japanese army fought a naval battle with hundreds of warships.

Moreover, the Japanese naval division is good at climbing enemy ships and engaging in close combat.

The 120 warships of the Ming army were connected from end to end, lined up in a half-moon pocket formation, and each warship had 20 guns on one side. Split into three batches and launch in turns.

The Japanese army panicked after seeing this meeting, and then there were disagreements, some wanted to turn the bow of the ship and run out, some wanted to use gunwales to bombard the Ming army, and some wanted to grit their teeth and rush over and fight the Ming army in close combat.

The Ming army fired a salvo, 700 shells smashed into the Japanese warship, a second salvo, another 700 shells, and a third salvo, another 700 shells.

Three salvos were fired, and the opinions of the Japanese officers and men reached a perfect unity, and the ships that could still move turned their bows and rushed out of the harbor.

Chen Mingde was on his flagship, looking at the Japanese warship with his head scurrying, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "Life, it's really wonderful."

There is a saying in the Holy Church that says that choice is greater than effort. If the Japanese sailors had not succeeded in Pusan, they had immediately concentrated all their efforts on a sneak attack on Jeju Island, and they would probably have succeeded.

It's a pity that they didn't grind in Busan, until the main force of our sailors came back. ”

The deputy general said with a smile: "This can't be blamed on them, at the beginning, they must have thought that there was a storm at sea, so they were reluctant to risk coming to Jeju Island."

With the precedent of the Great Yuan attacking Japan and encountering a storm at sea, which led to the annihilation of the entire army, the Japanese army was also afraid.

Busan is only a little more than 100 miles away from Tsushima Island, so it is naturally much safer.

When they were forced to attack Jeju Island, the main force of our sailors had already returned. ”

Chen Mingde said with a smile: "They are also pitiful, there are traitors in the Muromachi shogunate, and some orders issued by Ashikaga Yoshimasa, we know it earlier than they know, how do you say this." ”

The adjutant asked, "Shall we pursue?" ”

Chen Mingde waved his hand again and again: "Don't, if the formation is messed up, in case the more than 200 warships behind the Japanese army that are not damaged rush in and fight hard, it will be quite troublesome."

When the rear team of the Japanese naval division is also dispersed, let's rush out again to harvest military merits.

After this battle, my Xinghan Marquis will be justified. ”

However, he said that the more than 200 warships of the Japanese rear team were originally moored between Ushijima and Chengshan Port, and as soon as the forward warships that escaped back, they were a little confused.

The commander of the Japanese army, the governor of the Muromachi shogunate, Yoshitoshi Spo, as Chen Mingde said, tried his best to gather the rout, and prepared to wait for an opportunity to fight again, in an attempt to turn defeat into victory.

It's a pity that Chen Mingde didn't move, and he didn't have the slightest intention of pursuing. The new warships of the Ming army are wrapped in iron sheets, which are real strong ships and sharp guns, and there is no chance to take advantage of them when the formation is not dispersed.

In a dilemma, Spa Yoshimin made another wrong decision: first occupy Ushijima and confront the Ming army. Then, depending on the situation, you can choose to attack the Ming army at night, or you can choose to flee overnight and return to Hakata Port.

In fact, Jeju Island is empty of troops, and there are many suitable places for landing, and it is not only Seongsan Port.

If Spa Uimin had abandoned the ship and landed on Jeju Island, Jeju Island would be 150 miles long from east to west, and there would still be a large mountainous area in between.

As long as Spo Yiminken fought guerrilla warfare on the island, Jeju Island would be abolished, and so many people would scatter the mountains and wilderness on the island, and the Ming army would not be able to catch it until the Year of the Ox.

When Spo Yoshimin commanded the sailors to approach Ushido, Chen Mingdeok also commanded the ships to sail out of Seongsan Harbor and straddle between Ushido Island and Jeju Island.

Before Sipo Yimin had time to catch his breath, his own soldiers came to report that the sailor was Niudao to the east and the Daming sailor of Chengshan Port to the west.

More than 200 warships suddenly appeared in the north and south, and the south, north, and west directions were completely surrounded, and Ushijima Island in the southeast was also a dead end.

Spa Yimin angrily retorted: "Impossible, absolutely impossible. The sea between the west coast of Ushido Island and the east coast of Jeju Island is five or six miles wide, and how many ships did the Ming army naval division have, how could it be completely enclosed! ”

The soldiers replied: "Looking from a distance, the Daming Navy Division is a new warship with 3,000 to 5,000 materials, lined up, isn't it like a long causeway, enclosing the sea tightly."

Moreover, the Ming ships were advancing in turns, narrowing the encirclement little by little. In the evening, we will be suppressed by the Ming army and shrink into a group, and then the Ming army will fire a thousand cannons.

The range of our naval guns is far inferior to that of the Ming army, which means that they can only bombard us, and we cannot bombard them. It's over, it's completely over. ”

Angry, Sibo Yimin slashed his own soldiers with a knife.

But the truth is as the soldiers said, the Ming army persistently used stupid and stupid tactics, and most of the battleships used their guns against the Japanese warships, ready to fire at any time. A small number of ships marched forward, and then another part of the ships moved forward.

The formation was not chaotic, moving forward little by little, and tightening the rope around the neck of the Japanese soldier little by little.

In the evening, the encirclement narrowed, the Japanese warships came into range, and the Ming army began a happy shelling.

Chen Mingde watched the music on the flagship, and after a round of shelling, the smoke of gunpowder was filled with and sawdust flew everywhere, which was really a bit too decompressing.

Chen Mingde smiled at the deputy general and said, "Look at it, the saint spent millions of taels to build a warship, just so that we can watch this fireworks." ”

The adjutant general asked: "The only regret is that I can't see the scene of flesh and blood flying and ghosts crying wolves." ”

Chen Mingde replied: "That can't be helped, we borrowed the topography of Ushishima and successfully surrounded the Japanese sailors, so that they had no way to escape."

There are pros and cons to everything, and the Japanese army was able to abandon ship and land on Ushido Island.

But fortunately they did not land on Jeju Island, it is okay to land on Niudao, which is seven or eight miles long from north to south and four or five miles from east to west, and most of the island is fertile land, and there is a small hill in the southeast corner.

Send the heavy guards up, and the eradication will be completed in a few months. And the people on the island have moved away in advance, so let's toss these Japanese criminals.

What is called catching turtles in the urn, this is called catching turtles in the urn. ”

(End of chapter)