Beiyang new warlord

It’s really called the era of cannons and giant ships. The coastal defense of the Japanese is really rubbish. It’s not even as good as those Japanese pirates. Anyway, the last time the Japanese pirates’ iron-clad Da’anzhai still had Franco artillery equipment, they didn’t even have a big cannon. This battle was truly tragic. A group of warriors holding bows and screaming were yelling desperately to attack the Ming army while the oarsmen were speeding like turtles.

What greeted them were 180 Hessian twelve-pound red cannons.

Mao Jue was a little embarrassed to watch it, dragged Adelaina to the other side of the boat, and followed the roar of the cannons to play with the ship's shock. He was pinching the deck with beads of sweat on his face, and he was using the same force as the cannon. It seemed that there were two more handprints on the wood he pinched.

The roaring cannons have never stopped. There is no technical content to talk about in this battle. It is to rely on the long range to suppress the small short hands of the Japanese. Quite a few, every ship has a banner holding a samurai sword to force its subordinates to rush forward, but now in the whole world, there is no artillery team like Mao Jue. The sharp cone-shaped warheads no longer pursue ricochets to kill, but pursue It's shipwreck damage.

At the same time, there is no shortage of surface damage to personnel. In the past, the grenades were far away, and the damage was insufficient. It made up for the shooting range and included the lethality. This technology belongs to the nineteenth century. It once defeated the army of the famous southern general Robert Lee in the Battle of Gettysburg. For the Japanese, it is even more effective.

There was no volley, the Black Pearl anchored in the middle and turned into a sea fortress, just spray, the Baibaihe and the Red Peony split into left and right, constantly adjusting the angle of the side, the three giant ships seemed to bloom, unexpectedly Want to surround dozens of Japanese warships, every time a cannon is fired, hundreds of steel balls are thrown out every moment in the roar, and in the spray like raindrops, the first six closed ships have almost become slaughterhouses , in the eyes of the ship planks that were hit like pockmarks, blood dripped down.

This one is different from fighting Japanese pirates at sea, the Mongolian mangu at sea is useless to shoot Mao Jue, just shoot at you so steadily.This time, there were more than 30 warships behind him. On the flank of the Black Pearl, thousands of gentlemen had been gearing up for more than half a month.

The warship obviously does not have the accommodation conditions in the barracks. The feeling of being in a dark and dreary cabin is not much different from confinement in a small black room. The only consolation is that there are comrades who sweat and bleed together and rely on each other. The men in the army were already holding back and going crazy, standing on the bow of the ship, watching the Japanese samurai's ship is about to kill, less than 200 meters away from the Black Pearl, Liu Chong, the guard of the second regiment, was so excited that he raised his hand Yelling like a flintlock madman.

"Come on! Little dwarf! Grandpa's big gun is already hungry and thirsty!"

As if feeling the challenge, on the Guan boat in the first row in front of the left, suddenly pushed away the iron shield, and a Japanese general held a samurai sword and screamed ferociously.

"Good guy, let grandpa come"

His eyes were red with excitement, Liu Chong almost jumped off the boat, but his words stopped abruptly, and a cone-nosed bullet slammed into the bow of the closed boat, as if hitting the keel , Amidst the clattering sound, the shoddy and crudely built Guan boat fell apart with a clatter.

Not only this one, in the 5 minutes of advancing, it has been bombarded by no less than a thousand rounds. Even if it is shrapnel, the marbles hit too many, and the frame of the ship has loosened to a critical point. It is really like a domino. , the fourth, the fifth, the second row, the fifth and the sixth. The closed ships collapsed under the artillery fire one after another. Under Liu Chong's stupid eyes, they had already rushed to the Japanese army in front of the Ming army with all their efforts. , collapsed!

Generally, the oarsmen in the sailing era are criminals and slaves! The people in the Japanese kingdom are similar. They watched the ship beside them shatter from the mouth of the oars. I could only raise my hands, screaming in despair and sinking into the deep ocean with the boat. This kind of despair is too frightening. In the neurotic shouting, the oarsmen who were close to the boat directly rowed backwards. The Guan boat behind did not expect it at all, and was still rowing forward. In the ping-pong-pong collision, the Nabeshima family's fleet collided into a ball first.

However, the speed at which the Japanese came to an agreement was fast enough. To Liu Chong's dumbfounded, the entire Japanese army who had played with the bumper boats made a 180-degree turn and fled backwards.

"Damn it, don't hurry up!"

Almost dying of anger, he turned around and squeezed away the soldiers who stretched out their hands. Liu Han set up the sails by himself.

Looking at the Japanese fleeing from this side, Xiaochunzi was about to continue roaring and bombarding, but suddenly more than a dozen Ming army ships rushed up. Looking at this scene from the observation window, she almost choked to death, and angrily swung the boat that was almost thrown out. The little flag was thrown aside and roared angrily.

"Turn off the fire!"

If there was a burst of artillery fire while the Japanese navy was fleeing, the effect would definitely be extraordinary, but Liu Han rushed up, and the gun bays of the Black Pearl had to be closed one after another, and Mao Jue also had no choice but to return to the bridge command podium , Li Shanhai, who was sweating profusely and almost had a cerebral thrombosis here, was helped back to the pier. Immediately, he shook his wrist and waved his hands like a conductor.

"Pull the anchor and march!"

Amidst the sound of rattling iron chains, the four heavy anchors pulled large pieces of shells and aquatic plants up from the sea, and the Black Pearl also turned its bow amidst the creaking of wood.

Although paddling is flexible, it is also a severe test for the physical strength of the oarsmen, just like the day when the Japanese pirates were beaten, those oarsmen who were tired back and forth could not even lift their arms. Even if they fled back, such intense exercise, A large number of oarsmen also died. The oarsmen of the Nabeshima family here are not as good as those of the Japanese pirates. With the hard sails and the wind, the warships of Liu Chong and the others really chased after the Japanese boats.

Their fighting methods are really similar to those of the Japanese. On the deck, the neatly lined up Ming army guns fired like a hornet's nest, and the Nabeshima warriors who fell behind did not dare to show their heads at all. There were those who shot in, and the corpses of the oarsmen and warriors in the back lay there slumped in a mess.

Behind, three sailing battleships lined up, and the mighty Black Pearl marched in the middle with its head held high. Behind, more than 20 warships and supply ships were surrounded like stars and moons. Through the telescope, Iki Island in front of me was gradually bypassed. With one foot on the box, even Mao Jue was a little complacent.

In Li Chao's mind, the Wa Kingdom was a terrifying country, extremely vicious, burning, killing and plundering, and even almost destroyed himself, but in Mao Jue's mind, the Wa Kingdom was far less terrifying.

Now the Toyotomi family has been extinct for several years, and the old fox Tokugawa Ieyasu who lived through more than half of the Japanese Warring States period has died. He, the longest-lived person, has kicked his legs. Those Toyotomi Hideyoshi era experienced the cruelty of the Japanese Warring States period. In the years of competition, those ruthless people basically passed away and ascended to heaven, and the one who took over the country of Wa was the second generation born in the stable period of the world.

Regardless of willpower, courage, and cruelty, the difference between the two generations is really more than one or two points, and the world tends to be peaceful, which also makes people feel at ease, and the people have lost the fighting spirit of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, very similar to the Ming Dynasty. Relying on the soldiers and horses in the south of the Yangtze River, it was the first time to rule the north from the south, but in the Jiajing period, these Jiangnan warriors who had defeated the Mongolian army that ran rampant in Europe, Asia and Africa had fallen to the point where more than [-] Japanese pirates could chase [-] Ming troops all over the place Run, fifty Japanese pirates almost took down Nanjing City.

Although it is impossible for Japan to degenerate so much, with the conservative attitude of the Tokugawa family, it is difficult for them to make the arrogant and stupid decision to capture Ming Dynasty like Toyotomi Hideyoshi back then, especially the national policy set by Tokugawa Ieyasu is to close the country and build ships. The industry has suffered a devastating blow. Today's Wa country is like a huge egg. The Japanese navy in front of us is that thin eggshell. .

And this goal is already looming in front of us!The Iki Strait behind Iki Island is far less spacious than the Tsushima Strait. As Liu Chong, the vanguard, bypassed Iki Island, a rather huge port appeared faintly in Mao Jue's telescope.

Still the same sentence, why are Japanese pirates coming and going to rob us?I'm going to be Tang Kou again!Slowly looking away from the binoculars, Mao Jue's fists were clenched with excitement.

But at this time, after glancing at the telescope for a while from the corner of the eye, Mao Jue suddenly turned his attention to the telescope, and hastily lifted up the gun mount of the telescope like that for a while, then he jumped up and down and yelled angrily again.

"Signature, let Liu Han, that bastard, come back to me immediately!"

More than a dozen messengers were in the Black Pearl's nest, and the bow of the ship waved the flag impatiently at the same time. However, Liu Han in the front seemed to be playing too happily. For a while, except for the two warships at the back moving closer, the Guangzhou ship in front The Fuchuan did not intend to stop at all, and was still fighting around the Japanese pirates to close the boat.

Just at this moment, the roar of artillery fire suddenly sounded from the rear of Iki Island, and the moving ship trembled violently as if it had been electrocuted. More than a dozen huge holes were exposed on the deck. It is equipped with cotton armor with stamped armor as the inner core, and the Tieyi Army still can't bear this strange force. The Ming Army's firearms team, which was still making a fortune just now, was beaten to pieces, and the Ming Army on the side of the boat was also thumping. The flutter was shaken and fell into the sea.

Behind Iki Island, along the coastline, four dark three-masted western sailing ships approached obliquely. Through the telescope, one can vaguely see the ferocious red, white and blue flags flying ferociously, one after another. Cannon fire was pouring out from the lower decks of these sailboats, hitting their own troop carriers hard.

"Fuck!"

Angry cheeks swelled, Mao Jue smashed the telescope over with a fist

Chapter 144. Nagasaki

It was a good battle, but it was disturbed by the four big black men Cheng Yaojin who suddenly came out. The western gunboats who came out of nowhere disrupted the pursuit route and bombarded Liu Chong's Guangzhou ship with more than 70 cannons. The accuracy of the ship was not too high, only eleven shots were hit in total, and six shots hit the side, but even so, more than 60 people from the Tie Yi Army were killed or injured.

Fortunately, these guys are also guilty. After firing a round of cannons to force the Ming army back, they retreated quickly and fled without further expansion of the battle results. Mao Jue had time to adjust the order of the battleships .

The three battleships of the Black Pearl took the lead, forming a defensive formation in a circle, protecting the island and the troop carrier behind the artillery fire. The Ming army still achieved some results. The Japanese army's Fukushima clan's defensive position here.

Unlike Zongshi on Tsushima Island, where the snakes and rats are at both ends, the Japanese here still put up some resistance, and the entry into the city was delayed until around five o'clock in the evening.

Ba Da~ The corpse of a high-ranking warrior wearing a so-called Nanman body was pulled aside, and the door was opened. His armor should be modeled on Western plate armor, which can withstand the shooting of iron cannons, but there is still a big hole in his chest. Pierced by pointed bullets.

However, this thing reminded Mao Jue of today's battle, and made his face even more gloomy. Without taking another look, avoiding the blood on the ground, Mao Jue walked directly into the main hall of the feudal lord of the Iki Mountain Pavilion, followed by , Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Wen Meng, Shenrong and others entered successively.

The warriors all sit cross-legged, and the custom came from the Tang Dynasty. There is no seat in this lobby. After a few soldiers scrambled for a long time, they found a bunch of Japanese military stools, but these are not the point. Mao Jue just sat down. roared angrily.

"Take Liu Chong!"

"Criminal General Liu Chong, pay homage to the general!"

He should have just come down from the battlefield. This Liu Chong's face is still sprayed with blood, and the cotton armor on his body also has a few knife marks. It should be slashed by a Japanese samurai. He just came down from the battlefield and was directly carried over by his own soldiers. , I also knew that something happened to me today, this big man Angzang knelt heavily on the ground as soon as he came up.

"I ask you, who told you to take the warship to battle!"

"Master Hui, no!"

"How about disobeying military orders?"

"When cut!"

"Come on!"

Seeing that the two teams of soldiers came in with their knives in hand, the general next to him quickly persuaded him. Fatty Su was the first to stand up and hugged Mao Jue fiercely.

"General, General Liu is also eager to kill the enemy. In order to serve the general, the military law will not tolerate it, and it is understandable!"

"Yes, General! Now that the battle is imminent, beheading the general will also shake the morale of the army!"

The rabbit dies and the fox is sad, if Liu Han is chopped off today, God knows one day he will lose his head in a daze when his blood is hot, although he is not considered as Mao Jue's relative, Kong Youde is also helping him on the side, but the words have not yet fallen, Mao Jue stood up desperately.

"How did you lose the battle of Guangning? How did Zhang Chun's 4-odd army die in the battle of Dalinghe? Fortunately, this is a naval battle. Against the Japanese kingdom, if you fight against Jiannu, it will be like Liu Han, who disobeyed military orders and attacked without authorization. , let me break the formation, our Tie Yi army will also be wiped out? Military law is no small matter!"

But after all, so many people begged for mercy, and the battle was imminent, so Mao Jue sat back with a heavy face after getting angry for a long time. When he reached out, he pulled out the dagger that he carried with him, and cut it in the palm of his right hand with his teeth. Blood gushed out all at once.