Chapter 280 The Sword Points at Japan (14) Research and Judgment of the Japanese Army
Kuroda Ruishui's question is also what many Japanese generals present are concerned about. What they are worried about is the "Jinghua Giant Ship". As for the Ming Dynasty's Great Fortune Ship, they have actually seen a lot of it, mainly the merchant ships from the south of the Yangtze River heading to Japan.
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Although these Jiangnan maritime merchants occasionally cooperate with the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance and have some armed transport ships in their hands, they are still more willing to take care of the business of local shipyards than ordering ships from Jinghua Shipyard. Obviously, Jiangnan Maritime merchants are still not satisfied
They hope to make Jinghua more money, so the merchant ships they have on hand are still mainly the traditional mainstream ship type Fuchuan of the Ming Dynasty.
As we all know, there was the first peak period of the shipbuilding industry in the early Ming Dynasty. Historical records once recorded that the Ming Dynasty took the initiative to enhance its military strength and build warships. There would be about 5,000 warships in the coastal areas alone. If we add more
If there are warships that go up to Linjiang and Linhe, then the number of warships in the early Ming Dynasty will be even greater.
In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, in order to better resist the Japanese invaders, a second wave of large-scale warship construction began. At that time, there were many types of warships in the Ming Dynasty. In addition to the existing warships of the previous generation, such as tower ships, Mongolian ships, etc.
In addition to rush boats, battleships, sea falcons, walking boats, yachts, etc., there are also smaller 400-material warships, 400-material patrol boats, Jiujiang-style sentry boats, rowing boats, etc., which are mostly used in inland rivers.
In addition to building warships, the Ming Dynasty also had strict rules and regulations for warship formations. At that time, the Ming Navy had more than twenty kinds of warships, the most famous of which was the Fuchuan.
Todo Takatora replied: "It is true that among the warships of the Ming Dynasty that have been discovered so far, there is no Jinghua giant ship, but the navy has judged that even the warships that have been discovered by the Ming Dynasty are not easy to deal with.
After our navy suffered a setback before, we actively carried out pre-war investigations into the Ming Dynasty navy that we might face, and now we have a sufficient understanding of the inside story of its various warships. I can explain it if you need it."
Hearing this, Kuroda Ruishui nodded happily and praised: "Only when you know yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle. The navy's attitude is very good. It seems that it has indeed learned a lesson. Then, please introduce Mr. Toudou to us."
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Todo Takatora stood up and saluted the generals, and then said: "Since we just talked about the lucky ship, let's start with the lucky ship. The lucky ship was a large warship in the Ming Dynasty navy. It was very big, with an upward tip and a head.
It has a raised tail, two masts, a three-story cabin, and a deck as high as a city, with weatherboards beside it.
The warriors behind the bunker shoot arrows and bombs at the enemy ships. They can throw fireballs, fire bricks, and fire barrels, and sink the enemy ships with the current and wind. The ship is equipped with one Jinghua No. 2 barrel at the bow, and the whole ship has sixteen No. 3 barrels; equipped with
There are 60 rocket launchers, 300 supporting rockets; 20 iron cannons (matchlock guns); equipped with bed crossbows, two left and right bowstrings, 500 supporting crossbow arrows, 100 fire bricks, and several cold weapons
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The Fuchuan had sixty-four crew members, nine sailors, and fifty-five warriors, organized into five armors. One was the artillery armor, with a larger number of people. They manned the ship's bow cannon and hull cannon. When approaching the enemy, they threw large fireballs and fireballs.
Bricks; the second armor is musket armor, specifically for shooting muskets; the third and fourth armor are discus servants, who also operate boats for close combat; the fifth armor is fire crossbow armor, specialized for shooting rockets and crossbows."
Everyone nodded after hearing this. It seems that the navy has indeed put some thought into it. Maori Xiuyuan said: "The Dafu ship is probably the main force, but the Ming army has many warships in various styles, and there must be many other warships, especially those with
Does His Highness Fujido know about those who are compatible with the lucky ships? There is no need to explain them all, but you can select a few types with larger numbers and stronger combat capabilities to explain to us."
Takatora Toudo was not afraid of the stage, and nodded: "There are indeed several types, such as the Haicang ship, which is a medium-sized warship with a draft of seven or eight feet deep. It usually maneuvers when the wind is weak and cooperates with the lucky ship.
The ship has four Jinghua No. 3 guns, fifty rocket launchers, eighty smoke cans, fire bricks, two hundred rockets, six small crossbows, and one hundred crossbow arrows. The crew is fifty-three, and the sailors
There are nine people and forty-four warriors, divided into four armors. From the first armor to the fourth armor, they are responsible for the big guns, rockets, iron cannons, and ship maneuvering."
Kuroda Rushui nodded and said: "If the Fu Ship is equivalent to the Anzha Ship of our Navy, then this Haicang Ship looks like the Kanshu Ship of our Navy. In this case, I wonder if there is another ship similar to our Navy
A little early boater?"
"There were many warships in the Ming Dynasty, so there were naturally some ships like this, such as the Cangshan ship." Todo Gaohu said: "This is a small warship with a draft of five feet. Its weapons and equipment are two No. 3 barrels, nine iron cannons, and rockets.
There are forty shooting tubes, sixty chimneys, thirty fire bricks, about a hundred rockets, four crossbows, and 100 crossbow arrows.
There are thirty-seven people on this ship, four sailors, and thirty-three warriors, organized into the third armor. The first armor is French rifles and shotguns, the third armor is rockets and chimneys, and the second armor is cold weapons."
Because the Maori family is the "Maori two rivers", it is actually a combination of three families. Among them, the Kobayakawa family has a good naval force, so Maori Hidemoto also has some knowledge of warships. When he heard this introduction, he was surprised and said: "It sounds like this
The latter two types of ships are smaller than our army's ships, and even the small morning ships are not smaller, but why are there not even as many people on board as our army's?"
In fact, his question was on point, and it was obvious that he did understand the Japanese navy. "Sekishun" is a medium-sized warship in the Japanese navy. The design idea is to improve maneuverability while taking into account defense.
Sex, the sculls installed on both sides are between 40 and 80.
The weapons are mainly large barrels and iron cannons, which were the main battle force of the early Japanese naval forces. They are also called "hay ships". They have a pointed bow and a slender hull. They use plates as armor. The hull is light and has good maneuverability.
The reason why "Guan Ship" got its name is because in the early years, Japanese pirates set up "Customs Station" at sea strongholds to collect tolls from passing ships. In order to catch up with tax evading ships, they were faster and attracted attention. By the beginning of the Warring States Period, it was
Used as a military ship.
The "seki-bune" has rafters around it, and while the armor of the Anzha-bune is thicker, the seki-bune is thinner and often uses materials such as bamboo to lighten the hull, making it a fast ship.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, due to the weak firepower of this kind of ship, and the Japanese navy were pirates in the early years, they often had to join gangs to plunder, so there were many people on the ship.
There are more than 120 people, and sometimes there may even be about 150 people crammed into it. In short, even with normal configuration, the number of people on the Guan ship is more than twice that of the Ming Haicang ship.
As for the "little morning boat", it is a typical small boat. The design idea is to give up defense and improve mobility as much as possible. There are less than 40 oars on both sides, and it is mainly responsible for reconnaissance and communication. Because it is light and flexible, the cost is low
It is large and has low technical content, so it has become the mainstream ship of pirates and is often used in groups.
"Small morning ships" can be divided into iron gun ships, long-handled ships, odd ships, monojian ships, ban ships, ration ships, etc. The staffing is taken as an example of the eight hundred stone ships. Generally, it is equipped with a hundred oars and requires a hundred sailors.
, including five helmsmen on the bow, about a hundred musketeers, and combatants accounting for half of the total number.
If you use sails as power to go to the open sea, the number of sailors can be greatly reduced, and you can take a hundred-man iron artillery team. Because there is almost no armor, it is lighter and more convenient than a ship, and it plays the role of a destroyer in the fleet. However, there must be advantages.
The disadvantage is that because of its low defense ability, it is only good for close combat.
In other words, even the small morning boat that accompanied the main force of the Japanese Navy to sea operations was equipped with more than 100 people, which was also more than twice the crew of the Ming Cangshan ship.
Todo Takatora explained: "This matter is related to the combat tactics of both sides. Our navy has not fought with the Ming Navy for many years, so we cannot directly draw conclusions about the combat tactics of the Ming Navy. However, looking back at the Beiyang Sea Trade Alliance Kanto
Perhaps we can get a glimpse of the fleet's battle in Northeast China (referring to Northeast Japan) and infer one or two things.
Generally speaking, we believe that the Ming Navy’s tactics should try to avoid boarding battles and gang-hopping battles, and mainly focus on long-range strikes. Its operations mainly rely on large cannons and rockets, and medium and short-range iron cannons and crossbows.
Because of this, they don't need to have a large number of close combat soldiers on a warship."
Maori Xiuyuan frowned and said: "Then they won't be prepared for our army to join the gang and jump to the gang? I mean, they are so defenseless in close combat. Once our troops complete the gang jump, wouldn't they have no choice but to be slaughtered?
Already?"
"This is how the navy views this point." Wakisaka Anji didn't wait for Takatora Todo to answer, and took the initiative to take over the conversation: "The Ming army, regardless of its land division or navy, has great advantages in firearms, especially large barrels.
Confidence, they probably believed that our army would not be able to successfully complete the boarding under the bombardment of its powerful large barrel, so naturally it would be even less likely to successfully conduct a gang-hopping battle.
Therefore, the Ming army will believe that they are capable of winning by relying solely on large-barrel bombardment, rocket explosions, ignition, poisonous smoke and other means, and since they also include crossbows and iron cannons in short-range combat, there is not much danger."
Maori Xiuyuan frowned and said: "Then the Navy has studied and judged the tactics of the Ming Navy and finally found a way to crack it?"
Todo Takatora did not answer directly at this time, but took the conversation back and emphasized: "Your Highness Mouri, before talking about the navy's research and judgment on this, I would like to add something more. Just now I just talked about the relationship between the Ming Navy and the navy.
Our navy made some explanations about Anzhachuan, Guanchuan, Dafuchuan, Haicangchuan and Cangshanchuan, which are similar to small morning boats. In fact, the Ming army has more than twenty types of warships. This time, they have been discovered by our Monojianchuan.
There are as many as seven or eight types, and among them there is at least one type of ship that deserves our attention."
Maori Xiuyuan was a little surprised, but it could be seen that he attached great importance to it and immediately asked: "Oh, what kind of ship is it?"
"This ship is called the Mother Ship, also known as the Mother Fire Ship." Takatora Fujido said solemnly: "The Mother Fire Ship is also a light ship. According to the investigation, it was found that its mother ship is three feet long, two feet in front and one foot in the back.
Five, it can be said to be quite small.
This type of ship has only side panels on both sides and is hollow inside. There is a small boat with a back cover and four oars for rowing. It is usually tied to the mother ship with ropes. There are firewood, heavy oil, explosives, live wires and other items in the mother ship.
When a battle is imminent, use the mother ship to quickly approach the enemy ship and pin the two sides together. The people on board quickly ignite the mother ship and the battle is completed. At this time, the people can return on the sub-ship."
"Oh... I understand. This is a specialized fire attack ship type. It sounds quite sophisticated and practical in structure." Maori Hidemoto took a breath, looked around, and saw that all the generals looked solemn, and said
: "The people of the Tang Dynasty have been good at attacking with fire since ancient times, and even though the Ming Dynasty is now in the Ming Dynasty, they have not changed their style.
Although most of our naval warships are now covered with iron armor, the armor obviously does not cover both sides of the ship. In this way, the Ming army's fire ship can still successfully nail our warships and then ignite them...
So, is there any way for the Navy to solve this problem?"
Todo Takatora said: "To know how to crack it, we must first determine the enemy's tactics. What I just said was just the enemy's ships' respective usages, and I have not yet explained their coordination.
According to the navy's analysis, during wartime, the enemy might put the mother-and-son fireships in the front, or in other words, on the periphery of the fleet, while the other various types of ships that relied on long-range firepower strikes were in the periphery.
Once the war begins, the mother-and-son fireships charge and approach, try their best to pin our warships, and then sail the crew back to the formation. At the same time, the firearms within the formation fire, whether it is large-barrel bombardment or rocket shooting, they can force our troops to the point where they need it.
Put out the fire and fight back against them.
Considering that our army has to try its best to join forces and join forces to take advantage of it, there are too many tasks that need to be performed at the same time. No matter how well-trained it is, there is no guarantee that it will not be rushed and overwhelmed, and it will inevitably fall into passivity.
The embarrassing situation of being beaten.”
This time the Japanese army was divided into two armies, with two generals. Mouri Hidemoto was one of them. The other general, Ukita Hideie, who had never spoken out, finally spoke at this time and said: "Todo, since you analyzed
Now that you have a clear answer, you must have a good idea of how to deal with it, right? In that case, let’s stop being so pretentious and speak out quickly to reassure everyone.”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, Toudo Takatora's performance does not seem to be "confident", but is extremely serious. Perhaps he has suffered a lot from underestimating the enemy several times before, but now he is finally cautious.
Yan solemnly said: "It is expected that the enemy aircraft will be beyond the control of human beings. How can I dare to speak so loudly? Regarding the possible tactics of the Ming Navy, the Navy has indeed made some research and judgments, but its effectiveness still needs to be tested in actual combat.
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In general, our navy has no obvious and effective way to restrain the Ming army's tactics. It can only use troops to block the water and cover it with soil. Since they need to spread fireboats around the periphery, then we can carry them quickly and easily.
There are many people on the small morning boat to deal with it.
The purpose of this is to use a small early boat to quickly approach the parent fireship, jump over the side as quickly as possible, seize the enemy ship, or at least ensure the killing of the enemy on the enemy ship, so that it cannot smoothly approach our navy ship.
After solving the threat of the mother-in-law fireships, if our army captures some mother-in-law fireships, they will turn around and approach the enemy's big ships such as Daifuku. If not many are captured, then give up and settle down with the main giant ships and iron armor.
The ship serves as the core and directly attacks the enemy's main formation!
The impact does not matter whether it is victory or defeat. As long as it can disrupt the enemy's formation, our navy, no matter what ship it is, must find the best target to join forces as soon as possible!"
Maori Xiuyuan frowned and said: "If we follow this strategy, the large cannons installed by our navy will have no room for use. Then what is the point of spending a lot of money to install large cannons?"
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