Chapter 280 The Sword Points at Japan (Eighteen) to Defeat Sichuan
The coastline of North Korea, especially the southern coastline, is very winding. In addition, the terrain on both sides of the southern Yellow Sea is very similar, mostly "rocky shores." Therefore, the western part of the Yellow Sea has deep-water ports such as Jiaozhou Bay in Shandong, and the southern part of North Korea on the east coast of the Yellow Sea also has
Many excellent ports.
However, although the congenital conditions are good, North Korea's national power and population are limited after all, and its cities are naturally limited. Therefore, although there are many places with good port conditions, not many are actually developed.
Due to the abundant seafood in the surrounding area and the fertile land itself, Sacheon has received some development, and some fortifications have been built over the years. For example, directly east of Sacheon is the Seonghuangdang Mountain Fortress built during the Goryeo Dynasty.
In fact, there are beacon towers built on the top of the mountain that can light fire and smoke for the purpose of transmitting messages to each other on mountains such as Jiaosan Mountain in Samcheonpo, Angui Mountain in Yongmei, Seonghuang Mountain due east, and Namsan Mountain in Kunyang.
The place where Yi Sun-shin launched a turtle ship to defeat the Japanese army for the first time in the year of Jin was the sea area in front of Yongmei Bunjin-ri in this place.
Although the strength of the fleet was sufficient, Gao Pragmatic did not want to have a naval duel before Liu Wei landed, because he hoped that Liu Wei's attack on Jinzhou would be sudden enough to form a strong deterrent to the Japanese army.
Therefore, the Japanese fleet has always been far away from the coastline when it goes south - the Japanese navy has limited ocean navigation capabilities due to ship type issues, and its activities in Korean waters generally do not go too far from the coastline, which is relatively easy to avoid.
In this way, the Japanese fleet did not go through the Myeongryang Strait where the Myeongryang Sea Battle took place, but took the wider Jeju Strait, then turned east and then north, and broke into Okpo directly - this was Yi Sunsin's first battle against the Japanese army.
The Battle of Okpo that took place.
Yupu Bay was shrouded in mist in the early morning of this morning. The Dongchang, which Gao Pragmatic was riding on, was still in the center of the rear formation. In front was the Ming army's regular fleet led by Chen Lin, and in the front was naturally Deng Zilong's advance fleet.
Gao Pragmatic stood on the bridge command podium facing the wind. At this time, his vision was limited in the early morning fog, and he could not clearly see the situation on the coastline. But suddenly he heard the sound of gunfire in front, which made Gao Pragmatic slightly startled.
He turned to the captain of the Dongchang, Gao Shengyi, and asked, "Can you tell how far away this shelling occurred?"
Gao Shengyi replied: "Reporting to the master, the bombardment occurred about six or seven miles ahead, not far from us. From the sound of the artillery, it sounded like the No. 3 gun fired, which means that the fighting distance was not far away, and it was not on the other side.
When the facility fired artillery, it probably encountered a small Japanese fleet, most likely a patrol boat."
Gao Pangshi felt confident after hearing his answer, and couldn't help but feel quite satisfied. This is the navy he built with a lot of money! As the captain of the flagship, Gao Shengyi knew the distance of the bombardment and what gun fired it just by "hearing"
, and can even be used to infer the situation of the war.
What does this mean? It means that the Beiyang Fleet's daily live-fire training is normalized. These situations are very familiar to them. They know it just by hearing it, without seeing it with their own eyes. This situation is also known to the pragmatic people, such as the army
Veterans and generals can immediately distinguish the type of weapon when they hear the sound of cannons and gunshots. It seems that the same is true at sea.
However, Gao Pragmatic continued to ask: "If it is really a Japanese patrol boat, do you think the advance fleet can sink them all or capture them? I mean, do not let them have the opportunity to transmit what they see at sea back to Busan?"
Although the advance fleet is not part of the Beiyang Fleet, and both sides have different ship types, Gao Shengyi is still very sure: "Unless Deng Zongrong intends to let it go, there will be no obstacles to sinking or capturing the enemy ship. This is
It is determined by the types of ships on both sides and the direction of the wind at that time. In addition, the number of patrol boats of the Japanese Navy cannot be large, maybe just one or two small morning boats, and General Deng can handle it quickly."
I believe that professionalism has always been a good habit of Gao Pragmatic. Since Gao Shengyi said this, Gao Pragmatic felt relieved, nodded, and asked: "Have the crew finished breakfast? How long will it take to enter the landing battle? Liu Jingna
Any reports on the side?"
Gao Shengyi said: "Reporting to the master, the crew members have finished their breakfast for half an hour. Even if there is a battle now, it doesn't matter. As for Liu Zongrong, they ate earlier than the crew members should have done. It has been prepared by now."
Please rest assured that we are preparing for the landing operation."
Gao pragmatic asked again: "Did Liu Wei say whether any of his men were seasick or something like that, which would have an impact on the landing operation?"
"The Liu Jiajun has been fighting in the south all year round, and there is almost no seasickness. You don't have to worry about this." Gao Shengyi replied with a smile, and then added: "However, there will still be some other situations, most of which are unexpected physical discomforts.
This kind of thing is very common in the military, but it is still an isolated phenomenon, so there is no need for you to worry."
Gao Pragmatic thought about it carefully and couldn't think of any other possible problems. He finally felt relieved and nodded: "Okay, you can just follow the plan later. The front army will be commanded by Chen Lin, and the rear army will be commanded by Chen Lin."
The army is under your command. Unless there are huge changes in the specific process, there is no need to ask me for instructions on everything."
"Yes, sir, take your orders." Gao Shengyi's face was calm, and he didn't even seem to be excited. Perhaps in his view, even if the main force of the Japanese Navy discovered and arranged it here in advance, it would not be a big deal. After all,
The gap in strength is very obvious, and it is not only the quantitative gap, but also the development direction of the Japanese navy...
As expected, not long after their master and servant finished their conversation, the Chen Lin fleet ahead sent signals and lights, indicating that although there was a small accident ahead, it had been completely resolved. Now the advance fleet was slowing down and waiting for him, he
Then he prepared to speed up the approach and arrange the landing, and finally asked Gao pragmatically if he had any other instructions.
Gao pragmatic waved his hand and said: "Instruct Chen Lin and Deng Zilong to carry out their own actions according to the planned plan. Our fleet will also turn to the east sea area according to the plan to guard against the Japanese navy that may be coming from the direction of Busan, and provide the east direction for the landing operation.
Artillery cover... I wish Wansheng."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The Chen Lin fleet in front quickly received a response. After also replying "Wish Wan Sheng", the Chen Lin fleet immediately took action, and the gunpowder and projectiles on the ship were destroyed.
Boxes upon boxes were loaded onto the deck, and the soldiers who were actually used by the Marine Corps were also put on armor and began to board the landing boats.
Since water battles are not as good as land battles, it is rare for Liu Wei himself not to take the lead, but to stand on the command platform of the bridge of the former fleet flagship with Chen Lin. Since Liu Jiajun often fought landing battles in the past, he has nothing to do now.
The order needs to be specially issued, so it seems a bit boring, just holding my big sword and rubbing it back and forth from time to time.
As a general who was born in Guangdong, Chen Lin also happened to be the commander-in-chief of Guangdong at that time. Naturally, he was also an experienced general in naval warfare. He quickly issued various orders and completed them. Then he turned around and saw Liu Wei's appearance, and couldn't help but smile: "
Liu Zongrong, I'm afraid you don't need to kill the enemy personally in this battle of landing at Sichuan. If you really feel itchy, you might as well save your energy for the battle of Jinju afterwards.
After Sichuan is captured, there is no guarantee that Jinzhou, which is not far away, will get wind of it and mobilize temporarily to cause some trouble for your subsequent attacks..."
"Ha, Mr. Chen is overly worried. If I encounter that unlucky place in Jinzhou, I will have to be unlucky again. As for whether it's troublesome or not, I don't care about it, but..."
Liu Wei sighed, shook his head and said: "Nowadays, there are more and more firearms and equipment. It is said that the Japanese army in Sichuan only has two or three hundred people. We must have taken it casually, and there is nothing to say. But Jinzhou is also a siege.
Although my hands are itchy, I’m afraid I still won’t get the chance to kill the enemy with my own hands, which is a pity.”
Chen Lin then realized that Liu Wei was depressed because he had no chance to kill the enemy himself. He couldn't help laughing, but he also advised: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. After this, the Japanese army is shaken, and there will definitely be enemies coming south from Hanyang. Then there will be
Given the opportunity to fight in the field, Liu Zongrong wanted to drink blood with a big sword, but he didn't worry about not finding a way to do it."
Liu Wei laughed loudly, put the scabbard on the ground, and said: "Thank you very much, Mr. Chen Rong Jiyan."
At this time, as time passed, the sun rose and the morning mist gradually dissipated, and the appearance of the Ming army fleet appeared in the beacon towers around Yupu Bay. The small groups of Japanese troops stationed everywhere were shocked when they saw this, and they recognized it.
After the people who came out were not from our own navy, they lit beacons one after another to notify their friendly forces.
It's a pity that North Korea is not China after all. There has never been a man as brilliant and strategic as Qin Shihuang in the past dynasties. Naturally, he does not have the ability to communicate with super long-distance beacons like the Great Wall. These beacon towers can only communicate with each other, but they cannot transmit the news to just one person.
It was passed to other cities through beacon fire.
But even so, the beacon towers everywhere are also defensive fortifications. Since the enemy is attacking, they will naturally take action immediately and step up preparations for defense, but this kind of preparation is actually of little significance.
As Chen Lin and Liu Wei said during the conversation, since this place is in southern Korea and is actually the hinterland of the Japanese army, the defenses are naturally very lax, so that the Japanese army in the entire Sichuan does not exceed 300 people.
Liu Wei's troops numbered 30,000, and the first wave of landings consisted of his direct descendants, that is, Liu Jiajun who would not be trapped by seasickness. The Liu Jiajun came here with a total of 15,000, together with the remaining soldiers from the southwest.
The strength of the troops is equal, but the seasickness of the native soldiers is very serious, so we do not plan to use them for the current landing.
According to the plan, the Liu Jiajun was responsible for landing and taking Sichuan as quickly as possible, and then marched northward to attack Jinju without stopping. The native soldiers landed and garrisoned after Liu Jiajun captured Sichuan. It was expected that they would repair in Sichuan for three days to relieve seasickness and related symptoms.
Let’s talk about other things later.
The 15,000 Liu Jiajun captured Sichuan, which was less than 300 Japanese troops. The battle itself was nothing to watch. Because Chen Lin was "escorted" by the highly pragmatic and friendly Beiyang Fleet, he boldly placed the Dafu ship in the vanguard.
On the line, the few No. 2 guns it carried opened fire on several beacon towers, and soon the Japanese army was unable to raise its head.
The Liu Jiajun completely ignored the possibility of a counterattack by the Japanese army - which of course did not actually happen - and expertly drove waves of landing boats into the bay to land. The Liu Jiajun who landed first quickly formed their team and quickly began to attack the beacon towers.
, and the Dafu ship, which had only bombarded a few rounds, stopped firing at the same time to avoid accidentally injuring friendly forces.
Due to the limited troop strength, the number of Japanese troops on various beacon towers ranged from thirty to forty to as few as a dozen. In fact, they did not have strong defensive capabilities. They fell quickly one after another under Liu Jiajun's lightning-fast attack.
In the end, only the small town of Sichuan stood alone in Liu Jiajun's eyes.
Liu Wei landed ashore at this time. He looked at the small town of Sichuan not far away and saw that there were only more than a hundred Japanese troops on top of the city. Many of them were even trembling with fear. He couldn't help but shook his head slightly and said to his subordinates: "It seems
These people in the rear of the Japanese army are all new recruits, and they may have never seen blood. Such people are easy to deal with, so don't waste your troops. Let people pull the cannon forward and fire it for a round, and then send
Call the city and let them open the city and surrender." His subordinates immediately complied.
As Liu Wei expected, these Japanese soldiers were indeed new soldiers, and the veterans with combat experience were less than 10%. These new soldiers were originally temporarily recruited from Japan's "Western Kingdom" to supplement the losses in the Renchen year.
All the people brought by the expropriation were originally local farmers.
Such a so-called army, facing the huge fleet in Yupu Bay that was so numerous that it obscured the sea surface, and the overwhelming black force of 15,000 troops, how could it raise half of its morale!
Even the veterans did not think that their side had even the slightest chance of survival. To a certain extent, they were even worse than the new recruits. They had already clamored for a retreat - but the reason was good: the Ming army must be landed in Yupu Bay in large numbers.
The news spread back to Busan!
Guardsman Sagawa was not a big shot, he was just a low-level samurai named Murakami Kogo. Judging from his name, he was probably a descendant of one of the three Murakami navy families.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although the three Murakami navy families have long been owned by the Toyotomi, Mori, and Kobayakawa families, they started out as pirates after all, and it is a matter of housekeeping to adapt to the wind. Therefore, Murakami
Haowu is also very discerning. One look at the enemy's posture and he knows that no matter fighting to the death or escaping, it is actually a dead end. The only chance of survival is to surrender.
However, it would be a bit ugly for someone to surrender before they are in sight, so he planned to hold on for a while to let the opponent know his "bravery" and "perseverance", and then find an opportunity to surrender... This way, the chance of survival would actually be better.
big.
Who would have known that the Ming army showed no regard for martial ethics at all, and did not launch an offensive at all. Instead, they directly brought twenty or thirty cannons that were considered "giant barrels" in Murakami Kogo's eyes, and launched a bombardment without saying a word.
This shelling not only cracked the city wall in two places, but also killed a dozen unlucky guys. Even Murakami Kogo himself was hit by a gunshot, and a piece of wood splinter that came from nowhere even scratched him.
The scalp was almost gone, and the head was almost gone.
Murakami Kogo did not dare to delay any longer, and immediately found someone to prepare to shout surrender, and at the same time sent someone to open the city gate. It happened that Liu Wei also sent someone to call the city at this time, and a dramatic scene happened.
The loud voice sent by the Ming army just shouted: "The Japanese pirates on the other side, listen..." Before he could say the following words, the "Japanese pirates on the other side" were already holding white flags and shouting in somewhat broken Chinese: "The nests have surrendered.
The nests are down!"
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PS: After a whole morning of fishing, I finally kept my promise.
