Chapter 281 Return of the Japanese Empire (Twenty) Princess Kafei arrives
When Gao Pangshi received the news of Daoshan's defeat, it happened that Kafei finally arrived from Japan to the south and landed directly in the Golden Sea.
Kaiji's trip to the south this time was a bit thrilling, because the fleet first encountered a moderate typhoon. According to the fleet's subsequent statements, it was probably on the edge of the typhoon.
This accident caused slight damage to the ship, but overall it could only be said that it was a near miss. However, after sailing for another day, they encountered real danger-the fleet ran into the Japanese navy and the ships it carried.
Come to Korea for reinforcements.
The most serious problem in this accident was the disparity in strength between the two sides: Kafihime's fleet itself was just a small force, with only five ships in total.
The originally planned mission of this fleet was to return the silver earned in Japan to the Ming Dynasty, and store it in the Federal Reserve Bank as the principal of small-denomination banknotes issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of the Ming Dynasty. Instead, it was because of high pragmatic orders that it brought Princess Kafi to North Korea.
An additional task for Gasser.
Originally, according to the plan, this fleet did not need to approach the Korean coast. It was supposed to set off from Misaki Castle, along the southern Japanese coastline to Qingshui Castle, which was assigned to the Sea Trade Alliance by the Shimadzu family, and install the Sea Trade Alliance's profits in Kyushu Island at Qingshui City.
, and then set sail again, entering the Yellow Sea from the south and west of Jeju Island, and finally went straight to Tianjin Port to complete the delivery.
However, due to the new task of sending Kaiji to the south, he installed the Kyushu Island income in Qingshui Castle and then headed north, preparing to go directly from the sea west of Tsushima Island to Okpo (this place is south of Gimhae, Okpo
The naval battle broke out in its waters)... As a result, the above two accidents occurred.
There is not much to say about the typhoon, and by the standards of later generations, it may not be called a typhoon. It may be just the remnants of a tropical storm that blew into the edges of the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Whales (Sea of Japan).
But it is very strange to encounter the Japanese navy, because this Japanese navy is not only huge in number, but also has large ships alone, including more than 40 Japanese self-modified Oyasiya ships and Keika armed transport ships.
Japan purchased a limited number of armed transport ships from Jinghua, only about thirty ships in total, and some of them had been sent to Busan before, and the remaining ships in its homeland were only twenty at most. When they encountered the Kaiji fleet this time, they found that they were armed.
There are at least fourteen transport ships, which shows that Toyotomi Hideyoshi now doesn't even care about Osaka Bay and is forcing the invasion of Korea.
As for the Daan house ship, it was built overtime after Japan discovered that its maritime strength was insufficient. There were already many in Busan Port, and more than twenty ships came this time. According to Japan's production strength, this
The scale is probably almost overwhelming.
The reason why this crisis was finally resolved was, at first glance, thanks to the Japanese Navy's preference for "iron armor". Both O'Anzha and the armed transport ship experienced a decrease in speed after adding iron armor (covered with a thin layer of iron).
problem, giving the Yunyin Fleet a chance to evacuate.
But is this really the case? In fact, no, the speed reduction caused by armored ships is indeed obvious, but the main problem is that they are facing the Maritime Bank formation of the Sea Trade Alliance.
Since it is transporting silver, it obviously carries a lot of weight. How can this ship be light if it is all silver? In terms of speed, compared with the main combat power of the Japanese Navy at that time, the Oyasaka and the armored armed transport ship
It's half a dozen, and it doesn't really create any advantages.
So in the end it was the Yunyin formation that was in command. Gao Huichang, the captain of the formation's flagship "Xuanyuanguan" (which is located in the northwest of Dengfeng County, Henan Province) came up with the idea to make the formation behave like a decoy formation.
Specifically, he took the initiative to provoke the Japanese navy by relying on the advantage of the artillery range. Once the Japanese navy began to prepare for combat, he turned around and fled with the other four ships. The Japanese navy was out of range of the firepower in pursuit.
He, he continued to be provocative by relying on the stern gun while sailing.
Later, the Japanese army began to find something was wrong, mainly because their formation gradually lost its combat formation, so it slowed down and reorganized the formation. Originally, this seemed to be a good opportunity to escape, but Gao Huichang did not run away, but turned around to fire a few more shots, so the Japanese army again
Chasing - the cycle starts.
After this cycle three times, the Japanese navy concluded that Gao Huichang's small fleet must be a decoy formation. The reasons are obvious. There are two main points: first, since they are armed transport ships that have not been modified with iron armor, their speed should be higher than their own.
Fast, but the enemy formation never accelerated, which shows that there is something wrong.
Secondly, as soon as our side slows down and regroups, the enemy fleet immediately turns to attack and harass with broadside cannons, preventing our side from completing the grouping, but at the same time it resolutely refuses to get close to our side - in other words, the enemy fleet does not care about the accuracy of the bombardment at all.
, they thought it was enough as long as they kept firing at the Japanese navy.
What does this mean? Of course, it’s because the enemy fleet’s mission is not to sink or damage our navy, but to continue to provoke our navy, make our navy lose its mind, pursue it desperately, and finally rush in in a chaotic formation.
The enemy's main force is encircling it!
It has to be said that the Japanese navy has suffered many times in naval battles during the Korean War, being lured into encirclements and beaten, and now it has finally learned its lesson.
So this time, they decided: We will not pursue them anymore. We must complete our main task first - send the reinforcements led by Kobayakawa Hideaki to the Ulsan front line first!
In this way, the Japanese naval support fleet stopped paying attention to Gao Huichang, who seemed to be arrogant, but in fact could not cause any harm to them. They changed their course and headed straight for Busan (we should go to Busan first), while Gao Huichang continued to harass them.
After a while, he pretended that the seduction mission had failed and "left in anger".
Gao Huichang did not stop after sending Kafeiji and her party to Yupu. He simply replenished Danshui and other supplies and then set off to Tianjin Port to pay the money. However, Kafeiji was very impressed by this battle and became pragmatic as soon as she saw Gao.
These situations were reported to him in detail.
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Gao Huichang's approach this time is also the embodiment of "predicting people like gods", which obviously made Gao Pragmatic take a very high look.
After thinking about it, Gao Jingshi remembered that he had planned to expand the Kanto fleet by more than a dozen ships this year, so he simply ordered a commendation. At the same time, he appointed Gao Huichang as the deputy commander of the Kanto fleet. After completing the shipping mission, he went to Laizhou to receive the new ships.
, and then led the new ship fleet to Misaki Castle to take office.
As soon as this incident was over, the battle report from the Ulsan front line came in, and Gao Pingshi realized that the Dosan side had suffered some losses, and there was also discord within the Ming and North Korean coalition forces, with both sides insisting on their own opinions and being dissatisfied with each other.
Gao Pangshi was still thinking about the personnel issues involved, but Kafeiji walked to the Ulsan-Dosan Japanese Fortress structure map provided by Gao Qi and looked at it.
Unlike Gao Pragmatic, who carefully discerns which side of the story is closer to the truth, Kafihime is thinking about purely military issues. To put it bluntly, it is how to conquer the Dosan Japanese Fortress.
When it comes to the attack and defense of Japanese cities, Kafiji is probably more professional than the entire Ming army at all levels, because she herself is an expert in the Japanese city defense system. Her famous battle in the Battle of Ninja Castle was to defend the city with an extremely inferior force -
-Although in the end the city had to be transferred due to political changes, it was no longer a military issue.
Gao Pragmatic was silent for a long time, and Kafeiji couldn't help but said: "Sir, the situation in Ulsan and Dosan Twin Cities is very clear. I think that unless there is a time limit, it will only be a long-term siege. Why must we attack by force?"
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Gao pragmatic asked rhetorically: "If we want to encircle them, how long do you think it will take to force the Japanese troops in the city to surrender or lose their combat effectiveness?"
Kaiji said: "This depends on many factors, such as whether the material preparations in the city are sufficient, whether the siege can ensure that it cannot receive foreign aid, and whether the morale in the city will unexpectedly collapse due to some things, etc."
Gao Pingshi was moved in his heart and said: "If Toyotomi Hideyoshi dies, can this news cause the Japanese army in the city to collapse?"
"It's very possible." Kaiji doesn't have a good impression of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Especially in recent years, there have been a lot of rumors about Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Japan. Most of them say that Taiko is now moody and often kills people.
The respect he had from people all over the world gradually disappeared.
In addition, Toyotomi Hideyoshi has been forcing Tokugawa Ieyasu to deal with Misaki Castle and Tamana Castle. Although Tokugawa Ieyasu delayed it through various means and only acted a little, it in any case deepened the relationship between Kaiji and Toyotomi.
Hideyoshi's bad feeling, so she was very indifferent to the news that Toyotomi Hideyoshi might be seriously ill, and even looked forward to it.
Upon seeing this, Gao Pragmatic said: "Having said that, it is better to win the battle of Ulsan on the battlefield. This will help us to deter Japan more concretely in the future."
Ji Fei Ji frowned slightly and asked: "That is to say, do you still hope to capture Ulsan and Dosan Twin Cities by military means?"
"Yes, do you have any ideas or suggestions?" Gao Pragmatic asked directly without hiding it.
Kaiji turned her attention to the structure diagram and thought: "Then we must attack by land and water, and I'm afraid I have to be prepared for some... relatively large losses."
"Tell me."
"Yes, sir." Kabiji said: "Sir, if you look at this Dosan Japanese Fortress, regardless of its previous relationship with the Ulsan Japanese Fortress, you will find two characteristics just by looking at its own structure. In general,
That is, it is close to mountains and sea.
It is based on mountains, which allows it to build this kind of terraced round-shaped defense line. Not only does our army need to attack from behind at every step, but the circles in this round-shaped circle are quite narrow and cannot accommodate too many soldiers. The advantage of a large army
Can't be reflected.
The height difference between the "terraced fields" in this shape is quite large, which is rare even in Japan. I think this was deliberately done by Kato Kiyomasa based on the characteristics of our army..."
Gao pragmatic interjected and asked: "How do you say this?"
"Ah, this is because in Japan, each force only has a few muskets at most, and there are not many practical artillery. Therefore, the height difference between the circular defense lines does not need to be particularly large, and it is even deliberately maintained on the defensive side.
The musket range can perfectly cover the next level of 'terraces'.
But our army is different. Our army has many powerful artillery. This forced Kato Kiyomasa to raise the height of the "terraces" to prevent our artillery from effectively threatening the upper defenders. After all, the elevation angle of the artillery is limited.
Nor can we arbitrarily raise the elevation angle to "fire into the sky", thus minimizing the advantage of our army's artillery.
Although doing so may result in the Japanese defenders' artillery being insufficient to cover the entire range of the lower 'terraces', considering that our artillery threatens them too much, such a compromise should be acceptable to Kato Kiyomasa."
Gao pragmatic understood, nodded and said: "You are right, Ma Gui and the others mentioned in the battle report that the structure of the Japanese city made the artillery almost completely ineffective... You continue."
"Then there is the sea." Kaiji said: "Being close to the sea means that supplies can be obtained from the sea. Although this can only be achieved by taking advantage of the characteristics of the current special weather, as long as they can achieve it, it means that they have become the main force of our army.
We must find ways to overcome our weaknesses."
Gao pragmatically asked: "How to overcome it?"
Ji Feiji hesitated for a moment and asked: "As far as I know, it is still the Japanese and Japanese fleets that are currently carrying out the blockade mission of Busan, but the fleet of the Sea Trade Alliance has never carried out this mission... Master, why is this?"
"Because the nature is different." Gao Pragmatic sighed and said: "The Sea Trade Alliance's fleet is indeed powerful, but the operation and maintenance of this fleet does not cost the court's money. It is the Sea Trade Alliance's own responsibility.
If I don’t care about spending more money,
That may make sense, but many of the alliance fleets are ships owned by noble families. If the mission I ask them to perform is too risky, too difficult, and the damage is relatively serious, then it will be a bit troublesome for me.
of.
Of course, the most important question is whether these efforts can reap benefits - you have to know that although the Sea Trade Alliance has strong military strength, this organization is ultimately a commercial organization, and interests are the core link.
In other words, if I give them too many tasks and too heavy responsibilities, it means that I must give them enough benefits after the war as a tacit agreement between us."
Kafi said curiously: "The captured Japanese warships are also worth a lot of money. It should be enough to pay them off, right?"
Gao Pangshi smiled bitterly and said: "There are some troubles in this matter, and I am still trying to figure it out." He couldn't directly tell the emperor that he was planning to capture the warships, so he had to prevaricate it first.
Kafihime is particularly well-behaved in this regard. She knows best and refuses to ask questions that she shouldn't ask. However, in this way, she is somewhat limited in finding a way to take over the Japanese castle in Dosan Mountain militarily. She can't help but frown and muttered: "If we want to take over the island,
We have to do something about the mountains and the sea. I have a plan, maybe I can give it a try."
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ps: I went out to do some errands yesterday, and I didn’t even have time to get home in time, so yesterday’s chapter was delayed until today. I’m very sorry. However, delay is a delay, and it doesn’t mean asking for leave or being absent from work. This chapter is made up for yesterday’s chapter.
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