At dusk, Taiwan Harbor, which had been busy all day, gradually became quiet.
Lin Xiao was inspecting the South Fort. He held the title of Deputy Director of the Military Intelligence Department of the Guards, so he also put on a black Chinese-Western military uniform and walked solemnly on the fort. Now, Zhao Xuanming's Department of the Fourth Regiment has been deployed to Luzon , stationed here is a battalion of the Third Regiment Li Xing.
As Yin Feng's chief security officer and intelligence chief, he is really not very competent. He has allowed Yin Feng to be assassinated several times and allowed the enemy to scheme against him several times. However, he can continue to hold these positions mainly because Yin Feng trusts him, but also because he has no Others can use it, but Lin Xiao has the advantage of being able to study hard, with a flexible mind and strong adaptability. Therefore, after learning from failures over the years, he is basically qualified for his position.
The old naughty scoundrel had completely disappeared from him, and Lin Xiao worked tirelessly all day long.
Now he was looking at Nippon Town to the east, wondering whether he would use the Shogun team to block Nippon Town after the Ryukyu War started. Suddenly, someone behind him exclaimed: "Fire, fire, there's a fire at the other end of the port," Lin Xiao was all over Excited, I turned around and looked, and sure enough, a certain area of the dock area suddenly burst into flames.
At the same moment, a fire broke out in the Taiwan Harbor City area, and "boom," a huge sound rolled in.
That's the direction of the company's headquarters.
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In the past few days, in the direction of the Ryukyu Islands, the Shimadzu family's army moved rapidly, entering the Ryukyu territory from Satsuma within a few days. After March 27, Shimadzu was separated due to ocean currents and storms. The fleet of ships entered Fukaeura one after another, preparing to land on Amami Oshima.
The governor of Amami Oshima, Koushi Antatsu, did not resist at all. A few days later, the island fell into the hands of the Satsuma Army. The Shimadzu Army stayed on Amami Oshima for three days to wait for the wind. On March 30, they left Amami Oshima. ﹐Go south and capture Tokushima.
The next day, they arrived at Kamezu at Tokunoshima and were attacked by 300 soldiers from Zheng Jiong's son-in-law, Weng Shengdong. They were severely defeated by the Shimazu army. Weng Shengdong died of serious injuries. On April 4, the Shimazu army left Tokunoshima. When they captured Okinagabu Island, the soldiers and civilians on the island surrendered without a fight, and the island also fell that day.
Starting from March 27, Shimazu's army captured Amami Oshima and conquered Okinagabu Island on April 4, which lasted only seven days. At this point, the northern territory of the Ryukyu Kingdom (including Amami Oshima, Michinoshima, and Michinoshima) The island (including Okinagabu Island, Tokunoshima Island, Public Opinion Island, etc.) was completely lost, the gateway to the north was opened, and the Ryukyu Island was exposed to the front of the Satsuma Domain without any cover.
News of the attack on Amami Oshima reached Naha Port on the main island of Ryukyu five days later. Chen Zhongji released three carrier pigeons carrying the same message: "The Battle of Ryukyu has begun, and Amami Oshima has fallen."
Two of the homing pigeons crossed the ocean three days later and followed the north wind to the headquarters of Taiwan Port-China Company. The pigeons were surprised to find that the front yard of the company headquarters, where they were born and trained, was in a mess.
On the evening of March 30, Sunday, May 3, 1609 AD, when Tokunoshima was attacked by the Satsuma army, 1,000 Japanese pirates attacked the port city of Taiwan.
On the same day, 500 soldiers of the Sendai domain sailed on three large sailing ships and flew the Portuguese flag in an attempt to storm into Taiwan Harbor.
On the same night, rebellions broke out one after another in the four major communities of Siraya. The rebels fought with the native people who supported the Chinese Company and attacked the guard camp in the north of the city.
On that day, no one on Taiwan Island knew that the war had begun.
After Yin Feng accompanied Li Lihua from the church, he also hosted a banquet for Bishop Baradas and the Portuguese missionary Lu Ruohan who came to Taiwan from Macau, as well as several learned missionaries sent by Matteo Ricci. Baradas told Yin Feng, Jin Nige and others have already set off back to Europe to fulfill the agreement they signed with Yin Feng: to collect European science and technology books for him.
Yin Feng has since been studying new types of explosive ammunition with a group of four firearms in the Ordnance Research Department in the north of the city. Yin Feng is very self-aware. His biggest advantage as a time traveler is to predict and grasp the historical development context, and to learn from the experience of future generations. China Company Yin Feng's greatest achievement lies in the creation of rules and regulations (or "plagiarism") and the use of personal charm to accumulate popularity. Others include dealing with bureaucrats in the officialdom, he relied on Zeng Qi; in commercial trade, he entrusted Zeng Jingshan and Han The father and son of the family also entrusted Zeng Qi with internal affairs management. He entrusted Zeng Qi and Lin Xiao with the execution of criminal names. The spread of Western science and technology was done by missionaries. In fact, many times he was just a hands-off shopkeeper. He only had nothing to do with military construction and intelligence work. He can do everything that a person can do, down to the smallest detail, but the design and invention of firearms is purely his personal hobby. As a military history enthusiast and a journalist with more than half of his military career, he has always liked weapons.
Yin Feng was immersed in the design of firearms without any real work, and it was already dark before he knew it.
At this time, Lin Qing, the boss of the four-person firearms group, came over and kindly persuaded: "Dad boss, it's getting late. Let's continue with this drawing tomorrow." He cursed in his heart: "You're here all alone, forgetting to eat and sleep. Killing time makes all of us afraid to go home and rest..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of explosions came like thunder, which made the window frames of the design room of the research department rattle, and dust continued to fall from the roof. Yin Feng jumped up, and was as shocked as everyone else - this explosion Directions from company headquarters.
"Bang," the door of the research room was knocked open, and Lin Yue, the captain of the Guards, broke in and shouted angrily: "Sir, the enemy attacked the main entrance of the research department,"
Sure enough, a burst of musket shooting erupted from the front yard of the Ordnance Research Department, followed by human screams and a series of clashing sounds of cold weapons.
Yin Feng immediately rushed to the door and saw that the front yard was already ablaze. The soldiers stationed in the escort team rushed out of the backyard and rushed to the front yard with various weapons in hand. At this time, the entire Taiwan Port was in chaos. There were flashes of fire everywhere, the sound of swords and guns clashing, the sound of musket shooting, and the screams of people coming and going.
"Something's wrong, there can't be only one enemy all the way from the main entrance." Although we don't know who the attacking enemy is yet, with such a large-scale and unified sneak attack, the Weapons Research Department, which is an important defense area, cannot have only one enemy coming to attack. Yin Feng is keen. Di reacted from the momentary confusion, grabbed Lin Yue and said: "Take twenty people and go to the warehouse to prevent the enemy from sneak attacks."
Lin Yue hesitated for a moment: "Then you are here..."
"Go quickly, quickly," Yin Feng pushed him: "This is the center of the research department. You guard the front and back yards, and nothing will happen to me here. Come quickly,"
Lin Yue and 20 personal guards immediately ran towards the warehouse in the backyard. Since the last time the Portuguese tried to steal new firearms and caused a big explosion in the warehouse, the Ordnance Research Department built a warehouse in the backyard and stationed the guards there. In the same area, to strengthen guarding, a fierce battle at the front gate attracted a large number of guards, so at this moment there were only more than 10 soldiers left in the backyard warehouse, holding the warehouse under the leadership of a chief.
Lin Yue had just arrived outside the backyard corridor when he heard the sound of walls collapsing and houses collapsing, followed by chaotic shouts: "Enemy is attacking from behind."
"The back wall has been breached, stay at your post, be careful..."
"Shi Chang, Shi Chang is dead, crossbow arrows, be careful,"
"Boom, boom, boom," the flintlock muskets of the escort members began to fire. In the darkness, the unidentified enemy sneaked through the artificial river in the factory area behind the weapons research department, climbed over the thick back wall, and rushed into the backyard. Ten Many escorts were knocked down by the opponent's crossbows and unknown hidden weapons in a short period of time.
Several black figures rushed outside the warehouse door and raised their hands to smash the door. However, the warehouse door of the Weapons Research Department is a heavy iron door, and no big guy can break it open in a short time.
Lin Yue led the team into the backyard. Several clever guards had already jumped on the courtyard wall. There was no time to distinguish between friend and foe. Lin Yue pulled the trigger of the flintlock pistol forward and shouted at the same time: "Shoot,"
More than 20 members of the escort team fired the bullets in the two flintlock pistols and one flintlock rifle they were equipped with as quickly as possible at the black shadow shaking in the backyard.
"Bah, bah, bah,"
After three rounds of fighting, Lin Yue drew his sword. The other soldiers fixed their bayonets and rushed in with a loud shout of "kill."
After Lin Yue left, Yin Feng led the group of four, several other technicians, craftsmen, and ten of his own guards to the west wing quickly. Along the way, panicked craftsmen and guards on duty joined his team from time to time, and finally came to When he arrived at the gunpowder magazine, there were already more than thirty people behind him.
"All the craftsmen and technicians have to go down to the basement, get their weapons and prepare for battle." Yin Feng turned to one of his personal guards and said: "You lead five people and these brothers in the escort team to guard this place. You must protect it." Good gunpowder magazines and master craftsmen in the basement,"
He turned around and walked to the front yard with five personal black guards. Lin Qing, the boss of the foursome, exclaimed: "Sir, the ship owner, it's dangerous outside. Please come down and take shelter for a while."
"Boom, boom," dull thunder came from the south. Everyone stopped moving for a moment. Yin Feng raised his head and looked into the dark night sky in the south. There were flames flashing in the direction of the port. He shook his head and sighed: "Yes The South Fort is firing. Get down to the basement quickly. This is an order." After saying that, he pushed Lin Qing and rushed to the front yard with his black guards.
On the way, Mai Minghai, the guard commander of the Garrison Research Department, almost bumped into Yin Feng. Yin Feng grabbed Mai Minghai's front skirt and shouted: "Take someone to the backyard quickly..."
"Boom, boom boom,"
A huge explosion came from the direction of the headquarters and also from the port, drowning out Yin Feng's words. Mai Minghai, a son of the Dan family in Yazhou, could only see his captain's mouth moving, but could not hear anything clearly.
For a moment, the explosion temporarily stopped, and Mai Minghai, who came with more than a dozen brothers to protect the ship owner, loudly reported: "Report to the ship owner, the main entrance was attacked by thirty enemies, who used gunpowder barrels to blow up the gate. More than twenty brothers who were guarding the gate were killed or injured. , we arrived in time, blocked the gate, killed 21 enemies and captured three, while the rest of the enemies escaped in the dark."
Yin Feng shook his head, let go of Mai Minghai, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Well done, take people there immediately."
"What……"
"Take your men and go to the warehouse in the backyard. There is an enemy sneak attack there," Yin Feng shouted loudly, and then continued to rush to the front yard anxiously.
"Sir Captain, hey,..." Mai Minghai wanted to remind Yin Feng that there were enemies in the front yard, but seeing Yin Feng's back disappear quickly into the darkness, he sighed helplessly, turned to the brothers who were fighting on the left and right, and said:
"Why are you still standing there, hurry up, the enemy is attacking in the backyard,"
A deputy sentry commander and a sentry supervisor with red epaulettes were crouching behind the remains of the screen wall in the front yard, with more than 30 brothers nervously monitoring the front. The place where the majestic main entrance used to be was now in pieces.
The walls were in ruins, the unburned wood crackled and the fire flickered.
Officers in the supervisory system now uniformly wear red epaulettes. Even in the dark, the target is more obvious. This supervisor suffered an arrow wound on his shoulder because of this. He was gnashing his teeth and covering the wound and cursing: "Grandma, what kind of dog is that?"
The thing is so prickly and hurts so many of us..."
Yin Feng rushed behind him and patted his shoulder, causing him to scream in pain: "Oh, who the hell... Captain, you..."
Yin Feng didn't notice the injury on his shoulder and waved his hand to stop his nonsense: "Give me five people immediately and follow me out."
The sentry supervisor was startled: "There is a fire outside. Sir, captain, it is too dangerous to go out now."
Yin Feng said with a livid face: "There are sounds of fighting and fire in the direction of the company headquarters and Shipowner's Alley. I'm worried. Stop talking and quickly pick five good fighters to follow me."
"You take twenty people with you, so..."
"No, this is the weapons research department. It needs manpower to protect it. No mistakes are allowed. After I leave, you must guard the door. Remember, guard it."
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At this moment, at the entrance of Dagou Port in the southern part of Taiwan Harbor, three Western-style sailing ships rushed in desperately. To the south of Dagou Port is the dangerous Luermen Gate, and to the north is the entrance of Taiwan Port where the Chinese company is often dredging. Sailing in the dark is originally a
It was a very dangerous thing, and it was on an undredged waterway. These three sailboats were obviously risking their lives.
There is no way for the Sendai Domain's sailboats to do this, because if they break into Taiwan Port, the North Fort with more than thirty large and small artillery will open fire immediately. Even in the dark night, the weak moonlight and the reflection of the water will make the Sendai Domain
The warships were doomed, so the Japanese sailing ships had no choice but to enter along the seaside of Dagou Port. Although they were within the cannon range of the South Fort, the South Fort, which had just completed the first phase of the project, only had ten cannons.
Moreover, at this time, the ronin who rushed out from Nihonmachi and more than a hundred natives of the island were besieging the South Fort.
Lin Xiao braved the flying arrows and threw a few torches under the fort. He quickly stuck his head out to take a look, then immediately retracted his head, and several short arrows flew past his head.
He said hastily to the battalion commander of the fort garrison: "They are the natives who set up the Kaliyanshe. It can be seen from their attire and shouting that there are more than 100 Japanese. They are probably from Nihonmachi. Okay.